Christmas at the Cathedral will be on this year from 17 – 25 December. Images by Giovanni Portelli Photography © 2024 The Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney invites one and all to experience Sydney’s most beloved Christmas celebration, Christmas at the Cathedral, as Sydney’s mother church transforms into the dazzling heart of holiday festivities once again. […]
Over two inspiring days, the Alpha Catholic Conference ignited the faith of more than 200 Catholics from across Australia, providing a powerful celebration of formation, fellowship, and expert guidance. Attendees were equipped and energised to deepen their faith and boldly transform their parishes and communities. Themed “The Way of Hope,” the conference – held at the Liverpool Catholic Club on 31 October […]
The Sisters of Life. Photo: Supplied. For most women, Christmas is an annual exercise in chaos management and seasonal survival. Hope and renewal might be the last two gifts on the Christmas wish list. But that is certainly what is on offer in preparation for the festive mayhem, as women across Sydney are invited to […]
Fr Hugh Thomas CSsR passed away age 85. Photo: Miracle Prayers Facebook page. Sydney Catholics are mourning the loss of four community stalwarts after the death of Fr Hugh Thomas CSsR due to cancer at the age of 85. A Redemptorist missionary priest for 60 years, he dedicated his life to devotion to the Blessed Sacrament, setting […]
St Marys Cathedral choir. Giovanni Portelli Photography © 2022 Musical and spiritual history will be made this Christmas at the annual Carols at the Cathedral concert. The St Mary’s Cathedral choir is the oldest permanent musical group in Australia, and for the first time in its 200-year tradition, audiences will witness the inclusion of girl […]
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, Malabar–Matraville, came together for their first annual parish dinner, marking one year since their churches’ official decree of amalgamation was signed by Archbishop Anthony Fisher […]
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 of the Wizard of Oz. After filming in 1939, MGM executives thought the song slowed the picture down and made Dorothy seem too sad! But […]
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 Time. Redemptoris Mater Seminary, Chester Hill, 20 October 2025. The idea of a treasure hunt might seem a vestige of the old world – a […]
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 “pharisee”. Without making too much of linguistic coincidence, there’s a lesson here about making the personal pronoun “I” too central in our universe. Last Sunday […]
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 future of the church at All Saints Parish in Liverpool on 16 October. Marked by a resounding atmosphere of positivity, collaboration and hopeful sharing, the […]
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 and philosophers. But bioethics stories often end up on page one and send talkback radio into a frenzy. Issues like abortion, euthanasia, transgender rights, IVF, […]
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 consistently come up: prayer and perseverance. On 19 October, these were two recurring themes permeating the joy and love on display at ‘Life Marriage and […]
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 29th Sunday of Ordinary Time Year C + for Life, Marriage and Family Sunday at St Mary’s Cathedral, Sydney, 19 October 2025. It’s a bit of […]
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 codes, and lost chests of gold buried on remote islands or in caves. Yet in 2010, a former American fighter pilot turned art dealer and […]
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 both for and against: My instinctive reaction, each time I hear these or similar reports from anywhere, but especially from Victoria, is to exclaim: Where’s […]
