'As we celebrate the return from Cebu of Father Junray Rayna and Father Novelito Lim, we now also welcome them as they join Father Stephen Bolling to commence their service as newly ordained priests in our diocese.' - Bishop Leslie Tomlinson

"This Christmas let us pray earnestly that all human hearts will be liberated from false images of God. The message of Christmas is that it is only in God’s gift of his Son that we can see the truth of God." - Bishop Les Tomlinson

"May I wish every blessing to our parents, teachers, our priests and everyone in the Diocese of Sandhurst, as we move together to embrace the challenges of 2015, in care and concern for one another, in the light of our Faith!" - Bishop Les Tomlinson

"... It is the time which challenges us to open our hearts and take the journey to new life, and it is the time when we may take the opportunity to encourage in ourselves a detachment from some of the pleasures and pastimes which can dominate our daily lives." - Bishop Les Tomlinson

"The future of our Church will depend not just on individuals, bishop or priests or charismatic laymen and women, but also on new and robust communities of faith and worship.  We urgently need faith communities that embrace our young people." - Bishop Les Tomlinson

"Evangelisation is most effective when actions come first. It is said that Saint Francis of Assisi often taught the friars to ‘preach always, and sometimes use words." - Bishop Les Tomlinson

"We remember with gratitude our earlier Bishops and might reflect on the real and mysterious communion that unites us here on Earth and those who have gone before us into everlasting life." - Bishop Les Tomlinson

"There is much excitement and discussion about the recently released encyclical Laudato Si." - Bishop Les Tomlinson

"In 2015, the week beginning August 2 is Vocations Awareness Week. Catholics generally associate the word vocation with the priesthood and consecrated life.  However, some often pose the question:  what is a vocation?" - Bishop Les Tomlinson

"September and the new season of spring are often seen as a time for spring-cleaning ... Let us use this season as a time of purification and renewal of our commitment to God.

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