Help our ministries continue their vital work.
Your generosity helps nurture faith, bring hope to those in need, and sustain the ministries that support individuals, families and communities across Western Sydney and the Blue Mountains. When you make a donation through the Diocese of Parramatta, you directly support the meaningful, life-giving work that strengthens our parishes and enriches our communities.
Your tax-deductible gift will reach families, the
vulnerable, and those seeking Christ’s message.
Donate to the Bishop’s Good Works Appeal
Supporting Faith in Action across Western Sydney and the Blue Mountains
What Your Gift Supports
Your gift brings care, hope and Christ’s love to people across our Diocese.
- Catholic Care: Helping keep families together through compassionate care, including counselling, chaplaincy, housing support, domestic violence services, and community outreach.
- Ephpheta Centre: Supporting deaf and hard of hearing people through inclusive pastoral care, sacramental access, advocacy, outreach, and meaningful community connection.
- Holy Spirit Seminary: Forming future priests through education, spiritual formation, pastoral training, and safe accommodation, preparing seminarians to serve our parishes with faith and compassion: Offering safe havens, counselling, and legal aid to rebuild their lives.
- Confraternity of Christian Doctrine (CCD): Helping catechists share the Catholic faith with children in public schools, nurturing young hearts to know Jesus and His love.
“Our love must not be just words or mere talk, but something active and genuine.”
– 1 John 3:18
Thanks to the support of our Catholic community
“I was so grateful to have a place to call home. For the first time in a long while, I felt safe and secure. Thanks to Catholic Care, I have real hope for the future.”
22-year-old mother who escaped domestic violence
“The priesthood is such an amazing gift from God to the Church, to me and my seminarian brothers in Christ, and to His people. We are so blessed to have your prayers, financial support and accompaniment during our formation.”
Holy Spirit Seminarian
“When I began losing my hearing at 14, I felt overwhelmed and lost. The Ephpheta Centre’s pastoral care helped me find hope and rebuild my life.”
Member of the deaf and hard of hearing community
Each day across our Diocese, people turn to the Church for care, hope, guidance and belonging. The ministries supported by the Bishop’s Good Works Appeal are a living expression of our shared mission – supporting families and individuals in need, caring for the vulnerable, including those who can feel overlooked, providing faith formation for children, and helping form the future priests our Diocese will need in the years ahead.
These good works rely on the prayer, generosity and commitment of our faith community. When you give, you help ensure the Church remains present where it is needed most – offering practical care, spiritual support and the hope of Christ across Western Sydney and the Blue Mountains.
Thank you for your generous and faithful support. Please give generously and help our ministries continue their vital work. My prayer is that this Appeal will help us reach further in serving those in need, and draw our community more deeply into the mission of Jesus.
Bishop Vincent Long OFM Conv, Bishop of Parramatta
Thank you for helping these vital ministries continue across Western Sydney and the Blue Mountains.
REFUND INFORMATION & PRIVACY POLICY
If you are seeking a refund for your donation, please contact the Parramatta Catholic Foundation office via phone or email. Please note any approved refunds will be credited to the credit card used for the original transaction.
