A profound stillness enveloped St Mary’s Cathedral as hundreds gathered in solemn unity on 1 May, to honour the memory of the late Pope Francis at the Pontifical Requiem Mass. It was a night of sacred memorial and reflection under the reverent guidance of Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP, as the Archdiocese of Sydney offered a […]
Deacon Tai Pham. Images by Giovanni Portelli Photography © 2025 This month, Deacon Tai Pham will be ordained as a Catholic priest for the Archdiocese of Sydney. Deacon Pham arrived in Australia from his native Vietnam in 2018 after discerning that God wanted him to carry out his ministry overseas. He said the culture in […]
Fr James Baxter OP speaks at Grace and Truth. Photo: Alex Woolnough. People young and old gathered together for an evening of prayer, formation and discussion in this year’s first “Grace and Truth” forum run by the Dominican sisters and friars at St Mary’s Cathedral in April. More than 80 of Sydneysiders battled the dreary […]
To a world growing ever darker and emptier, Christians can bring people Christ’s light, fullness and “sense of order,” said Bishop Tony Percy following his episcopal ordination as Australia’s newest bishop. Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP consecrated the former priest of Canberra-Goulburn and former rector of the Good Shepherd Seminary to be the new auxiliary bishop […]
ST MARY’S CATHEDRAL, SYDNEY, 2 MAY 2025 Alexander, the fourth century Bishop of Alexandria, once saw some kids playing by the sea, mimicking the ritual of Baptism. He asked who they were and discovered that the one playing bishop was called Athanasius. After questioning the boy-bishop, Alexander told him his baptisms seemed to be valid […]
ST MARY’S BASILICA, SYDNEY, 1 MAY 2025 “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for hiding these things from the wise and learned, and revealing them to mere children” (Mt 11:25-26). Jesus’ words of thanksgiving tonight upend conventional wisdom: God’s revelation, He makes clear, is not first and foremost for the clever or […]
Pope Francis waves from a car as he leaves Rome’s Gemelli hospital April 1, 2023. The 86-year-old pope, who had been hospitalized since March 29 for treatment of bronchitis. (OSV NEWS photo/Remo Casilli, Reuters) Homily for Mass of Easter Tuesday and for the late Pope Francis St Mary’s Basilica, Sydney, 22 April 2025. “Woman, why […]
St Peter Chanel and St Joseph Parish, Berala. Photo: Parish Facebook page. It’s very appropriate that today, as we celebrate our parish patron saints, St Peter Chanel and St Joseph the Worker, who stand tall over our parish, protecting us, praying for us and shining as an example to us, that the Risen Jesus takes […]
St Mary’s Catholic Church, Concord, 30 April 2025 Welcome to St Mary’s Church in Concord for the Pontifical Mass of Christian Burial for Fr David Coffey, a priest of the Archdiocese of Sydney. David was born in Lismore in 1934, one of four children to Leo and Mary. He was educated at St Joseph’s Mildura, […]
On Good Friday five priests there heard the confessions of people of all ages for five hours. One of them was in the confessional until 1.00 am in the morning. Photo: Alphonsus Fok. Lent, Holy Week, Easter and Divine Mercy Sunday have come and gone, but what some Sydney priests remember is hearing a huge […]
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