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FR JOHN USHER

  As previously notified there will be in informal morning-tea after the 9.00am Mass this Sunday to mark the end of Fr Usher’s term as Parish Priest at Mortlake. In due course we suspect, Fr Usher will return to celebrate a Sunday Mass on occasions

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RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

  The Commonwealth Parliament is considering the introduction of Laws relating to “Religious Freedom”. Many Catholic people believe that it is very important for Australians to have the right to freely practice their religious faith, irrespective

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TUESDAY NEXT – 6TH AUGUST

  This coming Tuesday is the Feast of the Transfiguration of Jesus in the presence of his apostles Peter, James and John. It marks the occasion when the apostles began to realise that Jesus would suffer and die in reparation for the sins of humanity.

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FEAST DAYS THIS WEEK – 29 July – 3 August

    Monday: St Martha (50 – Sister of Mary Magdalen- Patron of cooks) Tuesday: St Peter Chrysologus (450) Wednesday: St Ignatius of Loyola (1556 – Patron & Founder of the Jesuits Thursday: St Alphonsus Liguori (1787 – Patron of confes

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MESSAGE FROM MONS JOHN – 28th July, 2019

  There are places, times and situations when it seems impossible to pray – Or so we think! In fact, for we believers in Jesus, everywhere we are, every moment of our day and every situation in which we find ourselves is a place, a time and a situa

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ST ALPHONSUS LIGUORI

  St Alphonsus was a lawyer living in the 18th century. He founded the order of priests known as the “Redemptorists”. He was keen to stop priests form being to overbearing and strict. He asked the priests that joined his new religious order to be

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PARISH CHRISTMAS IN JULY LUNCHEON

  Sixty cheerful parishioners attended our annual Christmas in July function on a bright and sunny winter’s day. It  was held at Massey Park Golf Club, on 24 July 2019. This was a significant occasion as it was perhaps the last official function f

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FEAST DAYS THIS WEEK – 22 – 27 July

    Monday: St Mary Magdalene 50 (Patron of repentant people) Tuesday: St Bridget of Weeden 1373 (Patron of Sweden) Wednesday: St Sharbel Makhlof 1898 (Hermit of Lebanon) Thursday: St James the Greater 42 (Apostle & Patron of Spain) and St