St Gregory's Parish Queanbeyan

05/09/2026

Happy Fathers Day to all the fathers today, those who are with us and to those in heaven. Enjoy your day with your loved ones.

Father’s Day is a wonderful opportunity for us to all reflect upon the importance of fatherhood, which we see very much in Jesus’ own life, both in His prayers to His heavenly Father and the example He received on earth through the nurturing love of St Joseph.

Our Lord regularly called upon His heavenly Father for assistance or praised Him. When He was exhausted He would go off to a lonely place to talk with Him.

When facing the horror of crucifixion, He begged His Abba to intervene. Jesus knew that all things were possible for His Father, that He was in his Father’s hands, and that He could trust all would turn out for the best.

Human paternity, then, at its best, images that of God our Father. It also take inspiration from the role model of St Joseph in his unfailing care and protection for Jesus and His Mother Mary. God bless our fathers and all who share in their paternal care of our world. Happy Father’s Day!

05/09/2026

Mass Celebrating the Feast Day of St Mother Teresa of Calcutta

Today is a particularly special occasion as we came together to celebrate the Feast day of St Mother Teresa — a remarkable woman who showed the world that you don’t need to be rich, powerful or famous to make an enormous difference. Sometimes all you need is a willing heart, a helping hand — and perhaps a little patience! We were very privileged and blessed to have had Mother Teresa visit us in Queanbeyan in 1981 and 1985.

We are especially privileged and blessed to have the Missionaries of Charity Sisters with us as part of our community.

May today’s celebration inspire each of us to follow Saint Mother Teresa’s example — to see Christ in those around us and to bring a little more kindness, compassion and love into the world.

Thank you to Fr George and fellow priests Fr John, Fr Paul, Fr Bernie, Fr Brian and seminarian Cinnil for concelebrating mass today.

À huge thank you to those who contributed to the delicious morning tea, and to our choir for their beautiful singing.

04/09/2026

Please join us for mass tomorrow morning Saturday 5th September at 9am in St Raphael's Church to celebrate St Mother Teresa’s feast day, followed by morning tea.

04/09/2026

St. Gregory’s Church Mass
There will be NO Saturday Mass at St Gregory's Church on
12/9/2026 as Fr George will be away.
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St Gregory's Parish Annual Memorial Service
Date 23 September 2026
Time: 7pm
St. Raphael’s Church
You are invited to gather together and remember those
known to you who have departed this life: Light supper to
follow.

29/08/2026

Talk of God as Father is more than a metaphor. It’s why Jesus could instruct His followers to think of God and talk to Him with the intimacy they should have with their own dad, recognising that as a father generates, guards and guides his offspring, so God cares immeasurably for each of them.

No hair of our head goes uncounted, no need of ours unattended. Here is a love so fatherly that Paul can say that nothing- not life or death, no heavenly or earthly power, nothing present or future, no height or depth- nothing can separate us from the love of God.

And so we should imitate and glorify God as Father in our actions, seeing Him as our true parent and all parenthood as a reflection of and subordinate to His.

28/08/2026

Mass Times at St Raphael’s - All welcome

Sunday
5:30pm (Sat Night Vigil)

8am and 10am then Morning Tea

Weekdays
Tues, Wed & Thur 5:30pm
Fri at 12 Noon

2nd Saturday of month 9.30am
at St Gregory’s Church

St Patrick's Michelago 29 Aug 4pm

28/08/2026

Care for Creation Mass Tuesday 1 Sept – 5:30pm Mass at St Raphaels will celebrate the World Day of Prayer for Caring for Creation. The Season of Creation runs until Feast Day of St Francis of Assisi (4th October)

28/08/2026

HOME in Queanbeyan | Raffle to Support HOME in Queanbeyan 2026 | Drawn on: Wednesday, 25 November 2026 10:30 AM

28/08/2026

Notices

Celebrate the

Mass at St Patrick's Michelago this Saturday
29th August at 4pm.

Youth Sausage Sizzle this Sunday 30th August after 10 am mass in the under Croft

Missionary of Charity Novena continues this week.

HOME in Queanbeyan is running its annual charity Raffle for 2026.

World Day of Prayer for Care for Creation this Tuesday
1st September at the 5:30pm Mass.

27/08/2026

You are invited to join us for Mass on Saturday 29 August at 4 pm at St Patrick's, 6418 Monaro Highway, Michelago. Father George will be our celebrant.