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Fr Dean Marin

Director of Vocations

Fr Dean Marin

Articles by Fr Dean

Synod Synod

Many voices one mission

The whole Archdiocese is invited to be involved with our Synod this year. The key stages of the process are Dialogue Week, beginning on February 22; the members’ retreat on March 14; the opening Synod Mass at the Cathedral on May 29; the First Session on May 30 and then Second Session on June 27.

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Opinion

Reflecting on the feast of the Holy Innocents

The children that Herod killed in attempting to eliminate the Christ-child are considered martyrs. Their lives were taken in witness to Christ. They are not forgotten but remembered each year in our Masses and prayers on December 28, the feast of the Holy Innocents.

Opinion

He loved us

The love of God expressed through the human heart of Jesus is the theme of Pope Francis’ latest encyclical Dilexit Nos (He Loved Us).

Opinion

No perfect culture

As we celebrate Migrant and Refugee Sunday on September 29 Fr Dean Marin reflects on our ever-increasing multicultural congregations and missionary priests.<br />