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Missionaries of Mercy
Lenten message
Feb 10, 2016 02:52 pm
Source: Archbishop Denis Hart, President, ACBC
Missionaries of Mercy
Dear Friends, This Lent, 2016, we are in the midst of a special Jubilee Year of Mercy. Pope Francis is calling each of us to deepen our baptismal vocation. We are being sent forth to be ‘missionaries of mercy’ in a world which desperately needs the Good News of the Gospel. As we enter into […] more
  
 
Archbishop says, change begins in the heart during Project Compassion
Feb 10, 2016 02:51 pm
Source: ACBC Media
Archbishop says, change begins in the heart during Project Compassion
On Shrove Tuesday, 9 February 2016, Archbishop of Canberra and Goulburn, Christopher Prowse, enjoyed some freshly made pancakes while launching Project Compassion at the Secretariat of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference (ACBC). The Archbishop was joined in the ACBC garden by students and staff from across the Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn who will participate […] more
  
 
Doney’s story – Learning more, creating change
Project Compassion - First Sunday of Lent
Feb 10, 2016 01:50 pm
Source: Caritas Australia
Doney’s story – Learning more, creating change
Doney (pronounced door-nee) is a quiet and humble woman, but thanks to an innovative program supported by Caritas Australia, she’s creating big changes, in her life, and in her village. Doney beams when she talks about how much her life has changed in the last five years. “My life has been transformed,” she smiles. “I am […] more
  
 
Is Sanctuary the Way to Go?
Feb 10, 2016 01:49 pm
Source: Fr Maurizio Pettenà, National Director, Australian Catholic Migrant & Refugee Office
Is Sanctuary the Way to Go?
In response to the decision of the High Court that it is legal to send and detain asylum seekers in off-shore detention places, some Christian Communities have offered the right of sanctuary in their churches, as a solution to prevent these people from being sent to Nauru. As an immediate response I wish to say […] more
  
 
New members of Youth Council commissioned
Feb 10, 2016 01:48 pm
Source: ACBC Communications
New members of Youth Council commissioned
On Friday 5 February 2016, six new members of the Australian Catholic Youth Council were commissioned during a Mass at Mary MacKillop Place, North Sydney. Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne, Mark Edwards OMI, commissioned the new members: Patrick Langrell, Mitch Firth, Cassandra Bull, Alex Pace, Shawn Torbay and David Cloran. Each one will serve a three year term on […] more
  
 
Consider purchasing Easter chocolate slavery free
Feb 10, 2016 11:26 am
Source: ACRATH
Consider purchasing Easter chocolate slavery free
‘Every person ought to have the awareness that purchasing is always a moral, and not simply an economic, act’, Pope Francis said last year. This ‘awareness’ is never more relevant than when buying chocolate writes Rosie Hoban from Australian Catholic Religious Against Trafficking in Humans (ACRATH). As consumers we have lots of chocolate choices, but the […] more
  
 
“Am I a Spiritual Person?”
Feb 08, 2016 04:55 pm
Source: Catholic Diocese of Wollongong
“Am I a Spiritual Person?”
Bishop Peter Ingham’s Lenten Message for 2016 encourages us to embrace the spiritual life this Lent, which is not for the faint-hearted! Bishop Ingham’s message begins: “When we hear stories of the Prophet Isaiah, we don’t often realise he was a well-bred young man, with every advantage in life, destined to serve in the Royal […] more
  
 
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