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PARISH EVENTS

Jun
18
Wed
Holy Hour @ St Michael's Church
Jun 18 @ 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Reconciliation @ St Michael's Church
Jun 18 @ 6:45 pm – 7:15 pm
Jun
20
Fri
Holy Hour @ St Patrick's Church
Jun 20 @ 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Reconciliation @ St Patrick's Church
Jun 20 @ 6:45 pm – 7:15 pm
Jun
21
Sat
Reconciliation @ St Patrick's Church
Jun 21 @ 9:30 am – 10:25 am

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Fr Frank Brennan’s Homily: Trinity Sunday, 15 June 2025

On this feast of the Ascension, we hear both the conclusion of Luke’s gospel and the beginning of the Acts of the Apostles. Written by the same author, these two passages provide us with the link between the two books. It’s the moment when the apostles are asked, ‘Why do you stand looking into heaven?’ The two men who ask the question are in white garments and they appear to the apostles just as Jesus is being lifted up and disappearing from them. Two men in white garments, just as there were at the Transfiguration (evocative of Moses and Elijah),… (Read More)

Sowing peace through the diplomacy of the Gospel

In an interview marking the Jubilee of the Holy See and an upcoming audience with Pope Leo XIV, Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin describes Apostolic Nuncios as bridges that link the Pope with local Churches, the Church with States, and the world’s wounds with the hope of the Gospel. (Read More)

Church in Mexico supporting families of the ‘disappeared’

No longer relying on the Mexican government or police to find their missing loved ones, more than 200 groups of mothers and fathers, known as searchers, now dig with their own hands in vacant lots across Mexico. (Read More)

Wind and Spirit stir Sydney’s west for Pentecost Sunday  

The strongest winds of 2025 whipped Western Sydney and the Blue Mountains over the weekend – an uncanny echo of the first Pentecost, when a “sound like the rush of a violent wind” filled the house where the disciples were gathered (Acts 2:2). That same Spirit stirred across 47 parishes in the Diocese of Parramatta as communities came together to celebrate the Solemnity of Pentecost – the day the Church was born through the descent of the Holy Spirit.  (Read More)

Mt Druitt Parish celebrates 60 years of faith, family, and fraternity with First Nations peoples   

The 60th Jubilee of Holy Family Catholic Church, Mt Druitt, was a powerful celebration of six decades of faith, community, and enduring trust with Aboriginal families in one of Greater Sydney’s most diverse suburbs.  (Read More)