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Archbishop Mark on the Synod on the Family
29 September 2015By the time you see this I will be in Rome and unpacking my bags for the Synod of Bishops on the Family in the Modern World. I've worked very hard to prepare for it and, now that I'm here, I'm looking forward to it very much. People keep asking me what...Archbishop's Lenten Pastoral Message 2015
18 February 2015The forty days of Lent find us on a journey from last year's first session of the Synod on marriage and the family to the second session later this year which I will attend. In recent times and in places like Australia, there's been intense, even excessive...Archbishop's Lenten Pastoral Message 2015
18 February 2015The forty days of Lent find us on a journey from last year's first session of the Synod on marriage and the family to the second session later this year which I will attend. In recent times and in places like Australia, there's been intense, even excessive...Christmas Message 2014
24 December 2014Christmas always evokes a very particular time and place - the Middle East a little more than two thousand years ago. This Christmas, we think of that place at this time. For the Christians of that region where the Word was made flesh, where God became...Christmas Message 2014
24 December 2014Christmas always evokes a very particular time and place - the Middle East a little more than two thousand years ago. This Christmas, we think of that place at this time. For the Christians of that region where the Word was made flesh, where God became...- Dear brothers and sisters, Marriage has been much on the Church's mind in recent times. The first of the two sessions of the Synod of Bishops on marriage has recently been held in Rome and the second will follow next year. In another sense, marriage is...
- Pentecost is all about unleashing new energy - wild fire and wild wind. The first disciples certainly needed new energy as they cringed behind closed doors after the death of Jesus. They'd seen him die and thought they might be next to go. But not even...
Archbishop Mark Coleridge's Easter Message
17 April 2014There's something awfully final about a grave or a tomb. When the tomb of Jesus was sealed with a big round stone, that stone must have seemed like a cosmic full-stop. The party was over. The world is full of what seem like full-stops - situations that...Archbishop Mark Coleridge's Easter Message
17 April 2014There's something awfully final about a grave or a tomb. When the tomb of Jesus was sealed with a big round stone, that stone must have seemed like a cosmic full-stop. The party was over. The world is full of what seem like full-stops - situations that...Archbishop's Lenten Pastoral Message 2014
28 February 2014"The joy of the Gospel fills the hearts and the lives of those who encounter Jesus": with these words, Pope Francis begins his Apostolic Exhortation, The Joy of the Gospel, which I want to be the charter of the Archdiocese of Brisbane as we shape the...