I’m grateful to be invited to appear before the Committee today on behalf of more than 20 Catholic and Orthodox Bishops of NSW, to express our concerns & those of our people in relation to this bill…
May 01, 2024
Jan 09, 2026
Aboriginal Catholic Ministry celebrate confirmations, donations in productive pre-Christmas period
Bishop Daniel Meagher confirming the four children. Images by Giovanni Portelli Photography © 2025 Four Aboriginal children were confirmed by Bishop Daniel Meagher at the Reconciliation Church in in La Perouse just before […]
Jan 07, 2026
Feast of Holy Innocents
Fr Chris de Sousa CRS leading the procession. Photo: Supplied. Hundreds of families from Sydney’s west made the trip to the shrine of Our Lady of Mercy in Penrose Park […]
Jan 02, 2026
“I try to help the Church in Sydney be what it’s meant to be,” says outgoing chancellor Chris Meney
Chris Meney with wife Mary Clare. Photo: Marilyn Rodrigues. Chris Meney has been a steady and trusted presence in the day-to-day life of Sydney’s Catholic community for more than a decade, serving as the […]
Jan 02, 2026
Revesby to commemorate Santo Nino in 2026
Santo Nino has become a focal point for devotion, bringing a centuries-old Filipino tradition to Revesby. Photo: Supplied For the third-year running, St Luke’s Parish in Sydney’s south-west has welcomed […]
Dec 29, 2025
Archbishop Fisher homily: Point toward Christ
Saint John the Baptist Bearing Witness – painting by Annibale Carracci (MET, 2009.252). Photo: Wikimedia Commons. This is the edited text of the homily of the Lourdes day Mass for the Order of […]
Dec 28, 2025
HOMILY FOR SOLEMN MASS FOR THE FEAST OF THE HOLY FAMILY OF JESUS, MARY AND JOSEPH (YEAR A) AND CLOSE OF THE JUBILEE YEAR 2025
ST MARY’S CATHEDRAL, SYDNEY, 28 DECEMBER 2025 In Rembrandt’s painting of the Holy Family with Angels (1645), now in the Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg, we witness a thoroughly domestic […]
Dec 25, 2025
HOMILY FOR THE MORNING MASS OF THE NATIVITY OF THE LORD
St Mary’s Cathedral, Sydney, 25 December 2025 “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” We all know the biblical story of creation (Gen chs 1 & 2), […]
Dec 25, 2025
Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP Christmas message 2025
Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP blesses worshippers as he exits St Mary’s Cathedral following midnight Mass for Christmas 2022. The Mass is traditionally one of the most-attended in St Mary’s Cathedral […]
Dec 22, 2025
Our Lady of Mount Carmel to host series on dying well
The series, called Eternal Rest: The Art of Dying Well, is a video program from the Augustine Institute and will be presented by Willow Tree Funerals funeral director Bruce Missen. Photo: Pexels.com. In an effort to help relieve […]
Dec 19, 2025
NSW Faith Affairs Council asks Australians to offer an act of kindness in support of the Jewish community
Members of the New South Wales Faith Affairs Council and faith leaders in a 15 December emergency meeting convened by Minister for Multiculturalism Steve Kamper. Photo: Supplied. The New South Wales […]