Posts Tagged: Jesus Christ
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Jan 24, 2012
No CommentsA Word for Today – Archbishop Hickey launches new weekly YouTube series
By Bridget Anna-Maria Spinks Children’s welfare, family interests and the rampant drug culture in Perth will be a few of the topics discussed by Perth Catholic Archbishop Barry Hickey in a new video series he launched on 20 January online. In an attempt to speak to the broader public, the weekly video series “A Word...
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Jan 24, 2012
No CommentsBishops’ Australia Day call for time limit on detention
Media Release 24 January, 2012 To mark Australia Day, the Catholic Bishops Commission for Justice, Ecology and Development calls upon political parties to work towards a common approach to asylum seekers, so that human beings do not become pawns in a political argument. Further, and more immediately, to honour the Australian sense of justice and...
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Dec 23, 2011
No CommentsCatholic Migrant office calls for reflection on asylum policy during the Christmas season.
Media Release, 23 December 2011 The Australian Catholic Migrant and Refugee Office today urged both political parties to show moral leadership over the Christmas period with regard to policy debates on asylum seekers and refugees. Director of the ACMRO Fr Maurizio Pettenà CS expressed the view that people seeking asylum need to be processed in...
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Dec 22, 2011
3 CommentsTrust in God, and take one day at a time – A reflection on the life of Bishop Joe
By Fr Maurizio Pettena CS Bishop Joe is still very much a holy presence in my life. I remember very vividly last year on the 23rd of December when he called me at about 10pm at night and asked me what I was doing. He said he wasn’t feeling too well. He kept feeling worse,...
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Dec 20, 2011
No CommentsHomily of Archbishop Philip Wilson at the Foundation Eucharist of the Institute of Sisters of Mercy of Australia and PNG
The Foundation Eucharist of the Institute of Sisters of Mercy of Australia and Papua New Guinea St Mary’s Cathedral, Sydney December 18, 2011 It is of great interest to me in reading about the history of the Institute of the Sisters of Mercy to discover that it was never the intention of Venerable Catherine McAuley...
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Dec 20, 2011
No CommentsThe Sisters of Mercy of Australia and PNG, Mass at St Mary’s Cathedral
On the 12th of December, 2011, the Sisters of Mercy Australia and Papua New Guinea formed one joined Congregation, which will be known as the Institute of the Sisters of Mercy of Australia and Papua New Guinea. The following clip is of highlights of the Mass which was celebrated at St Mary’s Cathedral by Cardinal...
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Dec 19, 2011
No CommentsThe Christmas story of asylum seekers
By Fr Maurizio Pettena CS Yesterday, I stood in front of the Nativity scene that is displayed in front of St Mary’s Cathedral in Sydney and considered it for a moment. The Christmas story, as always during December, is much on my mind and in my prayer this week. Even David Jones just down the...
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Dec 19, 2011
No Comments“Increase humanitarian intake to prevent future asylum tragedies” says Catholic Migrant office
Media Release 19 December, 2011 The Australian Catholic Migrant and Refugee Office (ACMRO) today expressed sorrow over the tragedy which has resulted in the deaths of a possible 160 people, mostly thought to be asylum seekers from Afghanistan and Iran. This time last year, a similar tragedy occurred when just short of safety, a boat...
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Dec 15, 2011
No CommentsA vandal at Christmas
By Bishop Greg O’Kelly This article was first published in “The Witness” of Port Pirie and is used with permission At Christmas five years ago, people entering St Francis Xavier’s Cathedral in Adelaide were shocked to discover that the nativity crib had been vandalised. Someone had urinated over the statues of Mary and Joseph, and...
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Dec 12, 2011
No CommentsBishops’ Commission for Church Ministry founds new Pastoral Council for Lay Catholics
Media Release 8 December, 2011 The Bishops Commission for Church Ministry (BCCM) has founded a new Lay Pastoral Council to develop policies for the education, formation, pastoral care and support of Lay Pastoral Ministers. The members of the newly-formed Council are: Sr Philomena Burrell (Perth); Mrs Heather Carey (Adelaide); Sr Kathy Hatherall (Brisbane); Mr Richard...