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Virtual service for the Holy Land

Caritas Australia will host a Virtual Service of Remembrance on Tuesday October 7 to mark two years since the escalation of conflict in the Holy Land, honouring all lives lost and praying for those still suffering.

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900 year tradition marches on

If you’re attending the Marian Procession later this month you may notice a group of men wearing black berets and dressed in white robes with a red cross, and women wearing black robes and veils who are providing an ‘escort guard’ for the statue of Our Lady.

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Pilgrimage with a difference

Nine parishes of the western deanery have combined to sponsor a two week pilgrimage to the Holy Land in October, accompanied by Fr Maurice Shinnick who recently retired as parish priest of Croydon Park.