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The Australian Confraternity of Catholic Clergy
# Journal
Holding the truth in charity
As I sit down to pen these remarks, it is the Easter Octave. Most of us at this time are enjoying a break from the intensity of life following the celebration of the Sacred Triduum. The quiet gives one the opportunity to reflect a little more. In Holy Week, most of us...
Pugin: function and beauty
On July 16th 1848 Pugin with all his family and colleagues gathered for a Mass in this church, but it was no ordinary mass, it was the first High Mass in Ramsgate, indeed East Kent, since the Reformation. Pugin loved it. It’s therefore fitting that on his bicentenary...
Liturgy and evangelisation
I have no doubt that the Sacred Liturgy is dear to the heart, and central in the expression of faith and the ministry of each one present, priests and seminarians. For me this has been so from as young as I can remember: the seeds of this awareness germinating in my...
“Go out and teach”
Bishop Michael Kennedy's address after his episcopal ordination and installation My soul glorifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior.” With these words of the Blessed Virgin Mary, I give all praise and thanksgiving to God today. May God be praised for...
The voyage of ‘Tiger Lyons’
The life of Monsignor Francis Lyons Monsignor Frank (Tiger) Lyons was born in Brunswick on 20th December 1921 and on Sunday, 4 September 2011, just short of his 90th birthday, the angels ‘piped the still’ and he died peacefully at St Joseph’s Home, Northcote Victoria....
Beyond mere historical criticism
Benedict XVI & the reform of biblical exegesis The Historical-Critical method of biblical exegesis has dominated scripture study for more than a hundred years. Despite the uneasiness of many theologians, and especially the faithful, about the way this method has...
A little corner of Australia
A pilgrim’s experience of Domus Australia Perhaps it’s the tranquillity of the courtyard on sunny winter mornings, the welcoming breezes on the rooftop terrace on baking Roman afternoons or the unfailing kindness of the staff. But the Eternal City has taken on a more...
He found a city of bricks
A letter from the rector of Domus Australia As we approach the first anniversary of opening the doors for business, it is not the first time that I have reflected on what a big year it has been for all involved in the inauguration of Domus Australia. I first saw the...
Four great apologists
Fr Holden’s survey of great apologiests originally formed part of his lecture Apologetics and Evangelisation but is published here separately. The original survey also included Newman, Chesterton and Knox, who were featured in the last edition of The...