Celebrating our Volunteers
On the 27 / 28 May we celebrated our wonderful volunteers at weekend masses. Volunteers were given a Parish renewable bag and a special...
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Original song about Port Phillip Bay
Chris Lazzaro, a wonderful musician and occassional teacher at St Columba Primary School has recently prepared a powerpoint presentation...
Celebrating ANZAC Day Elwood style
The Friends of the Elwood RSL organised a wonderful ANZAC Day commemoration on the Elwood foreshore. Proceedings commenced with a prayer...
Massive Murray Paddle
Our wonderful Andy from school and her team of fantastic paddlers are once again undertaking the gruelling Massive Murray Paddle and...
Saving our Sacred Heart Statue
A few years ago, Neville, one of our wonderful parishioners, volunteered to try and resurrect our Sacred Heart statue. It was in pieces...
St Columba has been verified as an IB World School
St Columba primary school: International Baccalaureate (IB) world school Excerpt from Principal, Daniella Maddalena’s in a recent school...
Spring- fresh blooms can lift a jaded spirit
In these times of COVID and the protracted lockdown it has been difficult sometimes to pick myself up, a feeling I’m sure, not unfamiliar...
FR JOHN INDUCTED INTO HALL OF FAME
On Friday 19 March 2021, Fr John was inducted into the Salesian College Hall of Fame. Fr John and four others were recognised and...
Cookalong 23rd October 2020
Grand Final Eve saw members of our parish and wider community come together for a cooking workshop run by yours truly. Some participants...
Art and Soul
My dear friends, Being home because of COVID19 gave extra time to start a website on art and spirituality. The website is called Art and...
Spreading the Good News
The Archdiocese of Melbourne Youth Office has been in contact with us, getting to know our young adult group's mission, activities, goals...
Listening to God
On Friday night the Young Adults met via zoom, focusing on the theme of encountering God in the scriptures. As St Jerome says, "when we...
The Bread of Life
Last Friday night our lovely young women Allie and Natalia led our young adults on a reflection on the Eucharist - the true presence of...
Serving and Sharing Gifts: The Work of an Apostle
Though restrictions have tightened again, the young adults have still been able to meet together with a maximum of 10 people each week....
Peace in the Storm
The 'new normal' for our young adults group didn't stop us from connecting in a deep and prayerful night (at a safe social distance and...
Mingle on a Monday
Sharing a reflection of our first "Mingle on a Monday" event from Kelley McMenamin - a parishioner who now lives in Ireland. Dia dhaoibh!...
Happy Birthday!
Happy birthday to the Church! The feast of Pentecost marks the birth of the church. On listening to Bishop Robert Barron’s homily, I...
The Feast of the Ascension of Our Lord: What it means for our lives
The Ascension can be a hard idea for people to understand. What does that have to do with me? What does the feast mean for us today? Well...
The great realisation
When I came across this viral video sent to me from one of our parishioners this week, I could not stop watching it and sharing it. It's...
Our Young Adults - Hope filled as ever!
April Update Over the past month with “stay at home” restrictions, social distancing and online liturgies, our young adults have...
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