The
Catholic Weekly
Online
Sydney
21 September 2003
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Heaven
scent floral feast
Welcome
strangers’ call
Bishops:
Fight racism
Bishop
Mayne dies at 75
Senate
‘yes’ to gay bid
Benedictine
nuns gather in Sydney
Tears
of joy at Marriage Sunday Mass
Donor
club
His
Holiness, the poet
Concert
to mark Pope’s jubilee
It’s
‘weakness of faith’
Still
a need for Catholic voice: Dr Pell
Editorial:
Spectre of fear
Letters:
Christian values
Conversation:
Amanda McKenna, Catholic singer and songwriter - ‘God’s messenger’ on a journey
of faith
Opintion:
‘Good mother of all ...’
Voice
of Youth: ‘Most wonderful day’
Insights:
Biblical ancestors?
Religious:
Spirit-ualities are everywhere
North
American, Irish, Australian sisters in historic Loreto reunion
Education:
Decade a day at school
Social
Work degree course at Strathfield
Balmain
kids hit right note
Catechism:
Daytime course
New
bishops ‘help God’s light shine in darkness’
Capacity
to forgive ...
‘Heroic
witness’ to the Gospel of hope
‘Kids
worth dying for’
Inspirations:
‘Schoolies’ faith patrol
Still a need for Catholic voice: Dr Pell
Lady Mary Fairfax with Weekly chairman Johno Johnson
There is still a need for a public voice to speak for Catholic perspectives and to reach younger Catholics, the Archbishop of Sydney, Dr George Pell, said at a dinner in State Parliament House marking the relaunch of The Catholic Weekly.
The celebratory dinner was also in honour of the bicentenary of the first official Catholic Mass in NSW, celebrated by Fr James Dixon in May 1803.
Guests at the dinner were entertained by musicians and singers from Brigidine College, Randwick, and Marist Sisters’ College, Woolwich.
Lady Mary Fairfax, one of more than 350 guests at the dinner, used the occasion to give $1 million to the archbishop for use at his discretion for charities in the Sydney archdiocese.
Johno Johnson, former president of the NSW Legislative Council, who is chairman of the board of The Catholic Weekly, announced the appointment of Kerry Myers, currently editor of the Central Western Daily newspaper in Orange, as new editor of The Catholic Weekly.
Dr Pell paid tribute in his speech to the contribution of the former editor of The Catholic Weekly, Johanna Bennett.
Mike Bailey, of ABC TV, was the master of ceremonies at the dinner, which was attended by a number of MPs and senior clergy.
A raffle and auction for various Catholic charities were held at the dinner; almost $30,000 was raised from the raffle alone.
The Catholic Weekly carries on a tradition of Catholic press in Sydney that goes back more than 160 years, beginning with the Australasian Chronicle.