A group of twenty parishioners gathered in the church hall on a very wet Wednesday evening this past week for what proved to be an enlightening exchange of ideas from those working at the coal face and from an articulate homeless guest who joined the group after sharing the evening
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Holy Week and Easter Timetable 2017
Please click on link to see Timetable. 2017 St Canice’s Easter service timetable
A Welcome to our LGBTI Community
“Let us take a walk on the first lane of the bridge, the one leading from the institutional church to the L.G.B.T. community, and reflect on “respect, compassion and sensitivity.”
International Women’s Day
Recently I led a women’s spirituality retreat. What spurred me on to do that was twofold: an abiding interest in women and their ‘being’ and a memory/ recognition that surprised me. I saw a purchase I had made a few years ago when searching my bookshelves, ‘How
New Parish Council
A new Parish Council – renewing governance in our parish We invite you to review the attachments that follow to better understand why the need to renew the Council and the process for renewing it. Please click on link below. A new Parish Council February 2-17 Final. There is
Refreshing and insightful comments on the St Canice experience from a UNSW student from China
St Canice’s is a vibrant community in an edgy and tough part of inner Sydney sharing our faith, hope and love, especially with the poor, lonely and marginalised. It is very refreshing and insightful to read the comments about exposure to life in the St Canice parish through the
MESSAGE FROM ARCHBISHOP ANTHONY FISHER OP, SYDNEY
MESSAGE FROM ARCHBISHOP ANTHONY FISHER OP, SYDNEY February 16, 2017 My dear friends, This week the Royal Commission into Institutionalised Responses to Child Sexual Abuse released details of the money paid to survivors of sexual abuse by the Church in Australia. In the case of the Archdiocese of Sydney, between 1980
“19 different future scenarios for our parish to explore”
Students in the St Canice’s studio were asked to consider ways to ensure a more friendly and equitable future for the parish, while exploring the role the built environment might play in a time of rapid urban change in Sydney. Click here to read an informative article, ‘Architecture for the
Royal Commission Findings
As we march through the coming weeks with the revelations of the findings of the Royal Commission into child sexual abuse in the Church, this article by John Menadue can be very useful. Catholic Archbishops to front Royal Commission on Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. Posted on 06/02/2017 by
Renewal Exhibition – What does the future hold for the modern Church?
Background In 2016 a group of 19 students in the final year of their Masters of Architecture from the University of New South Wales focused on the challenges facing St Canice’s Parish. The studio considered the wider issues facing the church and explored the role that the built environment might