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The Indivisible Book of Nature: Pope Benedict XVI's message for the World Day of Peace |
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Written by Archbishop Denis Hart
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Sunday, 07 February 2010 00:00 |
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 Volume 21, Issue 1
“The book of nature is one and indivisible; it includes not only the environment but also individual, family and social ethics. Our duties towards the environment flow from our duties towards the person, considered both individually and in relation to others.”
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Return of heat raises anxieties |
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Written by Janet Cribbes
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Sunday, 07 February 2010 00:00 |
Volume 21, Issue 1
Happy New Year to one and all. It has been a rather slow start to the new year, with many people away for the first two weeks of January.
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Caritas calls for assistance for Haiti |
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Written by Tim O'Connor
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Sunday, 07 February 2010 00:00 |
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 Volume 21, Issue 1
The international Caritas network has called for donations of more than $46 million to help 200,000 earthquake-affected people in Haiti over the coming two months.
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Written by Celeste Badman
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Sunday, 07 February 2010 00:00 |
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 Volume 21, Issue 1
“I was in prison and you came to visit me.” Matthew 25:36
On 10 December 2009 the Benenson Society was launched in Melbourne by Father Tony Kerin, Episcopal Vicar for Justice in the Archdiocese of Melbourne.
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Unsung African peacemaker: Bishop Cornelius Korir |
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Written by Br Mark O'Connor
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Sunday, 07 February 2010 00:00 |
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 Volume 21, Issue 1
Pope Benedict XVI shares the belief of many scholars that in global terms, Africa is the future for Catholicism!
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The importance of being 'Earnest" |
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Written by Celeste Badman
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Sunday, 07 February 2010 00:00 |
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 Volume 21, Issue 1
Ernest Trent is a legend. At 94 years of age, he is one of the oldest altar servers in the world. Typically, people begin altar serving in childhood; however, Ernest did not begin until he was 54 years of age.
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Written by Celeste Badman
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Sunday, 07 February 2010 00:00 |
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 Volume 21, Issue 1
Defeating death and disproving medical prognosis is the stuff of fiction; however, Michelle Newland demonstrates that these things are possible in real life too.
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Parliament of the World's Religions |
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Written by David Schutz
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Sunday, 07 February 2010 00:00 |
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 Volume 21, Issue 1
In December last year, Melbourne hosted one of the most extraordinary events of the modern interfaith movement.
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Written by Fran Byrne
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Sunday, 07 February 2010 00:00 |
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 Volume 21, Issue 1
Christmas 2009 was well and truly alive in the Fitzroy community, with hundreds of people of all ages and cultures turning out to celebrate the Faith Festival held on 13 December 2009.
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Prisoner numbers on the increase |
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Written by Denis Fitzgerald
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Sunday, 07 February 2010 00:00 |
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 Volume 21, Issue 1
On 10 December 2009, International Human Rights Day, the Australian Bureau of Statistics reported in Prisons in Australia that there were 29,317 adults in prison in Australia on 30 June 2009. This is 6%, or 1702 people, more than a year earlier.
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Frank Rogan - leading Catholic educator |
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Written by Terry Synan
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Sunday, 07 February 2010 00:00 |
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 Volume 21, Issue 1
A year ago in February 2009, Catholic Victoria lost a leading Catholic educator, Frank Rogan. He was 82.
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Catholic agencies appeal for end to violence against foreign students |
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Written by XXXXXXX
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Sunday, 07 February 2010 00:00 |
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Volume 21, Issue 1
The Australian Catholic Migrant and Refugee Office and the National Catholic Education Commission have appealed for an end to violence towards foreign students living in Australia. Among the tragic street crimes in Australia in recent months, several Indian students have been attacked.
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Catholic Church welcomes move to make Internet safer |
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Written by XXXXXXX
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Sunday, 07 February 2010 00:00 |
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Volume 21, Issue 1
The Catholic Church has welcomed the federal government’s announcement that it will move ahead with plans to filter out violent and pornographic websites containing material which has been refused classification.
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Pope: evangelising goes beyond web presence |
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Written by Zenit
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Sunday, 07 February 2010 00:00 |
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Volume 21, Issue 1
Pope Benedict XVI is encouraging Catholics, especially priests, to use media technologies to reach new audiences with the message of God’s love.
