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• Archbishop Comensoli delivers 2021 Patrick Oration
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• Fr George Feliciouz installed as Parish Priest of Mansfield Catholic Parish
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• 2021 Chrism Mass: Anointed and sent
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• Vinnies launches 2021 Winter Appeal to support homelessness
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• World Day of Migrants and Refugees
• Migants
• Synodality: A Guide for the Perplexed
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• Earthquake
• St Mary's
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• One week to go until the start of the Plenary Council
• St Vincent de Paul Parish in Strathmore, Keeping Connected during Covid
• Getting ready for the Plenary Council: A quick refresher
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• Bishop Terry Curtin
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• Opening Plenary: 3 things you might've missed
• Opening Plenary
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• Plenary members present final reports of First Assembly
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• Pope John XXIII
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• Prof John Haldane asks: ‘What does it mean to be Catholic?’
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• Catholic Walking Club of Victoria celebrates 70 years
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• John Haldane
• The Catholic Contribution
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• All Souls Day
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• Austen Ivereigh
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• Consultation for National Youth Ministry Network
• Synodality
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• Proposed new laws cut to the heart of religious faith in Victoria
• Words to live by
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• The passing of a giant: Sir James Gobbo
• Sir James Gobbo
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• Lest We Forget
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• Pope Francis appoints new auxiliary bishop for Brisbane
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• State Funeral
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• A man of unwavering faith: Vale Sir James Gobbo
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• Fr Danny Meagher named Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney
• Archdiocese of Sydney
• Greg Craven
• God's greater horizon
• The hopeful feast of Christ the King
• Encountering Jesus: Youth leaders gather for local WYD
• WYD
• New sculpture celebrates the work and legacy of Cabrini
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• Religious Discrimination
• Anticipating Christ: the real meaning of Advent
• Anticipation
• Advent: The Grace of Waiting
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• End of Life Care
• A crime against humanity: Red Wednesday 2021
• Catholic bishops welcome Religious Discrimination Bill
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• Diocesan Archivist celebrates 25 years of service
• Running from ISIS: The story of Monsignor Thair Sheikh
• Collections
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• Bishops endorse Uluru Statement from the Heart
• ‘Us’ not ‘Them’: International Day of People with Disability
• New heights: a fresh new look for The Summit Online
• The Summit Online
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• The God of time
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• Dr Sr Mary Glowrey JMJ: ‘God’s Good for Nothing’
• Servant of God
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• Desmond O'Grady, Melbourne-born writer, dies at 91
• Desmond O'Grady
• Death
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• Knox Lecture
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• Year C
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• ‘Pluralism has been diminished’: Archbishop Comensoli
• The spirit of the Lord has been given to me
• Progress Report
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• JPC celebrates 40 years as a ‘home away from home’
• ACU's online portfolio ushers in a new generation of learning
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• St Joseph: A dreamer, father and friend to all
• What St Ambrose reveals about the way of beauty
• St Ambrose of Milan
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• The Way of Beauty
• The Architecture of Devotion: New book explores Goold's role as cultural patron
• First Archbishop of Melbourne
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• Fr Max Vodola on the distinctiveness of Goold's legacy
• Fruits of first Plenary Council assembly published
• Simbang Gabi: A Christmas gift from the Filipino community
• The difference between joy and happiness
• ‘O hear the angel voices’: the stories behind some of our favourite carols
• Christmas Carols
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• Archdiocese to host TV Carols Special, ‘Jesus is Christmas’
• Book Recommendation
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• Perpetual Vows
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• Parishes
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• God does not measure by appearance, but by the heart
• A Christmas Message from Archbishop Comensoli
• Pathways Victoria: A New Model for Responding to Survivors of Abuse
• Pathways Victoria
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• Parish works with youth to develop new Altar Server resource
• Altar Server
• A child; a light; a hope.
• Alice von Hildebrand: the legacy of a remarkable woman
• Alice von Hildebrand
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• Personalism
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• Pope Francis appoints new ambassador to Australia
• Apostolic Nuncio
• TODAY: Week of Prayer for Christian Unity begins
• Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
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• Abu Dhabi
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• The great gift of love is for the least, not the best
• Pope Francis: ‘We are losing the ability to listen’
• World Day of Social Communications
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• Melbourne’s legal profession gather for annual Red Mass
• Law
• When justice and mercy embrace
• Celebrating Word of God Sunday (6 February)
• Religious leaders launch campaign to end indefinite detention
• Media
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• Films to talk about: A Hidden Life
• Movie of the Week
• 170 years of St Patrick’s bells
• Bell
• Blessings for the year ahead
• Fr Samuel Pearson
• Fr Hoang Dinh
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• Fr Phuong Vu
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• CLOSING SOON: Submissions for Synod
• Submissions
• World Day of the Sick a tribute to health care workers
• Tribute
• A calming presence in times of need: Celebrating Chaplaincy Sunday
• Hospital Chaplains
• Fr Jose Mathew
• Six powerful graces of a silent sacrament
• Anointing of the Sick
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• Pan-Amazon Synod
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• Pope Francis: 'Pour out the wine of hope'
• When care becomes a mission: Dr Mary McInerney
• Healthcare workers are 'beyond burnout'
• Australian Catholic University
• 'Inspired by love': Tolkien's faith and Catholicism
• The Lord of the Rings
• Wisdom
• A declaration about God’s kingdom
• Receive, recognise, respond
• A man for all seasons: Sir Michael Chamberlin
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• Modern chivalry: Ancient Order receives new members
• Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
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• Deadline extended for local Synod of Bishops submissions
• The key to starting Lent right
• Fasting
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• Five stories of forgiveness
• Forgiveness
• Our Father
• Stories of
• Stories
• Joe Doolan
• 100 years of being a good neighbour: Knights celebrate centenary Mass
• Lent: a guide for the perplexed
• Q&A
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• 25 Lenten reading suggestions
• University students seek to share Jesus on campus
• University
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• Pope Francis: 'Do not grow tired of doing good'
• Celebrating a visionary: Catholic Mission's 200 years
• Kevin Meese
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• 200 Years
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• We all have a role to play: Vocations Director Fr Jerome Santamaria
• St Catherine of Siena
• Calling
• Pope Francis: 'Day of Fasting for Peace' for Ukraine
• Russia
• Day of Fasting
• Fr Ben Ho SSS
• Pray for Ukraine and the conversion of hearts: Archbishop Comensoli
• Bishops call for peace in Ukraine, generous Australian response
• Without fraternity, liberty and equality fail
• Melbourne seminarians accepted as candidates to the priesthood
• What are Ember Days?
• Ember Days
• Novus Ordo
• An Enabling Life: Vale Fr Kevin Mogg AM
• Prision Chaplains
• Mercy College Coburg hosts 2022 launch of Project Compassion
• Plenary Council takes next step in discernment journey
• ‘Pray for peace and become ambassadors of Christ’: Ukrainian Bishop Mykola Bychok
• Bishop Mykola Bychok
• ‘We just want peace’: Ukrainian Catholic Church hosts prayer service
• Ash Wednesday
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• Popes
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• Fr Prince Joseph VC
• Fr Greg Brett CM
• Fr Felix Navarro Perez
• The art of conversation: Tolkien and Lewis
• Conversation
• Cardinal Tagle
• Take the time to walk with Jesus
• ‘Here is your home’: Rite of Election 2022
• Rite of Election
• Confirmation
• Jesuit networks rally emergency support for Ukraine
• Poverty
• Appeal
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• Church backs theme for International Women’s Day
• ‘Faith is a verb’: Fr Geoff McIlroy
• Surrender
• 'Where'd you come from, where'd you go?' Stories of St Joe . . .
• Miracles
• Donald Calloway
• Consecration
• Harmony Week 2022: ‘Everyone Belongs’
• 175th Anniversary
• World Events
• Harmony Week
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• Three million Australians, including nearly 750,000 children, living in poverty
• Homelessness
• ‘We can only defeat evil together,’ Apostolic Nuncio to Ukraine says
• Aid to the Church in Need
• Stella Maris Melbourne: Celebrating the unsung heroes
• Apostleship of the Sea
• Supporting our seafarers: Video message from Archbishop Comensoli
• Celebrating Catholic Education Week 2022
• Legends worth telling? St Patrick for modern people
• Legends
• Imagination
• Social media systems are 'anathema' to a free society, Paul Kelly says
• Ethos 2022
• Watch the third annual Patrick Oration: 17 March @ 7.30pm
• Why we need a Catholic education: The popes weigh in
• Pope Quotes
• Share that light with others, as St Patrick did
• They are ordinary people, like us: A personal reflection
• Set Them Free
• Creative Arts Exhibition 2022: A look at the winners
• ‘A threshold moment’: Archbishop Comensoli delivers the 2022 Patrick Oration
• Patrick Oration 2022
• ‘God had a different plan’: Fr Jerald Mariadas
• Make time to unite with Pope Francis in prayer
• We share in God’s time of salvation
• Cathedral overflows for Walk with Mary 2022
• Walk with Mary
• Another key to Lent: Expect the unexpected
• The Way of the Cross
• Senator Kimberley Kitching farewelled at St Patrick’s Cathedral
• Funeral
• Pope Francis institutes sweeping reforms with 'Praedicate evangelium'
• Roman Curia
• Archbishop Comensoli to join Pope Francis in consecrating Ukraine, Russia
• The rabbit hole of Russian consecration
• Immaculate Heart of Mary
• Films to talk about: Hunt for the Wilderpeople
• Movie
• Taika Waititi
• Hunt for the Wilderpeople
• Holy Eucharist St Albans South celebrates 50 years
• The Annunciation: Woman clothed with the sun
• Annunciation
• Mary's “yes” is a movement from hope to certainty
• ‘The heart of humanity’: Dante's eternal significance
• NZ deal welcomed, but other asylum-seekers need a solution
• Dante
• The Divine Comedy
• 700th Anniversary
• The way of Jesus is the way of forgiveness
• Year B
• Jesuits welcome refugees fleeing Ukraine as crisis escalates
• Jesuit Mission
• Minimalism, simplicity, and the 'one thing necessary'
• Simplicity
• What would you do for gold? The Goold Rush (Part 1)
• Gold Rush
• Budget - Failure to address workforce crisis in aged care
• ‘We’re not the church we were anymore’: Fr Joe Caddy VG
• ‘Life is changed in the blink of an eye’: Ukrainian Catholic Vasyl Mykhaylyk
• Kerrie Burn announced as an Inaugural Wikidata Fellow for 2022
• Catholic Theological College (CTC)
• Research
• Mannix Library
• Fr Daryl Montecillo: Wasting time with God
• Faith mode ON: Video games and the digital frontier
• Video Games
• VMCH: Aged care sector left out in the cold
• Healt
• ACU Poetry Prize looks to spark hope among Australian poets
• Poetry
• Jesus offers a two-fold mercy
• 'We are in love with the spirit of Cain,' Pope Francis says
• Takeaways
• Getting Bach on track: How music can save your Holy Week
• J.S. Bach
• Fostering life first: Understanding the implications of Maeve’s Law
• Human Life
• Dioceses preparing reports for Synod of Bishops process
• Sr Patricia Fox NDS celebrates golden jubilee with beloved Filipino community
• 2022 Holy Week liturgies at Cathedral to be televised
• CTC to offer online faith formation series in May
• Archbishop Balvo takes up appointment as Nuncio to Australia
• His death became the hour of our rebirth
• Palm Sunday
• ‘The language of ethics’: Palm Sunday Walk for Justice 2022
• The saint's guide to the Passion
• The Passion of Christ
• Tips from the Saints
• Peter Kreeft
• People of God invited to surround Council in prayer
• Hundreds gather for the annual Chrism Mass
• Marriage formation opportunity for parishes
• Blessing of the Oils
• Holy Week around the world
• From Darkness into Light—an Advent-to-Easter journey for Holy Trinity Parish
• Archbishop Peter A Comensoli's Easter Message 2022: "The Eternal Dawn"
• How to be a winner
• Easter Vigil
• Fr Elio Capra SDB
• Eight days a week: The meaning of the Easter Octave
• Easter Octave
• Resurrection
• God has renewed, reconciled and reconfigured us all
• Holy Thursday: ‘Do this, in memory of me’
• Mass of the Lord's Supper
• Passion
• Good Friday: Mercy and protection writ large
• Triduum
• Easter: Life always finds a way
• Bishops call for ‘a better kind of politics’
• Election
• “One of the crew”: Navy Chaplaincy with Mons. Stuart Hall
• Navy Chaplaincy
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• Monsignor Stuart Hall
• Love's second name: Pope John Paul II and the mystery of Divine Mercy
• Divine Mercy Sunday
• St Faustina
• 4 of the weirdest stories from the Book of Acts
• Acts of the Apostles
• Early Church
• Gospel of Mark
• St Mark
• Is Christ alive among us?
