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We now have a "Special Interest" Page to accommodate items which are too big for the newsletter or links to flyers and other specials. It can be found
here or from the item at the top of our menu. Check it out now.
Pope Benedict XVI has announced the appointment of Most Rev Mark Coleridge, until now Archbishop of Canberra and Goulburn, as the Metropolitan Archbishop of Brisbane.
WATCH ARCHBISHOP COLERIDGE'S INSTALLATION MASS
Although the new Archbishop's Installation Mass occurred on Friday May 11, people can still share in this significant event in the life of the Archdiocese by
viewing the webcast "on demand" at anytime. To view the webcast please visit the web address:
www.bne.catholic.net.au/coleridgeinstallation
It is hoped that as many people as possible are able to share in the solemn mass and liturgical reception which installed Archbishop Coleridge as Archbishop of Brisbane.
You can also read Archbishop Coleridge's homily here.
Why Same Sex Marriage isn't about Equality
See our Social Justice Page
for up-to-date information
on this highly topical issue.
A different kind of playgroup - Aria Angels - Music, Movement, Art and . . . More
Reaching out to parents before and after Baptism, through the parish, it offers a special time for children from birth to 5 years. We start the session with music, song
and dance. Next we have an art activity, then a cuppa and close with a prayer.
We gather in the Ruby room next to the parish office on Thursdays during the school term from 9.00am to 10.30am.
The cost is $5, including morning tea.
If you are a parent, grandparent, or carer of pre-school children you are warmly encouraged to join us.
For more information call Elaine on 3207 9177.
In the child we listen to the heartbeat of the world
SOCIAL JUSTICE SUNDAY
AUSTRALIAN BISHOP'S STATEMENT
This year's statement is entitled
"Building Bridges, Not Walls:
Prisons and the Justice System".
Copies will be availavle at the back of the church from 24/25 Sept together with the ACSJC leaflet "Ten Steps for Building Bridges not Walls".
Go to our Social Justice page for more information and download links.
Please visit our Social Justice Page for information on
- Australian Catholic Bishop's Conference Social Justice Statement 2011
- Bishop Christopher Saunders' pastoral letter for the Feast of St Joseph the Worker
- Same Sex Marriage Issues
- Pope Benedict XVI's encyclical Caritas in Veritate (Charity in Truth)
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Welcome to our Web Page
Comments or suggestions are welcome to webmaster@stritasparish.org
Do you want to read or print out a recent Parish Newsletter? You can download a pdf copy from our archive
here
Also available are Fr Leo's Homily Notes -
click here.
The Queensland Bioethics Centre has a very interesting website with useful information on many topical and controversial subjects.
You can get there from this link.
Why not visit and get the authoritative Catholic point of view. Start with the Resources item on the menu.
Here are links to Fr Leo's accounts of his travels during the past year:
Holy land Pilgrimage 2011
Holy Land photos on Fotki
World Youth Day 2011 Part 1
World Youth Day 2011 Part 2 (USA & Dubai)
WYD, USA & Dubai Photos on Fotki
NEW TRANSLATION OF THE MISSAL
Go to our new page for FAQ's, Resources and website links to learn all you want about the new
translation.
Sean Burkett's weekly articles in the newsletter have been collected together on a new page here.
You may also like to read Elizabeth Harrington's explanation as to why
"the process used in producing the new English-language Missal
was 'less than just and edifying'".
We have reproduced it here.
Fr Leo has written an account of his visit to Rome for the Canonisation of St Mary MacKillop. Please click
here for more details.
St Mary Mackillop was cononised in Rome on 17th October. You can click here
to access a wealth of information about all aspects of Mary's life and full details of the Canonisation ceremony.
Visit the New American Bible site
for daily Mass Readings
Humour Page New material has been added - Why not check it out?
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