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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 Fr Dean Marin celebrates the feast of St Thomas Mass in St Francis Xavier’s Cathedral. 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).

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Events

Mass for migrants

Migrant and Refugee Sunday was celebrated in St Francis Xavier’s Cathedral on Sunday September 29.

Local

Embracing the value of human life

The Adelaide Archdiocese has introduced a new initiative aimed at upholding the sanctity of life. Fr Dean Marin and James Lloyd explain the rationale behind the project.

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 />