May 05, 2018
In October there will be a Synod of Bishops on the theme “Youth, faith and vocational discernment.” In March this year, as Sean-Patrick Lovett wrote, “Pope Francis opened the pre-Synodal meeting in Rome…with a provocation: “Too often we talk about young people without asking what they think,” he said. There are those, said the Pope, who tend to “idolise” youth, and others who prefer to keep young people “at a safe distance”, rather than allowing them to be the protagonists of their own futures. (The Vatican 19 March 2018).
April 04, 2018
Hundreds of the Catholic faithful from throughout the Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle gathered at the Sacred Heart Cathedral last week to celebrate the Chrism Mass - one of the most important annual events of the Catholic calendar.