Alleluia Alleluia Alleluia

'We are Easter People and 'Alleluia' is our song!' St Augustine

Hope you had a great break over Easter and that you are still overflowing with Paschal joy.

Monsignor Stuart Hall has written a beautiful reflection for ANZAC day. It is a great day to reflect on the heroism at the heart of our national character. The podcast this week delves into the lives of saints. How did these otherwise ordinary people become so extraordinary?

With our prayers for you as you make the ordinary moments of your student lives extraordinary by love for God and neighbour.

Discipleship on Campus Team
Be who God created you to be and you will set the world on fire.
 
 
St Catherine of Siena
 
 
ANZAC Day 2022
On ANZAC Day the nation not only pauses to commemorate the fallen, usually at the Dawn Service, but it also provides the opportunity for Australians to acknowledge in gratitude those men and women who have or continue to serve our nation in the Australian Defence Force.
 
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Udisciple Podcast

Father Nicholas and Sr Mary Helen are joined by Fr Cam Smith, MGL, chaplain at Deakin's Burwood campus, to chat about saints.
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Looking Ahead
Paint and Sip
Tuesday, July 5, 2022
11:00am – 2:00pm
St Michael's Parish
Join us for a fun day of painting, sipping, snacking and great company. Grab a girlfriend and join us for what promises to be a great time together.
 
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Men's BBQ and Bonfire
Friday, May 6, 2022
6:00pm – 9:00pm
St Michael's Parish
Join other Catholic men from across Melbourne for a night of brotherhood, BBQ and bonfire.
 
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Western Region Mass for Young Adults
Sunday, May 1, 2022
5:00pm – 8:00pm
St Peter's Parish
Get together with other young people from the local area for Mass, dinner, and a conversation with Bishop Martin Ashe. This will be an awesome opportunity to meet other young Catholics from across the West and share Bishop Ashe your hopes, dreams, and expectations for the future of the Church.…
 
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Focus Friday

JPII House
Join us on Fridays during semester for a time of study, fraternity and prayer. Students from all campuses are welcome to join. Feel free to invite a friend along.
 
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Some Further Reading
 
Eight days a week: The meaning of the Easter Octave
It’s common knowledge that the number seven has deep biblical and theological significance. Seven is a holy number; the seventh day was the day God rested after completing the work of creation. The number seven also reoccurs frequently throughout the Old Testament, usually a sign that God is up to…
 
 
The saint's guide to the Passion
In his book Orthodoxy (1908), G.K. Chesterton explains the difference between the poet and the rationalist: ​‘The poet only seeks to get his head into the heavens. It is the logician who seeks to get the heavens into his head. And it is his head that splits.’
 
 
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