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Message from our Parish Priest
Parish Dinner Migrant & Refugee Sunday
Annual Parish Dinner - this coming Friday! ! ! So this weekend is your last chance to buy a ticket.
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The dinner will be held at 7.30pm on Friday, 5th September at St George Leagues Club. The cost of tickets is $35.00 per person. The theme this year is "Mary MacKillop Spring Carnival", so get out your best suits gentlemen and ladies, and dust off your best hat for the event. (The Parish Dinner is not suitable for children under 16 years.) Tickets are available after all Masses this weekend, so please come along and help build up our new parish by strengthening the bonds of friendship and having lots of fun and laughter. There will be games, prizes, raffles and surprises. Raffle tickets are on sale: $2 each or 3 for $5. 1st Prize: one week’s holiday at the Gold Coast; 2nd Prize: $200 Woolworth"s Gift Voucher; 3rd Prize: A Sydney Harbour Bridge Climb, plus lucky door prize and several smaller prizes. |
Migrant & Refugee Sunday
As mentioned last week, the Catholic Bishops of Australia have designated this Sunday as Migrant and Refugee Sunday. I am often amazed when I reflect on how multicultural our parish is. A glance at the faces and a listening ear will reveal that we came from every nook and cranny of the globe: Asia, Africa, Latin America, North America, Europe, Eastern Europe, the Sub-Continent, the Middle East, Polynesia, Micronesia, the Pacific Islands and of course, Australia. To list the actual countries would take far too much space, and lists are not the focus anyway. It is the chance for us to reflect on how truly blessed we are to be part of such a diverse group of people. - Fr Brendan Quirk
Source: Parish Weekly Bulletin
31 August 2008
As a parish, we are in the prime position to show others how to live in peace with one’s neighbour, regardless of where he or she comes from; that it is possible for people to reach out to others in friendship; that the differences of colour and language are superficial. Jesus often crossed the social divide and reached out to others. The question is: are you up to the challenge? Are you willing to say “hello” and make others feel welcome and wanted?
Try it this weekend. At Mass today, turn to someone you have never spoken to before and introduce yourself. If you don’t know what to say, just tell them your name and where you are from. Then, next time you see them, just say “hi.” Imagine if each of us did this once a week – oh how our parish would grow and become even more Christ-like!