Divine Mercy Sunday

Fr Reece Beltrame, a local Albury resident, was ordained a priest at St Michael’s Cathedral in Wagga Wagga on April 2, 2016. St Patrick’s Albury hosted his first Mass (Mass of Thanksgiving) the following day for Divine Mercy Sunday. The St Patrick’s Schola and myself, as organist, were honoured to be asked to provide the…

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Lenten hymns

Choosing Lenten hymns for a Catholic parish is a tough job. Fortunately during ordinary time there is a plethora of hymns available to choose appropriately to coincide with the Sunday readings. During Lent, this poses a problem as you are suddenly limited to the subset of Lenten hymns available in your parish hymnal. At St…

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The power of music

I often ponder why my life is so busy. Last week was extraordinarily busy – I had my full-time job in IT to manage, the plethora of decisions and paperwork from a family house nearing completion, organising items and logistics for a new bub on the way and not to mention my musical endeavours such as a wedding,…

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