Tag: Sydney

In the Catholic community, St Patrick’s Day in Australia is a solemnity, a day to remember the Irish saint who cleared the Emerald Isles of snakes and taught them about the Trinity. This year a first-time Irish musical festival was added to Sydney’s celebrations.

Community leader David Polson AM has died at the age of 70 after a long life of advocacy, philanthropy, and support of St Vincent’s Hospital founders, the Sisters of Charity.

Two Bankstown Hospital nurses have been stood down from their positions after a video surfaced of them claiming they would kill any Israeli patients they came across.

St Mary’s Cathedral College has accepted female students for the first time in 58 years.

At the end of the the 53rd International Eucharistic Congress in Quito, the much anticipated news of whether Sydney would host the next one in 2028 was revealed. 

Aussie flags and enthusiastic cheers filled the air as the delegation of nearly 40 pilgrims erupted with pride, as the 54th International Eucharistic Congress was announced would take place in Sydney.

At the recent 53rd International Eucharistic Congress in Quito, Ecuador, the Papal Legate, announced what the church of Sydney had been hoping for: that we will host the 54th International Eucharistic Congress in 2028, 100 years since Sydney last hosted this great event and twenty years since it hosted World Youth Day.

The Vatican has today announced that Sydney will host the 54th International Eucharistic Congress in 2028. Held every four years, the International Eucharistic Congress is expected to draw tens of thousands of faithful Catholics from across the globe to Sydney.

Catholic families spend a lifetime putting down roots in their parishes. But what happens when they get priced out of the neighbourhood?

Hundreds of kilograms of sweets, 40 tonnes of prawns, countless whole lambs, sausages, pork bellies—meet the Sydneysiders who make Easter special from the moment the Mass has ended.

A Statement from the Catholic Archbishop of Sydney, Most Rev. Anthony Fisher OP https://youtu.be/D0aqjclMpLo In many ways contemporary societies are deeply divided. Our politics are often polarised...

The Plenary Council prepared to draw to a close on 8 July after two days of catch-up in an altered voting format, passing almost...