Address at Caritas Australia Project Compassion NSW Parliamentary LunchNSW Parliament House, 16 February 2015 Welcome to this year¡¦s Parliamentary Lunch to launch Project Compassion for 2015. I am grateful to […]
HOMILIES AND STATEMENTS

Homily for the Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B
Stephen Fry – English pundit, TV personality and writer – recently stirred up a controversy on Irish television.

Mass to Celebrate the 200th Anniversary of the Birth of St John Bosco
On Anzac Day in 1934 a Tasmanian newspaper published an article “I was eleven”.

Mass to Open Seminary Year
It’s our foundation myth as a nation. It’s enshrined in our national monuments, public holiday, clubs and secular ritual.

Introduction to the Funeral Mass for the Repose of the Soul of Fr Ronald Harden
Today, we offer Mass for the repose of the soul of Fr Ronald Walter Burdett Harden…
CHRISTIAN AND MUSLIM LEADERS’ JOINT STATEMENT IN MERCY PLEA FOR BALI NINE PAIR
Catholic Archbishop of Sydney, Most Rev Anthony Fisher OP and Grand Mufti, Dr Ibrahim Abu Mohammad of the Australian National Imams Council have jointly called for clemency…

Mass on Feast of St Josphine Bakhita with Sudanese Catholic Community
Welcome to today’s Mass here at St Mary’s Cathedral as the Sudanese-Australian Catholic Community celebrates its Patronal Feast Day, that of St Josephine Bakhita…

Homily for the Fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year B
World Day of Prayer, Reflection and Action against Human Trafficking…

Red Mass at the Opening of the Law Term, 2015
A very warm welcome to St Mary’s Cathedral for this year’s Red Mass marking the opening of the new law term…

Homily for the Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B
Welcome to today’s Mass with a blessing of this parish’s new sanctuary, confessional and chapel.