Addresses and Statements

CATHOLIC LEADERSHIP CENTRE, EAST MELBOURNE, 17 OCTOBER 2025 1. If only we still had Nick… In the last month alone, there have been news reports of campaigns here in Victoria […]

Conference on “Aquinas and the Vita Contemplativa” Campion College Toongabbie, 11 October 2025 Introduction: St John XXIII on the authority of St Thomas Even if St Thomas Aquinas thought we […]

Domus Australia, Rome, 1 August 2025 I. Winter for the Church Yesterday it was announced that Pope Leo will soon declare St John Henry Newman a Doctor of the Church. […]

Four Seasons Hotel, The Rocks, 30 May 2025 Bishops, Fathers, Sisters, Sponsors, Business Networkers, Friends all,  I. Winter for the Church 173 years ago, St John Henry Newman began a […]

A Statement from the Catholic Archbishop of Sydney, Most Rev. Anthony Fisher OP The Church in Sydney and Australia joins with people throughout the world in mourning the passing of the […]

Dharawal Elders Uncle Edward and Auntie Lisa; Excellent Bishops of the Maronite and Latin Catholics, of the Greek and Antiochean Orthodox, and leaders of the other Christian churches; Rabbis and […]

ST MARY’S CATHEDRAL CHAPTER HALL, 21 MARCH 2025 On this day one hundred years ago, the Butler Act was signed into law prohibiting the teaching of evolution in public schools […]

ST MARY’S CATHEDRAL, 18 MARCH 2025 عَلَيْ  As-salamu alaykum, Peace up upon you. Welcome to St Mary’s Cathedral House for our 14th annual Iftar dinner, honouring especially the Muslim community, […]

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, The idea of a ‘synod’ has a long and rich history in the life of the Church. Since earliest times, there have been diocesan, […]

Mine honour is my life; both grow in one.
Take honour from me and my life is done.
Then, dear my liege, mine honour let me try.
In that I live, and for will I die.