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Last December Pope Francis received a rather unusual Christmas gift. A Swiss company, Eurolactis, which sells donkey’s milk in Italy, gave the Holy Father two donkeys, Thea and Noah…
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2015
Homily for Ordination of Gustavo Farfan, Mervyn Francis, Daney Irudaydoss, Mate Litric, Joshua Miechels and Aisavali Salu to the Diaconate
Welcome to tonight¡¦s special Mass of Ordination to the Diaconate. It is a rare treat to ordain six men in one ceremony these days…
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2015
Opening School Year for Eastern Region
Introduction to Mass Opening School Year for Eastern Region St Mary’s Cathedral, Sydney, 24 March 2015 Welcome to this year’s CEO Eastern Regional Mass. It presents us with the opportunity to ask for God to bless our school year in 2015 and especially our new leaders, teachers, staff and students. I acknowledge the presence of […]
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2015
A Vision for Catholic Education
 Address to Meeting of Priests and Principals Waterview, Bicentennial Park, Sydney, 24 March 2015  Introduction Thank you. This is my first opportunity to address our priests and principals together. You are my chief collaborators in the great tasks of evangelization and education in the Archdiocese of Sydney, and so I am grateful for your presence […]
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Mar
2015
Mass for 5th Sunday of Lent Year B and Day of the Unborn Child
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Welcome to St Mary’s Cathedral and today’s Solemn Mass of the Fifth Sunday of Lent. Today marks the beginning of Passiontide
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2015
Mass of Laetare Sunday
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Welcome to today’s Solemn Mass at St Mary’s Cathedral. I am especially pleased to acknowledge concelebrating with me today Cardinal George Pell…
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Mar
2015
St Antoninus and the New Evangelisation in the World of Business
St Antoninus and the New Evangelisation in the World of Business Address at the Sydney Catholic Business Network Luncheon, 13 March 2015 Thank you Nerida. I’m pleased to address the esteemed members and guests of the Sydney Catholic Business Network at its first event for the year. The Network is one of the many wonderful […]
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2015
Homily for Second Sunday of Lent, Year B
Human sacrifice. It conjures up images of Aztecs tearing hearts from poor victims in bloody rituals…
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2015
Homily for Opening and Blessing of St Brigid’s Green
It’s due out this year, though Hollywood has been strangely silent ever since Paramount Pictures said they would sue if it appears.
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2015
UNDA School of Medicine Sydney Blessing of the Hands
Welcome to tonight’s Blessing of the Hands ceremony for our first year students in the School of Medicine at the University of Notre Dame Australia, Sydney…
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Feb
2015
Mass for First Sunday of Lent, Year B
Today is the first Sunday of Lent, our annual season of renewal, where we join Noah for his forty days in the wet and Christ for his forty days in the dry…
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Feb
2015
Rite of Election and Presentation of Baptised Candidates for Full Communion
A warm welcome to St Mary’s Cathedral as we celebrate today the Rite of Election and Presentation of Baptised Candidates for Full Communion…
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Feb
2015
Homily for Ash Wednesday
Welcome all to today’s Mass to begin the Church’s penitential season of Lent. Today we impart ashes on our foreheads as sign of our repentance…
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Feb
2015
Address at Caritas Australia Project Compassion NSW Parliamentary Lunch
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 Hon. Barry O¡¦Farrell MP, Member for Ku-ring-gai, for hosting today. I acknowledge his presence and that of Hon. Mike Baird MP, Premier of NSW, as […]
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Feb
2015
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.