St Patrick's Day

The St Patrick’s Day CWLA Cent Sale is always well supported, and this year was no different. The ladies, and gents, came dressed in green for a morning of Irish entertainment, good conversation with friends, morning tea and the opportunity to go home with Cent Sale prizes. This year Frs Jomon and Ronaldo experienced a St Patrick’s Day morning, with Fr Jomon leaving a winner! The Shalom ensemble, Suellen Cusack-Greenshill, Irish and Scottish dancers provided entertainment.

Lent

A Lenten Retreat was offered in early April, led by Fr John Daly, with nearly 70 people in attendance. It was an evening of prayer and reflection based around the journey of the RCIA Elect at this time, the journey to baptism. During Lent, the Elect are in a period of enlightenment and purification, inviting the Spirit to guide them, heal them, and give them strength to be Christian. With the use of the baptism symbols we were reminded of our baptismal call to mission and the need during Lent to stop for a “check-up”, maybe to get us back on track.

We have been especially blessed to have two adults and five children journeying to Easter. Our young adults, Will Mizzi and Ayla Duffy, give us hope because of their youthful enthusiasm to become a part of the Catholic family.

With Easter fast approaching many people are assisting in behind-the-scenes preparations, beginning with the making of palm crosses for Palm Sunday.  We look forward to celebrating Holy Week, the climax of our year, together.