Ten religious and four lay staff work in the Diocesan Chaplaincy Support team run by Catholic Care with support from the Parramatta Catholic Foundation. The chaplains provide comfort and hope to children and their families through faith and prayer at Blacktown, Cumberland, Hawkesbury, Mt Druitt, Nepean and Westmead hospitals, and The Children’s Hospital at Westmead.  [...]

As we draw near to the start of Holy Week this Sunday, 13 April 2025 (Palm Sunday), more than 320,000 Catholics across the Diocese of Parramatta, alongside 230 religious and 130 active and retired clergy, are preparing to come together for a series of profound and traditional observances, reflecting on the Passion, Death, and Resurrection of our Lord, Jesus Christ.  [...]