- 1. Reflections by Fr Anthony Crook RAN | Wednesday of 19th Week in Ordinary Time
- (Reflections)
- ... as the Order of Poor Ladies. After her death, and in her honour, in 1263 Pope Urban IV changed the Order’s name to the Order of St Clare. St Clare leaves us this beautiful prayer: Place your mind before ...
- Created on 09 August 2021
- 2. Bishop Brian G Mascord
- (Contact the Parish Office Staff)
- ... of Maitland-Newcastle. On 30 November 2017 His Holiness Pope Francis appointed him as the fifth bishop of Wollongong. On 22 February 2018 Bishop Brian was ordained the bishop of Wollongong at the WIN Entertainment ...
- Created on 01 December 2017
- 3. What is the Year of Mercy ?
- (Year of Mercy)
- Pope Francis says, "We need constantly to contemplate the mystery of mercy. It is a wellspring of joy, serenity, and peace. Our salvation depends on it. Mercy: the word reveals the very mystery of the Most ...
- Created on 18 December 2015
- 4. A Brief History of the Diocese
- (Our Parish)
- On 15 November 1951, Pope Pius XII announced that a new Diocese would be created from the Archdioceses of Sydney and Canberra and Goulburn. To be named Wollongong, the Diocese was officially established ...
- Created on 27 October 2015
- 5. St Francis Xavier Cathedral, Wollongong
- (Churches)
- ... church was begun in 1848, was extended at the turn of the century and, again, in the 1930s. In 1951 the church was raised to cathedral status when Wollongong was declared a diocese by Pope Pius XII. The ...
- Created on 24 September 2015
- 6. Cathedral and Co-Cathedral - A living Church at the Heart of the Diocese
- (Our Parish)
- ... compromises the Cathedral status of St Francis Xavier Cathedral, which was declared a Cathedral by Pope Pius XII in 1951. Our Cathedral and Co-Cathedral exist side by side in neighbouring parishes in the ...
- Created on 18 September 2015