February 2, 2020
Presentation of the Lord A young couple, with their newly born son, come to the temple, as St Luke says,…
February 1, 2020
The geographical extent and the protracted time scale of Tasmania’s summer bushfires has given us all cause for concern. We…
January 26, 2020
Third Sunday in Ordinary Time (A) Australia Day Today our nation celebrates Australia Day. We naturally reflect on our land…
January 19, 2020
Second Sunday in Ordinary Time (A) Today I am pleased to join you for the Feast of Santo Nino de…
January 12, 2020
In addition to the occasion of his election as Holy Roman pontiff, the Pope imparts at Christmas and Easter each…
January 8, 2020
St Patrick’s Church, Blessington, opened in January 1919 and closed around twenty years ago, was a veritable treasure trove of…
January 5, 2020
Feast of the Epiphany The proclamation of the Church at Christmas is that God has become man, or, as St…
December 15, 2019
The simple depiction of the stable in Bethlehem, with Joseph, Mary and the child Jesus, never ceases to attract. In…
December 12, 2019
In 2018, we celebrate the 30th anniversary of the publication of Mulieris Dignitatem (On the Dignity and Vocation of Women),…
December 8, 2019
Amongst the furnishings purchased in 1843 for his episcopal seat of Hobart Town by William Willson, our first bishop, was…
November 18, 2019
The Lord declared, ‘Woe if the world thinks well of you’. (Lk 6:26) It is natural for us to desire…
November 10, 2019
The words of the Lord found in Chapter 25 of St Matthew’s Gospel – “You did it to me” –…
November 8, 2019
In St Joseph’s Church, Hobart, there is a particularly beautiful stained glass window depicting the Annunciation. It is the only…
October 15, 2019
By Dr Christine E. Wood, Director of the Office of Evangelisation & Catechesis François Trochu’s definitive biography of St. Jean-Marie…
October 13, 2019
On a flight back to Tasmania recently I sat next to a young Protestant pastor. In our conversation he commented…
October 8, 2019
In its setting beyond the historic 1825 bridge spanning the Coal River, St John the Evangelist Church in the hugely…
September 27, 2019
A priest seeking to discern a vocation to religious life is calling Hobart home for the next year as he…
September 12, 2019
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September 8, 2019
In a recent letter to the German people (June 29) Pope Francis commented that we are living in hard times…