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Pastoral Letters and Media Statements

  • Setting Forth Pentecost 2021

    23rd May, 2021

    The early missionaries were sent forth from the shores of Ireland in small coracles. They set forth in their little boats to proclaim the gospel to unknown lands. They had no maps, no compass, no life-jacket.

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  • Bishop Greg Bennet's Easter Message 2021

    30th March, 2021

    Christ Is Risen! Recently one of our beloved priests died. I was blessed to pray with him and his closest friends on that day. It was a sad, but beautiful occasion.

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  • Walking together in Lent and Covid-19 - Letter from Bishop Greg Bennet

    17th February, 2021

    As Lent commences, I send my prayers to you, mindful of the sorrow so many feel that we are unable to gather for Ash Wednesday due to the restrictions currently in place in the State of Victoria.

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  • Bishop Greg Bennet's Lenten Letter 2021

    16th February, 2021

    Dear Friends in Christ, Warmest blessings at the commencement of the liturgical season of Lent. One of the most privileged moments in my life was to be able stand very close to Michelangelo's sculpture The Pieta which is housed in St Peter's Basilica.

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  • Faith leaders write to Premier over concerns with the Conversion Therapy Bill

    01st February, 2021

    The Catholic bishops of Victoria and the Islamic Council of Victoria have written an open letter to the Premier seeking an urgent ‘pause’ on the Change or Suppression (Conversion) Practices Prohibition Bill 2020.

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  • Bishop Greg Bennet's Christmas Message 2020

    16th December, 2020

    Warmest blessings to you as we prepare to celebrate the Feast of Our Saviour’s birth.

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  • National Apology Response

    28th October, 2018

    My Sisters and Brothers in Christ Last Monday, the 22nd of October, Prime Minister Scott Morrison and the Leader..

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  • Catholic Church confirms entry into national redress scheme

    30th May, 2018

    Bishop Patrick O'Regan, Bishop of Sale, fully supports this statement issued today by the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference and Catholic Religious Australia.

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  • Letter before Final Hearing of Royal Commission

    01st February, 2017

    I am writing to you as the final hearing involving the Catholic Church at the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses...

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