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Thursday, 28 April 2022 13:30
Major church providers open letter to all federal candidates
Australia’s major Church providers* have come together ahead of the upcoming election to call on all parties and candidates to commit to policies that will…
Thursday, 28 April 2022 13:08
People of God Invited to Surround Council in Prayer
Catholics across the country are being invited to participate in a new prayer pilgrimage as the Church journeys towards the second assembly of the Fifth…
Thursday, 28 April 2022 11:56
Knights of the Southern Cross gather for the annual ‘Barney’s Picnic’
For about 60 years on the first Sunday after Easter (Divine Mercy Sunday since 2000), the Knights of the Southern Cross Victoria have held their…
Thursday, 28 April 2022 11:44
Bishops call for ‘a better kind of politics’
Australia’s Catholic bishops have called for a shake-up that focuses the country’s politics on the common good of all, including – and especially – those…
Thursday, 28 April 2022 11:22
Palm Sunday Gathering A Show of Support for Refugees
By John Murphy “Do justice, love mercy and walk humbly with God” Micah 6:8. Palm Sunday 2022 marked a return to people of faith and…
Wednesday, 13 April 2022 15:32
Scripture Reflection on the Readings of Easter Sunday
Scripture Scholar, Very Rev. Dr Brian Boyle EV, shares a reflection on the Readings of Easter Sunday. "The readings for Easter Sunday invite us to…
Thursday, 07 April 2022 15:00
Know a Good Egg?
It’s a modern-world irony that the custom of giving eggs, symbols of the Risen Christ, at Easter has become a commercialised practice that can bring…
Thursday, 07 April 2022 14:03
Catholic Social Services weighs in on Budget
The Chair of Catholic Social Services Australia, Francis Sullivan, has weighed in on the Federal Budget, staying that the budget does not address long-term systemic…
Wednesday, 06 April 2022 21:30
Fr Jackson filled with awe and wonder at Thanksgiving Mass
Fr Jackson Saunders celebrated a Mass of Thanksgiving for his priestly ordination on 27 March at St Kilian's Church in Bendigo on the evening after…
Wednesday, 06 April 2022 20:06
Catholic Healthcare on the Federal Budget
Australia’s not-for-profit Catholic health and aged care providers are disappointed by the lack of ongoing assistance and structural reform that is needed to support Australia’s…
Wednesday, 06 April 2022 17:17
Part-time Unit of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) in Bendigo 2022
The Association for Supervised and Clinical Pastoral Education in Victoria will conduct a part-time unit in the second semester of 2022. CPE is one of…
Wednesday, 06 April 2022 16:55
Fr Jophin Joy aims to bring joy
New to our Diocese, Fr Jophin Joy is a Holy Spirit Father originally from Kerala, India. He joins priests from his community, Fr Vijay Bandanadam,…
Wednesday, 06 April 2022 16:39
Fr Uday Marneni hopes to grow with his parishioners
Fr Uday Marneni is serving as Assistant Priest at Wodonga. He's a priest of the Apostolic Life Community of Priests in the Opus Spiritus Sancti…
Wednesday, 06 April 2022 16:33
Jesuits welcome refugees fleeing Ukraine as crisis escalates
As the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine escalates, Jesuit Mission’s Ukraine Emergency Appeal is contributing to deliver 24/7 vital services on the ground to people in…
Wednesday, 06 April 2022 10:01
Caritas Australia urges that we must not forget global crises
Caritas Australia welcomes the new aid commitments at a time when there is greater global need than ever, but expresses concern that these increases are…
Wednesday, 06 April 2022 09:42
Caritas Conversations help to connect us to Mission
Schools and parishes across the country are getting a unique insight into how development work happens through the innovative Caritas Conversations program, which provides the…
Wednesday, 06 April 2022 09:25
St Joseph’s Nagambie turns 100!
St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School in Nagambie may be considered small by many standards. However, there was nothing small about the way the community came…
Thursday, 24 March 2022 01:48
Sandhurst Event Calendar 2022
A list of the main Diocesan events for 2022 can be downloaded form the Diocesan website. The Calendar is designed to be printed as an A3…
