making all things new
We have arrived at the final days of the working year and there is much to give thanks for. Back in February, Faith in Our Future: Pastoral Plan for the Catholic Diocese of Parramatta was launched...
View Articlelearning from the Church abroad
A secondary dome in the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Baltimore, the first Catholic cathedral built in the United States The past fortnight of a research...
View Articlestarting afresh in the new evangelisation
Meeting the pastoral support staff of the Diocese of Broken Bay earlier this week. It has been a joy to take up my appointment as Director of Evangelisation for the Catholic Diocese of Broken Bay,...
View Articlegoverning in faith
The conversion of the Church is essential to the mission of evangelisation. This fact is plain enough. Whether speaking of the universal Church, a diocese, local parish or of the individual Christian...
View Articleproclaiming amoris laetitia
The past months have seen numerous developments in the life of the universal Church and the national scene. Without doubt the most significant development has been the release of Pope Francis’...
View Articleparish transformation by divine renovation
I recently returned from the Divine Renovation 2016 Conference which provided an opportunity to learn from and be immersed in the experience behind the book of the same name. For those who may not be...
View Articleproclaim 2016 keynote address
On the 24 November, 1999, on a drizzly Wednesday evening, I was baptised in a parish in the north-western suburbs of Sydney. Heralding from a family of Buddhist and Taoist heritage, I entered the...
View Articlediscerning the Church with the Church at the fifth Plenary Council of Australia
This Sunday the fifth Plenary Council of Australian will commence, a historic opportunity for the Catholic Church in Australia to renew its commitment to the mission of Jesus Christ in this ‘Great...
View Articlemaking and forming disciples
The address below was given at the invitation of Divine Renovation Australasia, a ministry focused on the renewal of Catholic parishes by recovering the primacy of evangelisation. It is exciting to...
View ArticleLeading Change in the Mission of Christ
This weekend I was glad to speak at the Ignite Conference 2022, a collaborative initiative of the Emmanuel Community and our Sydney Centre for Evangelisation in the Archdiocese of Sydney. I addressed...
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