Homilies

St Mary’s Cathedral, 2 November  2025 It’s been voted the greatest of all movie songs. Yet Judy Garland’s “Somewhere Over […]

OUR LADY OF THE SACRED HEART CATHOLIC CHURCH, RANDWICK, 26 OCTOBER 2025 Preachers have observed that the letter “I” sits

REDEMPTORIS MATER SEMINARY, CHESTER HILL, 20 OCTOBER 2025 The idea of a treasure hunt might seem a vestige of the

ST MARY’S CATHEDRAL, SYDNEY, 28 SEPTEMBER 2025 67 episodes were screened of the reality TV series The Secret Millionaire in

ST MARY’S CATHEDRAL, SYDNEY, 31 AUGUST 2025 “Selfie museums” are a curious invention of our age. Carefully staged spaces, filled

SEMINARY OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD, HOMEBUSH, 15 AUGUST 2025 The Church has just been celebrating the 1700th anniversary of the

BASILICA OF SANTA MARIA SOPRA MINERVA, ROME, 4 AUGUST 2025 Male and female, tall and short, young and old, clerical

SFORZA CHAPEL, BASILICA OF SANTA MARIA MAGGIORE, 30 JULY 2025 Many years ago I saw a very beautiful image of

ALTAR OF THE CHAIR, ST PETER’S BASILICA, ROME, 28 JULY 2025 You’ll have noticed the granite obelisk, reaching 41 metres

BASILICA OF SANTA CROCE, FLORENCE, 23 JULY 2025 This Tempio dell’Itale Glorie (Temple of Italian Glories) boasts tombs and monuments

METROPOLITAN DUOMO OF THE NATIVITY OF ST MARY, MILAN, 22 JULY 2025 We don’t know for sure which parts of

OUR LADY OF MT CARMEL PARISH, MT PRITCHARD, 13 JULY 2025 Today I am wearing the pallium, a three-finger-wide band