St Francis and the God of Creation
October 2, 2020 - by Brendan Reed
The fourth of October is the feast of St Francis of Assisi. We don’t celebrate it this year because it falls on a Sunday. Francis stands out as one who…
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All Creatures Great and Small
October 2, 2020 - by Brendan Reed
St Francis of Assisi is the patron saint of animals and the environment. Francis expressed his devotion to God through his love for all of God’s creation. Pets bring so much into our…
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“Ignorance of Scripture is Ignorance of Christ” – St Jerome
September 25, 2020 - by CBD Parish
Feasts of two very contrasting saints occur this coming week – St Jerome and St Therese of Lisieux. St Jerome’s feast occurs on 30 September Jerome was born in the…
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Matthew the Gospel Writer
September 18, 2020 - by CBD Parish
The feast of St Matthew is celebrated on 21 September. We know that Matthew was a tax collector (Matthew 9:9). Tax collectors or publicans, as they were called, (not to…
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Triumph of the Cross Feast Day
September 11, 2020 - by CBD Parish
A feast of Our Lord accompanied by a feast of Our Lady The Feast of the Triumph of the Cross (14 September) The origins of this feast are in…
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Choir Members Sing in Honour of Blessed Virgin Mary
September 8, 2020 - by Brendan Reed
The eighth of September marks the feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary and some of our parish cantors and choir members got together to celebrate and…
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Feast of the Nativity of Mary
September 3, 2020 - by CBD Parish
How do we celebrate birthdays? The Catholic Church celebrates this Tuesday, 8 September, the birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and this date is also traditionally fixed nine months after…
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Son and Mother – St Augustine and St Monica
August 28, 2020 - by CBD Parish
Some three or four years ago, I brought home from the Church of St Augustine in Rome images of St Monica with a prayer on the back of them for…
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Feasts of St Mary MacKillop & St Dominic
August 7, 2020 - by Trac Nguyen
This week we celebrate the Feasts of St Dominic and St Mary MacKillop. In celebrating these two saints we remember the ministry of the Dominicans and the Josephites in our…
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Feast of Saint Peter and Saint Paul
June 26, 2020 - by Brendan Reed
Some weeks of the year have fewer feasts than others. Some are laden with feasts of the great figures of our tradition. This is a week from the latter. On…
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