Although St Christopher no longer occupies a place in the Church’s calendar as a major saint, there are still many people whom maintain a devotion to St Christopher as the patron of travellers. In fact his official feast day is 25th July (ie Next
Monday: St Bonaventure (1274) Tuesday: Our Lady of Mount Carmel (1251) Wednesday: St Alexis the Beggar (600) Thursday: St Camillus De Lellis (1614- Patron of nurses) Friday: St Vincent De Paul (1660 – Patron of charities) Saturday: St Appo
Today, in Chapter 10 of St Luke’s Gospel, we meet a smart Jewish lawyer who asks Jesus what He means when He says we should “love our neighbour”. The lawyer asks, “who is my neighbour”? In response to the question, Jesus tells him the sto
Thanks to everyone at St Patrick’s Mortlake for your generous contribution to our Annual Vinnies Winter Appeal. Total monetary donations received were a wonderful $3,120.65. Receipts for the envelope contributions will be sent out next week. Than
Thanks to all who contributed so generously to the appeal to support the work of Pope Francis over the last two Sundays.
The feast day of St Camillus will be celebrated next Thursday. He was a soldier who, while recovering from a war injury, was evicted from hospital for bad behaviour. He was then influenced by the Capuchin friars to return to Giacomo hospital, not as a pat
This will be held on Sunday the 4th August after the 9.00am Mass. Everyone is welcome. Save the date!
Monday: St Elizabeth of Portugal (1336 – Patron or Portugal) Tuesday: St Augustine Zhao Rong & Companions (1845 – Chinese Martyrs) Wednesday: St Ulric of Augsburg (973) Thursday: St Benedict (543 – Patron against poison) Frida
Our Church is often over-enthusiastic in preaching the attractiveness of Jesus and the attractiveness of our Catholic faith. Nevertheless, Jesus and His Church are not attractive to everyone. Today’s Gospel story describes a situation where Jesus
