Parish Blog

Dear friends – With the first day of winter here with us I thought I’d source some advice about energy saving. The obvious benefit is in relation to costs when those dreaded bills arrive. But as well, on a very positive note, the caring use of resources is a central expression of our faith in…

Welcome from us in the Emu Plains area to anyone from other places joining us in prayer this weekend. And welcome to anyone from other faith backgrounds too. We are blessed to have you with us. In our Christian tradition it’s this weekend on which we celebrate the Feast of Pentecost – the sending of the…

Dear friends – We come to the end of the Easter Season as we prepare to celebrate Pentecost this weekend. Today’s Parish Blog Post is simply a couple of brief Youtube video pieces, that might prompt  our own reflections about who the  Holy Spirit is in  our lives – and what difference we might want…

Dear friends – Today’s blog post is simply two things: 1. A further mention of the church opening times for prayer at Our Lady of the Way and 2. Today’s Gospel from the Mass of the day for Thursday of the 7th week of Easter – with a simple question following it. Please see the…

Happy Wednesday everyone – The images used in today’s Parish Blog post are chosen just to celebrate children and learning as our parish school students are back full time this week. (If any of you are reading this I hope you’re not feeling as exhausted as the person on the cover picture of this post!)…

Happy Tuesday everyone – The image on the cover of today’s Parish Blog post looks a bit scratchy! It’s because it’s a copy of a copy … It’s a screen shot snapped while playing back the Facebook live stream of last weekend’s Mass. And it was the part of the Mass when we did a…

Dear friends – Yesterday was the feast of ‘Mary Help of Christians’ – which has special significance for Australia. As many would have long known, it is under this particular title that Mary is recognised (from a Catholic Christian perspective and contribution to Australia) as patron of our nation. You may have seen that during…

Welcome from us in the Emu Plains area to anyone from other places joining us in prayer this weekend. And welcome to anyone from other faith backgrounds too. We are blessed to have you with us. In our Christian tradition it’s this weekend on which we recall the Ascension of Jesus to heaven after his life,…

Dear friends – Today’s Parish Blog post is a letter to the parish to see if there are people who would be keen to share some leadership to have the church open for a few periods each week. This letter is in written form – and is also shared via a voice recording if you…

Dear friends – The image on the cover of our Parish Blog reflects a theme of the Mass prayers that I thought I’d focus on today. This Parish Blog post is not the full Mass (see Wednesday for full Mass) – but has the readings of the day for each of us to reflect on…