Tag: St Patrick’s Mortlake

Monsignor John Joseph Usher has been remembered as a prominent social services reformer and man of “deep faith and vision” at his requiem Mass at St Patrick’s Church in Mortlake where he was a beloved parish priest for more than three decades.

Students from Catholic schools across Sydney have been urged to draw inspiration from the 5th century St Patrick who showed extraordinary resilience in the face of similar challenges our world is facing today such as war, forced migration, trafficking, prejudice and discrimination.

There was a clatter of claws and a flurry of fur at the first blessing of the pets service held at St Patrick’s parish...