21st January 2010:  Haiti tragedy:  We are all praying for the Haitian people  in their time of tragedy.  Caritas Australia (Catholic welfare) has provided us with some details.  See them here (pdf).  You can go to the Caritas website here to make a donation.

29th October 2009: In the two parish bulletins for this coming weekend (All Saints - 1st Nov) I listed some Catholic news sites which might be of interest to you. I am re-printing them here so you can simply click on the links to view those sites. The following is taken from the bulletins: Every Sunday we have two Catholic newspapers (from Sydney and Brisbane) on sale after Mass. Most of us are online (or someone in our family is) and there are many excellent sources of church related news and news of social justice issues available for free online. Here is a sample of what’s available: http://www.vatican.va/news_services/or/or_eng/index.html (latest news from Vatican) http://www.zenit.org/index.php?l=english (authentic news from Rome) http://www.youtube.com/vatican (Vatican channel on YouTube) http://212.77.1.245/news_services/press/vis/englinde.php#start (Vat. News service) The following are from other news sources: http://www.catholic.org.au/ (main portal - Australian Church) http://www.cathnews.com/ (Australian source) http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/ http://www.catholicnews.com/ http://www.asianews.it/index.php?l=en&size= http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/ http://cathnewsusa.com/ http://www.catholic.org/ http://www.catholic.org.au/ (main gateway Australian Church) You might like to check some or all of these sources and bookmark them if you find them helpful. We should all keep up with what’s happening in church and church related circles, especially now that it’s so easy and while it’s all still free.

1st August 2009: Tomorrow, following the 10.15 am Baptisms I begin my 2009 annual holidays. I'll have the usual time for our diocese - three weeks and five and a half days. While I'm away Fr Colin Reinhard will look after things here. Fr John Kelly will help him. Sr Kathryn Sweeney will also be here of course. See you in a few weeks.

13th May 2009: Pope Benedict's pilgrimage to the Holy Land. The pilgrimage has been very moving. It is important for us all to be aware of the anti-Church bias of many in the secular news media. There are first class Church-based news sources that tell us what is really happening. e.g.: Vatican news: http://212.77.1.245/news_services/press/vis/englinde.php#start Zenit: http://www.zenit.org/index.php?l=english

See an archive of notes from months going back to June 2007 on the following pages.