LITURGY MATTERS: Never Changing; Always New! Come Along To The Chrism Mass IMAGE Liturgy Matters

LITURGY MATTERS: Never Changing; Always New! Come Along To The Chrism Mass

March 25, 2025 Fr Andrew Doohan

As my friend and now retired colleague, Sr Louise Gannon rsj, has also said in the past, the Chrism Mass is one of my favourite events that features in the life of our diocese each year. It is very much ‘good liturgy, done well’, a liturgical celebration of diocesan life at its finest. This year’s Chrism Mass will be celebrated on Tuesday 15 April in Sacred Heart Cathedral, beginning at 7pm. Come along!

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LITURGY MATTERS: An ancient practice for a contemporary world

March 11, 2025 Fiona Duque

Every year, on the first Sunday in Lent, a group of people, known as Catechumens and their godparents come together to celebrate the ancient practice of the early church known as the Rite of Election.

LITURGY MATTERS: Perseverance – the art of not giving up; of keeping hope IMAGE Liturgy Matters

LITURGY MATTERS: Perseverance – the art of not giving up; of keeping hope

December 17, 2024 Fiona Duque

As we finish making our way through Advent, then into the Christmas season, and then the New Year, we often find time to reflect on the year that was. There are many aspects to the year that may come to mind when we think about areas that required perseverance. Maybe it was a new job, study, subsequent setbacks, social justice plights, relationships, health goals, illness, or other challenges and obstacles.

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LITURGY MATTERS: It's beginning to look a lot like Advent!

December 03, 2024 Fiona Duque

This time last year I wrote an article that focussed on ‘The Holy Family: Refugees and Immigrants’. This year, we continue to see a broken world in desperate need of healing. This Advent I again encourage everyone to try to recognise Jesus in all the faces of those that you meet and see on media screens, including the stranger, the refugee, the immigrant. As Pope Francis affirmed in 2023 “every human being, Christian, Jewish, Muslim, of any people or religion, every human being is sacred, is precious in the eyes of God, and has the right to live in peace.” [CNA Nov 23].

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LITURGY MATTERS: A word from Bishop Michael on Christian Initiation

November 19, 2024 Bishop Michael Kennedy, Louise Gannon rsj

What is often called ‘The Great Commission’ which Jesus handed to all his disciples and, therefore to the Church, has two elements: proclaim the Good News and baptise in my name.

Liturgy Matters: plants, altars and chalices IMAGE Liturgy Matters

Liturgy Matters: plants, altars and chalices

November 05, 2024 Louise Gannon rsj

I could begin by asking you which of the three words in the title of this article doesn’t fit. If you read on you will see they are a natural fit!

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LITURGY MATTERS: Remembering Creation Sings

October 22, 2024 Louise Gannon rsj

On Saturday afternoon 21 September we celebrated our very first communal choir and prayer which was called Creation Sings!

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LITURGY MATTERS: Let there be peace on Earth

October 08, 2024 Louise Gannon rsj

And let it begin with me. Let us pray:

“They will not hurt or destroy on all my holy mountain...” —Isaiah 11:9