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EXTRAORDINARY PARISH PASTORAL COUNCIL MEETING

There is a special meeting of our Parish Council this coming Tuesday evening at 7.30pm in the presbytery. The purpose of this special meeting is to ensure that all of our Parish activities are committed to the proper care and protection of all children an

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THE PARISH FINANCIAL RESULTS FOR 2017 – 2018

With the help of everyone’s generosity over the past year, and with sound advice from our Parish Finance Committee, we completed the 2017-2018 financial year with a small surplus of $54,004. We were able to almost finalise our loan repayments relating t

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FEAST DAYS THIS WEEK -15-20 October

Monday: St Teresa of Jesus (1582 – Patron of headache sufferers) Tuesday: St Hedwig (1243 – Patron of Silesia) Wednesday: St Ignatius of Antioch (107) Thursday: St Luke (84 – Patron of Doctors) Friday: St John de Brebeuf and St Isaac Jogues & C

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MESSAGE FROM MONS JOHN – 14th October, 2018

The story of the rich young man in today’s Gospel story is very familiar to us. He asks Jesus what he should do in order to inherit eternal life. Jesus says simply, “Just keep the commandments”. He says that he has done just that. He has kept the co

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ABOUT THE BIBLE

The third and final session on “Understanding the Bible”, presented by David Patterson will occur this Tuesday 16th October in the parish hall at 7.30pm. The earlier sessions received glowing reports and everyone is invited to this final session about

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ADULT CONFIRMATION

Sometimes adult people discover that they did not receive the Sacrament of Confirmation when they were younger. Hence, every year there is an opportunity for adult people to be Confirmed. The next Adult Confirmations will be held at St Mary’s Cathedral

HIGHER SCHOOL CERTIFICATE

Many of our young people will commence the H.S.C. exams this week. We wish them well and it’s a nobel gesture to keep these young students in our prayers this week.

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FEAST DAYS THIS WEEK – 8 -13 October

Monday: St Bridget of Sweden (1373 – Patron of Sweden) Tuesday: St Denis (400 – Patron against headaches) Wednesday: St Francis Borgia (1572 – Patron of Portugal) Thursday: St Pope John XXIII (1963) Friday: St Wilfrid (709) Saturday: St Edward the C

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MESSAGE FROM MONS JOHN – 7th October, 2018

Today’s reading from the Gospel according to St Mark talks about marriage and children. It seems that the author of the Gospel is relaying a simple message about “trust”. We are all involved, depending on our vocation in life, in the business of tru