Welcome to the digital home of The Priest, the journal of the Australian Confraternity of Catholic Clergy. Published twice a year and beautifully presented, it features news about the life of the Confraternity as well as various articles and papers presented at our Annual Conferences. Here you can find content from past editions of The Priest authored by some of the Church’s most prominent and faithful figures. Become a member of the Confraternity today to receive the latest edition of The Priest.
Doctrine
The sacredness of the Eucharist in the teachings of the Fathers of the Church
Ever since apostolic times the Church has shown deep concern to offer a type of worship which...
The Priest as Instrument of Holiness and Truth
There is a story in the life of the Holy Curé of Ars that goes like this: St Jean Marie Vianney,...
From the beginning it was not so (Mt 19:9)
Our Lord Jesus Christ, the eternal Word and the eternal Truth in person, restored the original...
Liturgy
Radical Ecumenism: a new Catholic missal
On the First Sunday of Advent this year (29 November 2015), a new Missal of the Catholic Church...
The sacredness of the Eucharist in the teachings of the Fathers of the Church
Ever since apostolic times the Church has shown deep concern to offer a type of worship which...
The hermeneutic of continuity
Fr Tim Finigan was keynote speaker at the 2013 ACCC Conference. This is the third of four...
Pastoral
Consecrated religious in Australian parish life
This paper puts together some thoughts on how we as Religious and you as diocesan priests can...
The Kerygma as the gateway to holiness
My brothers, we are all deeply aware that we are moving through a time in our society where its...
Is there a problem between pro-life activists and Catholic pastors?
Many lay people active in campaigns to limit or ban abortions, complain they are met with...
History
Habemus Papam
What a time to be in Rome! As the world was gripped by the resignation of Pope Benedict and the...
Vatican II and its Context
Fr Tim Finigan was keynote speaker at the 2013 ACCC...
Trent and Vatican II compared
Fr Tim Finigan was keynote speaker at the 2013 ACCC Conference. This is the second of four...