Parish News

Where oh where did January go?

We often speak of January as being a lovely month to complete the odd jobs around the garden, tidying up filing cabinets etc. (I think I'm showing my age with a filing cabinet). Many people have been saying the same thing, I haven't achieved much in January as I had hoped. Whatever we have achieved is a bonus, perhaps the gift of January is that the majority of people are doing different things, at a different pace. I hope the gift has been something of a Fallow time, found in our Scriptures, as a period of rest and renewal. This year the last week of January certainly highlighted the return to work for many. Parish life has returned with our School community back. Welcome to all our staff, students and families - we hope this New Year will hold many Blessings for you and all who are part of our Education system. We welcome all those who are here for their first time - staff, students and their families. A special welcome to our preps. I had a stroll through the Resurrection refurbishment, just opened for the start of the year. It looks very nice. This week we have been drawn back into our Parish meetings, On Tuesday (Resurrection) and Thursday (St Anthony's), our Religious Education Teams (RE) met in preparation for our First Eucharist program which starts this week. Thank you to Marj and Suzan who will coordinate our Sacramental program. To our Religious Education Team, thank you for what you are about to do for those families celebrating the Sacraments. Wednesday night at Resurrection was the PPC, (Parish Pastoral Council) and we talked much about Parish policy etc. On Tuesday the lunch we had at St Anthony's was to welcome both Maria Jones (whose birthday it was) and Suzan Gerreyn, who both have now officially started in their new roles here at St Anthony's. We welcome you both with much joy and hope for this year. Blessings to you both. Martin and I then had a lengthy meeting discussing many things for this year. Martin suggested we change the weekend that we celebrate Wedding Anniversaries, currently being celebrated on the last weekend of each month. This is often the weekend that we Priests have changed Parishes to celebrate Masses with our communities. We will now celebrate Wedding Anniversary on the first weekend of each month. So this weekend we will celebrate all those who will celebrate their anniversaries in February . We hope and pray that February will be a gentle month for all of Australia. May this week bring you many blessings Martin, Vicki and Brian

Euchrist Programs 2020

Eucharist Sacramental Programs (RES and STA) Our Eucharist programs for 2020 will be commencing shortly at both Resurrection and St Anthony's. If you have not submitted an enrolment form for your child please contact the Parish URGENTLY – 97015899 for Resurrection and 9546 8276 for St. Anthony's. Also, all families who have registered were sent an email regarding the program. If you have not received this email please contact the Parish office. Thank you.

St Anthony's Church Renovations