ETTY’S WAY!!! Learning to Shake the Hand that Holds the Hypodermic Learning to die well may be one of life’s great achievements. Even animals will sometimes display the art – through some wondrous instinct, I guess. I saw this once with a fifteen-year-old Labrador we had – named ‘Shane’. He
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Special Celebration Advent Mass
Rejoice! On this Gaudete Sunday, Parishioners and guests of St Canice’s in Elizabeth Bay Sydney gathered to give thanks for the year and for our Parish Renewal Process with a special celebration Advent Mass. Our Cantor, Pascal and Organist Christine chose Ceremonial Music by Mozart, Haydn and Schubert to suit the
Advent Activity Discussion 3 – ‘The World’ of the Second World War
It is unsettling to realize that at least a part of Etty’s ‘world’ was my world too. When she and her family and so many other Jewish people were dying at Auschwitz in 1943, my secondary schooling was beginning modestly in Sydney. All too obviously, our respective wars, hers and
Gospel Mass – Kings Cross Festival
This is a short video of the Cleftomaniacs Capella Choir who sang before and during our Sunday Mass as part of the Kings Cross Festival. St Canice’s is proud to be an active presence and vital part of the Kings Cross Community.
Advent Activity – Conversation Starter on “the Self”
This is the second week in our Advent Activity Discussion Group – “Conversion of Heart: the story of Etty Hillesum”. We welcome your attendance at St Canice’a at 11.30 am on Sundays up until Christmas. For those who can not make it in person, we invite you to read the
New refugee bill ‘retrograde and reprehensible’
JRS has criticised the Australian Government’s decision to excise the mainland from the migration zone, saying it amounts to a selective de facto withdrawal from the Refugee Convention and undermines the international refugee protection regime. Click here to read the article. A reflection
Loyola Montserrat – The Way of St Ignatius of Loyola
The Province of Catalonia (Tarragona) in Spain is the custodian of one of the great treasures of the Society of Jesus: the Cave of Saint Ignatius in Manresa. It is not far from Barcelona, which itself embodies a rich Ignatian heritage. Take a few moments of quietude to view the
Royal Commission
Father Frank Brennan, Jesuit priest, Professor of Law at the Australian Catholic University and Professorial Visiting Fellow at the University of New South Wales, discusses the fundamental challenges ahead for the church and the call for a royal commission. Click here to listen to the interview on ABC Lateline
Confirmation at St Canice’s
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Confirmation Sunday
Julian Porteous, Auxilary Bishop of Sydney visited St Canice’s to celebrate Mass and confer the Sacrament of Confirmation on three young candidates. Picasa Web Album. Double click on arrow to open Photo Album into full screen to play Slideshow, or to go through individual photos.