March 15, 2021
The Archdiocese of Hobart warmly welcomes you to its Easter Mass services for 2021. Catholic churches across Tasmania are open…
March 12, 2021
The Presentation Sisters have made a positive impact on the lives of many thousands of Tasmanians through the network of…
March 9, 2021
Family, friends and parishioners gathered at Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Devonport to help Les Enniss celebrate his 100th…
March 7, 2021
Third Sunday of Lent (B) We have entered the third week of Lent. Seventeen days of Lent this year have…
February 19, 2021
By Dr Christine Wood, Director of the Office of Evangelisation & Catechesis Are we nothing but memories, encased in bodily…
The first time Bernard Kirkpatrick heard the organ playing at Holy Trinity Church in Westbury, he knew he wanted to…
February 18, 2021
Opening of St Virgil's Junior School Early Years Learning Centre This year marks the two hundredth anniversary of the establishment…
Pope Francis has modified canon law to allow women to become acolytes and lectors. In his apostolic letter Spiritus Domini…
Catholic school students, along with representatives from parishes and Catholic organisations gathered at St Mary’s Cathedral in Hobart on February…
February 16, 2021
By Brian Andrews, Archdiocese of Hobart Heritage Officer In True Principles, his highly influential 1841 book on architecture, Bishop Willson’s…
5/10/1928 – 16/11/2020 Sr Mary Mechtilde (born Patricia) Dillon was the eldest daughter of Alice and Stanley Dillon of Bruny…
February 15, 2021
By Michael McKenna, Archdiocesan Master of Ceremonies The American Catholic journalist and long-time spokeswoman for the United States Catholic Bishops…
Pope Francis has proclaimed a year-long celebration dedicated to the foster father of Jesus. The Year of St Joseph was…
By Dr Gerard Gaskin, Executive Director of Catholic Education Tasmania Faithful to the Great Commission of Jesus Christ (Matt 28:18-20)…
Catholic education in Australia is celebrating 200 years in 2021, marking the bicentenary of the first Catholic school established in…
February 12, 2021
The Victorian parliament has sought to ban practices that seek to suppress or change a person’s ‘sexual orientation or gender…
February 11, 2021
As we settle into the new year, we naturally consider what may lie ahead for us in 2021. We anticipate…
One hundred and eighty young people and families began the new year by looking to the future – their eternal…
By Ben Smith, Director of the Office of Life, Marriage and Family for the Archdiocese of Hobart In February 2015,…
February 10, 2021
The Palavra Viva missionaries in Tasmania have been recalled to Brazil to take part in a year-long program of prayer…
