Australian bishops

ACBC | XVI Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops
Bishop's Synod, Liturgy, Australian bishops, Parish life - August 16, 2022
In March 2020, Pope Francis announced that the theme for the XVI Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops in October 2023 would be...

ACBC Respect: Confronting Violence and Abuse
Australian bishops - August 3, 2022
Australia’s bishops have used their annual social justice statement to condemn the scourge of domestic and family violence, saying relationships must be “marked by respect...
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Diocesan husband and wife to represent Australia at the World Meeting of Families
New evangelisation, Jude Hennessy, Family and life, Australian bishops - June 12, 2022
Congratulations and prayers for our diocesan director of the Office of Renewal and Evangelisation, Jude Hennessy, and his wife and local diocesan Catholic school teacher,...
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In election statement, bishops call for ‘a better kind of politics’
Australian Election 2022, Australian bishops - April 26, 2022
Australia’s Catholic bishops have called for a shakeup that focuses the country’s politics on the common good of all, including – and especially – those...
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Local consultation opens for global Synod of Bishops
Bishop's Synod, Pope Francis, Australian bishops - October 19, 2021
Catholics are invited to join local consultations about their experience of synodality within the Church as part of a two-year journey towards the next international...
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Diocese of Wollongong set to produce Network Ten’s Mass For You At Home
COVID-19, Prayer, New evangelisation, Australian bishops, Bishop Brian Mascord - February 23, 2021
The Diocese of Wollongong is set to become the new producer of Mass for You at Home, beaming Mass into people’s living rooms across...
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Livestream – Memorial & Funeral Masses for Archbishop Philip Wilson
St Francis Xavier Cathedral, Australian bishops - February 2, 2021
MEMORIAL MASS Tuesday, 2 February 2021 at 7:00pm Livestreamed from St Francis Xavier’s Cathedral (Wollongong) at 7.00pm on Tuesday, 2 February 2021. livestream.lumenchristi.org.au FUNERAL...
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Australian bishops’ pastoral letter for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Sunday
Australian bishops - July 5, 2019
Theme artwork for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Sunday by Queenie McKenzie. This weekend (7 July 2019) is Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Sunday. The...
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