St Joseph’s Hosts Ecumenical Pentecost Service

Lauren Menzies (St Paul’s Uniting Church), Sara-Jane Cooke (Salvation Army) and Bronwyn Grannall (St Paul’s Uniting Church) relax after the Pentecost service.

St Joseph’s, North Mackay, hosted a Mackay Churches Together Pentecost service on June 9. Representatives from the various Christian churches attended the ecumenical service, taking part in readings and prayer petitions. Holy Spirit College choir (Mackay) and the St Paul’s Uniting Church choir performed hymns during the service. Parishioners and ministers of the various churches gathered afterwards in the parish centre for a light supper.

Retired minister John Williams (Uniting Church) at the supper after the Pentecost service at St Joseph’s.

Habana Harvest Mass

The annual Habana Harvest Mass was celebrated on June 9 at the old Habana Church grounds and was followed by afternoon tea and a shared smoko. During the mass, a traditional blessing is made of the sugarcane crop harvest which starts in June and extends to the latter months of the year.

Corpus Christi Procession.

Fr James Ezeocha venerates the monstrance holding the eucharistic host at the first station of the Corpus Christi procession in North Mackay.

Parishioners and priests from St Joseph’s and St Patrick’s parishes took part in a Corpus Christi procession from St Joseph’s church in North Mackay to St Patrick’s church in the city centre on Sunday, June 23. Adoration was held at St Joseph’s church from 2pm with the procession leaving the church about an hour later. Hymns and the Luminous mysteries of the rosary were sung/recited along the way, with stops for Gospel readings and reflection. The procession crossed the Pioneer River (Forgan Bridge) before gathering at St Patrick’s church for Benediction.