• 3 takeaways from St Louis de Montfort's 'True Devotion'
• St Louis de Montfort
• True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin
• Mariology
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• ‘Our second home’: Croatian community celebrates dedication of altar
• Croatian Cath
• Croatian Catholic Community
• Altar Dedication
• Lest we forget
• A resounding “yes” in this Season of Easter
• New Testament
• Apostles
• Vietnamese community celebrates Divine Mercy Congress
• Vietnamese Community
• A 'loving madman'! St Catherine of Siena's vision of God
• The Dialogue
• Mystics
• Riders arrive in Melbourne after 900km cycle to help end poverty
• Awareness Raising
• Campaign
• Statue of St John Paul II unveiled at Ta'Pinu Shrine
• St John Paul the Great
• Peter Craven on the "cancelling" of classics
• Ramsay Centre
• Classical Education
• Classics
• Great Books
• Peter Craven
• Ramsay Lecture
• Bishops prepare to elect new Conference president
• Australia needs to hear these words from Pope Francis
• Federal Election
• Melbourne Archdiocese: A microcosm of the global village
• Local Church
• Fr Mike Schmitz: Life always has room for joy
• Joy
• Fr Mike Schmitz
• Good News
• The beauty of motherhood: 3 quotes to nourish your vocation
• St Edith Stein
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• 5 things the saints NEVER said
• Fake Quotes
• John Anthony Bohan: 100 years young
• I am all yours, and all that is mine is yours
• Bishop Martin Ashe
• Ta Pinu Shrine
• Bishop Martin Ashe
• Faith leaders call for permanent protection for refugees
• Christ on the cross made us new
• Faith Leaders
• Fr Bill Edebohls: Finding a common home with Ivanhoe Parish
• Ivanhoe Parish
• Fr Bill Edebohls
• Redevelopment
• Bishops Conference elects Archbishop Costelloe president
• Nothing is wasted with God: Seminarians share their stories
• Beyond the slogans: 5 books to think deeply about ecology
• Laudati Si' Week
• Movies to look out for: Father Stu
• Movies
• Father Stu
• Mark Wahlberg
• Mel Gibson
• ‘Listening and journeying together’ during Laudato Si' Week
• Mary, women and waiting on God
• Marian Month
• Prayer L
• Sr Paula Moroney OCDM
• A mystery and a miracle: Fr Anil Mascarenhas
• Our Lady around the world (Part 1): Poland and Ukraine
• Our Lady of Częstochowa
• Our Lady of Zarvanytsia
• Queen of Poland
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• Navigating the impact of the pandemic on public worship
• Ars Celebrandi
• Archbishop Comensoli to celebrate Mass for those lost during COVID
• Four new women canonised as saints by Pope Francis
• Women Saints
• 3 keys to unlock Laudato Si'
• Our Lady around the world (Part 2): Vietnam, China & the Philippines
• Our Lady of La Vang
• Our Lady of Sheshan
• Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage
• Marian Apparitions
• A culture of devotion: Filipino Catholics in Melbourne
• The Mass mum didn't have: Remembering those lost during the pandemic
• ‘Sacred images’: Goold’s legacy of artistic treasures
• When family is everything: the end-of-life journey
• O'Neill House
• ‘Keeping silence’: 5 quotes on the art of listening
• ‘Do not let your hearts be troubled’
• More than 1,100 names remembered at Memorial Mass
• Memorial Mass
• Kevin Donnelly AM: ‘Christianity matters in these troubled times’
• Kevin Donnelly
• Society
• Secularism
• Liberal Arts
• Help of Christians: Understanding the Jewish origins of Catholic devotion
• Rachel
• New Rachel
• Brant Pitre
• Jewish Roots of the Church
• Our Lady around the world (Part 3): Malta, Sri Lanka and Egypt
• Our Lady of Zeitoun
• Our Lady of Ta'Pinu
• Our Lady of Madhu
• Our Lady around the World
• 3 key takeaways from Melbourne's Synod report
• Synod Report
• ‘He loved his family’: Remembering those lost during the pandemic
• A long history of keeping the faith: Chinese Catholics in Melbourne
• Chinese Community
• Campus ministry announces new JPII House of formation
• Discipleship on Campus
• ‘Christianity Matters’: a book review
• Welcoming the people fleeing Ukraine
• Christianity Matters
• The Ascension: Don’t be distracted by the spectacle
• Pope invites Church to pray Rosary for peace
• Queen of Peace
• Pope Francis announces 21 new cardinals
• Cardinals
• College of Cardinals
• God is Beauty: St John Paul II’s lost reflections rediscovered
• Karol Wojtyla
• Spiritual Retreat
• Our Lady around the world (Part 4): Rwanda
• Our Lady of Kibeho
• ‘Killarney Kate’: Stopping them in their tracks
• People of God
• Uluru statement offers gift of grace to our nation
• 3 quotes on the significance of the Holy Spirit
• Pentecost Sunday
• ‘A moment in history’: Sherry Balcombe reflects on the First Nations voice to Parliament
• Uluru Statement from the Heart
• The gift of hospitality: Cambodian and Lao Catholics in Melbourne
• Cambodian Community
• Lao Community
• Parishes work together to help people meet Jesus
• The Little Flower: When the Spirit works quietly
• Vocation
• Fathers in film: 3 excellent depictions of fatherhood
• Trinity Sunday
• Fatherhood
• Now streaming: Finding Jesus in popular culture
• Trinity Sunday: Celebrating the mystery of God’s love
• Online prayer service for Refugee Week
• Why the Trinity is something to get excited about
• Celebrating our family of faith
• Celebr
• Queen recognises ‘accidental theologian’ Anna Krohn
• Queen's Birthday Honours
• Order of Australia
• Anna Krohn
• Arthur Calwell, Australia’s father of multiculturalism
• Victorian Catholics recognised in Queen’s Birthday honours
• Immigration
• multiculturalism
• The domestic church: a place of growth and forgiveness
• Domestic Church
• New ‘Take the Way of the Gospel’ Reference and Advisory Group
• Catherine Garner
• Corpus Christi: celebrating Christ’s presence
• Corpus Christi
• Pope Francis encourages us to pray for families
• The Pope Video
• Pope Video
• World Meeting of Families
• St Flavia: The early Christian who lives in Melbourne
• St Flavia
• Bishop Goold
• Special Mass setting to mark 175th anniversary of Melbourne Diocese
• Celebration
• ‘Looking through their eyes’: 3 quotes from Pope Francis for Refugee Week
• Light in the jungle: a refugee’s story
• Journeying Together: a new sacraments of initiation resource for the domestic Church
• ‘A Man for all Seasons’ for the modern world
• St Thomas More
• A Man for all Seasons
• ‘If you ever get stuck’: Archbishop Mannix and the hospitable impulse
• Moments of Grace
• Archbishop Mannix
• Archbishop pays tribute to retiring Deputy Premier James Merlino
• James Merlino
• ‘It all began in family homes’: 175 years of the Diocese of Melbourne
• Celebrating 175 years of our diocesan family of faith
• Learning the music of unity with Irenaeus of Lyon
• Doctor of Unity
• Doctor of the Church
• What you need to know about the Plenary Council’s Second Assembly
• Second Assembly
• Refresher
• Learning to love: Pope Francis praises ‘the beauty of the family’
• WMOF
• The Domestic Church
• Melbourne’s Catholic and Anglican communities celebrate 175 years together
• What would you do with gold? The Goold rush (Part 2)
• Anglican Church
• St Thomas the Apostle and the invitation to trust
• Trust
• Rev Charles Balnaves
• Andrea Cano Botero
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Sunday: celebrating an incarnational faith
• Our story of faith ‘through the eyes and hearts of Indigenous Christians’
• Plenary Council officially endorses Uluru Statement from the Heart
• ‘Rituals of lament’: Plenary Council mourns for those suffering because of abuse
• St Benedict’s invitation to everyday holiness
• Monasticism
• Frank Di Blasi: celebrating a lifetime of service
• Making disciples is not ‘for a privileged few’: Dr Nigel Zimmermann
• Christmas on the Streets: serving the poorest of the poor in Melbourne
• COTS
• Gathering people together: the early days of Aboriginal Catholic Ministry Victoria
• Lament
• 3 important spiritual lessons from St Bonaventure
• St Bonaventure
• Senior Citizens
• 4 takeaways from the Plenary Council
• Video
• Archbishop Costelloe commences as president of Australian Catholic Bishops Conference
• Archbishop Costelloe
• ‘Mercy’ is the reason we evangelise, Polish Archbishop tells Melbourne clergy
• Clergy Conference
• Archbishop Grzegorz Rhyś
• New Evangelisation
• Gratitude is the beginning of love: Wisdom from the Carmelites
• Carmelites
• Wisdom from the Carmelites
• Catholic Development Fund celebrates 40 years of payroll services
• Catholic Development Fund
• Archbishop Comensoli’s letter to the faithful reflects on the Plenary Council
• Letter to the Faithful
• Ordination Mass: the Good Shepherd ‘knows his own’
• St Mary Magdalene and the gift of deep friendship
• Welcoming the ‘good guest’: a call to attentiveness
• Mary and Martha
• Attentiveness
• Pope Francis to the elderly: ‘Be artisans of the revolution of tenderness!’
• Love knows our ‘secret name’: Wisdom for marriage from the von Hildebrands
• Spousal Love
• National Census
• 2021
• 2021 National Census
• Called to be ‘a light of hope and joy in this world’: three new priests ordained
• Archbishop Tim Costelloe reflects on his new role as ACBC President
• ‘Thank you for your marriage’: Couples celebrate anniversaries at St Patrick’s
• Marriage Vows
• Helder Camara Lecture
• St Cecilia’s harnesses the power of the sun
• St Cecilia's
• Solar Power
• ‘Universalis’ creator on his new book, ‘The Creed in Slow Motion’
• Big Night: glimpsing the heavenly banquet
• Food
• Lucy Davison
• Heaven’s alchemy: St Alphonsus Liguori and the call to love
• St Alphonsus Liguori
• Melbourne couple honoured by Australian Catholic University
• Melbourne Catholics
• Creed
• Universalis
• Why the whole Church should embrace Desiderio Desideravi
• Professor Clare Johnson
• ‘A light unto the world’: Archbishop Comensoli blesses newly opened JPII House
• JPII House
• The generosity of life in God
• Generosity
• Wealth
• Seek and nurture what is good, Pope tells the Church
• Vespers
• Canada
• Providing affordable homes to support older women in need
• Urgent and practical care for Victorians in crisis
• The smallest moment of grace
• ‘Yes, it’s good to be a Catholic’: Archbishop invites young people to World Youth Day 2023
• WYD2023
• Portugal
• Winter Fiesta
• Vocation is about ‘making God’s dream come true’: Pope Francis
• Vocations Awareness Week
• World Day of Prayer for Vocations
• Kindness
• Kingdom of God
• Archbishop dedicates St Mary MacKillop Church, Bannockburn
• New Rector Appointed for Corpus Christi College
• Being moved to love: discerning God’s will for our lives
• Sr Mary Helen OP
• Falling into place: Fr Brian Muling reflects on his vocation
• ‘A wonderful, blessed vocation’: Fr Joel Peart
• Church Dedication
• Bannockburn
• Andy Hamilton SJ, poet, writer and lover of nature
• Modern challenges to discernment and their remedies: Part 1
• Modernity
• Causing a ruckus—in the name and way of Jesus Christ
• Non-violence
• Witness
• Protest
• Worship
• Modern challenges to discernment and their remedies: Part 2
• Australian synthesis for global Synod of Bishops published
• National Centre for Pastoral Research
• Safeguarding Essentials online training module launched for clergy and volunteers
• Writing
• A life in Christ: Homily by Archbishop Peter A Comensoli
• Requiem Mass
• Remembering Mother Ellen Marie of Jesus OCDM
• Obituary
• Forming intentional disciples: St Christopher’s Syndal celebrates 60th anniversary
• St Christopher's Syndal
• Syndal
• Opening the door to all who seek God’s kingdom
• Seeking
• Leadership change at peak body for Catholic Church ministries in Australia
• AMPJP
• Fr Andrew Kwiatkowski, a life of gratitude
• Valerie Sumner: ‘The Fundraising Queen’
• Valerie Summer
• Archbishop's Dinner
• Knights of the Southern Cross raise largest amount ever in support of seminarians
• Valerie Sumner
• Sr Deirdre Browne ibvm, a fulfilling life of faith and music
• Loreto Sisters
• Fr Ignatius Tan, serving those in need
• Shining a light on domestic violence
• Work is dignifying—but its dignity must be protected
• All the white horses: Archbishop Mannix’s 1920 St Patrick’s Day Parade
• Work
• St Patrick's Day Parade
• White Horses
• Melbourne
• Ireland Will Be Free
• First-time collaboration for Melbourne church musicians
• Investing in Jesus
• Concerts
• Music Festival
• Pope Francis’ call to artists: Beauty can be a ‘thorn in the heart’
• Vitae Summit
• Gender identity
• Gender and identity
• Bishops support Catholic schools with guide on gender, identity
• Catholic leaders mourn the death of Queen Elizabeth II
• Queen Elizabeth II
• From lost to found: Jesus’ call to repentance and forgiveness
• Prodigal Son
• Repenta
• Repentance
• Parables
• St Hildegard of Bingen: a woman of ‘nuclear energy’
• St Hildegard von Bingen
• Dr Chris Morris
• Fr Paul Rowse
• High Court judge encourages Catholic lawyers to keep the faith
• Melbourne Catholic Lawyers' Association
• Justice Simon Steward
• Public Witness
• The quiet, welcoming Christianity of Queen Elizabeth II
• Permanent deacons: ‘Boundary riders’ in God’s service
• Deacon Kevin Pattison
• Deacon Jim Curtain
• Miles Pattenden
• Archbishop Hart
• A well-lived life
• Humility
• Simplicy
• Growing small: How St Thérèse of Lisieux reminds us of something we keep forgetting
• How Tolkien nearly lost his faith—and what drew him back
• Letters
• Blessed Sacrament
• Rediscovering a great treasure: St Pope John Paul II’s plea for the Rosary
• Month of the Rosary
• New approach to dementia care improves lives
• Archbishop blesses and dedicates Iona College Geelong
• Building the Future with Migrants and Refugees
• Lesa Meese, sharing the gift of natural family planning
• Natural Family Planning
• The Rings of Power
• Review
• Finding our true homeland
• Migration
• Lazarus
• Heaven
• Fr Martin Monaghan, RAN
• Fr Martin Monaghan, RAN
• Iona College
• Carmelite Monastery of Melbourne celebrates 100 years
• St Patrick’s Cathedral full of life and colour for World Day of Migrants and Refugees
• Finding passion and purpose in a new home: Hana’s migration story
• Migrant Story
• Science, faith and what it means to be human
• Artificial Intelligence
• Transhumanism
• Engaging Your Faith
• Chris Mulherin
• Help build brighter futures for communities in Ethiopia this World Mission Month
• Ethiopia
• Mandarin-speaking Chinese Catholics celebrate historic day
• Our Lady of China
• Dedication
• A statement from the Archbishop of Melbourne
• Essendon Football Club
• Freedom of religion
• A friend in the struggle: remembering Bishop Hilton Deakin
• Bishop Hilton Deakin
• East Timor
• Pursuing the common good of all: a response from the Archbishop of Melbourne
• Diversity
• A tangible faith: sharing the life of the God who comes to us
• Hoppers Crossing
• The significance of St Patrick’s Cathedral—then and now
• 125th Anniversary
• 1897
• ‘The greatest spiritual joy’: Pope Francis’ message for World Youth Day 2023
• Australian Religious Archive: celebrating story and history
• Australian Religious Archive
• Australian Religious
• Australian Catholic Religious
• From windswept paddock to vibrant parish: St Peter Apostle Hoppers Crossing celebrates Golden Jubilee
• St Peter Apostle Mission Parish
• Pontifical Requiem Mass celebrated for Bishop Hilton Forrest Deakin
• The ordinary and intimate ways we learn to love Jesus
• Children
• The making of a masterpiece: psychology and theology with Matt MacDonald
• Psychology
• Matt MacDonald
• Viktor Frankl
• David
• 5 great reads to help you share the Good News of God’s love
• Focusing on housing support for older migrants in Anti-Poverty Week
• Catholic precinct comes alive in new walking tour app
• Catholic Precinct
• The heart in need of healing
• Penitence
• Sacrament of Reconcilation
• Melbourne Archdiocese Catholic Schools launches inaugural strategic plan
• John Casamento, through the lens of photography and faith
• Catholic Media
• Catholic Photographer
• Looking up at St Pat’s: the origins of the cathedral on the hill
• William Wardell
• ‘We are God’s building’: celebrating 125 years of St Patrick’s Cathedral
• ‘I want to stay with you today’: the mercy and forgiveness of Jesus
• Gospel of Luke
