From the Parish House
September 30, 2022 - by CBD Parish
Increase our faith! This is the request of the disciples in today’s Gospel. It is interesting how human beings seem to desire an increase in so many things in life. …
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From the Parish House
September 23, 2022 - by CBD Parish
Last Friday evening parishioners from across Camberwell, Balwyn Deepdene and Surrey Hills Wattle Park, gathered at Our Lady of Good Counsel Church, Deepdene to celebrate a farewell Mass for Fr…
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September 16, 2022 - by CBD Parish
These days much of our mail arrives via email. On the whole I find this a good thing. It is immediate and convenient and I guess it must save a…
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September 9, 2022 - by CBD Parish
The world is full of the news of the death of Queen Elizabeth II. By any standard Queen Elizabeth was an extraordinary woman with an incredible sense of duty and…
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Homily – 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (C)
September 2, 2022 - by CBD Parish
All who do not renounce their possessions cannot be my disciples. Do you know what you are doing? Can you remember: the day you got married,…
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September 2, 2022 - by CBD Parish
I remember one weekday morning being unusually late leaving home to get to morning Mass and being unprepared. I arrived in the sacristy and hurriedly vested for Mass. As I…
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August 26, 2022 - by Brendan Reed
When someone invites you to a wedding feast, do not take your seat in the place of honour. Luke 14:1.7-14 Seating guests at a special event is not always easy. …
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August 19, 2022 - by Brendan Reed
Mum, why don’t the Smith’s go to Mass? They’re not Catholic. Will they go to heaven? I feel uncomfortable when I think about it now – almost embarrassed. But that…
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August 12, 2022 - by CBD Parish
When I was a young boy, I can remember Auntie Maude saying from time to time, “do you think you’ll be a priest?” For a young Catholic boy, it wasn’t…
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August 12, 2022 - by CBD Parish
I am not here to bring peace, but rather division (Luke 12:49-53) This is the most shocking gospel passage that our ears could hear. Don’t we work hard at our…
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