Parish Blog

Dear friends, There is video of Mass in this post from an Our Lady of the Way live stream today. Let me share the thinking behind the way today’s Mass is being shared. The Eucharistic Prayer below was live streamed via Youtube today (not Facebook for this one). It might sound counter-intuitive, but there’s a…

The cover picture on today’s Parish Blog post looks a bit lonely; a teacher in front of a camera and screen in an empty classroom. Neither parents or teachers would have known some of  the unexpected challenges to schooling that 2020 would bring! No doubt there is plenty of cause for thanksgiving as parents and…

The cover image on today’s post comes from the liturgy that was posted on Saturday for Anzac Day. I hope you were able to feel connected to Anzac Day in some way. I was talking on Saturday to parishioners Brad Snedden and his son Connor as they and Kevin in their grounds group were caring…

Third Sunday of Easter – Year A – 27th April 2020 That picture above is not clickable!! It’s just a screen shot from the live streamed Mass today at 9.30am from Our Lady of the Way Church.  I’ve discovered that a Facebook direct link to a live stream Mass can be put into this space afterwards.…

A priest friend, Fr Kevin Walsh, prepared a liturgy for Anzac Day and I asked him if I could edit its parts into our Parish Blog post for 25th. Interesting story that Kevin was called up for National Service for Vietnam and didn’t go – because he was a novice at the time with the…

Dear friends, The cover picture for today’s post in the Parish Blog is a reminder of the many effects of the world’s current health crisis. As a funeral hearse leaves the driveway of Our Lady of the Way church, even a close family stands socially distanced – and a grieving widow stands alone at the front. I had two reflections about…

How beautiful the sunshine of recent days has been! Someone said to me the other day; ‘it’s hard to believe there’s a global health crisis going on when the days are so perfect here – I feel a bit guilty to be enjoying the weather so much!’  Maybe for those of us who haven’t lost our…

So what’s a knitted blanket doing on the cover picture of today’s Parish Blog post? You mightn’t have seen yesterday’s story about a group of people from Our Lady of the Way parish with a strong spirit of mission about them! They’re part of ‘Wrap with Love’ and they knit gifts of woollen warmth for people across the world who due to…

I should have run a guessing competition about the date the church was dedicated before displaying a photo of the stone plaque at the front door. I know I can sometimes walk past something a hundred times and not stop and read it. But I’ve got an advantage with this one because I remember the church being opened just seven or eight weeks before I was ordained…

Can you pick the mower driver in the cover picture of today’s Parish  Blog post? There were a few other such pictures in the weekend Mass post. Those who kick in some shared time to look after the parish grounds have continued their spirit during social distancing. Thanks from the whole parish to them and…