• ‘May these stones continue to sing’: Melbourne celebrates 125 years of St Patrick’s Cathedral
• The way of the family: Mary Eberstadt in conversation with Archbishop Comensoli
• Mary Eberstadt
• Culture
• All Souls’ Day: gathering the living and the dead
• Memorial Month
• 5 great reads from Anglican authors to enrich your Catholic faith
• Cross
• St Vincent de Paul Society launches Flood Appeal
• Flood Appeal
• Cardinal Tagle’s call to evangelise social media
• ‘A lamp on a lampstand’: Celebrating fifty years of Catholic Theological College
• 50th Anniversary
• ‘God calls us to be united’: Archbishop of Canterbury visits Melbourne
• Archbishop of Canterbury
• Red Wednesday: highlighting religious persecution around the world
• Why we need a special day to see the poor
• ‘The spaces between us’: the ABC’s Scott Stephens on relearning the art of gracious conversation
• The Victorian state election and the common good
• World Day of the Poor
• Michael McGirr
• Attending to the poor and needy: celebrating the canonisation of St Giovanni Battista Scalabrini
• Scalabrinians
• St Giovanni Batista Scalabrini
• Congregation of the Missionaries of St Charles Borromeo
• ‘Your endurance will win you your lives’: 100 years at Sacred Heart Gembrook
• Centenary
• Sacred Heart Parish Gembrook
• Voting for the common good: Victorian Bishops release election guide
• Victorian Bishops
• State Election
• Jesus, jazz, and the healing power of music with Olivia Chamoun
• The Call of Guadalupe: popular Christian musical returns to Melbourne
• St Cecelia
• Jazz
• Olivia Chamoun
• Sunday obligation
• Musical Theatre
• Scott Stephens
• Simone Weil Lecture
• Public Discourse
• Democracy
• Celebrating the Father of Migrants at St Brigid’s, North Fitzroy
• Giovanni Scalabrini
• St Brigid's, North Fitzroy
• Fr Justin Glyn SJ: ‘We’re all Church together’
• Disabled Catholics
• World Day for People with Disabilities
• Raising minds and hearts to God: vale Joseph Giansiracusa
• Advent: a guide for the perplexed
• Guide for the Perplexed
• The candle in the window: an Advent reflection
• Candle
• Home
• Ordination Mass: ‘All for unity in Christ’
• A kingdom that brings life
• Three new priests and three new deacons ordained for Melbourne
• Report reveals worsening persecution of Christians around the world
• Joseph Giansiracusa
• ‘This is our witness’: Cardinal Coutts and ACN on global religious persecution
• Night of the Witnesses
• Joseph Cardinal
• Regina Lynch
• Cardinal Coutts
• Pakistan
• Recognising the presence of God: advice from the popes for this Advent
• Melbourne Catholic Professionals: furthering the mission of the Church
• Melbourne Catholic Professionals
• Morgan Stanley
• Mr Allan Myers
• Australian bishops back local Advent appeal for Ukrainian people
• Persecuted Christians remembered at Red Wednesday Prayer Vigil
• Artist James Murnane on the present demands of love
• Catholic Artist
• The St Andrew’s Network: walking alongside those entering the Catholic Church
• St Andrews Network
• ‘Kairos’ time and our place in God’s story
• Time
• Kairos
• St Benedict's Parish Burwood
• The dogma of the Immaculate Conception—minted in Victorian gold
• Miraculous Medals
• 4 ways to share the love this Christmas
• St Benedict’s Parish: serving the Burwood community for 70 years
• Fr Vinh Do: following his deepest desire
• ‘The blind see again’
• Archdiocese of Melbourne to host 2024 Youth Festival
• Celebrating Christmas at George Maher House and Justin Villa
• Justin Villa
• George Maher House
• Patrick Oration 2023
• Blinded by fairy lights
• A very particular Christmas
• Melbourne Archdiocese Catholic Schools launches new brand and visual identity
• ‘Together again’: Archdiocesan staff and agencies gather for Thanksgiving Mass
• CDF
• Fr An Le: keeping Christ at the heart of ministry
• Seeing beauty: the calling of Leopoldine Mimovich
• Australian reflections on Synod’s working document published
• Synod of Bishops
• Leopoldine Mimovich
• High-profile Catholic leaders Sr Nathalie Becquart and Fr Hans Zollner to visit Melbourne
• ‘Our barefooted God’: humility as the way to life
• Church in Australia mourns death of Pope Benedict XVI
• Uniting in prayer for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI
• At the service of truth: the life and career of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI
• The Spiritual Testament of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI
• Farewelling Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI
• Spiritual Testament
• Opportunities to pray for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI
• Holy Hour
• Homily of Pope Francis for the Funeral of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI
• Three things Pope Benedict XVI taught me
• Joseph Ratzinger
• Statement from Archbishop Comensoli on the death of Cardinal George Pell
• The piety of Pope Benedict XVI and his passion for the truth
• Tracey Rowland
• New Syro-Malabar Eparch named for Australia and New Zealand
• Syro-Malabar Eparchy
• Missionaries of Charity
• Fr Huy Nguyen: nurturing faith in the family and community
• Memorial Mass for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI: ‘strong in Christ’
• A pope for our times: Memorial Mass for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI
• Month's
• ‘A work of hope’: Red Mass for the opening of the legal year
• Safer Internet Day: connect, reflect, protect
• St Patrick’s collegians mark 55 years since school’s closure
• Faith in the victory of life: the story of Fr Tao Xuan Pham
• Rev Tao Xuan Pham
• Eternal Life
• Synodality as mission: in conversation with Sr Nathalie Becquart XMCJ
• Sr Nathalie Becquart
• ‘A true friend of the Lord’: Mass for the Repose of the Soul of George Cardinal Pell
• Mass for the Repose of the Soul
• Bringing hope: CatholicCare Victoria’s Pastoral Care Appeal 2023
• Made for More: exploring the Theology of the Body
• Christopher West
• Melbourne prays for the repose of Cardinal Pell, brother in Christ
• Melbourne’s legal community gathers for annual Red Mass
• Annual Red Mass
• Melbourne Catholic Lawyers
• Discovering and living your personal vocation
• Fr Stephen Francis IVDei
• Fr Vinh Do
• Fr Samuel Kapani
• Bishops will carry shared mission home from Oceania assembly
• Federation of Catholic Bishops Conferences of Oceania
• Fiji
• The gaze of love: how adoration can change your life
• Six30 Holy Hour
• Eucharistic Adoration
• St John Vianney
• St Patrick's College
• Fr Anthony Santhiyagu MGL
• Fr Pham (John) Quang Sang CMF
• Fransiskus Xaverius (Frank) Yangminta CS
• Fr Gesner Felix
• Fr Le (An) Hoang An
• Fr Luan Kinh Lang CS
• Fr Christopher Maher OFMCap
• Fr Andrew Paris
• Fr Zaher Mhanna
• Fr Boon (Ignatius) Kim Tan
• Deacon Juma Emilio Tangum Lofornk
• Fr Paul John Cahill OCarm
• Fr Aloysius Nato SVD
• Fr Thevasantharasa Anthonipillai OMI
• A Catholic’s guide to O-Week
• Fr Matteo Woo-Hyeong Cho OSA
• O-Week
• Orientation
• Student Life
• Connection
• Fr David Raj Francis OMI
• Fr Tung (Anthony) Van Vo CMF
• Fr Joseph Ngo Van Lang CMF
• Fr Glen Tattersall
• Fr Colin Wilson Marshall
• Fr John McDaniels PE
• Fr Anton Punithakumar Aseervathampillai
• Dea William Malouk Daw
• Fr Nguyen Xuan Huy
• WYD fundraising at St Andrew’s Werribee: building parish youth and community spirit
• Into the wild: a Lenten reflection
• Wilderness
• Creatureliness
• Lenten penance and the synodal journey: Pope Francis’ 2023 Lent message
• A home away from home: the flourishing of Melbourne’s JPII House
• Communion
• Personal signs of God’s presence: Lourdes Day Mass
• Lourdes Day
• Order of Malta
• Lourdes Day Mass
• Lourdes
• Our ‘true Lords and Ladies’: Lourdes Mass draws thousands to St Patrick’s Cathedral
• Pat LaManna, choosing a life that matters
• Re-created in Christ
• Adam and Eve
• Re-creation
• Melbourne student’s illustration may catch Pope’s eye
• Catholic Mission
• Socktober
• The journey to Easter: catechumens and candidates celebrate the Rite of Election
• Catechumens
• Candidates
• ‘God is suffering with us’: prayer for peace in Ukraine draws crowds
• Vigil
• CSSV backs enshrinement of Indigenous Voice to Parliament
• Ancient and new: remembering the first Aboriginal Catholic liturgy, 50 years on
• Indigenous Voice to Parliament
• Fr Cameron Forbes, ‘hopeful’ as new rector of Corpus Christi College
• The face of Jesus fully revealed
• What happened at Melbourne’s 1973 Eucharistic Congress?
• Coming home: catechumens and candidates share their stories
• Testimon
• Testimony
• 1973
• Second Vatican Council
• Mother Teresa
• Pope Paul VI
• Archbishop Knox
• Melinda Tankard Reist: speaking up for women and children
• Fiat—A Weekend of Prayer
• Melinda Tankard Reist
• Collective Shout
• Dignity of Women
• Pornography
• Fiat
• 10 quotes for 10 years of Pope Francis
• Melbourne’s Catholic schools celebrate
• Serving the people in God’s name
• The water that truly revives
• Living water
• A grace for all the faithful: the Chrism Mass explained
• Oils
• Melbourne Catholic Professionals
• Watch the fourth annual Patrick Oration: Friday 17 March, 7.30pm
• Archbishop Peter A Comensoli
• St Patrick's Day
• 100 years of Corpus Christi College
• Exhibition
• Archdiocese welcomes two new permanent deacons
• Permanent Diaconate
• Diaconate Ministry
• Fr Arul Casmir OMI
• Fr Kishore Reddy Gade MSFS
• Dcn Stephen Fernandes
• Dcn Hoa Tran
• God trusts in us
• A Christmas Message from Archbishop Comensoli
• Rediscovering ‘the young Church’: Archbishop Comensoli delivers the 2023 Patrick Oration
• 2023 Patrick Oration
• Parishes and movements prepare for ‘Fiat—A Weekend of Prayer’
• Weekend of Prayer
• Thousands gather for annual Schools Mass at St Patrick’s
• All Schools Mass
• Ukrainian Catholic Church in Australia announces move to Gregorian calendar
• Bishop Mikola Bychok
• Gregorian Calendar
• Julian Calendar
• ‘A time of grace’: Archdiocese unites through Fiat—A Weekend of Prayer
• Finding Christ in Beethoven’s Hammerklavier sonata
• Supporting the dignity of mothers: the Caroline Chisholm Society
• Caroline Chisholm
• The Caroline
• The Caroline Chisholm Society
• Good Friday Holy Land appeal: uniting Christians everywhere with ‘the Land of Jesus’
• Franciscan Friars
• Beethoven
• Gospel of Matthew
• St Francis' Church
• Caroline Chisholm Society
• Mum’s mission to shine a light on diversity
• Inclusion
• Autism
• St Paul's College
• St Mark's, Springvale South
• Deacon Stephen Fernandes: sharing his gift of faith with others
• Deacon Stephen Fernandes
• New Executive Director of Education for Melbourne Archdiocese Catholic Schools
• Archbishop Comensoli opens Calvary Kooyong integrated health and care precinct
• Calvary Kooyong precinct
• Calvary Care
• Motor Neurone Disease
• Calvary Bethlehem hospital
• ‘Enlivened with the fullness of God’s life’
• ‘Look at what I am prepared to give you’
• Judas
• crucifixion
• Feeling the agony of his love: a Holy Week reflection
• St John Henry Newman
• Evelyn Waugh
• ‘Renewed in the fullness of Christ’: Chrism Mass celebrated at St Patrick’s Cathedral
• Reconciled together: parishes enter into the spirit of Holy Week
• Sacrament of Penance
• Hundreds gather on Palm Sunday for annual Walk for Justice
• March for Refugees
• Archbishop Comensoli’s Easter Message 2023: ‘Recognised, healed and sent’
• From comic books to sacred art: the way of beauty with Tommy Canning
• Tommy Canning
• Aboriginal Stations of the Cross visit St Damian’s Bundoora
• Deacon Hoa Tran, finding hope in new ways
• The mark of life
• Lamb of God
• Lord's Supper
• Blood of Christ
• Put your sword away
• See and believe
• Mary Magdalene
• Risen Christ
• Celebrating 10 years of ACU Prize for Poetry
• Poetry Prize
• The Triduum at St Pat’s: photo gallery
• His wounds; our healing
• St Thomas
• Ordained by JPII: the story of Melbourne’s Fr Wiesław ‘Tony’ Słowik SJ
• Fr Wiesław ‘Tony’ Słowik S.J.
• Polish Community
• Chaplain
• To fall in love: St Anselm and the point of faith and reason
• St Anselm]
• St Anselm of Canterbury
• Reason
• Meaning
• Deacon Hoa Tran
• Nourish and Flourish program launches in Melton South
• Nourish and Flourish program
• Excitement builds for Melbourne’s largest ever WYD pilgrimage overseas
• Oceania bishops publish response to Synod of Bishops document
• Vale Fr Bob Maguire
• Fr Bob McGuire
• Fr Bob Maguire
• New report reveals makeup of Australian Catholic population
• Catholic Church in Austr
• Bishop Randazzo appointed Apostolic Administrator of Personal Ordinariate
• Personal Ordinariate
• Bishop Anthony Randazzo
• Fr Bob Maguire, friend of the unloved and the unlovely, dies at 88
• General secretary elected provincial, to leave Bishops Conference
• Missionaries of the Sacred Heart
• Fr
• Fr Stephen Hackett
• Small is Beautiful: supporting religious across Melbourne
• Catholic Religious
• The courage to discern: seminarians share their stories
• The Serra Foundation: raising awareness about vocations
• Serra Foundation
• Serra Australia Foundation
• No vocation without mission: Pope Francis’ message for 60th World Day of Prayer for Vocations
• WYD leaders’ formation in Christian leadership begins
• Listening to the wisdom of the people of God
• Retreats bring people closer to Jesus at Mordialloc and Aspendale
• Retreats
• New Vocations Director asks, ‘What do you want to give God?’
• Vocations Director
• Fr Dishan Candappa
• Our Lady around the World (Part 5): Venezuela, Nicaragua, Ecuador
• Engaging your faith: CTC’s online faith formation series returns
• Our Lady of Cuapa
• Our Lady of Good Success
• Our Lady Reconciler of People and Nations
• Apparitions
• Lao Catholic community celebrates their New Year
• New Year
• WYD pilgrims gather together for the first time
• A ‘year of celebrations’ brings people together in Northcote and Thornbury
• Fr Alex Balingit Clemente RCJ
• Fr Thanh Huy Nguyen RCJ
• Fr Ananda Prasad Maddineni MSFS
• Fr Wilford Ramos Urmaza RCJ
• Giuditta Marson: 102 years young and going strong
• ‘Surround yourself with greatness’: over 200 attend professionals luncheon
• MCP
• Professor Natasha Michael
• Cabrini Health
• Dignity of Work
• Maronite Eparchy welcomes bishops during jubilee year
• Our Lady around the World (Part 6): USA and Ireland
• Maronite Eparchy
• Maronite Rite
• Bishop Antoine-Charbel Tarabay
• Work as a mode of prayer: reflections of a palliative care physician
• Mothers who Pray for their Children: restoring families by the power of prayer
• Mothers Who Pray for Their Children
• Carolina Ceten
• Carolina Cetenareski
• St Mary's Thornbury
• ‘To love (and communicate) well’: examining our media habits
• St Francis de Sales
• Examen
• Examination of Conscience
• Ireland
• USA
• Plaques
• Learning to speak the truth in love: World Communications Day 2023
• Cardinal John Dew
• Australasian Catholic Press Association
• Truth
• Bishops issue statement on Indigenous Voice to Parliament
• Our Lady around the World (Part 7): Lithuania
• Our Lady of Šiluva
• Lithuania
• Laudato si’ week reminds us to care for our common home
• Knights of the Southern Cross Victoria launch the 2023 Archbishop’s Dinner
• Launch
• Integrated Ecology
• Integral Ecology
• Catholics urged to join Week of Global Prayer for China
• Week of Global Prayer for China
• Palliative care—living and dying well
• Palliative Care Week
• Shirley Calnin, celebrating life and love
• St Luke's Parish Wantirna
• Our Lady around the World (Part 8): Help of Christians
• Lepanto
• Our Lady of the Rosary
• Fruits of the rosary ‘essential’ for our times, says founder of Nationwide Rosary
• Nationwide Rosary
• Fruits of the Rosary
• ‘Leading for Mission’: Regional Consultation Summary
• Our Lady around the World (Part 9): Laus and Pontmain, France
• Our Lady of Laus
• Our Lady of Hope
• Our Lady of Pontmain
• Franco-Prussian War
• 5 takeaways from Vatican II’s decree on ecumenism
• Unitatis Redintegratio
• New guide supports local reflection on Plenary Council outcomes
• Sunbury Winter Shelter: offering warmth on Melbourne’s cold nights
• Sunbury Winter Shelter
• Charity
• ‘Leading for mission’: first Take the Way of the Gospel report released
• Regional Sessions
• World Cafe
• WYD: 50 days to departure!
