VICTORIA’S Annual March for the Babies assembles in the Treasury Gardens, corner Spring St and Wellington Parade at 1pm Saturday October 13. The march concludes with speeches in front of Parliament House commemorating the 100,000 Australian lives a year that are lost through abortion in our country.

Tuesdays October 16 & 23, 7pm – 9pm Catholic Leadership Centre, East Melbourne CALLING all parish and school liturgy teams to save-the-date for the forthcoming Advent/Christmas planning seminars to take place over two weeks in October. On Tuesday October 16, an overview of the Gospel of Luke (Year C of the liturgical cycle) will be […]

Tuesday October 30, 6.30pm – 8.30pm State Library Victoria AN invitation from the Archbishop’s Office for Evangelisation to the final in the Sparks of Beauty series for 2018. Join for a conversation with best-selling Australian author Michael McGirr on “The Stories that Make Us” Details: Suzanne Hermon by phone 9926 5761 or via email: evangelisation@cam.org.au

CAMPION Centre of Ignatian Spirituality invites you to Come & See on Sunday, October 7 from 10am to 3 pm at the Campion Centre, 99 Studley Park Rd, Kew. Cost is $25 which includes lunch and morning tea.  For further information, contact 9854 8110 or email secretary@campion.asn.au.  Online bookings at www.campion.asn.au/bookings

SISTERS of St Peter Claver are holding the annual mission fair on Saturday October 13, at 154 Cotham Road, Kew from 9am to 3pm. Proceeds go towards supporting the Missionary work of the Sisters in particular children’s education and health.

COMMEMORATING the 50th anniversary of Saint Padre Pio’s death, some of his relics will be in Melbourne on Sunday September 30 at St Anthony’s Shrine, Power Street, Hawthorn. Veneration will take place before and after the 10.30am Italian Mass and noon English Mass and in the afternoon from 3 to 5pm. A special ‘Healing Mass’ […]

Tuesday 18 September, 12.30pm. LED by Bishop Mark Edwards OMI, Walk of Witness will commence in Federation Square with the Parable of the Good Samaritan and proceed to the steps of the Victorian Parliament and then on to St Patrick’s Cathedral, where Bishop Mark will officially launch the 2018–2019 Social Justice Statement of the Australian […]

GET involved in various parish ministries. We need more of Lectors;  Greeters;  Counters;  Cleaners (Church and/or Garden);  Minister of Holy Communion (Mass and/or Sick). Training will be held for current and new Lectors and Ministers of Holy Communion on Tuesday October 9 at 7pm in the church narthex. If you would like to join any […]

Saturday 25 August, 3–5pm, St Clement of Rome parish, Bulleen This workshop, to be conducted by the liturgist, composer and musician Br Michael Henry, is for singers, musicians and anyone interested in sacred music and its role in the Church. Cost: Donation. Bookings and details: 9850 3262 or cecilia.tan@cam.org.au

Sunday 2 September, 3.30–7pm. Sacred Heart Church, Cnr Rathdowne and Pelham Streets, Carlton. Celebrated by Bishop Terence Curtin, this Mass for healing, will offer prayers for all fathers and all those present for healing from addictions, anger, violence and any other needs.