I'm not normally inclined to quote myself, but I do so here today. Not long ago I was invited to preach at the funeral of Fr Bob Maguire, a well-known...

Years ago, when I was a senior seminarian, we had a well-known older priest lead a day of recollection.  He walked into the chapel, moved to the lectern and began...

Acts 3:1-10; Galatians 1:11-20; John 21:15-19 The first priest ordained in this cathedral was Martin Mulhall in 1877, though there had been three earlier ordinations in the old cathedral.  Since...

Priya sahódaree sahódaranmaare Dear brothers and sisters, The English word “bishop” comes from the Greek episkopos, which has two meanings. The first is overseer and the second is visitor, the implication...

We know the first Pentecost happened in Jerusalem, but no-one knows where exactly in the city the Holy Spirit came upon the disciples.  There’s a tradition, however, that it happened...

In my seventy-fifth year, as I move to the end of my working life as priest and bishop, I speak words of farewell to the man who more than any...

The Cathedral of St Stephen, Brisbane On a calm spring day many years ago I made my first visit to one of the great war cemeteries of northern France, near...

The Cathedral of St Stephen The Gospels are full of gaps and silences.  There are so many things we would like to know but about which the evangelists say nothing....

The Cathedral of St Stephen In the time of Jesus, foot-washing was the most menial of tasks, and it fell to the lowest ranking servant, the lowest of the low....

The Cathedral of St Stephen At times we call this celebration the Mass of the Oils; and it is about oil.  But it’s not just about oil, because if it...