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Written by Fr Gerard Dowling OAM
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Sunday, 07 February 2010 00:00 |
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Volume 21, Issue 1
One of the earliest prayers that I learned as a child from Mum and Dad was the Morning Offering. I don’t recall the actual words they used, but the main thought that was put into my mind was that I should begin each day by offering to God everything that would happen.
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Written by Zenit & CNS
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Sunday, 07 February 2010 00:00 |
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Volume 21, Issue 1
Pope recommends: To proclaim Christ, know Him
Being a witness to Christ presupposes knowing Him firsthand, not just being told of Him by others, Pope Benedict XVI said during January’s Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. The theme of this year’s prayer week was ‘you are witnesses of these things’, from the Gospel of Luke.
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Written by Fr Peter Malone MSC
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Sunday, 07 February 2010 00:00 |
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Volume 21, Issue 1
Invictus
Starring Morgan Freeman, Matt Damon, Leleti Khumalo, and Scott Eastwood. Directed by Clint Eastwood. 133 mins. Rated PG (infrequent coarse language).
Based on John Carlin’s book, Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game that Changed a Nation, this movie focuses on Nelson Mandela’s involvement in the 1995 Rugby World Cup held in South Africa.
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Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year C |
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Written by David J. Hore CSSR
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Sunday, 07 February 2010 00:00 |
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Volume 21, Issue 1
Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year C
Is 6:1-8; 1 Cor 15:1-11; Lk 5:1-11
A teenager came home from school very upset. He ran into his bedroom and slammed the door. Concerned, the teen’s mum went to his room and found him sitting on the side of his bed.
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Written by XXXXXXX
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Sunday, 07 February 2010 00:00 |
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Volume 21, Issue 1
CONTEMPORARY IMAGES OF THE CROSS EXHIBITION
Monday 25 January to Friday 12 February, 11am–4pm, ACU Gallery, Australian Catholic University, 26 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy.
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Written by Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne
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Sunday, 07 February 2010 00:00 |
Volume 21, Issue 1, February 7 2009 
Archbishop Hart: The Indivisible Book of Nature: Pope Benedict XVI's message for the World Day of Peace Pgs: 2 - 3
Parliament of the World's Religions Pg: 16
Deciding to donate organs after death Pg: 22
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Poems written by a survivor of the bushfires |
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Written by Cathy Soulsby
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Sunday, 07 February 2010 00:00 |
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Volume 21, Issue1
From Centacare Catholic Family Services staff newsletter. The author of these poems, Cathy Soulsby, was trapped in her home, which she managed to save, on Saturday 7 February 2009.
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Overcoming the conspiracy of silence |
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Written by Celeste Badman
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Sunday, 07 February 2010 00:00 |
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 Volume 21, Issue 1
“Say as you think and speak it from your souls.” William Shakespeare.
Clovis Alidor Mwamba has fought his entire adult life to promote and protect human rights, democracy and the rule of law in his homeland, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
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Written by Fiona Power
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Sunday, 07 February 2010 00:00 |
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 Volume 21, Issue 1
National president of the St Vincent de Paul Society in the United States Joe Flannigan and his wife Pat visited Australia in November 2009 at the invitation of the St Vincent de Paul Society National Council of Australia and president Syd Tutton.
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Priest, pastor, leader and friend |
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Written by Sr Margaret Fields
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Sunday, 07 February 2010 00:00 |
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 Volume 21, Issue 1
On Sunday 13 December 2009, St Mary’s Parish, Dandenong, gathered to farewell their revered and much-loved parish priest, Fr Tony Guelen.
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Hundreds honour the Little Infant |
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Written by Gary Pompeus
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Sunday, 07 February 2010 00:00 |
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 Volume 21, Issue 1
More than 450 devotees of the Infant Jesus gathered at St Carlo Borromeo’s Church in Greenvale to celebrate the 7th annual Feast of the Infant Jesus of Prague.
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Written by Carmel Donstone and Catharina Koopman
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Sunday, 07 February 2010 00:00 |
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 Volume 21, Issue 1
In 1958 the small congregation of Catholics of Torquay decided to build a church. Till that time priests from St Mary’s in Geelong and later from St Bernard’s in Belmont had celebrated Mass irregularly in the Torquay Improvement Association Hall.
