It’s a common trope in many films, TV shows, and books, ranging from Star Wars to Kung Fu Panda.
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2017
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Apr
2017
HOMILY FOR MASS OF THE 5TH SUNDAY OF LENT YEAR A – St. Mary’s Cathedral, Sydney
Imagine you’re an outsider, but curious about Christianity. Or that you’ve put your foot in the door, if not yet in the water, and are preparing for baptism at Easter. What questions would be on your mind? What should you experience or be given to read by those accompanying you?
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Mar
2017
THE STATE OF OUR DEMOCRACY SYDNEY CATHOLIC BUSINESS NETWORK – HYATT REGENCY HOTEL, SYDNEY
Following Brexit, the election of President Trump, and other seismic shifts in politics around the world, commentators are pondering the strength and future of democracy as we know it.
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Mar
2017
Address to the Select Committee of the Legislative Council of New South Wales on Human Trafficking
commending the Legislative Council for establishing this Select Committee.
28
Mar
2017
Address of the Archbishop of Sydney, Most Rev. Anthony Fisher OP, to the Select Committee of the Legislative Council of New South Wales on Human Trafficking – Parliament House
Good afternoon Chair and Honourable members, and thank you for the invitation to address you today. Might I begin by commending the Legislative Council for establishing this Select Committee.
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Mar
2017
HOMILY FOR MASS OF THE 4TH SUNDAY OF LENT YEAR A + DAY OF THE UNBORN – ST MARY’S CATHEDRAL, SYDNEY
Some years ago I was part of a Channel 4 TV programme in Britain, a panel discussion about the new genetics. I was asked what I thought about prenatal testing.
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Mar
2017
HOMILY FOR 3RD SUNDAY LENT YEAR A – ST MARY’S CATHDERAL, SYDNEY
When most people hear the word ‘Samaritan’, they think of The Good Samaritan, rather than the not-so-good one of today’s Gospel. At first glance the two are unconnected by anything but nationality.
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Mar
2017
BOOK LAUNCH OF CATHOLIC THEOLOGY BY PROF. TRACEY ROWLAND UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME AUSTRALIA, SYDNEY
Thank you for those kind words of introduction Professor Ramsay. Vice Chancellor Celia Hammond, the newly arrived Dean of Philosophy Christian Brugger, my Auxiliary Bishop, Richard Umbers, colleagues and friends.
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Feb
2017
HOMILY FOR ORDINATION TO THE PRIESTHOOD OF BR JOHN NGUYEN OFMCap – ST MARY’S CATHEDRAL, SYDNEY
Last September the British photographer, Jim Grover, spent a day snapping people crossing Westminster Bridge: locals and visitors, adults and children.
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Feb
2017
Homily for the Mass of Ordination to the Episcopate and Installation as the sixth Bishop of Lismore of Most Rev. Greg Homeming OCD – St Carthage’s Cathedral, Lismore, Feast of the Chair of St Peter
Some years ago I was praying in the crypt of St Peter’s Basilica in Rome, many metres below the putative chair we celebrate tonight, now suspended below the main window of the Holy Spirit. As she pointed at the sepulchre, a large black American lady asked if I knew what it was.
