Testing My New Camera
I got a new camera for my birthday last month from some very generous and thoughful parishioners. They had heard how my old camera had a...
Happy Al-pril!
Happy Al-pril! (That's the 30 days post my birthday, which is on March 30, dedicated to feasting and celebrating Easter…and me!) Here are...
Happy Triduum!!!
Triduum means "three days" and is the name that Catholics give to the holiest three days of the liturgical year. It is one liturgical...
A Shave, a King Kong Zucchini and Palm Sunday
Jacob Boulus, the son one of our parishioners, participated in the "World's Greatest Shave" competition to bring awareness and collect...
M&M: Maritime Museum!
I was invited to join our Year 4 students on a field trip to the Maritime Museum in Sydney's Darling Harbor. It's one of the few places...
Juliette of Jerusalem
As your days are getting longer, ours are getting shorter! Fall officially begins here this week, on Thursday, 1 March. (They don't wait...
Rembrandt in Sydney
A week ago (the Friday before Lent started), I headed into the city for a traveling exhibit of Dutch Masters. On the way in, I noticed an...
My Blue Mountains Retreat
Hello! I'm back! Hope that all is well with you. I went on retreat at the end of last month (from 21-28 of January). One of the teachers...
Newton and North Sydney
Headed into the City this week. Had to go in to visit a restoration company to see about replating a chalice for my associate. He...
Quiet Week
We put away Christmas this week, after Monday's Baptism of the Lord. I always feel a bit cheated when that Solemnity gets pushed on a...
