BAYSIDE CATHOLIC MISSION COMMUNITY LUNCH
26 November, 2023, 12 noon - 1:30pm St Joan of Arc School Hall
$30 per person for a 2 course (Main and Desert) hot buffet sit-down lunch, BYO drinks ,glasses provided
Please use the Trybooking website to make a booking – as there are a limited number of seats available, please
Book now: https://www.trybooking.com/1127382
For those who prefer to make a booking in person, members of the Fellowship Team will be available to register your booking after all weekend Masses on 4th/5th November and 11th/12th November 2023.
Looking forward to seeing you there!
Contact: Jacinta D’Souza 0478 029 447
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Melbourne Archdiocese Information |
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FEATURED ARTICLELetting reason be itself: faith and reason in Pope Benedict XVIOne of the enduring aspects of Pope Benedict XVI’s legacy will be the deep thinking he did on issues of faith and reason, says Melbourne priest Fr Jerome Santamaria. Recognising how both faith and reason can be distorted when pitted against each other, Fr Jerome says that Benedict sought to ‘restore reason to its true glory’ against ideologies that would diminish it.
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THE RIGHT TO LIFE AUSTRALIA INC. CONFERENCE & DINNER 2023 The Right to Life Australia Inc. National Conference to be held on 11 November 2023 will bring together eminent medical and associated professionals who stand to uphold the dignity of human life - protecting the unborn child or those at risk from the dangers of euthanasia in this country. Guest Speaker - Conference Dinner Professor Margaret Somerville AM, DSG, FRSC, FRSN, DCL - Professor of Bioethics, Affiliate of the Institute for Ethics and Society, University of Notre Dame Australia "Living with Euthanasia" Phone: (03) 9385 0100 Email: rtl@rtlaust.com https://righttolife.com.au/conference-2023 |
Beauty, Art and the Cult of Ugliness with Fr Francis Denton Should Christians really care about beauty or art? Aren't there more pressing moral issues for our culture to contend with than the plague of ugliness we see around us? Fr Francis Denton will put forward the case for the absolute necessity of beauty in the work of restoring an authentically Christian culture. He will explore the oftentimes controversial role of art in the history of the Church and examine the causal link between the decline in the Catholic arts and the collapse of Christian culture in the west. Not convinced? Come along and find out!Fr Francis Denton is currently serving as the parish priest of St Patrick's Lilydale. He has a major in Art History from the University of Melbourne and is an amateur artist and iconographer. Topic: Beauty, Art and the Cult of Ugliness Speaker: Fr Francis Denton Date: Monday 13th November Time: 6.30pm dinner available for purchase, 7.30pm for the talk Cost: Free (donations gratefully accepted) Venue: Notting Hill Hotel (Steakhouse Room), 260-262 Ferntree Gully Rd, Notting Hill, VIC Register: Godandbeer.com.au |
Pope Francis and Vatican News |
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FEATURED ARTICLEMeet the Aussie Laywoman at the Synod on SynodalityBoth a philosopher with a focus on womanhood and a mother of five, Renee Köhler-Ryan has emerged as a compelling synodal voice for the Church’s understanding of women, grounded in both her experience and her expertise.
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Catholicism Around The World |
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1.4 million Catholics with their leaders, some walking for many kilometres, to pray, sing, dance and celebrate Mass. No, it wasn’t Lisbon for World Youth Day, but Uganda, for the feast of St Charles Lwanga and his 12 companions. READ HERE |
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