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Archbishop’s Liturgical Service
for Parish Priests & Appeal Representatives in advance of he Archbishop’s Christmas Appeal for LifeLink T Archbishop Costelloe SDB, joined by Auxiliary Bishop Donald Sproxton (Chairman, LifeLink), Rev Fr Peter Whitely (Vicar General) and Rev Dr Sean Fernandez (Dean, St Mary’s Cathedral) warmly welcomed more than 140 parish priests, parish representatives and invited guests to a special Liturgical Service at St Mary’s Cathedral. Archbishop Timothy said: “I am so grateful to the parish priests and parish appeal representatives who made time to join Bishop Sproxton and me for this event, particularly given it was All Souls and Melbourne Cup Day. This annual Service is an opportunity for Bishop Don and I to thank everyone for the wonderful support they provide in helping to make this appeal possible each year, and most importantly, for us to join together to reflect on and pray for people struggling in our community who rely on our Church agencies for help.” In his speech for the occasion, Archbishop Costelloe emphasised that we need disciples who are faithful and faith-filled. “This has always been what God is asking of us as members of His Church. The challenge comes in delving more deeply into the question of what being faithful actually looks like and what being faith-filled actually looks like. To be a faithful Christian it is essential that we are as committed to the way of Jesus as we are to the truth proclaimed by Jesus. And the way of Jesus is found primarily in an ever-deepening understanding of the way Jesus acts when he encounters people in the many and varied concrete realities of their own situations.”
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