Why go to Mass on Sunday? Certainly not just to follow a ritual. ๐๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐๐ฒ๐ฌ, โ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ .โ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ โ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฌ,โ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ โ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ.โ
PARISH
Choristers from Xavier College Melbourne Visit Us
Students from the Jesuit Xavier College in Melbourne are here for the Sydney international music festival this week. The 50 choristers illumine the Liturgy at our 10 oโclock Sunday Mass.
Vision for St Canice’s Parish
A Vision for St Caniceโs Parish
โDoorways to the Heartโ
Parish Priest Fr Dave Braithwaite SJ writes: “On my first Sunday as parish priest of St Caniceโs I was energised and acknowledged that the parish always had โoutreachโ at its heart – not only within in St Caniceโs Kitchen, but also reaching out to serve people like in our sister parish in Railaco Missionย East Timor, and the marginalised friends from Davidโs Place. With falling church attendance globally itโs clear to me that we need to reinvigorate the parishioners of old to return, and at the same time to look outside the box to find new ways to get people of all ages to want to be part of the St Canice community. I am working closely with the Parish Financial team to develop plans and to take the necessary steps to make the parish sustainable.
I write this โVisionโ document to give you an idea of what I am thinking. I look forward to meeting more of you personally to listen what may be on your minds, and to answer any questions that you may have.
Gaudete โJoyfulโ Sunday
๐ฐ๐โ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ช๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐!
And with good numbers at the special Gaudete โJoyfulโ Sunday Mass st St Caniceโs this morning, itโs beginning to feel a lot like โcommunityโ once more.
Schola Cantorum
Young Adult ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฑ๐ธ๐ต๐ช ๐๐ช๐ท๐ฝ๐ธ๐ป๐พ๐ถ
Past Students of St Aloysius College will join us and sing at our 6pm Vigil Mass Saturday 17th December. We invite you to come along.
Fr Dave . . . thankful to ‘ride the wave’ of so many good Jesuits before him
At his first Sunday Mass at St Canice’s today, Fr Dave Braithwaite SJ expresses his thanks and gratitude on being appointed as new parish priest at St Caniceโs.
Fr Dave acknowledges that the parish has always had โoutreachโ at its heart, not only within in St Caniceโs Kitchen, but also reaching out to serve people like in our sister parish in Railaco Missionย East Timor, and the marginalised friends from David’s Place.
Word from Boston from our new Parish Priest – David Braithwaite SJ
I am delighted to have been appointed Parish Priest of St Caniceโs. The parish holds a very special place in my heart not least because it is such a quintessentially Jesuit parish, with a wonderfully urban blend of worship and service to people from all walks of life. As best I can, I intend to build on that very special foundation laid by so many good and faithful people over the decades.
Our first mission is to pray together, and only from that flows the good works we do โ of which there are so many. We are a small community โpoweredโ by a Eucharistic heart โ the Sacred Heart of Jesus โ all loving, all compassionate, and all-embracing.