Bishop Patrick Murphy. Photo: Supplied. May 2026 marked the 40th anniversaries of the installations of the bishops of the then newly established dioceses of Parramatta and Broken Bay. Bishop Bede Heather was installed on 19 May 1986, as bishop of Parramatta and Bishop Patrick Murphy was installed as bishop of Broken Bay on 28 May 1986. Both were auxiliary bishops to Cardinal Edward […]
St Kevin’s Eastwood Parish Corpus Christi procession. Photo: Supplied. The Solemnity of the Most Holy and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi) marked across Sydney last weekend with Eucharistic processions that brought Christ in the Blessed Sacrament into local streets as a public witness of faith. The largest was the annual procession between St Jerome’s and […]
Relics of St Anthony of Padua at St Mary’s Cathedral. Photo: The Catholic Weekly. Catholics from around Sydney packed into St Mary’s Cathedral on Friday 5 June as the relics of St Anthony of Padua visited Australia, offering the faithful a rare opportunity to pray in the presence of the Franciscan saint. Travelling from Padua, Italy, Fr Bortolino Maistrello OFM Conv from […]
Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP giving the homily at the Paschal Eucharist Mass. Photo: Alphonsus Fok. Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP welcomed Pope Leo XIV’s new encyclical Magnifica Humanitas, saying the document offers a timely reminder that human beings can never be reduced in the service of technological efficiency. Released on 25 May, the pope signed the encyclical on the 15 May anniversary of Rerum Novarum, in which […]
The Sydney Archdiocese will host a relic of the recently-canonised St Carlo Acutis with a welcome Mass later this month and a tour of Greater Sydney in October. St Acutis was renowned for using the internet and digital technologies to evangelise the faith, creating websites to catalogue the Eucharistic miracles and Marian apparitions around the world before passing away from leukaemia at the age of 15 in 2006. […]
ST. MARY’S CATHEDRAL, SYDNEY, 7 JUNE 2026 A recent survey of nearly 11,000 Christians in Australia found that nine out of ten considered it riskier to profess their faith publicly today than it was five years ago, and almost half admitted to self-censoring their beliefs.[1] The stories behind the report highlight the worsening climate: for instance, […]
Michael Digges meeting Pope Leo XIV. Photo: Supplied. Michael Digges, the executive director of administration and finance for the Archdiocese of Sydney, has announced his retirement at the end of the year. He has worked with Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP since 2011, first in the Parramatta diocese and since 2014 in the Sydney Archdiocese. He spoke with The Catholic Weekly recently about his long experience in church […]
Mass at St Mary’s Cathedral for the launch of Eucharist28. mages by Giovanni Portelli Photography © 2026 ADORING THE EUCHARISTIC LORD: “LET US KNEEL BEFORE THE GOD WHO MADE US” (PS 94:6): Pastoral Letter to the Priests, Religious, and People of the Archdiocese of Sydney on the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood […]
Dr Mary Healy. Photo: Supplied. When Dr Mary Healy steps to the lectern at Rosehill Gardens at the third Tim Fischer Oration on Ethics in Public and Political Life on the evening of 17 June, she will carry with her a biography that few Catholic scholars can match: professor of sacred scripture, best-selling author, international […]
It was at Mass, receiving the Eucharist with new eyes, that Sr Susanna Edmunds OP first glimpsed the life she was being called to. Then a biomedical engineering student at the University of Sydney, she had found herself drawn into a circle of young Catholics who took their faith seriously, and the encounter changed everything. Watching peers […]
Adoration of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament at St Anne’s in Bondi. Photo: Patrick J Lee A flourishing sacred music program at the Catholic parishes of Bondi is drawing growing congregations, talented young musicians and worshippers from across Sydney to the St Patrick’s church 10am Sunday Mass. Led by director of music Michael Murphy and supported by parish priest Fr Robbie, the program […]
A statue of St. Anthony of Padua and the Christ Child is carried in procession following a Mass celebrated on the saint’s feast day at St. Anthony of Padua Church in the Soho section of New York City June 13, 2024. (OSV News photo/Gregory A. Shemitz) Greater Sydney will host first class relics of the […]
St Mary’s Cathedral, Sydney, 31 May 2026 By now I trust that many of you will already have seen and the rest of you will have booked to see the Sistine Chapel Revelations immersive exhibition in our Cathedral Square. Everyone delights in Michelangelo’s mesmerising ceiling, including his famous Creation of Adam. Likewise, his sprawling Last […]
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Auxiliary Bishop Tony Percy. Photo: Supplied. The In Lumine Fidei Gala Dinner delivered a landmark result for the restoration of Sydney’s mother church. Sydney’s Catholic community gathered in force at the Sofitel Wentworth on 9 May for the In Lumine Fidei Gala Dinner, raising $1.2 million toward the restoration of St […]
The Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop Charles Balvo reads the papal bull proclaiming the new bishop’s appointment. PHOTO: Diocese of Rockhampton Bishop Daniel Meagher has been installed as the 11th Bishop of Rockhampton in a packed ceremony at St Joseph’s Cathedral. Presided over by Brisbane Archbishop Shane Mackinlay, the occasion on the morning of 28 May marked a “day of great celebration” for […]
