Remembering Fr Hubert Linckens MSC
October 14, 2022 - by CBD Parish
Centenary of the death of Founder of MSC Sisters – Fr Hubert Linckens MSC The bright sunshine on Saturday, 8 October 2022 added to the joy of this…
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Going on!
October 7, 2022 - by CBD Parish
What an extraordinary time it has been! We’ve witnessed the death of the Queen and the unfolding of an ancient mourning tradition. All those people marching in uniforms,…
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Ann Rennie Reflects
September 30, 2022 - by CBD Parish
Yes, the Christian idea is personal goodness, of course, but personal goodness requires that we be more than pious, more than faithful to the system, more than mere…
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Understanding Our Faith
September 16, 2022 - by CBD Parish
Fundamentalism One of the impediments to taking the gospel into the age into which we are now entering is fundamentalism. Fundamentalism is the tendency to take…
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A Day of Thanksgiving
September 16, 2022 - by CBD Parish
Sr Mary McInerney rndm reflects on her diamond jubilee, celebrated at Our Lady of Perpetual Succour on Saturday, 3 September 2022. Our Lady of Perpetual Succour…
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September 9, 2022 - by CBD Parish
Seeking the World’s Origins Today Once during a lecture I was giving, a participant asked me why the church did not produce an alternative version of the story…
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September 2, 2022 - by CBD Parish
Most Australians know Paul Kelly’s From Little Things Big Things Grow. This song had its genesis in a camping trip he took…
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September 2, 2022 - by CBD Parish
Does Vatican II Matter? Looking at the new era in which we are living and seeking a way ahead, we carry with us the documents of…
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August 26, 2022 - by CBD Parish
A couple of Saturday mornings ago, the first three items on my local news bulletin were the stabbing of an author at a literary event, life support being…
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August 26, 2022 - by CBD Parish
New Age, New Approach – the Catechumenate Last week in this series, we spoke of the new age in which we, the Church, are living. Coming…
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