Let us revive the beauty of that moment when we realized that he is alive and we made him the Lord of our lives. Let us return to Galilee. Let each of us return to his or her own Galilee, to the place where we first encountered him. Let us rise to new life!
Pope Francis (on Twitter)
Hello from Father Michael, Deacon Vince Barclay, Sister Kathleen Keenan and the Parish Office
Let us pray for Father Michael as he continues his stay in the Holy Land.
Are you visiting this Easter?
Our Parish community welcomes you and wishes you a happy stay and safe return.
We have two churches in the Parish:
St John Vianney Church, 87 Namatjira Drive, Waramanga
St Jude Church, 55 Mulley Street, Holder
The final part of our Holy Week timetable is:
Easter Sunday, 8am-8.45am: Reconciliation at St John Vianney Church
Easter Sunday, 8am-8.40am: Adoration at St John Vianney Church
Easter Sunday, 9am: Mass at St John Vianney Church
Easter Sunday, 5pm: Mass at St Jude Church
Easter Monday, 8am: Communion Service at St John Vianney Church
With Father Michael being away, we thank Father Baiju and Father Rembert from Narrabundah Parish, and Deacon Vince Barclay, for leading our Masses, Communion Services and Stations of the Cross during Lent and Holy Week.
Project Compassion contributions
Please return your box or envelopes as soon as possible, by putting them into the collection bag or handing them to the acolyte before or after weekend Mass. Thank you.
Archdiocese’s Multicultural Mass, Sunday 16 April, 11am, at St Christopher's Cathedral
The Archbishop invites you to a Mass full of colour, song, and dance. Australia’s multicultural heritage is one of the country’s great treasures, so come along and join our Catholic family, including our African, Anglo-Indian, Filipino, Indonesian, Korean, Spanish and Vietnamese communities, as we all walk together.
A new Devotional book, Passion to Pentecost
Our parishioner, Raifiel Cyril, has written this Devotional, covering 100 days of reflections and prayers from the Sunday before Ash Wednesday to the feast of Pentecost.
Read about Raifiel and her book in the online version of Catholic Voice:
https://www.catholicvoice.org.au/all-gods-work-raifiel-cyrils-passion-to-pentecost/
Father Michael invites you to consider using the book as a companion on your faith journey. It costs $25 and you can obtain a copy by emailing Raifiel on cjralive@gmail.com or by visiting the Catholic Bookshop at Manuka.