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St Canice’s – Comfort in the Complexion of Community

The complexion of community with its many faces comes to the fore today in our liturgy and celebrations for the Feast of our patronal saint – St Canice.
In his homily, Fr Chris speaks of his recent experiences at the many sacred sites in the Holy Land. He says, “no doubt, God is worshipped there, but it lacks the presence and witness of people who ‘belong’ there, who form a community of faith”. He continues, “as we know, here at St Canice’s, community is integral to the practice of faith, for faith is not just about believing but about belonging and doing.

Celebrating 30 years of St Canice’s Kitchen

Seven days a week the volunteers at St Canice’s Kitchen, including retired doctors, dentists, graziers and parishioners, serve lunch between 11:00am and 12:30pm to thousands who sleep rough or struggle to pay living costs. “We hope to provide for the daily needs of the people,” Sister Sheelah Mary, who’s been involved for almost 20 years, said. “The numbers are getting bigger and bigger.

Meditation Base Camp – 6pm Sundays

Mediation Base Camp offers a starting point for people to connect with their own spirit. It is open to all, regardless of what faith or the beliefs you may have. It is a basic community gathering where there is respect for people’s individuality, personal space and silence. Held on a Sunday evening, it is offers a valuable punctuation point as we move from one week to the next.

St Canice Feast Day 2018

We take this opportunity of having sixty of our community together for the annual BBQ to draw 12 prizewinners for those who contributed to our appeal for recurring donations to support our sister parish in Railaco held on St Ignatius Feast Day in July.

St Canice Feast Day 2018

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BULLETIN 7 OCT 2018

Our readings today remind us that ideally that marriage in our tradition is a permanent union of equals. But in reality we have to deal firstly and compassionately with human failure and societal change. Our increased understanding of human psychology and interpersonal relationships tells us that some marriages perhaps never were and some just came to their natural end. . . . .

The Role of the Faithful in a post-Royal Commission Church in Australia

Most Rev Vincent Long Van Nguyen OFM Conv, Bishop of Parramatta – ” The Church as understood and articulated by the Second Vatican Council sees itself as a pilgrim People of God, incarnate in the world. It is a new paradigm – one that is based on mutuality not exclusion, love not fear, service not clericalism, engagement with the world not flight from or hostility against it, incarnate grace not dualism. It is the Church going out of itself as opposed to closing in on itself.”

Bulletin 30 Sept 2018

After my two and a half months away on sabbatical, it’s so good to be home!
A warm welcome, sunny skies, familiar faces and a known place to lay my head; I’m
back among family and friends. I had a great time in the Holy Land but there’s no place
like home. I’m very conscious of ‘home’ and all that it means this weekend on Social Justice
Sunday as our Australian bishops remind us of the scourge of homelessness in their
Statement ‘A Place to Call Home: Making a Home for Everyone in our Land.’ Fr Chris

Bulletin 23 Sept 2018

Bulletin Sept 23 2018

Putting aside all our ideas of self importance

Those guilty of abuse, of harassment or cover up must be brought to justice. At the same time we are invited patiently to engage in honest listening and discernment. Perhaps this might start with a more responsible use of social media. . . . “We must be imaginative enough to make conflict “a link in the chain of a new process” a process of constant personal and institutional conversion- the only thing that makes us authentic followers of Jesus.”