Giovanni Julio and Jorge Luis Mairena as they prepare for their diaconate ordination. Photo: Alphonsus Fok A soggy Wednesday, 21 May, saw the worst traffic jams and public transport chaos […]
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May
2025
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2025
Archbishop Fisher homily: Eternal rest grant unto Pope Francis O Lord
Solemn Pontifical Requiem Mass for Pope Francis. Photo: Giovanni Portelli. This is the edited text of the Homily for the Solemn Pontifical Requiem Mass for Pope Francis, St Mary’s Basilica, […]
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May
2025
Archbishop Fisher hosts annual school leaders’ lunch
Archbishop Fisher OP hosts student leaders in Cathedral House. Images by Giovanni Portelli Photography © 2025. Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP has held a school leaders’ lunch in Cathedral House, giving […]
20
May
2025
Joseph Pearce on a liberal arts education and finding the good, true and beautiful
Best-selling author and literary scholar Joseph Pearce. Images by Giovanni Portelli Photography © 2025 Best-selling author and literary scholar Joseph Pearce looks for beauty in places as diverse as the […]
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May
2025
CatholicCare unveils new BariStars van in St Mary’s Precinct
NSW Premier Chris Minns popped in early, collecting a coffee from the van just as it opened at 7am. Images by Giovanni Portelli Photography © 2025 CatholicCare has held the grand […]
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May
2025
Sydney’s clergy in step to lead faith at Walk with Christ
It’s this unification of joy, faith, strength and pride through the streets of Sydney’s CBD, that has a profound impact on its participants every year. Photo: Alphonsus Fok. Every year, […]
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May
2025
Archbishop Fisher OP homily: Armidale’s new farmer of souls
Bishop Peter Murphy as the 11th Bishop of Armidale. Photo: Supplied. The is the edited text for the homily for the Mass of ordination to the episcopate of Most Reverend […]
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May
2025
A new shepherd and father for the church
Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, who has chosen the papal name Leo XIV, appears on the central balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican May 8, 2025, following his election […]
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May
2025
HOMILY FOR THE MASS OF ORDINATION TO THE EPISCOPATE OF MOST REV. PETER MURPHY AND INSTALLATION AS 11TH BISHOP OF ARMIDALE
CATHEDRAL OF STS MARY AND JOSEPH, ARMIDALE, FEAST OF OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY OF POMPEI, 8 MAY 2025 Patrick White’s 1955 novel, The Tree of Man, chronicles the lives […]
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May
2025
HOMILY FOR THE MASS OF ORDINATION TO THE EPISCOPATE OF MOST REV. TONY PERCY
ST MARY’S CATHEDRAL, SYDNEY, 2 MAY 2025 Alexander, the fourth century Bishop of Alexandria, once saw some kids playing by the sea, mimicking the ritual of Baptism. He asked who […]