GOD chooses ordinary and imperfect people – mums and dads – to reveal his extraordinary love. For this reason, Pope Francis describes married couples as “living icons” of God’s creative love. This year, the Archdiocese of Melbourne’s Life, Marriage & Family Sunday takes up this idea with the theme: Living Icons – Mothers, Fathers and […]
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Anti-Poverty Week Lunchtime Conversation
Wednesday October 17, 12.30–1.30pm Cathedral Room, Cardinal Knox Centre, 383 Albert Street, East Melbourne HOW many children have to live in poverty before the Fair Work Commission takes decisive action? Sandwiches, tea and coffee provided. Bookings and enquiries: Lucia Brick on 9287 5566 or lbrick@css.org.au
Mass and prayer times for this week October 1 to 7
Monday – October 1 No Mass Tuesday – October 25 No Mass Wednesday – October 3 Mass 8.30am Meditation 9.30am Thursday October 4 No Mass Friday October 5 Mass at 8.30am Saturday October 6 Reconciliation: 5.30pm Vigil Mass: 6pm Sunday October 7 […]
Social Justice Sunday
THE Church celebrates Social Justice Sunday on this Sunday September 30th. This year’s Social Justice Statement – issued by the Australian Catholic Bishops’ Conference on this date – is called: A PLACE TO CALL HOME: Making a Home for Everyone in Our Land. Download Social Justice Statement 2018 WEB and read the statement as well […]
World Rosary Day Sunday
WORLD Rosary, started on August 15 (Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary) with a ‘54-day Novena’ that will continue until the feast of the Holy Rosary on October 7. Each nation has been asked to pray for its own intentions on the day. The Australian intentions are family, rekindling of faith and […]
Conversation With Leaders In Their Faith Communities
With Jacinta Bright And Sherene Hassan Wednesday 10 October, 7pm St Mary‘s Parish, 204 Grimshaw Street, Greensborough AT this time in our history, when society is polarised, when hatred and division permeates—fanned by ignorance, bigotry, fear and lust for power and a self- righteous claim to identity, nation, religion and gender— we need a new […]
March For The Babies
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.
Advent Listening Hearts‘: Seminars For Advent/Christmas 2018
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 […]
Sparks Of Beauty: Literature
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
Mass and prayer times for this week September 24 to 30
Monday – September 24 No Mass Tuesday – September 25 No Mass Wednesday – September 26 Mass 8.30am Meditation 9.30am Thursday September 27 No Mass Friday September 28 Mass at 8.30am Saturday September 29 Reconciliation: 5.30pm Vigil Mass: 6pm Sunday September 30 […]