Led by parish priest Fr Michael Musyoka Kyumu, parishioners from the seaside parish of Brighton walked from Sacred Heart College chapel at Somerton Park to St Joseph’s Church to celebrate the 2025 Jubilee Year. Rainy conditions on November 22 didn’t dampen participants’ enthusiasm as they recited the Rosary on their journey.
Among the millions of pilgrims visiting Rome for the Jubilee Year were nine knights and dames from the Adelaide branch of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem.
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When Adelaide Hills parishioners Deb and Des Stapleton decided to embark on a 100km walk from Lucca to Sienna in Italy, they were inspired by the prospect of being ‘pilgrims of hope’ in line with the theme of the Jubilee Year.
St Aloysius Church at Sevenhill was the ultimate destination for 250 pilgrims who joined Archbishop Patrick O’Regan for the first of a series of visits to sacred sites in South Australia as part of the Jubilee year.
As the Church celebrated the Jubilee of Sport on Trinity Sunday, Pope Leo XIV, a keen tennis player, spoke of three aspects of sport that make it “a precious means of human and Christian formation”.
When life gets tough, we often turn to creature comforts – a double scoop of gelato, a relaxing massage, some retail therapy – things in excess of what we use daily for our health and wellbeing. We might say we are ‘indulging’ in a little self-care. The kindness we show ourselves when we indulge is not based on merit but on generosity.
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