School Voices
May 26, 2023 - by CBD Parish
To celebrate Mother’s Day, Our Lady of Good Counsel School held their annual Mother’s Day Breakfast. It was a wonderful way to honour all the mothers in the school community…
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From the Parish House
May 26, 2023 - by CBD Parish
The Feast of Pentecost has arrived and the Gospel we listen to this weekend will tell us that the first call of the Christian community is to reconciliation. The Gospel…
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Homily for the Feast of the Ascension
May 19, 2023 - by CBD Parish
The Feast of the Ascension Get on with it! We have all said it. Parents have said it to their children when the young person is…
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Unsettling The Dust
May 19, 2023 - by CBD Parish
I have had the lovely opportunity to travel recently. On my way home, I stopped for a few days in Rome. And late one afternoon after an enjoyable…
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Understanding our Faith
May 19, 2023 - by CBD Parish
Catechumenate for Contemporary Adults The formal name for the catechumenate is ‘The Rite for the Christian Initiation of Adults’. The rite deliberately envisions what it is…
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May 19, 2023 - by CBD Parish
This weekend we celebrate the Feast of the Ascension and the Church gives us the text from Matthew’s Gospel often known as the Great Commission. Matthew 28:16-20 finishes with the…
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School Voices
May 19, 2023 - by CBD Parish
Congratulations are in order for the Year 5/6 students of Our Holy Redeemer Primary School who presented the Passion Play to the school community on the second last…
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May 12, 2023 - by CBD Parish
We follow the early church in the Acts of the Apostles as they deal with the many issues of a growing Christian population. One of the issues is about whether…
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May 12, 2023 - by CBD Parish
The Easter season is replete with Gospel accounts of communities grappling with the fact that Jesus is no longer physically among them and yet they are aware of his presence. …
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May 12, 2023 - by CBD Parish
Catechumenate – Becoming a Catholic The Catechumenate or the way of becoming a Catholic that is proposed by the Church today takes at least a year. …
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