• Pilgrims
• Lisbon
• ‘Voice’ webinar series seeks to inform and encourage meaningful debate
• Reconciliation Week
• Voice to Parliament
• Hundreds gather for ordination of second Syro-Malabar Bishop
• Bishop Bosco
• Read to Learn: making a difference in the lives of students
• Read to Learn
• The Trinity: a threefold love
• Build a Shed, build a future
• Build a Shed appeal
• Fr Chris Alar MIC: how the Divine Mercy changed his life
• Fr Chris Alar
• The story of our lives: what it means to be a pilgrim
• Change
• Transformation
• Fr David Huebner OFM Conv
• Communities come together to awaken a desire for the Holy Spirit
• We must become bread broken for others
• The courage to flee war-torn Ukraine
• Listening top of agenda for new Syro-Malabar bishop
• Bishop John Panamthottathil CMI
• Jesus Christ, manna to live by
• Fleeing from Ukraine, not from hope: the Babii family story
• Pilgrimage: a very brief history
• Drawing us to the heart of Christ: the Sacred Heart Chapel at St Patrick’s Cathedral
• Sacred Heart Chapel
• Sacred Heart of Jesus
• Bringing Christ to the streets
• Astonished by the liturgy: a conversation with Abbot Paul Gunter
• Abbot Paul Gunter
• Benedictines
• Theology College celebrates student achievers
• Professor Austin Cooper OMI
• Lisbon 2023: What will our pilgrims see and experience?
• Remembering ‘overburdened’ seafarers on Sea Sunday
• Called to something higher: the origins of World Youth Day
• Origins
• Mary: Mother of God and Mother of the Church in Vatican II
• Fr Simon Wayte MGL
• Fr Simon Wayte MGL
• Mother of God
• Mother of the Church
• ‘Tireless seeker of truth’: Pope remembers Blaise Pascal
• Blaise Pascal
• 400th Anniversary
• Fr Angelo Wijewickrama OMI
• Church leaders in Australia welcome Synod working document
• ‘They are your brothers and sisters’: Catholics pray for refugees
• Freedom
• Personally known and individually loved
• Relationship
• St Richard of Chichester
• ‘It’s not a job. It’s a mission’: Parousia Media’s Charbel Raish
• Parousia Media
• Charbel Raish
• St Kevin’s Templestowe hosts ‘sacred space of conversation’ to explore the Voice to Parliament
• Mary Glowrey Circle strengthens legacy of pioneering doctor sister
• Dr Sr Mary Glowrey JMJ
• Mary Glowrey Museum
• WYD destinations: the incredible story of Fatima
• Fatima
• Cora Lijnders OAM: part of the parish family
• Alyssa Agius: influencing the influencers
• Alyssa
• Alyssa Agius
• World Social Media Day
• Podcasting
• King's Birthday Honours
• A new life in Christ
• Relic statue of St John Bosco to tour Australia for Salesians’ centenary
• WYD Destinations: The Italian Way
• St John Bosco
• Salesians of Don Bosco
• Relic
• WYD Destinations
• Assisi
• Rome
• The Italian Way
• Salesians of Don Bosco
• Words that warm us: a winter reading list
• Winter
• Leading Missionary Parishes: a workshop exploring vital and vibrant parishes
• Cath Garner
• Converts tell their RCIA stories: Our Lady’s Parish Craigieburn and Roxburgh
• Converts
• Our Lady's Parish
• Craigieburn and Roxburgh
• New message stick presented to St Patrick’s Cathedral at start of NAIDOC Week
• ACMV
• Sr Marian McClelland SSS, a woman of presence and love
• ‘A passion for the mission of Christ’: remembering Rev Professor Austin Cooper OMI AM
• Rev Professor Austin Cooper OMI
• Oblates of Mary Immaculate
• Oceania’s diverse Church to be represented at Synod of Bishops
• Melbourne’s emerging leaders to ‘let Rome be the teacher’ this WYD
• Emerging Leaders
• WYD destinations: in the footsteps of Jesus
• Holy Land
• Jerusalem
• ACSA Conference encourages young Catholic students to ‘be not afraid’
• ACSA
• Australian Catholic Student Association
• Be Not Afraid
• Finding our winter rhythm, the Benedictine way
• Daily Office
• Liturgy of the Hours
• Routines
• Fr Frank Brennan SJ speaks on Catholic Social Teaching and the Voice referendum
• Pilgrims blessed and commissioned for World Youth Day Lisbon
• Journeying with the life-giving word of God
• Parable of the Sower
• Word
• The ‘stay-at-home’ pilgrim: shrines to visit in Melbourne this WYD
• Shrines
• Catholics reminded to preach the Gospel always, everywhere
• Bishops Commission for Evangelisation
• Bishops Commission for Evangelisation, Laity and Mission
• Café serves up intergenerational fun for residents, trainees and children
• Young families
• Intergenerational engagement
• Deacon Harold Burke-Sivers: ‘We have a part to play’ in evangelisation
• Deacon Harold Burke-Sivers
• ‘The gaps are widening’: being homeless in Victoria this winter
• A parish endeavour: St Kevin’s Hampton Park heads to World Youth Day
• World Youth DayWY
• On pilgrimage: into the catacombs
• Catacombs
• Christian History
• Martyrs
• A letter from a mother to her pilgrim daughter
• Open Letter
• Mother
• Daughter
• The cultivation of our lives
• Fruitfulness
• Sisterhood of St Vincent’s raising much needed money and awareness
• St Vincent's Hospital
• St Vincent's Hospital Foundation
• God’s home among the snow gums: the Mt Buller Chapel
• Professionals luncheon a chance to support other Catholics, member says
• Luncheon
• Mt Buller Chapel
• ‘This isn’t just a theory; it’s living history’: Fr Stephen Wang
• Holy Land pilgrims set out in the footsteps of Jesus
• The Footsteps of Jesus
• Clergy and parish leaders gather for Leading Missionary Renewal workshop
• Vibrant, Vital and Viable Parishes
• ‘A transformation for the good’: Spirit moves 80 men at menALIVE event in Corio–Lara
• ‘The Lord is always by your side’: Pope Francis speaks with Melbourne pilgrims
• Emma Llewellyn, ‘at home’ with the Sisters of Mercy
• ‘A beautiful experience’: Pilgrims celebrate Mass at St Peter’s Basilica and visit the catacombs
• ‘Called to be true’: Emerging Leaders hear from Sr Nathalie Becquart and Archbishop Rino Fisichella
• Archbishop Rino Fisichella
• Urgent and compassionate support for struggling families
• Our pilgrims in Fatima: photo gallery
• Melbourne pilgrims arrive in Lisbon for Mass with Archbishop Comensoli
• To our aged care heroes: thanks for caring!
• Aged Care Employees
• Aged Care Employee Day
• Statement from Archbishop Peter A Comensoli
• Fr Joe Dong Tran
• Statement
• ‘Learn from Mary’: Cardinal-Patriarch of Lisbon at WYD Opening Mass
• Statements
• Archbishop Comensoli says Calvary Hospital takeover sets a ‘worrying precedent’
• Calvary Hospital Bruce
• Senate Inquiry
• MacKillop Family Services: carrying on the vision and mission of its namesake      
• ‘The Lord has called you by name’: Pope Francis arrives at World Youth Day
• Social profiles of Australia’s Catholic dioceses published
• Next WYD in Seoul! Pope Francis closes World Youth Day 2023
• Seoul
• South Korea
• ‘Have no fear’: Pope Francis’ homily for World Youth Day 2023
• ‘God really spoke’: Pilgrims coming home reflect on WYD
• Discovering our vision and vocation
• Socktober: uniting Catholic schools to score big for social justice in Timor-Leste
• Australian bishops make pastoral visit to war-torn Ukraine
• ACU holds special graduation for inspiring student
• Upcoming referendum aims to unite not divide Australia
• Grace and rest: the meaning of holy days of obligation
• Sabbath
• Explainer
• Holy Days of Obligation
• Homelessness Week sparks national conversation on housing crisis
• Holy Trinity, a parish of prayer, welcome and hospitality
• Jesuit Mission’s annual raffle supports children in refugee camps
• Annual Raffle
• Fr Michael Shadbolt: exorcism is ‘the power of Jesus’
• Fr Michael Shadbolt
• Exorcism
• Moving through the liturgy: why what we do matters
• Movement
• Symbology
• Bishops’ statement calls for ‘new engagement’ with First Nations peoples
• ‘Our friends are our hope’: reflections on a three-day visit to Ukraine
• Running the race: sport, faith and chaplaincy
• Sport
• Chaplaincy
• ‘Shining a light’: Dr Edward Simons on the life-changing power of Catholic education
• Celebrating Fr Gerard Dowling’s 50 years on air
• ‘Truly believe the love God has for us’: Opus Dei Prelate visits Melbourne
• Opus Dei
• Monsignor Ocáriz
• Saint Josemaria
• Apostolic Work
• Online launch to celebrate Season of Creation 2023
• A coming together of different worlds: cathedral to host music festival
• MacKillop Education’s Caulfield campus officially opens
• Taking a stand to help a brave little girl walk
• St John of God Health Care
• St John of God Health Care
• Collaborating for Mission: Regional Consultation Summary
• Collaborating for Mission: Regional Consultation Summary
• Cabrini Asylum Seeker and Refugee Health Hub opens in Northcote
• St Frances Cabrini
• Parish resources released for Safeguarding Sunday 2023
• Gangster, gardener, missionary: John Pridmore’s incredible life
• John Pridmore
• Parish Mission
• Confession
• Benedict Conference to explore what a ‘Church of faith’ can offer a searching world
• Benedict Conference
• Goodness
• To talk and laugh: becoming friends with St Augustine
• St Joseph's
• South Yarra
• Friends of St Augustine
• We’re just clay pots: Fr Brendan Lane reflects on 50 years of priesthood
• Bishops Conference and CRA publish Royal Commission update
• ‘We need the values of Christianity’: Professor Isabel Gil reflects on Christianity and WYD
• Values
• ‘Each of us plays our part’: hundreds gather at Archbishop’s Dinner in support of seminarians
• Opening and blessing of new Saint Teresa of Kolkata Building at ACU Melbourne
• Pope Francis to Mongolia: we are all ‘God’s nomads’
• Apostolic Journey
• Mongolia
• Peripheries
• ‘Towards a safe environment for everybody’: new Safeguarding Director looks to the future
• ‘All are welcome’: St Ambrose’s, Brunswick, getting ready for 150 years celebration
• St Ambrose's Catholic Church
• Brunswick
• 150th Anniversary
• Safeguarding Unit
• ‘What are we doing about this housing crisis?’—Catholic social services gather at annual dinner
• The investment of fatherhood
• Father’s Day
• Intergenerational faith
• A life in motion
• Mary Glowrey: a religious and a doctor
• Small archdiocesan paper takes out the big award at Australasian Catholic Press awards
• Publication
• Caritas agencies respond to devastating earthquake in Morocco
• Dr Julie Edwards OAM, recognised for a life of service and love
• Understanding Pope Francis’ Laudato Si’ ahead of its ‘sequel’
• Laudatory Si'
• St Francis of Assisi
• Good Samaritans of Poland: the witness of the Ulma family
• Ulma Family
• Poland
• Bringing forth life: Jodie McIver discusses new book on pregnancy from a spiritual perspective
• Australian Christian Book Awards
• Jodie McIver
• Pregnancy
• Birth
• Catholic lawyers’ association hosts annual dinner
• Journalism
• Fr Nhân Le: a life offered in thanksgiving
• Fr Nhân Le
• Silver Jubilee
• 25th Anniversary
• Melbourne Symphony Orchestra to honour Our Lady at St Patrick’s Cathedral
• Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
• Stabat Mater
• Classical Music
• As referendum approaches, webinar encourages ‘One Journey, Together’
• National Referendum
• Life within the reign of heaven: unpacking Matthew’s Gospel
• St Matthew
• Sermon on the Mount
• Faithful invited to pray for the upcoming synod
• Deacon George Piech Meat, supporting South Sudanese youth
• South Sudan
• South Sudanese Catholic Community
• Deacon George Piech Meat
• Melbourne to host next Night of the Witnesses in solidarity with persecuted Christians
• Melbourne’s cultural richness shines for Migrant and Refugee Sunday
• Bishops say issues around Voice are moral, not just political
• 8 things to know about October’s Synod on Synodality in Rome
• Pope promotes ‘safe space’ for Synod participants
• Bishop Shane Mackinlay
• A better world for women and their babies: the legacy of Dr Philomene Joshua Tenni
• Dr Philomene Joshua Tenni
• Sr Carolina: the face of missionary devotion
• World Mission Month
• Timor-Leste
• Salesian Sisters
• ‘The sacrament of the present moment’: Carmelites follow in the Little Way of St Thérèse
• Celebrating 50 years of service: Sister Disciples of the Divine Master
• Sister Disciples of the Divine Master
• Charism
• Before synod retreat, pope prays for listening instead of polarisation
• ‘It’s not majority rules’: Fr Ormond Rush talks synodality
• Fr Ormond Rush
• Jo Hayes, on fire for the Word of God
• ‘A moment of change’: Salesians celebrate 100 years in Australia
• Don Bosco
• Lectio Divina
• Dr Michael Casey: religion more ‘enduring’ than previously thought
• PM Glynn Institute
• Dr Michael Casey
• Survey
• ‘Now the real work must begin’: new parish centre opens in Ivanhoe
• Living the infinite mystery in our own time: synodality with Sr Bernadette Reis FSP
• ‘A source of inspiration and a blueprint for the future’: unlocking the Old Testament
• Sr Bernadette Reis FSP
• The greatest in the Kingdom of heaven
• Joy is a way of living
• Many nations, one community: Holy Trinity Bentleigh East
• Old Testament
• ‘A place of grace and communion’: Synod of Bishops opens with Mass
• Opening Mass
• 7 new schools planned as more families choose Catholic education
• Pope pleads for urgent response to climate crisis in ‘Laudate Deum’
• Laudato Deum
• Climate change
• Missionary Sisters of Service launch new study scholarship
• Missionary Sisters of Service
• University of Divinity
• Long-time carer urges others to reach out during National Carers Week
• Carers' Support
• ‘War is a defeat’: pope and Jerusalem’s Christian leaders pray for peace
• Israel
• Conflict
• Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa
• Palestine
• The light of justice: Hon Justice Susan Crennan AC KC speaks at MCP luncheon
• Hon Justice Susan Crennan AC KC
• ‘Be the light of the world’: New building blessed at St Francis de Sales Primary School, Lynbrook
• Pope names first woman secretary of dicastery for religious
• Sr Simona Brambilla SMC
• Synodal spirituality is at ‘heart of church’s renewal’, cardinal says
• Byzantine Rite
• Maronite Catholic Church
• Melkite Catholic Church
• Fr Joseph Fessio SJ: Ratzinger’s life ‘was a liturgical life’
• Fr Joseph Fessio SJ
• Ignatius Press
• Becoming missionary disciples: Archbishop Julian Porteous talks about his new book
• Archbishop Porteous
• Applications open for the Australian Catholic Young Women’s Fellowship
• Australian Catholic Young Women’s Fellowship
• Bishops Commission for Evangelisation, Laity and Ministry
• Women in Leadership
• National Centre for Evangelisation
• The Catholic Women’s League: connecting women of faith in creative ways
• Catholic Church says referendum result should usher in new era
• Synod elects members to oversee synthesis report
• Earthquakes compound extreme poverty and hunger in Afghanistan
• ACU experts work with charity to save women and children in remote Tanzania
• Passionists
• Tanzania
• Growing up before your time: life as a young carer
• Synod looks at Catholics’ shared mission and the gifts of women
• ‘Not the end of the journey’: NATSICC releases statement on referendum result
• ‘People are not for sale’: ACRATH and the fight to live freely
• Human Trafficking
• Patriarch offers himself in exchange for Israeli hostages, as Christians called to prayer and fasting
• Gaza
• The ‘bond of communion’: pope’s reading list for synod delegates
• Patristics
• St Basil the Great
• Testimonies give insight into how Synod on Synodality can realise pope’s vision for Church
• Evangelii gaudium
