Pastoral Letters
Pastoral Letter - Politics in Service of Peace - 2019
A statement by the Catholic Bishops of Australia for the 2019 Federal Election has been released.
Pastoral Letter - Parliamentary Inquiry
The Bishops of Victoria together with the Leaders of Catholic Religious Australia and Catholic Religious Victoria have issued a Pastoral letter about the Parliamentary Inquiry into the handling of child abuse by religious and other non-government organisations.
Pastoral Letter: True Meaning of Marriage
The Catholic Bishops of Victoria have release a Pastoral letter in which they encourage you to respond to the on-line survey set up by the Federal Government at their website: www.aph.gov.au/marriage. The closing date for responses is Friday, 20 April 2012. The survey contains three statements with which you can agree or disagree. It then asks if you support the proposed changes to the two separate Bills, to which you answer yes or no. If you choose you can similarly answer these few questions in less than one minute. The survey also provides space (maximum of 250 words) for you to explain your views. Click here to view the
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Pastoral Letter: True Meaning of Marriage
Some points that you might like to consider including are set out here.
Items of Interest
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Mothers of Down’s syndrome children call for end to late-term abortions
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Australian High Court releases submissions for Cardinal Pell’s appeal
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California doubles down on rule forcing Catholic nuns to pay for abortion
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US Hispanic Catholics more likely to attend Mass, less likely to vote Trump
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Filipino archbishop requests abstinence from applause during Mass
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Morning Catholic must-reads: 25/02/2020
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Degree of friendship helps deepen students’ faith
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‘Nervousness’ over issue of married priests
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Tech giants invited to support ethical guidelines for AI
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Dirty work for Bangladeshi Catholics during Lent
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Greatest Christians are those with humility: Pope
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Latest media releases
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St Kevin’s principal orders checks on all private tutors
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Vinnies welcomes additional funding
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Fires, floods and Lent are inextricably linked
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Porter hits back over business and union opposition to bill
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Dioceses in northern Italy suspend Mass during coronavirus outbreak
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The perfect Fulton Sheen book for Lent
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Personal conversion needed to confront Satan’s lies, Pope says in Lent message
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Denver archbishop discusses February Pope Francis meeting
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Morning Catholic must-reads: 24/02/2020
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We try to ignore death, but we need not be afraid
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Computer programming teen Carlo Acutis to be beatified
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L’Arche reports sexual misconduct by founder Jean Vanier
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Scandal-hit Wheeling-Charleston diocese publishes audit
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Santa Fe archbishop weighs in on papal discussion of Fr James Martin
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Empowering? No – pornography is sheer exploitation
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What to expect when Vatican archives on Venerable Pope Pius XII open in March
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US bishops: Pope Francis talks Fr James Martin, euthanasia, at private meeting
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February 21, 2020 issue
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The Gospel of John has been famously described as “A magic pool in which an infant can paddle and an elephant can swim.” (Prof Frank Moloney SDB).
During Holy Week, on Easter Sunday and during the Easter Season that lead towards Pentecost, we will be listening to the Gospel of John. Composed in stages, decades after the Gospels of Mark, Matthew and Luke, for communities living far from the land where Jesus was born, the Gospel of John was written for people whose faith in Jesus was fragile but growing and others of no faith at all. Although they hadn’t seen or heard Jesus for themselves, they too were on the journey towards being his disciples.
Fr Brian Boyle is a priest of the Sandhurst Diocese. He has been trained in the interpretation of scripture and has an ongoing interest in Adult Faith Education and Faith Development. Fr Brian is author of the popular ‘A Friendly guide to the Prophets’.
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