There must be a special vein of leadership that runs through the Wangaratta parish as Bishop Joseph recently announced the appointment of a new Chairperson to the Diocesan Pastoral Council.
As part of the Beechworth Celtic Festival on November 6-8, St Joseph’s Parish held a Celtic Mass followed by a Traditional Irish Breakfast at the Hibernian Hotel.
A large crowd gathered in the YCW Clubrooms at Golden Square on December 6, for an informal supper which Fr Gerry insisted was not a farewell, “I am not going anywhere” – but more a celebration of another chapter in the life of Fr Gerry and of St Mary’s Parish.
There must be a special vein of leadership that runs through the Wangaratta parish as Bishop Joseph recently announced the appointment of a new Chairperson to the Diocesan Pastoral Council.
As part of the Beechworth Celtic Festival on November 6-8, St Joseph’s Parish held a Celtic Mass followed by a Traditional Irish Breakfast at the Hibernian Hotel.
A large crowd gathered in the YCW Clubrooms at Golden Square on December 6, for an informal supper which Fr Gerry insisted was not a farewell, “I am not going anywhere” – but more a celebration of another chapter in the life of Fr Gerry and of St Mary’s Parish.
The Quarry Hill parish is in mourning following the death of Sr Mary Love FMDM, who passed away in the early hours of December 3.
A DECLINING congregation and fewer priests have contributed to the decision to close Greta’s century-old St Brigid’s Catholic Church.
