POPE Francis has appointed Bishop Peter Andrew Comensoli of the Diocese of Broken Bay as the ninth Archbishop of Melbourne, Friday June 29, 2018. Read Report: Archbishop elect Comensoli’s video message to Melbounre.     Download the announcement from the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference here.
  Read the announcement from the Diocese of Broken Bay here.

GO go into your “inner room” for a short time daily to ponder the experiences of your ordinary everyday life and  discover God there. Over five weeks, on Mondays from 1.15pm to 2.15 pm, share your experience with a prayer companion at the Heart of Life Centre. Beginning July 23.  Register by July 16th,  Contact […]

THE Dominican friars are holding a symposium of short talks on the great questions of our faith. The conference will commence with Mass and includes lunch, morning and afternoon tea and a musical performance. Date Saturday, July 21, 9am-4pm, at St Dominic’s Catholic Church Parish Centre, 816 Riversdale Rd, Camberwell Entry is by donation, though […]

THE parish is looking to have two volunteer Parish Child Safety co-ordinator. The Parish Pastoral Council would like to appoint two parishioners to assist Anne Credlin with developing and implementing Child Safety procedures for St Bridget’s in line with the Archdiocese guidelines. No particular experience is necessary. If you would like to assist please contact […]

ENVELOPES for 2018/2019 are currently being prepared together with a Statement of Giving for 2017/2018. These will be available to parishioners by mid-July. The Parish can now offer planned giving by either Credit Card or Debit Card. This will make giving easy as you won’t need to search for cash and envelopes each Sunday. The […]

THE Greythorn St Vincent de Paul  conference sincerely thank parishioners for their great generosity to their winter appeal last weekend. The Winter Appeal collection raised $4659. If you missed out last weekend, envelopes are still available in the narthex.

St Patrick’s Cathedral, Cathedral Place, East Melbourne Sunday 30 July, 11am IF you are celebrating your 25th, 40th, 50th, 60th-70th wedding anniversary this year, the Life, Marriage and Family Office invites you and your families to the annual Anniversary Mass. The Mass will be celebrated at St Patrick’s Cathedral by Archbishop Denis Hart. Couples who […]

SUPPORT the missions at the 2018 Annual Mission Dinner hosted by the Missionary Sisters of St Peter Claver, Cotham Road, Kew on Sunday June24  at 1pm. Cost $35. Phone 9817 3715 for further details or to order tickets.

Sunday May 27, 11am, St Patrick’s Cathedral, East Melbourne.   EXPECTANT mothers and their families are invited to the 2018 Mass for Expectant Mothers, to be celebrated by Archbishop Denis Hart. Registration closes on Friday May 18.  The Mass for Expectant Mothers is an annual event that recognises pregnant women at various stages of their pregnancy. […]

Friday 1 June, 7pm, to Sunday 3 June, 5pm at St Paul’s Missionary College, Nortons Lane, Wantirna South. THIS intimate residential weekend for couples, explores the precious nature of marriage, allowing each couple to share feelings, hopes and dreams with each other in ways that normal daily living tends to inhibit. Couples and a priest […]