I’m grateful to be invited to appear before the Committee today on behalf of more than 20 Catholic and Orthodox Bishops of NSW, to express our concerns & those of our people in relation to this bill…
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May
2024
06
May
2025
Sydney unites in reverent Requiem Mass for Pope Francis
A profound stillness enveloped St Mary’s Cathedral as hundreds gathered in solemn unity on 1 May, to honour the memory of the late Pope Francis at the Pontifical Requiem Mass. It was a night of sacred memorial and reflection under the reverent guidance of Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP, as the Archdiocese of Sydney offered a […]
06
May
2025
“I will spend my life serving people:” Deacon Tai Pham on his priestly ordination
Deacon Tai Pham. Images by Giovanni Portelli Photography © 2025 This month, Deacon Tai Pham will be ordained as a Catholic priest for the Archdiocese of Sydney. Deacon Pham arrived in Australia from his native Vietnam in 2018 after discerning that God wanted him to carry out his ministry overseas. He said the culture in […]
05
May
2025
First Grace and Truth forum a smash hit
Fr James Baxter OP speaks at Grace and Truth. Photo: Alex Woolnough. People young and old gathered together for an evening of prayer, formation and discussion in this year’s first “Grace and Truth” forum run by the Dominican sisters and friars at St Mary’s Cathedral in April. More than 80 of Sydneysiders battled the dreary […]
05
May
2025
Go out to the world with Christ, urges Sydney’s new Bishop Tony Percy
To a world growing ever darker and emptier, Christians can bring people Christ’s light, fullness and “sense of order,” said Bishop Tony Percy following his episcopal ordination as Australia’s newest bishop. Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP consecrated the former priest of Canberra-Goulburn and former rector of the Good Shepherd Seminary to be the new auxiliary bishop […]
02
May
2025
HOMILY FOR THE MASS OF ORDINATION TO THE EPISCOPATE OF MOST REV. TONY PERCY
ST MARY’S CATHEDRAL, SYDNEY, 2 MAY 2025 Alexander, the fourth century Bishop of Alexandria, once saw some kids playing by the sea, mimicking the ritual of Baptism. He asked who they were and discovered that the one playing bishop was called Athanasius. After questioning the boy-bishop, Alexander told him his baptisms seemed to be valid […]
01
May
2025
HOMILY FOR THE SOLEMN PONTIFICAL REQUIEM MASS FOR POPE FRANCIS
ST MARY’S BASILICA, SYDNEY, 1 MAY 2025 “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for hiding these things from the wise and learned, and revealing them to mere children” (Mt 11:25-26). Jesus’ words of thanksgiving tonight upend conventional wisdom: God’s revelation, He makes clear, is not first and foremost for the clever or […]
01
May
2025
Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP homily: Pope Francis’ triple profession of love
Pope Francis waves from a car as he leaves Rome’s Gemelli hospital April 1, 2023. The 86-year-old pope, who had been hospitalized since March 29 for treatment of bronchitis. (OSV NEWS photo/Remo Casilli, Reuters) Homily for Mass of Easter Tuesday and for the late Pope Francis St Mary’s Basilica, Sydney, 22 April 2025. “Woman, why […]
01
May
2025
What makes parishes places where we find Christ?
St Peter Chanel and St Joseph Parish, Berala. Photo: Parish Facebook page. It’s very appropriate that today, as we celebrate our parish patron saints, St Peter Chanel and St Joseph the Worker, who stand tall over our parish, protecting us, praying for us and shining as an example to us, that the Risen Jesus takes […]
30
Apr
2025
Introduction to the Pontifical Mass of Christian Burial for Fr David Coffey
St Mary’s Catholic Church, Concord, 30 April 2025 Welcome to St Mary’s Church in Concord for the Pontifical Mass of Christian Burial for Fr David Coffey, a priest of the Archdiocese of Sydney. David was born in Lismore in 1934, one of four children to Leo and Mary. He was educated at St Joseph’s Mildura, […]
30
Apr
2025
You can’t max out on God’s mercy
On Good Friday five priests there heard the confessions of people of all ages for five hours. One of them was in the confessional until 1.00 am in the morning. Photo: Alphonsus Fok. Lent, Holy Week, Easter and Divine Mercy Sunday have come and gone, but what some Sydney priests remember is hearing a huge […]
