March 2 – Fr Michael Whelan sm

Holy Name of Mary Parish Hall 3 Mary St, Hunters Hill, NSW, Australia

Speaker: Fr Michael Whelan sm Topic: "Graced emergence versus stoic achievement"     Come and enjoy some reflection, silence and solitude in the beautiful Marist grounds. All welcome          No Booking required          Entry by Donation         Tea & Coffee provided Enquiries:     Carole 9869 1036   or   […]

Luncheon Speaker Bishop Vincent Long O.F.M. Conv.

Holy Name of Mary Parish Hall 3 Mary St, Hunters Hill, NSW, Australia

"Food for Thought" Topic: “Dreaming of a constitutively synodal church?” Join us for a light luncheon with guest speaker  Most Rev Vincent Long van Nguyen OFMConv Bishop Vincent Long was born in 1961 in Dong Nai in Vietnam. In 1989 he was ordained to the priesthood as a Conventual Franciscan friar and then studied in […]

Event Series Reflection Mornings – Lawson 2024

April 20 – Catherine Slattery sgs

Lawson (Blue Mountains) Santa Maria Hall, 253 Great Western Hwy, Lawson, NSW, Australia

Topic:  “Inspired by Hope” presented by Catherine Slattery sgs   To be hopeful takes audacity and faith. It also helps to be a little reckless in the face of love. Treading lightly through selections of Scripture, Wisdom literature and poetry, this session will explore Hope as a divine invitation to stop, be in the moment, […]

May 4 – Sr Ann Morrison rsj

Holy Name of Mary Parish Hall 3 Mary St, Hunters Hill, NSW, Australia

Speaker: Sr Ann Morrison rsj Topic: "Continuing to keep our connection with God open and active" We yearn to remain faithful to our journey into the Divine Love dwelling within us. Rumi reminds us that this adventure means unfolding our own story, and states: “Your task is not to seek for love but merely to seek […]

Lunch with Hugh Mackay

Holy Name of Mary Parish Hall 3 Mary St, Hunters Hill, NSW, Australia

The Way We Are

Event Series Reflection Mornings – Lawson 2024

Spirituality of Walking

Lawson (Blue Mountains) Santa Maria Hall, 253 Great Western Hwy, Lawson, NSW, Australia

Spirituality of Walking presented by William Emilsen William Emilsen was an Associate Professor in Church History and World Religions at Charles Sturt University until his retirement in 2014. Since then he has written Fighting Spirit: A History of Christianity at Warruwi, Goulburn Island (2016) and a biography of the Aboriginal leader Charles Harris: A Struggle for Justice […]

Q & A in the Crypt

The Crypt 20 Grosvenor St, Sydney, NSW, Australia

ROBERT FITZGERALD AM   “An Ageing Australia. Challenging church, society and all generations to a new future”   Robert Fitzgerald AM commenced as Age Discrimination Commissioner on 2 April 2024. Robert is a  highly respected lawyer, human rights and social justice advocate and a leading figure in the anti-discrimination space. He has been the NSW […]

Annual Eucharistic Reflection

Holy Name of Mary Parish Hall 3 Mary St, Hunters Hill, NSW, Australia

Catalyst for Renewal invites you to a special twilight Eucharistic Reflection to be led by FR DAVID ORR osb     Fr David Orr is a Monk with the Benedictine Community at Arcadia. He completed his Doctorate in Liturgy at the Pontifical Institute of Liturgy, specializing on the giving of the Priesthood to the Faithful. […]