Bishop Daniel Meagher/ Photo: Patrick J Lee. Pope Leo XIV has, this evening, named Bishop Daniel Meagher, until now auxiliary bishop of Sydney, as the eleventh bishop of the Diocese of Rockhampton. Bishop Meagher will succeed Bishop Michael McCarthy, 75, who has led the diocese for the past 12 years. Bishop Meagher told the Catholic […]
SCY Team with some of the key note speakers. Photo: Supplied. A young youth leader who once felt alone in her desire to live and lead in the faith is now helping ensure the next generation of Catholic leaders never walks that path in isolation. Over the weekend of 28–29 March, youth leaders from across the Archdiocese […]
Moses and the Crossing of the Red Sea. Photo: Copyright© Governorate of the Vatican City State – Directorate of Museums. A world-first immersive exhibition recreating the Sistine Chapel will open in St Mary’s Cathedral forecourt this winter, offering visitors an opportunity to experience one of the world’s most iconic sacred artworks without travelling to Rome. The Sistine Chapel: Revelations installation will run from 16 May to 19 July […]
SCS Commissioning Mass for 2026. Images by Giovanni Portelli Photography © 2026 As a way of welcoming new principals, teachers, and support staff, Sydney Catholic Schools held a commissioning Mass for the 2026 academic year on 25 March in St Mary’s Cathedral. This year 300 new teachers and 88 principals, assistant principals, and religious education coordinators began working […]
Bishop Richard Umbers. Photo: Alphonsus Fok. George Azzi thought he knew his faith. As a parish leader, he’d spent years in the life of the church – attending Mass, leading his community, engaging with Catholic culture and art. Then he signed up for Didaskō. “Last year Didaskō showed me just how deep that connection truly goes,” he […]
ST MARY’S CATHEDRAL, SYDNEY, 29 MARCH 2026 It’s a week for processions. Before Mass we all joined Christ’s solemn entry into Jerusalem with our palms and songs. On Thursday, oils will be brought in procession for consecration for the sacraments in the year ahead. That night we will take the Lord out of this basilica […]
Pink rose for Laetare Sunday. Photo: Pexels.com. This is the edited text of the Homily for mass for the 4th Sunday of Lent (Laetare Sunday), Year A, St Mary’s Cathedral, Sydney, 15 March 2026. In late 2011, economist Steve Hanke and astrophysicist, Richard Conn Henry, produced a new calendar for the modern world. Like the […]
Thursday of the 5th week of Lent, St Mary’s Cathedral, Sydney, 26 March 2026 Yesterday, on the Feast of the Annunciation, we meditated on Why Jesus was born—why God became human and dwelt amongst us. Today’s Gospel points to the flipside question: Why Jesus died—or why humanity killed Him. As we draw near to Holy […]
Mike and Alicia Hernon. Photo Credit: supplied/Messy Family Project Mike and Alicia Hernon have spent more than a decade accompanying families through the messiness of marriage and family life, finding in it not failure but a path to holiness. Now the founders of the Messy Family Project, and hosts of one of the United States’ most popular […]
ST MARY’S CATHEDRAL, SYDNEY, 25 MARCH 2026 Every now and then, a single sentence captures an historical moment. We think: “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” “I have a dream.” “We shall fight on the beaches.” But the sentence or two that truly changed everything—dividing all time into before and […]
Danielle Cronin at the SCS Commissioning Mass in 2025. Images by Giovanni Portelli Photography © 2025 Rapid social and cultural change is reshaping the landscape of education everywhere, and Catholic school systems are set to lead it. Locally, Sydney Catholic Schools laid out that ambition in Magis 2033, a decade-long roadmap launched early in 2026 […]
Participants gather at Garrison Park Reserve for the Run 4 St Joseph fun run on 22 March. Photo: Mathew De Sousa As storm clouds cleared over Sydney’s west, crowds gathered at Garrison Park Reserve for a fun run that raised more than $13,000 for the restoration of St Joseph’s church in Moorebank. The Run 4 St […]
Fr Chris Ryan MGL. Photo: Supplied. Participation at St Declan’s parish in Penshurst is growing rapidly as its outreach programs expand to meet rising demand for support across Sydney’s south. A key part of the work is carried out in partnership with the St Vincent de Paul Society, with more than 130 parishioners registered to assist through the local conference […]
Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP delivered the homily at Mass for the Day of the Unborn Child. Photo: Alphonsus Fok. “The Lord weeps with us, and we with him, for all those innocents lost each year, each month, and each day in our world. Each day in our city.” A hush fell over St Mary’s Cathedral […]
Men praying at the St Joseph Lenten retreat. Photo: Mathew De Sousa. For a young dietitian who spends his days talking to patients, a day of complete silence might seem the last thing he would choose. But Vincent Voccaro, 27, was among 120 men who did exactly that last weekend. “Finding Silence with St Joseph: […]
