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Homily

Homily – Fifth Sunday of Lent (A)

This week has been a joyful one for our community as we celebrated the Sacrament of Reconciliation with fifty-three students from our schools and parish. Through the preparation sessions, both…
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A Tour through the Mass!

The Opening Prayer of the Mass These prayers are the original element of the Introductory Rites. The first evidence for them is in the fifth century. At that time, the…
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Lenten Thoughts

Lent and Conversion Jesus calls his followers – that is us – to be converted. Conversion is an interesting word. In the Greek of the New Testament, it comes from…
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Life is changed not ended

Life is changed not ended

William (Bill) Mahoney Born 14 March 1943, Entered Eternal Life 21 November 2025   Eulogy delivered by his son Edward Mahoney at Bill’s Memorial Mass held at Our Lady of…
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Homily

Homily – Fourth Sunday of Lent (A)

Haters will say real men don’t wear pink.  But this weekend, on the 4th Sunday of Lent called Laetare Sunday, priests in the Catholic church wear the liturgical colour “rose.” …
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From the Parish House

Over the past couple of weeks, I have had the opportunity to visit a number of parishioners in our community, especially those affected by the Mass schedule changes.  I would…
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Cathy Jenkins

Busy with love

I’ve been thinking about bullies lately.  Sadly, not many of us escape life without coming up against someone who exhibits ‘bullying’ behaviours and when it does happen, it can be…
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A Tour through the Mass!

The Gloria The next step in our tour of the Mass is to look at the Gloria.  As we are all aware, we do not sing the Gloria during Lent…
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