Diocese of Port Pirie
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The Catholic Church in Australia is dedicating the month of November as a time to pray for those affected by crippling drought conditions and to pray for the gift of rain.
Parishes, schools, families and other Catholic communities across the country are being encouraged to participate in the National Prayer Campaign for Drought, which also invites people to provide assistance to those most in need
Bishop Columba Macbeth-Green OSPPE from Wilcannia-Forbes oversees a diocese that covers about half of New South Wales, including some of the most drought-affected areas in the country.
He says, “In some dioceses, practical responses like school fee relief or support with rising utility bills can ease an increasing burden for families, but in a Catholic context, prayer must be a part of our response.”
Prayer resources have been developed for parishes, schools, communities and families to participate in the National Prayer Campaign. This includes copies of the prayer to print or place on slides at Mass.
Eternal God,
In wisdom and love
you created our earth
to sustain us and give us life.
We turn to you now
in faith, hope and love,
asking you to look with favour
on our drought-stricken land,
on our starving animals,
on our failing crops.
Strengthen, sustain and give new heart
to our farmers
and to all who are affected by drought;
be with those who support them.
In your loving providence,
send abundant rain
and restore our parched earth.
Father of all compassion
hear our prayer
through Jesus Christ your Son,
in whom the promise of new life
has dawned, and
through the power
of the Holy Spirit,
the Lord, the giver of life:
Renew your faithful people;
Renew the face of the earth.
Our Lady of the Southern Cross,
Mary, help of Christians –
Pray for us.
St Mary of the Cross MacKillop –
Pray for us.
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Diocese of Port Pirie
Welcome, we are a gathering of communities scattered across vast distances, We are characterised in our terrain by the Outback, the mining fields, Aboriginal Lands, the Riverland, towns of the Gulf, and the Eyre and Yorke Peninsulas, the beauty of the Flinders. We are from all backgrounds, from the First Australians to asylum seekers. We try to be the Body of Christ in this part of the Great Southland of the Holy Spirit. Again, welcome
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