Pope Benedict XVI announces his resignation at end of month

Pope Benedict XVI on Monday said he...

A formal decree approving St Mary of the Cross MacKillop as second patron of Australia [joining Mary Help of Christians, celebrated on 24 May] has been received by the President of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, Archbishop Denis Hart.

The Prefect of the Congregation for...

CatholicCare are running some great Family Support programs to help parents and kids have a positive start to the year. Click below to download the Term One timetables including all the upcoming program details, dates and costs:

BELIEVE: Lenten Program 2013 is a 44-page program published by the Diocese of Wollongong...

If you would like to know all the Christmas Mass times and Reconciliation times in the Diocese of Wollongong you can download a two-page PDF flyer below.

Download the 2012...

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...

This year the Disability inclusion Mass will be celebrated at St Paul's Church,...

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...

SPEAKER: Bishop Peter Comensoli
TOPIC: Faith & Grace: Do these amazing gifts have a use by date?

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...

The Diocese of Wollongong is delighted to produce a beautifully presented full-colour 68-page pocket size Advent/Christmas resource.

Advent is such a busy time of year, but it is also so important to spiritually prepare for the coming of Jesus Christ at Christmas. Therefore,...

Check out the upcoming CatholicCare workshops

• Wollongong

• New Shellharbour Catholic Church opens its doors!

There is an old saying that a Church building is ‘the House of God and the Gate to heaven!’ The long-awaited day has finally arrived for Fr Bryan Jones and the parishioners of All Saints Catholic Parish to...

National Journey of the Relic of Saint Francis Xavier

As part of the Year of Grace, the Church in Australia has organised a pilgrimage of a relic of Saint Francis Xavier, a former patron saint of Australia during mission times. Saint Francis Xavier was a student of Ignatius of Loyola...

Fathers Day

COLLECTION
IN SUPPORT OF PRIESTLY MINISTRY

THE BISHOP’S FATHERS DAY APPEAL
Diocesan Clergy Support Fund
1-2 September 2012

The Australian Bishops continue to invite us to Start Afresh from Christ. There are a thousand opportunities to embrace the spirit of the Year of Grace.

Recently, to widen the message of the year, the below Year of Grace videos were captioned for the Deaf Community and for hearing...

A Current Affair is airing a story tonight on the Catholic Education Office’s Anti-Bullying DVD resource, Fix You. This resource was released in Catholic schools in the Diocese of Wollongong in February this year. The response from students, teachers and parents has been overwhelmingly...

Whenever one meets a couple who have been married for many years, the question always arises, what is the secret to a marriage that lasts?

There will be many opportunities to ask the question at the Catholic Diocese of Wollongong’s annual Marriage...

“Scientism is the view that all real knowledge is scientific knowledge – that there is no rational, objective form of inquiry that is not a branch of science.” (Dr Ed Feser PH.D).

This view is particularly prevalent within the writings of the New Atheists and is...