Posts Categorized: News and Events

Each year in our parish here in Tatura, we celebrate Grandparents Mass.  I know we are only one of many; one of my brothers and his wife went to one recently for one of their grandchildren.  We have it at this time as it is only a week out from the feast day of Saints… Read more

You are invited to join an eConference group to talk about it!  “Synodality in Practice – Listening to the Spirit and Leading Change”  ACBC – BBI eConference 2018. Time: 10.00am  to 2.30pm When: Wednesday 8 August 2018 Speakers: Archbishop Mark Coleridge, Mrs Lana Turvey-Collins, Prof. Massimo Faggioli, Prof. Richard Lennan, Dr. Gemma Cruz. Cost: Free… Read more

We have been hearing a lot of late about the Archbishop of Adelaide, Phillip Wilson. He seems determined that until his appeal is heard he will not stand down as Archbishop. It would appear that he is not doing the Church any favours by this stand. In fact it is picking up more negative publicity… Read more

I write this article in response to the number of times of late that I have been approached about blessing someone’s home. Last Sunday I was off to Melbourne and I had told some friends that the next time I was heading south I would call in to do the house blessing. These people live… Read more

Last week I spoke about Homelessness and the alarming number of people being on the streets. The topic is obviously becoming a concern as it is being discussed in many circles. Today I noticed on the News an article called ‘Parishes open hearts and homes’. It is a good news story as they mentioned that one… Read more

While watching the national news this week I have heard it mentioned, of the number of people who are sleeping out each night in Melbourne. The thought of sleeping out on a couple of these freezing cold nights is not nice. One lady appeared to be so young, yet she was bright and happy and… Read more

This weekend, the 1st July 2018 we celebrate NATSICC, this refers to the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Catholics Council. Each year there is a theme and this year it is – Because of her, we can! The idea being to welcome all women and to recognise the example and inspiration of the Mother… Read more

Children in our school who are members of the Mini Vinnies are a very enthusiastic group who are always looking for a challenge. They come up with some very innovative ideas of how to raise money for some charitable works. After a visit from Ambulance Victoria, they have decided to raise some money for a… Read more

Last week we celebrated the feast of the Sacred Heart, the name given to our parish. There are many parishes under the patronage of the Sacred Heart in our diocese. The symbol of the heart as the symbol of love is appropriate to the heart of Jesus. When I speak to the children, they can… Read more

Well the big news this week in the parish is the arrival of the new Yamaha Clavinova piano/organ. We have traded in our Yamaha organ to offset our costs. This organ I purchased when I arrived in the parish 14 years ago.  We rely heavily on the floppy discs for our music and the disc… Read more