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Marist brother & Vicar for Communications, Parramatta Diocese, Australia
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Bishop Vincent’s address 50 years after the Vietnam War: A personal journey
2025 Speech at the Australian Catholic Historical Society  50 years after the Vietnam War: a personal journey  March 16 2025 Most Reverend Vincent Long Van Nguyen OFM Conv DD STL, Bishop of Parra...
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March 31, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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Hope in Action 2025: Bishop of Parramatta calls for just and compassionate future
This year’s Hope in Action Conference reinforced the commitment of Catholic Social Services Australia (CSSA) and its supporters, including the Diocese of Parramatta ad Catholic Care Wester...
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March 26, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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A collection of my articles from Catholic Outlook catholicoutlook.org/author/marko...
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March 3, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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Fr Frank Brennan’s Homily for 8th Sunday in Ordinary Time, 2025
Homily for the 8th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2 March 2025 Ecclesiasticus 27:4-7; Psalm 91; 1 Corinthians 15:54-58; Luke 6:39-45 Listen at soundcloud  Today’s readings are full of common...
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March 1, 2025 at 5:10 AM
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Fr Frank Brennan’s Homily: Homily for the 7th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2025
Homily for the 7th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2025 23 February 2025 Readings: Samuel 26:2, 7-9, 12-13, 22-23; Psalm 102; 1 Corinthians 15:45-49; Luke 6:27-38   On this very day 50 years ...
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February 22, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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Fr Frank Brennan’s Homily: 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2025
It’s been an excruciating week – seeing how Hamas has not been defeated despite the untold damage wreaked on Palestinian civilians in Gaza, hearing President Trump declare that he has a real estate…
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February 9, 2025 at 7:17 AM
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Fr Frank Brennan’s Homily – Australia Day 2025
Fr Frank Brennan’s Homily – Australia Day 2025
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January 27, 2025 at 4:31 AM
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The perceptive theologian from Prague - Tomas Halik - in conversation with Frank Brennan SJ. A highlight of 2024
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Monsignor Halík: ‘we should seek the Galilee of today’
Czech theologian, philosopher and priest Monsignor Tomáš Halík says we need to broaden the concept of Church and to provide spaces for people to ask questions.
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December 28, 2024 at 5:41 AM
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Pope’s December prayer intention: ‘For pilgrims of hope’
Pope Francis releases his prayer intention for the month of December, and invites Christians to pray that each of us may become pilgrims of hope as a result of the 2025 Jubilee.
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December 5, 2024 at 3:15 AM
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Fr Frank Brennan’s Homily for the first Sunday of Advent
We begin our Advent season with the prophet Jeremiah’s hopeful vision of justice, peace and truth, a vision of heaven on earth.
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December 1, 2024 at 9:46 AM
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Yeats and Donald
We are in for a time of demolition—the establishment structures are being usurped by a large cabal of finance thugs, political neophytes, and true believers—and any comfort we can take from the cha…
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November 29, 2024 at 2:11 AM
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The Pope, Transgender People, and Little Sisters of Jesus: How It Came to Happen
About a year ago, it became known that Pope Francis had been welcoming trans people at the Wednesday General Audiences. The first four such meetings were the audiences of April 27, June 22, August …
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November 27, 2024 at 5:06 AM
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Rowan Williams dissects Jordan Peterson

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We Who Wrestle With God by Jordan Peterson review – a culture warrior out of his depth
The popular psychologist’s blinkered reading of the Bible does his cause no favours
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November 26, 2024 at 10:54 AM
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Fr Frank Brennan’s Homily for the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe
If you’re a republican like me, the imagery of Christ as king does not do a lot for you.  Afterall the feast of Christ the King was instituted by Pope Pius XI back in 1925 when monarchies were stil…
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November 24, 2024 at 11:18 AM
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November 24, 2024 at 7:28 AM
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A collection of recent popular style articles on contemporary Catholic events and spirituality from catholicoutlook.org/author/marko...
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