Homilies

ST MARY’S CATHEDRAL, SYDNEY, 4 DECEMBER 2025 The slang name for diamonds is ‘rocks’ as when someone remarks on ‘the […]

AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC YOUTH FESTIVAL (ACYF), MELBOURNE, 1 DECEMBER 2025 Doom scrolling. You’ll be familiar with the concept: going through your

ST MARY’S CATHEDRAL, SYDNEY, 19 NOVEMBER 2025 Ours is a service economy. Over the last 25 years, services have grown

ST MARY’S CATHEDRAL, SYDNEY, 16 NOVEMBER 2025 A flutter on the Melbourne Cup is all very well, but these days

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