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Sister Parish - Blackall/Tambo

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 WAG commenced operations about October 2011 collecting donations to assist with water wells in South Sudan.

About 2013, people in the parish were concerned that there were fellow Queenslanders 'doing it tough' in the bush because of the prolonged drought. As a team, we decided that we should do something positive to assist with this situation.
At times, we collected for this purpose and sent money to various St Vincent de Paul conferences in drought areas.

Towards the end of 2015, many parishioners were suggesting that we should be doing more for our farmers and so through the Bishop of Rockhampton, we asked which country parish was doing it the toughest and the final result was Blackall / Tambo (BT) parish.

It took some time to finally get things in place, because like a lot of Australians, the people of BT were reluctant to accept help. But all that changed when some energetic members of our WAG team decided to make things happen.

Parishioners from Bracken Ridge visited the BT parish and apart from building many friendships with the locals, found there were needs to be filled out there.

Books to be re-bound, PA systems to be fixed and generally much general assistance.

To keep the water based theme of our collections, this time we sourced two watering cans to make collections at Masses for the BT Parish. Funds were raised and assistance is being forwarded monthly to BT Parish.

In the beginning, to assist with the BT Parish Fete, we started with three of our “grey nomad” couples hitching up their vans to make the journey to Blackall setting up some stalls like “Craft” and “Ring a Coke”. And each year we continue the wonderful pilgrimage for the annual BT Parish Fete.

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St Patrick's Catholic Church, Blackall
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Fr Jayanthi and Moira Kent on his left, with visiting supporters from St. Joseph & St. Anthony Parish Bracken Ridge L-R Jan, Therese, Joe, Corry, Sharyn and John (2018).
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St. Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Blackall

Mass Times & Reconciliation

Sunday Mass Times
Saturday 6.00pm; Sunday 7.30am, 9.30am
​Week Day Mass Times
Monday, Tuesday, Friday - 9.00am
Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation
Before Mass Saturdays from 5.15pm
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Parish Office Hours
Monday, Tuesday, Friday 9am - 12pm
Phone: 3261 3670
Email: bridge@bne.catholic.net.au
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Postal Address
5 Eldorado Street,
Bracken Ridge, Qld. 4017

Parish Priest
Father Gerry Hefferan
Phone: 3269 0446
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We acknowledge the Turrbal people, the traditional custodians on whose land we worship

  • Home
    • Acknowledgement of Country
    • Welcome to Our Parish by Father Gerry
    • Welcome Videos
  • About
    • Our Online Parish >
      • Isolation retreat
      • Desert Retreat
    • Our Mission Prayer & Patron Saints
    • Our Church
  • Safeguarding
    • Our Safeguarding Children & Vulnerable Adults Representative
  • Parish Groups
    • PASTORAL >
      • Youth >
        • BLITZ!
        • ROCK
        • SALT
      • Care & Hospitality Groups
      • Prayer Groups >
        • Ladies Prayer Group
        • Mens Prayer Group
      • Care for Creation Group
      • Social Justice Group
      • SVDP Conference
      • World | Action | Group >
        • Water Wells - South Sudan
        • Sister Parish
    • SOCIAL >
      • Craft Group
      • JAFA Group
      • Seniors Group
  • Sacraments & Ministries
    • Baptisms >
      • Baptismal Anniversary
    • Sacramental Journey
    • Funerals
    • Weddings & Renewal of Wedding Vows
    • Rite of Christian Initiation Of Adults (RCIA)
    • Parish Pastoral Council & Finance Council
  • Worship
    • Kindy & Children's Liturgy of The Word
    • Sunday Liturgy Preparation
  • Our Faith
    • Homilies & Reflections
    • Prayers
    • CATHOLIC LIFE >
      • Dying Peacefully
    • Teachings of the Catholic Church
    • Belief & Works
    • Pope Francis
  • Other Information
    • Schools >
      • St Joseph's Outside School Hours Care (OSHC)
      • St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
      • St John Fisher College
    • Archdiocese of Brisbane >
      • Centacare Services
    • Iraq & Syria
    • Other Links
  • LIGHT-A-CANDLE