Understanding our Faith
May 26, 2023 - by CBD Parish
Catechumenate and the Parish The catechumenate is not just about believing but also about belonging. It is much more than a series of lessons about the…
Read moreCatechumenate and the Parish The catechumenate is not just about believing but also about belonging. It is much more than a series of lessons about the…
Read moreI 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…
Read moreCatechumenate 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…
Read moreCatechumenate – Becoming a Catholic The Catechumenate or the way of becoming a Catholic that is proposed by the Church today takes at least a year. …
Read moreBecoming a Catholic Many of us will remember the days when if you wished to become a Catholic, you went to one of the priests in…
Read moreWhile we seem to have progressed to become experts in so many things -multiplying and acquiring stuff we neither need nor want we have unlearned the grace of…
Read moreEach year on the fourth Sunday of Easter the Church calls us to turn our attention to vocations. This day is formally called World Day of Prayer for…
Read moreEaster – the Gift of the Spirit – Pentecost Easter and Pentecost are not two separate feasts. Pentecost complements and completes Easter. The coming…
Read moreEaster – Emmaus – Eucharist On the third Sunday of Easter in Year A (Sunday, 23 April), the readings for Mass offer us the…
Read moreI need to call it out – I am not in favour of the hot cross bun variations. Salted caramel, apple cinnamon, chocolate, sour cherry! Why mix with a tried-and-true…
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