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Truth about the Catholic Liturgy Despite the hustle and bustle of our daily lives, and the noise of the modern world, there is a place that goes beyond time and space – a sanctuary where heaven and earth meet – the Catholic Liturgy. Everyday within our churches a mystery – a miracle – takes place…

A Positive Start to the Week We are in the process of starting a new group that will meet after the 5.00pm this Sunday night Mass at Stella Maris.  The group is open to all young adults who want meet for an hour from 6.00 to 7.00pm for a little faith formation and pizza.  The…

Siena Catholic Primary School  Siena Soul Food Cook-up On Wednesday afternoon, 6 March, a group of parents and staff volunteers happily cooked a variety of meals for families throughout the year that may need assistance due to experiencing hard times. It was a great afternoon! This merry, giving group was led by Mel Gibson from…

Monday 18 March – St Patrick 4.30pm Adoration Stella Maris Church, Maroochydore. 5.30pm Mass Stella Maris Church, Maroochydore. 6.30pm Spanish Group – Consecration to Jesus through Mary, Stella Maris Church, Maroochydore.   Tuesday 19 March – St Joseph 9.00am Mass Stella Maris School Chapel. All Welcome.   Wednesday  20 March 7.00am Mass St Mary’s Buderim 9.00am Mass…

Monday 11 March 4.30pm Adoration Stella Maris Church, Maroochydore. 5.30pm Mass Stella Maris Church, Maroochydore.   Tuesday 12 March 9.00am Mass Stella Maris School Chapel. All Welcome. 1.00pm Craft Group, St Peter’s Church.   Wednesday  13 March 7.00am Mass St Mary’s Buderim 9.00am Mass St Catherine of Siena Church, Sippy Downs. 9.30am Scripture Study Group (Zoom) 6.00-8.00pm…

Siena Catholic Primary School  Literacy Learning is Alive at Siena Partner reading involves two students working together in a supportive environment. During Partner Reading, students read a text aloud, taking turns in the reading so that they can support each other to success. It is an effective reading strategy that builds word recognition, decoding, fluency,…

Welcome We live in an incredibly mobile society and there are always plenty of new faces popping up on the Sunshine Coast. In such a large and busy Parish places like ours, it is very easy for new faces to get lost in all the activity and the rush of modern living! The ministry of…

“For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son, that everyone who believes in Him might not perish but have eternal life”   These are perhaps the most quoted words of John’s Gospel, if not of the entire Bible. They are words that tell us that Jesus came, not to condemn the…

The Old Testament is full of stories! If I were to ask you to name three Bible stories from the Old Testament that you could remember from your childhood what would they be? Chances are you would come up with ‘Adam and Eve’, ‘David and Goliath’ and ‘Noah and the Flood’. I bet ‘Moses receiving…

Hospitality this Weekend On the first weekend of the month we always have a special emphasis on hospitality.  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 alike.  Especially at our 9.00am Stella Maris Mass…