25/08/2026
๐ ๐๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ด๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ช๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป'๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฒ โ๏ธ
Last Saturday, a beautiful group of women from our parish communities in Childers, Biggenden and Gin Gin went away to Santa Teresa Spirituality Centre in Ormiston for a Womenโs Retreat weekend centred around rest, reflection, connection and faith.
One of the most special parts of the weekend was seeing women from different generations come together. Younger and older, experienced and new, each woman carrying her own story, her own experiences and her own journey of faith.
Through personal and group reflection, conversations and shared experiences, we were reminded that none of us walks exactly the same path. We all come from different places, we all see things differently, and we are all still learning and growing.
The weekend reminded us how important it is to truly listen to one another, to look at each other with kind eyes, to show respect even when our experiences are different, and most importantly, to build one another up rather than tear each other down.
We hope every woman who came away with us can take something positive from the weekend whether it was a new friendship, a moment of reflection, a deeper understanding of herself or simply the feeling of knowing she belongs.
And hopefully this is only the beginning. As Fr Jack often says, we may be a small country/rural parish community but that does not stop us from creating or accessing wonderful and meaningful opportunities like these for our parishioners. When women support women, when generations learn from one another and when faith brings people together, beautiful things can grow. May we continue to encourage one another, support one another and remember that each of us has our own mission, our own place and our own link in the chain. ๐ค
Thank you to Fr Jack who organised this retreat and encouraged the women of our parish to take part, to Steph Jorna for her role in the planning and facilitating, to Fr Frank Jones for stepping in for Fr Jack on Sunday to help wrap up our time together, and last but not least, the three beautiful women from our parish office: Jess, Georgina, and Sammy, who worked extraordinarily hard, even volunteering so many hours of their own time beyond their office duties, just so everyone could have the most beautiful experience to enjoy from the beginning to the end. We are aware that a number of our parishioners missed out this time, we look forward to having you with us next year!
๐๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฆ
๐๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐๐ช๐ฎ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ช๐ค๐ฆ.
๐๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ฆ
๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ.
๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ.
๐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐บ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ.
๐๐ถ๐ต ๐ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐น๐ต.
๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ข ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ,
๐ข ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ต๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด.
๐๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ.
~ ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ โ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐บ ๐๐ช๐ง๐ฆโ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐๐ต ๐๐ฐ๐ฉ๐ฏ ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ณ๐บ ๐๐ฆ๐ธ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ ~
