Hot Epiphany!
Hello from sunny, hot Sydney! On New Years Day, we went out as a house to celebrate Br. Dominic's birthday (the day is actually 28 of...
Happy, New 2018!
After the Christmas Masses, we basically crashed in terms of energy. The rest of the week was busy with the patronal feast (of our...
Merry Christmas!
Happy Christmas from Down Under, where we celebrate a day earlier than you! I just got off the phone with my siblings on the East Coast...
2017 Christmas Lights at the Cathedral of Sydney
Hot, hot, hot! Temperatures are supposed to get up to 105 on Tuesday, but thankfully the forecast for Christmas is a high of 76! God is...
Aviary Advent
Too much was going on at the parish to take off this week. But we also had a lot of avairy activity around the friary! To get to the...
Carols by Candlelight 2017
Hello! We've had a streak of humid weather. Thankfully the highs were moderate (in the low 80's). Still, it sucks all the energy out of...
Australian National Geographic Photo Exhibit
As I said last week, I went to the Australian Museum with the intention of seeing the Australian National Geographic Photo Exhibit. And I...
The Australian Museum, Sydney
Here's another "never been": The Australian Museum. It's located downtown, so I jumped on the bus, swung by my favorite bookstore...
At Last…the Toronga Zoo, Sydney!
One of the glaring omissions in my tour of Sydney is a visit to Toronga Zoo, on the north side of the harbor. Last Thursday, one of our...
Sculptures by the Sea 2017
This past Thursday was the only day this week that the weather was forecast to be decent so I headed to Bondi. I had wanted to take my...
