Melbourne News

A Family of ministers at the Lord’s Ranch

Wednesday 22 August 2012

THE Halloran family recently visited Melbourne as part of the Archdiocese of Melbourne's Gracefest celebrations. They live on the Lord’s Ranch, New Mexico, and work with some of the poorest people in North America, in the city of Juarez, Mexico.

Gracefest celebrations continue

Wednesday 22 August 2012

BEGINNING last week with Mass on the Feast of the Assumption, Gracefest celebrations continued over the weekend featuring workshops and inspirational speakers, such as filmmaker and former Young Australian of the Year, Khoa Do, Nathan Halloran SJ and Oscar Andres Cardinal Rodriguez SDB.

Tuesday 21 August 2012

THE Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne, Denis Hart, announced today that the leaders of the Catholic Church in Victoria are sending a pastoral letter to all parishes and churches this weekend on the Inquiry into the Handling of Child Abuse by Religious and other Non-Government Organisations.

Friday 17 August 2012

LAST night's CulturED cafe crowd at the Cardinal Knox Centre were entertained by American musician, composer, storyteller, youth worker and speaker Steve Angrisano and enjoyed an amazing chat with visiting Jesuit student Nathan Halloran, who spoke of his not-so-ordinary childhood growing up on The Lord’s Ranch in New Mexico and his life in missionary work

Young Catholics excited about festival

Friday 17 August 2012

THE INAUGURAL Australian Catholic Youth Festival scheduled for December 2013, was officially launched to Melbourne Catholic schools last Friday at St Brigid’s Parish Hall, Fitzroy.

Friday 17 August 2012

PROFESSOR Ed Byrne AO, Vice-Chancellor and President of Monash University, delivered the annual Newman Public Lecture at Mannix College early this week on the topic of 'Universities in 2025: What Newman got right and what he got wrong,' to an audience including Bishop Peter Elliott and the Chancellor of Monash University, Dr Alan Finkel AM.

Friday 17 AUgust 2012

“MANY times we identify Caritas with problems, tragedies, emergencies, but this is only one side of Caritas…The same word Caritas means love,” President of Caritas Internationalis, His Eminence Cardinal Óscar Rodríguez Maradiaga, SDB, said during his visit to Melbourne this week.

Melbourne to have Shrine to Holy Family

Friday 17 August 2012

On Saturday 25 August at 2pm, Archbishop Denis Hart will dedicate St Mary Star of the Sea Church in West Melbourne to be an Archdiocesan Shrine to the Holy Family.

Thursday 16 August 2012

ST PATRICK'S Cathedral was aglow for the Feast of the Assumption Mass on 15 August, which also marked the opening of the Archdiocesan faith festival Gracefest.

Wednesday 15 August 2012

DESPITE the winter chills and temperatures dipping to below zero degrees, around 500 delegates from all over Australia, gathered from the 6-8 July, for a three day national youth conference on the theme “ALMIGHTY: Proclaim the Greatness of the Lord.”

Seminarians Soccer Tournament

Wednesday 15 August 2012

ON 4 August, Corpus Christi College in Melbourne hosted seminarians from across Australia for the 12^th Annual Seminarians Soccer Tournament.

Young Men of God weekend

Monday 13 August 2012

ON THE weekend of 13-15 July, 40 young men gathered for the formation weekend, “Wise up, Stand up”, presented by the Young Men of God (YMG) held at Worri Yallock north east of Melbourne.

Four friars ordained deacons

Monday 13 August 2012

THE Capuchin Friars Minor of Australia celebrated the diaconate ordination of four young friars at Ss Peter and Paul’s Church in South Melbourne on Friday 3 August.

Death of Father Victor Bonello OFM Conv

Friday 10 August 2012

ENTERING the Franciscan seminary at the tender age of 18, Father Victor Bonello OFM Conv (retired) went on to serve as a priest in Malta, Algeria and throughout Australia, before passing away early this month at the great age of 91.

Death of Father Gerald John Sullivan PE

Friday 10 August 2012

AFTER serving as a priest for 70 years, Father Gerald John SULLIVAN PE died at home on Wednesday 8 August 2012 aged 96 years.

Monday 13 August 2012

ON SUNDAY 12 August, Archbishop Denis Hart, Archbishop of Melbourne, unveiled a statue of St Mary of the Cross MacKillop, Australia’s first saint, on the grounds of St Patrick’s Cathedral, East Melbourne.

Clergy Conference 2012

Friday 10 August 2012

OVER 120 clergy from across the Archdiocese of Melbourne gathered in Geelong this week for the annual Clergy Conference. The theme of this year’s conference was ‘The Parable in the Year of Grace’.

Friday 10 August 2012

ON SUNDAY 29 July, retired parish priest of the archdiocese of Melbourne, Fr Des Byrne, celebrated a Mass of thanksgiving for his 60 years in the Catholic priesthood, at St Mary Star of the Sea Church, West Melbourne. Andrew Rabel wrote this tribute to Fr Des's many years of service.

A Proud Race

Tuesday 7 August 2012

A CLEVER idea from the Aboriginal Catholic Ministry Victoria is enabling Catholic Schools to celebrate local indigenous people and their stories.

Walk for water

Tuesday 7 August 2012

UPDATE: THE Women's Friendship Group (WFG) is pleased to announce that work has now begun on extending water pipes from Mutomo to Kanthi village, in the Eastern region of Kenya, a permanent water solution for the people of Kanthi Village.

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