November 18, 2021
The Lord warned his disciples on a number of occasions that they should expect to experience persecution “for my sake”…
October 25, 2021
The First Assembly of the Fifth Plenary Council of the Catholic Church in Australia has finished. It met in session…
September 21, 2021
The first assembly for the 5th Plenary Council of the Catholic Church in Australia will meet from October 3-10. This…
August 20, 2021
By Dr Gerard Gaskin, Director of Catholic Education Tasmania During the 1920s and '30s, Prohibition laws in the United States…
In times of trouble and suffering, a person of faith is drawn to prayer. When our immediate experience is one…
July 30, 2021
This year Catholic education in Australia celebrates its two hundredth anniversary. Shortly we will celebrate Catholic Education week across the…
June 30, 2021
Pope Francis has declared this year, “Year of St Joseph”. Giving attention to the role of St Joseph in the…
May 24, 2021
During this month, centred particularly on the Feast of Our Lady Help of Christians, the Church in Australia celebrates two…
The commissioned episcopal portrait of Archbishop Julian Porteous has been completed by the Sydney-based Australian artist Armelle Swan. The commission…
April 30, 2021
Writing these words from the Bishop’s House in Barrack Street, Hobart, I am able to overlook the property on which…
