Parish Blog

Hello everyone and welcome to Mass for the 17th Sunday of Ordinary Time. See the Bulletin section of this website for all current info about prayer and church opening times plus Masses and Communion Services. The cover image referring to The FaithFeed is referring to a special initiative of our diocese seeking to network people…

Hello everyone and welcome to Mass for the 16th Sunday of Ordinary Time. No real theme for the chosen picture on the cover  of this blog post! Just one for any animal lovers to show off the furry friend who is constantly wanting to be part of of preparing my work! Yes, there’s a bit…

Dear friends – Many people will remember times when being part of a parish community was much more widespread. The reasons why that is not the case in this era are quite varied. There is much for us to learn and reflect upon in order to increase our understanding of trends and to assist good…

Hello everyone and welcome to Mass for the 15th Sunday of Ordinary Time. On the cover image of this blog post is the logo for the Apostleship of the Sea. It is a worldwide ministry of the Church supporting seafarers on various crews from what can amazingly be 50,000 merchant ships on the world’s oceans…

Dear friends – As noted the other day, the church will now be open for Wednesday Mass as well. So the midweek Masses as of now are Wednesday 9.15am / Thursday 8.15am / Friday 7.15am. Bookings are not needed midweek but sign-in is still required so do kindly arrive early so that Mass can start…

Greetings everyone and welcome to Mass for the 14th Sunday of Ordinary Time. This weekend is also National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Sunday. How important for our national identity and wisdom that we keep recovering and treasuring the story of this land and its first people – and deepen the individual and collective empathy…

Dear friends – (Cover image credit: Unsplash collection – picking up on the call of the prophet Amos in the first reading that we are to be creators of God’s justice )  – Today on Government advice the numbers permitted in churches are expanding – but at least for today we’ll do another online liturgy…

Dear friends – The content for this post has been kindly prepared by parishioners Kay Walker and Carol Burke. Sincere thanks to Kay and to Sue Mouthaan who spoke at our live stream Masses on the weekend of this parish opportunity to support refugees in this COVID time: Today is the day we celebrate the…

Greetings everyone and welcome to Mass for the 13th Sunday of Ordinary Time. ‘Hospitality’ is one of the background themes of this weekend’s liturgy – with the Old Testament’s example that’s also picked up by Jesus in the Gospel. The second reading helps us focus on our deep identity as baptised people which is a…

Dear friends – Please note that there is just one change from this week to the church opening times. On Thursdays, after 8.15am Mass, the church will be open for ONE HOUR for Prayer and Adoration – that is, until 9.45am. A brief holy communion service will be available at 9.15am during that Thursday Adoration…