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The Season of Advent 2011
27th November ~ 24th December
Week Two

Position Vacant - Bathurst
The Diocese of Bathurst is looking for a Catholic Prison Chaplain for
Bathurst Correctional Centre. MORE.....

Position Vacant - Broome
The Diocese of Broome, WA, requires volunteers to assist with the work of the local Church on Aboriginal Missions. There are various important voluntary tasks.....MORE.....

New Vicar General Appointed
Bishop Michael McKenna has appointed the Reverend Patrick O'Regan, Dean of the Cathedral of St. Michael and St. John, as his new Vicar General.

This appointment follows on the retirement of Reverend A. F. (Hugh) Delaney. MORE.....

New Bishop announced for Armidale Diocese
Wagga Wagga priest Fr Michael Kennedy, currently PP of Leeton in NSW, has been appointed Bishop of Armidale today following the resignation of Bishop Luc Matthys having reached the age limit. Announcement from Apostolic Nuncio.....Bishop Luc Matthys welcomes appointment......... .Statement from the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference
Photo courtesy of The Irrigator Newspaper, Leeton, NSW

Advent - not easy to understand
"The season of Advent is not so easy for us to understand and celebrate. This is especially so in Australia, where it comes at the beginning of summer, as the working year concludes and the beaches and barbeques beckon"

"In the crowded days of December, it is easier to dance to the distractions of this world than to move with the rhythms of the Church’s year" writes Bishop McKenna in an Advent Reflection for 'Cath News Perspective'. MORE.....

Advent Novena
Bishop McKenna will observe the Advent Novena by offering Mass each day in the churches of the Cathedral Parish, from Saturday 17th December. MORE.....

Have you done your Christmas shopping yet? With Global Gifts 2011, avoid the traffic, queues and stress by shopping online with Caritas Australia! There are nine gift ideas to choose from, including:

Go online and experience the true meaning of Christmas and give to those who have less. You really will be making a world of difference to people’s lives. And please remember that all Global Gifts are tax-deductible.

Christmas Missionary CollectionFor many years now, the people of the Bathurst Diocese have
given generously each Christmas to support a particular Church in need.

Following a review by the Bishop and Priests of the Diocese, in conjunction with the Diocesan Director of Missions, Bishop McKenna is inviting the people of the Diocese of Bathurst to join him in our annual missionary Christmas Appeal to support the people in the Parish of Same (pronounced ‘sah-may’).
in Timor-Leste (one of the poorest countries in the world).

The money donated at Christmas Masses in the Bathurst Diocese will be used
to build a parish and community multi-purpose hall. Various organisations
exist in the Parish of Same to help promote and strengthen the faith of the
people with these groups usually meeting on a monthly basis. Up until now,
the meetings have been held inside the Church, because there is no-where
else for the people to gather, so a new facility is desperately needed.
MORE.....

Christmas Missionary Collection
For many years now, the people of the Bathurst Diocese have
given generously each Christmas to support a particular Church in need.

Following a review by the Bishop and Priests of the Diocese, in conjunction with the Diocesan Director of Missions, Bishop McKenna is inviting the people of the Diocese of Bathurst to join him in our annual missionary Christmas Appeal to support the people in the Parish of Same (pronounced ‘sah-may’). in Timor-Leste (one of the poorest countries in the world).

The money donated at Christmas Masses in the Bathurst Diocese will be used
to build a parish and community multi-purpose hall. Various organisations
exist in the Parish of Same to help promote and strengthen the faith of the
people with these groups usually meeting on a monthly basis.

Up until now, the meetings have been held inside the Church, because there is no-where else for the people to gather, so a new facility is desperately needed.
MORE.....

Year of Grace
The Year of Grace proclaimed by the Australian Catholic Bishops will take place from Pentecost 2012 to Pentecost 2013. A new website dedicated to the Year has been launched. In his introduction to it, Archbishop Mark Coleridge says "We warmly welcome you to this site and hope that it will be a space of prayer; a place to seek resources and a place of information for you as we go on this journey together in the Catholic Church in Australia. MORE.....

CATHOLIC DEVELOPMENT FUND CHRISTMAS HOURS
The Catholic Development Fund office in Bathurst will be CLOSED from 4.30pm on Friday 23rd December 2011
and will re-open at 9.00am on Tuesday 3rd January 2012