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We are an Easter people, Alleluia is our song
Mar 29, 2016 06:09 pm
Source: Easter homilies, Archbishop Hart
We are an Easter people, Alleluia is our song
President of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, Archbishop Hart, celebrated Mass on Easter Sunday, 27 March 2016, at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Melbourne. “We are an Easter people; Alleluia is our song,” the Archbishop said. Read the Archbishop’s homily below including the homily that he preached during the Holy Saturday vigil and at the Passion on Good Friday. […] more
  
 
Protect kids from pornography
Mar 29, 2016 06:05 pm
Source: Bishops Commission for Family, Youth & Life.
Protect kids from pornography
Children have a right to be children, away from harms that can be inflicted on them by being exposed to pornography. The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference made this assertion in a submission published last week by the Senate Standing Committee on Environment and Communications. “We live in a sexualised culture where pornography has been mainstreamed. […] more
  
 
Australia’s two missionaries of mercy
Mar 29, 2016 05:58 pm
Source: By Matthew Biddle, Catholic Voice
Australia’s two missionaries of mercy
TWO Australian priests were among the 1,071 clerics from around the world commissioned by Pope Francis on February 10 as Missionaries of Mercy. Fr Richard Shortall SJ, from the Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle and Fr Simon Ckuj, a Ukrainian Catholic priest based in Sydney, will have the capacity to forgive sins during the Year of Mercy usually […] more
  
 
Mass for You at Home
Mar 29, 2016 05:30 pm
Source: By Christine Hogan, CathNews
Mass for You at Home
Going to Mass is an essential pillar of our faith. After all, it’s the command of God. The Third Commandment reads: “Remember to keep holy the Sabbath day” (Exodus 20:8). But when someone is ill, frail, elderly or isolated by circumstance or distance, or simply based in a remote parish where the priest can only visit […] more
  
 
Archbishop Hart reflects on Brussels attacks
Mar 29, 2016 05:29 pm
Source: ACBC Communications
Archbishop Hart reflects on Brussels attacks
I am deeply shocked and saddened by the events that have occurred this week in Brussels. The world looks on in disbelief at the appalling actions that have been perpetrated leaving more than 30 people dead and hundreds injured. The suffering stretches to so many more people with families, friends and entire cities affected both […] more
  
 
Journeying into the heart and mind of faith
Mar 29, 2016 04:50 pm
Source: By Aoife Connors
Journeying into the heart and mind of faith
Spiritual leadership might look different in other faiths, but it’s how we feel that’s where we find our common language, Liska Turner told those gathered for afternoon tea to celebrate ten years since the Office for the Participation of Women commenced its Young Catholic Women’s Interfaith Fellowship. The celebratory afternoon tea took place at the […] more
  
 
Easter Message from ACBC President
Mar 23, 2016 05:30 pm
Source: ACBC Communications
Easter Message from ACBC President
Take a look at this year’s Easter message from Archbishop Hart, President of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference.   more
  
 
Mercy on wheels; the journey begins
Mar 23, 2016 01:48 pm
Source: By Tracey Edstein, Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle
Official Year of Mercy logo
“It’s appropriate that Fr Richard should begin his mission on wheels here at St Joseph’s, East Maitland, because it’s where Fr John Therry began his mission back in the 1830s.” Bishop Bill Wright was speaking at the Mass during which he commissioned Fr Richard Shortall sj to begin his ‘ministry on wheels’ in the Diocese […] more
  
 
Human trafficking is the result of economic and social exclusion
Mar 17, 2016 11:55 am
Source: ACBC Communications
Human trafficking is the result of economic and social exclusion
Human trafficking and slavery is a terrible consequence of economic and social exclusion, according to a submission from Australia’s Catholic bishops to a Senate inquiry. “Exclusion is the result of a number of factors,” said Bishop Terry Brady, Chair of the Bishops Commission for Pastoral Life. “It is the result of not recognising the human […] more
  
 
Broken Bay to host PROCLAIM 2016
Mar 16, 2016 12:06 pm
Source: ACBC Communications
Broken Bay to host PROCLAIM 2016
For the first time, the Diocese of Broken Bay will host the Proclaim Conference, a national conference on parish evangelisation. PROCLAIM 2016 will run across three days from 1-3 September, 2016 at The Concourse Chatswood, in Sydney’s northern suburbs. Being held for the third time, this important initiative of the Bishops Commission for Evangelisation is […] more
  
 
Beloved Bishop Ray Benjamin dies aged 91
Mar 15, 2016 01:51 pm
Source: ACBC Communications
Beloved Bishop Ray Benjamin dies aged 91
Emeritus Bishop of Townsville, Reverend Raymond Benjamin, passed away on Monday, 7th March 2016. Fr. Michael Lowcock, Diocesan Administrator of the Diocese of Townsville, informed the Catholic community and beyond. Bishop Benjamin turned 91 on the 24th of February this year. He was born in Rockhampton in 1925 and was educated at Our Lady’s Infant […] more
  
 
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