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Category: Pastoral Messages
Listen to what the Spirit is saying
POPE Francis has approved the Australian Bishops’ decision to hold a Plenary Council in Australia in 2020 and 2021. It is a significant moment for the Church in Australia to make decisions about the future. To prepare the agenda for the Plenary Council, all God’s people are invited to reflect on the question: “What do […]
Lenten Activities
Lenten Reflection Program TO prepare for the joy of Easter a Lenten Reflection Program will be held each Tuesday (February 20, 27, March 6, 13 & 20) during Lent commencing at 7pm. The format will be: 7pm Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament with silent prayer; 7.30pm Gospel reading with reflection, evening prayer, Benediction and conclusion […]
Pope’s visit as pilgrim to share the Gospel’s message of hope and joy
ROME – Less than a week before embarking on a seven-day visit to South America, Pope Francis said he would go to Chile and Peru . “I want to meet with you, look into your eyes, see your faces and experience God’s closeness, his tenderness and mercy that embraces and consoles us,” the pope said […]
innocence betrayed by those who should have cared
ON Epiphany Sunday we hear a classic story about innocence in the midst of evil, innocence betrayed by those who should have cared. The Gospel begins by referring to the fact that a guiltless child has been born. Angels in their rapture paint the sky with song. Shepherds hear and come a-running. The star pulls […]
Ideas about how to love
IN TODAYS Second Reading, Ecclesiastics 3:3-7, 14-17 St Paul gives some ideas about how we can love each other and live in harmony: “compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience, bearing with one another and forgiving one another.” Family a good place to learn to forgive and to be forgiven. To step outside of yourself and […]
Archbishop Hart’s response to Euthanasia legislation
READ Archbishop Denis Hart’s response to the Euthanasia legislation.
Life, Family And Marriage Sunday
THROUGHOUT the Archdiocese Sunday Oct 8, is observed as Life, Marriage and Family Sunday. Available in the narthex is a booklet: Family and Faith: Enhancing the aroma and flavour of your family life. It highlights the need for family get-together, around the dinner table, where we have an opportunity to be present with each other, […]
Archbishop’s Pastoral Letter on Same Sex Marriage
READ Archbishop Denis Hart’s Pastoral Letter published August 24 on Same Sex Marriage.
Migrants and Refugees
THIS year’s theme chosen by Pope Francis is: Child Migrants, the vulnerable and voiceless”. Pope Francis said recently “I am compelled to draw attention to the reality of child migrants, especially those who are alone… they are children, they are foreigners, and they have no means to protect themselves”. Today, migration and refugees affect all […]