Post-Royal Commission service of Prayer and Forgiveness and Reparation, St. Mary’s Cathedral, Sydney
POST-ROYAL COMMISSION SERVICE OF PRAYER OF FORGIVENESS AND REPARATION FOR ALL PEOPLE AFFECTED BY ABUSE WITHIN THE CHURCH St. Mary’s […]
The Challenges of the Times, St. Bernadette’s Parish, Carlton
THE CHALLENGES OF THE TIMES St. Bernadette’s Parish, Carlton When my predecessor Sir Norman Thomas Cardinal Gilroy returned from one
Statement on Sydney Archdiocese response to Modern Slavery, Cathedral House, Sydney
STATEMENT ON THE RESPONSE OF THE CATHOLIC ARCHDIOCESE OF SYDNEY TO MODERN SLAVERY Cathedral House, Sydney, 8 February 2018 I
OFFICIAL WELCOME AND CATECHESIS – “OPEN NEW HORIZONS FOR SPREADING JOY” – Qudos Bank Arena
She's fat! Fat with child. She's only young and yet there's an eight-and-a-half month baby on board. Her friends call her Mazza. Boyfriend Joe.
ADDRESS TO STUDENT LEADERS, SYDNEY CATHOLIC SCHOOLS – St Mary's Cathedral Hall, Sydney
A very warm welcome to our forum for the student leaders in the systemic and congregational schools. I thank Dr Dan White, Mr Anthony Cleary, other education leaders and staff for this initiative.
BOOK LAUNCH FOR NORMAN THOMAS GILROY: AN OBEDIENT LIFE BY JOHN LUTTRELL FMS
Like Brother John Luttrell, I never met Cardinal Gilroy. As a child growing up in Lakemba and Lane Cove I knew of him simply as “the Cardinal”.
OPENING REMARKS AT 500TH ANNIVERSARY OF REFORMATION COMMEMORATION – Chapter Hall, St. Mary's Cathedral
On 22 June 1535, my great-great (to the power of twenty) grand-uncle, Cardinal John Fisher ascended the scaffold, just as his friend Thomas More would do three weeks later.
Three Challenges
Dear friends. This is a time of challenge for our Church. Whether it's debates over school funding or religious liberty or the sacraments of Confession and Matrimony, there's more than a bit of anti-Christian feeling in the air.
BETWEEN IDEAL AND REALITY: WHAT FUTURE FOR MARRIAGE IN AUSTRALIA? Harman Lecture, John Paul II Institute for Marriage and the Family, Melbourne
The Harman Lecture was established to honour the late Rev. Dr Francis Harman, a charming and wise canonist, ethicist and parish priest who long hoped for a session of the John Paul II Institute in Australia, celebrated its conception, but died in 2000 just before it came to birth.
REMARKS AT HOUSING AND INCLUSIONARY ZONING FORUM – ST. MARY'S CATHEDRAL HALL
Welcome to St. Mary's Cathedral Hall. I am very pleased to co-host tonight's community forum and I want to begin by thanking all of you who have chosen to take part.
ADDRESS AT IFTAR DINNER AT THE BEGINNING OF RAMADAN 2017 – St. Mary Mackillop Place, North Sydney
I acknowledge and welcome from the Muslim Community: Your Eminence Dr Ibrahim Abu Mohammed, Grand Mufti of Australia;
CARDINAL GEORGE PELL: STATEMENT FROM ARCHBISHOP ANTHONY FISHER OP
The Victorian Office of Public Prosecutions has now delivered its advice on its investigation of historic child abuse allegations against Cardinal George Pell.