February 9, 2023
By Sam Clear, Director of the Office of Youth Evangelisation There’s a small town called Power in the northern USA…
By Brian Andrews, Archdiocese of Hobart Heritage Officer During Bishop Willson’s 1853–55 visit to Europe he recorded in his diary…
February 8, 2023
By Catherine Sheehan After a lifetime of extraordinary achievements and service to the Church, George Cardinal Pell was farewelled during…
By Catherine Sheehan George Pell was born on Trinity Sunday, 8 June, 1941, in the rural Victorian town of Ballarat.…
By Catherine Sheehan According to Australia’s most eminent Catholic theologian, Professor Tracey Rowland, Pope Benedict XVI was “an absolutely brilliant…
By Catherine Sheehan Born Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger on 16 April 1927, in Bavaria, Germany, the future pope was raised in…
By Catherine Sheehan On 31 December 2022, many around the world were deeply saddened by the news that Joseph Ratzinger,…
Dr Christine Wood, Director of the Office of Evangelisation & Catechesis Lent is the great season in the Church’s liturgical…
As the new year began we experienced the passing of Pope Benedict and the sudden death of Cardinal Pell. We…
By Dr Rachel Bradley, Director of the Office of Life, Marriage and Family “If you want to change the world,…
By Michael McKenna, Archdiocesan Master of Ceremonies Social media is abuzz with another weight loss craze – intermittent fasting. A…
February 6, 2023
By Josh Low Young people came together to learn more about human sexuality, relationships and authentic masculinity and femininity at…
By Josh Low Eighty pilgrims walked more than 30 kilometres over two days through the Huon Valley last month as…
February 3, 2023
By Catherine Sheehan Twenty-five years ago, Archbishop Emeritus of Hobart, Adrian Doyle, became the first Tasmanian priest to be made…
By Catherine Sheehan The start of the 2023 school year was particularly significant for three Catholic colleges in Hobart, as…
January 31, 2023
Sr Mary Josepha Aiken rsj passed away peacefully at the Royal Hobart Hospital on Sunday 8 January at age 94…
By Josh Low Serving God and His people is at the heart of the mission of new Moonah-Lutana Parish Priest,…
By Josh Low Parishes across Tasmania recently raised $17,000 at the end of 2022 to provide financial support to the…
January 20, 2023
Drawing on faith as a source of inspiration was behind local Tasmanian artist Catherine Sandric’s recent art exhibition in Hobart.…
January 11, 2023
Archbishop of Hobart, Julian Porteous, has expressed “great personal sadness and shock” upon receiving news of the death of George…