• St Thérèse of Lisieux ‘more alive than ever’: Pope Francis’ new apostolic exhortation
• Apostolic Exhortation
• President of Malta visits St Patrick’s Cathedral as part of Australia tour
• Malta
• Maltese Catholics
• St George Preca
• M22
• Promoting human flourishing: on mission with the Columbans
• Mission Sunday
• Synod members urge ‘hopeful patience’ as process continues
• Patience
• Missionary Society of St Columban
• New challenges, new breakthroughs: Pastor Tom Pietsch on the future of ecumenism
• Barry Nunn Memorial Oration
• Anima Network
• Anima Women's Network
• Fr Sabu Thomas Adimakiyil
• ‘Grace and peace’: Couples celebrate their marriages at St Patrick’s Cathedral
• Pastoral care: a vocation with heart
• Not just a theory: the heroism and grace of marriage
• Letting reason be itself: faith and reason in Pope Benedict XVI
• Pastoral Care Week
• Calls grow louder for an end to violence ahead of day of prayer and fasting
• As synod winds down, members urged to sow patience
• ‘Be challenged by the example of Jesus’: Archbishop Costelloe reflects on the Synod of Bishops
• Polarisation
• ‘Made me who I am’: Hang and Vu Nguyen on faith, family and WYD
• Synod’s Letter to the People of God calls on everyone to ‘concretely participate’ in synodality
• Let’s all back our teachers
• World Teachers Day
• Synod synthesis shows agreement, divergences, including on ‘synodality’
• Hallowtide: the ‘other’ triduum
• Halloween
• All Hallows Eve
• Hallowtide
• All Souls' Day
• Synod concludes with call for a Church that ‘welcomes, serves, loves, forgives’
• Bringing hope by helping young people understand their past
• Deakin University
• Sr Nicole Rotaru RSM, shining a light on violence
• 2023 Benedict Conference a coming together of great minds
• Bishop Barron
• Lost and found: how the relic of St Edmund Abingdon in Croydon found its way home
• St Edmund of Abingdon
• Relics
• Sacred Heart Croydon
• Hungry for good news: Ukrainian Eparchy launches new website
• Vatican Secretary for Relations with States to visit Melbourne
• Vatican
• Diplomatic Relations
• ‘Everyday conversion’: Br Matthew Timonera’s journey to solemn profession
• Br Matthew Timonera
• Capuchin Franciscan Friars
• Solemn vows profession
• Solemn profession
• ‘Creating ripples’: Caritas India’s Babita Pinto on how to improve women’s lives
• India
• Vatican foreign minister says religious freedom an ‘indispensable’ element to conflict resolution
• Proclaim 2023: inspiring and equipping Catholics for mission
• Conference
• John Haldane: recovering Catholic identity and education
• Catholic identity
• Religious Education
• Apostolic Faith
• ‘What sort of society do we want to be?’ Ethos 2023 panel explores ethical responses to the housing crisis
• ‘World’s most liveable parish’ celebrates 60 years
• St Martin de Porres
• Ethos 2023
• Croatian Catholic community celebrates 40 years in Springvale
• David Moloney, taking action to serve his neighbour
• Praying for a lasting peace: a statement from the Australian bishops
• The work of creation: the feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica
• Lateran Basilica
• Archbishop Comensoli condemns the ‘explicit antisemitism in parts of Australian society’
• Fr Marydas Arackal Francis OSA
• Fr Terrence Shanaka MGL
• ‘Formidable’: Cabrini Hospital Malvern celebrates St Frances Xavier Cabrini
• St Frances Xavier Cabrini
• Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
• Cabrini Sisters
• ‘Every person matters’: Archbishop Gallagher on the Church’s mission and identity
• Martyrs, witnesses: the stories behind this year’s Night of the Witnesses
• Vinnies family gathers for annual Thanksgiving Mass
• Bishop Anthony I
• Bishop Anthony Ireland
• Month of Holy Souls
• Month of the Holy Souls
• Making ‘oases of beauty’: Fr Francis Denton talks art, beauty and culture
• God and Beer
• Fr Francis Denton
• ‘Knowledge and love’: parishioners in Keilor Downs consider ‘the case for Jesus’
• Men's Ministry
• Mentorship
• Bible study
• ‘Come and see’: Archbishop Comensoli opens inaugural Proclaim Gathering
• Proclaim Ga
• Proclaim23
• Encountering Jesus Christ
• Journalist Christopher White shares ‘scenes’ of the Synod of Bishops
• Christoper White
• Taking flight: Proclaim23 inspires people for mission
• Inspired
• ‘Bold witnesses to Christ and hope’: Proclaim23 concludes on a high
• Karen Doyle
• Almost 2,000 gather for annual Vietnamese Martyrs Mass
• Vietnamese Martyrs Mass
• St Ambrose’s Catholic Church celebrates 150 years of faith and mission
• Brunswick and Moreland Catholic Community
• BMCC
• Partnership to support older men at risk of homelessness becomes official
• Corpus Christi Community Greenvale
• ‘Be courageous’: seminarians prepare for ordination this Saturday
• Ballarat Catholic Development Fund merges with CDF Melbourne, Sale and Bunbury
• Diocese of Ballarat
• Diocese of Bunbury
• ‘Christ is everything’: faith and suffering in Lebanon and Nigeria
• Sr Joan Healy RSJ, embracing goodness and hope
• ‘Nurture hope,’ Pope Francis tells young people for Solemnity of Christ the King
• Church in Australia carrying forward its pursuit of synodality
• New ‘mission-inspired’ art space enlivens ACU rooftop
• Night of the Witnesses: an evening of faith and solidarity with the persecuted Church
• ‘An instrument of grace’: Three new priests and a deacon ordained in Melbourne
• Document helps those accompanying Catholics considering euthanasia
• Accompaniment
• Jesus, our kingly God, feeds us: Solemnity of Christ the King
• What is it to live a life worthy of our vocation?
• Celebrating Catholic principals
• 16 Days of Activism campaign focuses on vulnerability of migrant women workers
• Melbourne’s ‘radio priest’, Fr Gerard Dowling OAM DE, dies at 91
• 5 takeaways from the ACBC’s new guide on euthanasia
• Australian Catholic Bishops
• Glowrey family members gather to remember ‘Aunty Mary’
• Growing critical job opportunities for people with disability
• International Day of People with Disability
• Principals
• The liturgy is ‘a gift from God’: Prof John Baldovin SJ on ‘Sacrosanctum Concilium’ 60 years on
• Sacrosanctum Concilium
• 60th Anniversary
• Local World Youth Day gatherings celebrate Christ the King
• Archbishop Comensoli to launch Advent Appeal for Ukraine
• Advent App
• Archbishop welcomes federal court ruling on telehealth and voluntary assisted dying
• SummerFest brings young Catholics together in prayer and celebration
• SummerFest
• St Andrew
• ‘Back in time’: Australian Nativity Scene celebrates 20 years
• Australian Nativity Scene
• Nativity
• Giving in the spirit of St Nick
• St Nicholas of Myra
• Giving
• Gift
• Christmas in the community: what’s on around Melbourne?
• ‘We are an Advent people’: Abbot Steele Hartmann on living as children of God
• Abbot Steele Hartmann
• Seeking the spirit of Christmas
• Theatre
• Hallow
• Friends and family farewell Fr Gerard Dowling OAM DE
• Professor Geoffrey Blainey AC reflects on Christianity’s legacy
• Professor Geoffrey Blainey AC
• ‘I was a stranger and you welcomed me’: Christian churches in the life of African migrant communities
• African migrants
• Hampers help those who need it most this Christmas
• Affordable Housing
• Frankston’s St Francis Xavier Parish celebrates blessing of new grotto of Our Lady
• Pope marks 800th anniversary of Nativity scene as homeless dine under Bernini’s colonnade
• Nativity Scene
• Finding a ‘Christmas family’: 31 years of Christmas dinner at St Anthony’s, Glen Huntly
• Christmas Dinner
• St Anthony's Glen Huntly
• 5 quotes on the Incarnation to ponder this Christmas
• Holding the light for those impacted by violence
• Nicole Rotaru
• East Timorese Catholic community ‘back together’ again
• Migrant Community
• Fr Edgar Dacaldacal
• Fr John Pereira
• Fr Doan Ngoc (Peter) Nguyen
• Fr Thomas Christie
• Fr Tien Van Tran
• Celebrating 130 years at St Joseph’s, Northcote
• Santa visits neonatal unit at Mercy Hospital for Women
• Mercy Hospital for Women
• Neonatal Care
• St Luke’s, Lalor
• Catholic social services announce national conference
• Archbishop Comensoli’s 2023 Christmas Message
• In times of darkness, faith is all you have, says Cardinal Pizzaballa
• Sr Mary Sarah Galbraith: ‘You can be a friend of God’
• Dominican Srs of St Cecilia
• Dominican Sisters of St Cecilia
• Iconic cockerel once again watching over Notre Dame in Paris on top of its cross
• Notre Dame Cathedral Paris
• A walk through the Christmas season
• Church Calendar
• God has come among us, simply, humbly and hopefully
• Pope’s Christmas message: Say ‘yes’ to the Prince of Peace, ‘no’ to war
• Urbi et Orbi
• Can both science and faith go wrong? Vatican Observatory director says ‘yes’
• Astronomy
• Faithful must put Jesus, not ideology, in spotlight, Pope says
• Adoration
• Former Master of CTC Mgr Gerard Diamond PE dies at 81
• Manila’s first mega-procession of Black Nazarene after pandemic draws millions
• Santo Nino
• Aiming to live and work better in 2024? Look to monks
• Sports can unite the world, celebrate diversity, Pope tells athletes
• Christians’ testimony in Gaza a ‘true miracle’ amid nonstop war, says Holy Land custos
• Archbishop responds to calls to abandon the Lord’s Prayer
• The Lord's Prayer
• Joy and happiness are not the same things
• ‘We are only as strong as our weakest link’, Bishop Vincent Long OFM Conv
• Bishop Vincent Long OFM Conv
• ‘Viva Pit Señor!’ Locals celebrate annual Feast of Santo Niño
• Holy Child
• Devotion
• NCPR releases findings on ‘social profile’ of Catholicism in Australia
• NCPR
• Pastoral Research
• Australia
• Parish Profiles
• ‘The breath of faith’: Pope Francis inaugurates Year of Prayer
• Year of Prayer
• ‘It was either a bullet or a reason’: Dan Burke’s quest for truth
• Dan Burke
• Avila Institute for Spiritual Formation
• The National Catholic Register
• EWTN News
• Carmelite spirituality
• Jubilee Year
• ‘Nothing but you, Lord’: the heart of St Thomas Aquinas
• Jubilee
• Three ways to experience the Word of God anew in 2024
• Scripture
• Bible in a Year
• Project of Love
• Divine Office
• Seeking the ‘divine Advocate’: the Red Mass
• St Ives
• Archbishop Comensoli on how to enter into the Year of Prayer
• ‘Great Women of Faith’ exhibition coming to Melbourne this March
• Women of Faith
• Jesuit Father General thanks Australians for giving their hearts to the marginalised
• In Catholic schools across Melbourne, an exciting new year begins
• God’s message ‘is always one of freedom’: Pope Francis for Lent 2024
• Lenten Message
• Next phase of synod journey begins with local and national consultation
• To receive the gospel today, take up the words of God
• Building dreams: the foundation of St Patrick’s Cathedral—Part 1: false starts
• The poor are our masters: the Order of Malta
• Knights Hospitaller
• Waiting, not worldliness, leads to the Lord, Pope tells religious
• World Day for Consecrated Life
• Candlemas
• Presentation of the Lord
• The sick, and the world, need ‘therapy’ of love, Pope says
• This Lent, don’t forget about Easter
• ‘Online pilgrimage’ for International Day against Human Trafficking
• St Josephine Bahkita
• The transformative power of witnessing and accompanying
• Catholic and Anglican bishops vow to support one another and work together
• Building dreams: the foundation of St Patrick’s Cathedral—Part 2: Wardell’s vision
• Catholic social services conference to ‘imagine our place within a broader mission’
• Mary Brockhoff, a personal witness to the power of prayer
• ‘Go to the spring’: Crowds gather for annual Lourdes Day Mass
• God’s healing grace
• ‘Her journey is like our journey’: Sudanese community celebrates St Josephine Bakhita
• Sudanese Community
• St Anthony's Noble Park
• Pope Francis canonises Argentina’s first woman saint
• Croatian community celebrates hero and martyr Blessed Aloysius Stepinac
• Blessed Aloysius Stepinac
• St María Anto­nia de Paz Figueroa
• Argentina
• Finding the God of mercy: a catechumen’s story
• Serving others in love: Project Compassion 2024 officially launches
• Caritas Australia
• Compassion
• Fr Vincy DCosta OFM
• Fr Cassius Correya SDB
• Fr Isaac Ad Hani Moheib
• As tech quickly evolves, we must use creative power responsibly, Pope says
• Pontifical Academy for Life
• Social Justice Day shines a light on unique housing support
• Tender, compassionate, gracious and relenting
• Corpus Christi Community Greenvale welcomed to the ‘VMCH family’ at Mass
• Water as life, faith, hope
• ‘You are not alone in faith’ Archbishop Comensoli tells crowd at Rite of Election
• Be patient, but ready to act: Melbourne welcomes eight new seminarians
• A heart for seekers: Mgr Tomáš Halík on the urgent mission of the Church today
• Mons Tomáš Halík
• Church
• Czech Republic
• ACU and Australian Jesuits announce research partnership
• Society of Jesus
• Loyola Institute
• Graeme and Lynne Simpson, on the gift of marriage
• Worldwide Marriage Encounter
• Geelong basilica playing its way towards Easter
• St Mary of the Angels
• Basilica
• Geelong
• Conference to highlight collaborative strengths of church service providers
• Closing the Gap report is a wake-up call
• Closing the Gap report
• The Synod on Synodality: where are we now?
• Newly graduated teachers gather for commissioning Mass
• Working for the common good in the age of individualism
• Archdiocese of Melbourne raises $150,000 for the people of Ukraine
• Advent Appeal
• Fr Justin Uzabeaga MGL
• Fr Jacob Alvares
• Fr Stephen Lawrence Kumyangi Battal
• Discovering ‘the vastness of love’ with the Carthusians this Lent
• Carthusians
• ‘Called to draw people in’: new principals commissioned at Mass
• No limit to God’s love for us
• Dcn Leo Lemisio Lemalu
• Vatican aims to draw young ‘digital pilgrims’ to Rome’s papal basilicas
• Fr Philip Mathew
• Inaugural Mercy Melbourne night to witness to the power of forgiveness
• Mercy Melbourne
• How Corpus Christi helped seminarians in post-war Germany
• Werribee
• Germany
• From ‘choice’ to ‘voice’: Prof Mark Considine’s vision for social services
• ‘Closer to Jesus’: young people gather to encounter the Lord
• Praying our way through Lent: returning to God our Father
• The leap year’s surprising connection to Easter
• Leap Year
• Pope Gregory XIII
• Our brother Thomas: Fr Paul Rowse OP on living alongside St Thomas Aquinas
• Dominicans
• Take me out to the ball game: Archbishop Mannix in New York
• New York
• Irish
• Baseball
• Eamon de Valera
• ‘An invitation to our own holiness’: Great Women of Faith exhibition opens in Melbourne
• A different kind of power and wisdom
• Ten Commandments
• International Women’s Day: centenarian Mavis reflects how far we’ve come
• Theology student James Harris: ACU’s Clemente program ‘helped me to see who I am’
• Clemente Australia
• To step on the head of the dragon: Sts Perpetua and Felicity for today
• St Perpetua
• St Felicity
• Notre-Dame de Paris: the junction between faith and the arts
• Refreshing the language of faith: the value of engaging with Christian poets
• Gerard Manley Hopkins
• Peter Steele SJ
• Parish youth leaders formed and inspired for discipleship
• How knowing your people informs your parish’s mission
• Vatican Year of Prayer resource available free online
• Holy Year 2025
• Pili, an inspirational leader for International Women’s Day
• The AI revolution: can the Gospel speak to artificial intelligence?
