Whitsunday Parish - Proserpine

PLEASE NOTE DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS THERE WILL BE NO ACTIVITIES OR MASS SERVICES HELD AT EITHER ST. CATHERINE'S OR ST. MARTINS CHURCH UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.  FATHER REQUESTS ALL OF US TO BE  UNITED IN PRAYER IN OUR OWN HOMES.  LET US SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER IN OUR PRAYERS.

St Martin's, Cannonvale

Mass

Sunday: 6:30pm

Reconciliation is available for 30 minutes before Mass on the 1st and 3rd Sundays of the month, and at other times by appointment

Proserpine Nursing Home

Mass

Fourth Tuesday of the Month at 9.30am

All Saints Chapel, Hamilton Island

Eucharist

First and Third Monday of every Month at 7.00pm

Baptisms

Any day, by arrangement with the Priest.;

Weddings in the Whitsundays

Weddings can be booked for either St Catherine's or St Martin's by appointment.

Our parish supports weddings on Hamilton Island at All Saints Chapel, at Hayman Island at Stella Maris Chapel, and at the Endeavour Chapel on Daydream Island, (Monday to Friday).

Contact our parish office on (07) 4945 1025.

Other Programs in the Parish

• Sacramental Program - Please ring the Parish Office for information.
• When I was a Stranger is held at St. Martins on the last Sunday of the month after the evening Mass.
  
• Catholic Women's League meets on the fourth Thursday of every month following the 9.00am Mass for their monthly meeting.
• Catholic Women's League meets every Thursday after the 9.00am Mass for a cup of coffee and chat.
• Companions on the Journey (this group is for widowed people) held every Thursday at St. Catherine's every Thursday morning at 9.30am
  
• Family Mass is held on the First Sunday of every month at St. Catherine's @ 8.00am
• Youth Mass is held on the last Sunday of every month at St. Martins at 6.00pm
• The parish has various activities and programs to cater for all groups of people. For information, please contact the Parish Office.

Our Team

Parish Priest:   Fr. Jose Koyickal CM

Parish Secretary:   Chris Bates who looks after all the day to day administration including weddings.

Team Leadership Team:   Dianne Stevens is the Chairperson for our Pastoral Council.

Finance Committee:    Jill Farinelli is the Chairperson of our Finance Committee

Finance Advisor:    Jill Farinelli is the special financial advisor to Fr. Jose

Our Parish

If you are driving north, we are the southern-most parish of the Townsville Diocese. You cross the O'Connell River, about 20 km south of Proserpine, and you are in the boundaries of our parish and of our Diocese.

Our parish was founded in 1926, and today we have two churches. Saint Catherine's (pictured) is located in Proserpine, and was built in 1957. It is a grand old church, and is open for visits during working hours.

Our second church is St Martin's at Cannonvale.  It was opened in September 2002 - an exciting project, because we built it in partnership with the local Lutherans! Our church is also available to the Anglican Church, the Baptist Church and the Uniting Church who hold services here every Sunday. We are very proud of our new church, and its ecumenical implications.

Our parish is home for the rural sugar-cane community of Proserpine, the cattle properties and for the carefree fun-loving tourist communities of "the Beach"(Cannonvale / Airlie Beach) and the Islands. It's a very exciting place, combining both the old and the new.

We have a Parish Team, led by Fr Jose Koyickal CM. We like to think we are a very hospitable and welcoming parish. If you are passing through, please stay and enjoy our hospitality.

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