The last issue of "Our Diocesan Community" for 2016 has been delivered to parishes and schools. You can also read it on the website.

David Hobson and Georgia Wilkinson will be performing all your Christmas favourites in Hamilton (December 9), St Kilda (December 10) and St Patrick’s Cathedral, Ballarat (December 14).

The Making a Scene at Christmas 
Committee are delighted to take the display to Mildura from December 9–11.  There will be a modified display on the afternoon of December 7 at Robinvale and a repeat of this on December 12 at St Arnaud and then return for Ballarat from December 14-18 for the full display.

Take the time to read and reflect on Sunday’s Gospel.

Prayer for this edition of e-News. 

16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based violence: Nov 25 - Dec 10

Catholic institutions are divesting from fossil fuel companies and reinvesting in renewable energy as a response to the Pope’s Laudato Si’ encyclical and the COP21 statement of Catholic Bishops from all continents. COP22 has also been released.

Fr Denis Ryan offers a reflection as a semi-retired priest.

A new independent company to be established by the Catholic Church to develop, audit and report on compliance with professional standards to protect children and vulnerable people was announced by church leaders. 

On Sunday, November 27, 2016, the Catholic Church in Australia will commemorate the 30th Anniversary of the visit of Saint John Paul II to Australia in 1986.  The Bishops Commission for Relations with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples (BCRATSIP) is calling on parishes, schools and communities to mark the anniversary of Saint John Paul's address to the Aboriginal community in Blatherskite Park, Alice Springs on November 29, 1986.  Resources are available from the diocesan website.