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Delayed by four months and held under very different conditions, the Chrism Mass on August 18 was nonetheless cause for great celebration as representatives from parishes around the Archdiocese gathered to receive their holy oils.
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There were plenty of people praying for Paul Faraguna while he fought for his life in the Royal Adelaide Hospital earlier this year after contracting COVID-19 but Paul’s own deep faith has had an impact on his remarkable recovery.
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Young people throughout the Archdiocese will be able to put their puzzle solving skills to the test as part of National Child Protection Week celebrations in September.
The recently-appointed Bishop-elect of Port Pirie Diocese, Fr Karol Kulczycki SDS, may be from Poland but he is no stranger to the Australian Outback, having ministered in Western Australia for 21 years.
With the new dates for the Plenary Council assemblies now announced, the local facilitation team met recently to begin planning what this next phase will look like.
School students around the State will be kicking ‘sockballs’ in their spare time next month to remind themselves of children who are living in poverty around the world.
Phone counselling for people struggling with family stress, social isolation and other challenges in the wake of COVID-19 continues to be accessed from Centacare.
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The disproportionate risk of poor mental health for First Nations people, refugees and asylum seekers has been highlighted by the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference in its annual Social Justice Statement released last month.
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Graham Spurling thought he was quite the man about town as he wore his flashy blue suit to a party for students who had graduated from St Aloysius College and Christian Brothers College in December 1953.
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Parenting your child can be hard work – but perhaps even harder when you are technically still a child yourself. However, teenage mums attending St Joseph’s Education Centre in Enfield are gaining some valuable tools and tips through a series of parenting workshops being held at the school.
As time permits I have been attempting to visit as many Mass centres in the Archdiocese as possible. I’m told there are around 143 different places where Mass is celebrated so this will take some time.
There is no doubt we are living in unprecedented times, where the new ‘normal’ encompasses social distancing, hand washing and Zoom meetings, not to mention the need to get tested as soon as you have a sniffle.
In his first major statement, The Joy of the Gospel, Pope Francis spoke bluntly about the challenges facing Catholic parishes: ‘We must admit … that the call to review and renew our parishes has not yet sufficed to bring them nearer to people, to make them environments of living communion and participation, and to make them completely mission-oriented.’
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