Recommended Upcoming Events
If your parish, school or group is planning an event that supports life, marriage and the family then let us know about it so we can share the news. Here are some events that we know about:
Men 4 Men: A Program of Renewal for Men of All Ages. 1st Sunday of every month. Mt Schoenstatt, Mulgoa.
Lenten Reflection Day for Women. Sat 10 March. Mt Schoenstatt, Mulgoa.
National Association of Catholic Families: Family Day. Sun 11 March. Our Lady of the Rosary, St Marys.
Movie Screening of 'Courageous' and 40 Days for Life Mid Point Rally. Sun 11 March. University of Notre Dame.
Fr Robert Barron's 'Catholicism Project' Tour. March 4-13. Melbourne, Sydney, Ballarat, Brisbane, Canberra.
Soup and Stations. Fridays, March 2, 9, 16, 23 & 30. St Benedict's Church, Broadway.
Day of the Unborn Child: Celebrating Life. Sun 25 March. St Mary's Cathedral and City Procession.
Lenten Retreat Day: "In the Cross is Our Salvation". Sun 25 March. Mt Schoenstatt, Mulgoa.
Shrine Time. Holy Hour with prayer, reflection, praise and worship. 4th Sunday of every month. Mt Schoenstatt, Mulgoa
Sisterhood Women's Conference. A Catholic Conference for Women from 16 years of age. Fri 4 - Sat 6 May. Collaroy Beach.
Events Hosted by the Vocation Centre of the Archdiocese of Sydney. The Vocation Centre has a number of events in 2012 for men and for women to assist in vocational discernment.
In the News
New Brunswick March for Life sets highest attendance record ever; 16 MLAs take part
by Thaddeus Baklinski FREDERICTON, May 18, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Organizers of the March for Life held yesterday in New Brunswick’s capital city, Fredericton, were delighted with the record crowd that came out to show their support for life and demand an end to abortion. Some 450 people - the biggest crowd in the…
‘The last straw’: Georgetown alum and ‘Exorcist’ author canonically sues school after Sebelius row
by Kathleen Gilbert WASHINGTON, May 18, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) - William Peter Blatty knows a thing or two about what happens when a hostile presence infiltrates Catholic bodies. Blatty, author of both novel and film versions of the horror classic “The Exorcist,” is getting ready to launch a canonical suit…
Supportive Ursuline nuns receiving millions in donations from contraceptive campaigner Melinda Gates
by Matthew Cullinan Hoffman May 18, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A Dallas Catholic school administered by Ursuline nuns who have reportedly expressed their support for billionaire Melinda French Gates’ campaign to inject millions of women with contraceptive drugs has received at least $8.5 million from the Bill and Melinda Gates…
Despite threat of fine from eurocrats, Moscow government again prohibits ‘gay pride’ parade
by Matthew Cullinan Hoffman May 18, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The Moscow city government has declined to issue a permit for a “gay pride” parade for the seventh year in a row, defying a European Court of Human Rights ruling against the city in 2010 that resulted in tens of thousands of dollars in fines. Promising that…
Same-sex ‘marriage’ advocates threaten Bristol Palin and her family with death
by Ben Johnson WASILLA, ALASKA, May 18, 2012, (LifeSiteNews.com) – If homosexual activists have their way, Bristol Palin will not be dancing with the stars; she’ll be swimming with the fishes. The daughter of former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin received vicious, hateful, and incendiary criticism…
