Students from the Jesuit Xavier College in Melbourne are here for the Sydney international music festival this week. The 50 choristers illumine the Liturgy at our 10 o’clock Sunday Mass.
PARISH
Vision for St Canice’s Parish
A Vision for St Canice’s Parish
‘Doorways to the Heart’
Parish Priest Fr Dave Braithwaite SJ writes: “On my first Sunday as parish priest of St Canice’s I was energised and acknowledged that the parish always had ‘outreach’ at its heart – not only within in St Canice’s Kitchen, but also reaching out to serve people like in our sister parish in Railaco Mission East Timor, and the marginalised friends from David’s Place. With falling church attendance globally it’s clear to me that we need to reinvigorate the parishioners of old to return, and at the same time to look outside the box to find new ways to get people of all ages to want to be part of the St Canice community. I am working closely with the Parish Financial team to develop plans and to take the necessary steps to make the parish sustainable.
I write this ‘Vision’ document to give you an idea of what I am thinking. I look forward to meeting more of you personally to listen what may be on your minds, and to answer any questions that you may have.
Gaudete ‘Joyful’ Sunday
𝑰𝒕’𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒂 𝒍𝒐𝒕 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝑪𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒎𝒂𝒔!
And with good numbers at the special Gaudete ‘Joyful’ Sunday Mass st St Canice’s this morning, it’s beginning to feel a lot like ‘community’ once more.
Schola Cantorum
Young Adult 𝓢𝓬𝓱𝓸𝓵𝓪 𝓒𝓪𝓷𝓽𝓸𝓻𝓾𝓶
Past Students of St Aloysius College will join us and sing at our 6pm Vigil Mass Saturday 17th December. We invite you to come along.
Fr Dave . . . thankful to ‘ride the wave’ of so many good Jesuits before him
At his first Sunday Mass at St Canice’s today, Fr Dave Braithwaite SJ expresses his thanks and gratitude on being appointed as new parish priest at St Canice’s.
Fr Dave acknowledges that the parish has always had ‘outreach’ at its heart, not only within in St Canice’s Kitchen, but also reaching out to serve people like in our sister parish in Railaco Mission East Timor, and the marginalised friends from David’s Place.
Word from Boston from our new Parish Priest – David Braithwaite SJ
I am delighted to have been appointed Parish Priest of St Canice’s. The parish holds a very special place in my heart not least because it is such a quintessentially Jesuit parish, with a wonderfully urban blend of worship and service to people from all walks of life. As best I can, I intend to build on that very special foundation laid by so many good and faithful people over the decades.
Our first mission is to pray together, and only from that flows the good works we do – of which there are so many. We are a small community “powered” by a Eucharistic heart – the Sacred Heart of Jesus – all loving, all compassionate, and all-embracing.