Priests Who Served Us

At John XXIII

Fr Robert Duggan Caretaker priest 1973

Fr John Halloran 1973 – 1982 Parish priest

Fr Laurie McNamara 1976 – 1977 Assistant priest

1986 – 1989 in residence

Fr Peter Ryan 1978 – 1980 Assistance priest

Fr Michael Walsh 1983 – 1989 Parish priest

Fr John Barry 1983 – 1986 Assistant priest

Fr Vin Regan 1990 – 1997 Parish priest

Fr Kym Spurling 1990 Deacon and Assistant priest

Fr Minh-Tam Nguyen 1992 – 1994 Assistant priest

Fr Denis Edwards 1995 – 1996 (celebrated Mass for us)

Fr Dean Marin 1998 – 2005

At Holy Trinity

1972 Fr. Terry Wall: Parish Priest

1986 Fr. John Vildzius: Parish Priest

1988 Fr Hugh O’ Sullivan: Parish Priest

1989 Fr. Marian Szablewski: Parish Priest

1989 Fr. Norm Choate: Assistant Priest

1993 Fr Stanislaw: Assistant priest.

1994 Fr Marek Ptak: Assistant priest.

1997 Fr Peter Monopoli: Parish Priest.

Para Hills Modbury After Amalgamation

2004-2005: Fr. Dean Marin: Parish Priest

2005-2014: Fr. Peter Milburn: Parish Priest

Fr. Jack Boog Residing in and Celebrating mass for us from 2007 onwards

2013-2014: Fr. Manu Kumbidiyamackal: Assistant Priest

2014-current: Fr. Manu Kumbidiyamackal: Parish Priest

The Parish Pastoral Council would like to congratulate and thank all of the very many people who contributed to and participated in making our celebrations from Palm Sunday through to Easter Sunday so very special. We thank those who cleaned, prepared and decorated our Churches for the celebrations and then cleaned up again in readiness for the next event. To all of those who took an active ministry in our celebrations such as Mass Managers, Sacristans, Welcomers, Projectionists, Readers or Special Ministers, we thank you for your commitment to serve our community. To those who were willing to participate in the Washing of the Feet, thank you for representing us during that service. Particular thanks go to our many very talented musicians who have practiced long and hard to lead us prayerfully in song during the celebrations >>Read More

The Easter Experience: From Doubt and Fear to True Faith: The liturgy of the word today challenges us to live our Faith in the living presence of the risen Lord. Our faith should strengthen our hope in His promises, call us to true repentance for our sins and lead us to bearing witness to Christ by our works of Charity. Does our Faith do that for us? The readings also remind us that the purpose of Jesus’ death and Resurrection was to save us from our sins. Hence, they invite us to bear witness to the risen Lord more effectively by repenting of our sins, renewing our lives, and meeting Jesus in the Word of God and at the Eucharistic Table. The first reading from the Acts of the Apostles describes how Peter fulfils the mission of preaching Jesus. In this second sermon, Peter goes on with the preaching mission begun on Pentecost in Jerusalem, and again presents Jesus as the fulfilment of all the Messianic prophecies of the Old Testament. In the second reading, John tells us that true knowledge and love of God consist in acknowledging that Jesus is the expiation for our sins. We make that acknowledgement e >>