Posts by Caloundra Parish

Children and Families Ministry Update As we launch in 2025, the Children and Families Team have been working hard behind the scenes to onboard some new initiatives to engage with all children and families in this parish!  Here are a few events coming up – save the dates: Saturday 8th March, 2pm-4:30pm at OLR Church: Junior…

New Ministries and New Opportunities My friends, it’s Monday afternoon (24th Feb) as I write this reflection for you. Yes, it’s my day off, but since Fr Gerard and I will be attending a two-and-a-half-day in-service for priests ordained within the last ten years, it’s important to prioritize the weekly rhythm of the parish office.…

Mini Mission 2025! It is important to make time to reflect on our lives and the direction life is taking us. To help us this year, we welcome back Fr Richard Leonard, who will lead our Parish Mini Mission over 3 days from the 10-12th March daily from 10am at Caloundra, with a cuppa from…

Liturgies This Week in Our Parish Monday 3rd Mar 9.00am Mass Our Lady of the Rosary, Caloundra. 9:30am Adoration Our Lady of the Rosary, Caloundra.   Tuesday 4th Mar 9.00am Mass Our Lady of the Rosary, Caloundra 9:30am Rosary Our Lady of the Rosary, Caloundra   Wednesday 5th Mar (Ash Wed) 7am Mass OLR Church,…

Fr Francis’ Front-Page Reflection What You Have Is Enough  In this Sunday’s gospel, a small boy holds the key to feeding a crowd the size of our weekend parish population multiplied five times over. His “keys” are five loaves and two fish, plenty for himself and his family; scarce for the crowd. That little boy…

Community Life Ministry Our ministry continues to work hard striving towards these Strategic Plan end goals: Vision: We have a dream that our Community Life Ministry will cultivate a burning desire to belong within the Our Lady of the Rosary faith community by facilitating experiences of connection and participation. This ministry celebrates the gift of…

Service Opportunity: Temporary OLR Church Cleaner Required A temporary volunteer church cleaner is need for three weeks in August 7, 14 & 21st. If you are able to assist with vacuuming, mopping, dusting emptying bins etc. please email the Parish office ca*******@**************et.au or call between 9am-1pm, Mon-Fri on 5430 9390   St Vincent de Paul…

This Week in Our Parish Monday 29 July:  9.00am Mass Our Lady of the Rosary, Caloundra. 9.30am Adoration Our Lady of the Rosary, Caloundra.   Tuesday 30 July:  8:00am Adoration/Rosary Sacred Heart Church, Maleny 9.00am Mass Sacred Heart Church, Maleny. 9:00am Mass Our Lady of the Rosary, Caloundra. 9:30am Rosary Our Lady of the Rosary, Caloundra.   Wednesday 31 July:  7.50am…

Fr Josh’s Front-Page Reflection The Movement of God’s Grace  Our parish’s Mission – to be a vibrant community that actively accompanies people to encounter Jesus – is a silky-smooth statement that sounds terrific but will also take a deliberate approach to achieve and a lot of Grace! This deliberate approach necessarily employs the unique skills,…

Children & Families Ministry We have a dream that our Children and Families Ministry will provide opportunities to connect, create and cultivate relationships with all children and their families. This ministry will seek to develop a culture of welcome from within the parish community, so that everyone feels they belong, however messy, noisy or lively.…