Fun! Fun! Fun! Share! Share! Share!
Come along for a fun day this Saturday.
Plenty of delicious food stalls, joy and laughter!
Tell your neighbours, friends, families and communities.
What a better way to spend your Saturday than to shop and eat at Our Lady of Fatima Parish
350 Mortimer Road Acacia Ridge!
Come along for a fun day this Saturday.
Plenty of delicious food stalls, joy and laughter!
Tell your neighbours, friends, families and communities.
What a better way to spend your Saturday than to shop and eat at Our Lady of Fatima Parish
350 Mortimer Road Acacia Ridge!
Rising Youth Ministry
A Reflection from Amelia one of our volunteer Youth Leaders
“Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest.”
Thank you to the Missionaries of Charity Sisters for sharing this week’s powerful gospel and Jesus’ words to our children at RYM last Sunday. It was amazing to see every child eager to learn, stay and play and we could truly feel the Spirit of Joy and Love. Whether we were doing arts and craft with our 5 year olds, or playing Jenga with the 12 year olds, the impact of quality time with children has been personally rewarding, especially to see so many smiling faces.
Amelia
“Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest.”
Thank you to the Missionaries of Charity Sisters for sharing this week’s powerful gospel and Jesus’ words to our children at RYM last Sunday. It was amazing to see every child eager to learn, stay and play and we could truly feel the Spirit of Joy and Love. Whether we were doing arts and craft with our 5 year olds, or playing Jenga with the 12 year olds, the impact of quality time with children has been personally rewarding, especially to see so many smiling faces.
Amelia
Rising High
We had a great turn out for Rising High last get together, we got to know each other through playing “M & M’s Games” we watched a video on how Jesus holds our hands through the midst of our troubles.
Looking forward to introducing Fr Dang to all the youth on Sunday 23rd in the Blue Hall. See you there.
Ellen Tran
Youth Coordinator
Looking forward to introducing Fr Dang to all the youth on Sunday 23rd in the Blue Hall. See you there.
Ellen Tran
Youth Coordinator
FRIENDS IN GRACE
Thank you to all who came to FIG on Tuesday morning. We had a great time connecting and developing deeper friendships in the parish. We celebrated Tess’s birthday and enjoyed some time having fun playing games! We invite you all to come on 23rd July.
Testimony - Home Worship
HOME WORSHIP How wonderful it was to attend our first Home Church session. I am so grateful to Steffanie and The Awaken In Christ Ministry Team, for bringing this opportunity into our Parish. Coming together to learn more about our faith, through the scriptures, strengthens and revitalizes us, guided always by the power of The Holy Spirit.
Steffanie led us through the Scriptures, teaching us ‘that this is Gods’ world and that Jesus comes into the world with all the authority of God himself.’
In these uncertain times, when we seem to have no control over events that shape our future, it is reassuring to learn that we are LOVED by God, we are a CHILD of God, we have been CHOSEN by God and that God knows EACH & EVERYONE of us! We acknowledge Jesus’s authority as the Son of God, over all aspects of our lives - authority over life & death, sickness & health, and the forces of nature.
We are called to follow in His footsteps, deepen our faith and surrender to Him.
Thank you Steffanie and the Awaken Team, you are a blessing to our parish.
Glenda
(Glenda has been associated with the parish since 1971 and a parishioner for nearly 50 years)
Steffanie led us through the Scriptures, teaching us ‘that this is Gods’ world and that Jesus comes into the world with all the authority of God himself.’
In these uncertain times, when we seem to have no control over events that shape our future, it is reassuring to learn that we are LOVED by God, we are a CHILD of God, we have been CHOSEN by God and that God knows EACH & EVERYONE of us! We acknowledge Jesus’s authority as the Son of God, over all aspects of our lives - authority over life & death, sickness & health, and the forces of nature.
We are called to follow in His footsteps, deepen our faith and surrender to Him.
Thank you Steffanie and the Awaken Team, you are a blessing to our parish.
Glenda
(Glenda has been associated with the parish since 1971 and a parishioner for nearly 50 years)
Archbishop Mark Coleridge's message for Naidoc Week
FRIENDS IN GRACE: Thank you to all who came for Friends in Grace on Tuesday morning, we had a wonderful time together, sharing, hearing about how God is moving through the youth ministry and eating amazing cakes!! We invite everyone to come along to the next get together on Tuesday 11 July. The morning truly is a blessing to each and every one that comes along. All ages are welcome, come along and be a part of a great community.
Tuesday 11 July
Parish Blue Hall
350 Mortimer Road
Acacia Ridge
Tuesday 11 July
Parish Blue Hall
350 Mortimer Road
Acacia Ridge
RYM - 13 August
Marian Valley Retreat
What an incredibly beautiful day we had at Marian Valley for our Retreat “Power of Prayer’ on Monday! 🌸 We boarded the bus in the chilly morning and arrived in time to celebrate mass with Fr Luan. A day filled with good food, amazing company, time to journey with the Lord and His Mother in the gorgeous surrounds of the valley and a powerful rosary to finish the day. It was a day of fellowship, discovery and the presence and love of our God and Blessed Mother Mary. What a great intercultural community we have with 10 countries of heritage within our group that day! The countries of: Republic of Philippines, El Salvador, Columbia, Mexico, Vietnam, Korea, Australia, Italy, India and Togo/ Ghana were all represented. What a blessing! Thank you to all the Parishioners and Awaken in Christ members that made the day so memorable.
