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INCLUSIVE CATHOLICS MASS

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Main Celebrant: Fr. Greg Reynolds.

When ?   10.30am Sunday 11th March.

Where ?  Ashburton Scout Hall, 337 High St., Ashburton.

Why ?     To welcome all Catholics, especially the disenfranchised, the disillusioned, and the excluded.

For further details contact Greg Reynolds 0400 534 557. Thank you to all those who have been forwarding on our information to your contacts.

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The Roman Catholic Bishops: Are They Killing Their Church?

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23 February 2012: http://johnshelbyspong.com

I never thought I would live long enough to see birth control become a major political issue.  Nor did I think I would ever hear the desire to provide women with safe and effective contraception be referred to as “a war on religion on the part of the Obama administration.”  Granted that presidential election years frequently reveal the politically bizarre, it still seems that this year’s rhetoric has reached a new low on the scale of the absurd.  It also reveals some frightening realities in the body politic of this nation that I find all but inconceivable.  In this column let me try to cut through the polarizing propaganda and locate, if possible, the facts.

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As I lay in Shavasana by Damien Moran

» 14 February 2012 » In Uncategorized » 1 Comment

I am creation

And to creation

I belong.

Eternity was my origin

And eternity

Is my resolution.

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CHAIRPERSON’S REPORT ST MARY’S COMMUNITY LTD

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27 NOVEMBER 2011

Thankyou for attending the second AGM of St Mary’s Community Ltd. One of the major tasks of 2011 was to determine the membership of the Company.

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Response by Bishop William Morris

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Response by Bishop William Morris  to the Australian Catholic Bishops Statement
of 22 October 2011

Download the response: bishop_morris_response_oct_2011 (pdf file, 106kb)

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CONSTITUTION St Mary’s Community

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CONSTITUTION St Mary’s Community Ltd October 2011

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Real story of the revised translation

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Published: 25 September 2011 By: Elizabeth Harrington

http://www.catholicleader.com.au/news.php/liturgy-news/real-story-of-the-revised-translation_76366

I HAVE been asked to elaborate on my statement in last week’s column that the process used in producing the new English-language Missal was “less than just and edifying”.

I have made brief mention of some aspects of the process before; this week and next I will give some more details.

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Story of the revised translation – part two

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Published: 2 October 2011 By: Elizabeth Harrington

CONCERNS about the new instructions for translating liturgical texts enshrined in Liturgiam Authenticam were not limited to the fact that it in effect changed the rules in the middle of the game.

The genesis of this document was questionable, to say the least.

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Prayer is an Egg

» 19 September 2011 » In Uncategorized » No Comments

by Rumi

On Resurrection Day God will say, “What did you do with
the strength and energy
your food I gave you on earth? How did you use your eyes?
What did you make with

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Community homeless project brings business on board

» 19 September 2011 » In Uncategorized » No Comments

Friday, 16 September 2011  Produced by Michele Harris Story audio

Brisbane-based Micah Projects “50 Companies, 50 Lives” campaign hopes to enlist local businesses to finance supportive housing projects among Brisbane’s homeless.The campaign builds on the organisation’s successful “50 Lives, 50 Homes” project, launched in 2010, which resulted in the housing of 91 chronically homeless people. With Centrelink payments often insufficient to enable set up and ongoing living costs, Micah Projects Helen Styles hopes for a positive response from local businesses. Image courtesy of Monkwhy.

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Helen Styles, Micah Projects
Michael Zaicek, Aria Property Group

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