Catholic Identity

                                        Mercy Prayer

We pray for the Sisters of Mercy, who established our school and for the priests who have served at

St. Mary’s.  It is through their vision,  determination and strong faith that we enjoy the benefits of a 

                                                                   Catholic Education here in Mooroopna.

We are proud to be a Mercy School, where the values of love and justice are taught and lived every day.

Sacramental Program - begins 

Congratulations to the twenty five children who have commenced the sacramental preparation to make their first Eucharist in November.  Please keep these children in your prayers at this special time in their faith journey.

Family Mass

Sunday 10th November will be the celebration of a Family Mass at St. Mary's at 10.00am.  The Junior Unit will be organising the readers, choir and offertory people etc for this mass.  We hope to see a large number of our school families present at this eucharistic celebration.

Welcome to Bishop Shane Mackinlay

Bishop Shane Mackinlay ordained -

Bishop Mackinlay was ordained as Bishop of Sandhurst in a ceremony at Sacred Heart Cathedral on Wednesday 16th October.

Bishop Mackinlay was born in Melbourne in 1965, before his family moved to Ballarat 10 years later. He studied at St Francis Xavier Primary School and St Patrick's College, where he was dux.

Ordained as a priest in the Ballarat Diocese in 1991, Bishop Mackinlay studied for the priesthood at Corpus Christi College and Catholic Theological College.He also completed a physics degree at Monash University. 

After serving as a parish minister, Bishop Mackinlay completed a masters and doctorate in philosophy at the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium.

Previous to his appointment, Bishop Mackinlay was Parish Priest of St Michael's Bungaree in the Diocese of Ballarat and Master of Catholic Theological College in Melbourne.

During the ceremony Archbishop Peter Comensoli anointed Bishop Mackinlay's head with oil, before presenting him with the Book of the Gospel's and the Bishop's ring. Bishops Bird and Tomlinson presented the Bishop's mitre and the Bishop's crosier.

Bishop Mackinlay thanked his parents, for introducing him to God's love, people, priests and bishops of the Ballarat diocese, his former parishioners and staff and students at Catholic Theological College.

We warmly welcome Bishop Shane to Sandhurst and look forward to him visiting St Mary’s in the near future.

New Readers and Special Ministers

St Mary's Parish would like to invite people who would like to read at Mass or become a special minister as Parish masses (secondary students welcome) to contact the Parish Office or Mrs Lee.  

Sacramental Program -  

First Eucharist will take place on Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th November for children who have currently commenced their sacramental journey and made their Reconciliation.