The Eileen O’Connor Centre has now opened in Coogee. Images by Giovanni Portelli Photography © 2025 The Eileen O’Connor Centre has opened in Coogee in Sydney’s east honouring the life’s […]
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2025
HOMILY FOR MASS OF THE SOLEMNITY OF THE ASCENSION OF THE LORD, YEAR C
ST MARY’S CATHEDRAL, SYDNEY, 1 JUNE 2025 There are many stories from the Middle Ages about court jesters teaching their masters a thing or two. In one, a king is […]
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2025
HOMILY FOR THE MASS OF ORDINATION TO THE PRIESTHOOD OF REV. MR TAI PHAM FEAST OF THE VISITATION
ST MARY’S BASILICA SYDNEY, 31 MAY 2025 Unparalleled in wisdom about our origins, lives and destinies, about the perennial battle between good and evil, and about the possibility of redemption… […]
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2025
“Signs of Hope in this Jubilee Year” Sydney Catholic Business Network Luncheon
Four Seasons Hotel, The Rocks, 30 May 2025 Bishops, Fathers, Sisters, Sponsors, Business Networkers, Friends all, I. Winter for the Church 173 years ago, St John Henry Newman began a […]
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2025
Archbishop Fisher homily: Giving humanity cause for hope
Our term “digger” has a contested history. Some date it back to the gold rushes, others to the Aussie miners in South Africa around the time of the Boer War. […]
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2025
St Brigid’s Millers Point turns 190
Streetscape view of St Brigid’s Church-School. Photo: Supplied. The weekend of 24-25 May brought to a close a series of special events to celebrate the 190th anniversary of St Brigid’s […]
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2025
Those bringing heavenly harmony to the Walk with Christ
Music at the Walk with Christ serves a crucial purpose. Images by Giovanni Portelli Photography © 2024 If an army marches to a beat, then the 20,000 strong Walk with […]
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May
2025
New Beginnings: Sydney’s newest Catholics welcomed at the Paschal Eucharist Mass
It was a day of celebration for the new Catholics of Sydney, as they were welcomed into the fullness of the faith by Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP at a solemn […]
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May
2025
All Saints’ parish “on fire” as new vision launches in Liverpool
Fr Paul Monkerud formally unveiled the parish’s new mission and vision on 25 May, Photo: Patrick J Lee. It was an historic and joyful occasion for All Saints Parish in […]
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2025
Sydneysiders brave the elements to champion ecumenical dialogue
Associate Professor Philip Kariatlis of St Andrew’s Greek Orthodox Theological College. Photo: Alphonsus Fok. In a world of military conflict and social polarisation, the Nicene Creed and ecumenical dialogue can […]