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The Virgin Mary has often been invoked in times of religious strife under the title of Help of Christians. In thanksgiving for the release of Pope Pius VII from captivity in 1814, the feast was established the following year on the anniversary of his restoration. The first Australian provincial…

AFTER a long pandemic pause, Pope Francis celebrated a Mass for the canonisation of 10 men and women – five from Italy, three from France, one from India and one from the Netherlands on May 15. The “big names” – globally – in the newly…

IMPORTANT MESSAGE TO ALL PARISHIONERS Dear Parishioners, There is apparently an email scam going around to parishioners under chruchcare@gmail.com asking for $700 worth gift cards. Please be assured its not from Fr. Martin or from St. Anne’s church, Seaford. Fr. Martin is not in any…

TE DEUM You are God: we praise you; You are the Lord; we acclaim you; You are the eternal Father: All creation worships you. To you all angels, all the powers of heaven, Cherubim and Seraphim, sing in endless praise: Holy, holy, holy Lord, God…

On May 13, we celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of Fatima, looking to the Blessed Mother for peace and comfort in times of uncertainty. According to tradition, on May 13, 1917, the Virgin Mary appeared to three shepherd children, Lúcia dos Santos, Francisco Marto,…

Imelda Lambertini Born: 1322, Bologna, Italy Died: 12 May 1333, Bologna, Italy Feast: May 13 Patronage: First Communicants Attributes: Wearing first communion dress, chapel veil with attached to a chaplet of flowers on her head and rosary Beatified: 20 December 1826, Saint Peter’s Square, Vatican City by Pope Leo XII Parents: Egano Lambertini, Castora Galuzzi Do you know about Saint Imelda Lambertini,…