Moe Turaga and Jessa-Joy Royupa addressing those in attendance at the annual tri-diocesan social justice dinner. Photo: Alphonsus Fok Anti-modern slavery advocate Jessa-Joy Royupa delivered a powerful address condemning modern slavery in Australia at the annual tri-diocesan social justice dinner, hosted jointly by the Archdiocese of Sydney’s Justice and Peace Office and the Australian Catholic […]
Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP has launched the Archbishop Anthony Fisher Podcast.. He is pictured here for the Mass of the Lord’s Supper on 2 April 2026 at St Mary’s Cathedral. Photo: The Catholic Weekly/Giovanni Portelli People across Sydney and beyond can now listen to Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP’s preaching and teaching wherever they are with the […]
On 30 June, at the Catholic Institute of Sydney, a full house turned out for the latest instalment of the Didaskō faith formation short course series, as Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP led a rich and often surprising exploration of the Eucharist. Now in its fourth year, the series is offered by the Sydney Centre for Evangelisation’s Parish […]
Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP giving the homily at the Paschal Eucharist Mass. Photo: Alphonsus Fok. Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP has invited members of the Society of St Pius X (SSPX) to return to full communion with the Catholic Church after the Vatican’s declaration that the traditionalist group is in schism. “I welcome with open arms those who wish to return […]
Deacons Pablo Arosemena Lozano and James Tomelty at St Mary’s Cathedral. Images by Giovanni Portelli Photography © 2026 Two Neocatechumenal Way seminarians have been ordained deacons at St Mary’s Cathedral in Sydney. Pablo Arosemena Lozano and James Tomelty were ordained by Bishop Tony Percy on 30 June in a joyful celebration attended by hundreds of family […]
Sydney’s oldest and youngest 2026 Dempsey Medal recipients. Photo: Alphonsus Fok. Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP has honoured more than 60 Sydney Catholics for their decades of service to the church in areas as diverse as music ministry, accounting, and building renovation in the annual Dempsey Medal ceremony following Mass at St Mary’s Cathedral on 28 June. The award, which has been running since 2017, is […]
Marcel LeJeune will be a keynote speaker at this year’s Parish Renewal Conference in July. Photo: Jules/Supplied. There are events you attend out of duty, and then there are events you simply cannot afford to miss. The Parish Renewal Conference on Saturday 18 July is firmly of the second kind and the clearest reason why, […]
Bishop Richard Umbers led the celebration Mass for St Josemaria Escriva. Photo: Alphonsus Fok. More than a thousand packed St Mary’s Cathedral to celebrate the feast day of the founder of Opus Dei, St Josemaría Escrivá, on 26 June. In his homily the principal celebrant, Bishop Richard Umbers, used the Gospel of the miraculous catch […]
Fr Bijoy giving the talk at Fidelis on Doom scrolling and rest. Photo: Tara Kennedy. Are you spending more time looking at a lit up square than with the Lord? If so, the chances of getting true rest are lowered, St Joachim’s in Lidcombe assistant parish priest Fr Bijoy Joseph says. He addressed a crowd of Sydney’s youth […]
The relics of St Carlo Acutis at St Mary’s Cathedral. Photo: Patrick J Lee. It had been a cold, raining and otherwise miserable Thursday, but nothing could stop thousands of faithful Sydneysiders shuffling into St Mary’s Cathedral to welcome the revered relics of St Carlo Acutis on its three-month tour of Australia. The evening consisted of a Mass concelebrated […]
Fr Brendan Kilcoyne is preparing for his first visit to Sydney. Photo: Linkedin. From rural Ireland, where his humorous and thought-provoking reflections on faith and culture have quietly reached Catholics around the world, Fr Brendan Kilcoyne is preparing for his first visit to Sydney. A diocesan priest of the Archdiocese of Tuam, he will spend […]
Chris Gatto and Justin Speranza. Photo: Tara Kennedy On a Saturday evening in Five Dock in Sydney’s inner west, the All Hallows parish youth group is working hard preparing meals and snacks for the city’s less fortunate. The team led by Chris Gatto and Justin Speranza are making sandwiches and spaghetti bolognese for the St Vincent de Paul Society to distribute. Each sandwich, using donations from local charity Gift of Bread, is carefully wrapped and adorned […]
Thursday of the 12th Week of Ordinary Time (Year 2), St Mary’s Cathedral Sydney, 25 June 2026 In several places in the Gospels, Jesus says being law-abiding is not enough: our heart must be in it, our intentions pure.[i] Avoiding murder is right, but we need more: we must soften our angry hearts and avoid […]
Fr Daniel Mendes and parishioner Antonio Carreira. Photo: Supplied. The Portuguese Catholic community in Sydney marked a special moment of faith and devotion on 10 May when an image of Our Lady of Fatima was welcomed to St Thomas of Canterbury Parish in Lewisham. The image was donated by António Carreira, organist for the parish’s […]
