Events
UPCOMING EVENTS FOR 2025
ANNUAL SAINT PATRICK'S DAY LUNCHEON
FOR ALUMNI OF AUSTRALIAN SEMINARIES
Thursday, 13 March 2025
Seminary of the Good Shepherd, 50-58 Abbotsford Rd, Homebush.
As is the custom, we will honour all those who are celebrating jubilees in 2025, as part of the luncheon.
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ST PATRICK'S CELEBRATION RESPONSE FORM
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ANNUAL MCGUIRE LECTURE
6 August 2025 (To be confirmed)
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TRIENNIAL MEETING OF THE MANLY UNION
30 September 2025 (To be confirmed)
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Previous Events
INAUGURAL MCGUIRE LECTURE - 6 AUGUST 2024
A tribute to the founding president of the Manly Union, Archbishop Terence McGuire, in conjunction with the ACU.
Held at the Australian Catholic University, Strathfield Campus
Speaker: Rev Dr John Hill, former president of the Catholic Institute of Sydney.
Respondent: Assoc Prof Maeve Louise Heaney VDMF, Director of the Xavier Centre for Theological Formation, ACU Brisbane
Topic ‘What sort of priest is needed in the emerging Australian Catholic Church?’
To access the Zoom recording - click the link below and enter the code when prompted:
Passcode: i6.EYNKi
St Patrick's Day Gathering
March 2024
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Congratulations to all Jubilarians.
Pro Deo et Australia
With sincere thanks to Giovanni Portelli
for the photography on the day.
Photos by Giovanni Portelli / The Catholic Weekly

See the Catholic Weekly article, Friends mark priestly milestones,
by George Al-Akiki.
by George Al-Akiki.
2023 GATHERING
St Patrick's Day Gathering
March 2023
at the Good Shepherd Seminary, NSW.
Congratulations to the Jubilarians celebrating a significant anniversary of Ordination to the Priesthood in 2023.
Some were present on the day.
Ad multos annos!
With sincere thanks to the Seminarians of SGS who captured these moments on the day.