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Monday 5 February  St Agatha 4.30pm Adoration, Stella Maris Church, Maroochydore. 5.30pm Mass Stella Maris Church, Maroochydore. 6.30pm Spanish prayer meeting, Stella Maris Church, Maroochydore.   Tuesday 6 February  St Paul Miki and Companions 9.00am Mass  Stella Maris School Chapel. (All Welcome!)   Wednesday  7 February  7:00am Mass  St Mary’s Church, Buderim. 9:00am Mass  St Catherine of Siena…

Bon Voyage Fr Will Over the past couple of weeks Fr Will has been visiting all our communities and it has given him a chance to say goodbye as he prepares for his next challenge of leading the West End/South Brisbane parishes. Last Sunday after the 9.00am Mass was our chance to gather and formally…

Year of Prayer Last Sunday, during the Sunday Angelus, Pope Francis inaugurated the Year of Prayer ahead of the 2025 Jubilee Year. The Pope desires the Year of Prayer to be a time of preparation ahead of the Jubilee. He hopes the focus on prayer will renew our desire to be in the presence of…

Monday 29 January  4.30pm Adoration, Stella Maris Church, Maroochydore. 5.30pm Mass Stella Maris Church, Maroochydore. 6.30pm Spanish prayer meeting, Stella Maris Church, Maroochydore.   Tuesday 30 January 9.00am Mass  Stella Maris School Chapel. (All Welcome!)   Wednesday 31 January – St John  Bosco 7:00am Mass  St Mary’s Church, Buderim. 9:00am Mass  St Catherine of Siena Church, Sippy Downs.…

Australia Day Message Read  the Archbishop’s   Australia    Day   message   here  

Farewell My Friends   I remember when I first got the call to come down to Maroochydore from Gympie. There were already so many things in motion, of which I was a part, but then I was being called to a different place. I felt like I was abandoning my responsibilities in Gympie for a…

Thank You A big thank you to all the new volunteers who signed up to be part of the ministerial life of our Parish Family and to all those returning ministers – your service is valued and appreciated.   Yesterday morning a short workshop was organised for our ministers to remind ourselves of what is best…

Monday 22 January  4.30pm Adoration, Stella Maris Church, Maroochydore. 5.30pm Mass Stella Maris Church, Maroochydore.   Tuesday 23 January 9.00am Mass  Stella Maris School Chapel. (All Welcome!)   Wednesday 24 January- St Francis de Sales 7:00am Mass  St Mary’s Church, Buderim. 9:00am Mass  St Catherine of Siena Church, Sippy Downs. 9.30am Scripture Study Group (Zoom).   Thursday 25…

As part of my long service I walked the Portuguese Camino to Santiago de Compostela. It was a great experience, but I wonder if I would have got more out of it if I was not so preoccupied with avoiding blisters, being bitten by bed bugs, getting sick because I ate something dodgy or the…

Doing Good – So how do we do better? Why not give a little of your time and energy in the service of the Gospel and your fellow parishioners?   Your parish family is looking for volunteers for the ministries described on our Parish Ministries webpage. Volunteers are not just the mortar that holds our…