Events

Advent and Christmas Liturgies - Extraordinary Form

Contents - Dec 2011 - Buy a copy now Homily: Benedict XVI: From his Christmas homily - Pope Benedict XVI Ad Limina Visit: Australia's Bishops reaffirm their unity with Benedict XVI - Michael Gilchrist News: The Church Around the World Vocations: Do not be afraid: successful Young Men of God retreat - Dr Barry Coldrey Youth Events: iWitness Retreat and Campion Summer Program Religious freedom: The plight of Christians in Islamic countries - Babette Francis Schools: St Philomena's school: a beacon of excellence - Alistair Barros Religious education: Different worlds: being Catholic in Indonesia and Australia - Phillip Turnbull Tyburn world tour: A visually compelling new documentary on the monastic life - AD2000 Report Pilgrimage: Young disabled Catholics: new ministry initiative - Fr James McCarthy Catholic Literature: Robert Hugh Benson and Christ's Second Coming - Br Christian Moe FSC Summorum Pontificum: Latin Mass in Melbourne's St Patrick's Cathedral - Michael Daniel Letters: Homeschooling - Matthew Buckley Letters: Eucharistic confusion - John Royal Letters: Atheism - Paul Fitzgerald Letters: Vatican II - Peter Howard Letters: Natural law - Thomas A. Watkin Letters: Devotion to Mary - Cedric Wright Letters: Action needed - Dick Nolan Events: Advent and Christmas Liturgies - Extraordinary Form Books: WHY WE SHOULD CALL OURSELVES CHRISTIANS, by Marcello Pera - Elizabeth Lev (reviewer) Books: RONALD KNOX AND ENGLISH CATHOLICISM, by Terry Tastard - Michael Daniel (reviewer) Donations: Fighting Fund concludes Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au Reflection: Advent faith, Christmas and the Pope's call to evangelise - Fr Dennis Byrnes

St Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne

Pontifical Low Mass for Ember Wednesday
14 December, 5.30pm -
Celebrated by Bishop Peter Elliott

St Aloysius' Church

233 Balaclava Rd, Caulfield Nth

Thursday, 15 December, 6.30am - Expectancy of the Blessed Virgin

Daily Vespers at 6.00pm with the Great 'O' Antiphons 17-23 December

Vespers at 4.00 pm on Sunday, 18 December

Christmas Eve

Solemn Matins, 8.00pm

Christmas Day

Solemn Midnight Mass with the blessing of the Crib, 12.00am

Solemn Dawn Mass, 7.30am

Solemn Day Mass, 10.30am

Reprinted from AD2000 Vol 24 No 11 (December 2011 - January 2012), p. 15