Vinnies Christmas Appeal – Volunteers Reflection
December 8, 2023 - by CBD Parish
Home visitation is the core work of the St Vincent de Paul Society and is a way by which people can be supported and encouraged to take control…
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Women and Nativity
December 23, 2022 - by CBD Parish
While they were there the time came for her have her child, and she gave birth to a son, her first born. She wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid…
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December 16, 2022 - by CBD Parish
Home visitation is the core work of the St Vincent de Paul Society and is a way by which people can be supported and encouraged to…
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Understanding Our Faith – Advent III
December 9, 2022 - by CBD Parish
During Advent, old testament readings are very prominent and important. This is because the new testament sees the old testament as leading up to the coming of Jesus. …
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Understanding our Faith – Advent I
November 25, 2022 - by CBD Parish
Advent – Week One The word ‘Advent’ means ‘Coming’. It was originally used for the coming of a king or an emperor or a conqueror to…
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Sing Nowell!
November 25, 2022 - by CBD Parish
Tudor Choristers Annual Christmas Concert at the Basilica The Tudor Choristers were founded in Melbourne in 1962 and have performed for most of Australia’s leading concert…
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Advent with Pope Francis – Part Three
December 10, 2021 - by CBD Parish
I noted in the first essay that a talk delivered in October by Cardinal Luis Tagle is the inspiration for these short articles. The cardinal presents the thought of Pope…
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Communal Celebrations of Penance
December 3, 2021 - by CBD Parish
It has become customary in many parishes to have Communal Celebrations of Penance during Advent and Lent. For many people such celebrations have taken the place of going to confession…
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Homily – First Sunday in Advent, Year C
November 26, 2021 - by CBD Parish
One good thing that the modern world offers us is the ability to ascertain things. For instance, the major international news channels provide weather forecasts for the next…
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November 26, 2021 - by CBD Parish
“Oh, that you would tear the heavens open and come down! In your presence the mountains would quake … so that nations would tremble at your presence, at the unhoped for…
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