Parish News
Weekly bulletins and parish information can be found at:
https://www.catholicparish.app/kyabram Email: kyabram@sandhurst.catholic.org.au
Wecome Back Fr Uday
This weekend we welcome back Fr Uday from his annual leave. We hope he had a wonderful break back home in India with family and friends.
Working Bee
We will be having a working bee around the OLOP garden next Monday, 15th September, at 9.30am. Parishioners are invited and encouraged to attend to help keep our grounds looking clean and tidy.
St Patrick's Parish Strathmerton
St Patrick's Parish Strathmerton will celebrate 90 years of worship with a Thanksgiving Mass this Saturday, 13th September, at 6pm. All welcome. Please spread the word.
Sacrament of Initiation
Our sacramental children will be receiving the Sacraments of Confirmation and Eucharist on Sunday 21st September at 8.30am Mass. Please keep these children and their families in your prayers.
Priests Retirement Foundation Appeal for retired Priests of Sandhurst.
We have 12 retired Priests. Fundraising assists the provision of housing, annual recurrent and everyday expenses. The Foundation relies on the generosity of the priests and people of the Diocese. A special collection will be taken on the weekend of 20th/21st of September and is the major fundraiser of the year. This day is an opportunity to thank God for their ministry and dedication and to pray for our priests, active and retired. Donations over $2 are tax-deductible. Those requiring receipts of donations over $10 are to please use the envelopes provided. Thank you.
Youth Podcast: Catch the Flame
Sandhurst Youth Ministry has just launched its first episode of a new podcast for young people to explore faith, share real stories and journey together in discovering what it means to follow Jesus today. Come as you are — this is your space! Now streaming on Spotify and Apple Podcast: Catch the Flame: A Sandhurst Catholic Youth Podcast. Like and Follow us on Facebook and Instagram: Sandhurst Youth Ministry
Canonization of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati and Blessed Carlo Acutis
On Sunday, 7th September, Pope Leo XIV canonized Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati and Blessed Carlo Acutis at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome.
Pier Giorgio Frassati, born 1901 in Turin, Italy, was admired for his deep spirituality, love for the poor and enthusiasm for life. A member of the Dominican Third Order, he served the sick through the St. Vincent de Paul Society. He died at age 24 after contracting polio.
Carlo Acutis, born in 1991, raised in Milan. Concerned that teenagers were spending so much time on the internet, playing video games and losing touch with reality, he worried about the scourge of pornography and cyber bullying and didn't think taking pictures of oneself and constantly putting them on social media was a healthy thing, because it represented a kind of idolatry of self. He thought all the attention should be on God and not on ourselves. Blessed Acutis used his tech skills to evangelize and set up a website on Eucharistic Miracles. Dying of leukaemia in 2006 at age 15, at his funeral the Church was full of poor people, because Carlo had secretly been helping them with food and sleeping bags. He has become known as "God's influencer," the "Cyber Apostle of the Eucharist" and the "Patron Saint of the Internet."
The Season of Creation
Monday 1st September was World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation. Pope Leo has issued a message for the day titled "Seeds of Peace and Hope". In it, he encourages us to take action to protect our damaged Earth and all those who live on it, especially those who are poor and vulnerable. The full text of Pope Leo’s Message for the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation can be found here:
https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2025/07/02/250702e.html
The World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation begins the Season of Creation which runs through to the Feast of St Francis of Assisi, October 4. It is an Ecumenical celebration of our Christian commitment to caring for Earth and all who live on it. The official Season of Creation website offers many excellent resources for use by parishes, schools and individuals during this special time of the year: https://seasonofcreation.org/
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