Shall We Gather at the River

January 9th, 2011

If you have been watching the news this past week you’ve seen the devastating power of water. In Australia whole areas of cities and towns are under flood waters. Rivers no longer able to absorb the heavy rains of the past weeks left their banks and devastated homes and farmlands over wide areas of Queensland, showing once again that water can be a source of life or death.

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Bulletin – January 9

January 9th, 2011

In this week’s bulletin, registering for junior kindergarten in a Catholic School and a collection drive for new immigrants and refugees.

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Meeting for First Reconciliation and Holy Communion

January 7th, 2011

Thursday, January 20th, at 7:30 PM

On Thursday, January 20th at 7:30 there will be a meeting for parents only of children who will be receiving the Sacraments of Reconciliation and Holy Communion for the first time. The meeting will be held in the Church.
The books We Discover God’s Path and We Share in the Eucharist will be distributed at that time.

Homily – January 2

January 2nd, 2011

Mathew’s gospel is filled with powerful imagery. A guiding star, wise strangers from a distant land searching for a new born king, an insecure king, craftily seeking the advice of his priests and scribes as to when and where such a king might be born. The wise men’s search ends at a simple home in Bethlehem where they find the child with his proud mother and father. They do him homage and offer their symbolic gifts. Then they go home, their mission fulfilled.

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Bulletin – January 2

January 2nd, 2011

The Epiphany of Christ is a shining light set at the turning of the year to illuminate all that has gone before and to guide us through the year ahead.

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