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Sunday Mass – The Baptism of the Lord

Trac Nguyen 8 January 2021 No Comments

The Baptism of the Lord Mass will be available at 5.30 pm

Congratulations to Year 12 of 2020

Brendan Reed 2 January 2021 No Comments

Congratulations to all the year 12 students across our parishes. It has been an incredible year and it is great to see that so many of you not only survived…

Homily for the Feast of the Epiphany

Brendan Reed 2 January 2021 No Comments

Interest in Jesus? Today’s feast makes me stop and think. It is the feat of the Epiphany – the feast which marks the coming of the Magi to Bethlehem to…

Family Traditions for Advent and Christmas

Our Lady of Pentecost 4 December 2020 No Comments

Members from the Children’s Liturgy group at Surrey Hills Wattle Park Parish share some of their family traditions and preparations during the Advent Season… Advent comes from the Latin meaning…

Feast of St Columban

Frank O'Loughlin 20 November 2020 2 Comments

St Columban (543-615) Columban is the most outstanding and well known of the very numerous Irish missionaries who left Ireland to be missionaries in Europe. They called this exile from…

Annual Remembrance Mass

Tricia Norman 30 October 2020 No Comments

November is traditionally the month of remembrance in the Catholic Church where we are given the opportunity to reflect and pray for those who are no longer with us. We…

Saints recognise God given dignity

Brendan Reed 30 October 2020 No Comments

Homily for All Saints Day. American Scripture scholar John Pilch, tells us that honour is a major characteristic of life in the biblical world. In fact, he claims, honour and…

Our communion with All Saints and All Souls

Brendan Reed 30 October 2020 No Comments

At the beginning of November, we Catholics always celebrate the related feasts of All Saints (1 November) and All Souls (2 November). In many countries with an explicitly Catholic background…

Celebrating the Feast Day of All Hallows

Kate Baines 30 October 2020 2 Comments

Our Parish of All Hallows was originally part of Our Holy Redeemer Parish, Surrey Hills. There was considerable population growth in Balwyn in the immediate post-war years and the parish…

Dialogue with Halloween

Brendan Reed 30 October 2020 No Comments

So should we celebrate Halloween? What is your family tradition? It is getting harder to avoid it as it is becoming more popular and commercialised. Our children and grandchildren seem…

From the Parish House

Brendan Reed 23 October 2020 No Comments

Great expectations are being placed on the Premier’s Sunday announcement in relation to easing of restrictions for Melbournians in the coming days and weeks. In our parishes we are preparing…

Pope Francis on Sport

Brendan Reed 23 October 2020 No Comments

Pope Francis is well known for his love of football (soccer). The feature picture of him in this story shows him holding a soccer ball in St Peter’s Square. I…

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