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From the Parish House

From the Parish House

Brendan Reed 27 November 2020 1 Comment
Waiting is part of life.  And sometimes the expectation of what is to come, which accompanies our waiting, can be as good as that for which we long.  Think of…
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St Vincent de Paul Christmas Appeal

Our Lady of Pentecost 27 November 2020 No Comments
Help support families at breaking point this year Advent is the season that prepares us liturgically for the coming of the joy of Christmas.  However, Mark’s gospel paints a fairly…
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Origins of Christmas and Advent

Frank O'Loughlin 27 November 2020 1 Comment
We do not know the date of the Lord’s birth and it was not celebrated until about the fourth century.  Previously the only major feasts that were celebrated were Sunday…
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Welcoming Strangers

Our Lady of Pentecost 27 November 2020 No Comments
In his book The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse Charlie Mackesy (2019) urges us to ‘…live courageously with more kindness for yourself and for others’.  At the…
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From the Parish House

From the Parish House

Brendan Reed 20 November 2020 3 Comments
This week’s gospel presents us with the classic text from Matthew’s Gospel of the end times.  We read of the separation of the sheep and the goats.  The king says…
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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…
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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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19 Brenbeal Street, Balwyn VIC 3103
Telephone: 03 9816 9291
Email: [email protected]

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Tue - Fri 9:00am – 5:00pm

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