• AI
• Humanity
• AI Revolution
• Holy Land Collection more vital than ever as conflict continues, commissary says
• Carlton’s Matthew Kennedy on faith, family and footy
• Australian Football League
• Come into the light
• Nicodemus
• Seeing the people: Vincent Feeney OAM’s legacy of service to Catholic education
• Dune
• Messiah
• Time travelling with St Patrick
• Joy, hope and trust: Dr Margaret O’Donnell OAM’s advice for teachers
• Renowned theologian and author Fr Anthony (Tony) Kelly CSsR farewelled
• Theologian
• Redemptorists
• Pointing everyone towards the Lord: Fr Paul Rowse OP on the Dominican charism
• St Dominic's Camberwell East
• Celebrations
• Fr Paul Rowse OP
• We’re going to Bonnie Doon: Catholic community reviving an old tradition
• Bonnie Doon
• Mansfield Catholic Parish
• The Castle
• A prayer that saves us ‘out of death’
• Salvation
• Supporting children’s mental wellbeing
• The journey to a new life with CatholicCare’s Settle Well program
• Settle Well Program
• Report says women, men experience religious persecution differently around globe
• More than 200 gather to reflect on Christian wisdom in an AI world
• Gender
• ISCAST
• Future
• Employment
• A light for those who yearn: Archbishop Comensoli delivers 2024 Patrick Oration
• Patrick Oration 2024
• Faith, Hope and Love: CSSV launches report on Victoria’s Catholic social service sector
• Upcoming webinar series to support launch of new Safeguarding Children and Young People Framework
• Webinars
• Policies
• Safeguarding Children and Young People Framework
• Moving us out of our comfort zone: Fr Timothy Radcliffe OP speaks in Melbourne
• Fr Timothy Radcliffe OP
• Anointed and sent: St Patrick’s Cathedral celebrates 2024 Chrism Mass
• ‘Not a lot of tradies talk about God’: Kyle Correya to represent Australia at international congress
• International Youth Ministry Congress
• Tradies
• Nomination
• ALRC report at odds with religious freedom, says Archbishop Comensoli
• National Catholic Education Comm
• National Catholic Education Commission
• The ripple effects of clean water
• Water
• Into the metaverse: ICON Ministry to launch new game
• Fr Rob Galea
• ICON Ministry
• Metaverse
• Stepping into the heart of the Cavallaro family
• To forgive, to heal, to save
• An invitation to walk with Jesus this Holy Week
• Way of the Cross
• The true reward for holiness
• Evil
• 5 films for Holy Week (other than The Passion)
• Jeremy Ambrose
• Jeremy Ambrose
• Films
• Caught in the crossfire: the example of Caroline Chisholm in a polarised age
• A powerful witness: walking together in the way of the cross
• An invitation to prayer: caring for the hospital-bound this Easter
• City and outback voices to be heard at international meeting
• Resisting an empire? The drama behind Melbourne’s elevation to ‘Archdiocese’
• Archdiocese
• ‘The Dawning Light of the Resurrection’: Archbishop Comensoli's Easter message
• Melburnian among youth ministry representatives head to Rome
• International Congress on Youth Ministry
• Christus Vivit
• Holy Thursday: This is the ‘new covenant’ God established with us
• Tears flow as Pope washes feet of women inmates at Rome prison
• Good Friday: the healing gift of his sacrifice
• Pope prays at home while thousands attend Way of the Cross at Colosseum
• Easter: Called to a new way of living
• On Easter, Pope asks Christ to ‘roll away’ the stones of war worldwide
• The Triduum at St Pat’s: photo gallery
• The Triduum at St Pat’s: photo gallery
• Poetry prize calls for new works about faith
• Gavin Purcell, putting faith into action in Timor-Leste
• Palms Australia
• Volunteering
• Discovering the grace of Divine Mercy with John Canavan
• God’s mercy made real for us
• A time of ‘spiritual renewal’: Archbishop leads consecration to Divine Mercy in Bayswater
• Opening the door to employment for people with disability
• National code of conduct key to improving integrity
• Code of Conduct
• Staying connected to God: tips for the newly initiated
• New Vatican document outlines attacks on human dignity
• Cardinal Fernandez
• Dignitas infinita
• Church leaders in Sudan call on international community to respond to ‘forgotten crisis’
• Sudan
• Famine
• Building bridges of mercy and love: a Baltimore parish’s response to tragedy
• Baltimore Bridge Collapse
• Common Home TV
• Suffering
• Solidarity
• Grief
• Fiat 2025—A Weekend of Prayer
• Stella Maris, Ricketts Point Nazareth
• Pope turns Rome catechism class into ‘school of prayer’
• Thanksgiving
• School of Prayer
• Young again in the risen Christ
• The face of Tolkien in Melbourne: faith, hope and the struggle with evil
• JRR Tolkien
• Tolkien
• The Advocate
• Mystery
• Fairy Tales
• Just scratching the surface: a new Melbourne convert shares his story
• ‘Take the side of peace’: Pope pleads for restraint in the Middle East
• Iran
• Pope Francis ahead of World Children’s Day: ‘be united to Jesus’
• World Children's Day
• Susan Pascoe accepts honorary doctorate from ACU
• Susan Pascoe
• Join the ‘symphony of prayer’: new Year of Prayer resources and opportunities
• Honouring the dignity and courage of women around the world
• Women
• ‘It’s great fun’: Greg Sheridan AO on being a public Christian
• MCP luncheon
• ‘Benedetto Creatives Collective’ gets ‘soft launch’ in Melbourne
• Truth Goodness Beauty Project
• Benedetto Creatives Collective
• Creatives
• Creativity
• In the name of Jesus
• St John
• Name of Christ
• Seminarians share their stories with parishes for Good Shepherd Sunday
• Murdered Polish missionary begins ‘path to sainthood’
• Caritas partners in Ukraine detail a new wave of displacement
• ‘The assurance of the Good Shepherd’: how Edith Stein finally received her vocation
• ‘Chin up girls’: Matron Irene Drummond and the nurses of the Vyner Brooke
• Prisoners of War
• Army Nurses
• Work towards peace: Archbishop Comensoli shares Anzac Day message
• Death of former Wollongong bishop, Peter Ingham
• ‘Christ walks with you’: Jesus Youth celebrates 20 years in Australia
• Jesus Youth
• Jesus Youth Australia
• 20th Anniversary
• Young Adults
• Attached to the vine
• CatholicCare Sunday Appeal: supporting children to rewrite their stories
• The ‘ethical tradesmen’ who model themselves after St Joseph the Worker
• St Joseph the Worker
• Home Renovation
• Business
• Fr Shawn Murphy IBP
• Dr Mary Walsh on faith, family and fertility awareness
• Fertility Awareness
• A mother’s love: generations gather for inaugural conference
• The war hero and his Belgian bride: grandson marks centenary of wedding at St Pat’s
• Parish Safeguarding Resources
• Caritas Australia launches book to celebrate 60 years of ‘compassion in action’
• Bishop Greg Bennet elected Vice-President of Australian Catholic Bishops Conference
• Visiting clergy
• A prayer of praise and petition: the Hail Mary
• Hail Mary
• Raising up liturgical musicians: famous choir director to give public lecture
• Notre Dame Folk Choir
• ACU Centre for Liturgy
• Fr Jude Pirotta MSSP, celebrating 40 years of priesthood
• Little Frannie’s playgroup, a blessing for all involved
• Safeguarding Policies and Procedures
• Bishops approve Mass of the Land of the Holy Spirit
• Mass of the Land of the Holy Spirit
• Melbourne to embark on a weekend of prayer, from 31 May to 2 June
• Eucharistic Procession
• Seminary makes guests feel ‘at home’ as Knights launch Archbishop’s Dinner
• People need truth, goodness, hope, Pope says after proclaiming Holy Year
• ‘So, so happy’: a mother’s joy at her son’s vocation
• Back to God
• Thousands gather to witness historic moment in Western Sydney
• St Charbel
• Leadership transition at Catholic Social Services Australia
• ‘Through prayer and action’: Catholic Women’s League members gather at 2024 national conference
• The miracle of words: a Pentecost reflection
• Catholic Women's League Australia
• World Day of Grandparents and the Elderly
• The renewing, creative Breath of God
• ‘Seeds of hope’: Catholic Earthcare releases resources for Laudato Si’ Week
• John Paul II House leading university students to the Catholic faith
• Archbishop joins religious leaders to write letter on prayer in Parliament
• Lord's Prayer
• Victorian Parliament
• Pastoral palliative care a vital support
• Pentecost awakens the spirit of faith
• Interactive exhibit celebrates 170 years of volunteering
• Archdiocese of Melbourne releases latest Synod Consultation Report
• Sundays with SpongeBob
• National Volunteer Week
• National survey shows Australia’s Catholics are online and multicultural
• Mass Attendance
• Australian Catholic Mass Attendance Report
• Kate Moriarty
• Less maths, more dancing: a reflection on the Trinity
• Vicki Clark OAM: reconciliation needed now more than ever
• National Reconciliation Weel
• Reconciliation is an ongoing journey
• ‘Always pray’: Pope gives kids life lessons at World Children’s Day
• Communion, creativity and tenacity: Pope speaks to national mission directors
• Pontifical Mission Societies
• Caritas agencies on the ground assessing devastation in Papua New Guinea
• Landslide
• Natural Disaster
• Around our schools: a new school, a new uniform and new hope
• New appeal helps people with disability to ‘Work It!’
• A letter to Clergy and Laity of the Archdiocese of Melbourne
• Archbishop Comensoli calls faithful to pray for peace
• Deaf Catholics celebrate 100 years of faith and community at John Pierce Centre
• Fr Tony Feeney, celebrating 50 years of ordination and being ‘with’ the people
• Ordination Anniversary
• Deaf Catholics
• Holy Lands
• ‘Following Christ’: Melbourne Corpus Christi procession draws more than 1,500
• Priest, scholar and friend: symposium honours Prof Austin Cooper OMI
• Fiat 2024 brings communities together in prayer
• ‘Be a servant and a light to the nations’: Couples for Christ weekend retreat
• Couples for Christ
• First visit to Poland led to Iron Curtain’s fall, historians say 45 years after St John Paul II’s landmark trip
• St Pope John Pa
• Melbourne Vicar General new Bishop for Cairns
• Pay rise welcome but more needs to be done to address poverty
• Heart of hearts
• Seasonal Workers
• Composer Dr Mary Finsterer speaks on ‘the power of music’
• Music teaches harmony with others, self and Church, Pope says
• A safe haven for men’s health
• CCCG
• Local Catholics recognised in King’s Birthday honours
• Mary Finsterer
• Mel
• ‘Synodal women and men, builders of hope’: religious gather for annual Mass
• Mass for Religious
• Jesus’ mission to save
• Kyle’s passion for music ministry ignited by international congress
• World Food Pr
• Fr Sony Kannanaikal CP
• ACU welcomes explicit teaching and new phonics focus for Victorian students
• Ahead of the Olympics, the ‘Holy Games’ project links faith and sport
• Olympic Games
• Paris
• Australian Catholics called to support Peter’s Pence appeal 2024
• Peter's Pence Appeal
• Australian Catholics
• Planted in the house of the Lord
• Homol
• Lebanon cedar
• Pilgrimage to the Cedars in Lebanon
• Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka
• Body of
• Pope swaps jokes with comedy stars at Vatican
• Comedian
• Comedians
• World needs urgent political action to guide AI, Pope tells G7
• Political Leaders
• ‘Found in your love’: Emmanuel Worship play at Encounter+
• Caritas Australia raises awareness of the world’s largest refugee camp
• Refugee Camp
• Bangladesh
• Sport can open the way to Christ
• ‘Lighting a candle’ in Refugee Week
• Beyond ‘safe spaces’: Claudio Betti on going where Jesus sends us
• Community of Sant'Egidio
• Poor and Marginalised
• Ecumenical High Tea raises funds and strengthens bonds
• New Vicar General for the Archdiocese of Melbourne
• Announcement
• Vicar General
• ACRATH campaign reveals reality of modern slavery
• Forced
• Modern Slavery
• Forced Marriage
• Safeguarding: Church must place disabled persons at centre, experts say
• International Safeguarding
• Sacred relics of St Anthony of Padua on pilgrimage
• Catholics asked to offer Stella support for seafarers
• See the person and the need: Vinnies CEO Sleepout tackles homelessness
• Vinnies CEO Sleepout
• St Anthony of Padua
• St Francis Assisi Parish Mill Park
• St Peter Apostle Mission Parish Hoppers Crossing
• Melbourne students ‘build bridges’ by contributing to online meeting with Pope
• Building Bridges Initiative
• Science that serves humanity is in harmony with faith, Pope says
• Mgr Georges Lemaître
• Petition on prayer in parliament exceeds its goal of 10,000 signatures
• Deacon Ferdinand Correya, building relationship with God
• CatholicCare NT visits Caritas Australia’s Timor-Leste Protection Program
• Gender-based violence
• Pope confirms Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati will be canonised ‘soon’
• Blessed Pier Giorgio Frass
• Catholic Mission and the Don Bosco Caring Center: providing a kind hand to homeless children in Ulaanbaatar
• The Don Bosco
• Don Bosco Caring Center
• The Don Bosco Caring Center
• France’s ‘night of churches’ an opportunity to understand Christian culture through art
• France
• La nuit des églises
• St Remy
• St Martin
• St Remy in D
• St Remy in Dieppe
• St Martin in Montigny-L'Allier
• Building new kindergartens in growing communities
• Kindergarten
• Early Le
• Early Learning
• ACU’s unique pro bono placement program wins Uniservitate Award
• Archbishop Comensoli: praying the Glory Be
• Archbishop’s visit touches hearts at Melton South aged care home
• Sacred art project aims to revive the ‘language of the image’ in communicating the faith
• Board game brings St Ignatius’ story to life for a new generation
• Anchored in faith and love: Dr Jim Villiers’ 101-year adventure
• A hometown faith
• Missionary Sisters of Service celebrate 80 years of going into the highways and byways
• Around our schools: two new learning centres honour First Nations heritage
•  ‘The most beautiful outcomes’: Louise Luu on embracing her Catholicism and her Aboriginality
• Australians to walk in the footsteps of St Ignatius for the people of Myanmar
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Sunday: ‘The Spirit of God has been with us’
• Bishops welcome release of key Synod document
• Do not be afraid to seek God where life is degraded, discarded, Pope says
• Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem condemns attack on Catholic school
• Social media community guidelines
• Board Games
• Archbishop’s Campaign
• ‘Safe, loved and content’: Caritas Australia CEO describes impact of disability projects in Vietnam
• Catholic Relief Services (CRS)
• Pope prayer video: Anointing of the Sick offers strength to the seriously ill and elderly
• Elderly
• ‘Leave nothing undared’: 60 years of St John Vianney’s Parish Springvale North
• Unconventional Women: a book review
• Painting with purpose: new mural brings Stella Maris’ mission to life
• Servants of the Blessed Sacrament
• Donald Trump
• Political Violence
• Sam Rebbechi
• Spanish bishops celebrate success of champion soccer team, praising Catholic coach
• Spain
• Ann and Lucy Rowan on faith, food and family
• Australian bishops say government should reject Productivity Commission findings
• Productivity Commission
• Pope calls for Olympic truce, cessation of conflict among nations
• The Indy 50,000: Eucharistic Congress unites Catholics
• Mary Magdalene: trusting and trusted
• Nimmi Candappa
• Performing for peace: students raise awareness and $3,000 for Caritas
• Campaign resources for parishes
• Frequently asked questions
• Streaming now: Father Stu
