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Palm Sunday marks the beginning of intensified prayer and reflection as we move towards the Paschal Mystery. It is during this week we enter deeply into the mystery of Jesus, the Son of God, our Redeemer. God is a community of persons, Father, Son and Spirit, relating in an intimate w Read More →

Most of us are familiar with St Joseph the Worker but there is much more to St Joseph. Though very little is spoken of him in scripture, we know that he was companion and most chaste spouse to Mary, foster father of Jesus, protector and provider of the Holy Family, a carpenter and ear Read More →

This week we break from the usual column to offer this quiz to test your knowledge of Lent and RCIA. Have fun! Read More →

The Catholic Church, from very early, has promoted three activities that we the members should undertake more seriously during Lent. They are prayer, fasting and almsgiving. It is for this reason that the Gospel text for Ash Wednesday every year is Jesus’ advice on prayer, fasting and Read More →

The Liturgical Cycle is designed to help us on our faith journey. Faith is a gift from God, a theological virtue, to help us ascend in our relationship with God. Our personal goal during this Year of Faith should be a more intimate relationship with God. Lent is one of the seasons wit Read More →

The Catholic Church throughout the world is celebrating the Year of Faith promulgated by the Pope Benedict XVI. As Catholics in this Archdiocese we are challenged to make real the Second Pastoral Priority – to Revitalise Catholic Culture and Identity and in so doing to deepen our own Read More →

The Archdiocesan Catechetical Office has frequently reiterated the theme of lifelong learning as a priority of total catechesis within the entire body of the faithful. Read More →

“Besides being a witness, the catechist must also be a teacher who teaches the faith. A biblical-theological formation should afford the catechist an organic awareness of the Christian message, structured around the central mystery of the faith, Jesus Christ. Together with those dimen Read More →

To be like Jesus, to be like Jesus All I ask is to be like him All thro’ life’s journey From earth to glory All I ask is to be like him (Caribbean Worship & Song 414) In this Year of Faith let us desire to grow more like Jesus by reflecting on the major themes in Luke’s Gospel. Read More →

Pope Benedict XVI, in his Apostolic Letter Porta Fidei, asks that the Year of Faith be one in which each member of the Church makes a profession of faith. This is summed up in the Creed. Read More →