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secretary4485
Feb 16, 2024


Sunday Homily, 11 February 2024 - Fr Paul Rowse, OP
We can marvel at the fact that the Lord never contracted leprosy himself, even though he often came into physical contact with those who...
paulrowse
Feb 11, 2024


Secretary816
Feb 9, 2024


Sunday Homily, 28 January 2024 - Fr Paul Rowse, OP
Just a few months before he died 750 years ago this year, St Thomas Aquinas was celebrating Mass and fell into one of his ecstasies. ...
paulrowse
Jan 28, 2024


secretary4485
Jan 27, 2024


Australia Day Homily, 26 January 2024 - Fr Paul Rowse, OP
When he arrived a week after the First Fleet and saw the foundations for the first Government House, Louis XVI’s explorer, Laperouse,...
paulrowse
Jan 26, 2024


Jubilee of St Thomas Aquinas
This year is the 750th anniversary of the death of St Thomas Aquinas, the great doctor of the Church. St Dominic's is celebrating the...
paulrowse
Jan 25, 2024


Sunday Homily, 21 January 2024 - Fr Paul Rowse, OP
At a time when secluded wives were slavishly obedient to their husbands and teary mourners were hired to appear at funerals, when...
paulrowse
Jan 22, 2024


Sunday Homily, 14 January 2024 - Fr Paul Rowse, OP
Though he had lived all his life in the Lord’s sanctuary, it wasn’t Eli who heard the voice of God, but Samuel. This was because of...
paulrowse
Jan 14, 2024


Sunday Homily, 7 January 2024 - Fr Paul Rowse, OP
Someone said to me over Christmas, “I like the new cross, Father.” He was referring to our star. I like that our star was mistaken for...
paulrowse
Jan 7, 2024


Sunday Homily, 31 December 2023 - Fr Paul Rowse, OP
This is the 800th anniversary of the first Nativity Scene. In 1223, St Francis of Assisi was just back from the Holy Land. The...
paulrowse
Dec 31, 2023


HOLY HOUR
There will be a Holy Hour to mark the end of 2023 and another to pray in the new year of grace: 4-5pm, Sunday 31 December 2023. The hymn...
secretary4485
Dec 27, 2023


Christmas Homily - Fr Paul Rowse, OP
Mercifully, things are winding down for the year. Pretty soon we won’t be able to tell what day of the week it is. Christmas is the...
paulrowse
Dec 25, 2023


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Dec 24, 2023


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Dec 22, 2023


Christmas Concert
On Gaudete Sunday, that welcome break in the penitential season of Advent, Australian Digital Concert Hall brought the Melbourne Octet to...
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Dec 19, 2023


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Dec 19, 2023


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Dec 15, 2023
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