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Simcha Fisher: “Emotional Rest” is our duty and our salvation
As Christmas looms closer, every mum, priest, teacher, baker and choir director I know is one cookie away from a full blown nervous breakdown....
Archbishop Anthony Fisher opens ‘best school ever’ for children with special needs
Eileen O’Connor Catholic College – ‘the best school ever’ – according to student Reece Midgley, was officially opened and blessed by Archbishop Anthony Fisher...
Margaret Somerville: post-truth, euthanasia and elder abuse – the storm
Exploring the connections that can be made among three very recent, at first glance apparently unrelated, stories in the news can provide important insights...
Mark Shea: the hidden God and scripture’s satire on willful blindness
As we saw last time, Jesus draws from the Old Testament tradition in telling parables. And at the heart of the Old Testament tradition...
One year to go until the Australian Catholic Youth Festival and Sydney students are...
Catholic school leaders from throughout Sydney gathered for a special day of prayer, discussion and pilgrimage on 7 December to mark ‘One Year Out’ till...
Letters to the Editor for 11 December 2016
Thank you Monica Doumit for asking the questions
I am a priest of the Archdiocese of Sydney, currently undertaking doctoral research in philosophy of religion....
Catholic Professional Standards responds: questions welcome but Doumit scenario ‘quite an overreach’
Monica Doumit’s opinion piece (‘Careful Preparation of new standards body can avoid knotty future problems’) on the Church’s new Catholic Professional Standards (CPS) company...
‘Year of Youth’ theme announced as Sydney issues invitation to Australian Catholic Youth Festival...
The theme for the 'Year of Youth,' which will begin with the Australian Catholic Youth Festival in Sydney, 7-9 December 2017, has been revealed...
Simcha Fisher: shh, there’s a baby nearby!
"Some people," my priest friend said, "Would step over a bleeding body because they're late for adoration."
It wasn't, of course, a knock on people who take...
Quandary of how to protect kids led Only for Me author Michelle Derrig to...
How can we protect children from sexual abuse, beyond the legal and reporting systems we put in place, at an individual level? It’s a question...
Australian bishops agree to national professional standards company
The Australian bishops have agreed to the establishment of a new independent agency which will set, audit and report the compliance of diocese and...
Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP pastoral letter on ‘Parish 2020’: renewing and strengthening parishes for...
Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
I greet you on this Second Sunday in Advent in the name of Our Lord Jesus Christ, and pray that...
