The Portal January 2014 | Page 8

THE P RTAL January 2014 AU Page 1 Australian News Eliza Frank reports Staff Changes The end of the year often presents the best time for staff changes so that after the summer holidays people return to the parish and discover a new team being established so that parish life can continue in it’s usual way. The congregation of the Ordinariate parish of St Benedict which meets at Holy Cross Catholic Church, South Caulfield (photo right), a suburb of Melbourne, his end in a shoot-out with the police at the burningsaid farewell to their Church Organist and also their down of the local pub. Sacristan and Senior Server on the 3rd Sunday of A large statue of Ned Kelly dominates the tourist Advent. Both these people had been part of the parish town. It’s a great tourist town with bus loads of tourist since it was established. people coming and going every day as well as those who tour around in their private cars. Our new home in Glenrowan will certainly bring forth some new experiences. ince the establishment of the Ordinariate parish of St Patrick in North East Victoria, the small group of worshippers have never really had a permanent home in which to meet. Instead the Ordinariate clergy would travel up to Benalla and say Mass in a private home of one or the other of the members. This of course brought about a real fellowship as we had Mass in the lounge room and then gathered in the dining room for a wonderful lunc