The Pastor’s Weekly Message

Friday 29th April 2022   My dear people, HAPPY FEAST DAY! How wonderful it is to celebrate our parish feast day today as we celebrate the feast of St Catherine of Siena. Today is a day to be particularly grateful for our parish.

Thursday 14th April 2022 My dear people, The 40 days of Lent seemed like a very long time on Ash Wednesday. However, we find ourselves at the threshold of the Triduum and I have found this year’s Lent to have gone all

Friday 8th April 2022 My dear people, Last Wednesday, Mr Frank Schobben presented the final report of our Stewardship Renewal Program. Fantastic news! The pledge for stewardship income has increased by 22.9% to $7,374 per week and the pledge for the presbytery

Friday 1st April 2022 My dear people, The final report of our Stewardship Renewal Program will be presented to key stakeholders on Wednesday 6th April 2022. Mr Frank Schobben is waiting on the responses of several more people before he can make

My dear people, Our Stewardship Renewal Program has had positive results. Mr Frank Schobben is working out the final details of the program and these will be made known to you as soon as possible. The next sets of envelopes starting

My dear people, Our Stewardship Renewal Program is drawing to a close. Thank you for your prayers for its success. I encourage you to keep praying for our parish, that we will continue to be a parish full of vitality, where

My dear people, The number of people who attended Mass last weekend was a great sign that life is getting back to normal. By my estimation, there were very close to 1000 people at Mass over the four Masses. A Lenten

My dear people, It seems that a new routine is now upon us, both in our everyday lives and in the way in which we come to church. I do not mean to sound like a broken record but it is

My dear people, It was truly WONDERFUL to see many of you back at church last weekend. I hope that, as things get progressively more settled, we will continue to see the number of people coming to Mass increase. I repeat,

My dear people, I must confess that I am extremely elated at the knowledge that there will be people in the church this Saturday and Sunday. It has been a very, very long thirteen weeks since the last time you were all here.