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A 4 minute plus video of the procession during a previous "Walk With Mary"

The "walk" had been preceded by Holy Mass at St Patrick's Cathedral with Archbishop Peter A. Comensoli and was and was followed by Evensong at St Paul's Cathedral with Bishop Lindsay Urwin.

A Beautiful Afternoon
for Christ Our King
2022

A Two minute video clip of the recent Eucharistic Procession for the Feast of Christ the King

Saturday 24th November, 2018

St Patrick's Cathedral,

Melbourne, Australia

main celebrant:

Most Rev. Bishop Mark Edwards

Report: Walk With Mary 2023

Our Next Event
Our Lady of The Holy Rosary Sunday 12th October

A Beautiful and Historic Feast

It is some 800 years since Our Lady gave the Rosary to Saint Dominic, and the famous promise: “One Day through the Rosary and the Scapular, I will save the world.” Our Lady reaffirmed its importance at Lourdes and at Fatima. Our Lady at Fatima declared: “Say the Rosary every day, to bring peace to the world ....” The world definitely needs peace, our families need peace and our souls need the peace that the Rosary gives. In praying the Rosary we meditate on the essential mysteries of the faith, but its power goes way beyond any explanation that one may give of this beautiful prayer. This Feast reminds us of the fact that by means of the Rosary some of the most significant events in world history have taken place. God has shown us that He wants it to be

central to our lives.

When Europe was being threatened with annihilation at the hand of the Turkish empire, Pope V organised processions and the public recitation of the Holy Rosary on the day of a decisive battle. The Christian forces were horribly outnumbered, but through the Rosary the Christian Forces were victorious, in the first week of October 1571. In thanksgiving of this and other subsequent major Christian victories won against all odds through the Rosary, Pope Clement XI gave us this Feast of the Rosary in 1716. In more recent times, in the 1950’s Communist Russia withdrew from Austria without a single bullet being fired. How did this come about? A priest Pater Petrus organised a rosary crusade. He understood that victory could only come about through God as Austria’s population was so small at only 7 million compared to the Soviet Union’s population of 220 million. He was convinced that if a tithe (or tenth) of the population of Austria should join in praying the rosary faithfully for this intention then Russia would leave Austria. A tenth of the population, that is 700,000 did join and pray the Rosary with patience. It took seven years. That is where perseverance is so important. But then, without explanation the Communist Soviets withdrew on the Feast of Our Lady of Fatima, May 13, 1955.

When Horishima was destroyed in 1945 by the atom bomb, there was a Jesuit house very close to the epicentre that was totally spared. The Fathers declared that it was because they followed the requests of Our Lady at Fatima and prayed the rosary.

Can we afford not to pray the Rosary? This most beautiful prayer recommended to us at Lourdes and Fatima was the favourite prayer of Saint John Paul II. St Mother Teresa of Calcutta always had a rosary in her hand. St. Padre Pio prayed over 30 rosaries a day. We are blessed to have the First Class holy relics of two marvellous saints: St Gemma Galganni and the great St Louis de Montfort to bring us in a special way their powerful intercession.

Please recommend this day to your friends and family. Do come and give God great glory on this special day.

Getting There

Holy Cross Church is located at 707 Glenhuntly Road Caulfield South

By Tram:

Tram number 67 stop 50, Tram number 64 Stop 57

By Train:

Holy Cross Church is equidistant from Elsternwick Station (Sandringham Line) and Glenhuntly Station (Frankston Line).

Tram number 67 will take you from either station to the Church.

Elsternwick station - the tram 67 will be going towards Carnegie. Glenhuntly station - the tram will be going towards Melbourne University.

By Car:

Holy Cross Church is at 707 Glenhuntly Road very close to Hawthorn Road. There is a carpark at the rear which you enter via Murray Street, which runs off Hawthorn Road.

October

Friday 3rd October

First Friday

Masses and Devotions

Novena to the Most

Sacred Heart of Jesus

7.00 PM

Adoration and Prayers in honour of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus followed by Holy Mass.

St Joseph's Church

71 Orrong Road

Elsternwick

Saturday 4th October

First Saturday

Mass and Devotions

10.30 AM

Adoration, Prayers as requested by Our Lady of Fatima, Holy Mass.

Confessions Available

St Colman's Church

293 Carlisle St , Balaclava

Our Lady of The Holy Rosary

Sunday 12th October

1:30pm

Exposition, Prayers, Time of God's Mercy (3.00pm) Benediction, Holy Mass

Holy Cross Church

707 Glenhuntly Road

Caulfield South

Saturday 1st November