We all know and love someone with same-sex attraction. We want them to be happy.
May 30, 2015
Addresses and Statements
May 26, 2015
Notes for Farewell of Rev Michael de Stoop as Vocations Director
Invented in 1983 the 'slap band' was a steel plate embedded within velvet or pvc which is 'slapped' around the wearer's wrist or ankle…
May 22, 2015
ABC Radio National Breakfast, 22 May 2015, James Carleton interviewing Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP
Well, this week on RN Breakfast you've been hearing the litany of horror from victims of child sexual abuse at the hands of Catholic clergy in Ballarat…
May 19, 2015
Leadership for Mission – Address at “Mission: one heart many voices 2015” Catholic Mission Conference
Street missionaries Thanks to Catholic Mission Australia and Catholic Religious Australia for inviting me to speak this morning. As the local bishop it is my privilege to welcome you all […]
May 19, 2015
Blessed are the merciful for they will receive mercy – Catechesis on Mercy at the Local Launch of WYD16
It is a great pleasure to join you tonight for the launch of our pilgrimage to World Youth Day 2016 in Kraków. (Let's all try pronouncing that…). Tonight we begin […]
May 18, 2015
A vision for Catholic Education – Address to Meeting of RECs and Youth Ministry Coordinators
Thank you. This is my first opportunity to address the Religious Education Coordinators and school-based Youth Ministry Coordinators of the Archdiocese…
May 17, 2015
Presentation to Neophytes after 2015 Archdiocesan Paschal Eucharist
It was a delight to celebrate the Eucharist with our newest members of the Church today.
Apr 29, 2015
Statement from the Archbishop of Sydney Most Rev Anthony Fisher OP on the Execution of Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran in Indonesia
Like most Australians I do not support capital punishment: there is enough violence in our world already without legal systems modelling it to others. When the Grand Mufti of Australia, […]
Apr 23, 2015
Address at Clergy Conference, Le Montage, Lilyfield
Priests for the New EvangelizationAddress at Clergy Conference, Le Montage, Lilyfield, 23 April 2015 Welcome dear brothers and thank you for joining me for our clergy day. I would like […]
Apr 17, 2015
Do not be afraid: It is I
“Do not be afraid: It is I”Address at Vocation Discernment RetreatSeminary of the Good Shepherd, Homebush, 17 April 2015 Thank you Fr Michael for inviting me to contribute to this […]