Remembrance Day Observations
November 12, 2021 - by Brendan Reed
November is a month of remembrance in many ways. At the beginning of November we celebrate All Saints Day and All Souls Day and commemorate both the giant figures of…
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Saints Alive!
November 5, 2021 - by CBD Parish
“May God protect me from gloomy saints.” St. Teresa of Avila My childhood piety was of the unquestioning kind, seasoned by the rhythm of the rosary, the regular confession…
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Feast of Saint Francis of Assisi
October 1, 2021 - by CBD Parish
Saint Francis was born in 1181 and died in1226. He was a saint who began and really defined a new era in the life of the Church. We have probably…
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Feast of Saint Gregory the Great
August 27, 2021 - by CBD Parish
On Friday, 3 September we celebrate the feast of Saint Gregory the Great. The title ‘the Great’ is given to very few people and only usually to two Popes –…
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Feast of St Mary Mackillop
August 6, 2021 - by Brendan Reed
I was lucky enough to be in Rome in 2010 when Mary Mackillop was canonised. It was October, and St Peter’s Square was full of Australian accents and excited pilgrims…
Faith Reflections Parish Priest Saints
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July 30, 2021 - by CBD Parish
We must teach more by example than by word. Mary MacKillop. In much of my incidental reading around the subject I have frequently come across the phrase…
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The Feast of Martha, Mary and Lazarus
July 23, 2021 - by CBD Parish
Up until this year, the Feast of St Mary Magdalen and the Feast of St Martha followed each other one week apart, so Magdalen on 22 July and Martha on…
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Feast of St Mary Magdalene
July 16, 2021 - by CBD Parish
We celebrate the feast of Mary Magdalene on 22 July. There are three figures in the new testament who often get conflated into one: Mary Magdalene,…
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Frank’s Litany of Saints
June 25, 2021 - by CBD Parish
Saint Irenaeus of Lyon The feast of St Irenaeus of Lyon takes place on 28 June. Irenaeus lived from about 130 to 200. His…
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Feast of St Patrick
March 12, 2021 - by CBD Parish
Patrick returned to Ireland in 452 having escaped from slavery in Ireland some years beforehand. There were Christians in Ireland before his return but with his coming Christianity began to…
Archdiocese of Melbourne Saints
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