Catholic Outlook July 2016

DIOCESAN NEWS
Marian Nursing Home now part of Southern Cross Care
THE DIOCESE of Parramatta
is selling its sole residential
aged care facility, Marian
Nursing Home, to Southern Cross
Care (NSW & ACT), effective 1
September 2016.
To ensure the long-term
sustainability of Marian Nursing
Home and due to the rapidly
changing nature of the aged
care sector – including ageing
population demographics and
evolving industry regulation – it
was deemed beneficial for the home
to be part of a larger network.
Most aged care providers operate
multiple facilities and benefit
from the scale of their operations,
including greater financial stability.
It is also in the best care interests
of the residents that Marian Nursing
Home be transitioned to a larger
aged care provider.
Young altar
servers a great
blessing
By David Baker
PADRE PIO Parish, Glenmore Park,
experienced a great blessing on 5
June with the presentation of 23
new young altar servers representing the
community.
They brought an energy that was heart
lifting for those who helped with the
training, their families and the greater
Catholic community of Glenmore Park.
The presentation was part of the parish’s
9.30am Sunday Mass, expressing their
commitment and passion to be an active
part of the parish.
The Parish Administrator, Rev Chris
Antwi-Boasiako, organised and led a
beautiful liturgy that was engaging not
only for the new altar servers, but also their
families and friends. It was an inspirational
service that highlighted both our Catholic
faith and the power of the Holy Spirit.
Such a liturgy and the weeks of training
Thursday 21 July 2016
Holy Hour for Vocations
The sale to Southern Cross Care
(NSW & ACT), a not-for-profit
organisation, was based on the
premise of looking for other faithbased
organisations to purchase the
facility, ideally shifting from one
Catholic organisation to another.
This transition will help ensure
the facility maintains its unique
Christian character and heritage.
Marian Nursing Home employees
will also benefit from the move
to a larger, established provider,
with opportunities for greater role
diversity and choice.
At the signing were (standing):
Very Rev John Hogan and Geoff
Officer, Chief of Operations & Finance;
(seated) Very Rev Peter Williams VG
EV and Mr Paul McMahon, CEO of
Southern Cross Care (NSW & ACT).
PHOTO: ADRIAN MIDDELDORP.
St Patrick’s Cathedral, 1 Marist Place, Parramatta
These young people are actively engaged with their parish.
could not have been successful without
the leadership and support of Fr Chris,
the invaluable assistance of Sr Mary
Louise Walsh ISSM, who assisted with
our training and linked the young people
of the parish to the diocese, and Sr Luka
Juenemann ISSM, who graciously assisted
with our training and support over several
weeks.
A big thank you to parishioner Mary
Catania, who made new albs for the altar
servers and had the honour of presenting
them to the young people during the
ceremony.
Confirming our
understanding
of Confirmation
By Adelle Lobo
NEW EDITIONS of the Order of
Confirmation and the Order of
Celebrating Matrimony came into
use in Australia in February this year.
Two professional development seminars
for clergy, religious education coordinators
(RECs) and parish sacramental coordinators
took place at St Joseph's Retreat Centre in
Baulkham Hills on 15 and 29 June.
The seminars were led by Prof Clare
Johnson, Director of the Centre for Liturgy at
Australian Catholic University (ACU), who
explored current official Church teaching on
these sacraments in theory and in practice.
More than 200 participants attended from
the dioceses of Parramatta and Broken Bay,
and the Archdiocese of Sydney.
Copies of the Order of Confirmation and
the Order of Celebrating Matrimony can
be purchased from St Pauls Books & Gifts
Centre, 238 Church St, Parramatta, or online:
http://www.stpauls.com.au/book-centre
Everyone is welcome to join the Holy Hour for Vocations from
7pm-8pm on the 3rd Thursday of each month for an hour of
adoration, prayer, music and quiet time in the Blessed Sacrament
Chapel in St Patrick’s Cathedral.
To find out more about priesthood in the Diocese of Parramatta
contact Fr Warren Edwards, Director of Priestly Vocations
tel 0409 172 700 or email vocations@parra.catholic.org.au
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