TUESDAY,  April 25 is Anzac Day and morning Mass will be celebrated at 9am. This day marks the landing of the Australian and New Zealand soldiers at Gallipoli during the War of 1914-1918. It has become a day of remembrance in which we honour the courage and self-sacrifice of those who have served in all […]

IT is good to be with you and thank you for the warm welcome I have received this week.  I look forward to my time here being fruitful and beneficial to us all. I am slowly learning about the place and finding my way around.  Many years ago I was assistant priest to Fr Bill […]

THIS Sunday, April 23,  has been designated by the Church as Divine Mercy Sunday.  A Polish nun, St Faustina, the first saint canonised in the new millennium, received messages from the Lord with the message of God’s mercy.  Recent Popes have stressed the need for us to realize and to proclaim the reality of God’s […]

THE next Youth Festival will be held in Sydney from December 7 to 9, 2017. Young people from Year 9 and up to 30 are encouraged to attend. More information can be found on www.youthfestival.catholic.org.au Workshops for youth and parishes to prepare for this event will be held later this year. If you are interested […]

FR Dennis wishes all parishioners a very happy and joyous Easter, and thank you all for your prayers for my retirement and for better health, and for your support during my time at St Bridget’s. Thanks also for your warm farewell on Palm Sunday and I ask only that you pray for me in the […]

THIS will be my last From The Desk for Greythorn. And I doubt that I will ever serve in another parish. I leave next Monday April 17. My heart is tinged with gratitude, sadness and a sigh of relief as I prepare to drive north. This weekend I am grateful to Bishop Terry Curtin for […]

ST Bridget’s celebrates 25 years of our St Vincent de Paul Conference on Sunday, April 23 at 10am Mass. Come and join with past and current members (senior and junior Mini Vinnies) to seek God’s blessing on the ongoing SVdP works of social justice. This Octave of Easter occurs on the very day of Blessed […]

POPE Francis has strongly condemned a shocking chemical attack in Syria that left some 70 people, including at least 10 children dead and injured. “We are horrified by the latest events in Syria. I strongly deplore the unacceptable massacre that took place yesterday in the Idlib province, where dozens of civilians, including many children, were […]

THE parish will welcome Fr Brendan Lane at a Morning Tea on the First Sunday after Easter Sunday (April 23) after the 10am Mass. Please try and be present on this occasion to welcome the new administrator to the parish. Earlier last week, Archbishop Denis Hart, appointed Fr Brendan Lane, the previous Rector of Corpus […]

I WAS impressed by a synchronicity of births in our history. The second-last decade of the fifth century (480-490 AD) was a special time. In fact it is hard to think of another period in history that produced, in the same country (Italy) and at virtually the same time, three people whose influence on the […]