- 1. What is the Advent Wreath?
- (Parish News)
- ... “adventus” which refers to the Coming of Christ. In the liturgical season of Advent we contemplate the Coming of Jesus at Christmas, the coming of Jesus into our lives everyday and the expectation of the ...
- Created on 23 November 2023
- 2. Young Adults Ministry
- (In the Parish)
- We are a group of passionate, fun-loving people at the University of Wollongong who seek answers to life’s big questions; how are we here? Is there more to life? How can I live my best life? Why God? ...
- Created on 26 April 2023
- 3. Christ in you - Logo
- (Pastoral Plan)
- ... affirmation by St Paul of the reality of Christ’s presence in the lives of Christians. Christ is present in all things: as Creator, holding all things together as he is united with his Body, the ...
- Created on 14 January 2023
- 4. The Eternal Peace Grotto at Saint Francis Xavier Cathedral, Wollongong Columbarium
- (Columbarium)
- ... the opportunity for names of parishioners who lived life to the full in the first Catholic parish in the Illawarra.These plaques are available at $260 each (incl. GST). [Click here to view the map] ...
- Created on 08 September 2021
- 5. Reflections by Fr Anthony Crook RAN | Wednesday of the 23rd Week in Ordinary Time Feast – The Birth (Nativity) of the Blessed Virgin Mary
- (Reflections)
- ... mother’s tears exclaim: He lives! We claim for Mary many titles: Queen of Heaven, Queen of Angels, Mother of the Church, Star of the Sea, but perhaps the one dearest to her heart might be simply be Mother ...
- Created on 06 September 2021
- 6. Reflections by Fr Anthony Crook RAN | Friday of the 21st Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of St Monica
- (Reflections)
- Link to today’s readings: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/0827-memorial-monica.cfm St Monica lived between 332-387c.e., and was the mother St Augustine. While this might sound as if the family ...
- Created on 26 August 2021
- 7. Reflections by Fr Anthony Crook RAN | Monday of the 21st Week in Ordinary Time
- (Reflections)
- ... pastoral or personal in style and language. It is written at a time only 15-16 yrs after the death and resurrection of Jesus, when there still would have been members of Christian communities alive who ...
- Created on 23 August 2021
- 8. Reflections by Fr Anthony Crook RAN | Friday of the 19th Week in Ordinary Time
- (Reflections)
- The Alleluia Verse from today’s readings: Alleluia, alleluia. Receive the word of God, not as the word of men, but, as it truly is, the word of God. Alleluia, alleluia. This is such a great call ...
- Created on 09 August 2021
- 9. Reflections by Fr Anthony Crook RAN | Monday of the 19th Week in Ordinary Time
- (Reflections)
- ... live to enter. Deuteronomy is without much of the escape and journey narrative of the Book of Exodus, and can be read almost in the light Moses thinking to himself: “What are things I must say (again) ...
- Created on 09 August 2021
- 10. Reflections by Fr Anthony Crook RAN | Feast of the Transfiguration
- (Reflections)
- ... moments, so that when we come down from the mountain, the plain on which we live is transformed. [1] John’s Gospel has its own recount of the Baptism of Jesus (Jn 1:29-34) but its focus/nuance is ...
- Created on 03 August 2021
- 11. Reflections by Fr Anthony Crook RAN | Monday of the 18th Week in Ordinary Time
- (Reflections)
- Link to today’s readings: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/080221.cfm Today’s Reading from the Gospel of Matthew (14:13-21) has parallels in each of the other three Gospels (Mk 6:30-44; Lk 9:10-17, ...
- Created on 31 July 2021
- 12. Livestream Masses
- (Liturgy and Mass Times)
- Livestream Click on the Playlist Icon on the video below to select additional videos to watch PLJ9RDCFrPeRg3k5wQtY4n0P6Swrmanf7p PLIdBsPUsYH9Oxb_2-mz1DGfLHoTKn5v2o PLIdBsPUsYH9Mb-tL5WLo8N-VjnUVlVnBr ...
- Created on 26 March 2020
- 13. Canonization of Blessed Teresa of Calcutta
- (Year of Mercy)
- Prayer of Mother Teresa Dear Jesus, help us to spread your fragrance everywhere we go. Flood our souls with your spirit and life. Penetrate and possess our whole being so utterly that our lives may only ...
- Created on 29 August 2016
- 14. What is the Year of Mercy ?
- (Year of Mercy)
- ... on mercy so that we may become a more effective sign of the Father’s action in our lives. For this reason I have proclaimed an Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy as a special time for the Church, a time when ...
- Created on 18 December 2015
- 15. Year of Mercy Prayer
- (Year of Mercy)
- ... sight to the blind. We ask this through the intercession of Mary, Mother of Mercy, you who live and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit for ever and ever. Amen. Download Year of Mercy Prayer ...
- Created on 09 December 2015
- 16. Lumen Christi Hymn
- (Parish)
- ... We witness to the world, fed and nourished to live and love in the Light of Christ. We go now blessed and forgiven; sent forth with hearts of compassion. We go to bring the world your justice, to live ...
- Created on 30 October 2015
- 17. The University of Wollongong
- (In the Parish)
- The Verbum Dei Sisters conduct the chaplaincy in the University. Two Sisters live in the Cathedral Precinct. During semester time there is a weekly University Wednesday Mass.
- Created on 28 October 2015
- 18. Parish Logo
- (Our Parish)
- ... the right from Bishop Mascord’s Episcopal Ordination. “I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, ...
- Created on 27 October 2015