It is just over a month since the conclusion of our national NCP convention hosted at Parramatta from the 12-16 July. Overall the convention (as recorded in the participants evaluations) could only be judged a wonderful success in gathering priests from across the nation to reflect on the Risen Christ in the changing face of the Priesthood.
From the NCP Chairman
I write having just celebrated the feast of Corpus Christi in our parish which included sharing First Holy Communion with 126 children at four of the five weekend masses. Like many other parishes, for some years now, we have fittingly celebrated First Holy Communion within this feast.
From the NCP Chairman
I write to you In the middle of the Church’s season of Lent. Lent, as we are aware, is a time for reflection, repentance and renewal in our relationship with God. It is a time for members of the Church both individually and collectively to turn away from sin and believe in the gospel of Jesus Christ.
From the NCP Chairman
I write to you having recently celebrated the feast of Christ the King. Whilst this feast does indeed acknowledge Jesus as King of our lives and universe, scholars acknowledge the historical reasons for introduction of this feast in 1925 as a response to a time of political upheaval in Europe…
From the NCP Chairman
In the last week of June this year I attended Catholic Religious Australia’s annual conference (representing the NCP) which focused this year on dialogue between the Abrahamic Faiths – Judaism, Christianity and Islam.
From the NCP Chairman
On the Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, Friday 19 June 2009 – a day traditionally devoted to prayer for the sanctification of the clergy – Pope Benedict XVI inaugurated a “Year for Priests” in celebration of the 150th anniversary of the “dies natalis” of John Mary Vianney, the patron saint of parish priests worldwide.
Welcome to the new look Swag
This new version of The Swag continues the NCP committee’s promotion of this journal as a communications link between priests in Australia and beyond.
