BULLETIN

November Remembering – This coming week we celebrate the feasts of All Saints (Nov 1) and All Souls (Nov 2). We are reminded that we are present to all our dead family and friends, and encouraged to purify our love for them by discharging the resentment and regrets that dog our memories of them, and to be grateful for the life that we have shared.

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MISSION SUNDAY – This year’s Catholic Mission Appeal highlights the important work of Catholic Mission in Myanmar, the former Burma; through programmes aimed to improve education for children, specifically through teacher training and the implementation of alternative, child-centred education around the country, change is happening.

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St Canice Feast Day –
May all in our parish of St Canice know that they belong And experience the support of true Christian community; And all, whatever their situation, feel included
And appreciated for who they are.
May the Eucharist we celebrate together
Be the source and the summit of our Christian lives, Nourishing us on our spiritual path,
Healing us in our struggles,
Challenging us in our daily living
And a real celebration of Christ living among us.

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Our readings today remind us that ideally that marriage in our tradition is a permanent union of equals. But in reality we have to deal firstly and compassionately with human failure and societal change. Our increased understanding of human psychology and interpersonal relationships tells us that some marriages perhaps never were and some just came to their natural end. . . . .

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After my two and a half months away on sabbatical, it’s so good to be home!
A warm welcome, sunny skies, familiar faces and a known place to lay my head; I’m
back among family and friends. I had a great time in the Holy Land but there’s no place
like home. I’m very conscious of ‘home’ and all that it means this weekend on Social Justice
Sunday as our Australian bishops remind us of the scourge of homelessness in their
Statement ‘A Place to Call Home: Making a Home for Everyone in our Land.’ Fr Chris

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