All Souls Day responds to one of life's deep experiences. When those we love die, the love lives on and becomes the prayer of this day, reaching out to embrace the dead, who are still with us, albeit mysteriously. The post Homily from the All Souls...

THE CATHEDRAL OF ST STEPHEN, BRISBANE Jeremiah 31:7-9; Hebrews 5:1-6; Mark 10:46-52 Through the two millennia of Christian history there have been 2 Ecumenical Councils, roughly one every century, though it hasn't been as neat as that. The first of them...

Archbishop Mark Coleridge's Homily from the Multicultural Mass 2021 from the Cathedral of St Stephen, Brisbane. The annual Multicultural Mass is all about living St Francis' words 'fratelli, tutti'; we're all brother and sister together. The post Homily...

The roots of this ordination go deep. They reach deep into the rich soil of the Power family; and more recently, a great deal of time, energy and money has been spent on preparing Deacon Conor for this moment. Ordinations like this don't just happen...

The Cathedral of St Stephen Faced with the ecological crisis which is upon the planet, it's taken us time to find a deeply and distinctively biblical and Gospel voice - a voice which is not ideological or political, not wholly determined by economic concerns...

The Cathedral of St Stephen, Brisbane 1 Kings 17:8-16; Colossians 3:12-17; Matthew 6:25-34 "Do not be anxious", says Jesus. Well, that's fine for Jesus perhaps. But what about us? Here we are in lockdown and facing a pandemic that seems like a marathon...

A commemorative Mass was recently held in the Cathedral to mark the 100th anniversary of the death of Servant of God Eileen O'Connor, who is on track to become Australia's next saint. Eileen co-founded Our Lady's Nurses for the Poor with Fr Edward McGrath...

Before you speak the words of argument and judgement that make up the legal year, you come to listen to the words of Jesus Christ who is God's argument and God's judgement upon the world, lest in failing to hear his words you speak only your own words...

Cathedral of St Stephen 29 June 2021, Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul Neither Peter nor Paul knew what they were in for when they said yes to the call of Christ. Neither do William, Jack, Luke and Francis. Neither did I; neither did you. We all sign...

Rudyard Kipling was an ardent supporter of World War I until his own son was lost in action early in the War, his body never found. The loss changed Kipling's attitude towards the War and led him eventually to write the short story "The Gardener". It...