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
New bishops ‘help God’s light shine in darkness’
Bishop Anthony Fisher (front) and Bishop Julian Porteous
“The ordination of a bishop is always a happy occasion,” the Archbishop of Sydney, Dr George Pell, said at the Episcopal ordinations of Bishop Anthony Fisher and Bishop Julian Porteous.
These pictures go some of the way towards showing the power and joy of the Mass and episcopal ordination rite at St Mary’s Cathedral that gave Sydney its two newest auxiliary bishops.
And who are these men? The faithful of Sydney who aren’t already familiar with them will discover more as they settle into their new roles.
In his homily, Dr Pell pointed out some similarities and differences between them.
Both are Sydney men and Catholic priests.
Both have led Church institutions; Bishop Porteous as rector of the Good Shepherd Seminary, Homebush, and Bishop Fisher as founding director of the Melbourne-based John Paul II Institute for Marriage and the Family.
The differences:
Bishop Porteous, a priest of the Sydney archdiocese, refused the chance of further study after ordination to continue his lifelong dream of working in a parish.
He has been involved with the new communities - such as the Emmanuel community - which have emerged since the Second Vatican Council.
He loves bushwalking, and once walked the famous pilgrimage across Spain.
Bishop Fisher, a Dominican, has devoted much of his life to study and teaching.
Archbishop Pell said: “In different ways they have both struggled for years to make God’s light shine in the darkness; and have preached Jesus Christ, in season and out of season.”