Bicentenary of Australia’s first legal priests: Fr Philip Conolly and Fr John Joseph Therry

200 years ago two Catholic priests arrived in the New South Wales colony. Edmund Campion charts their ministry and life in Sydney and Hobart. Campion dedicates this history to Tony Baine.

May he rest in peace. 

Cardinal Pell and the Victorian Criminal Justice System

Frank Brennan, Rector of Newman College at The University of Melbourne, is a Jesuit priest and lawyer who attended some of the Pell court proceedings.

Lasting effects of COVID-19?

John Swann, retired priest of the Archdiocese of Adelaide ponders what the future holds for the Church post COVID-19.

The Swag

Who are we really?

A born questioner, Christa Murphy SSpS often asked God:  ‘God, why did you become one of us in Jesus? Why did you empty yourself totally, and become fully human, even to accepting death, death on a cross?’

A priest living in aged care during COVID-19

Frank O’Dea SSS, is over 90 years of age and living in aged care. He reflects on a time without the celebration of Mass and the distractions of regular activities for the residents in this age of Coronavirus social distancing.