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We acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which our communities celebrate liturgies and live out our faith.  We pay respects to leaders past, present and emerging. May their example of stewardship be reflected in our lives. Monday 20 May 5.15pm Benediction, Stella Maris Church, Maroochydore. 5.30pm Mass, Stella Maris Church, Maroochydore. 7.00pm-9.00pm Catholic…

Welcome to Pentecost According to Luke’s account in the book of Acts, the Holy Spirit descended upon the Apostles and other followers of Jesus Christ, while they were in Jerusalem celebrating the Feast of Weeks, a joyous Jewish harvest festival held on the fiftieth day after Passover. The early Church gave the title ‘Pentecost’ from…

Siena Catholic Primary School  Last Friday morning, the school celebrated Mother’s Day with the dads organising preparing and serving a delicious breakfast for our mums, grandmas, and the special women in our lives. The aroma of sizzling bacon, freshly baked croissants and brewed coffee wafted through the air, drawing mums in from all corners. All…

Happy Mother’s Day! We also hit a milestone today within the “Great Fifty Days of Easter” as we celebrate The Ascension of the Lord this weekend. This is the formal ascension back to heaven of Jesus to God the Father after his bodily resurrection on earth. All the post-resurrection appearances and interactions of Jesus with…

We acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which our communities celebrate liturgies and live out our faith.  We pay respects to leaders past, present and emerging. May their example of stewardship be reflected in our lives. Monday 13 May 4.30pm Adoration, Stella Maris Church, Maroochydore. 5.30pm Mass, Stella Maris Church, Maroochydore. 7.00pm-9.00pm Catholic…

Siena Catholic Primary School  This year Siena Primary is living and breathing the world-renowned Resilience Project which promotes gratitude, empathy, mindfulness, and emotional literacy. The Resilience Project teaches positive mental health strategies, which are as important as teaching, reading, writing and maths skills. As a Catholic Education school we link Gratitude, Empathy and Mindfulness to…

Whitsunday Next weekend, we celebrate the feast of Pentecost (also called Whitsunday or Whitsun. Pentecost takes place 49 days after Easter Sunday and commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon Mary, mother of Jesus and the Apostles while they were in Jerusalem. We invite all parishioners to wear the colour red at mass next…

NET Team update As a team, we’ve been kept busy with lots of Siena Catholic College and Parish events and activities! To start with, we began the school holidays by attending a three-day retreat at Alexandra Headland facilitated by Alpha Youth Australia. (You may remember the Parish running the Alpha series a few years back.)…

The Beatles song of the same title makes it all sound so easy!   In John’s Gospel, which we listen to again this weekend, love abounds. Indeed, today’s passage begins and ends with love. Not just that, Jesus declares quite clearly that if we love him we will keep his commandments. That is reassuring because,…

Hospitality – everyone welcome! This being the first weekend of the month we always have a special emphasis on hospitality across our Sunshine Coast Parish Family. If we want to be a friendly community, we need to also be a welcoming community and providing hospitality is an excellent way of meeting new and old parishioners…