Posts by Caloundra Parish

Community Consultation Update I would like to take this opportunity to express my gratitude to you for the way we are progressing in our community consultations. It is anticipated that we will have completed both the first and second parts of the process – Conversations in the Spirit with 8-10 representatives from each community, and…

Welcome Eddy! My name is Edward but you can call me Eddie or Eddy.. I am a seminarian currently studying at Holy Spirit Seminary in Banyo, Australia, under the Archdiocese of Brisbane. Originally from Nigeria, I have my educational background, having completed my philosophy studies and undertaken some theology in my home country. My journey…

Liturgies This Week in Our Parish Monday 25th November:  9.00am Mass Our Lady of the Rosary, Caloundra. 9.30am Adoration Our Lady of the Rosary, Caloundra.   Tuesday 26th November: 8:00am Adoration/Rosary Sacred Heart Church, Maleny 9:00 Mass Sacred Heart Church, Maleny. 9:00am Mass Our Lady of the Rosary, Caloundra. 9:30am Rosary Our Lady of the Rosary, Caloundra.   Wednesday 27th…

Loving God and Neighbour This Sunday’s readings are rather fitting for a Weekend highlighting the work of the St. Vincent De Paul Society. Jesus tells the scribe that the most important commandment is to love God with all our soul, mind and strength. He then goes further as if to say to the scribe as…

Embracing Change for a Future with Hope   I have a God-given vision that our parish exists to evangelize by guiding people to know, love, and follow Jesus. I dream that our mission includes making mature, intentional disciples who are empowered by the Holy Spirit. I also dream that we will become an equipping place…

 Installation of Fr Josh as Parish Priest of Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Parish   Last weekend, we celebrated the installation of our parish priest, Fr Josh Whitehead. Bishop Tim, in his last visit to the Sunshine Coast before he takes up his new appointment as the Bishop of Broome, presided over the Mass, which…

Liturgies This Week in Our Parish Monday 4th November:  9.00am Mass Our Lady of the Rosary, Caloundra. 9.30am Adoration Our Lady of the Rosary, Caloundra.   Tuesday 5th November: 8:00am Adoration/Rosary Sacred Heart Church, Maleny NO MASS Sacred Heart Church, Maleny. 9:00am Mass Our Lady of the Rosary, Caloundra. 9:30am Rosary Our Lady of the Rosary, Caloundra.   Wednesday 6th November:…

Reflecting on the Sacrament of Confirmation By the time you read this, 64 of our amazing young parishioners would have received their Sacrament of Confirmation which occurred on Friday evening with Bishop Brian Heenan. I would like to extend my congratulations and convey how proud I am of their enthusiasm for learning, hard work and…

Faith and Formation Friends, the parish’s mission to be a “vibrant community that actively accompanies people to encounter Jesus” builds on the church’s very reason for being. It stands in the tradition of Christian of all ages past, especially the many lay orders who have gone out into the world with not so much a…

The Homily The homily (from the Latin homilia, meaning ‘conversation’) has its roots in the Jewish synagogue service where, after the readings from the Law and the Prophets, an explanation of their meaning was given by one of those present. A homily was been part of the Church’s liturgy since the beginning but during the…