Recently we celebrated the feast of the Epiphany. While sourcing through some homily notes I read something by Fr Flor McCarthy SDB. A key aspect of the Epiphany was the gifts the Magi were bringing to the Christ child. Fr McCarthy says that we all come (in any situation) learning gifts – gifts wrapped up… Read more
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Are we grateful?
Last Saturday we celebrated Australia day. The people in Tatura are very good at supporting the activities, from the Lions Club BBQ to the flow on in the Italian Social Club for the Australia Day program. Nearly 300 people packed in to hear who were the award winners for this year. Before this we celebrated… Read more
Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time – 3rd February 2019
4th Sunday in Ordinary Time – 3rd February 2019 In this week’s edition of the Bulletin, we reflect on the Presentation of the Lord, which took place 40 days after the birth of Baby Jesus. Our school is looking to appoint a School Chaplain for 12 months if you are interested please contact the School… Read more
Roster – February 2019
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Third Sunday in Ordinary Time – 27 January 2019
3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time – 27 January 2019 The week we celebrate the Feast of St Thomas Aquinas, we also welcome back our students and teachers especially our Preps, new students and new teachers. Lent will be here before we know it so this week we are highlight one of the Lenten Programs that… Read more
Second Sunday in Ordinary Time – 20 January 2019
2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time – 20 January 2019 This week we celebrated Fr Michael’s 15th anniversary as our Parish Priest, we have also entered Ordinary Time in our liturgical calendar, but this period is anything but ordinary, it is the time when the church focuses on the life and ministry of Jesus. For our Plenary Council… Read more
The Baptism of the Lord – 13 January 2019
Baptisim of the Lord – 13 January 2019 In this edition of the Bulletin, we look at the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord and also the Feast of St Antony. Our Plenary Council 2020 article this week is an article written by Fr Noel Connolly “Speaking boldy sounds good — but it doesn’t happen easily”. We… Read more
Our Ministry of the Spirit
These are words that we hear and use in the Church that sometimes need to be defined and looked at again maybe to see if they still have that original meaning and understanding. I think of here the word minister. We call the clergy – ministers, but we also use it for the laity and… Read more
JOE VRACA FUNERAL
This week in the parish we had the funeral of Joe Vraca. It was well attended with approximately 900 people in attendance. I am sure they were from all ‘walks of life’ that was the impact that Joe had on people. Some of his family from Italy managed to arrive here in time for the… Read more
The Remedy for Jealousy
This was the title of a short reflection I read recently. If we were to give our own definition of the remedy, the obvious one would be just don’t do it! But it is not as easy as that. We all get caught up in it to some degree at different times of our lives…. Read more
