Welcome to today’s special Lourdes Day Mass. I acknowledge the presence of Magistral Chaplains of the Order, Monsignors Doherty and Redden and Fr Nicholas Rynne…

Welcome to today’s special Lourdes Day Mass. I acknowledge the presence of Magistral Chaplains of the Order, Monsignors Doherty and Redden and Fr Nicholas Rynne…
Your Excellency Archbishop Paul Gallagher, Vatican Secretary for Relations with States; Your Grace Archbishop Denis Hart, President of the Australian Catholic Bishops’ Conference; brother bishops, priests and deacons; fellow religious; Your Excellencies and Reverends, the representatives of other churches and major faiths; Your Excellency, General David Hurley, Governor of New South Wales; Senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells […]
The two spires of St Mary’s Cathedral are finally completed
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First Irish convicts transported to Botany Bay
First Fleet lands Sydney Cove