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Kate Baines 28 November 2025 No Comments

This weekend, we will officially enter into the season of Advent and begin the liturgical calendar year of 2026. Advent is the season of active waiting in joyful hope for…

From the Parish House

Kate Baines 21 November 2025 1 Comment

“Christ be our light, shine in our hearts, shine through the darkness. Christ be our light, shine in your Church, gathered today.” These words, from the chorus of the well-known…

Homily – Commemoration of all the Faithful Departed (All Souls’ Day)

Our Lady of Pentecost 31 October 2025 No Comments

Just before a parish committee meeting the other evening, one member shared that he and his entire family would go together to the cemetery this year to visit the tombs…

From the Parish House

Our Lady of Pentecost 31 October 2025 3 Comments

I wish to inform you that Archbishop Peter A Comensoli has announced a new appointment for Fr Hoang Dinh. He will become the Assistant Priest of Sacred Heart Parish, St…

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Our Lady of Pentecost 24 October 2025 1 Comment

A couple of weeks ago, I watched a special celebration, livestreamed through the media, marking the establishment of a new parish in my hometown. This newly formed parish was previously…

Homily – 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time (C)

Our Lady of Pentecost 17 October 2025 No Comments

I am particularly intrigued by the story in our first reading for this Sunday, taken from chapter seventeen of the Book of Exodus. As we know, one of the many…

From the Parish House

Our Lady of Pentecost 17 October 2025 No Comments

Dilexi Te – I Have Loved You On the feast of St Francis of Assisi, 4 October, Pope Leo XIV signed his very first Apostolic Exhortation: Dilexi Te – “I…

From the Parish House

Our Lady of Pentecost 26 September 2025 No Comments

When I was at St Bernard’s in Belmont, serving as parish priest, I had the opportunity to serve not only the parish community but also a school attached to it…

Homily – 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time (C)

Sang Ho 19 September 2025 1 Comment

This week, our first reading is an excerpt from the prophet Amos. The Book of Amos, together with that of Hosea, focuses on life in the Northern Kingdom of Israel.…

From the Parish House

Sang Ho 12 September 2025 3 Comments

Sharing in the joy of the whole Church, we welcome the two newest canonised saints – St. Pier Giorgio Frassati (1901–1925) and St. Carlo Acutis (1991–2006) – a young man…

Homily – 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (C)

Our Lady of Pentecost 5 September 2025 No Comments

When I first began learning the English language, I occasionally used the word hate. When people heard me say it, they reacted with discomfort and reminded me that it is…

From the Parish House

Our Lady of Pentecost 29 August 2025 2 Comments

Last Sunday, 24 August 2025, the Annual General Meeting for 2024 was held in the Gathering Space at Our Lady of Good Counsel Church. Around 30 parishioners attended, and we…

Acknowledgement of Country

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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