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For those children who were unable to receive the Sacrament of Confirmation in 2020, or are due to celebrate in 2021, dates have now been finalised and registration is essential...

Last weekend ninety eight children from our three parish primary schools and the Parish Catechist program finally received their First Eucharist after waiting for more than a year...

The chairs of each of our Parish Councils recently attended the Archdiocesan ‘lay leaders gathering’ where Archbishop Peter Comensoli presented a new vision for the local Church...

The last twelve months has reminded us that celebrating the sacraments remains a central part of parish life, strengthening our faith and offering new beginnings...

With the closure of places of worship, weekday and Sunday Mass will not be celebrated in our churches during the period of lockdown....

From 11:59 pm on Thursday, 27 May restrictions across Victoria have changed in order to contain the current spread of Covid-19.

Grandparents and Special Friends joined students at Our Lady's Primary School , celebrating Mass together before sharing memories of their own classroom experiences...

This annual appeal supports the vital work of Catholic chaplains in hospitals, prisons and youth justice centres across the Archdiocese of Melbourne...

Enjoying "beautiful weather and a beautiful setting", students at Our Holy Redeemer School have had a busy start to the school term....

On 30 April, twelve months after Fr Mark Reynolds was appointed to St Jude's Parish in Scoresby, parishioners from Surrey Hills Wattle Park were finally able to host a farewell Mass and Supper for him...

A capacity (Covid-style) crowd came together in the Gathering Space at Our Lady of Good Counsel, Deepdene, last Thursday evening, for the Launch of Frank O’Loughlin’s, Gathering the People of God.

We take this opportunity to congratulate Fr Mark Reynolds on his recent appointment to the newly created role of Episcopal Vicar for Catholic Schools...

No pre-booking is required and there is room at each of our parish churches for everyone...

Our Sacrament Program is up and running for 2021 This will be a busy year across our parishes and schools as we will be completing preparation that was begun in 2020 and we will have many celebrations of Reconciliation, Eucharist and Confirmation to make up for those who could not celebrate them in 2020 and for those who will enrol in 2021.

Welcome to our first edition of the Camberwell, Balwyn Deepdene and Surrey Hills Wattle Park Parishes newsletter. The reach of our newsletter has been a by-product of the 2020 Victorian lockdown, and a response to the feedback of our online news and blogs Your ongoing support is appreciated and of course your feedback is always welcome...

This week we celebrate the end of much of parish life, and as the final newsletter for 2020 is dispatched, we look to Christmas as the mark of a new beginning for us.

There are four figures who are particularly significant during Advent and Christmas - Isaiah the prophet, John the Baptist, Joseph of Nazareth and Mary, the mother of Jesus. Fr Frank looks at how and when they appear in the Advent and Christmas liturgies.

At our Christmas Masses a collection will be taken up for the support of our parish priests.  For those parishioners who have enquired as to how to make their Christmas Offering this year, there are a number of ways to make a contribution.....

As we begin to anticipate the Birth of Jesus, the parish staff are also looking at parish life between Boxing Day and the end of January. The Parish Team has put together all the information you will need about Sunday and Weekday Mass times, New Year's Day Mass, the Parish Office, Mass bookings and much more... including Save the Date for the Opening of Parish and School Year.

Margaret Cousins Entered eternal life 6 December 2020