• ‘A father looks after his kids’: Fr Karmel Borg’s 64 years as a priest
• Fr George Hogarty SSC
• Gaza parish prepares to welcome back students for first time since October
• Home is where the mess is
• Vatican offers indulgence for World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly
• Indulgence
• 9 Parisian saints to accompany Catholics during the Olympics
• Kirsty Robertson steps down as Caritas Australia CEO
• The Christ who feeds
• Bread of Life
• St John's Gospel
• Lake Galilee
• To our aged care heroes: thanks for caring
• Academy of Mary Immaculate
• Sisters of Mercy
• ACU collaborations to deliver better outcomes for breast cancer patients and maths students
• Victorian Catholic schools to receive $243 million for upgrades
• Help for those accompanying Catholics facing end-of-life decisions
• Statement from Archbishop Peter A Comensoli on prayer in Parliament
• Pope prayer video: political leaders to be at service of the people, not power
• ‘Something to be proud of’: remembering Melbourne’s 1956 Olympic Mass
• Corpus Christi College: a seedbed of vocations for 100 years
• ‘God was working in me’: Fr Michael Shadbolt celebrates 60 years of ordination
• Fr Cameron Forbes
• 2024 Archbishop’s Campaign: supporting the future of our faith community
• Archbishop's Campaign
• ‘A blessed time’: Bishop Elect Fr Joe Caddy’s Melbourne story
• Seminarian Rhys Lowther on ‘forming a priestly heart’
• Melbourne farewells Fr Joe Caddy
• First year seminarians go on the road with St Mary of the Cross MacKillop
• Deacon Chi Man (John) Lam
• Edith Stein’s three beings
• 1956 Olympic Mass
• Stop and read: Pope praises spiritual value of literature and poetry
• Media release: Government concedes religious discrimination legislation won’t go ahead
• For those who died on our streets: ACU’s ‘Big Sing for a Big Cause’ comes to the Cathedral
• Students ‘welcomed home’ to JPII House, a place of hospitality and encounter
• Archbishop calls for existing protections to remain as PM abandons religious discrimination bill
• ‘Singing our stories’: a conversation with Toby Whaleboat and Philip Matthias
• Food for the journey ahead
• Fr Geoff McIlroy: joining forces in support of Victorian police
• Heeding our baptismal call: Prof Myriam Wijlens on the gifts and challenges of a synodal Church
• Fr Greg Trythall celebrates 1500 consecutive Sunday swims
• How (not) to be a Catholic artist
• ACU to host 30th conference of Catholic universities
• Social Justice Statement calls for truth and peace in a violent world
• A bridge to the Divine: a new symbol of faith arrives in Box Hill North
• St Clare
• Migrant Youth Festival to share and celebrate the diverse gifts of our migrant communities
• Caritas Australia condemns historic humanitarian death toll
• Migrant Youth Festival
• Fr Frankie Mulgrew: ‘God wants us to have joy’
• Humanitarian aid
• ‘Speaking with faith and reason’: Prof Helen Alvaré shares lessons from professional life
• Professional life
• Christ Our Light, Highett and Cheltenham
• Emmaus Catholic Parish, Brighton, Brighton East and Gardenvale
• Parish of the Holy Spirit and St Francis, Sandringham, Hampton and Hampton East
• Fr Joby George
• ‘Seeing our lives as a gift’: the path to truth and peace in a world of conflict
• Joel Hodge
• Torres Strait Islands
• Apply for a grant
• St Monica and the seeds of holiness
• Vale Rev Prof Gerald (Gerry) O’Collins SJ AC
• Faith, reason and an ethic of caring: reflections on the purpose of the Catholic university
• ‘Where is the hunger?’ Fr Stephen Wang on how to evangelise
• Aboriginal Catholic Ministry of Victoria (ACMV) Coordinator
• Father knows rest: choosing presence over busyness
• The inner way
• Pope calls for prayer and action for an ‘ailing’ earth
• Fr Stephen Wang
• New guide aims to combat isolation for people living with dementia at home
• Dementia Care
• ‘We are but travellers’: St Bernard’s Bacchus Marsh celebrates 150 years
• Palliative care in spotlight as ‘night of knights’ raises record $88K for seminarians
• ‘God walks with his people’: resources published for World Day of Migrants and Refugees
• Melbourne Catholic recognised at Australasian Catholic Press Awards, as Perth takes out the big prize
• ‘A precious time’: a Missionary of Charity reflects on 35 years of service
• ‘The spirit of the Good Samaritan’: acts of generosity bring hope to the people of Ukraine
• Pope and Imam sign ‘very important’ declaration at Jakarta mosque
• Islam
• Indonesia
• Archbishop Comensoli: blessing prayers before meals
• Opened to God
• Pope Francis brings message of love and unity to Papua New Guinea
• With joy and hope, Archbishop Comensoli reflects on Pope’s tour
• ‘Safe, comfortable and seen’: specialised dementia care unit changes lives
• Social Services Sunday: towards a society of justice, mercy and compassion
• Mannix College’s award-winning ‘Green Cuisine’ initiative cares for our common home
• Mannix College
• Mannix College
• Taking the Season of Creation to heart
• Building bridges in faith: St Brigid’s journey toward an intercultural community
• Australian participants head to Rome for Synod of Bishops
• Passions of the Soul: a book review
• Desert mothers and fathers
• Eastern Church
• Pope’s visit to Timor-Leste ‘a gift of faith, hope and love’
• ‘Life to the full’: celebrating 150 years of the Presentation Sisters of Victoria
• Rev Jean-Sébastien Géry: finding joy in God’s ‘mysterious ways’
• Catholic Earthcare convocation shares wisdom on caring for our common home
• Sydney named as host in 2028 as Eucharistic Congress concludes in Quito, Ecuador
• Pope’s visit to Singapore ‘the best gift at this time’
• Presentation Sisters
• Caritas Internationalis joins forces with Church agencies to address imminent famine in Sudan
• Hunger
• World Mission Month: acts of kindness and faith in action
• Be pilgrims, not tourists in life, Pope tells young people
• To preach the crucified Christ
• Proclamation
• ‘Viva Maria!’ How the Yarra Valley’s Italian community honour Our Lady every year
• Pope prays for collaboration: ‘Priests are not the bosses of the laity’
• ‘It is a gift’: Fr Jean-Sébastien Géry ordained to the priesthood in Melbourne
• Around our schools: compassion, creativity and care for the earth
• Our Lady of the Annunciation
• Procession
• Bridging faith and therapy: Dr Greg Bottaro’s vision for Catholic psychology
• Year of Prayer comes alive at Resurrection Parish
• Beholding Beauty
• Beholding Beauty
• Truth Goodness and Beauty Project
• Benedetto Creatives Collective
• Love in action: St Christopher’s Elevate Connect mission to Bacolod, Philippines
• Mass for All Nations
• Fr Huy Nguyen
• Better angels: glimpsing our angelic companions
• Elevate Connect
• Jesuit Mission launches urgent appeal to help refugees in limbo in Indonesia
• Celebrating the gifts of older people
• International Day of Older Persons
• Pope names Melbourne’s Bishop Mykola Bychok as one of 21 new cardinals
• Cardinal-elect Mykola Bychok CSsR
• Ukrainian Catholic Church of Australia, New Zealand and Oceania
• As conflict escalates in Middle East, Pope asks Mary to intercede
• Middle East
• Most Rev Mykola Bychok CSsR, Eparch of Melbourne for Ukrainian Catholics, proclaimed a Cardinal of the Catholic Church
• Australians support South East Asia after Typhoon Yagi devastation
• Myanmar
• Vietnam
• Laos
• Typhoon Yagi
• Young people called to be pilgrims of hope at inaugural Migrant Youth Festival
• Vu Nguyen
• ‘Keeping our eyes on Christ’: how to be a synodal Church
• 110th World Day of Migrants and Refugees
• Young carers are ‘legends’: National Carers Week
• Australian Catholics play key role in the Synod of Bishops’ Second Assembly
• ‘Allowing the Holy Spirit to speak’: the first week of synod’s second assembly
• Bishop Mackinlay named to synod’s Final Document Commission
• Around our schools: artistic triumphs
• A simple and substantial man: remembering St John XXIII
• St John XXIII
• Ordinations to the diaconate
• Statistically speaking: How Pope’s choices change College of Cardinals
• Mission is common goal of synod and ecumenism, Pope says
• Fr Jean-Sébastien Géry
• Cardinal-designate Bychok’s ‘very big week’
• Committed to compassion: Bishop Timothy Norton SVD bound for Broome
• Most Rev Timothy Norton SVD
• Bishop of Broome
• New liturgical music survey puts the call out for participants
• Charles Sturt University
• A crusade for peace: Melbourne men unite in prayer
• Men's Rosary Crusade
• The heart of justice: new Episcopal Vicar for Justice and Social Services on faith, poverty and radical compassion
• Episcopal Vicars
• Faith hits a high note as cultures come together at Song of This Land concert
• Synod begins looking at institutional changes to promote synodality
• Young Hearts: creating bonds that transcend generations
• ‘Places of encounter’: Sr Mary Sarah Galbraith OP on the value of Catholic schools
• ‘God’s way of service’: Pope creates 14 new saints
• World Mission Sunday
• Br Andrew brings message of God’s love to Australia for World Mission Sunday
• Synod explores relationship between local and universal Church
• Decree marks change in leadership for Missionary Sisters of Service
• Prof Richard Colledge appointed Executive Dean, Theology and Philosophy at ACU
• A celebration of love: couples mark significant anniversaries at St Patrick’s Cathedral
• ‘Where Christ plays’: on what it means to be a Catholic school
• Vatican statistics show decline in baptisms, clergy, religious, worldwide
• Vatican statistics
• Statistics
• As synod nears end, preacher urges members to be at peace with results
• Dr Greg Bottaro
• Shepherd’s delight: making space for children to encounter the Living God
• ‘Listening to the faithful people of God’: Australian Archbishop appointed to synod council
• Catechesis of the Good Shepherd
• Only love will save humanity, Pope says in encyclical on Sacred Heart
• The way back home
• Archbishop Comensoli: praying for the faithful departed
• Pope Francis bids farewell to Fr Gustavo Gutiérrez: ‘a great man, a man of the Church’
• Father Gustavo Gutierrez
• Pope warns against becoming a ‘sedentary’ Church after synod’s close
• Joe de Bruyn’s ACU graduation speech
• ACU honours Joe de Bruyn with honorary doctorate
• ‘Something new is growing’: final synod document calls for greater participation and transparency
• Finding joy in the face of despair: Gabrielle Mahony returns to Rwanda 30 years on
• Coaching the team: Fr Tony Kerin on mission, service and the role of Vicar General
• Doctrine, truth and change: insights from the 2024 Newman Lecture
• Doctrine
• New Catholic Mission Director for Victoria and Tasmania appointed
• Catholic Mission Director
• Rwanda
• Death and dying
• Jubilee 2025 plans unveiled, including Holy Door at Rome prison and mascot, ‘Luce’
• Luce
• Pope urges prayers for parents who have lost a child
• Order of Malta’s Grand Master: ‘be a living, vibrant force for good’
• Among the blessed of heaven
• A helping hand in darkness: Catholic Prison Ministry
• Rev Van Toan Nguyen
• Stephanie de Niese and Matthew MacDonald
• Caritas Australia campaign supports safer births in Papua New Guinea
• Sunday tutoring: building bridges in learning and friendship
• Papua New Guinea
• ‘From Australia and for Australia’: Cardinal-Designate Bychok addresses bishops meeting
• Clothing the poor with kindness: following the example of St Martin of Tours
• Two new Auxiliary Bishops appointed for Melbourne
• St Martin of Tours
• St Teresa of Kolkata
• Mercy health O’Connell Family Centre celebrates 75 years of supporting parents
• Parents
• O'Connell Family Centre
• One of our own: remembering the sacrificial love of WWI chaplain Fr Michael Bergin SJ
• World War I
• Feeding hope: Richmond churches unite for the community
• New website a one-stop hub to educate and safeguard children
• Safeguard
• Digital World
• Betting on change: faith leaders unite against gambling ads
• Victorian Council of Churches
• Gambling
• A faith for the hunger of the world
• Claire Heaney
• Pilgrims of Hope: Jubilee 2025 resource pack for parishes
• ‘You are not forgotten,’ appeal tells people of Lebanon
• Lebanon
• Christ’s heart among us
• The summer fruiting of our lives
• End Times
• A communion of Christ’s disciples
• Pope calls for ‘lives steeped in compassion and charity’ on World Day of the Poor
• 2024 Knox Lecture outlines a vision of the person as a source of hope and creativity
• Vietnamese Martyrs’ Mass celebrates legacy of steadfast faith
• Red November: a chance to stand in solidarity with persecuted Christians
• ACRATH stands against gender-based violence with 16-day campaign
• Activism
• Red November
• The theologian who almost wasn’t: Neil Ormerod
• Evolution
• Genazzano FCJ College Blesses and Opens its new Student Services area
• Student Services
• Genazzano FCJ College
• Melbourne Syro-Malabar Cathedral to be consecrated
• A dream comes true at consecration of Melbourne’s Syro-Malabar Cathedral
• Witness to hope: a Polish Jesuit’s encounter with St John Paul II
• The king we need
• Fr Tadeusz Seremet
• Polish
• ‘Be hope and light’: Archdiocese celebrates the coming Jubilee Year and countdown to ACYF 2025
• Pope says final synod document is magisterial and must be accepted
• Syro-Malabar Cathedral
• Christ the King triumphs over evil with the power of love, Pope says
• Better Together
• Christ the King
• Pilgrims of Hope
• Pilgrims of hope
• Migrant Chaplaincy
• New social enterprise a community effort
• Our Lady of Perpetual Succour, Surrey Hills Wattle Park
• St Patricks Cathedral
• Stay awake
• December
• Confidence
• Archbishop welcomes clarification on religious protections under proposed Victorian anti-vilification laws
• God’s first gift
• Archbishop Comensoli: Advent, a time of preparation and expectation
• Giving hope: 7 ways to make a difference this Advent and Christmas
• Ceasefire, dialogue are the only paths to peace, Pope says
• Called to serve: four new transitional deacons ordained in Melbourne parishes
• 2025 Jubilee—Pilgrims of Hope
• Sacraments at St Patrick’s
• Music at St Patrick’s
• Highlights
• Music department
• Bells
• Art, architecture and history
• Statues
• Stations of the cross
• Message stick
• Aboriginal stone inlay
• Cathedral parish information
• The story of St John the Evangelist Church
• Cathedral contacts
• Cathedral Shop
• Pope asks the faithful to pray for God’s gift of hope
• A new chapter for the Diocese of Broome as Bishop Tim Norton is installed
• Statement from the Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne
• All the light within: a pilgrim’s journey on the Via Francigena
• Pope calls 21 new cardinals, including Melbourne’s Cardinal Mykola Bychok, to build church unity
• ‘The Lord does not abandon his own’: jubilation as Notre Dame Cathedral reopens
• Cardinal Mykola Bychok
• The waiting game
• Wedding booking form
• ‘An amazing spiritual journey’: 18 students confirmed in Melton South
• Catholic Social Services Australia announces new Executive Director
• The Hon Kevin James Andrews (1955–2024)
• Tarrawarra Abbey celebrates 70th anniversary of foundation
• Three conferences join forces to revise Lectionary
• Honouring Neale Fraser: a legacy of excellence and leadership
• Lectionary
• Joyful and triumphant: the stories of four beloved Christmas carols
• William Wilkinson Wardell, architect of St Patrick’s Cathedral
• Hope does not disappoint: Archdiocese of Melbourne announces local pilgrim places for Jubilee 2025
• Archbishop welcomes new Victorian measures to tackle antisemitism, promote social cohesion
