Notices
A highlight of the recent church notices for the week
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Church Inclusive: Third Sunday of Advent, 17 December 2023
Dearly Beloved Franciscans, As we enter into Advent 3, we are invited to be aware of “the voice in the wilderness” in the form of John the Baptizer. It is…
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Church Inclusive: First Sunday of Advent, 3 december 2023
Dearly Beloved Franciscans As we enter into the beautiful season of Advent, we are increasingly aware that internationally this season is liturgically no longer primarily viewed as a mini-Lent. Instead, it…
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Church Inclusive: Twenty Sixth Sunday After Pentecost, 26 November 2023
Dearly Beloved Franciscans It is sometimes difficult to prepare for and to live into Advent when the commercial world bombards us with stridently played Christmas music, brazenly unavoidable advertising of…
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Church Inclusive: Twenty Fifth Sunday After Pentecost, 19 November 2023
Dearly Beloved Franciscans As the world mourns the death of Ahmed Abbasi, the head of the Gift of the Givers’ office in Gaza, in the ongoing conflict in that part…
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Church Inclusive: Twenty Fourth Sunday After Pentecost, 12 November 2023
Dearly Beloved Franciscans What a joy to share in 2 Baptisms this Sunday. There is something so encouraging when families still want to make a public declaration of their intent…
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Church Inclusive: Twenty Second Sunday After Pentecost, 5 November 2023
Dearly Beloved Franciscans On 01 November we celebrated All Saints Day in our Church Calendar. St Paul consistently refers to all people who intentionally follow and are in loving relationship…
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Church Inclusive: Twenty Second Sunday After Pentecost, 29 October 2023
Dearly Beloved Franciscans What a full and intense weekend this is! With our Diocesan Synod, which began on Thursday afternoon and runs through to Saturday evening as well as the…
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Church Inclusive: Twenty First Sunday After Pentecost, 22 October 2023
Dearly Beloved Franciscans “God is in control!” We’ve all possibly either heard or even said these words at some or other time. I wonder what these words mean in the…
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Church Inclusive: Twentieth Sunday After Pentecost, 15 October 2023
Dearly beloved Franciscans With the Israeli-Palestinian conflict on the forefront of many of our minds, I find myself deeply aware of how many of our human narratives and societal paradigms…
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Church Inclusive: Patronal Festival, 1 October 2023
Dearly Beloved Franciscans About 8 years ago, I had the indescribable privilege of going on a Franciscan Pilgrimage, facilitated by a Franciscan brother, which included all of the towns associated…