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Bishop Peter Ingham’s Pastoral Letter
Pentecost
19 May 2013
My dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ,
As promised, on this Feast of Pentecost I am happy to share with you the outcome of the extensive education and consultation process, Parishes...
Funeral Homily by Bishop Peter Ingham DD
St Francis Xavier’s Cathedral Wollongong
Wednesday, 1 May 2013
One day early in June 1975, while I was secretary to Cardinal Freeman in Sydney, the Cardinal said...
My Brothers and Sisters
Debate on the NSW Physician-assisted Suicide/Euthanasia Bill (Rights of the Terminally Ill Bill 2013) is expected to commence on Thursday 2 May 2013. The Bill, introduced by the Greens Party, would give terminally ill people, under certain circumstances, the...
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...
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...
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...
"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...
Bishop Peter Ingham's message to the people of the Diocese of Wollongong
My Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ,
As you are aware, Prime Minister Julia Gillard has called a Royal Commission to inquire into child sexual abuse and the responses of institutions, including churches and government and not-for-profit organisations.
With the...
In 1962 when the Council opened I was in my second year of Theology at St Patrick’s, Manly. The Council finished in 1965 when I was in my first appointment as an Assistant Priest.
In those days as seminary students, we were only allowed the front page of the Sydney Morning Herald...
I want to highlight the 50th anniversary of that great ecclesial event, the II Vatican Council and the opening of the Year of Faith. Our Year of Grace neatly dovetails with both of the above especially when you remember Bl John Paul II called Vatican II "the great grace of the 20th...
Fathers Day
COLLECTION
IN SUPPORT OF PRIESTLY MINISTRY
Mass at St Columkille’s Church, Corrimal - 4 August 2012
On Sunday morning, 8 August 1909, Mother Mary of the Cross died quietly in St Joseph’s Convent, North Sydney.
Four days earlier, on 4 August 1909, Cardinal Patrick Moran Archbishop of Sydney, visited Mary MacKillop as she was preparing for death. He gave her his blessing and words of...
I understand my job today is to take you deeper into this idea of being a steward.
Our Diocese has been instrumental in introducing stewardship into the Catholic Church in this country. My...
11th Sunday in Ordinary Time (B) | Ezek 17:22-24; 2 Cor 5:6-10; Mk 4:26-34
The poet TS Elliott observed: “It is strange that words are so inadequate. Yet, like the asthmatic struggling for breath, so the lover must struggle for words.”
When we move into mystery, into what is a meeting of the transcendent and the ordinary, we need words, symbols and images...
St John the Evangelist Parish Church, Dapto (Wednesday, 16 May) &
Mary Immaculate Parish Church, Eagle Vale (Thursday, 17 May)
There is an old adage that when you open a school, you close a prison!
Catholic Education plays a major role in the schooling of our country....
