THE BASILICA OF THE NATIONAL SHRINE OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION, WASHINGTON D.C. FEAST OF ST BONIFACE, JUNE 5, 2025 Unparalleled in wisdom about our origins, lives and destinies, about the perennial battle between good and evil, and about the possibility of redemption… I am speaking, of course, not of the Bible or the Summa but […]
Catholics across the Archdiocese of Sydney are being called to take an active role in shaping the future of their church through the upcoming Sydney Synod 2026. A new video featuring Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP, Auxiliary Bishop Daniel Meagher, and voices from diverse communities within the archdiocese, offers a clear and heartfelt invitation to participate […]
Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP at the Paschal Eucharist Mass. Photo: Alphonsus Fok. This is the edited text of the Homily for the Paschal Eucharist, Sixth Sunday of Easter (Year C), St Mary’s Cathedral, Sydney, 25 May 2025. In 1963, at the height of the Cold War, US President John F Kennedy gave his “Peace Speech” […]
Hundreds of teenagers walking in solemn silence. Images by Giovanni Portelli Photography © 2024 In a sea of remarkable scenes at the annual Walk with Christ procession, it could be one of the rarest. Hundreds of teenagers walking in solemn silence, without devices, without chatter—just reverent prayer and reflection. It’s a powerful display of devotion […]
Michael Digges meeting Pope Leo XIV. Photo: Supplied, A morning at a Wednesday papal audience turned into an “unforgettable” moment for the Archdiocese of Sydney’s Michael Digges who was pleasantly surprised by an opportunity to exchange a few words with Pope Leo XIV and even more stunned to find that the 2028 Eucharistic Congress in […]
Speaking to a packed audience at the Four Seasons Hotel on 30 May, Archbishop Fisher highlighted several encouraging trends that point to a resurgence in faith engagement, particularly among young people and those previously disconnected from religious practice. Images by Giovanni Portelli Photography © 2025 In a compelling address to the Sydney Catholic Business Network, Archbishop […]
Fr Tai’s ordination was held on 31 May and presided over by Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP at St Mary’s Cathedral. Photo: Alphonsus Fok After a long journey beginning as a young boy living in a minor seminary in Vietnam, Fr Tai Pham is the first priest to be ordained for the Archdiocese of Sydney in […]
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 work and legacy of the co-founder of the Our Lady’s Nurses for the Poor. Also named the Brown Nurses due to their trademark brown cloaks […]
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 so amused by his jester, he hands him a staff and says, “Keep this staff till you find someone more foolish than yourself—then give it […]
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… I am speaking, of course, not of the Bible or the Summa but the Marvel comics and films. Connecting the stories told there is the […]
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 sermon to the clergy of Westminster with a beautiful reflection upon “the perpetual renovation” of our world—not constant home renovations a la contemporary Australia, but […]
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. More obviously, it was the nickname Australian and New Zealand soldiers got for digging trenches in Gallipoli, the Somme and elsewhere. Photo: Alphonsus Fok. This […]
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 Church-School, Millers Point, the oldest surviving place of Catholic worship in Australia. St Brigid’s is within the territorial parish boundaries of St Patrick’s, Church Hill. […]
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 Christ brigade will march to the divine tempo set by the talented performers at the Corpus Christi festival event before the 22 June procession begins. […]
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 Mass in St Mary’s Cathedral on 25 May. This special milestone saw more than 200 neophytes and 100 of their families, godparents, sponsors and RCIA […]
