Parish Priest: Rev Phillip Zadro
1D Anzac Road, Menai NSW 2234
phone: (02) 9543 2677
fax: (02) 9543 8503
email: menaihfp@bigpond.net.au

Upcoming events

31 August 2010:
7.30pm
Parent meeting for Reconciliation 2010 in the church
1 September 2010:
7:30pm
RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults) Enquiry Night
4 September 2010:
5:30pm
Youth Mass
(sausage sizzle afterwards)
7 September 2010:
7:30pm
MOTHERS only Reconcilation Meeting
7:30pm
Liturgy meeting
8 September 2010:
7:30pm
FATHERS only Reconcilation Meeting
14 September 2010:
7:30pm
Pastoral Council Meeting
22 September 2010:
7:30pm
Yr 12 Graduation Mass

Welcome to Holy Family Parish, Menai

According to the 2001 Australian Census, Holy Family Parish had about 35,000 residents of whom just over 11,000 named themselves as Catholic. About 950 people attend Mass on Sundays at Holy Family Church. Others choose to worship elsewhere. Wherever you choose, we hope that you find there a sense of belonging and that you are sustained in your faith, knowledge and love of God in Jesus Christ. And we also hope that your sense of the Church is always growing and vibrant. The Church is a divine institution, a visible society, a structured organisation of the followers of Jesus Christ and a human community. It is not a static body. It is dynamic - powered by the Spirit. As such it needs members with the courage to be dissatisfied with the status quo, who believe that we can always grow to a deeper faith and who are always open to fuller ways of expressing what is meant by being the Body of Christ. The Church herself, through her various councils, including the Second Vatican Council and in many other documents, has given her members such encouragement to look for more effective ways of bringing the message of Christ to the world.

The constant challenges to a Parish, therefore, are to be a place where Jesus is made real and where people know they are welcome. The quality of any community of faith includes the quality of its members' love of Jesus Christ, their loving care for one another and their courage in bringing the Gospel to others. May we keep doing these things in Holy Family Parish.

Father Phillip Zadro
Parish Priest

Help Needed

Please contact the parish office if you are able to help with any of the following:

  • Readers required for third Sundays at the 8:30am Mass during September and October

  • Welcomers needed for two Sundays a month at the 8:30 Mass

  • Counters to help once every eight weeks

  • Procession of Gifts with a monthly commitment

  • Computer and CD Operators with a monthly commitment

Thank you to all our helpers for their continuing support of our parish community.