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A large crowd filled Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Middle Park (Vic) for the Ordination of Br Anacleto Guterres Da Costa to the Diaconate.
When God answers needs and provides for people there is never just enough; there is always more than enough.
In the Gospel Mark shows Jesus to be a true shepherd whose heart is moved by the needs of both the people and his own disciples.
On the Solemnity of Our Lady of Mt Carmel, the Prior General writes:
Like Amos, the disciples in the Gospel are ordinary men. None, not even Jesus himself, is a formally commissioned or ordained rabbi, yet they are called and commissioned to preach and to heal.
Traditionally, the prophets in the Bible had a pretty tough time. Many experienced rejection and persecution and even death. The first reading tells part of the story of Ezekiel’s call to be a prophet.
On a recent trip to Timor-Leste, Fr Bruce Clark (Prior Provincial) visited the new Carmelite Mission at Guisarudo.
Students at the English Language School for Pastoral Ministry recently visited the National Gallery of Victoria.
From June 20-22 the Archdiocese of Dili’s Department of Social Media & Communications offered a 3 day training course.
