Feast of St Augustine, St Mary’s Cathedral, Sydney, 28 August 2026 Not long ago they were saying that in the Church we are now all Jesuits; these days we are all Augustinians! But it is not just Pope Leo the Augustinian who richly seasons his speeches and documents with quotes from St Augustine.[1] All the […]
Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP. Photo: Giovanni Portelli Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP has called for NSW lawmakers to reconsider whether repeated political protests should be allowed to repeatedly disrupt religious worship, arguing freedom of political communication should not become a “super right” overriding other fundamental freedoms. Addressing the Samuel Griffith Society conference in Sydney on 22 August, the […]
(Archbishop Anthony Fisher. Picture: AAP Image/Bianca De Marchi) Catholic Archbishop of Sydney Anthony Fisher has criticised some judges and activists for treating the freedom to protest as a “trumping power” over all other rights, enshrining weekly pro-Palestine protests above the common good, social cohesion and the security of the country. Dr Fisher’s speech to the […]
On any given Friday night, the streets of inner Sydney belong to the revellers, the nightclub queues, the neon and the noise. But in the early hours of Saturday 22 August, the city awoke to a different sound: the deep murmur of the rosary and the steady tread of more than 1,500 men walking through the dark behind a statue of […]
St Martha’s Church, Strathfield, 23 August 2026 “Why, mummy, why?” “Are we there yet Dad?” “How long will it take?” “Do I really have to?” The parents here will all have experienced this incessant questioning at one time or another. It can be exhausting, especially when each question leads to another, an infinite regress until […]
After-Dinner Address for Samuel Griffith Society Conference Hilton Hotel, Sydney, 22 August 2026 Thank you for that warm introduction. I also thank your President, Mr Allan Myers AC KC, and the members and friends of the Samuel Griffith Society for your hospitality and this opportunity to offer a few remarks. Not too long before this […]
Feast day celebrations in 2025. PHOTO: Supplied. Our Lady of Victories Parish at Horsley Park will celebrate its annual feast day on Sunday 13 September with prayer, a procession and festivities for the whole family. Celebrations will begin with Mass at 1pm, followed by a rosary procession through the parish grounds with the statue of Our Lady of Victories. […]
St Martha’s Parish, Strathfield, Memory of St Pius X, 21 August 2026 The religious authorities try to trap Jesus with a loaded question (Mt 22:34-40). “Pick your favourite commandment,” they say innocently, knowing that whichever He picks would start an argument and divide people. If He picked one of the first three commandments they would […]
Archbishop John Wilson has been Archbishop of Southwark, south London and Kent. Images by Giovanni Portelli Photography © 2026 He leads one of the most closely watched local churches in the English-speaking world. Archbishop John Wilson has been Archbishop of Southwark, south London and Kent, since 2019, and before that spent seven years as Episcopal Vicar for Evangelisation […]
Jesus the Good Shepherd. Photo: Flickr.com. This is the edited text for the homily for Friday Mass on the 15th Week in Ordinary Time (Year 2) at the Dominican Sisters of St Cecilia Retreat, Motherhouse Nashville Tennessee, 17 July, 2026. “Put your affairs in order and get ready to die,” the prophet says in his rather unornamented way (Isa 38:1-8,21-22). It’s good […]
Photo: Supplied. A small book arriving in Sydney parishes this week carries a rather large ambition: to help every Catholic in the Archdiocese fall in love again with the Eucharist. The Walk with Christ Parish Companion, prepared by the Sydney Centre for Evangelisation (SCE) is being delivered in hardcopy to parishes from this week. Drawing […]
Liana Moric. Photo: Supplied. There is an unwritten rule about pubs: don’t talk about politics, and most definitely do not talk about religion. Liana Moric had lived by it for years. But when the 25-year-old primary school teacher found herself at a friend’s birthday party, chatting to her own friends about her parish, she wasn’t expecting anyone else to be listening. Someone was. A man […]
Liverpool Mayor Ned Mannoun and Bishop Tony Percy unveiled a plaque bearing a prayer to Our Lady. Photo: Seth McMurray/Verso Media. By Alex Woolnough and Marilyn Rodrigues From candlelit streets in Fairfield to a rain-soaked Croatian celebration and the unveiling of a Marian statue in the heart of Liverpool, Sydney Catholics proudly took their devotion to Our […]
Fr Chris Ryan MGL. Photo: Supplied. This year, for the first time, three priests are undertaking the Areté Centre for Missionary Leadership’s Foundations of Missionary Leadership Program alongside lay participants, in a development that points toward a new model of collaborative formation for parishes. That model is already being supported within the Archdiocese of Sydney, with the Sydney Centre […]
St Mary’s Cathedral, Sydney, 16 August 2026 A few nights ago, the nation was glued to devices or papers as we all filled out the Census forms. In the ancient world a census required people to go hither and thither to register, like Joseph and Mary at the first Christmas, and it usually resulted in […]
