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As we gather for the Mass of the Holy Oils this year, as every year, we...

Over the course of the next two weeks many Australians will be celebrating two solemn memorials: Good Friday and ANZAC Day. Don’t disconnect them, both are inextricably linked. In the Gospels, Jesus calls us his friends proclaiming, “A man can have no greater love...

My Dear Friends

As you settle back into your attitude of defensive repose at the start of the homily, I am reminded of a couple of quotes I once saw.  One said, "we, preachers don't talk in our sleep – we talk in other people's sleep."  Another said, "If...

Bishop Peter Ingham’s Lenten Message 2017 from

My Dear People

When I became a priest so many years ago, it was God’s love for me and, in turn, my love for people that inspired me...

My Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ

The final hearing involving the Catholic Church at the Royal Commission Into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse commences this coming Monday, 6 February 2017, and will run for three weeks.

In one of the Peanut’s comics, Charlie Brown and his best friend, Linus, are next to each other gazing down at a sapling.   “It’s a beautiful little tree, isn’t it?” remarks Charlie Brown.  “Yes, it is,” says Linus, who is wearing his...

My Brothers and Sisters

Fr Vince Whiteman, a priest of our Diocese, aged 81 years and ordained in 1963, entered eternal life at 7.20 am on Sunday 6 November 2016. Vince died peacefully. His first-cousin, Sr Marea Ross RSJ, was with him. As a faithful servant of Christ, Vince, in his...

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Halloween is growing in popularity but its roots are lost on most people.  It is observed on 31 October, the "een" or "eve" of All...

Gospel Reading: Luke 16:1-13 

You cannot be slaves both of God and of money. 

The cunning steward who was only looking after himself was praised, not for his dishonesty, but for being shrewd.  Jesus wants us to be clever and shrewd about what really...

I am aware there has been some discussion about the proposed forum to be held on 14 June 2016 at West Wollongong, as organised by the Australian Family Association (AFA) – some in support of the forum and some expressing concerns.

It is my understanding that the Parish Priest of...

Bicentennial Anniversary
The Appin Massacre – 17 April 1816
Honouring the Dharawal People who were massacred on 17 April 1816

As you all well know, Catholic Schools Week helps us and the wider community to reflect on what our Catholic Schools mean to the 20,000 students and their parents, as well as to the Church in our Diocese. 

The full impact of Catholic schooling in our country is seen in the 750,000...

All over the world at Easter, Christians celebrate Jesus being raised from the dead.  The evidence of Jesus’ death on the Cross is quite conclusive.

So Easter does not celebrate the resuscitation of Jesus, but his resurrection.

In whatever...