Last Sunday, one of our seminarians, John Jang made his Profession of Faith, Oath of Fidelity and Promise of Celibacy at All Saints Catholic Church, Liverpool. John Jang, together with Ronnie Maree and William Chow will be ordained as deacons this Saturday at St Mary’s Cathedral. Let us keep them in our prayers as they […]
On 19 June, the seminarians and staffs celebrated the end of the semester by doing a bushwalk through the Burramoko Fire Trail in Blackheath. We finished up with a barbecue lunch at the Blackheath Memorial Park.
On 18th March 2017, Bishop Michael McKenna installed Nam Dinh Le to the Ministry of Lector. Nam is in his third year of formation at the Seminary of the Good Shepherd, Homebush and this is the first of three steps seminarians take on the journey towards priesthood as part of their discernment and formation: […]
On Wednesday 15th March 2017, the Seminary of the Good Shepherd community were joined by the members of the Manly Union for the annual celebratory luncheon. We were blessed to have been joined by Terry Brady, Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney, Peter. A. Comensoli, Bishop of Broken Bay, and Robert McGuckin, Bishop of Toowoomba as well as […]
Photo by Sam French “[Through study] the future priest assents to the word of God, grows in his spiritual life and prepares himself to fulfil his pastoral ministry” Pastores Dabo Vobis n.51 It is fitting that the seminary begin the academic year at the Catholic Institute of Sydney (CIS) with Mass on the 1st Sunday […]
By William Chow On Thursday the 9th February, the Seminary of the Good Shepherd community marked the beginning of the year with a Mass for Vocations and Holy Orders celebrated by His Grace, the Most Reverend Anthony Fisher, OP, Archbishop of Sydney. During his homily, Archbishop Fisher emphasised the incredible bravery and what a leap […]
By William Chow On Saturday 22 October 2016, the Feast of St. John Paul II, Joshua J.R. Scott was ordained a Deacon for the Archdiocese of Canberra-Goulburn by The Most Reverend Gerard Christopher Prowse, DD, STD in St. Mary’s Church, Young, New South Wales, Australia. Also con-celebrating was the Most. Reverend Richard Umbers, Auxiliary Bishop […]
On the eve of Sunday, September 18th, 2016 the 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time at St. Mary’s Cathedral four seminarians from the Archdiocese of Sydney were installed into the Ministries of Lector and Acolyte. Adi Sugiato, and Darren Caballero were installed as Acolytes. Benjamin Gandy and Adrian Simmons were installed as Lectors. Most Rev Terence […]
By William Chow On the eve of July 1, 2016 parishioners from across the Archdiocese of Sydney converged at St Felix de Valois parish in Bankstown to witness the Diaconate Ordination of Sebastian Hew (Archdiocese of Sydney), Moses Tamale (Archdiocese of Kampala), and Richard Ddumba (Archdiocese of Kampala) by Most Reverend Terry Brady, Auxiliary Bishop […]
By William Chow On the eve of Thursday, June 2 during Evening Prayer I the Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, five seminarians took the solemn Oath of Fidelity and made Profession of Faith, and Promise of Celibacy which was presided over by Seminary of the Good Shepherd Rector Rev. Danny Meagher. Those […]