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Welcome to Our New Parish Priest in Leichhardt As announced last week, Fr Severino Bustamante is our new Parish Priest at St Fiacre’s, Leichhardt. He had served our Parish seven years ago. Welcome back, Fr Severino; nice to have you here! Fr Severino will replace me effectively from 5th December 2021. Therefore, please get in …

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Changeover of Parish Priests The Capuchin Order in Australia has something important to announce today: Dear parishioners,  After serving you as Administrator and Parish Priest, Fr. Pio Hendi has been recalled to his home Province of Pontianak, Indonesia to work as Provincial Secretary. I want to acknowledge and thank Fr. Pio for his selfless service …

Changeover of Parish Priests, Congratulations to Confirmandi, and Small Gathering for Father Pio Read More »

Sacrament of Confirmation on Monday and Tuesday The long-awaited time has finally arrived, after being postponed last year. Next week (Monday and Tuesday), our Parish will celebrate the Sacrament of Confirmation. As a communal celebration in the Parish, I invite you to pray for our confirmands and their families. May God bestow the Holy Spirit …

Sacrament of Confirmation on Monday and Tuesday, 75th Anniversary of the Presence of the Capuchin Friars, and CWF Appeal Read More »

Sacrament of Confirmation We are glad because very soon, on 15 & 16 November, as many as 70 children in our Parish will receive the Sacrament of Confirmation. Let us bring them and their parents in our prayers: may the power of the Holy Spirit illuminate their hearts so that they can be the witnesses …

Sacrament of Confirmation, Diamond Jubilee, Special Thanks, New Overhead Projector, Our Last Live Streaming Mass, and Capacity in Our Churches Read More »

Our Churches are Open St Fiacre’s and St Francis’ churches are open for public Masses, liturgical celebrations, and other church activities. You are most welcome to visit and pray here. Online booking is not required – first in, first served. However, attendees must check-in at the church entrance using the Service NSW app or a written record, regardless of vaccination …

Our Churches are Open and Month for the Holy Souls Read More »

Our churches will be open soon! We should be grateful that our state has almost reached the 80% full vaccination threshold. When this article was written, 78.8% of people had already received two doses of the vaccination. So, it seems that we will be able to reach the 80 % figure on Sunday. When we …

Our churches will be open soon, becoming a volunteer, and Sacrament of Confirmation in November Read More »

Reopening of Our Churches The NSW Government had announced that restrictions would be eased when the State has reached seventy per cent of full vaccination. As of this writing, NSW has indeed achieved 70.3% of double vaccination. Therefore, our State will open as scheduled: Monday, 11th October. However, please note that the Government has made …

Reopening of Our Churches and Update on the Sacrament of Confirmation Read More »

Update from Our Archdiocese The NSW Government had announced the easing of COVID-19 restrictions, which is – hopefully – likely to happen on Monday, 11th October. Through his Vicar General, our Archbishop, Most Reverend Anthony Fisher OP, has decided that “We will patiently wait the estimated two further weeks until we reach 80% fully vaccinated …

Happy Solemnity of Our Seraphic Father, Saint Francis of Assisi Read More »

CWF Appeal 2021 Dear brothers and sisters in Christ! As I had mentioned last week, this Sunday, we would like to make a special donation to support the charitable works carried out in our archdiocese. Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP invites us to help our brothers and sisters who are homeless, mentally ill, and who live …

CWF Appeal 2021, Saint Francis Week, Do you Have a Prayer Request, RCIA will Start Soon, Devine Mercy and Holy Rosary during October Read More »

Charitable Works Fund Appeal Next Sunday, 26th September, the Archdiocese of Sydney asks for your participation in supporting the CWF Parish Appeal. Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP stresses the importance of your participation in this appeal, as he says: “100 years ago, when the world was struggling with the Spanish Flu, Christians offered their aid and …

Charitable Works Fund Appeal & Congratulation to Grace Davar Read More »