September 8, 2020
During October 1842 the great English designer Pugin was hard at work on the design of episcopal regalia for his…
September 7, 2020
Tasmania’s Polish community has recently marked 50 years of pastoral work by the Society of Christ in Tasmania. Founded in…
September 3, 2020
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September 1, 2020
Archivists from around the country gathered in Hobart for the annual conference of the Catholic Diocesan Archivists of Australia in…
Despite the social disruption due to COVID-19, the Archdiocese of Hobart’s Safe Communities committee is continuing to meet fortnightly to…
August 30, 2020
Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time (A) This year has been dominated by the worldwide spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. Its…
August 23, 2020
Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time (A) “Who do you say I am?” This question of the Lord to his disciples…
August 16, 2020
Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time (A) Clearly the woman was a nuisance. This Canaanite woman, this woman who believed in…
August 14, 2020
Final Profession of Sr John Mary Baptist SI Sr John Mary, you would have said the Hail Mary thousands of…
August 13, 2020
Renaissance of Marriage Conference 2019 As a bishop I have a pastoral responsibility for the mission of the Church within…
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…
