Amongst the heroes of my childhood were priests, nuns and brothers belonging to various religious orders. They were heroic in the sense of doing more than average by way of giving themselves to God and others.
01
Nov
2015
01
Nov
2015
Homily for Mass of All Saints Day with Rededication of the Church and Consecration of New Altar, St Vincent de Paul Church, Redfern
His name is most famously associated with the St Vincent de Paul Society. But St Vincent had never heard of the Vinnies – he was long dead when they were invented.
31
Oct
2015
Homily for Mass of Ordination to the Priesthood of Gustavo Farfan, Daney Irudaya Doss, Mate Litric and Joshua Miechels, St Mary’s Cathedral, Sydney
In this ANZAC centenary year there have been books, movies and TV series, musical compositions, interviews, readings from diaries, exhibitions of artefacts and, perhaps most powerfully, of photographs, all recording…
28
Oct
2015
Short Address at the Annual Archbishop’s Dinner St John’s College, University of Sydney, 22 October 2015
It is a pleasure to join you for the St John's College Annual Visitor's Dinner for my first time as official Visitor of the College. Founded in 1857 during the episcopate of my predecessor
28
Oct
2015
Jews, Christians and others together: Hopes and expectations
Thank you Professor Craven for your kind introduction and for the Australian Catholic University's sponsorship of our conference…
25
Oct
2015
Homily for Mass of the 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B with adult Confirmations St Mary’s Cathedral, Sydney
Welcome to today’s Solemn Mass at St Mary’s Cathedral. I am especially pleased to welcome several adult candidates for Confirmation. I acknowledge the pastors, sponsors, families and friends of our candidates.
18
Oct
2015
Homily for Mass of 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B with Installation of Lectors and Acolytes
Welcome all to this evening¡¦s Mass at St Mary¡¦s Cathedral. Tonight it is my privilege to install some seminarians to the Ministry of Lector and some seminarians and deacon candidates to the Ministry of Acolyte.
17
Oct
2015
Words of Welcome at Funeral Service of Mr Curtis Shu Kei Cheng St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney
Welcome all to St Mary's Cathedral this morning as the relatives, police family, and wider community of Sydney gather to pay tribute to Mr Curtis Cheng…
14
Oct
2015
Should Bakers be Required to Bake Gay Wedding Cakes? The State of Our Democracy and of Religious Liberty in Contemporary Australia
The year is 2025 – nine years after a plebiscite narrowly approved same-sex 'marriage' and Parliament amended the Marriage Act and many other laws to remove all references to 'a man and a woman', 'husband and wife' and 'mother and father'…
11
Oct
2015
Closing Mass in Honour of Our Lady of La Vang Marian Festival of Vietnamese Catholic Community
Welcome dear members and friends of the Vietnamese Catholic Community in Sydney to this closing Mass of this year’s Marian Festival…