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FAITH MATTERS: Awaiting Hope

November 26, 2024 Rosemary McAllister

With Advent commencing this coming Sunday we enter a season when we patiently wait reflecting on what is to come, that being HOPE!

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FAITH MATTERS: He Loved Us

November 12, 2024 Rosemary McAllister

It is hard to believe that 2024 is coming to a close and the door for the Jubilee year ‘Pilgrims of Hope’ will soon be opened. Being able to focus on prayer in 2024 as Pope Francis asked the faithful has presented the perfect opportunity to spiritually prepare ourselves for the 2025 celebrations. On reflection many individuals and groups across the diocese have spent the year intentionally praying and engaging in different types of prayers.

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FAITH MATTERS: Real Women- Placing Value on Womanhood

October 29, 2024 Rosemary McAllister

Having a daughter who recently welcomed her own daughter into the world, I have been reflecting on the importance of the bonds between women within the family setting, within a circle of friends, amongst work colleagues and social networks.

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FAITH MATTERS: The Greatest Resource

October 15, 2024 Nicki Graham

‘THE GREATEST RESOURCE THAT WE CAN TAKE INTO THE WORLD IS OURSELVES!’

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FAITH MATTERS: If Pope Francis sent you a letter, would you respond?

October 01, 2024 Mary O'Connor

As we come to the end of the 2024 Season of Creation, marked by the Feast Day of St Francis of Assisi, I am drawn again to explore his writings.

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FAITH MATTERS: Humanity in the Season of Creation

September 17, 2024 Mary O'Connor

We are in the middle of Season of Creation, and I have been reflecting on all the ways we are asked to care for Creation. We are called to be present in nature, to care for the earth, to thank God for the gift of creation.

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FAITH MATTERS: Trinitarian Ecology

September 10, 2024 Rosemary McAllister

Spring has sprung! The days are becoming warmer, the birds are rising earlier to greet the sunrise, flowers are starting to bloom. Spring regenerates us as we move from the cold months, it is a season that transforms us as it enhances our human senses and as a result contributes to our overall wellbeing.

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FAITH MATTERS: Truth and Peace

September 03, 2024 Rosemary McAllister

One way we can start to be peacemakers is to ensure we are at peace within ourselves first and develop good relationships with others and foster neighbourliness.