Newsletter 31st October

­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­Castlemaine Parish 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time 30th/31st October 2021 Prayer for Climate Change God, you uphold us always.Free us from ignorance about your gifts of Creationso we can relate …

Newsletter 23rd October

­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­Castlemaine Parish 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time 23rd/24th October 2021 Mission Sunday 24th October 2021 This Sunday is Mission Sunday. The body that coordinates this day has a new name …

Newsletter 16th October

­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­Castlemaine Parish 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time 16th/17th October 2021 A Pastoral Message The Synod of Bishops in Rome in Autumn 2023 and a ‘Synodal Pathway’ of five years in …

Newsletter 10 October

­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­Castlemaine Parish 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time 9th/10th October 2021 It is Tough to be Billionaire Paul Getty, the founder and CEO of Getty Oil company and owner of several …

Newsletter 2nd October

­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­Castlemaine Parish 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2nd/3rd October 2021 ‘True Love’ A 98-year-old man and a 95-year-old woman went to a lawyer to get a divorce. “How long have …

Newsletter 26th September

­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­Castlemaine Parish 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time 25th/26th September 2021 “Could you not have tolerated him for just one meal’’ According to a traditional Hebrew story, Abraham was sitting outside …

Newsletter 19th September

­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­Castlemaine Parish 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time 18th/19th September 2021 “In Humble Service’’ On March 3, 1976, conferring on Mother Teresa the highest honour of India’s Vishwa Bharati University, Mrs. …

Newsletter 12th September

­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­Castlemaine Parish 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time 11th/12th September 2021 Baby powder and Christian powder: Yakov Smirnoff is a comedian from Russia. When he first arrived in the United States …

Newsletter 5th September

­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­Castlemaine Parish 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time 4th/5th September 2021 Courage Courage is a gift of the Holy Spirit.  We are reminded in today’s reading to take courage.  As faithful …

Newsletter 22nd August

­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­Castlemaine Parish 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time 21st/22nd August 2021 Shepherds for Today In much of Western society there is a crisis of authority nowadays. Merely being placed in charge …