November 8, 2022
By Michael McKenna, Archdiocesan Master of Ceremonies In discussing fate and the individual’s role in it, Tolkien’s great wizard Gandalf…
October 11, 2022
By Michael McKenna, Archdiocesan Master of Ceremonies For some months now parish councils around the world have been racking their…
August 10, 2022
By Archbishop Julian Porteous A cathedral is the mother church of a diocese. St Mary’s Cathedral Hobart, having to be…
May 12, 2022
By Michael McKenna, Archdiocesan Master of Ceremonies Scripture tells us that ahead of his Ascension, Jesus instructed his disciples not…
April 8, 2022
By Michael McKenna, the Archbishop’s Master of Ceremonies This Easter we will again be invited to renew our baptismal promises…
March 10, 2022
By Michael McKenna, Archdiocesan Master of Ceremonies As we enter into Lent the Church calls upon us to make choices…
February 8, 2022
By Michael McKenna Sprinkled, poured on, or immersed in; water plays an almost central role in the Christian Faith. For…
December 16, 2021
By Michael McKenna, Archdiocesan Master of Ceremonies Epiphany humour, as it were, suggests that had it been three wise women…
August 20, 2021
By Michael McKenna, Archdiocesan Master of Ceremonies. Throughout history, the Church has ceaselessly preached that a personal relationship with the…
July 27, 2021
Good for Body and Soul By Michael McKenna, Archdiocesan Master of Ceremonies. One in five Australians suffers some form of…