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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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Lenten Thoughts

Three Models On the third, fourth and fifth Sundays of Lent in Year A of the Lectionary (that is the book of readings for Mass), we are presented with three…
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Homily

Homily – Third Sunday of Lent (A)

Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults – First Scrutiny We are entering the Third Sunday of Lent.  The Gospel readings in Year A for the last three weeks of Lent…
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Melbourne Archbishop convokes a Synod

On the third Sunday of Lent (8 March 2026), Archbishop Peter A Comensoli will formally convoke a Synod for the Archdiocese of Melbourne. The synod calls the Melbourne Church to…
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Sandy Curnow

Sandy Curnow Reflection

The Ways we Share Not many people noticed it at the time, but a couple of weeks ago, Ramadan, Lent and the Lunar New Year all began within a few…
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Lenten Thoughts

Lent is not ‘Ordinary Time’! To say that Lent is not ‘Ordinary Time’ is true of the liturgy.  It is an intensive time of our Christian year!  It is not…
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A Tour through the Mass!

The Penitential Act There are three forms of the Act of Penance at the beginning of Mass.  Each of them involves an invitation by the priest to acknowledge our sinfulness…
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