• Via Francigena
• Antisemitism
• Archbishop Comensoli’s 2024 Christmas message
• Caritas Australia launches Vanuatu earthquake appeal
• Archbishop Comensoli Jubilee 2025
• Organ
• Mary goes out
• Visitation
• Cantors, choir and community come together for carols in the Cathedral
• Cathedral Concert
• Cathedral Music
• Join the Cathedral music program
• Hon Kevin James Andrews
• Kevin Andrews funeral homily
• Pope urges war-torn world to walk through door of peace on Christmas
• Our light and hope
• Church welcomes appointment of new Bishop of Bunbury
• Pope says migrants, refugees, victims of war have a right to education
• Pope Prayer Video
• Parish Jubilee resources
• After 800 years, Aquinas’ writings continue to inspire
• Archbishop Comensoli Jubilee page
• Vale Kevin Andrews AM, man of faith, family and service
• Pilgrim Places
• Bishop Terry Curtin retires as auxiliary bishop
• Under the Southern Cross
• Supporting future priests in Timor-Leste in the spirit of the Jubilee of Hope
• Jubilee 2025
• Red Mass invokes ‘the Breath of God’ in pursuit of justice and mercy
• Words of life: the transformative power of the Bible
• ‘Come and see’: God’s grace made visible in consecrated life
• World Day of Prayer for Consecrated Life
• Jubilee 2025: new webpage launches for local ‘pilgrims of hope’
• All in the family
• Joy overflows at Consecration of Melbourne’s newest bishops
• The true light for the world
• The Spirit’s gift
• Fr Stephen Battal, holding firm to faith and hope in suffering
• Call for papers: Idol Talk? In the Image of the Disabled God
• Archbishop Costelloe calls Australians to support ‘Jewish sisters and brothers’
• Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB
• Australian Catholic Bishops Conference
• Pope prays for Church that accompanies young people in discernment
• Archbishop Timothy Costelloe
• Project Compassion: take a long walk to transform lives
• Moe Turaga: shining a light on modern slavery
• Hope does not disappoint
• World Day of Prayer and Action against Human Trafficking
• Australian Catholic Anti-Slavery Network (ACAN)
• Croatian community honours Blessed Cardinal Aloysius Stepanac
• Fr Joseph Jackson Nguyen
• Fr Jossy Kizakkethalackal Kuriakose
• Ceasefire enables 76 Caritas trucks to enter Gaza
• ‘Angels of hope’: World Day of the Sick 2025
• From horseback priests to livestream Masses: St Brigid’s turns 150
• ‘Flowing peace’: waters of Lourdes reach St Patrick’s at annual Lourdes Day Mass
• ‘Let your lives glow’: Syro-Malabar youth conference Unite 2025 inspires a new generation
• Unite conference
• Hooks, rabbit holes and prayerscapes: finding ways to lead people to Jesus
• Pope Francis appoints auxiliary bishop for Sydney
• Fr Tony Percy
• Auxiliary Bishop
• Join or renew—become a MCP member
• Gothic revival masterpiece throws open its door to Jubilee pilgrims
• Pilgrim Places
• Put a prayerbook in your playbook: a new collection of prayers for sport
• National Centre for Evangelisation (NCE)
• ‘I’m just the instrument’: in conversation with sculptor Timothy Schmalz
• Sculpture
• Former MP Keith Pitt selected as Australia’s new Ambassador to the Holy See
• Bold in love, firm in faith: Cardinal Bychok’s sacred mission
• Sacred Purple
• Hierarchical Divine Liturgy
• Pope’s therapy adjusted again after tests reveal ‘polymicrobial infection’
• Growing up together: Matt and Cameron Fradd on the sacred vocation of marriage
• Pope appoints religious sister to run Vatican City State
• WGEA employer statement
• Celebrating every journey: World Care Day 2025
• World Care Day
• Foster
• Foster Care
• Pope Francis, servant of a ‘poor Church for the poor’
• A ministry of service: permanent deacons celebrate their Jubilee
• St Mary MacKillop Church: the Pilgrim Place built by the grace of the saints
• A non-vanilla life
• Jubilee of Deacons
• ‘Thank you for the prayers of comfort’: Pope Francis sends Angelus message from hospital bed
• Catholic agencies call for continued support as Ukraine marks three years in the shadow of war
• Churches of Jerusalem raise their voices for the people of Gaza
• How Robyn Miller’s Catholic upbringing inspires her work with shattered families
• Blessed Carlo Acutis gains more fans as relic and Eucharistic Miracles Exhibition arrive in Melbourne
• Blessed Carlo Acutis
• New Faith and Culture Sessions aim to bring faith to life
• Faith and Culture Sessions
• Statement from Archbishop Peter A Comensoli on proposed VAD law reforms
• Victorian Government
• Pope appoints new Bishop of Armidale
• Fr Simon Peter Berlec OFM
• Fr David Srumpf OFM
• Catholicism’s French soul: exhibition brings wonders of Notre-Dame de Paris to Melbourne
• Compare your life to a migrant’s, Pope says in his message for Lent
• ACRATH tells MPs, slavery is present in your electorate
• Venue secured for 2025 Australian Catholic Youth Festival
• Faith in action
• Project Compassion 2025: uniting against poverty
• Seeking the sacred: Catholic leaders on pilgrimage
• Giving back, one bargain at a time: the volunteers who power Catholic op shops
• Sacred Heart Mission
• Pope suffers respiratory crises after writing about ‘blessing’ hidden in frailty
• Pope prays for wounded families, says forgiveness renews hope, healing
• Mothers seek to restore families through the power of prayer
• Clean water reaches almost 150,000 in Vietnam, but more help is needed
• Lessons beyond the classroom: a volunteer’s experience in Timor Leste
• Almost 350 ‘welcomed home’ at Rite of Election 2025
• ‘The wind in your sail’: women leaders on nurturing hope in uncertain times
• Aid to the Church in Need calls for intense prayer for Syria amid violence and uncertainty
• Turning to face Jesus
• Patrick Oration 2025
• Turning to the Light: Archbishop Comensoli delivers 2025 Patrick Oration
• A door to eternity: iconographer Sue Orchison on creating a new icon for St Pat’s
• The Archdiocese’s western-most parish celebrates its 150th anniversary
• Rural Parish
• St Patrick’s Cathedral: a beacon of faith and hope
• Binding ourselves to God
• Pope approves next phase of synod, setting path to 2028 assembly
• Further up and further in: pilgrimage as a path to hope
• ‘A really positive contribution’: study reveals lifelong benefits of Catholic education
• Victorian Catholic Education Authority (VCEA)
• Faithful to grace: after 150 years, Mother Gonzaga’s legacy lives on in Loreto schools
• ‘Father and brother to the Church’: new Bishop of Bunbury ordained and installed
• Project Compassion spotlights Lam’s journey from isolation to independence
• Arise, shine: schools celebrate Catholic Education Week
• Pope returns to Vatican after long hospitalisation
• Krzysztof Wojtkowski and Fr Wieslaw (Tony) Slowik SJ
• Alone Australia
• Shining lamps: a graduating student’s valedictory message
• Tongues of angels: a reflection on the Annunciation
• Holy Trinity Church Queenscliff welcomes pilgrims to reflect on rich history and heritage
• Australian Bishops call Catholics to vote with conscience and compassion in Jubilee Year
• New program helps students, teachers and families build resilience to abuse
• Truth, peace and hope in action at CSSA national conference
• Caritas Australia launches Myanmar earthquake appeal
• Faith, resilience and the fine art of listening: a conversation with Mary Nolan AM
• ‘Crossing New Seas’ Oration highlights responsibility to welcome and protect
• Kildare Ministries
• Crossing New Seas Oration
• Prize for poetry open for new works on belonging
• Pope clears way for three new saints, including first from Papua New Guinea
• A resounding ‘yes’: Fiat 2025 unites Archdiocese in prayer for renewal
• Pope prays people stare less at screens, connect more face-to-face
• St John Paul II drives cause of freedom 20 years after death, say world leaders
• St John Paul II
• Geraldine Vytilingam: a journey of faith, service and hope
• Let God guide you to greatness, Melbourne Catholic Professionals told
• Minimum wage rise needed to keep Australians out of poverty
• Luce: Jubilee cuteness to light up Expo 2025
• Br Merric: the contemplative life of a Taizé brother
• Vulnerable Australians become the shock absorbers of a failing system according to new report
• Urgent aid needed for Myanmar Earthquake survivors
• Myanmar
• When justice and mercy meet
• Homily
• Moments of hope and transformation: reflecting on the Jubilee of the Sick and Health Care Workers
• Ailing Pope surprises pilgrims during Jubilee of the Sick
• Taizé
• Australian Catholic Youth Festival 2025
• Maintain hope: Sr Brigid’s enduring call to support asylum seekers
• Tenebrae: a liturgy of shadows before the light
• Tenebrae
• Carry the cross with compassion, says Pope Francis on Palm Sunday
• His wounds are our health
• Make sweet choices that matter this Easter
• Living and ancient stones: why the Good Friday Collection matters more than ever
• Christians to celebrate Easter 2025 together, in rare alignment of calendars
• Caritas Australia echoes Pope Francis’ call for peace in Sudan as crisis enters third year
• A healing and forgiving mission: more than 200 priests gather for Chrism Mass
• By his wounds, we are healed: Archbishop Comensoli’s 2025 Easter message
• Hope is at the heart of Easter
• Holy Thursday: showing the depth of his love
• Good Friday: the place of forgiveness and healing
• Easter: life has the final word
• Statement on the death of His Holiness, Pope Francis
• ‘A witness of joy and hope’: Pope Francis dies on Easter Monday, aged 88
• Pope’s funeral rites begin as a celebration of hope
• Australian Catholics mourn Pope Francis
• The Spiritual Testament of Pope Francis
• Easter at St Patrick’s Cathedral 2025
• Melburnians remember Pope Francis: ‘He was such a joyful person’
• Cardinals set date for Pope Francis’ funeral
• Honouring the dead and comforting the living: the vital work of military chaplains
• Death is ‘a new beginning’, Pope Francis wrote in unpublished reflection on old age
• Fr John Hodgson CSsR
• Fr Antony David Antonysamy OMI
• Fr Eldridge D’Souza OFM Cap
• ‘A home for all’: 400,000 farewell ‘open-hearted’ Pope in Rome
• Burial
• Pope Francis and the hope of God’s mercy
• Melbourne Catholic Melkite priest Collin Nunis reflects on Francis’ funeral
• A short history of the conclave
• Remembering Pope Francis
• ‘Pray for me’: thousands mourn Pope Francis at St Patrick’s Cathedral
• What happens now? The novendiales explained
• Bipartisan pledge of $60 million to restore Melbourne's St Patrick’s Cathedral
• Novendiales
• ‘On this pilgrim journey together’: Bishop Joe Caddy says goodbye to Pope Francis in Rome
• Statement from Archbishop Peter A Comensoli welcoming bipartisan pledge for Cathedral restoration
• Pathbreaking conference aims to reimagine disability in the Church
• Journey to hope: 50 years on, Melbourne’s Vietnamese Catholics remember
• ‘We have a mama’: Pope Francis’ special connection to the Basilica of St Mary Major
• Cardinals prepare for their most sacred responsibility, the conclave to elect a new Pope
• Fund recipient continues to explore legacy of the world’s first sister doctor
• God is close, tender and merciful: a reflection on the theology of Pope Francis
• Tenor Michael Petruccelli to serenade mothers at St Patrick’s Cathedral
• ‘Beyond the Vows’ makes marriage the focus
• St Mary Major Basilica
• Love’s second name: how Divine Mercy Shrine became a multicultural sanctuary
• Light into the City: Archbishop’s letter outlines vision for Cathedral precinct
• Bishops welcome Youth Festival as opportunity for growth in faith
• Former chemist who helped establish ACU awarded honorary doctorate
• The power of music in palliative care
• The Francis papacy and the dignity of mothers
• ‘Habemus Papam’: Australian Catholics welcome Pope Leo XIV
• Pope Leo XIV opens his pontificate with greeting of peace
• Pope Leo XIV
• ‘Peace be with all of you’: how Pope Leo XIV embodies a living dialogue between tradition and modernity
• New pope calls for ‘joyful’ Christian witness to a world that finds faith ‘absurd’
• A living tradition: hundreds gather at Our Lady of La Vang Shrine
• The spirit of St Augustine shows itself in ‘calm, measured’ Pope Leo XIV
• Nothing more than a humble servant: Pope Leo XIV’s first speech to College of Cardinals
• Pope Leo XIV
• Spotlighting vocations and the beauty of a life lived for God
• ‘Full of beautiful experiences’: 90-year-old Rosemary’s six decades of volunteering
• Sr Mary O’Shannassy SGS receives highest papal honour
• What’s in a name? Two Leos and the evolving legacy of Rerum novarum
• Parish Bookkeeper, St Joseph's Parish
• Parish Coordinator, St Paul’s Coburg and St Oliver Plunkett’s Parish
• Sixty years on, the message of Vatican II still resonates
• At inauguration Mass, Pope Leo calls for ‘united church’ in a wounded world
• Fr Joseph Sebastian IVDei
• Fr Nagendra Rao Kolukuri
• Fr Libeesh Kuriakose CMI
• Fr Tinku (Geo) Punnakkattussery Lawrence
• Inauguration Mass
• ‘An icon in words’: Christians celebrate 1,700th anniversary of the Ecumenical Council of Nicea
• ‘Servants of the mystery of God and the Church’: new Australian Catholic Deacons Association launched
• Australian Catholic Deacons Association
• PM meets with Pope Leo, invites him to Australia for Eucharistic Congress
• Prime Minister
• ‘To see the face of God’: Les Mis ‘arena spectacular’ comes to Melbourne
• Les Miserables
• Patrick Harris and Fr Michael Gallacher
• Eastern Churches find new hope in meeting with Pope Leo XIV
• Eastern Churches
• Around our schools: inspiring hope for the future
• Recycling
• Animation Consultant
• A decade on, Laudato si’ continues to inspire hope
• Salesians of Don Bosco celebrate 150 years of mission
• Looking back with love: Aboriginal elder Maureen Moore’s quiet, generous faith
• Parishes urged to consider new ways of addressing domestic violence
• McAuley Community Services for Women
• See–judge–act: YCW celebrates 100 years of putting love into action
• Melbourne prepares to host Australia’s largest Catholic event this December
• ACYF
• Young Christian Workers
• Cardinal Joseph Cardijn
• ‘New life emerges’: introducing formation.org.au
• Communion requires prayer, listening, conversion, Pope says
• Beginning something beautiful, artist Aalayah puts prison behind her
• ‘A clue to your mission’: bishops publish new document on charisms
• Part-time Accounts Clerk, Newman College (Parkville)
• Parish Coordinator, St Augustine's Catholic Church
• In God’s image: ACU conference calls Church to rethink disability and human dignity
• 60 years of Avila College: ‘Not just a motto, but a calling’
• God at home with us
• A family’s love grounded in Christ is sign of peace for world, Pope says
• Jubilee of families children grandparents and the elderly
• Laudato si’: A Living Framework for Ecological Justice
• Church responds to Gaza crisis with calls for peace and practical support for amputees
• Pilgrims celebrate Jubilee 2025 in Victoria’s High Country
• ‘They need to know they are not alone’: seven continents unite in prayer for Myanmar
• Love and faith celebrated at annual Marriage Anniversaries Mass
• A labour of love: Francis and Wilma’s 70 years of marriage
• Pope Leo XIV Official Portrait
• Pope’s prayer intention for June: that the world grow in compassion
• Melbourne priest takes on national liturgy role
• More people searching for God, data suggests
• Jubilee of Priests
• Jubilee of Seminarians
• Jubilee of Bishops
• Bishop Nguyễn
• Bishop Thinh Nguyen