Tag Archives: Father David Smith

Fighting The Good Fight – The Daily Telegraph Mirror June 16th, 1994

IF THE Lord works In mysterious ways, then so do some of his messengers. Take Father David Smith. The Anglican priest Is challenging kids In the Duiwich Hill area to a five-round boxing match. If they win, he’ll shout dinner … Continue reading

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Father out to Collar Support – Glebe & Inner City News October 2nd, 1996

by Kate Woods DULWICH Hill’s Fighting Father will make his professional boxing debut next weekend to save his parish’s cash-strapped youth centre. Holy Trinity Anglican parish priest Father David Smith will become the first Australian in Holy Orders to fight … Continue reading

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Priest Challenges The Man – The Glebe & Inner Western Weekly August 2nd, 2000

Dulwich Hill priest “Fighting” Father David Smith believes he has one more good bout left in him. And the man of the cloth wants to take on The Man — Anthony Mundine — at whom he fired missives last week … Continue reading

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Right Fight – Sunday Life July 21st, 2002

THE GOLDEN RULE OF FlGHT Club is not negotiable: first night, you’ve gotta fight. That’s what Father David Smith tells his young charges when they come looking for action at the Holy Trinity youth centre in Dulwich Hill in Sydney’s … Continue reading

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Church to screen film on suicide bombers – Inner Western Suburbs Courier – 23rd May 2006

Father to air controversial film that Sydney cinemas ‘didn’t have the guts to show’. Report LAWRENCE CONWAY A controversial film about suicide bombers will be screened in Dulwich Hill over the weekend by Father David Smith of the Holy Trinity … Continue reading

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Citizen Focus: Father Dave – Marrickville Matters: December, 2007

Father David Smith Is a local icon born and bred in the area and known as the “Fighting Father” or “the boxing priest”. Father Dave is reverend at the Holy Trinity Church in Dulwich Hill and spends a lot of … Continue reading

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