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…
C S Lewis worshipped in the Church of England. He observed the services to be noisy and disruptive, noting he…
In the world of politics, family names such as Ogilvie, Hodgman, Bacon and Groom, count for a lot. But when…
April 10, 2020
Good Friday The reading today of the account of the passion and death of the Lord recounted by St John…
April 9, 2020
Holy Thursday Tonight in the second reading we heard St Paul – echoing the tradition of the early Church –…
April 8, 2020
From 1857 the first permanent pastor of Campbell Town was Fr John Fitzgerald (1830–65), the son of a pioneer Catholic…
April 7, 2020
Chrism Mass The celebration of the Chrism Mass each year invites reflection on the gift and mystery of the ministerial…
April 5, 2020
Palm Sunday We have listened solemnly to St Matthew’s account of the passion and death of the Lord. The path…
