The Pastor’s Weekly Message

Friday 1st July 2022. My dear people, It is with great sadness that we farewelled Fr Simeon last Sunday and I was particularly sad when I shook his hand on Wednesday morning as he left to take up his appointment in Mernda.

Friday 24th June 2022. My dear people, Sadly, we are all getting ready to say good bye to Fr Simeon. A reminder that his farewell will take place immediately following the 12pm Mass on Sunday 26th June in the cafeteria of CRC

Friday 17th June 2022. My dear people, I am writing to you today from beautiful Camp Schanck where Fr Simeon and I have been for the past week for our annual Clergy Conference. The Conference has been a time for us to

Friday 10th June 2022. My dear people, Our celebrations for Pentecost Sunday last week went very well. I would like to thank everyone involved in the Prayers of the Faithful, preparing and praying the petitions in different languages, the International Food Day

Friday 3rd June 2022.   My dear people, As we all know, everything in this world is temporary. I bring you the sad news that Fr Simeon’s time among us is coming to an end. This week, Fr Simeon was appointed the Assistant

Friday 27th May 2022 My dear people, Many of you already know that I have contracted COVID and am isolating in the presbytery until Tuesday 31st May. Having returned a negative result on a RAT on Monday, I decided to go for

Friday 20th May 2022. My dear people, Our parish retreat last week was very successful. Feedback received from parishioners who attended was that it was very beneficial to them. The day was filled with great talks and praise and worship. I was

Friday 13th May 2022 My dear people, This year, May will be a month when many of our young parishioners will celebrate sacraments of initiation. On the weekend of 21st and 22nd May, the children not attending our catholic primary schools will

Friday 6th May 2022 My dear people, Those of you who were able to attend the Parish Feast Day Dinner last Saturday no doubt will remember it as a wonderful night. I was certainly delighted by the turn out, the food and

Friday 29th April 2022   My dear people, HAPPY FEAST DAY! How wonderful it is to celebrate our parish feast day today as we celebrate the feast of St Catherine of Siena. Today is a day to be particularly grateful for our parish.

Thursday 14th April 2022 My dear people, The 40 days of Lent seemed like a very long time on Ash Wednesday. However, we find ourselves at the threshold of the Triduum and I have found this year’s Lent to have gone all

Friday 8th April 2022 My dear people, Last Wednesday, Mr Frank Schobben presented the final report of our Stewardship Renewal Program. Fantastic news! The pledge for stewardship income has increased by 22.9% to $7,374 per week and the pledge for the presbytery

Friday 1st April 2022 My dear people, The final report of our Stewardship Renewal Program will be presented to key stakeholders on Wednesday 6th April 2022. Mr Frank Schobben is waiting on the responses of several more people before he can make

My dear people, Our Stewardship Renewal Program has had positive results. Mr Frank Schobben is working out the final details of the program and these will be made known to you as soon as possible. The next sets of envelopes starting

My dear people, Our Stewardship Renewal Program is drawing to a close. Thank you for your prayers for its success. I encourage you to keep praying for our parish, that we will continue to be a parish full of vitality, where

My dear people, The number of people who attended Mass last weekend was a great sign that life is getting back to normal. By my estimation, there were very close to 1000 people at Mass over the four Masses. A Lenten

My dear people, It seems that a new routine is now upon us, both in our everyday lives and in the way in which we come to church. I do not mean to sound like a broken record but it is

My dear people, It was truly WONDERFUL to see many of you back at church last weekend. I hope that, as things get progressively more settled, we will continue to see the number of people coming to Mass increase. I repeat,

My dear people, I must confess that I am extremely elated at the knowledge that there will be people in the church this Saturday and Sunday. It has been a very, very long thirteen weeks since the last time you were all here.

Friday 6th August 2021 My dear people, We find ourselves in yet another lockdown due to finish on Thursday 12th August 2021. As the day progressed yesterday and it became clearer that we might go into a lockdown I felt sick to my stomach

Friday 30th July 2021 My dear people, As you are aware, we are again able to gather for the celebration of Mass albeit with a maximum number of 100 people present. Please visit our website https://www.stcatherinecarolinesprings.org.au/ to book your seat to attend the weekend Masses. Since