Welcome to this week's Caloundra Catholic Parish eNewsletter
Archbishop Mark has a message for you
There’s a lot of ugliness in the world – the ugliness of war, of child abuse, of family violence, of human trafficking and so the list could go on. In such a world, beauty is more than decoration or evasion. It’s not an escape from ugliness but a way of seeing beyond the ugliness to the beauty at the heart of all things. The death of Jesus was a very ugly affair, but many of our crosses and crucifixes are beautiful. This isn’t a denial of the ugliness of what happened but a vision of the beauty of self-sacrificing love at the heart of the crucifixion. Art is always important in the world we know. It’s powerful and necessary because it gives meaning to a world which can seem meaningless, beauty to a world which can seem relentlessly ugly. The Russian novelist Dostoyevsky wrote that “beauty will save the world”. He meant the beauty of love, which is at the heart of Easter for which we are preparing through these days of Lent.
Watch a quick summary of this week's main messages from Fr Ejikeme here.
This week Felicity, our Youth Minister, offers a reflection. Read more.
Find the weekly events by clicking the following link. Read more.
We like to highlight one news article we feel is important. Read more.
View the notices and news for the week at the following link. Read more.
Homilies of only two minutes in length by priests from across the Archdiocese of Brisbane. Watch this week's homilist here.
