Life Office

Together we all sense our duty to preach the Gospel of Life, to celebrate it in the Liturgy and in our whole existence, and to serve it with the various programmes and structures which support and promote life.
(Pope John Paul II, The Gospel of Life , 79)

Upcoming Events & Current Issues

Election 2010, Policies concerning Life, Marriage and Family Issues
A Statement on the Federal Election by the Australian Catholic Bishops
Love and Life @ Polding Centre: DVD and Discussion for Young Adults, 12 Aug, 26 Aug, 9 Sep 2010
Love and Truth Dinners for Married Couples, 14 Aug & 9 October 2010
Annual Mass for Pregnant Women, 15 August 2010
Theology of the Body: Path to the Holy Trinity, Tuesdays 17 Aug to 21 Sep 2010
Retreat for Women, Home is Where Your Heart Is, Mt Schoenstatt Mulgoa, 28-29 August 2010
A Breakfast For Fathers, Sat 4 September 2010
Mt Schoenstatt Events Calendar, July to December 2010
Family Day, Mt Schoenstatt Mulgoa, Sunday 12 September 2010
Discover Yourself, Weekend Retreat for Young Women, 17-19 September 2010
St Gregory's Centre: Catholic Theological Study in the Eastern Tradition
2010 Retreats with the Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia, 20-22 Aug 2010

Past Events

A Day of Reflection and Devotion for Mothers, Saturday 8 May 2010
An Afternoon for Couples Hoping to Conceive, Saturday 17 April 2010
St Valentine's Day (Parish Resource),14 February 2010 (PDF)
St Valentine's Day (Handout), 14 February 2010 (PDF)
A Day of Reflection and Devotion for Mothers, Sat 9 May 2009 (PDF)
An Afternoon for Couples Hoping to Conceive, 28 March 2009 (PDF)
A Special Mass for Pregnant Women, 24 August 2008 (PDF)
Love and Life - Live it!, 3 July 2008 (PDF)
Spiritual Pampering - The Dignity and Vocation of Women: Evening Retreat for Women, 28 February 2008 (PDF)
- The Dignity and Vocation of Women (mp3 audio file part 1)
- The Dignity and Vocation of Women (mp3 audio file part 2)
Walking with Love: Alternatives & Responses to Abortion, 2 February 2008 (PDF)
Federal Election 2007:
Voting Records and Policies relating to some Life, Marriage and Family Issues (PDF)
Marriage and Family Sunday 2008 (PDF)
The Marriage of Mary and Joseph, Jimmy Akin
Respect Life Sunday, 7 October 2007
- Becoming a Family and Building the Future (PDF)
- Prayers and Bulletin Notices (PDF)
Update on Amnesty International's Abortion Policy (PDF)
Justice Forum: Common Good, 9 June 2007 (PDF)
Justice Forum: Subsidiarity, 25 November 2006 (PDF)
Opening remarks of Bishop Anthony Fisher OP to the Senate Community Affairs Committee, 20 October 2006
Submission to Senate Inquiry into Legislative responses to Recommendations of the Lockhart Review (PDF)
Respect Life Sunday, 1 October 2006
- The Human Embryo; Someone or Something? (PDF)
- Prayers (PDF)
- Bulletin Notices (PDF)
- Additional Resources

Justice Forum - 3 June 2006
- Flyer (PDF)
- Poster (PDF)
Submission to the Inquiry into Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Repeal of Ministerial Responsibility for Approval of RU 486) Bill 2005 (PDF)
Submission to Review of Prohibition of Human Cloning Act 2002 and the Research Involving Human Embryos Act 2002 (PDF)
Supplementary Submission, Definition of an Embryo (PDF)
An Evening with the Sisters of Life: Wednesday, 27 September 2006 (PDF)
Celebration of Human Life Mass (PDF)
Respect Life Sunday, 2 October 2005
- Poster (PDF)
- Brochure (PDF)
- Prayer for Life (PDF)
- Prayers of the Faithful (PDF)
- Bulletin Bits (PDF)
Gospel of Life Prayer Card
Respect Life Sunday, 3 October 2004
- Brochure: Dignity, now and at the hour of death (PDF)
- Intercessions and Prayers (PDF)
- Excepts from Evangelium Vitae (PDF)

See also Media Releases and Resources for more information on events & current issues.