June 21, 2020
Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time (A) In the first reading today we see the Prophet Jeremiah in a desperate state.…
June 19, 2020
St Margaret Mary Alacoque This year marks the 100th anniversary of the canonisation of St Margaret Mary Alacoque. I have…
June 14, 2020
Feast of Corpus Christi It has been over three months since restrictions were placed on attending Mass. While many Catholics…
June 12, 2020
When I first encountered the image of the Divine Mercy I should confess I was not a fan. Indeed it…
June 8, 2020
The major French church requisites company Louis Gille & Cie, Lyon, founded in 1878, developed a particularly flourishing export trade…
June 7, 2020
Trinity Sunday Shortly in this Mass we will profess our faith as we recite the Nicaean Creed. We say, “I…
Our churches are open. The premier has announced that as of June 5, up to 20 people can participate in…
May 31, 2020
The apostles would have had no idea of what Jesus meant when he said them: “Not many days hence you…
May 24, 2020
Feast of the Ascension This feast of the Ascension brings to a close the period of post-Resurrection appearances of the…
May 17, 2020
Sixth Sunday of Easter Tentatively, the world is beginning to open. Governments are lifting some of the stringent restrictions on…
May 12, 2020
In a modern society which has conditioned us to believe that religion is a private matter, walking down the street…
May 10, 2020
Fifth Sunday of Easter (A) As we have entered into the month of May, the world is still burdened with…
Efforts to limit the spread of the virus COVID-19 have greatly impacted our everyday life. The required social isolation has…
May 8, 2020
In August 2017 a small silver-gilt Recusant chalice was returned to the Archdiocese of Hobart from the Melbourne Diocesan Historical…
May 3, 2020
Fourth Sunday of Easter (A) Each of us as Christians is a disciple of Jesus Christ. The foundation of the…
May 1, 2020
Mother’s Day in 2020 will be a very different affair. Gone will be the large family gatherings to celebrate the…
April 26, 2020
Third Sunday of Easter (A) We are still living in the afterglow of Easter. Though the world is burdened by…
April 19, 2020
Divine Mercy devotions In the Divine Mercy chaplet which we have just prayed, we repeated: “Have mercy on us and…
Second Sunday of Easter (A) Through the Gospel reading today we are, at first, taken back to the evening of…
April 12, 2020
Easter Sunday My brothers and sisters in Christ, this virus is an insidious thing. Not knowing who may be carrying…