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 Josh’s Front-Page Reflection The Journey to Intentional Discipleship  For a long time in my faith journey, I had no accurate way of measuring or understanding my discipleship. It was black and white: either I was a follower of Jesus or not. If you had asked me, I would have simply claimed that I was…

Service & Outreach As part of the Service and Outreach Ministry, the parish’s Grief Support Team offers confidential assistance to those experiencing emotional distress after a major life change or event. Grief is our response to loss whether it be loss of a loved one, family breakdown, broken relationships, loss of employment, loss of social…

Save This Date – Beerwah Feast Day! Mary Mackillop Feast Day celebration is on Saturday 10th August following 5.00pm Beerwah Mass. We are planning a sausage sizzle followed by desserts. Tea and coffee provided but BYO for your drink of choice.   First Holy Communion Please continue to pray for all our young children preparing for…

Liturgies This Week in Our Parish Monday 5 August:  9.00am Mass Our Lady of the Rosary, Caloundra. 9.30am Adoration Our Lady of the Rosary, Caloundra.   Tuesday 6 August: 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 7 August:…

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…