St Mary’s Catholic Parish Greensborough

12/03/2026

12/03/2026

12/03/2026

30/11/2024

This Sunday we begin the season of Advent, a period of waiting for the birth of Christ. It is the season of new beginnings: the start of the new liturgical year, Year C, the year of the Gospel of Luke; the birth of Jesus; the beginning of summer. It is also a time for reflection about the coming of Jesus into our lives through grace and the sacraments, and a time to keep in mind that He will come again.

The theme for Advent this year is Pilgrims of Hope, which calls us to maintain and profess hope and trust in times of great challenge. We are called to be pilgrims, travelers on a journey of faith and hope, with the purpose of becoming closer to God. 🙏

View our 2024 Advent timetable here: https://www.melbcatholic.org/s/articles/a19Ol000000fzFdIAI/advent-timetable

23/10/2024

Please keep our fellow St Mary’s parishioner John Vespa in your prayers as he prepares for his ordination to the diaconate this coming Saturday. 🙏

‘Listen to the voice of the Shepherd. It is only through that and prayer that you will be able to hear the voice of God.’ – seminarian John Vespa

We give thanks for John Vespa and for his willingness to give ‘his life back to God’. May God guide and uphold him, blessing him deeply in his vocation. 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

Please pray for John as he prepares for his ordination to the diaconate.

📆 Saturday 26 October
⌚️ 5.30pm
⛪ St Bede’s Catholic Church, 1 Severn Street, Balwyn North

The Ordination Mass will also be broadcast live on our YouTube channel: https://melbournecatholic.org/diaconate

Corpus Christi College Seminary

20/10/2024

We’re grateful to Archbishop Peter A Comensoli for visiting our partnered parishes this past weekend. It’s been a blessed time of listening and also a chance to share some of the good works happening across our community. Thanks to all who participated! 🤗

04/07/2024

12/05/2024

Happy Mother’s Day to all the mums in our local community! Thank you for all that you do for us. We love you. 💐🥰💝

24/04/2024

A poem by Padre Jim Cosgrove. Ex Afghanistan and champion for those who need his help, one of 10 army chaplains based at Enoggera’s Gallipoli Barracks in Brisbane.

ANZAC poem ... ©Padre Jim Cosgrove.

Anzac Day – A nation’s pride,
Remembering our sons who died
Acknowledging their sacrifice
that helped to pay our freedom’s price
Our Nations’ history tells the tale
of those whose courage didn’t fail
Who gave their lives for you and me
To free our world from tyranny.

Anzac Day, remembered sorrows,
The ones who gave us their tomorrows
Who fell with faces to the foe
to buy the peace their children know
In troubled times they fought the wars
and gave their lives for freedom’s cause.
They fought until the job was done
The only way that peace is won.

Anzac Day, the Anzac Spirit
A minute’s silence – listen – hear it
Whispered words from those who gave
their lives, and now rest in the grave.
Their softest sigh within the silence
“Live the Peace – and shun the violence”
Let not our lives be lost in vain
Think twice before you war again.

Anzac Day - Lest We Forget
The fighting isn't finished yet
Our Nation's sons and daughters still
With resolute determined skill
Take up the fight, take up the cause
Till one day there's an end to wars
God bless our troops with strength we pray
On this and every Anzac Day.

17/04/2024

Let us pray.

As we saw in Sydney, five women and a man were simply in the wrong place at the wrong time when they lost their lives at a shopping mall. When dealing with such tragedies, Christians and people of other faiths seek solace in praying. Through prayer, we try to find answers to the ‘incomprehensible....