My involvement with the parish started out as extended family for our daughters, now I realise its actually extended family for me. Ignatian spirituality has been a powerful way to deepen my faith and threads my own Loreto experience (as student and parent) back to St Canices.
OUR PEOPLE
Michael Musgrave
I embrace the opportunity to live my faith guided by Ignatian principles; the great sense of welcome and friendship that I feel from others in the St Canice community; and a feeling that I am part of a parish that truly ‘lives the teachings of the gospels’.
Rachel McLean
My love of the First Spiritual Exercises, joy of creating and celebrating liturgy, passion for justice and need for community are all gifts that I would like to lay at the service of my Parish.
Fr Chris Jenkins SJ
It’s a privilege to be here in St Canice with its inner-city attractions and challenges so different from my last parish, Sevenhill, centred as it was in a vineyard in the beautiful Clare Valley of South Australia.
Sue Buckingham
It seems to be the place that the Lord wants me to be – it fits with me like a hand in a glove! Why is hard to explain – community sense; care for the poor; liturgy is just right for me – not too much of anything; prayerful masses, and homilies that I get something out of.
Peter Dodds
I love the sense of community here, the outreach work (local and overseas) we support, the musical aspects and a true sense of belonging, of being an integral part of our small corner of the world and the wider church.
George Szabo visits Railaco
I was very grateful to visit East Timor and have the chance to stay in our sister parish in Railaco. Highlights included: feeding the children; visiting the villages; and visiting the prison with Fr Bong when he said Mass for the prisoners.
Vale Graham Fear
Graham was our parish Sacristan and Acolyte; he attended funerals and was such a perfectionist in all things to do with liturgy. Over the years he provided at his own expense many of the items that keep the church running smoothly. Graham also served on the Board of Jesuit Refugee Service using his business acumen to the benefit of the organisation.
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