 WHO ARE YOUR ‘FRIENDS’?, by Sandie Cornish, from the "Faith Doing Justice" Newsletter
A ‘friend’ in cyberspace may be nothing more than a casual link - or someone who becomes your partner for life!
In this year’s World Communications Day Message, Pope Benedict XVI explores the nature of friendship as a participation in God’s communicative and unifying love, and looks at how new technologies can help or hinder friendship.New means, old issues. The so-called ‘digital generation’ are often criticised for being permanently connected to their mobile phones and social networking sites, but there is nothing new about the hunger to be in contact with others. When I was a teenager, young people were often criticised for constantly tying up ye olde family landline! |
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Bishop Joe's Pentecost Message 09 |
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 Bishop Joe has released a 6 minute DVD and youtube clip explaining Pentecost. Enjoy!
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 After Easter Sunday, Christmas is the second-greatest feast in the Christian liturgical calendar, but Pentecost Sunday is not far behind. Coming 50 days after Easter and ten days after the Ascension of Our Lord, Pentecost marks the descent of the Holy Spirit on the apostles. For that reason, it is often called the "the birthday of the Church."
Through the links in each of the sections below, you can learn more about the history and practice of Pentecost in the Catholic Church. |
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A Teenager's View of Heaven |
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 A Teenager's View of Heaven
17-year-old Brian Moore had only a short time to write something for a class. The subject was what Heaven was like. "I wowed 'em," he later told his father, Bruce. "It's a killer. It's the bomb. It's the best thing I ever wrote.." It also was the last.
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A World Youth Day 05 Reflection |
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 by Isaac Demase
World Youth Day was a life changing experience. The memories and the experiences will live with me the rest of my life. World Youth Day has changed the course that my life was plotting and put it on a “collision course with Christ.” |
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 by Tom Gallagher and Daniel O’Brien
The 2005 World Youth Day theme was ‘We come to Worship him’ which comes from the gospel of Matthew retelling how the three wise men traveled a great distance to worship Jesus. Together with 72 other pilgrims from the Sandhurst dioceses we traveled 24 hours on Malaysian Airlines to help celebrate our Catholic beliefs with the rest of the world. |
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Prayers and Reflections 
