4 CatholicOutlook August 2015
Photographs: Alfred Boudib.
Triduum Novena
& Mass
For the
Feast of Our Lady
of Penafrancia
Living Out God’s Mercy and
Compassion in the
Year of the Poor
1st Triduum Novena and Mass
11am in St Joseph’s Church
12-22 Richmond Road, Kingswood
Nuncio receives a warm welcome from Filipino Catholic community
Replica of Our Lady of Penafrancia
will stay for one week
Saturday 5 September
2nd Triduum Novena and Mass
11am in Holy Trinity Church
cnr Bennalong and Randle Sts,
Granville
Replica of Our Lady of Penafrancia
will stay for one week
Saturday 12 September
3rd Triduum Novena and Mass
11am in St Andrew’s Church
40 Breakfast Road, Marayong
Replica of Our Lady of Penafrancia
will stay for one week
Saturday 19 September
Feast of Our Lady of Penafrancia
Novena at 9am prior to
Mass at 9.30am
St Nicholas of Myra Church, Penrith
carpark entry thru Higgins Street
Fluvial Procession on Nepean River
Boarding Nepean Belle at 11.45am
Tench Reserve Wharf, Jamisontown
Lunch program & entertainment
1pm-4pm at Factory Rd Reserve
Jamisontown
For further information
contact the
Australian Devotees of
Our Lady of Penafrancia
tel 0419 233 643.
Sat 5 Sept, 8.30am - 2.30pm
North Sydney
Sat 12 Sept, 8.30am - 4pm
Strathfield
www.acu.edu.au/openday
Filipino Catholics turned out in force to welcome
the Apostolic Nuncio to Australia, Archbishop
Adolfo Tito Yllana, in Blacktown last month.
Mass in St Michael’s Church on Sunday 26 June
was followed by a celebratory lunch.
The gathering was an opportunity for members
of the largest migrant community in the Diocese
to greet Archbishop Yllana, who was born in
Naga City in the Philippines.
The 68-year-old has served in the diplomatic
role of Papal Nuncio for more than 30 years,
spending time in at least 15 countries.
“A Papal Nuncio is one who represents the
Holy Father,” he explained in the June 2015 issue
of Catholic Voice. “We serve to strengthen the
bond between the Holy Father and the bishops.
“We carry out his thoughts and his wishes,
communicating them so that we are able to
serve the local community and they can see that
the Holy Father is concerned for them and he
loves them.”
It is almost three months since Archbishop
Yllana arrived in Australia to take up his post
in Canberra.
Aside from passing through Brisbane and
Sydney airports, he had never been to Australia
prior to his arrival on 30 April.
“It’s a new world for me and a new experience,”
he said. “It’s more organised. I’ve never lived
anywhere like Australia in all my assignments.
“It’s a big challenge, because this is a big
country, but there is a well-rooted Christian
tradition here.”
Archbishop Yl