| Mar 18, 2015 |
4th Sunday of Lent 15.03.2015 |
Friday was the second anniversary of the election by the College of cardinals of Jorge Bergoglio, the cardinal archbishop of Buenos Aires, as the bishop of Rome. As bishop of a diocese held in high esteem from the time of ... (read on) |
| Mar 18, 2015 |
3rd Sunday of Lent 08.03.2015 |
Nick (Nhat) Tran, Mark Golin and Abdul Hussein are the catechumens on the RCIA journey this year in the parish. Catechumens are preparing for baptism, confirmation and reception of holy communion. They are part of the Church after the ceremony ... (read on) |
| Mar 18, 2015 |
2nd Sunday of Lent 01.03.2015 |
BACKWARDS AND FORWARDS FROM JESUS On the front of the altar at St Agatha’s is the Chi-Rho symbol which is made from the first two letters in the word Christ in Greek. To us it looks like a capital X ... (read on) |
| Feb 26, 2015 |
1st Sunday of Lent 22.02.2015 |
TIME TO DECIDE 35 days to go or thereabouts until we celebrate the fact that death did not stop Our Lord in his tracks leaving us with just memories of another good and holy man who was judged a troublemaker ... (read on) |
| Feb 26, 2015 |
6th Sunday in Ordinary Time 15.02.2015 |
Green vestments and tabernacle covers will not be seen at mass from Shrove Tuesday 17 February (the forgiving day before Ash Wednesday) until 26 May, the Tuesday after Pentecost Sunday. We shall go purple from next Wednesday through to 1 ... (read on) |
| Feb 12, 2015 |
5th Sunday in Ordinary Time 08.02.2015 |
SUFFERING AND GOD’S LOVE The lament of Job in today’s first reading is a cry of soul-weariness. Prior to his speaking Job has lost everything he held dear; possessions, children and health. He feels like he is walking knee deep ... (read on) |
| Feb 12, 2015 |
4th Sunday in Ordinary Time 01.02.2015 |
OUR PATRON SAINT Thursday, February 5, is the feast day of St Agatha. A saint from third century Sicily, she is the patron saint of our parish. She is also the patron saint of those who suffer from diseases of ... (read on) |
| Feb 12, 2015 |
3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time 25.01.2015 |
RELUCTANCE TO DO WHAT GOD ASKS Jonah appears in the reading today as a faithful and obedient prophet happily setting out for Nineveh, the largest and most grand city of the Assyrian empire. Its location today is on the bank ... (read on) |
| Feb 12, 2015 |
2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time 18.01.2015 |
WHAT TO SAY WHEN GOD CALLS The reply Eli the priest told the boy Samuel to use when he heard his name being called in the night is a sure guide for each of us as disciples: Speak, Lord, your ... (read on) |
| Jan 13, 2015 |
The Baptism of the Lord 11.01.2015 |
The Jordan River at the place where John, the kinsman of Jesus, was immersing (baptising) people is small, little more than a decent sized creek in Australian terms, but big in significance for the people of Israel of Jesus time. ... (read on) |
