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Pentecost Sunday, marked the official end of the Year of Grace, an initiative of the Australian Catholic Bishops.
The National Planning Team for the Year of Grace is keen to identify, nurture...
Funeral Eulogy by Patricia Murray (Bishop William Murray's niece)
St Francis Xavier’s Cathedral Wollongong
Wednesday, 1 May 2013
If there was one word we could find to describe Uncle Bill it would be that...
St Mark proclaims the early kerygma or kernel of the Christian faith – Jesus, God-made-man, truly died for our salvation and rose from the dead. Mark is writing a Gospel – in his own words “the Good News about Jesus Christ, the Son of God”. A Gospel is not your ordinary...
Bishop Peter Ingham was saddened to learn of the passing of Bishop William Edward Murrary, Emeritus Bishop of Wollongong, who died peacefully at 5.10pm on Sunday 21 April 2013 at the Little Sisters of the Poor Nursing Home, Randwick.
Bishop Peter spoke of Bishop William (Bill) as a...
On 17 April 1816, there was a massacre of Dharawal people near Appin. For over a decade now, the Winga Myamly (sit down and talk - Wiradjuri language) Reconciliation Group, which works towards Reconciliation by raising awareness of issues and promoting a partnership to bring about change for...
Click on the below links to listen to Bishop Peter Ingham's in-depth Easter interview with Vox FM's breakfast announcer Dave Collins:
Bishop Peter Ingham Easter interview with Dave Collins (Vox FM) - Part One
My Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ
As you are aware, in November last year Prime Minister Julia Gillard called a Royal Commission to inquire into child sexual abuse and the responses of institutions, including churches and government and not-for-profit organisations.
...St Francis Xavier’s Cathedral Wollongong
Some time ago a priest was telling me about a letter he received. What was interesting was, that the letter was sent to the Parish Priest, but it was addressed to “Harry, the Church Usher”
This is what...
I am particularly grateful each year when the media give me the opportunity to convey an Easter message to you all. Some of my parishioners would know that a special text of Scripture that has inspired my ministry is from Acts Chapter 14 where it says that the Apostles Paul and Barnabas “put...
Dear Brothers and Sisters, I thank the Lord that I can celebrate this Holy Mass for the inauguration of my Petrine ministry on the solemnity of Saint Joseph, the spouse of the Virgin Mary and the patron of the universal Church. It is a significant coincidence,...
Bishop Peter Ingham today warmly welcomed the election of Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio SJ as the new Pope. Taking the name Francis, the new pontiff was elected on the second day of the Conclave of Cardinals.
Bishop Ingham said he joined with all Catholics in praying for the new Pope as he...
You are invited to Encounter the Sacred this Easter in the Diocese of Wollongong.
Click to download the Holy Week schedule including Mass and...
St John the Evangelist Catholic Church presents “The Seven Last Words of Christ" a musical re-telling of Christ’s final moments on the Cross
by Theodore Dubois
2013 Fri 22 March...
After wonderful reviews last year, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish Varroville is again inviting everyone this year to experience the Season of Lent in concert with beautiful sacred and classical music including Bach, Chopin, Rossini and much more.
This year's performers include...
As Pope Benedict XVI enters the final days of his Papacy (officially retiring 6am this Friday our time), many Churches in the Diocese of Wollongong, including St Francis Xavier’s Cathedral in Wollongong, have been celebrating special thanksgiving Masses for the health and well-being of the...
St Francis Xavier Cathedral, Wollongong
Today we offer Mass for Pope Benedict XVI for his health and well-being and above all in thanksgiving for his service to the Church. He will officially retire at 8pm Thursday (6am Friday our time) thus making the See of Peter...
The Diocesan Committee for People with a Disability and their Families and the Diocesan Committee for the Aged are a source of information and support for parishes who are assisting parishioners and their carers face challenges due to ageing or a...
"Those who are sowing in tears will sing when they reap" - Psalm 125:5
"Sowing in Tears" is a Lenten Pastoral Letter of the Bishops of New South Wales to the Clergy, Religious and Laity in response to the Royal Commission on...
I was shocked last night to hear of Pope Benedict XVI’s brave and determined decision to resign as Supreme Pontiff of our Church. His acknowledgement that he...
