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Bishop Tony Percy Thomas More Lecture 27 June 2025 The founders of Australia deliberately set out to create a free and fair country. They succeeded. Our Aboriginal brothers and sisters, the first immigrants to Australia, arrived by foot, wading across the archipelago, probably from Africa through India, most likely 60,000 years ago. Sea levels rose by 150 metres 20,000 years ago, meaning that you could no longer walk from Tasmania to Papua New Guinea. Indigenous Australians w

Saturday 19 July 2025 Human Rights Law Alliance Conference Full transcript of speech available below: The founders of Australia deliberately set out to create a free and fair country. They succeeded. We wanted a country that is free in every way: Personal freedom, freedom of association, freedom of conscience, freedom of thought, freedom of the press, economic and cultural freedom, freedom of religion, freedom of property rights. This has been our experience. We wanted a coun

200 Words: Ancient Promises, Risen Fulfilment Jesus says: You are salt of the earth and light of the world (Matthew 5). Salt preserves and gives flavour. Light penetrates darkness. Interestingly enough, Luke speaks of Jesus’ resurrection with the image of salt: Jesus presented himself as alive after his suffering by many infallible proofs, for forty days being seen by them and speaking about the kingdom of God and eating salt with them (Acts 1). So, Jesus appears to the disci

The early Church: how a persecuted people endured, multiplied, and transformed the world through faithful love and fearless sacrifice. 12 December 2025 iWitness Conference in Cobbitty, NSW Many Christians died in the Great Persecution. It ended with the Edict of Milan (313), with the emperor granting religious tolerance to all peoples. Those who died were men and women, young and old, simple and sophisticated people, bishops, priests, deacons and the baptised. It was clearly

14 September 2025 What keeps us from holiness? St John Henry Newman gave a surprising answer: not lack of faith, prayer, or effort — but lack of sympathy. In this lecture recorded at St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School, Bulli, Bishop Tony Percy dissects Newman’s sermon Christian Sympathy - showing how the Incarnation, human weakness, and the call to communion belong at the heart of Christian life. Why do we hide our struggles? How does Christ’s suffering transform our emotion

200 words: Above the Crowds - From Stone to Speech The Beatitudes begin the Sermon on the Mount. The setting is helpful: Seeing the crowds, Jesus went up the hill. There he sat down and was joined by his disciples. Then he began to speak. (Matthew 5). Moses goes up the hill. Jesus goes up the hill. Moses receives the Ten Words. Jesus gives the Eight Beatitudes. The Ten Commandments promote and protect fundamental human values. We do well to know, love and preach and teach the