Tag: Ordinations

It’s time for lay people to adjust their expectations of their parish priest, says Philippa Martyr.

Ordination rates have fallen – but so have Mass-going Catholic rates, says Philippa Martyr.

“The call to holiness goes out to the whole world, and today it addresses three men from different countries, one from Poland, one from Vietnam and the other a ‘Hillsbilly’ of Sydney."

Fr Pat Hurley will celebrate the diamond anniversary of his ordination on 16 July.

Both James Tomelty and Pablo Arosemena Lozano considered becoming doctors before heeding a call to the priesthood. All are welcome to attend their ordinations to the diaconate at St Mary’s Cathedral this month.

Seven hundred Anglican priests and bishops have entered the Catholic Church since 1992, according to a recent report.

After a roasting day in the CBD, two priests from the Neocatechumenal Way were ordained in St Mary’s Cathedral by Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP.

Coming from very different backgrounds, Robert Tonkli and Philip Pham will be ordained by Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP on 19 November.

The emeritus bishop of Port Pirie,Gregory O’Kelly SJ, ordained two Jesuits in St Mary’s Church in North Sydney in early July.

After a long journey beginning as a young boy living in a seminary in Vietnam, Fr Tai Pham is the first Sydney priest to be ordained for the Archdiocese in 2025.

Another Sydneysider became a priest on Saturday, 24 May with the ordination of Arthur Escamilla in Rome for the Prelature of Opus Dei.

After years of study, two young men will be ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Daniel Meagher on 21 May.