Tag: Highlights
Mary, mother of Jesus and all believers, is not co-redeemer, Vatican...
While praising devotion to Mary, the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith firmly rejected moves to formally proclaim Mary as "co-redemptrix" or "co-mediatrix."
A hope that sends: Living faith and transforming parish life
The keynote by Director of the Sydney Centre for Evangelisation Daniel Ang from the Alpha Catholic Conference, Liverpool Catholic Club, 1 November 2025.
The Lord delights in you: an invitation for women this Advent
For most women, Christmas is an annual exercise in chaos management and seasonal survival. Hope and renewal might be the last two gifts on the Christmas wish list.
Carols at the Cathedral welcomes girl choristers for the first time...
The St Mary’s Cathedral choir is the oldest permanent musical group in Australia, and for the first time in its 200-year tradition, audiences will witness the inclusion of girl choristers alongside their boy chorister peers, after the college went co-ed this year.
Malabar and Matraville Catholics celebrate a year of unity
Catholics of the Parish of the Holy Martyrs Andrew and Agnes, Malabar–Matraville, came together for their first annual parish dinner, marking one year since their churches’ official decree of amalgamation was signed by Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP.
Mexican Catholics unite faith and tradition for Day of the Dead
Day of the Dead – famed Dia de los Muertos – marks one of Mexico's deepest cultural traditions, dating to pre-Hispanic times, in which people commemorate and commune with their deceased loved ones. Mexicans build altars and visit graveyards for candlelight vigils.
Catholic and Jewish schools unite at antisemitism forum
More than 120 high school students from Catholic and Jewish high schools in Sydney engaged with Nostra Aetate, the influential Vatican II document.
Archbishop Fisher homily: For where your treasure is, there also is...
This is the edited text of the homily for Monday of the 19th week of ordinary Time. Redemptoris Mater Seminary, Chester Hill, 20 October 2025.
‘Nostra Aetate’, a document that revolutionised Catholic-Jewish relations, turns 60
A landmark Catholic document, credited with igniting a revolution in Catholic-Jewish relations over the decades, has turned 60.
SmartLoving: Martyrs for marriage through the ages
While couple saints inspire us to emulate them in our homes, it’s the martyrs for marriage who embolden us in the public square.
Church reflects on 60 years since Nostra Aetate
Sixty years ago, a small, but significant document was presented to the Church at the Second Vatican Council - Nostra Aetate (“In Our Times”).
Jamaicans brace for ‘triple threat’ Hurricane Melissa with prayer, emergency prep
Catholic faithful in Jamaica are responding with "a lot of prayer" as the island nation is battered by what analysts say may be its worst hurricane on record.















