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LINK TO RESOURCES FOR USE DURING THE SUSPENSION OF MASSES INCLUDING MASS CELEBRATED BY BISHOP ROBERT

The public health emergency of the kind that we are experiencing is a rare event. Given the directions provided by the Government and after consultation the following provisions apply effective from midnight Friday 20 March 2020.

All regular public Masses are hereby suspended until 1^st May. This includes all Holy Week Ceremonies.

The obligation to participate at Mass on Sundays and holy days of obligation is dispensed.

The Faithful are encouraged to keep the Lord’s Day holy and celebrate Sunday as a domestic church by taking time to pray together as a household. Resources will be made available in due course. Read More >

Bishop Robert McGuckin
Bishop of Toowoomba
19 March 2020

Horizons, published by us, is our own quarterly magazine. It’s full colour and available for free across the Diocese. Horizons is an important method of communication and outreach to parishioners and the wider community. It features stories of events and projects from local parishes as well as information about ministry and services offered by Diocesan Agencies.

Festival Pilgrims Called to Listen to the Spirit

Thousands of young people from across the country converged on Perth for the 2019 Australian Catholic Youth Festival (ACYF). Around 5,500 attendees spent three days in December reflecting on the biblical exhortation to “Listen to what the Spirit is saying”. The festival combines traditional and innovative approaches to help young people better understand the Catholic faith.
Seeking a Holistic Peace

All of us have some sense of what is peaceful and what is not. This sense is born from experience of strife among ourselves, within our nation and on the international stage. Most of us do not like conflict. We want to live with as little conflict as possible and to have the opportunity to get on with our own lives.
History Lives on

Ian Bonaccorso, born and bred in Stanthorpe Parish, first travelled in 2014 to the Italian town of Montecarotta to the birthplace of Fr Jerome Davadi to delicately add truth and meaning to the book, “Davadi: Fruit, Wine and Religion”.

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Most Reverend Robert McGuckin DD MCL JCL

Bishop Robert McGuckin was born in 1944 in Marrickville, Sydney. His parents John and Gladys are now both deceased, as is one of his four siblings. His family comprises his eldest sister Janice, his elder brother Edward and his younger brother Patrick and their children.

The Bishop received his early education at St Pius Primary School in Enmore and later at De La Salle College in Marrickville.

After he left school, the family moved to Jannali in Sutherland shire where he became a foundation member of the Como-Oyster Bay-Jannali Catholic Youth Organisation. He worked for several years in banking before entering the seminary at Saint Columba’s College in Springwood in 1967 and then to Saint Patrick’s College in Manly as a candidate for ordination for the Archdiocese of Sydney and was duly ordained in 1973 by Archbishop James Carroll.

The Bishop’s Coat of Arms

The Bishop’s Coat of Arms traditionally consists of two halves. The left half is the crest of the Diocese, the right, of the Bishop himself.

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Most Reverend Robert McGuckin DD MCL JCL

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