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Remembrance Day Observations

Brendan Reed 12 November 2021 No Comments

November is a month of remembrance in many ways. At the beginning of November we celebrate All Saints Day and All Souls Day and commemorate both the giant figures of…

Saints Alive!

Our Lady of Pentecost 5 November 2021 2 Comments

“May God protect me from gloomy saints.” St. Teresa of Avila My childhood piety was of the unquestioning kind, seasoned by the rhythm of the rosary, the regular confession…

Feast of Saint Francis of Assisi

Our Lady of Pentecost 1 October 2021 No Comments

Saint Francis was born in 1181 and died in1226. He was a saint who began and really defined a new era in the life of the Church. We have probably…

Feast of Saint Gregory the Great

Our Lady of Pentecost 27 August 2021 No Comments

On Friday, 3 September we celebrate the feast of Saint Gregory the Great. The title ‘the Great’ is given to very few people and only usually to two Popes –…

Feast of St Mary Mackillop

Brendan Reed 6 August 2021 2 Comments

I was lucky enough to be in Rome in 2010 when Mary Mackillop was canonised. It was October, and St Peter’s Square was full of Australian accents and excited pilgrims…

We are on a mission possible!

Our Lady of Pentecost 30 July 2021 No Comments

We must teach more by example than by word. Mary MacKillop. In much of my incidental reading around the subject I have frequently come across the phrase “the mission of…

The Feast of Martha, Mary and Lazarus

Our Lady of Pentecost 23 July 2021 No Comments

Up until this year, the Feast of St Mary Magdalen and the Feast of St Martha followed each other one week apart, so Magdalen on 22 July and Martha on…

Feast of St Mary Magdalene

Our Lady of Pentecost 16 July 2021 2 Comments

We celebrate the feast of Mary Magdalene on 22 July. There are three figures in the new testament who often get conflated into one: Mary Magdalene, Mary of Bethany, the…

Frank’s Litany of Saints

Our Lady of Pentecost 25 June 2021 3 Comments

Saint Irenaeus of Lyon The feast of St Irenaeus of Lyon takes place on 28 June. Irenaeus lived from about 130 to 200. His origins were in the Eastern Church…

Feast of St Patrick

Our Lady of Pentecost 12 March 2021 1 Comment

Patrick returned to Ireland in 452 having escaped from slavery in Ireland some years beforehand. There were Christians in Ireland before his return but with his coming Christianity began to…

Figures of Advent and Christmas

Our Lady of Pentecost 18 December 2020 1 Comment

There are four figures who are particularly significant during Advent and Christmas. They sum up the season in different ways. These figures are Isaiah the prophet, John the Baptist, Joseph…

Origins of Advent and Christmas … Part 2

Frank O'Loughlin 4 December 2020 No Comments

The word Advent means Coming. Therefore, its orientation is towards the feast of Christmas. Historically Christmas preceded Advent. We have hints of the beginnings of Advent in the 300’s and…

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.

Safeguarding

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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