Festival ends on spectacular note
Fireworks filled the sky over The Domain in Sydney on Saturday evening as 15,000 young people, families and singles celebrated what it means to be Catholic in the most public of […]
Festival hits a high note – 20,000 pray for intercession of Mary
The Australian Catholic Youth Festival was treated to a new level of talent this morning, courtesy of US headliner Emily Wilson. The one-time aspiring sports broadcaster, who instead opted for a […]
Looking back at the first day of ACYF
Young people have been pushed to their limits – in the best of ways – on the first day of the Australian Catholic Youth Festival. The Qudos Arena was alive with […]
Hundreds receive healing grace at Order of Malta’s Lourdes Day Mass
Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP and the Order of Malta welcomed hundreds to St Mary’s Cathedral on Saturday – including many of the city’s frail and infirm – at the annual Lourdes […]
Sydney gears up for unprecedented line-up of Catholic events
More than one million people will flock to Sydney in the coming weeks to celebrate and participate in an unprecedented line-up of major events celebrating the Catholic Church including Australia’s largest […]
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Day 2 of ACYF – What does it hold in store?
After a much needed night of rest, Australian Catholic Youth Festival goers will return to Sydney Olympic Park today for another hig...
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Anticipation builds as youth, media flock to ACYF
Tens of thousands of young Catholics are descending on Sydney Olympic Park for three action packed days with some of the world’s b...
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Ruth Moraes: Shopping for Christmas? Try a different approach
With Christmas just around the corner, many of you will be thinking about what presents to buy for your family and friends. With the...
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Same-sex marriage passes Senate without religious protections
The same-sex marriage bill of WA Liberal Dean Smith has had a seamless passage through the Senate, 43 votes to 12 (3 abstentions). P...
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Ethnic communities raise their voices in wake of plebiscite decision
A group of deeply concerned ethnic Australians from Sydney’s Western suburbs fear their communities no longer have a voice in the ...
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Sydney-siders offered chance to Live Loud for the faith
Just as the Australian Catholic Youth Festival winds up in Sydney on 9 December next week a special concert for both young Catholics...
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Anglican Archbishop hopes state will now show greater interest in palliative care
The Anglican Archbishop of Melbourne hopes that there will much greater funding and interest in palliative care in the wake of eutha...
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Happy Birthday, Jose: Mortlake parishioner turns 100
St Patrick’s Mortlake parishioner Jose Teran celebrated his 100th birthday on 19 November and was honoured on the occasion by no l...
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Australian carol to premiere at A Christmas Celebration
Sell-out crowds are again expected at A Christmas Celebration in St Mary’s Cathedral this year, with all of the familiar favourite...
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Oldest serving priest celebrates 90th birthday
Over 400 members of the Port Macquarie community gathered at St Agnes’ Church in Hay Street on Sunday 19 November for Mass and a s...
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How to not betray Christ by going out of your mind with dread
We need not fear the secular world and the things happening in it. We don’t need to react to things as if they are signs of the end of the world. Everything is an oppor... -
Murdered Ulma family bringing Catholics and Jews together
Wiktoria and Józef Ulma and their six children were murdered for hiding Jews during World War II. A museum honouring their memory has become an important destination for... -
Theologian Stanley Hauerwas: ‘Trump wants you to be in his reality show’
American theologian and ethicist Professor Stanley Hauerwas has hit out at Donald Trump and offered a stark challenge to the contemporary Church. He said: “Trump ma... -
Catholic Church supports separate Gorkha homeland in India
Church leaders have expressed solidarity with ethnic Gorkha people who are on an indefinite strike protesting for a separate homeland in the Darjeeling area of eastern In...
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A feminist revisits childhood dreams of convent life in visit to religious
When I was 7 years old, my best friend Angèle and I decided that we wanted to be nuns. Huddled together at recess, we would spend hours mapping out our elaborate future ... -
Has the Catholic faith been over-intellectualised?
Since switching to the Traditional Latin Mass, I have seen that most of our modern catechetical methods are geared exclusively towards the intellect. For example, the ave... -
The 10 must see travel sites for a faith-filled Catholic
Travel is on our minds and in our blood! What better way to start planning than with a list of the top 10 Catholic sites to see? This list begins with a Church built atop... -
In Good Hands: Caryll Houselander and the Single Vocation
Caryll Houselander (1901‒1954) was a British Catholic writer and artist who lived during the first half of the twentieth century. She was also a mystic. As a single wom...
