Tag: carols

The Archdiocese of Sydney’s University Chaplaincies and arts group Artes Christi joined forces to raise close to $20,000 for poor and persecuted Christians with a carols evening held at the Sydney Town Hall last year.

You don’t usually get an archbishop, the state governor, TV celebrities, opera divas, and full orchestra turning up at a humble suburban parish for Christmas carols. But then again, there aren’t many carols nights like those at the Church of the Holy Family in Maroubra.

Sydney-siders flocked to St Anne’s Church at Bondi last week for its inaugural Christmas Concert and benediction.

Collaboration is growing between five inner Sydney parishes which have come together to showcase their musical talents at an annual concert of Christmas Carols and Readings, modelled on the famous Service of Nine Lessons and Carols at King’s College in Cambridge.

Sydney Catholic Schools celebrate the advent season and prepare for Christmas with a virtual Carols Night involving 12 Archdiocesan schools. Christmas may look a bit...