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[Editorial]
 
 
Local parish helps transform lives in Uganda though education and partnership
Resurrection Catholic Parish in the north-west Melbourne suburb of King's Park has an important partnership with a little village in eastern Uganda, funding the building of a school and the education of hundreds of students. For most of the children in Bugaya, it represents their only chance at an education—and they are seizing the opportunity.
 
 
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Applications are currently open for the following positions:

Archdiocese of Melbourne

  • Aboriginal Catholic Ministry of Victoria (ACMV) Coordinator, Thornbury

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  • Part-time Accounts Clerk, Newman College, Parkville

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Upcoming events
Through Our Eyes: VMCH Photography Exhibition
Monday 23 June 2025, 10.00am
– Friday 4 July 2025, 3.00pm
A picture tells a thousand words. Come along to VMCH’s debut photography exhibition, Through Our Eyes, celebrating the talents of people with disability and giving an unfiltered glimpse into their everyday lives. While one in five Australians have a disability, many feel unseen and undervalued. This exhibition shifts the focus ...
 
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Six30 Holy Hour
Thursday 3 July 2025 6.30pm –7.30pm
Join with young Catholics from across the city for a time of adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, music and an opportunity for confession. Please note that various venues will be used for Six30 Holy Hour throughout 2025. Please check venue details each week on the Events page of Melbourne Catholic ...
 
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2025 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Sunday Mass
Sunday 6 July 2025
11.00am–12.00pm
On the first Sunday of July each year, the Catholic Church in Australia observes Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Sunday. On this day we gather as one to honour and celebrate the rich cultural heritage and contributions of our First Nations peoples to our Catholic Church. The theme for this ...
 
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Camino Domini: A Pilgrimage Walk from Loss to Hope
Saturday 12 July 2025
2.00pm–5.00pm
Join St Mary Magdalen’s Catholic Parish as they host the first ‘Camino Domini: A pilgrimage walk from loss to hope’ to celebrate the feast of St Mary Magdalen this Jubilee Year. The walk will conclude with a penitential service and benediction at St Mary Magdalen’s Church at 3.30pm, followed by ...
 
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2025 NAIDOC Mass at St Francis’ Church
Sunday 13 July 2025
11.00am–12.00pm
Aboriginal Catholic Ministry Victoria warmly invites you to the 2025 NAIDOC Mass at St Francis’ Church. Marking the end of NAIDOC Week (6–13 July), the Mass is an opportunity to come together and celebrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People. Banner image: artwork by Pollyanne Carter.
 
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Xavier School of Preaching 2025: Raising a New Generation of Preachers
Thursday 17 July 2025
– Saturday 19 July 2025
Join the Xavier School of Preaching 2025—a transformative experience for ordained and lay Catholics seeking to deepen their call to proclaim the Gospel. The Xavier School of Preaching 2025 is a joint initiative of the Xavier Centre at Australian Catholic University and the Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne. Rooted in the ...
 
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Benedetta Young Women’s Retreat
Saturday 19 July 2025
3.00pm–6.00pm
Join us for a warm, faith-filled day at Hap Cafe, where young women (aged 18–40) of the Catholic faith come together to connect, grow and be renewed. Benedetta is a welcoming and intimate community designed to nurture lasting friendships and support your journey in faith. Through meaningful workshops, prayer and ...
 
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Mannix Library Presents ‘Stories of Late Victorian Melbourne: Markers of Time, Markers of Culture’
Friday 25 July 2025
10.00am–3.00pm
Discover late Victorian Melbourne during an intimate tour of Mannix Library’s special collections with speakers Huw Sandaver and Dr Amy Isham. See rare pastoral run and railroad maps contained in gazettes and bindings, bound landscapes, and theatre and opera playbills, as well as a collection of pamphlets relating to the ...
 
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Melbourne Catholic Professionals Public Lecture: Br Guy Consolmagno SJ
Tuesday 29 July 2025
5.30pm–7.00pm
Melbourne Catholic Professionals warmly invites you to a captivating public lecture by Br Guy Consolmagno SJ, Director of the Vatican Observatory and renowned Jesuit astronomer. Join us for an evening of insight and wonder as Br Consolmagno explores the intersection of faith and science, sharing his unique perspective on how ...
 
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Helder Camara Lecture: ‘How is the Future of the Amazon, a Future for All?’ with Mauricio Lopez Oropeza
Wednesday 30 July 2025
5.00pm–8.00pm
As part of the Helder Camara Lecture Series hosted by Newman College, Mauricio Lopez Oropeza, one of Latin America’s most dynamic Catholic lay leaders, will draw on his experience at the Amazon Synod and at the Vatican in a conversation encompassing ecology, Indigenous rights, migration and living out the vision ...
 
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Our Lady of Pentecost Parish Pilgrimage: ‘Reconciliation: We are One’ with Mark Cooper
Saturday 2 August 2025
9.00am–12.00pm
In celebration of the Jubilee Year, Our Lady of Pentecost Parish will host a series of monthly pilgrimages at Our Lady of Victories Basilica in Camberwell. These pilgrimages will be held on the first Saturday of each month, from May through November 2025. The structure of each pilgrimage is ...
 
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Australian Catholic Youth Festival 2025
Sunday 30 November 2025
– Tuesday 2 December 2025
ACYF returns to Melbourne at the end of 2025! Capping off a rich program of Jubilee events in our Archdiocese this 2025 Jubilee Year, the Australian Catholic Youth Festival is a fun and faith-filled national festival. It provides young people from Year 9 to 25 years old with the opportunity ...
 
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