AT the Parish and at  St Bridget’s Parish Primary School we hold the care, safety and wellbeing of children as a central and fundamental responsibility of our school and parish. Our commitment is drawn from and is inherent in the teaching and mission of Jesus Christ, with love, justice and the sanctity of each human […]

THE Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, involving the Catholic Church, concluded its final hearing in Sydney recently. The hearing examined the current and procedures of the Church authorities, including responding to allegations of child sexual abuse and factors that may have contributed to the occurrence of child sexual abuse at Catholic […]

PARISHIONERS are encouraged to receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation during Lent in preparation for Easter. Reconciliation is available during Lent,  before and after each Mass during the week or at the weekend whenever you are comfortable to attend. Just let me know. I encourage you to receive the Sacrament this Lent in repentance of our […]

IT has been a remarkable year of action in response to Pope Francis call for each parish to ‘Welcome the Stranger In your midst’ and to assist a refugee family. In January last year, a partnership was consolidated with St Dominic’s in Camberwell, who agreed to provide 50 per cent of rental assistance for a […]

IT was encouraging to see so many parishioners at Mass and receiving the Ashes last Wednesday, March 1. Somehow, this day resonates with a deep longing we have for perspective on life and our human existence. We do live short of life’s fullness and penance reminds us to re-orient towards the light of eternity.   […]

DURING Lent, Jesuit priest  Brendan Byrne SJ will deliver a series of four talks based on the “Four Portraits of Jesus: Mark, Matthew, Luke and John.” These talks will be held on Tuesday 7 These talks will be held on Tuesday 7th, 14th, 21st and 28th March at 7.30pm in the Immaculate Conception Church, 345 […]

AS you already know I have not been well, particularly this past year. In 2014 I suffered an episode of acute pancreatitis and was hospitalised in St Vincent’s, Sydney. In 2015 I underwent a surgery to remove pancreatic cysts and recovered quite well. Regrettably, as I had been warned at the time, chronic pancreatitis has […]

WEDNESDAY, March 1 is Ash Wednesday. The beginning of Lent, and a time of preparation for the Easter Triduum.  Ash Wednesday is a day of fasting and abstinence from meat. Masses on Ash Wednesday, with the blessing and distribution of the ashes are: morning at 9.15am evening at 7.30pm The Lenten Journey, will commence on […]

AN opportunity to fulfil our Lenten obligation of “almsgiving” is to  actively support  Project Compassion. The theme taken for Project Compassion 2017 is from Matthew’s Gospel Love your neighbour as yourself  (Matt.22:39). As members of the one human family we are called to think beyond our inner circle and extend our prayers, thoughts and goodwill […]