- 1. Reconciliation & First Holy Communion 2024
- (Sacramental Program)
- ... Catholic Church. They are community events, which remind us of the role of the parish community in the development of our life of faith, hope, and love. Our Catholic Schools and Parish are here to help ...
- Created on 27 March 2024
- 2. Our Parish Pastoral and Finance Councils
- (Our Parish)
- ... pastoral life of all the Christian faithful. The Parish Pastoral Council is an advisory body that enables the members of the Parish community to fulfil their baptismal calling to share in Christ’s mission ...
- Created on 17 March 2024
- 3. Confirmation 2024
- (Sacramental Program)
- ... of the Catholic Church. They are community events, which remind us of the role of the parish community in the development of our life of faith, hope, and love. Our Catholic Schools and Parish are here ...
- Created on 26 October 2023
- 4. Young Adults Ministry
- (In the Parish)
- We are a group of passionate, fun-loving people at the University of Wollongong who seek answers to life’s big questions; how are we here? Is there more to life? How can I live my best life? Why God? ...
- Created on 26 April 2023
- 5. Christ in You, Lumen Christi Parish Pastoral Plan
- (Pastoral Plan)
- ... given each of us gifts which bring us great joy when we share them. These gifts become riches of life when we place them at the service of our community to build up our life together as the Body of Christ. ...
- Created on 06 February 2023
- 6. Pastoral Plan Calendar of Events
- (Pastoral Plan)
- ... a survey asking for your suggestions about how we can develop the key areas of parish life. The survey will be presented by a member of the Pastoral or Finance Councils to each of our four local communities. ...
- Created on 14 January 2023
- 7. Christ in you - Logo
- (Pastoral Plan)
- ... is the source of the gifts we share as a parish community. Christ’s presence is the source of our life together in faith, worship, service, and mission. Christ’s Open Arms At the centre of the logo ...
- Created on 14 January 2023
- 8. The Church is the People of God Roadmap for the Diocese of Wollongong | As of 14 October 2021
- (COVID-19)
- ... these restrictions and our actions as we move more freely in our church communities, we must always act with a sense of love to our neighbours. The Catechism teaches that “Life and physical health are ...
- Created on 22 October 2021
- 9. Reflections by Fr Anthony Crook RAN | Wednesday of the 24th Week in Ordinary Time
- (Reflections)
- ... Sorrows, and today’s Gospel Reading (Jn 19:25-27) is the telling of perhaps the most sorrowful and poignant moments of Mary’s life; the death of her son (Jesus) on the Cross. Standing by the cross of ...
- Created on 16 September 2021
- 10. Reflections by Fr Anthony Crook RAN | Monday of the 24th Week in Ordinary Time
- (Reflections)
- ... Jesus, who gave himself as ransom for all. The all-powerful, ever-living God, offers to all the possibility of redemption in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus. It is ...
- Created on 12 September 2021
- 11. The Eternal Peace Grotto at Saint Francis Xavier Cathedral, Wollongong Columbarium
- (Columbarium)
- ... the opportunity for names of parishioners who lived life to the full in the first Catholic parish in the Illawarra.These plaques are available at $260 each (incl. GST). [Click here to view the map] ...
- Created on 08 September 2021
- 12. Reflections by Fr Anthony Crook RAN | Wednesday of the 23rd Week in Ordinary Time Feast – The Birth (Nativity) of the Blessed Virgin Mary
- (Reflections)
- ... First Reading - We know that all things work for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose (Rom 8:28) – from the vantage point of history, and apply them to the life of Mary, ...
- Created on 06 September 2021
- 13. Reflections by Fr Anthony Crook RAN | Monday of the 23rd Week in Ordinary Time
- (Reflections)
- ... for healthcare workers, for my family? · What are the areas of my life, faith, and being that I need God’s strength in? There’s no point having a ‘stronghold’ if you don’t place your valuables in ...
- Created on 05 September 2021
- 14. Reflections by Fr Anthony Crook RAN | Friday of the 21st Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of St Monica
- (Reflections)
- ... son as he (Jesus) is carried to the grave. Today, let us be thankful for all people who have been supportive of us as we journey through life. Those people who hold us in their prayers each, and particularly ...
- Created on 26 August 2021
- 15. Reflections by Fr Anthony Crook RAN | Monday of the 21st Week in Ordinary Time
- (Reflections)
- ... will they too be gathered up by the Lord? In Paul’s response we have an example of the early Church ‘doing’ theology, that is, applying the experience of the Christ-Event to their present-day life. I love ...
- Created on 23 August 2021
- 16. Reflections by Fr Anthony Crook RAN | Friday of the 19th Week in Ordinary Time
- (Reflections)
- ... nice’, then we limit the Word’s capacity to form us, and as a consequence will never grow in the Christian life. There is great merit in placing ourselves in the presence of the Word across the liturgical ...
- Created on 09 August 2021
- 17. Reflections by Fr Anthony Crook RAN | Wednesday of 19th Week in Ordinary Time
- (Reflections)
- ... promised her life to God as an enclosed religious. Initially living as a Benedictine, Clare sought to follow a path of spirituality closer to that of Francis’, and so she founded a group of women known ...
- Created on 09 August 2021
- 18. Reflections by Fr Anthony Crook RAN | Feast of the Transfiguration
- (Reflections)
- ... The God of Universe breaks into the human history in an unprecedented way in the life of Jesus. The ‘friendship’ we come to know in Jesus is a ‘friendship’ with the Holy (Holiest) One, and so we should ...
- Created on 03 August 2021
- 19. Reflections by Fr Anthony Crook RAN | Monday of the 18th Week in Ordinary Time
- (Reflections)
- ... is a celebration of common humanity and life. In all four of the Gospel accounts (Mt 14:17; Mk 6:37, Lk 9:113, and Jn 6:5) we found the disciples doubting / questioning what is that Jesus intends (can?) ...
- Created on 31 July 2021
- 20. Reflection by Fr Anthony Crook RAN | Wednesday of the Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time
- (Reflections)
- ... 20: 1-17), and now nearing the end of his life, experiences / shows this radiance in/coming from his face. What is it that has caused this change? It is nothing short of the impact / influence / result ...
- Created on 22 July 2021