Vision Statement

We are:

* a welcoming community which reaches out to all
* celebrating Christ's presence
* joyfully living out our Christian calling across distance and diversity
This vision states that as a Diocese, we aim to be a welcoming, missionary, centred on Christ, and each striving to live one's particular vocation.
It is in living out our calling that we praise God, follow Christ, influence society and achieve the goal of eternal life won for us by Christ.
In the parishes we have encouraged people to measure whatever they do against this Diocesan vision.
                                                                                                                                                                                 Most Rev. Justin Bianchini, DD

Random Homilies: Year A

2nd Sunday in OT - Service

Buzzword - Service
Drought, flood and fire, Dorothy MacKellar's poetic description of the Australian cycle in her p

 
9th Sunday of OT – Sheet-anchor

Buzzword - Sheet Anchor
With many of the highlights of the Liturgical Year – Christmas, Lent, Easter, Ascension,

 
19th Sunday in OT - Trust

Buzzword -Trust
A common complaint heard these days is that it is not possible to be as trusting as in times gone by. H

 

Random Homilies: Year B

30th Sunday in OT - Blind as bats

Buzzword - "Blind as bats"
Physical blindness is universally recognised as one of the worst forms of human af

 
3rd Sunday of Advent - Shining Lights

Buzzwords - Shining Lights
The whole theme of today’s liturgy is the impact we can have on others. Few of us give

 
2nd Sunday of Lent - Highs and Lows

Buzzword - Highs & Lows!
We all have them. Do we always know how to handle them? Are we inclined to get carried awa

 

Random Homilies: Year C

Trinity Sunday - To believe or not to Believe

Buzzword - "To believe or not to Believe"
With apologies to Shakespeare! Science v Faith! Can they coexist? R

 
13th Sunday in OT - Choice
Buzzword - Choice
The crowning jewel of human thought is to be found in a person's right to choose.  However
 
4th Sunday of Advent - Coming ready or not

Buzzword "Coming ready or not"
Remember the days of playing "hide and seek", and the seeker would m