To the generous benefactor who has kindly donated funds for the next 100 badges, a very big thank you. We welcome everyone to order a FREE badge if you haven’t already got one.

We would love to see everyone wearing a badge for ease of communication while interacting with each other.

Please email your name and if you would like a pin or magnet to the Parish office on ca*******@bn*.au

If you have ordered a badge, please collect from your mass centre.

Ash Wednesday: 5th March 2025

Wednesday 5th March is Ash Wednesday, the first day of the season of Lent. It is designated by the Church as a day of fast and abstinence, as is Good Friday. In current Catholic practice, fasting means having only one full meal a day. Alternately smaller quantities of food may be eaten at two other times but no food should be consumed at any other time during the day. The law of fasting applies to people from 18 to 59 years old. Abstinence is the practice of abstaining from the use of certain kinds of food. Everyone aged 14 years and older is bound by the law of abstinence from meat. The practice of fasting and abstinence aims at leading us to interior conversion by making us more disciplined and more charitable.  We fast in order to share our time and our treasure with an attitude of love towards God and others. In addition, the practice helps us imitate the example of Jesus who fasted for 40 days in the desert. The ashes that are marked on our foreheads on the first day of Lent are a symbol of humility, purification and sorrow and reminds us of the need to repent of our failings. 

Ash Wednesday Mass times:

7.00am – Our Lady of the Rosary, Caloundra

7.50am – Unity College Chapel, Caloundra West.

9.00am – Our Lady of the Rosary, Caloundra.

9.00am – Sacred Heart Church, Maleny.

9.15am – Blessed Frederic Ozanam Chapel, Currimundi.

9.30am – Our Lady of the Southern Cross, Little Mt.

6.00pm – Our Lady of the Rosary, Caloundra

6.00pm – Our Lady of the Way, Landsborough.

If you are attending any of the Ash Wednesday Masses and can assist in the liturgical roles, your help would be greatly appreciated.  Please see your community leader or email the Parish office.

Children & Families – Date Claimers!

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! More information will be coming shortly, along with registration details, but make sure to save these dates below for some of our upcoming events!

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Saturday 8th March, 2:30pm-5pm at Unity College Chapel: Junior Alter servers Training Day (Targeted at those in Grade 4-7). Families invited to stay for the 5pm Notre Dame Mass (at Unity College until Easter).

Thursday 10th April, 9am-3pm (location tbc): Encounter Kids Day (Targeted at those from Prep – Grade 6).

Tuesday 29th April, 4pm-5:30pm at Unity College Hall: Launch of our monthly Kingdom Kids Youth Group (Targeted at those in Grade 4-6).

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For more information, please email cp********************@bn*.au

Waste Time with God – Hosted by CCR Brisbane

Come and spend time with God praising, worshipping, listening and manifesting the gifts of the Spirit.

Come and be refreshed and empowered by the Holy Spirit and experience the healing power of God. You are Welcome! 

Time:   1pm to 4pm Saturday, 29th March  2025 including afternoon tea.

Location: Our Lady of the Rosary Church, 61 Edmund St, Caloundra, QLD.

RCIT- Rite of Christian Initiation for Teens

Has your child missed one of the Sacraments? Would your child like to know more about the Catholic Faith? The parish offers RCIT, for students in high school (Year 7 and up). Intakes are March and October.

Please email the Parish office for more details.

Recycling – New Opportunity at OLR Church

Besides recycling empty blister packs at Chemist Warehouse, 2 Sydal St Caloundra (near Bunnings), there is a pink bin at the OLR Church, Caloundra where these empty blister packs can be deposited. (Empty, free from plastic bags and cardboard box packaging.) Recycling these packs is especially important for preserving aluminium because it’s a finite natural resource that is extracted in an energy-intensive process. The good thing is that it can be recycled indefinitely without losing quality, making recycling essential for conserving this valuable material. (Blister packs CANNOT be recycled at home through the Council’s kerbside recycling as specialist machinery is required to separate the aluminium and the plastic materials.)

The pink bin is next to the green recycling Containers for Cash bins near the Kitchen Servery. (Parish ID code, C11072500 can be used at the Cans Recycling Centre as well.) From your Parish Laudato Si Care for Creation Group. (LSC4C). Enquiries very welcome. Bob Cullen cp******************@bn*.au

Parish Dinner Dance 26th April 2025

It’s been a while since our last big celebration. The parish is inviting all parishioners and friends to celebrate an evening filled with great food, entertainment and good fellowship. With the congregation now consisting of people with ancestry coming from over 24 countries, we want to take this as an opportunity to celebrate its cultural diversity and get together as single people of God. Let’s bring colour on the night and don your best frock.  Tickets now available via this link: Dinner Dance 26th April 2025