Raffle Winners Announced
A wonderful weekend of masses. There was a packed church as we excitedly drew the winners for the Jackpot Raffle. Congratulations to Anne Anderson, Therese Nguyen and James Le. A massive thank you to you, the parishioners, who gave your full support to this fundraising venture to kick off our fundraising for 2023. New exciting things coming up, stay tuned.
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Rising High
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It was a great night at Rising High in February. Fantastic to see the children openly sharing and learning and of course having lots of fun together.
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Pre-Loved Markets
What an amazing day at the Awaken Pre-Loved Markets on the 30th April. It was an overwhelming success with incredible support from the local community. Our fundraising expectations were generously superseded thanks to the generosity of the community and the closing time had to be extended due to the amount of people still coming in at the end of the day.
The efforts of the volunteers from the Parish community, African Community and Awaken Together in Christ Ministry was outstanding. The love friendship generosity and joy they radiated was a true reflection of a life filled with the hope of our Lord Jesus - what a witness! Please share in some photos from the day below.
Thank you to our sponsors for the raffle:
Woolworths Acacia Ridge | Ice World Acacia Ridge | BWS Acacia Ridge | McDonalds Salisbury
The efforts of the volunteers from the Parish community, African Community and Awaken Together in Christ Ministry was outstanding. The love friendship generosity and joy they radiated was a true reflection of a life filled with the hope of our Lord Jesus - what a witness! Please share in some photos from the day below.
Thank you to our sponsors for the raffle:
Woolworths Acacia Ridge | Ice World Acacia Ridge | BWS Acacia Ridge | McDonalds Salisbury
Car Wash - enormous success!
The car wash was an absolute success and was a brilliant opportunity to bring our community together! We are so thankful to everyone who gave up their Saturday and came down to help us raise funds for our community; from the Awaken team, the youth, parents, the parishioners as well as Father! We are so blessed to have so many volunteers and it was amazing to be able to watch the youth have so much fun washing cars, working as a team and trying to make sure they didn't get caught by the hose! It was amazing to see people who weren't from our parish coming along too. We got to have great conversations with everyone who came and it was such a great opportunity to learn more about the parishioners in our community as well.
We definitely had some concerns about the rain, but Steff prayed to stop the rain and God revealed that He would do a miracle. We were so thankful that God answered our prayers and kept the rain at bay leaving us dancing in the rain at the very end. We were so happy to see so many people coming to register their cars and are thankful for the donations we received.
We look forward to hosting our next car wash and we know for sure you guys will enjoy it just as much as we did.
Bianca
on behalf of Rising High
(a ministry of Awaken Together in Christ)
We definitely had some concerns about the rain, but Steff prayed to stop the rain and God revealed that He would do a miracle. We were so thankful that God answered our prayers and kept the rain at bay leaving us dancing in the rain at the very end. We were so happy to see so many people coming to register their cars and are thankful for the donations we received.
We look forward to hosting our next car wash and we know for sure you guys will enjoy it just as much as we did.
Bianca
on behalf of Rising High
(a ministry of Awaken Together in Christ)
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We Walk in Love & Unity
The Breastplate of St Patrick
I arise today
Through a mighty strength, the invocation of the Trinity,
Through belief in the Threeness,
Through confession of the Oneness
of the Creator of creation.
I arise today
Through the strength of Christ's birth with His baptism,
Through the strength of His crucifixion with His burial,
Through the strength of His resurrection with His ascension,
Through the strength of His descent for the judgment of doom.
I arise today
Through the strength of the love of cherubim,
In the obedience of angels,
In the service of archangels,
In the hope of resurrection to meet with reward,
In the prayers of patriarchs,
In the predictions of prophets,
In the preaching of apostles,
In the faith of confessors,
In the innocence of holy virgins,
In the deeds of righteous men.
I arise today, through
The strength of heaven,
The light of the sun,
The radiance of the moon,
The splendor of fire,
The speed of lightning,
The swiftness of wind,
The depth of the sea,
The stability of the earth,
The firmness of rock.
I arise today, through
God's strength to pilot me,
God's might to uphold me,
God's wisdom to guide me,
God's eye to look before me,
God's ear to hear me,
God's word to speak for me,
God's hand to guard me,
God's shield to protect me,
God's host to save me
From snares of devils,
From temptation of vices,
From everyone who shall wish me ill,
afar and near.
I summon today
All these powers between me and those evils,
Against every cruel and merciless power
that may oppose my body and soul,
Against incantations of false prophets,
Against black laws of pagandom,
Against false laws of heretics,
Against craft of idolatry,
Against spells of witches and smiths and wizards,
Against every knowledge that corrupts man's body and soul;
Christ to shield me today
Against poison, against burning,
Against drowning, against wounding,
So that there may come to me an abundance of reward.
Christ with me,
Christ before me,
Christ behind me,
Christ in me,
Christ beneath me,
Christ above me,
Christ on my right,
Christ on my left,
Christ when I lie down,
Christ when I sit down,
Christ when I arise,
Christ in the heart of every man who thinks of me,
Christ in the mouth of everyone who speaks of me,
Christ in every eye that sees me,
Christ in every ear that hears me.
I arise today
Through a mighty strength, the invocation of the Trinity,
Through belief in the Threeness,
Through confession of the Oneness
of the Creator of creation.