New Parishes Pastoral Council to be commissioned After months of discernment our new combined Parishes Pastoral Council will be commissioned on Pentecost Sunday. I am pleased to announce and introduce…
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Last week I reported on the Combined Parish Meeting held on Sunday, 17 October. Today I am able to report further on some of the feedback received from those who…
Read more Last Sunday morning around ninety parishioners from across our parishes gathered together on Zoom to celebrate the Liturgy of the Word and then to participate in a Combined Parishes Meeting. …
Read more Our Parishes Road Map to Reopening It seems that everyone is talking about the various road maps to reopening. Schools, businesses, sports clubs, and the entertainment industry are all planning…
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Read more Towards a synodal church This week the long-awaited Plenary Council of the Catholic Church in Australia begins. It has been three years since the decision to hold a Plenary…
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As our Parish Communities are aware, the Melbourne Archdiocese in 2020 proposed a plan that would see the Parishes of Camberwell Deepdene, Balwyn and Surrey Hills Wattle Park come together…
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Over the past few weeks the Archdiocese of Melbourne has planted a seed. The Archbishop invited the priests of the parishes in the diocese and, separately, a representative…
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Third Sunday of Lent, Year B will be available from 5.30 pm on Saturday, 6 March. …
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Read more Parish Planning and Survey Results Parish Life is now well underway for 2021 with our Parish Councils having held their Annual Planning session on Sunday, 7 February. A…
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I have set out below some thoughts that I have about where we find our parishes at present and also where we might go in the future. I stress that…
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