What's happening at St Pauls
Around the table
There is something about sharing a meal that creates deep connections between people.
At St Paul’s, we have discovered…
Farewell morning tea
Please join us this Sunday 30th August after the 9am Mass for a sumptuous morning tea to farewell Fr Mariusz.
Persistence pays off
The lighting of the Paschal Candle is one of the most beautiful moments of the Easter Vigil, the most significant liturgy of the Catholic year. The ceremony begins in darkness, symbolising the world before Christ’s Resurrection…
From the Court to St Paul’s
At the St Paul’s Festival of Lessons and Carols in December 2017, parishioners were privileged to hear invited guest, Pastor Margaret Court speak on the topic of ‘Remaining Faithful to Christ in a Post-Christian Society’…
The Restoration of the Crucifix
The figure of Our Lord on the large crucifix at St Paul’s has not always looked as it does today. Originally, the figure was painted flesh-coloured. Following the changes of Vatican II, the …
Drive-in Church
2020 was when COVID-19 turned life upside down. There were travel bans, stay-at-home orders, border closures, masks, social distancing, businesses struggling, and supermarket shelves mysteriously stripped of toilet paper…
Visiting Perth’s Jewish Synagogue
Children from St Paul’s Parish in Mount Lawley visited Perth’s Jewish synagogue on May 13 in preparation for their First Holy Communion next month…
Joint Parish Retreat Day
In what has been described as ground breaking by Auxiliary Bishop Don Sproxton, four neighbouring parishes from the Archdiocese of Perth united for a …
Up in flames
In Fr Byrne’s time, Pat and Frank Brophy had the job of controlling the church lights for the Easter Vigil. Fr Byrnes’ preference was to light the vigil fire …
Who tended the roses?
Whether it is in reference to Our Lady as the Mystical Rose or the roses sent down from heaven by St Thérèse of Lisieux, in the faith history of the Catholic church, roses have a special meaning. And as you stand at the front…
Assumption of Our Lady
Saturday 15 Aug – a holy day of obligation.
This is a HOLY DAY OF OBLIGATION, which means, whichever day it falls on, Catholics are obliged to mark this liturgical feast by going to Mass.
As this feast falls…
Fr Tim Deeter’s 70th
Although a global pandemic found him stranded on the other side of the world to his loved ones in the United States, Father Tim Deeter was joined by…
The results of God’s idea
While Monsignor Brian O’Loughlin’s priestly vocation has spanned 40 years and five popes as well as being witness to a number of transitions within the Church, he is adamant that the final words added to the…
First Holy Communion dates
Thursday 30th July
Parent/child workshop
6:30pm at St Paul’s school
Thursday 4th August
Parent only meeting
6:30pm in the parish church
Sunday 13th September
First Holy Communion
9am Parish Mass
From shed relic to sacred service
There was so much stuff in the presbytery shed back in the day, that we had to wade our way...
Major surgery that didn’t work
One of the more vexatious memories of our parish occurred in 2017 when some hooligans tried to...
Celebrating 60 years
The Mt Lawley Parish community have last weekend commenced celebrations of its 60th anniversary with the blessing of new chalices and communion paten.
In celebrating Mass on …
Faithful servant goes to God
The last of the Mt Lawley Brophys, Patrick John Brophy, was born on 22 February 1926 to John and Helen, was brother to Helen and Frank, and joined them all in eternal life on 10 July 2015…