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Millennium Development Goals Exhibition |
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Written by Fiona Power
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Sunday, 07 February 2010 00:00 |
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 Volume 21, Issue 1
A free interactive exhibition about tackling world poverty organised by Caritas Australia and AusAID was recently launched at the BMW Edge Theatre, Federation Square and was open from 19 to 30 January.
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Mary MacKillop's Victorian foundations |
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Written by Joan Healy RSJ
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Sunday, 07 February 2010 00:00 |
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 Volume 21, Issue 1
On Wednesday 2 December From Humble Beginnings, the story of the Josephite Sisters in Victoria, was launched at Mary MacKillop Heritage Centre in East Melbourne by Josephine Cafagna. Josephine, the popular presenter of State Line, was educated by the Sisters of St Joseph.
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Reports find catholic schools promote tolerance, stability |
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Written by Stephen Elder
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Sunday, 07 February 2010 00:00 |
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 Volume 21, Issue 1
Judging by the critics of Catholic schools who mistakenly argue that faith-based schools do not deserve government funding as they contribute to social instability and inequality, it would be easy to conclude that such schools are failing in their mission.
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Catholics Come Home founder in Australia |
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Written by x
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Sunday, 07 February 2010 00:00 |
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Volume 21, Issue 1
Tom Peterson, of the US-based Catholics Come Home, was in Australia in December sharing his experiences with Australian Church groups in a series of workshops to examine whether the concept would work here.
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Deciding to donate organs after death |
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Written by Associate Professor Nicholas Tonti-filippini
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Sunday, 07 February 2010 00:00 |
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Volume 21, Issue 1
In 1999, as Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, Pope Benedict XVI observed that organ donation was “an act of love”, and that he carried an organ donor card “with my personal details on it” at all times.
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New chair for Heads fo Churches |
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Written by XXXXXXX
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Sunday, 07 February 2010 00:00 |
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Volume 21, Issue 1
New chair for Heads of Churches
The Catholic Archbishop of Adelaide, Philip Wilson, has been appointed Chair of the National Heads of Churches in Australia.
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Written by XXXXXXX
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Sunday, 07 February 2010 00:00 |
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Volume 21, Issue 1
This excerpt from the Dialogues of St Gregory the Great (Lib. 2, 33; PL 66, 194-196) is used in the Roman Office of Readings for the Feast of St Scholastica on 10 February. St Scholastica, a sister of the great abbot St Benedict, was born at Nursia, Italy, about the year 480. She vowed herself to seek God in religious life and followed her brother to Monte Cassino where she died around 547.
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Written by CNA & CNS & Catholic Mission
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Sunday, 07 February 2010 00:00 |
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Pornography a ‘quiet family killer’: study
A new study on the effects of pornography shows that it erodes the family, corrupts men’s sense of normal sexuality and is frequently a major factor in divorce. The author of the study characterised pornography as ‘a quiet family killer’.
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Reception of a council: Part I |
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Written by Deacon Anthony Gooley
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Sunday, 07 February 2010 00:00 |
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Volume 21, Issue 1
How are the teachings of a council interpreted and received? This survey of reception will not have any of the subtlety of a textbook or journal article on the topic but hopefully will point us in the right direction. We consider four principles in part I and another four in part II; other commentators may develop different principles.
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Crossbearer: A memoir of faith |
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Written by Jennifer Nowell
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Sunday, 07 February 2010 00:00 |
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Volume 21, Issue 1
Crossbearer: A memoir of faith
By Joe Eszterhas, St Martin’s Griffin, PB, $24.95
This is an unusual conversion story, written by a most unexpected writer. He wrote the screenplays for the sexually graphic and violent films Jagged Edge and Basic Instinct, and the life he was living then was comparable to those of the characters from his films: chain-smoking, heavy drinking, promiscuity and blasphemy were his daily habits.
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Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year C |
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Written by Michael Gilbert CSSR
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Sunday, 07 February 2010 00:00 |
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Volume 21, Issue 1
Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year C
Jer 17:5-8; 1 Cor 15:12, 16-20; Lk 6:17, 20-26
Woop Woop made the grand final against all odds. A bush team they were, with few resources, just a bunch of no-name players with average skills but with great hearts.
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