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Tuesday, 19 October 2021 10:47
Latest "Youth Pathways 2022" released
The latest edition of ‘Youth Pathways 2022’ has arrived for schools and parishes across the Sandhurst Diocese.
Saturday, 09 October 2021 19:09
Plenary Members Present Final Reports of First Assembly
An impassioned call for “a prayer for the future of our common home, a Gospel for the home of our future generations” was made during…
Saturday, 09 October 2021 13:51
Plenary Council's Task: "Reveal the Face of Christ"
Archbishop Peter A. Comensoli in today’s Mass for the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia has said the Council’s task is to reveal the face of…
Friday, 08 October 2021 14:04
Plenary Members Focus on Mission in God's World
The concept of “sniffing out” the presence of God in the world, articulated by theologian Fr Richard Lennan in an address to the Fifth Plenary…
Thursday, 07 October 2021 15:43
Plenary Council Journey One for 'Dusty, Patient Pilgrims'.
Maronite Archbishop Antoine-Charbel Tarabay OLM spoke about the significance of the Eastern Catholic Churches and the Latin Rite Church coming together as “pilgrims” for the…
Thursday, 07 October 2021 09:48
Plenary Council Contemplating Woundedness
Day four of the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia takes on a different feel, as members spent extra time offline, praying with and reflecting on…
Wednesday, 06 October 2021 13:43
Members Unpack Big Questions Facing the Church
The 278 members of the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia have continued to break open the 16 questions related to how we can create a…
Wednesday, 06 October 2021 12:31
Archbishop Fisher: 'Be Powerhouse of Prayer'
As the first general assembly of the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia nears the halfway point, Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP has preached on the power…
Wednesday, 06 October 2021 09:12
Council Members begin work of Communal Discernment
The first “spiritual conversations” of the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia covered a broad range of thoughts and topics from Baptism being the place for…
Monday, 04 October 2021 18:33
St Francis a Model for Australia's Plenary Council
On the Feast of St Francis of Assisi, Bishop Shane Mackinlay has said the saint that so loved creation and those living in poverty can…
Sunday, 03 October 2021 16:08
Catholics urged to "Become True Disciples"
As Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB opened the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia, he said Catholics “must become, even more than we are already, a community…
Thursday, 30 September 2021 11:49
Chancery to be Hub for First Assembly of Plenary Council
Next week, the Chancery will become a Hub for the five Sandhurst Plenary Members (formerly known as delegates) and three locally based Assembly facilitators. This…
Thursday, 30 September 2021 10:03
Federal Funding for Domestic Violence Needs to Flow
A Federal Government commitment made to boost funding for domestic violence more than four months ago is still yet to make its way to service providers.…
Thursday, 30 September 2021 02:03
First Assembly of Fifth Plenary Council of Australia to commence this Sunday
The time has come! Momentum is gathering as preparations are well underway for the First General Assembly of the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia, which will take place…
Thursday, 30 September 2021 01:32
Pray with us at Daily Mass streamed from the Plenary website
On Monday 4 October at 9:30 a.m, the Feast of Francis of Assissi, Mass celebrated by Bishop Shane Mackinlay at St Kilian's will be streamed across the country as part…
Thursday, 30 September 2021 00:11
Meet Dr Chris Cotter our new Director of Mission and Pastoral Life
The Diocese of Sandhurst welcomes Dr Chris Cotter, a Wodonga parishioner for twenty years, back to Central Victoria and our diocese. After working in Perth…
Wednesday, 29 September 2021 23:19
REX, a Poetry Reading by Fr Michael Grace
"There is a reason why I wrote a book of poems entitled Rex. Many years ago, as a young priest, I was given a drawing. This…
Wednesday, 29 September 2021 22:58
Ancient insights to inform modern concepts of ‘human flourishing’
How have Christians in antiquity understood flourishing, and what can these ancient accounts offer to modern understandings of creating a good life for individuals and…
