Dean’s Blog - 2023
29 Sunday Homily
A while back five cardinals submitted questions (dubia) to the Holy Father, questions to which they wanted ‘yes’ or ‘no’ answers. Pope Francis did not respond with a ‘yes’ or ...
19 Sunday Homily
Silence Sound of sheer silence A voice of thin silence Preceded by a mighty wind, an earthquake, fire or lightning; phenomena which overwhelm and which signified the presence of the Creator and Saviour ...
Transfiguration Homily
We live our lives in our bodies. There is a certain ambiguity about our experience of bodiliness. We physically experience joy, sorrow, passion, desire in our bodies. All these things ...
Exploring the Indigenous Voice to Parliament
John XXIII College is hosting a panel discussion on the Voice to Parliament ahead of the upcoming national referendum. The event offers the College community and the wider public the chance ...
4 Sunday of Easter Homily
What does fullness of life look like? Perhaps we recognise it when we see it in someone. For every person it will look different for we are, each of us, ...
ANZAC day homily
Where is the peace of which the readings speak? The peace which Christ brings, the peace which the gift of his Spirit. War is the antithesis of peace. Our nation ...
Second Sunday of Easter homily
‘You must be the only stranger in Jerusalem who does not know what has been happening there these last few days.’ He says to the one person who not only truly ...
Sunday homily
When you hear the word, ‘lamb’, what comes to mind? Fluffy white creatures gambolling in the spring sunshine? Dinner? Both? Those clever ads from Meat and Livestock Australia? We are used ...