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Religious Freedom Under Siege       12 Mar 2010
Religious Freedom Under Siege       12 Mar 2010
A leading US expert on constitutional law, and law and religion, says a Charter of Human Rights is a bad idea and warns Australia against adopting one. ...  

Pro-Life Lenten Vigil at Half-Way Mark       11 Mar 2010
Pro-Life Lenten Vigil at Half-Way Mark       11 Mar 2010
There's been a decrease in the number of women or couples entering the Proterm Abortion Clinic in Surry Hills for advice since Sydney's first-ever 40 Days for Life Lenten prayer vigil began last month. ...  

Benedict XVI will Publish a Document on the Bible after Easter       10 Mar 2010
Benedict XVI will Publish a Document on the Bible after Easter       10 Mar 2010
In the coming weeks the Pope will issue an apostolic exhortation on the Bible. ...  

Mary MacKillop Part of Special Thanksgiving Mass       10 Mar 2010
Mary MacKillop Part of Special Thanksgiving Mass       10 Mar 2010
Special prayers will be offered to Blessed Mary MacKillop on Thursday, 25 March ...  

Relief as Australian Human Rights Charter Put on Hold       9 Mar 2010
Relief as Australian Human Rights Charter Put on Hold       9 Mar 2010
Leading Sydney lawyer, Rocco Mimmo, founder and chairman of the Ambrose Centre for Religious Liberty, believes freedom to practice one's religion freely and ...  

Witness       9 Mar 2010
Witness       9 Mar 2010
Technology, multi-media, communication - and faith. Both John Paul 11 and the present Pope, Benedict XV1 have spoken about the importance of communication in the modern church. ...  

Youth Weekend a Reason for Hope and a Huge Success       9 Mar 2010
Youth Weekend a Reason for Hope and a Huge Success       9 Mar 2010
More than 30 young people from as far afield as Wagga Wagga and Albury joined 85 others from Sydney for last weekend's 13th Reasons for Hope gathering at Gerringong on the NSW South Coast. ...  

Catholic Schools Welcome National Curriculum and National Student IDs       8 Mar 2010
Catholic Schools Welcome National Curriculum and National Student IDs       8 Mar 2010
The national curriculum to be adopted by all schools across Australia is the "single most important education reform in Australia's history," says Dr Dan White, Executive Director of the Archdiocese of Sydney's 111 parish primary schools and 36 regional secondary schools. ...  

Speculation in Rome John Paul II's Beatification Still to Go Ahead in October       8 Mar 2010
Speculation in Rome John Paul II's Beatification Still to Go Ahead in October       8 Mar 2010
Despite reports the beatification of Pope John Paul 11 may be delayed because the "miracle French nun" has fallen ill again, sources in Rome speculate the much loved and admired late pope could be beatified as early as 24 October this year. ...  

An Exhibition for the Rebuilding of L'Aquila       8 Mar 2010
An Exhibition for the Rebuilding of L'Aquila       8 Mar 2010
The age of these works of art, isn't the reason they're deteriorated. ...  

Iraq: The Unheard Cry of the Innocent       8 Mar 2010
Iraq: The Unheard Cry of the Innocent       8 Mar 2010
While Iraqi's cast their votes and even after polls closed explosions were heard across Baghdad and other cities on the weekend. ...  

Priests, Ministers of God's New Covenant       8 Mar 2010
Priests, Ministers of God's New Covenant       8 Mar 2010
Priests are ministers of the new covenant between God and humanity, through Christ and through Grace. ...  

Church and Surrounds Packed for the Installation of Bishop Anthony Fisher OP - Third Bishop of Parramatta       5 Mar 2010
Church and Surrounds Packed for the Installation of Bishop Anthony Fisher OP - Third Bishop of Parramatta       5 Mar 2010
Nearly 2,000 people welcomed Bishop Anthony Fisher OP to Parramatta last night when he was officially installed as the third Bishop of the diocese. ...  

The Vatican Applauds 'The Book of Eli'       5 Mar 2010
The Vatican Applauds 'The Book of Eli'       5 Mar 2010
First Avatar, now 'The Book of Eli'. The Vatican is sounding off on the film, but this time it's giving the blockbuster a less negative review. ...  

Old Friends and Admirers Gather for the Requiem Mass of Pioneer Catholic Woman Rosemary Goldie       5 Mar 2010
Old Friends and Admirers Gather for the Requiem Mass of Pioneer Catholic Woman Rosemary Goldie       5 Mar 2010
Many admirers gather at Randwick today (Friday) to pay tribute to Rosemary Goldie who died last weekend aged 94. ...  

Reasons to Hope a Cause for Celebration       4 Mar 2010
Reasons to Hope a Cause for Celebration       4 Mar 2010
When members of two city parish youth groups got together in 1997 to launch a weekend away for like-minded young Catholics they expected about 20 to turn up. Instead 60 arrived and Reasons for Hope was born. ...  

Generous Contribution by The Chinese Catholic Community for St Mary's Cathedral       4 Mar 2010
Generous Contribution by The Chinese Catholic Community for St Mary's Cathedral       4 Mar 2010
The Chinese Catholic Community organised a special fundraising dinner last week for the conservation of St Mary's Cathedral. ...  

Mass for Sydney Chileans       3 Mar 2010
Mass for Sydney Chileans       3 Mar 2010
St Benedict's Catholic Church at Smithfield will be packed on Monday, March 8 when Sydney's Chilean and Latin American communities turn out in force to pray for the victims of the 8.8 earthquake ...  

Cathedral Font Restored to Former Glory       3 Mar 2010
Cathedral Font Restored to Former Glory       3 Mar 2010
When the owner of Australia's last surviving firm of traditional silversmith manufacturers inspected the heavy silver dome covering St Mary's Cathedral's baptismal font, he instantly suspected it had been dropped at sometime in the past, splitting the metal and damaging the silver in several places. ...  

Priesthood as a Vocation Takes Centre Stage at TOT       2 Mar 2010
Priesthood as a Vocation Takes Centre Stage at TOT       2 Mar 2010
Two weeks before Vocation Enquiry Day at the Seminary of the Good Shepherd at Homebush, the priesthood as a vocation took centre stage at this month's meeting of Sydney's popular Theology on Tap (TOT). ...  

Aussies Show No Sign of Donation Fatigue       2 Mar 2010
Aussies Show No Sign of Donation Fatigue       2 Mar 2010
Australians are yet again digging deep in their pockets to help victims of Chile's devastating 8.8 earthquake despite already having given generously in the wake of Haiti's 7.00 quake in January this year. ...  

Prayers for Earthquake Victims of Chile       1 Mar 2010
Prayers for Earthquake Victims of Chile       1 Mar 2010
As Chile's earthquake toll has soared past 700 and rescuers race to find survivors, Pope Benedict XV1 has urged the people to remain courageous and ...  

Church Leaders Mourn Death of Pioneer Catholic Woman Rosemary Goldie       1 Mar 2010
Church Leaders Mourn Death of Pioneer Catholic Woman Rosemary Goldie       1 Mar 2010
The Archbishop of Sydney, Cardinal George Pell will preside at the Requiem Mass on Friday, 5 March for Rosemary Goldie who died at the weekend aged 94. ...  

Sydney-Chileans Plan Fund-Raiser for Earthquake Victims       1 Mar 2010
Sydney-Chileans Plan Fund-Raiser for Earthquake Victims       1 Mar 2010
For 24 hours, Maria and Luis Jimanez from Fairfield, NSW waited anxiously by the phone for news from Chile's earthquake-stricken Concepcion where their 20-year-old son, Phillip was staying with Maria's family. ...