St. Gertrude's Parish Smithfield

30/08/2026

🎥 The Solemn Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament for the Launch of Ascended West, Sacred Heart Cabramatta 🙏

An evening filled with fruitful worship, adoration and thanksgiving to our Lord!

At the incredibly beautiful Sacred Heart Parish in Cabramatta Sacred Heart Cabramatta ⛪️

26/08/2026

‼️HAPPENING TOMORROW📣

Ascended West LAUNCH!

📆: 28 August 2026
📍: Sacred Heart Parish, Cabramatta Sacred Heart Cabramatta
👥: 18+ event
🔗: Register via the link in ASCENDED WEST’s bio
⛪️: Guest Speaker — Fr. Daniele Russo, Director of Vocations for the Archdiocese of Sydney

TOPIC: Called to Greatness
— Get ready to hear about all things in relation to vocation, purpose, and the call to live a life of greatness.

Make sure to stop by our expo table to see what our youth get up to and for some goodies! St Gertrude’s Parish, Smithfield Youth

See you there! 👋

22/08/2026

Primary School Youth group in full swing!

Yesterday, our Primary School Youth group learnt about the Assumption of Mary! 🙏🩵

During the session, our kids made mini Marian Shrines in honour of Our Lady, that they will use for when they want to pray.

Our Primary School Youth group meet on the Third Friday of each Month at 6:30pm, in the Parish demountables. Looking forward to the next one!

22/08/2026

TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME; First Reading - ISAIAH 22:19-23 Second Reading - ROMANS 11:33-36 Gospel - MATTHEW 16:13-20 Bulletin: 23 August 2026 Parish Bulletin

TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME; First Reading – ISAIAH 22:19-23 Second Reading – ROMANS 11:33-36 Gospel – MATTHEW 16:13-20 Bulletin: 23 August 2026 Parish Bulletin

21/08/2026

‼️THE COUNTDOWN IS ON ⏰
…ONE MORE WEEK TO GO UNTIL THE LAUNCH OF ASCENDED WEST! 📣

The night is jam packed with: Adoration, Solemn Benediction, Sung Mass, Live Music, Parish expos, food, an exciting talk by Fr. Daniele Russo, and more 📈

All youth from across Sydney are warmly invited to join us for an evening of prayer, formation and fellowship. We are super excited for our youth St Gertrude’s Parish, Smithfield Youth to meet other passionate Catholic youth in Sydney! 🙏

KEY TAKEAWAYS

📆: 28 August 2026
📍: Sacred Heart Parish, Cabramatta Sacred Heart Cabramatta
👥: 18+ event
🔗: Register via the link in ASCENDED WEST’s bio
⛪️: Guest Speaker — Fr. Daniele Russo, Director of Vocations for the Archdiocese of Sydney

See you there! 👋

18/08/2026

TWO WEEKS TO GO‼️

We welcome Charbel Raish from Parousia Media to our Parish — St. Gertrude’s Parish in Smithfield — on Saturday 29 August who will deliver a talk on “A biblical walk through the Mass.” 🙏

Please see the poster for the full day program, commencing 9:30am with morning Mass and concluding 3:30pm with Adoration at our Shrine.

⛪️ Shrine: St. Gertrude’s Parish Smithfield.
📍Parish Address: 16 Neville St, Smithfield NSW 2164.
💲Free event. Donations are however appreciated!
📧 Registrations: Sign up by scanning the QR code in the poster, the link in the comments below, or the link in our bio!

We hope to see you there! 🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒

14/08/2026

TWENTIETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

TWENTIETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME; First Reading - Isaiah 56:1.6-7 Second Reading - Romans 11:13-15. 29-32 Gospel - Matthew 15:21-28 Bulletin: 16 August 2026 Parish Bulletin

TWENTIETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME; First Reading – Isaiah 56:1.6-7 Second Reading – Romans 11:13-15. 29-32 Gospel – Matthew 15:21-28 Bulletin: 16 August 2026 Parish Bulletin

14/08/2026

📸: The Assumption of Our Lady Vigil Mass

SOLEMNITY MASS TIMES (Saturday 15th August)
— St Therese’s Church // 8.00am Mass
— St Benedict’s Shrine // 10:00am Mass

13/08/2026

𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗧𝗛 𝗥𝗔𝗙𝗙𝗟𝗘 EXTENDED!!

Prize to be drawn on 13 September, in celebration of the feast of the Most Holy name of Mary 🩵

🎟️ See our Youth representatives at the piety store to secure your tickets to win a beautiful statue of our Lady!

All proceeds will be going towards supporting our youth fundraising for World Youth Day 2027 in South Korea! 🙏🇰🇷

13/08/2026

🥁🥁🥁THE GREAT REVEAL! 🥁🥁🥁

We are pleased to finally share one of the great prizes we have up for grabs as part of our Golden Jubilee fundraiser! ⭐️⚜️

‼️A white Haval Jolion Vanta hybrid CAR! 🏁🚗

🎟️ Tickets for the draw are $10 each, and are available for sale at our Parish piety store.

Winner will be drawn on 20 November 2026 at our St. Benedict’s Golden Jubilee dinner! 🏆 Make sure to also book a table for the jubilee dinner! It is going to be an unforgettable night! 🕺🪩

All proceeds will be going towards the Parish’s continuous efforts to upgrade the air-conditioning system at our Shrine. 🙏

📧: Please contact the Parish office if you have any questions!