MELBOURNE

The icing on the Christmas cake? Helping the poor

4 November 2015 EH

The kitchen in the Madeleine Centre at Genazzano FCJ College in Melbourne is all a-bustle. Students are cracking eggs, sifting flour, creaming butter and sugar, marinating fruit and pouring batter in tins, as cakes are rising in the oven while some cool on racks. It’s the annual Friends of Romania and the Philippines: Great Cake Bake. 

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Where would Jesus eat at Christmas?

4 November 2015 EH

Where would Jesus be most likely to celebrate Christmas? Father Terry Kean has a pretty good idea.  

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Trade built on relationships

27 May 2015 EH

Amy Cook, a Year 12 student at Padua College on the Mornington Peninsula, travelled to East Timor with a group of fellow students in 2014 as part of the school’s biannual immersion experience and relief mission. 

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Reflection questions & activities: 'Stories of hope: Maxine'

16 May 2014 EH

Reflection questions and activities for the archived article, 'Stories of hope: Maxine', from the Summer 2014 edition

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Father Bob’s punch line

4 March 2014 EH

A sense of humour can help us deal with difficult situations, says Australia's larrikin priest.

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Reflection questions & activities: 'Meredith's "other dimension"'

31 January 2014 EH

Reflection questions & activities for 'Meredith's "other dimension"' from the Summer 2014 edition

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Letting your light shine

9 January 2014 EH

The first-ever Australian Catholic Youth Festival proved a roaring success - with an emphasis on the 'roaring'.

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The DIY Catholic

9 January 2014 EH

 Father Bob Maguire says you can't evangelise unless you're out there getting your hands dirty.

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Meredith’s ‘other dimension

9 January 2014 EH

The organisers wouldn't call it 'God', but the Nolan family's influence on the Meredith Music Festival has helped make it something more than just a concert for those who go each year.

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AC Classroom: Stories of hope - Maxine

9 January 2014 EH

How does someone break out of a destructive lifestyle? The following is an extract from Stories of Hope, a new book from the Melbourne Archdiocesan Office for Evangelisation.

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A place among the outcasts

A place among the outcasts

8 May 2013 EH

Margaret Hayes says she works with people with HIV/AIDS and people in prisons because they need to know that God loves them. It's a place in society where the Church will always be welcome.

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What it means to love the land

What it means to love the land

18 December 2012

Archie Roach's latest project, Butcher's Paper, Texta, Blackboard and Chalk, shares the stories of children in Aboriginal communities, where the land is not just home – it's a place to play.

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