Mission Statement
At the Cathedral of St Stephen,
the Guides and Welcomers serve as the face of our sacred place.
We are committed to providing insightful information and aim to ensure that every visit is meaningful and memorable.
the Guides and Welcomers serve as the face of our sacred place.
We are committed to providing insightful information and aim to ensure that every visit is meaningful and memorable.
Congratulations to our Graduates
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The first graduates for 2025 were presented with their badges and lanyards by Fr Anthony Mellor today following their completion of the training program.
We welcome Anastasia Clarke, Louise Fiumara, Lynne Rogers, Kathy Minano, Annie Kenny and Peter Clarke (absent today due to work commitments) to the Cathedral of St Stephen Guides and Welcomers. Congratulations and we look forward to you joining us in this ministry. Thank you to Anne George and the Education Team for their leadership and support of our new members during the training program. |
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𝐇𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐦𝐮𝐬 𝐏𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐦 — 𝐖𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐏𝐨𝐩𝐞!
𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐯𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐥 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞 “𝐋𝐞𝐨”. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐬.
𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐥𝐲, 𝐏𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐨 𝐗𝐈𝐕 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲. 𝐑𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐬 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐬𝐭, 𝟔𝟗, 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟐𝟔𝟔𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐭. 𝐏𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫. 𝐁𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐠𝐨, 𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐨𝐩𝐞, 𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐋𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐮, 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞. 𝐈𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑, 𝐏𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐑𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐁𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐋𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚. 𝐏𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐨 𝐗𝐈𝐕 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐬 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡, 𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡, 𝐈𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐞.
𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞 “𝐋𝐞𝐨” 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐲𝐛𝐞 𝐚 𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞.
𝐏𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 (𝐝.𝟒𝟔𝟏) 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐡’𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐜𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐥𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐩𝐡𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐞, “𝐏𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐋𝐞𝐨”, 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐜𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐧. 𝐏𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐨 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐞-𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬.
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐏𝐨𝐩𝐞’𝐬 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐫, 𝐋𝐞𝐨 𝐗𝐈𝐈𝐈 (𝐝.𝟏𝟗𝟎𝟑) 𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐫𝐮𝐦 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐫𝐮𝐦 (𝟏𝟖𝟗𝟏) 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐭 𝐚 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲. 𝐏𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐨 𝐗𝐈𝐈𝐈 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐤𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬’ 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬. 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐮𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐋𝐞𝐨 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐢𝐯𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭.
𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐝𝐥𝐲, 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐋𝐞𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐭. 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞, 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐫.
𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐬, 𝐋𝐞𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐚 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐚𝐥 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐭. 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐢.
“𝐋𝐞𝐨” 𝐢𝐬 𝐋𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 “𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧”, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐏𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐨 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭:
“𝐏𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮!”
𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐮𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐦.
Archbishop Coleridge will celebrate a Mass of Thanksgiving for Pope Leo XIV at the Cathedral on Saturday 18th May at 1130am. All are welcome.
𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐥𝐲, 𝐏𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐨 𝐗𝐈𝐕 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲. 𝐑𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐬 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐬𝐭, 𝟔𝟗, 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟐𝟔𝟔𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐭. 𝐏𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫. 𝐁𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐠𝐨, 𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐨𝐩𝐞, 𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐋𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐮, 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞. 𝐈𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑, 𝐏𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐑𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐁𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐋𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚. 𝐏𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐨 𝐗𝐈𝐕 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐬 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡, 𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡, 𝐈𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐞.
𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞 “𝐋𝐞𝐨” 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐲𝐛𝐞 𝐚 𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞.
𝐏𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 (𝐝.𝟒𝟔𝟏) 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐡’𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐜𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐥𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐩𝐡𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐞, “𝐏𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐋𝐞𝐨”, 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐜𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐧. 𝐏𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐨 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐞-𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬.
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐏𝐨𝐩𝐞’𝐬 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐫, 𝐋𝐞𝐨 𝐗𝐈𝐈𝐈 (𝐝.𝟏𝟗𝟎𝟑) 𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐫𝐮𝐦 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐫𝐮𝐦 (𝟏𝟖𝟗𝟏) 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐭 𝐚 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲. 𝐏𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐨 𝐗𝐈𝐈𝐈 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐤𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬’ 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬. 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐮𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐋𝐞𝐨 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐢𝐯𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭.
𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐝𝐥𝐲, 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐋𝐞𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐭. 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞, 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐫.
𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐬, 𝐋𝐞𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐚 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐚𝐥 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐭. 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐢.
“𝐋𝐞𝐨” 𝐢𝐬 𝐋𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 “𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧”, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐏𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐨 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭:
“𝐏𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮!”
𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐮𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐦.
Archbishop Coleridge will celebrate a Mass of Thanksgiving for Pope Leo XIV at the Cathedral on Saturday 18th May at 1130am. All are welcome.
DO YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO JOIN US AS A GUIDE OR WELCOMER?
As you know being a Guide and Welcomer is a wonderfully rewarding and enriching experience. If you know someone who may be interested in joining the Cathedral Guides or Welcomers, they may register their interest by emailing C[email protected] or by completing an Enquiry Form, by clicking on the link below.
As you know being a Guide and Welcomer is a wonderfully rewarding and enriching experience. If you know someone who may be interested in joining the Cathedral Guides or Welcomers, they may register their interest by emailing C[email protected] or by completing an Enquiry Form, by clicking on the link below.
The next Training Program commences with the Information Day on Thursday, 10 July 2025.
