2017 Red Mass Homily
Not far from the Law Courts Building on Macquarie Street is the Colonial Secretary’s Building. Many of you know it. While crossing at the corner of Macquarie and Bridge you might have caught a glimpse of the three statues that grace the corner of the building. In ascending order – and it is important to …
2016 Patronal Feast Day Homily
I’m sure many of you have visited the Frick Gallery in New York, where Hans Holbein’s two portraits hang on the same wall – Thomas Cromwell and Thomas More, whose execution Cromwell engineered for King Henry VIII 1535. All of the hierarchy but St John Fisher, showed the sterling lack of courage of Captain Jack …
Homily for Red Mass 2015
Just before Christmas, only a few hundred metres from this cathedral and even closer to our legal precinct, a man who styled himself ‘Sheik’ Man Haron Monis held a café full of staff and customers hostage for hours, terrorizing them and our city, until it ended with three dead. One was a member of the …
Feast of St Thomas More, St Mary’s Cathedral Sydney, 25 June 2014
It is a great honour to be able to preside at this Mass with you as we honour the memory of St Thomas More and pray for the repose of the souls of the deceased members of our society. There is much that can be said about St Thomas More. In looking for “the angle” …
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St Thomas More in the Tower of London
In London, the headless body of St Thomas More lies beneath the Church of St Peter ad Vincula (St Peter in Chains) within the Tower of London. It is really a collection of buildings. But there, St Thomas was imprisoned from 1534 until 6 July 1535 when he was executed. He remained Henry’s loyal servant, …
The 2014 Annual Lenten Retreat
The Annual Lenten Retreat of the St Thomas More Society (with the Catenian Association) took place on 8 March 2014 at St Dominic’s Catholic Church, Flemington. It is possible to offer frequent and fervent prayer, even at the market place or strolling alone! It is possible also in one’s place of business, while buying or …
Book Review: Sheehan’s Apologetics
Apologetics and Catholic Doctrine, by Archbishop Michael Sheehan, was first published in two volumes in 1918 by M.H. Gill & Son, Dublin. It was a classic high school text in several countries for over forty years, and sold well over 450,000 copies. Now in its 7th edition, this venerable tome has been ably revised by …
Cradio interview with Michael McAuley
Cradio is Australia’s new Catholic media service, providing free access to a growing variety of Catholic programs, talks and music. Cradio recently spoke to St Thomas More Society President Michael McAuley who shared his insights into the links between Christianity and the practice of law. Listen below or visit the Cradio website for more information.