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Siena Catholic Primary School  Thank you to the children, staff and parents for your reverence, prayerfulness and beautiful singing during today’s Ash Wednesday Mass and liturgy. Ash Wednesday is the first day of the liturgical season of Lent. This is a reflective, prayerful season leading up to Easter. Thank you also to Fr Isaac leading…

This Season of Lent is a time of fasting, almsgiving and consciously making room for God in our busy lives. Whatever image comes to your mind, with the distribution of ashes this Wednesday, we begin another Lenten journey together. Once again there are many opportunities to grasp hold of, during these next 40 days.  …

Siena Catholic Primary School  Opening School Mass “Siena GEMs -living Gratitude, Empathy and Mindfulness. To be who God meant us to be!” Thank you to our staff, students and parishioners who celebrated our Opening School Mass on Wednesday and thank you to Fr Isaac for leading our Eucharistic service. The children were reverent and mindful…

Ash Wednesday Wednesday 14 February is Ash Wednesday, the first day of the season of Lent. It is designated by the Church as days of fast and abstinence, as is Good Friday. The practice of fasting and abstinence aims at leading us to interior conversion by making us more disciplined and more charitable. We fast…

Monday 12 February  4.30pm Adoration, Stella Maris Church, Maroochydore. 5.30pm Mass Stella Maris Church, Maroochydore.   Tuesday 13 February  9.00am Mass  Stella Maris School Chapel. (All Welcome!)   Wednesday  14 February – Ash Wednesday 7:00am Mass  St Mary’s Church, Buderim. 7:30am Mass  St Peter’s Church, Coolum Beach. 9:00am Mass  St Catherine of Siena Church, Sippy Downs. 9:00am Mass  Stella Maris…

Getting Ready Our Parish Lenten Mission is getting closer! Mark off in your diary Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday (19 – 21 February ) beginning with Mass at 4:30pm and then the Mission from 5.00 to 6.00pm. We are grateful that Jo Hayes has accepted our invitation to lead us over the three days. The outline…

Siena Catholic Primary School  Welcome to 2024 from Siena Catholic Primary community. We have had such a lovely first few weeks at school. We welcome to our Siena family the many new staff, families and students. Siena is such a warm, welcoming, proactive community where the values of Integrity, Justice, Hope and Excellence are evident…

Children and Families Ministry 2024 Welcome to another exciting year for the children and families in our parish. Children’s Church: Children’s Church continues this year weekly at 9.00am Mass at Maroochydore and every 3rd Sunday at St Peter’s Church, Coolum, it is an opportunity for the children to explore their faith at a level they…

Being the first weekend of the month across our Parish Family hospitality is our special focus – please accept this invitation to join your fellow parishioners after Mass today. A big thank you to our fellow parishioners whose generosity and commitment makes this ministry possible each month. PLEASE REMEMBER THAT DRIVING UNDER ST VINCENT’S, MAROOCHYDORE…

A Year of Prayer   “In the morning, long before dawn, (Jesus) left the house and went off to a lonely place and prayed there”.   Pope Francis has named this year, 2024, as the Year of Prayer, in preparation for the Church’s Jubilee Year in 2025. The Holy Father sees a need for a…