• St Lawrence & Mary Immacualate, Balcatta   ||   St Theresa, Gwelup
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Dear Parishioners!

If you have assisted our Parish in any way, please join us for a sausage sizzle as a small "thankyou" for your support and dedication to our Community throughout the year 2011.

We look forward to see you all there!!! ;-)

Parish Team

The celebration for the 75th Anniversary of St Theresa Church in Gwelup will be held on Sunday 15th January 2012 starting with Mass @ 11.30am followed by lunch at the Croation Club, Wishart Street in Gwelup

Please call our office for more info.

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On Sunday January 15thFr Irek Czech SDS, parish priest of Balcatta-Gwelup Community, celebrated special mass in a packed church of St. Theresa, to commemorate the 75thAnniversary of the opening of the church by Archbishop Prendiville on January 17th1937.

St. Theresa was built as a church/school in 1936/7 by Fr John Moloney, parish priest of Leederville, and was part of the Leederville Parish. In 1942 it became part of Osborne Park-Wanneroo Parish, then a part of North Beach Parish and finally part of Balcatta-Gwelup Community.

The school had an equally varied life; the first teaches were the Sisters of Mercy, then in 1951 the Dominican Sisters and finally the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth who had to close the school in 1968. The representatives of these Orders were present at the celebration.

A booklet outlining the first 75 years of the church was published and given at mass as a memento for those attending.

After the Eucharist a luncheon was enjoyed at the local Croatian club by over 130 parishioners and special guests, many of whom were ex-students. Sister Anne Larney OP, one of the Dominican nuns who taught at the school in the 1950’s, told of her experiences and thoughts of some of her students.

Over the last 75 years St. Theresa’s church has been a focal point for many Catholic families from the Gwelup area. Generations of children were baptized, received their First Holy Communions, took their marriage vows and said “goodbye” to their loved ones there. Together with Fr Irek, parishioners of St. Theresa work hard to preserve and maintain their little church, which is called by many the “Jewel on the hill”.  

Paul Woodward

The celebrations for the 75th Anniversary of St Theresa Church in Gwelup will be held on Sunday 15th January 2012 starting with Mass @ 11.30am followed by lunch at the Croation Club, Wishart St., Gwelup

For more info please call the parish office. 

Dear Parishioners!

We wish you and your families a safe and happy New Year 2012! We pray that this new year will bring you closer to our loving God. May He bless you all!

Parish Team

CHRISTMAS EVE IN BALCATTA

DATE: 24 DECEMBER

Children’s Mass @ 6.00pm

Carols @ 11.30pm

Midnight Mass

 

CHRISTMAS EVE IN GWELUP

DATE: 24 DECEMBER

Carols @ 7.30pm

Mass @ 8.00pm

 

CHRISTMAS DAY IN BALCATTA

DATE: 25 DECEMBER

Masses in English @ 7.00am, 8.30am & 6.00pm

Italian Mass @ 10.00am

Croation Mass @ 12pm noon

 

CHRISTMAS DAY IN GWELUP

DATE: 25 DECEMBER

Mass @ 11.30am

 

ALL WELCOME!!! :-)

Mass Times

WEEKDAY MASSES
Mon - Sat 9:00am & 1st Fri of the month 7:30pm
Wed 10:30am at Gwelup

WEEKEND MASSES
Sat 6:00pm (Vigil)
Sun 8:30am, 10:00am (Italian), 12noon (Croatian), 5:00pm
Sun 11:30am at Gwelup

CHILDREN’S/YOUTH MASS
Every 4th Sunday of the month at 5:00pm

Reconciliations

BALCATTA
Reconciliation is available every morning during the week
before 9am Mass in St Lawrence church.

Fri 8:30am - 8:55am
1st Fri 8:30am - 8:55am & 7:00pm - 7:25pm
Sat 5:15pm - 5:55pm or by appointment.
(during Advent and Lent 15 minutes before 9:00am Mass)

GWELUP
Sun after 11:30am Mass or by appointment.

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