St Dominic's Parish was pleased to welcome the Most Reverend Anthony Fisher, OP to give the first Dominic Oration, as part of our centenary celebration. The Dominic Oration is an annual public lecture on parish life. The topic was: What is the mission of a Dominican Parish? Archbishop Fisher is a Dominican friar and son of the Assumption Province. He holds degrees in Arts, Laws, Theology, and a doctoral degree in bioethics at the University of Oxford. Ordained in 1991, he

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