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Archbishop’s Homily: Mercy begins at home
Introduction
Welcome to St Mary’s Cathedral for our Solemn Mass this morning. We are in the Octave of Christmas, that special time where Australia shuts...
Archbishop’s Homily: Christ is born in Bethlehem
The Germans called it the “Weihnachtsfrieden”; the French “La Trêve de Noël”; the English “the Christmas truce”.
A century ago, at Christmas 1914 and 1915,...
Abuse probe draws crowds, but not the tale of a saintly servant of the...
Issues affecting aspects of the Catholic Church have been given recent treatment by moviemakers and it appears that box office success is being afforded...
Government payment cuts threaten single-income families
Children in two-parent families don’t deserve government support. That’s the message the Government and Opposition sent last month when they passed legislation to cut...
On the outside looking in: a ministry for women with a loved one behind...
The women are cautious when they gather on Friday evening, drawn from their homes across Sydney, with just one thing in common: a loved...
Christmas and the passion for purity
The feast of Christmas readily evokes images of innocence and purity, centred on the Christ-child in the manger at Bethlehem. Karl Schmude ponders the...
Room in the inns of our hearts: Archbishop’s Christmas message
All of human experience is wrapped up in the Christmas story.
At the first Christmas Mary and Joseph found no room at the inn for...
Why you should prepare for Christmas by making a good confession
“What do you want for Christmas?” is a question asked often enough. It is asked by those, who, in virtue of their love for...
Christmas traditions help us to understand the event itself
Christmas is a central event in the religious and secular calendars of the West. For people of Christian faith, Christmas marks the point where...
Light, the tradition of Christmas
The British journalist Malcolm Muggeridge once had a remarkable experience during a trip to Calcutta for a television report on the life of Mother...
Why is Christmas so important? Explaining it to the kids
Recently my five year-old son asked me why Christmas is so important and while I think I gave him some good answers I suspect...
A Clark Christmas: full of family and faith
For Dean and Nicole Clark, this time of year brings memories of Christmas past, of babies in matching pyjamas, of bikes and cubby houses,...
