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From the Parish House

This weeks From the Parish House comes all the way from New York City, where I am currently spending a few weeks with my sister, Angela.  Angela is living and working…
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From the Parish House

This week we celebrate the feast of Corpus Christi, the Body of Christ.  St Paul reminds us that we use this term in at least two ways.  We talk about…
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Easter Season Homily

Homily – Pentecost Sunday 2024

It’s almost one hundred days since we began the journey to Pentecost.  To be precise, it was ninety-six days ago that we stopped and covered our heads in Ashes.  Ash…
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Homily

Homily – Second Sunday of Lent (B)

Today is the second Sunday of Lent (year B), and the gospel passage we listen to is that of the Transfiguration.  Jesus took with him Peter and James and John…
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Homily

Opening of the Parish Year – Homily

Leviticus 13:1-2. 44-46. Mark 1:40-45 Homily for the Opening of the Parish Year 11 February 2024 Leprosy must have been a terrible disease in the first century.  And indeed it…
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From the Parish House

Mark Twain famously said there are three kind of lies:  lies, damned lies and statistics.  He was probably referring to his own struggles with understanding and interpreting figures.  He was…
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From the Parish House

Do you ever reflect on how you make decisions?  We are actually making decisions all day.  We make simple and everyday decisions, like what we will wear in the morning…
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From the Parish House

The Gospel for the Feast of the Trinity begins with the words: God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son so that everyone who believes in…
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From the Parish House

Will we dare to have our feet washed? A touch stone for people who find themselves confronted with someone in need or in a conflictual situation, is to ask ‘what…
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From the Parish House

When someone invites you to a wedding feast, do not take your seat in the place of honour. Luke 14:1.7-14 Seating guests at a special event is not always easy. …
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Homily

Homily – Feast of the Trinity

Two notions of the Church have been strongly developed over the last 50 years.  The first is the understanding of the Church as the People of God.  The second is…
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We acknowledge the Traditional Owners and Custodians of Country throughout Australia and acknowledge their continuing connection to land, waters and community. We pay our respects to the people, the cultures and the Elders past and present.
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At Our Lady of Pentecost Parish we hold the care, safety and well being of children and young people as a central and fundamental responsibility of our parishes.
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