Catholic Voice

Prayer Vigil for Calvary Hospital at St Christopher’s Cathedral Wednesday, May 24, at 7.30 pm. Rosary, Benediction Inputs: Archbishop Prowse & Fr Tony Percy. Live-streamed: youtube.com/watch?v=hfVBDW…

The 2019 Red Wednesday which in many parts of the world has been extended into a “Red Week” aims to raise awareness of the persecution of Christians worldwide. Red Wednesday is an initiative of the international pontifical foundation Aid to the Church in Need (ACN).

We all claim rights and privileges but sometimes it is easy to forget that the very act of claiming a right attracts a corresponding responsibility. A right does not exist in isolation but rather must be seen as also defining the common good. catholicvoice.org.au/rights-and-res…

The Australian High Court announced Tuesday that Cardinal George Pell has been granted leave to appeal an August decision by the Court of Appeal in Victoria to uphold his conviction for child sexual abuse. catholicvoice.org.au/australian-hig…

Melbourne, Australia, Nov 11, 2019 / 01:12 pm (CNA) – Australia’s High Court will announce on Wednesday whether it will hear Cardinal George Pell’s appeal of his conviction on sexual abuse charges. catholicvoice.org.au/decision-immin…

Like the patriarchs, a priest is meant to be a father to his people. What’s wrong with calling him that? catholicvoice.org.au/how-we-address…

When loved ones die, the world stops. Dealing with loss and grief is overwhelming and it can be hard just to keep going let alone make the necessary decisions and plans. At St Mary’s Parish in Young, that’s where the Grief and Bereavement Team steps in. catholicvoice.org.au/supporting-ber…

It seems the norm for teenagers to have identity issues. But a growing number of young Australians are grappling with gender identity issues where they feel stuck in the wrong body and experience severe distress with their biological sex. Full article: catholicvoice.org.au/the-gender-dil…

BOOK REVIEW: AMEN – A history of prayers in Parliament Damien Freeman and David Corbett (2019) [PM Glynn Institute, North Sydney] Read the full review here: catholicvoice.org.au/book-review-am…

A doctor friend was asked to treat the historian Manning Clark for an illness. Clark asked him if he knew much about John Henry Newman (1801-1890). My friend pleaded ignorance. Continue reading: catholicvoice.org.au/saint-john-hen…

If you set out to find Archdiocesan Archivist Denis Connor, you’d have your work cut out for you. Even if you knew he worked at St Christopher’s Pastoral Centre in Manuka, you probably couldn’t find him without help. Find out more about Denis in today's Featured Story.

Over 600 school students and young adults from across the Archdiocese attended the annual Archdiocesan Mission Mass to celebrate World Mission Month at St Christopher’s Cathedral. Continue reading: catholicvoice.org.au/missionary-dis…

Today marks the one year anniversary of the National Apology to Victims and Survivors of Institutional Child Sexual Abuse delivered by Prime Minister Scott Morrison on behalf of all Australians. Read all about it here: catholicvoice.org.au/church-continu…

Each year Spring brings with it a feeling of renewal, and the Bega Parish has put that into practice with its own Parish renewal. The process, initiated by Fr Luke Verrell, began with a question a simple question… “where to from here?” Continue reading: catholicvoice.org.au/spring-brings-…

Whatever their collective title might be, the Catholic Diocesan Archivists of Australia gathered at Haydon Hall in Canberra this week for their 17th annual meeting. Continue reading: catholicvoice.org.au/an-assembly-of…

A love of tennis and a keen interest in science came together when Clare Rosin from St Clare’s College, Griffith won the Affinity Award at the Catholic Schools Cultural Festival and Recognition Awards. Continue reading here: catholicvoice.org.au/clares-affinit…

Mark in your diary another exciting cultural event happening at Jugiong. The Parish of Jugiong is holding its eighth biennial art exhibition and sale at the Jugiong Memorial Hall over the weekend of 23-24 November 2019. Find out more: catholicvoice.org.au/featured-artis…

Penny Lucas: "Before meeting me, my non-atheist but non-believing husband associated churches with formality. He was there for a wedding or a christening or for ‘chapel’ during his school years." Continue reading: catholicvoice.org.au/getting-comfor…

On a beautiful autumn day in the small town of Utche outside Hanover, Queanbeyan boy Liam Templeton married German local, Janin Kassner on Sunday 8 September 2019. Continue reading: catholicvoice.org.au/queanbeyan-boy…

The August edition of the Catholic Voice told Mel’s story of the promising and precocious young woman who had travelled to Hong Kong with her family in 2008 only to fall ill during the flight and on arrival lapse into a coma with encephalitis. Read more: catholicvoice.org.au/melinda-mao-ta…