August 12, 2020
In George Orwell’s world of Nineteen Eighty-Four, “Newspeak” is the language of the totalitarian state Oceania, and was created to…
Tasmanian Church representatives flew to Sydney in early March to attend an introduction session for leaders on their responsibilities surrounding…
In an age of great technological progress, it is ironic that an organism of microscopic dimensions has caused such an…
August 9, 2020
Catholic Standard August Editorial When St Matthew commented on why the Lord spoke to the crowds in parables, he quoted…
Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (A) The spectre of the coronavirus still hangs over us, even if Tasmania remains virus…
August 8, 2020
On the outskirts of Pontville, just north of Brighton, stands the beautifully-proportioned St Matthew’s Church by the great Tasmanian architect…
August 2, 2020
Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (A) “Why spend money on what is not bread, your wages on what fails to…
July 31, 2020
Ordination of Chathura Ranmuni Silva Chathura, it would seem providential that your ordination to the priesthood should occur on the…
July 25, 2020
17th Sunday in Ordinary Time (A) For the past three weeks we have been reading from Chapter 13 of St…
July 24, 2020
Ordination of Steven Smith Steven, I was struck by your words quoted on the inside page of the booklet, that…
July 22, 2020
A six-year inquiry by the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse revealed terrible failures with tragic consequences…
Safe Communities is working to ensure the Archdiocese of Hobart complies with the National Catholic Safeguarding Standards released in May…
July 19, 2020
Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (A) St Matthew comments in the Gospel today that the Lord mainly spoke to the…
July 12, 2020
The Australian government has committed to a national conversation on marriage. Responding to this, the Australian Catholic Bishops have called…
July 11, 2020
Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (A) The Lord began his public ministry with the words, “repent and believe”. Here is…
July 8, 2020
By 1847, Bishop Willson had insufficient chalices to meet the needs of his growing diocese, but, because of the chronic…
July 5, 2020
Week by week now there has been an easing of restrictions. This has brought some relief as we have all…
Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (A) St Paul said: “Your interests are not in the unspiritual, but in the spiritual.”…
June 29, 2020
I would like to speak about the medieval notion of the Ars Moriendi or The Art of dying. The term…
June 28, 2020
Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (A) “Anyone who finds his life will lose it; anyone who loses his life for…