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FR DAVID WRITES
Today our journey through the summer season of Ordinary Time continues. In the Gospel Jesus gives a word of encouragement to his followers to be free from fear. He also gives a word of caution: to remain faithful to God and to be ready to be his fearless witnesses in the world today. Next weekend, we will celebrate the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul. They were also free from fear, and displayed a courageous faith which allowed them to witness to Christ even to the point of their martyrdom. May God give us strength, joy and a courageous faith to witness to the Risen Lord! 

FR TOM WRITES
After the seasons of Lent and Easter, as well as the feasts of the Holy Trinity and Corpus Christi, this Sunday the Church returns to Ordinary Time. It is easy for us to think this time is less significant, yet, it is a beautiful time in which we discover the joy of following the Lord in the simplicity of our daily lives. May we seek the Lord no less now than we do at other times of the year, and may we desire to become more and more like him in all our thoughts, words and actions.

Monday 30 March
Mass 10am
Confessions 10:30am

Tuesday 31st March
Mass 8am
Mass 10am

Wednesday 1st April (Spy Wednesday)
Mass 8am
Mass 10am
Confessions 10:30am

Holy Thursday 2nd April
7:30pm Evening Mass of the Lord's Supper
Watching at the Altar of Repose until 10pm

Good Friday 3rd April
10am Confessions
11:30am Children's Celebration for Good Friday
3pm Celebration of the Lord's Passion
7pm Meditation on the Seven Last Words

Holy Saturday
Confessions 3pm
7pm Easter Vigil and the First Mass of Easter

Easter Sunday
Mass 8:30am
Mass 9:45am
Mass 11:15am
Mass 12:30pm

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Steve Coleman was a parishioner at Our Lady of Lourdes from even before the church was built. With permission from his son, Peter Coleman, here are his memoirs of the founding of the parish and local life in the first half of the 20th century.

Steve Coleman (right, holding the book) at the blessing for the building of the new church, watching his shoes disappear into the mud!

There's a great deal more excellent material, including videos, at the parent website, Catholics Come Home.

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John Moffat, Mary Bolger, John Goodall, Margaret Butt, Cruz Kelly, Tommy Sacker, Jennifer Iles, Patricia Dellevoet, Helen McGrath, Mary Fahey, Giuliano Cardosi, Nora Mitchell, Mary Gilbride, Ronnie Lynch, Veronica Keville, Marie & Jonny Coutinho, Ifte Alam, Nadim Alam, Emma Lake, Guido Fichera, Theresa Dillon, Lawrence Robinson, Martin Donoghue, Lucy, Megan O’Brien, Alison Hughes, Silveria Vieira Papel, Joe Heaney, Rubina Dean, Runa Da Costa, David Woodhead, Kay Heery, Modesto Tondelli, Tina Mitchell, Tom Healy, Michael McNulty.

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