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Teachings connected with conversion, gathered to support prayer, reflection and everyday faith.
Published 6 October 2026
Holy Family Church, Doveton
Daily Mass Homilies · Daily Mass · Homily
Fr Michael Payyapilly reflects on the disciples on the road to Emmaus and the humility required to let Jesus teach, correct and even rebuke us. He invites us to remain teachable so the Lord can reveal more about Himself, about others and about ourselves.
Published 5 October 2026
Holy Family Church, Doveton
Daily Mass Homilies · Daily Mass · Homily
Fr Michael Payyapilly reflects on the fear of what we may lose when Jesus comes close enough to change our lives. As Holy Week begins, he invites us to make one prayer our own: Jesus, captivate my heart.
Published 5 October 2026
Holy Family Church, Doveton
Daily Mass Homilies · Daily Mass · Homily
Fr Michael Payyapilly reflects on the guards at the tomb and asks whether we will stand by the truth when truth comes at a cost. He challenges us to face truth before God, in our relationships, and within ourselves, trusting Christ's promise that the truth will set us free.
Published 10 September 2026
Mannix College, Clayton (Melbourne), Victoria
Let His Spirit Flow · Live-In Retreat · Session 9
Fr Varghese Parackal reflects on Jesus' forgiveness from the Cross and the reconciliation of Jacob and Esau. He presents unforgiveness as a struggle between the Holy Spirit and the human ego, calling Christians to surrender resentment, receive a new heart and choose forgiveness without postponing it.
Published 2 September 2026
Mannix College, Clayton (Melbourne), Victoria
Let His Spirit Flow · Live-In Retreat · Session 3
Fr Varghese Parackal teaches that God has already separated light from darkness and good from evil. He calls us to let God search and weigh the heart, ask what we must do, avoid grieving the Holy Spirit, confess and forsake sin, and be transformed rather than conformed to the world.
Published 31 August 2026
Mannix College, Clayton (Melbourne), Victoria
Let His Spirit Flow · Live-In Retreat · Session 1
The Cross is the definitive measure of God's love. Through Isaiah's suffering Servant, Fr Michael Payyapilly VC shows that Christ bears our infirmities and iniquity, loves us before we become worthy, and calls us to conversion as a response to love already given.
Published 31 August 2026
Mannix College, Clayton (Melbourne), Victoria
Let His Spirit Flow · Live-In Retreat · Session 2
Fr Michael Payyapilly asks how we respond to God's love and the blessings entrusted to us. Using Saul as the central biblical example, he warns how carelessness, pride and sin can move the heart away from God, and calls us to remember God's gifts and retrace our steps back to Him.
Published 17 August 2026
Belgrave Heights Convention Centre, Belgrave Heights, Victoria
Powered by the Holy Spirit · 3-Day Live-In Retreat · Session 2
Fr Michael Payyapilly VC reflects on what it means to quench the Holy Spirit. When the self becomes the centre, our own voice can become louder than the Spirit, moral boundaries shift around what satisfies us, and what appears to be freedom can become slavery. The Spirit calls us instead to die to self, receive the truth of Christ, allow ourselves to be moulded and become people prepared for eternal life.
Published 25 July 2026
Holy Family Parish, Doveton
July 2026 Programme · Day Retreat · Session Two
A person may believe that God can act yet struggle to believe He will act personally. Fr Joby reflects on Jairus, delayed prayer, surrendering our timelines and preferences, and the way living faith forms holy choices.
Published 25 July 2026
Holy Family Parish, Doveton
July 2026 Programme · Day Retreat · Session One
A pure heart does not give up on those who seem lost. Fr Antony reflects on God's faithful love, family conversion, intercession and reconciliation.
Published 25 July 2026
Holy Family Parish, Doveton
July 2026 Programme · Day Retreat · Session Three
Suffering can make us believe that God is against us, especially when other people interpret our trials as punishment. Fr Antony reflects on trust, spiritual discipline and the hidden work of grace through stories of family pain, public judgement, injustice and faithful surrender.
Published 25 July 2026
Holy Family Parish, Doveton
July 2026 Programme · Day Retreat · Session Four
Fr Joby recalls how Jeremiah 1:9 sustained him when he felt unprepared to preach and how 1 John 3:8-9 helped him confront a persistent spiritual weakness. Scripture becomes testimony when it is prayed faithfully in the place of temptation and hardship.
Published 22 July 2026
Holy Family Church, Doveton
July 2026 Programme · ·
God does not speak first to the person who is absent, but to the person who is present. Before asking Him to change others, we must allow His Word to sanctify our own hearts and prepare the way for His wonders.
Published 22 July 2026
Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Bayswater
July 2026 Programme · ·
Marriage is a sacred vocation that needs more than affection and human effort. Fr Antony reflects on praying a blessing over one's spouse, guarding the family as a foundation, seeking personal conversion and inviting the Holy Spirit to sustain what human strength cannot hold together.
Published 22 July 2026
Holy Family Church, Doveton
July 2026 Programme · ·
Suffering is not proof that God has abandoned a person or family. Through the testimony of his sister's death and his mission in Rwanda, Fr Antony reflects on how Christ can turn tragedy into commissioning, family pain into intercession and a wounded past into a new beginning.
