St Patrick’s Parish

OUR PARISH is growing, and will grow dramatically within the next 10 years. It is vital that we be well organised and effectively welcome new parishioners and help them to feel at home and be part of our life.
Accordingly, a neighbour organisation has been put in place. The parish has been divided into 10 neighbourhoods with 10 teams.
Already much good work has been done in the neighbourhoods, with all families who have had their babies baptised in the last two years, have been visited by parishioners from their neighbourhoods. The leadership group of the 10 neighbourhoods is looking for more helpers, as some of the neighbourhoods are light in numbers, to undertake this very important work.
Please contact Father Bernie, Sister Christina, or any of the leaders listed on the noticeboard this weekend.
The building works at St Patrick’s school have made considerable change to the appearance of things, at the front of the school recently. The new toilet block has been completed and in use, and the new car parking in The Avenue is hoped to be ready for use, at the commencement of or early in Term four.
The Knights of the Southern Cross are holding their 2005 Gippsland Dinner, for the Priests Support and Education Fund, on Friday, 14 October at Elizabethan Receptions Warragul $55 per head. Guest speaker at the dinner will be Fr. Michael McKenna Rector of Corpus Christi Seminar. Inquiries and bookings please contact Jim 0438 931 925 or Mike 5625 1364.
St John’s Regional College Dandenong Past Students Association, held its first AGM and elected officers recently. They now plan to organise reunions and functions for past students. If you would like to attend or help organise please contact paststudentssirc.melb.catholic.edu.au
School of Evangilisation presents a “History of Salvation” course at the Retreat Centre, Cowwarr, from 1013 October. For more details phone 5174 3001 or 5672 2772. Also the 10 anniversary will be held on Saturday, 8 October from 10am to 4pm at St Michael’s Hall, Traralgon. It will include mass, celebrated by Bishop Coffey. Inquiries to Cathy 5174 3001.
A public lecture by Professor Frank Brennan, Professor of Law Institute of Legal Studies Australian Catholic University will be held on Thursday, 29 September at Christ Lecture Theatre, 115 Victoria Parade Fitzroy, 6 for 6.30pm. RSVP 9953 3586.
St Patrick’s Bingo is held every Wednesday at Pakenham Racecourse. Eyes down 8pm.
Deepest sympathy is extended to the families of John Hynes, Kevin Anstey and Monsignor Bernard O’Regan who passed away recently. (Monsignor O’Regan is the brother of the late Father O’Regan, former Parish Priest of St. Patrick’s, Pakenham).