The Jesuits are men who belong to a Catholic religious order called the Society of Jesus. This group was founded by St Ignatius of Loyola, a Spanish nobleman, in 1540.
Fr Trung Nguyen SJ was born in Vietnam at the height of the war in 1974. He and his family fled Vietnam as refugees when he was 7 years old and spent two years in a refugee camp in Thailand. Fr Trung and his family were eventually accepted as immigrants to Australia where he grew up in Adelaide and then Brisbane. His previous occupation was as a motor mechanic.
The Parish Pastoral Council (PPC) is comprised of representatives from our two churches, parish school, staff, religious and clergy. PPC members meet monthly and share the responsibility for the temporal and spiritual aspects of parish life.
St Ignatius of Loyola said that love is shown more in deeds than in words. We are one community in faith and we have each been given talents. What is yours? Below are some of the ways people are involved in our parish:
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