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27th August 2010: New missal to be introduced in Australia from mid 2011. Read the story here.
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23rd August 2010: Historic visit of Pope Benedict XVI to U.K. in September. See here.
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22nd August 2010: Father John Kennedy's mother has been in poor health for some time. She is now seriously ill and is not expected to live for much longer. Fr John would be very grateful for everyone's prayers for a blessed and happy death.
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21st August 2010: Blessed Teresa of Calcutta (Mother Teresa) would have celebrated her 100th birthday on Thursday 26th August. See the story here.
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20th August 2010: PARISH PASTORAL COUNCIL ELECTION: Returning Officer Pip Kidd announced today that as there were only two nominations for two positions on the PPC, those two candidates are declared elected. Congratulations to those candidates: Clare Lannan and Adam Sullivan. Clare is new to the council and Adam will be in his second term.
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12th August 2010: Shelwin Fernandez and Roland Agrisola will be ordaine d as deacons for our diocese on 30th November at St Carthage's Cathedral, Lismore. Shelwin is well known in our two parishes from many visits. Let us pray for him and for Roland as they prepare for their ordination.
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12th August 2010: PAKISTAN FLOODS: Caritas Australia is calling for donations to provide desperately needed emergency relief to the 14 million people affected by flooding in Pakistan. Torrential rain has seen millions of people evacuated from the flood waters after losing everything; their house, belongings, businesses, livestock and crops. Your donation will help provide for their immediate needs including food, water and shelter.
Caritas Australia is already responding to this crisis with people on the ground delivering life saving assistance. Give generously to the Caritas Australia South Asia Floods Appeal - Pakistan. Call 1 800 024 413, donate online at www.caritas.org.au or send your donation to GPO Box 9830 in your Capital City.
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10th August 2010: The clergy of the northern region (Richmond & Tweed ) honoured Fr John Kelly on his Golden Jubilee of ordination at their quarterly meeting. A spcecial guest at the jubilee lunch was Emeritus Bishop of Lismore, Bishop John Satterthwaite. These days, Bishop John lives in Port Macquarie and helps with pastoral duties in that parish.
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3rd August 2010: Parish Pastoral Council Constitution: Whoops! We are currently preparing for the coming PPC election on the last weekend in August. Last weekend our intention was to provide you with a copy of the constitution of the PPC. Unfortunately we gave you a very early draft of that document - dated back in 2005. We are sorry for any confusion. The official constitution - which has been in force since the current council began in 2006 is available here. We will also distribute it on buff coloured paper in the bulletin this coming weekend.
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31st July 2010: Rev Father Peter Wood was ordained a priest on the e vening of 30th July in St Carthage's Cathedral Lismore. Fr Peter grew up in Lismore and attended St Carthage's Primary School and St John's College Woodlawn. He will return to the seminary until the end of the year, and then he will be appointed to a parish in the Lismore Diocese. We were very lucky to have him here for a parish placement a few years ago.
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16th July 2010: Vatican spokesman Fr Federico Lombardi explains new guidelines on serious sin: Read it here.
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16th June 2010: Pope Benedict XVI speaks about the profound nature of the Eucharist in our lives. Read about it here.
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11th June 2010: At the final Mass for the Year for Priests (2009-10) Pope Benedict XVI preached a homily based mainly on the priesthood. Read the full text here.
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3rd June 2010: A Spanish cardinal - Cardinal Antonio Canizares Llovera, prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments - "expressed sadness over the fact that often, the Mass is 'reduced to a mere banquet, a celebration of the community,” instead of Christ's sacrifice on the cross. He noted that “Worship becomes perverted when we have a celebration in which the community celebrates itself'.” Read the full story from CNA here.
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2nd June 2010: Pope Benedict is preparing for the closure of the Year for Priests. Read from CNA about what to expect here.
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2nd June 2010: Pope Benedict XVI has spoken once again aabout the relationship between faith and reason. He said "Thomas Aquinas showed that there is a natural harmony between Christian faith and reason." Read the full report from Zenit here.
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| 22nd May 2010: 2 good articles in 'The Australian' about the coming changes in the Catholic Liturgy. Read them here and here. |
| 19th May 2010: Catholic Bible search engine launched. Click here for the story and here for the website. |
| 14th May 2010: Conrad Black - convert to Catholic faith - has written of the recent media (led by New York Times) personal attacks on Pope Benedict. Read his reflective and informative article 'Benedict XVI versus the papophobes' here. |
| 14th May 2010: Assassination plot by radical Muslims against Pope Benedict XVI prevented. Read about it here. |
| 12th May 2010: Cardinal Kasper reflects on difficulty of discussion with rebel Society of St Pius X. Read it here. |
| 11th May 2010: Pope thanks priests for their loyalty and dedication in these troubled times. Read the story here. |
11th May 2010: Jewish Rabbi calls media treatment of the Catholic Church 'kangaroo journalism'. Read the full story here.
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