The Portal - Australia edition January 2014 | Page 8

THE P RTAL

January 2014

AU Page 1

Australian News
Eliza Frank reports

Staff Changes

The end

of the year often presents the best
time for staff changes so that after the summer
holidays people return to the parish and discover a
new team being established so that parish life can
continue in it’s usual way.

The congregation of the Ordinariate parish of St
Benedict which meets at Holy Cross Catholic Church,
South Caulfield (photo right), a suburb of Melbourne, his end in a shoot-out with the police at the burningsaid farewell to their Church Organist and also their down of the local pub.
Sacristan and Senior Server on the 3rd Sunday of
A large statue of Ned Kelly dominates the tourist
Advent. Both these people had been part of the parish
town. It’s a great tourist town with bus loads of tourist
since it was established.
people coming and going every day as well as those
who tour around in their private cars. Our new home
in Glenrowan will certainly bring forth some new
experiences.
ince the establishment of the Ordinariate
parish of St Patrick in North East Victoria, the
small group of worshippers have never really had
a permanent home in which to meet. Instead the
Ordinariate clergy would travel up to Benalla and
say Mass in a private home of one or the other of
the members. This of course brought about a real
fellowship as we had Mass in the lounge room and
then gathered in the dining room for a wonderful
lunc