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Teachings connected with discipleship, 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 12 September 2026
Mannix College, Clayton (Melbourne), Victoria
Let His Spirit Flow · Live-In Retreat · Session 11
Fr Varghese Parackal reflects on the Christian call to be like Jesus by learning His life of prayer. Through Scripture he shows Jesus praying before ministry, decisions and suffering, teaches that the Spirit of the Son enables us to cry 'Abba, Father,' and calls Christians to make personal and family prayer part of everyday life.
Published 11 September 2026
Mannix College, Clayton (Melbourne), Victoria
Let His Spirit Flow · Live-In Retreat · Session 10
Fr Michael Payyapilly teaches that Christian faith cannot embrace only healing and miracles while rejecting the Cross. Drawing on Jesus' temptations, St Peter, St Paul and personal testimonies, he presents suffering as capable of becoming salvific, purifying and formative when united with Christ, and calls disciples to trust God's grace without reducing prayer to a demand for comfortable outcomes.
Published 9 September 2026
Mannix College, Clayton (Melbourne), Victoria
Let His Spirit Flow · Live-In Retreat · Session 8
Fr Michael Payyapilly reflects on the Christian responsibility of forming children in faith from the beginning. Through Scripture, family stories and his own childhood memories, he teaches that parents pass on God's love through presence, example, prayer, correction and the seeds of faith that may bear fruit many years later.
Published 8 September 2026
Mannix College, Clayton (Melbourne), Victoria
Let His Spirit Flow · Live-In Retreat · Session 7
Fr Varghese Parackal examines the addictions, habits and ordinary attachments that can begin to control us. Drawing on St Paul's refusal to be dominated by anything, he calls Christians to honest self-examination, practical self-control and the freedom to choose Christ above every created thing.
Published 17 August 2026
Belgrave Heights Convention Centre, Belgrave Heights, Victoria
Powered by the Holy Spirit · 3-Day Live-In Retreat · Session 6
The Eucharist does not end at the altar. Fr Michael Payyapilly VC reflects on the manna of Exodus, the sending of Peter and the missionary command of Jesus to show how Christ nourishes, moulds and gives His people so they can carry Him into their families, the Church and the world.
Published 17 August 2026
Belgrave Heights Convention Centre, Belgrave Heights, Victoria
Powered by the Holy Spirit · 3-Day Live-In Retreat · Session 5
The Eucharist reveals what Christ desires to do within us. Fr Michael Payyapilly VC reflects on how Jesus takes us as we are, blesses us in our weakness, and breaks what must change so He can mould us for His purpose and prepare us for eternal life.
Published 17 August 2026
Belgrave Heights Convention Centre, Belgrave Heights, Victoria
Powered by the Holy Spirit · 3-Day Live-In Retreat · Session 1
Christian discipleship cannot be reduced to prayers, retreats, blessings or a comfortable life. Fr Michael explains why the Holy Spirit is essential to accepting the lordship of Jesus, receiving difficult teaching, carrying the cross without cowardice, living love beyond ego, discerning truth and keeping eternal life as the destination of faith.
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 17 August 2026
Belgrave Heights Convention Centre, Belgrave Heights, Victoria
Powered by the Holy Spirit · 3-Day Live-In Retreat · Session 4
Fr Michael Payyapilly VC reflects on the Holy Eucharist as Christ’s gift for the Christian journey towards eternal life. Moving from COVID-era livestreams and striking experiences during Mass to John 6 and the doctrine of transubstantiation, he explains why the Eucharist is more than habit, obligation or fellowship: in Holy Communion we receive Jesus Himself and are gradually conformed to Him.
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.
