The announcement that Mooroopna parishioner Mason Crosier will enter the seminary in 2025 came as no surprise to those who know him. Mason says he has wanted to be a priest since early childhood and his vocational calling has never wavered.  

The Sandhurst Mission and Pastoral Council met in Shepparton for their eighth meeting on Friday 22 and Saturday 23 November 2024.

In November, Fr Uday Marneni ALCP/OSS, Parish Priest of Tatura, attended the Golden Jubilee Celebrations of his  Order, the Apostolic Life Community of Priests – Opus Spiritus Sancti (ALCP/OSS), otherwise known as the ‘Holy Spirit Fathers’ at the Community’s Generalate in Sabuko, Tanzania.

Spiritual Director, Paul White writes about a recent Retreat for Men at the Moyhu Presbytery, facilitated by the Sandhurst Retreat and Accompaniment Team. Participants were guided in prayer and reflection to find new ways to experience God in their lives.

On Sunday 1 December, the parish grounds of St John the Baptist Church, Numurkah came alive as the Mary MacKillop Indigenous Garden and History Trail (the Garden) was officially opened and blessed by Bishop Shane Mackinlay.

On Sunday 8 December, over one hundred people attended a free Concert of Carols for Advent and Christmas at Sacred Heart Cathedral.

Fr Adi will drawn on the  principles of Synodality and Musyawarah-Mufakat, the traditional decisino-making practice of his home country in his work.

Aaron Baulch from St Patrick's, Kerang will become a Sandhurst Seminarian in 2025. It's a journey he can't wait to start.

On Tuesday, November 26, St. Monica's School welcomed nineteen new FIRE Carriers into their program.

At just eleven years old, Ivy Parker has done something many adults dream of — she’s published not one, but two books.