THE Jubilee Year of Mercy started on December 8, feast of the Immaculate Conception. A Vigil for Peace was celebrated in the parish on Wednesday December 9 to begin the […]
Category: Pastoral Messages
Islam, Catholicism And The Enlightenment
TONY Abbott criticised Islam for the fact that it had not had a Reformation or Enlightenment and was, as a result, in a kind of cultural Dark Ages. Kristina Keneally, […]
Islam And Mercy
THERE has been a good deal of negative press for Islam – violence, terrorism and black flags. What is not widely appreciated, especially in the Jubilee Year of Mercy, is […]
Homily Notes Second Sunday of Advent
Second Sunday of Advent – Year C December 6, 2015 This Sunday falls close to the Feast of the Immaculate Conception (Tuesday Dec 8). It also corresponds to dark days […]
What kind of Christmas?
WALKING the city of Melbourne, or any Australian shopping mall, is an eye opener. Mostly gone are the cribs, Mary and Joseph. Wise Men and animals. Replacing them we have […]
Reflection on the Year of Mercy
ON Tuesday December 8, our Jubilee Year of Mercy commences. As we turn our spiritual attention towards that, we become aware that we are being invited on a journey. In […]
Justice & Healing Council – Royal Commission Update
WE are right in the middle of the latest public hearing of the child sex abuse Royal Commission. The examination of paedophile priests in the Melbourne Archdiocese has almost finished […]
Jubilee Year of Mercy
December 8, 2015 to November 20, 2016 THE Year of Mercy logo and motto together provide a fitting summary of what the Jubilee Year is all about. The motto – […]
Pope Francis On The Christian Person
REPRESENTED in the cupola (small dome shaped structure) of this most beautiful Cathedral is the universal judgement. Jesus, our light, is at the centre. The inscription that one reads at […]
Theology Corner
THIS is for those who have a background or who read in theology. It concerns the recent Synod of Bishops on the Family. This “synodal process” as defined by Pope […]