February 08, 2022
In March 2020, Pope Francis announced that the theme for the XVI Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops in October 2023 would be “For a Synodal Church: Communion, Participation and Mission”.
February 01, 2022
This first day of February marks the beginning of my work year in the Diocese. We are still living in uncertain times, and I am conscious that many are feeling the anxiety, stress and strain of the past two years.
November 23, 2021
I take up my usual posture on this very wet Sunday evening, having returned home from Mass on the feast of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe.
November 16, 2021
It is difficult to know how to begin this week’s message, with the news of the death of Bishop Bill Wright. Like me, many of you may have been thinking of him and holding him in prayer over the past few months, but nothing prepares you for the finality of someone not being there anymore. I have been struck lately by his empty chair in our Cathedral, and now it is really empty as we await a new Bishop.
November 09, 2021
According to St Ambrose, ‘God does not consider what one gives but what one keeps.’ Could it be that we give too little and keep too much?
November 02, 2021
By the time you read this message it will be the 2nd of November, towards the end of All Souls Day and we will also have celebrated All Saints Day (1 November).
