"Archbishop Coleridge bears as his coat of arms his personal arms on the heraldic sinister (to the viewer’s right) impaled with the arms of the Archdiocese of Brisbane on the dexter and ensigned with the green galero (Roman hat) with ten fiocci (tassels) on each side to form a composite coat of arms which says, in the language of heraldry, Mark Coleridge, Archbishop of Brisbane.Brisbane is blessed indeed!
The arms of the Archdiocese of Brisbane derive from the arms of Governor Sir Thomas Brisbane, Baronet after whom the city and the Archdiocese take their name.The Archdiocesan arms are blazoned on a black field a chevron with a double line of alternating gold and red squares between, at the top, two gold plates representing stones, the instruments of martyrdom of Saint Stephen, Patron of the Cathedral, and, in base, the martyr’s palm of victory in gold.The Archbishop adopted personal arms when he was appointed as Auxiliary of Melbourne. He altered them slightly as Archbishop of Canberra and Goulburn and has again altered them slightly on becoming Archbishop of Brisbane to achieve a more harmonious design when impaled with the arms of the Archdiocese.The Archbishop’s personal arms are blazoned on a silver field, four red bends and on a celeste blue band at the top of the shield a gold Lion of Saint Mark.The green galero with ten fiocci on each side is the traditional distinguishing feature of the arms of an Archbishop.The double transverse cross is the processional cross, an heraldic entitlement of an Archbishop."(The arms were designed by Richard d’Apice AM KCSG and Fr. Guy Selvester and illustrated by Sandy Turnbull.)
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The Most Reverend Massimo Palombella, Maestro di
Cappella Sistina, is greeted by the Most Reverend Vincent Nichols,
Archbishop of Westminster
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"Mgr Massimo Palombella [present director of the Cappella Sistina] addressed those present – the Cathedral was packed and many had to stand throughout the concert. After praising Westminster Cathedral Choir and its director, Martin Baker, Mgr Palombella said that the Pope desired a greater collaboration between his choir and the choirs of Westminster Cathedral and Westminster Abbey. It seems that the Holy Father had been impressed by the music he had heard in London during the 2010 Papal visit. In fact, Palombella went on to say, through an interpreter - Richard Rouse, who organised last year’s bloggers conference at the Vatican - that the Holy Father had “pushed” the Sistine Chapel Choir to collaborate with the English choirs. He also said that the Pope had expressed a desire to see ecclesiastical music used as a means of fostering true ecumenical ventures – Benedict XVI has invited Westminster Abbey Choir to sing during the Papal Liturgies for this year's Feast of St Peter and St Paul."Will there be a video to follow?
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| View of Cathedral bell tower from near Buck House |