‘Holy lawyers’

The
Catholic Weekly
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Sydney
8 February 2004

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‘Holy lawyers’

Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney Anthony Fisher OP has called on members of the legal profession to be “holy lawyers”.

Delivering the homily at the 74th Annual Red Mass in St Mary’s Cathedral, he urged them to take as their example lawyer saints such as Thomas a’Becket, Thomas More, Charles Borromeo, Francis de Sales and Bl Frederick Ozanam.

Bishop Fisher said the law in Australia today is challenged in many directions, with not all laws good laws.

He said any jurisprudence “worthy of the name” must remain focused on justice and equity – “that is, what is good for individuals, especially the least powerful, and so required by the common good”.

The congregation included members of the High Court, the Federal Court, Supreme Court, Industrial Relations Commission, Land and Environment Court and District Court, magistrates, members of tribunals and commissions and other members of the legal profession.

Heads of jurisdictions included Chief Justice Black of the Federal Court, Chief Justice Spiegelman of the Supreme Court of NSW, Chief Justice Blanch of the District Court and Chief Justice Price of the Magistrates.