Tag: Bishop Daniel Meagher
Sydney Archdiocese honours Chinese Catholic Community’s Generosity and Faith
On Sunday 23 February, Bishop Danny Meagher celebrated a special Mass at St Kevin's in Eastwood, honouring the Chinese Catholic community's unwavering faith and remarkable generosity.
Australian bishops and pilgrims welcomed in Quito parishes
Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP, Bishop Richard Umbers, Bishop Daniel Meagher and Australia’s pilgrim priests and laity were warmly welcomed in local parishes across Quito, as part of the International Eucharistic Congress.
Do we know our homeless people? Yes, we do.
Bishop Daniel Meagher recently challenged staff at St Vincent’s Hospital in a homily: did they know the local rough sleepers in their community? He received an invitation to accompany two of our nurses to answer his question. This National Homelessness Week, we have an opportunity to put our faith into practice, writes St Vincent’s Mission Leader Dr Chris Jacobs-Vandegeer.
Bishop Meagher: Homeless need friendship, not our fear
The growing numbers of homeless on Sydney’s streets need our support and genuine friendship says Bishop Daniel Meagher.
A counter-cultural youth
At the recent 10:10 project conference, held on 13 September at the Waterview Function Centre at Sydney Olympic Park, Catholic youth were challenged to spend their time more wisely by living counter-culturally, coming back to God and the sacraments.
A place where hungry hearts can be restored
Looking out at the cold park bench below his Surry Hills window, invariably a figure is perched on it.
Cold, hungry, and lonely, he knows...
Panania parish celebrates four centuries of Saint Francis de Sales
Four hundred years after the death of St Francis de Sales in France, parishioners of St Christopher’s Panania gathered to celebrate his life. More than 700 people from all over Sydney attended Mass last weekend to honour the patron saint of journalists, prolific letter-writer and priest who preached “simply, briefly and with great love.”
RCIA candidates declare their intent to become Catholic
If Christianity is supposed to be of less and less interest to modern people and less and less relevant to modern life, someone had...
Mums the focus for Mass
Dozens of couples attended the annual Mass for Expectant Mothers and women hoping to conceive, celebrated by Bishop Daniel Meagher at St Paul of...
Easter invitation issued
A Sydney Bishop was so determined to invite everybody in his community to Mass over Easter that he pounded the pavement to do it.
I won’t be an administrative hack, says new Sydney Bishop
Australia's newest bishop rejects mere bureaucratic role, commits himself to bringing Jesus to the Church's flock at the grassroots.
