Parish of the Holy Martyrs Andrew and Agnes, Malabar–Matraville, celebrating their first parish annual dinner. Photo: Patrick J Lee. Catholics of the Parish of the Holy Martyrs Andrew and Agnes, […]
03
Nov
2025
02
Nov
2025
HOMILY FOR MASS FOR THE COMMEMORATION OF ALL THE FAITHFUL DEPARTED – All Souls’ Day
St Mary’s Cathedral, 2 November 2025 It’s been voted the greatest of all movie songs. Yet Judy Garland’s “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” nearly didn’t make it into the Final Cut […]
30
Oct
2025
Archbishop Fisher homily: For where your treasure is, there also is your heart
Heavenly treasure is what our hearts most deeply crave: the riches of grace, mercy, love. Photo: Pexels.com. This is the edited text of the homily for Monday of the 19th week of ordinary […]
26
Oct
2025
HOMILY FOR MASS FOR THE 30TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (YEAR C) + 140TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEDICATION OF OLSH TO OUR LADY AND MINISTRY OF MSC
OUR LADY OF THE SACRED HEART CATHOLIC CHURCH, RANDWICK, 26 OCTOBER 2025 Preachers have observed that the letter “I” sits squarely in the middle of the words “pride”, “sin” and […]
24
Oct
2025
Historic Synod Consultations signal way forward for the future church
In an historic moment for the church in Sydney, the third and final of the regional Synod consultations saw hundreds of Sydney faithful gather to offer their ideas for the […]
24
Oct
2025
Archbishop reflects on the challenge posed by a ‘culture of death’
Sydney Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP delivering a bioethical “state of the nation” address in Melbourne. Photo: Michael Wong, courtesy of Melbourne Catholic. Bioethics might seem a niche interest for physicians […]
23
Oct
2025
Life, Marriage and Family Sunday: A celebration of prayer and perseverance
If you were to interview the nearly 60 couples celebrating marriage milestones at Life Marriage and Family Sunday, and ask them the secret to their successful unions, two words would […]
23
Oct
2025
Archbishop Fisher homily: Life, Marriage and Family Sunday
Life, Marriage and Family Sunday at St Mary’s Cathedral, Sydney. Photo: Giovanni Portelli 2025. This is the edited text of the homily given by Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP on the […]
20
Oct
2025
HOMILY FOR MASS FOR MONDAY OF THE 29TH WEEK OF ORDINARY TIME (1)
REDEMPTORIS MATER SEMINARY, CHESTER HILL, 20 OCTOBER 2025 The idea of a treasure hunt might seem a vestige of the old world—a throwback to childhood stories of pirates’ maps, secret […]
17
Oct
2025
REFLECTIONS ON EVANGELIUM VITAE AND AUSTRALIAN CULTURE 30 YEARS ON AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC MEDICAL ASSOCIATION NICHOLAS TONTI-FILIPPINI ORATION
CATHOLIC LEADERSHIP CENTRE, EAST MELBOURNE, 17 OCTOBER 2025 1. If only we still had Nick… In the last month alone, there have been news reports of campaigns here in Victoria […]