Dear Brothers and Sisters,
As we draw near to World Communications Day 2012, I would like to share with you some reflections concerning an aspect of the human process of communication which, despite its importance, is often overlooked and which, at the present time, it would seem...

To mark Australia Day, the Catholic Bishops Commission for Justice, Ecology and Development calls upon political parties to work towards a common approach to asylum seekers, so that human beings do not become pawns in a political argument. Further, and more immediately, to honour the Australian...

Pastoral recommendations for the Year of Faith are to be published by the Vatican. 
The note, prepared by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF), is dated 6 January 2012, the Feast of the Epiphany, and was to be circulated in full on 7 January.

Pope Benedict XVI...

Noting the quality of many of the Australian films produced this year, the jury of the Australian Catholic Film Office (ACFO) has awarded its 2011 Film of the Year to Jim Loach’s Oranges and Sunshine.

This film tells...

The Most Reverend Peter Ingham, Bishop of Wollongong has given his full support to Varroville's religious community of Discalced Carmelite nuns in their battle to prevent coal seam gas (CSG) drilling in south western Sydney's environmentally-protected Scenic Hills.

The community has...

On Saturday, 17 December, Bishop Peter Ingham ordained Fr Geoffrey Allen and Fr Duane Fernandez to the Priesthood at St Francis Xavier’s Cathedral in Wollongong. The Cathedral was filled to capacity with family and friends, some travelling as far...

Bishop Peter Ingham to ordain to the Priesthood police officer and psychology graduate in Wollongong this weekend.

Christmas has come early this year for Bishop Peter Ingham who is counting down the days to this Saturday, 17 December, when he will ordain Geoffrey Allen and Duane...

WOLLONGONG: Cathedral
Ph (02) 4228 6511
Vigil: 7.00pm
Christmas: Midnight, 7.00am, 9.00am, 10.30am and 5.00pm
Reconciliation: 21 Dec, 11.00am (2^nd Rite) and 23 Dec, 11.00am (First Rite)

ALBION PARK: St Paul’s Church
Ph: (02) 4256 2038
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Wagga Wagga priest Fr Michael Kennedy has been appointed Bishop of Armidale today following the resignation of Bishop Luc Matthys having reached the age limit.
Fr Michael Kennedy was ordained for the Diocese of Wagga in the late 1990s and is currently the Vicar Forane (Dean) of the...

• LEAVE the chocolates in the aisle, your friends eat too much anyway.
• LEAVE the wine on the shelf, your Dad doesn’t need another drop.
• LEAVE the handcreams where they are, your Mum doesn’t really doesn’t like them.
• AND don’t even think about toys....

The Bishops Commission for Mission and Faith Formation, a Commission of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference has just released the following updated version of the Social-Networking Protocols. We hope that this will be helpful to you in navigating a way to use Social Media in sharing...