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Presider’s Page for 5 January 2025 (Second Sunday of Christmas

Presider’s Page for 5 January 2025 (Second Sunday of Christmas) We gather to celebrate the first Sunday of 2025, moving with gratitude into a new year of God’s grace. We thank God for the gifts of Christmas, particularly the gift of the Word made flesh, the one nearest the Father’s heart. Confident that God’s mercy…

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Tues 31 Dec 2024 – 7th Day in the Octave of Christmas

Tues 31 Dec 2024 – 7th Day in the Octave of Christmas Optional memorial: Saint Sylvester, pope. Sylvester (250-325) was born in Rome in the mid-3rd century and served as a priest under pope Marcellinus before the persecution under Diocletian (303). After the victory of emperor Constantine in 312 he succeeded Melchiades as bishop of…