Sacred Heart Parish Toowoomba in Toowoomba, Queensland | Religious organisation

Sacred Heart Parish Toowoomba

Locality: Toowoomba, Queensland

Phone: +61 7 4634 8488

Address: 302 North St 4350 Toowoomba, QLD, Australia

Website: http://sacredheartparish.com.au

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25.01.2022 Some very interesting thoughts by Toowoomba seminarian Nathan Webb. (p.s. Subscribe to the Chinchilla YouTube channel. They put out videos like this almost every day)

11.01.2022 Fr Tom Keegan Funeral Details: Both the Vigil Service and Funeral for Fr Tom Keegan will be live streamed here on Facebook, through YouTube and the diocese's we...bsite (www.twb.catholic.org.au). A Vigil will be held on Thursday 30 July 2020 commencing at 7:00pm in St Patrick’s Cathedral. A maximum of 100 people will be allowed to attend. You must register to attend this service, if you are not registered you will not be allowed access. Strict social distancing rules and personal hygiene practices will apply and there is to be no gathering outside at the conclusion of the service. The Funeral will be held on Friday 31 July 2020 at St Patrick’s Cathedral commencing at 10:30am. A maximum of 100 will be allowed to attend. You must register to attend this service, if you are not registered you will not be allowed access. Strict social distancing rules and personal hygiene practices will apply and a reminder that is to be no gathering outside at the conclusion of the service as the cortege moves away. To register to attend either or both of these services for Fr Keegan, please contact the Cathedral on 4637 1500 or [email protected]

08.01.2022 Requiescat in pace Fr Keegan.

07.01.2022 Today’s Saint: Saint Kateri Tekakwitha (1656 - 1680) Known as the Lily of the Mohawks and the Geneviève of New France, she was born in the Mohawk fortress o...f Ossemenon in what is now New York State, the daugher of a Mohawk warrior and a Catholic Algonquin woman whom he had saved from captivity at the hands of the Iroquois. When she was about four, smallpox killed her parents and her brother and left her scarred and with impaired eyesight. She was adopted by her uncle, the chief of the Turtle clan, and had many offers of marriage. She received some knowledge of Christianity from Jesuit missionaries when she was 11, and she determined to live the life not only of a Christian but of a Christian virgin: a heroic determination at the time. She was baptized when she was 20 and eventually, to escape persecution and death threats, she fled to an established Christian community at Kahnawake in what is now Québec. She advanced in union with God, with bodily mortification and intense prayer, and died at the age of 24. She was beatified by Pope John Paul II on 22 June 1980 and canonized by Pope Benedict XVI on 21 October 2012. See more

07.01.2022 Today’s Saint: Lawrence_the_Martyr Lawrence was a deacon in Rome in the early days of the Church; he lived around 225-258, a time when Christians were harshly p...ersecuted. We know little about him except for a legend that tells us about the remarkable deed he performed a few days before he was martyred. The story that has come down to us through the ages is that a Roman official came to Lawrence and demanded that Lawrence give him the treasureor richesof the Church. The official said that the emperor needed the money he would receive if crucifixes and sacred vessels like chalices were melted down and the gold sold. Surprisingly, Lawrence agreed. He asked the official for three days to prepare the treasures. During those three days, Lawrence sold everything he could and gave the money to the poor, the sick, orphans, widows, and anyone in need. He asked all of those people then to go with him to the official. The legend says that Lawrence lined all the people up and announced to the official, These are the treasures of the Church! The Roman official was furious. Lawrence was immediately arrested and brutally executed. As he was led to his death, Lawrence said these words: I rejoice greatly because I have been considered worthy to be a sacrificial victim for Christ (Evening Prayer, The Liturgy of the Hours). He was the last of the seven deacons to be killed in that period, along with all bishops, priests, and even Pope Sixtus II. Deacons are called to help the bishops and priests. From the beginnings of the Church, one of their most important responsibilities has been to minister to those in need. St. Lawrence fulfilled this responsibility heroically. He is one of our most beloved saints. The Church named in his honor in Rome is a visited by thousands of pilgrims each year. Today he is known as a patron saint of cooks, librarians, archivists, and tanners.