Dominican Sisters of St Cecilia Retreat, Motherhouse Nashville Tn., July 19, 2026 Born in 1504, he was named Antonio Ghislieri in baptism, Fra Michele in religion, Pope Pius V in office. He joined the Dominicans at 14 and was ordained priest at 24. He taught theology in Pavia for 16 years and was often Prior, […]
Dominican Sisters of St Cecilia Retreat, Motherhouse Nashville Tn., July 18, 2026 The 1911 novel The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett tells the story of Mary Lennox, a neglected and soured orphan sent to live with her reclusive uncle at Misselthwaite Manor on the Yorkshire moors.[1] There is an air of secrecy around her […]
Dominican Sisters of St Cecilia Retreat, Motherhouse Nashville Tn., July 17, 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 advice for anyone, but especially a terminally ill person like Hezekiah. In response, the good king ‘goes on retreat’ like we […]
Kate Williamson spent decades negotiating. Multi-million-dollar construction contracts, legal clauses, the fine print of the corporate world. She was good at it. But what she couldn’t negotiate away was the ache of a question she couldn’t even name. “It’s taken me a long time to find the faith,” she says. “I’m not sure why. But here we are.” Kate grew up on […]
Fr Mark Anderson celebrating Mass. Photo: Giovanni Portelli. Two Sydney parishes welcomed new parish priests in June, with installation Masses celebrated by Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP at St John the Baptist Parish, Bonnyrigg Heights, and St Michael’s Parish, Lane Cove. On 14 June, Fr Christopher Sharah FSF was installed at Bonnyrigg Heights, marking the beginning […]
Philippe de Champaigne (1602–1674; born Brussels, Belgium; died Paris, France), The Visitation, 1643–48. Oil on canvas; 114.5 × 88.5 cm, 142.2 × 113 × 12.4 cm (frame). Museum purchase, Fowler McCormick, Class of 1921, Fund (y1994-17) When Ranin Kanno describes the gap that inspired Created in Love, Fertility and God’s Plan, a first of its kind […]
Dominican Sisters’ of St Cecilia Retreat, Motherhouse Nashville Tn., July 12, 2026 The 17th-century German polymath, Gottfried Leibniz, has been compared in sheer intellectual range with his compatriot, the Dominican St Albert the Great. Leibniz wrote works in philosophy and theology, ethics and politics, law and history, philology and music, economics and statistics, library science […]
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, […]
