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Memorial
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PM, Premier join Abdallah and Sakr families for memorial garden opening
- . 6 February 2024
A site of tragedy was transformed into a memorial of faith and love as the memorial garden for the Abdallah and Sakr children was blessed and opened in Oatlands in western Sydney on Saturday. Source: The Catholic Weekly.
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Hundreds attend Christmas interfaith remembrance service
- . 20 December 2023
Hundreds of people took part in the 10th annual Christmas Interfaith Remembrance Service hosted by Catholic Cemeteries and Crematoria at Sydney’s St Mary’s Cathedral on Sunday. Source: The Catholic Weekly.
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St Lucy’s School holds memorial service for ‘kind, cheeky, clever’ Sanad
- . 23 November 2023
Ten-year-old Sanad Shahriar was remembered as a “kind, cheeky, clever” boy at a memorial service held at St Lucy’s School following his tragic death in a lift accident at the school on November 1. Source: The Catholic Weekly.
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‘The Lord was the centre of their lives,’ Pope says at memorial Mass
- . 6 November 2023
Pope Francis celebrated a memorial Mass in St Peter’s Basilica on Friday for Pope Benedict XVI, Cardinal George Pell and the other five cardinals and 147 bishops who died over the past year. Source: CNS.
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Pope to celebrate Mass for Pope Benedict XVI
- . 20 October 2023
Pope Francis will celebrate a memorial Mass on Friday, November 3, for Pope Benedict XVI and cardinals and bishops who have died in the past year. Source: OSV News.
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Memorial awards students for ‘exceptionally high contributions’
- . 24 April 2023
Catholic school student Madison Gurney-White gained a greater understanding of her great-grandfather’s life on the far west coast of South Australia and his service in World War II when she undertook research for an award-winning digital biography. Source: The Southern Cross.
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Cardinal Pell to be buried in St Mary’s Cathedral crypt
- . 16 January 2023
It’s a nearly 100-year-old ornate crypt with “one of the finest mosaic floors in the world” and soon it will be the final resting place for Cardinal George Pell. Source. ABC News.
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Fallen Queensland police officers honoured in public memorial
- . 22 December 2022
Queensland has farewelled Constables Rachel McCrow and Matthew Arnold, the two police officers killed in last week’s horrific Wieambilla siege, in a public memorial service at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre. Source: The Catholic Leader.