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Diocesan News
July 10, 2020
New Evangelisation – Planting Seeds through Family and Parish
Professor Thomas Groome will present this workshop in the Ballarat Diocese. Register to attend this event.
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Step Up For Ruben
Francesca Hickman (Cororooke Parish) and her partner Aidan Long are currently volunteering in Kenya at the Ruben Centre. The centre provides education for children from the Mukura slums and the director is Br Frank O'Shea, originally from Warrnambool
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Pastoral Care Education
An exciting opportunity for education and formation in Pastoral Care
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Fr John McKinnon’s 60th Anniversary of Ordination Celebrations
Mass will be held at St Mary’s Church Hamilton
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Prayer Towards 2020
The whole Diocese, its parishes, faith communities, schools, institutions and agencies will be invited to participate in prayer to invoke the Holy Spirit to inspire our preparations for the 2020 Plenary Council.
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Horsham Parish Mission with Fr Richard Leonard SJ
Fr Richard will present the Mission program and celebrate and preach at Horsham and Murtoa Parish Masses
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Pastoral Letter from Bishop Paul Bird CSsR
Marriage according to Pope Francis
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Australian Catholic Youth Festival – registrations still open!
Around 14,000 young participants will be at the Australian Catholic Youth Festival in Sydney in December to explore and share the Festival theme "Open New Horizons for Spreading Joy".
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From Bishop Paul Bird CSsR
Bishop Paul writes to the Diocese of Ballarat regarding the the need to respond with justice and compassion to those who have suffered abuse and to do all we can to ensure that children are safe now and in the future.
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