On the 10th June, 2017, the Conventual Franciscan Friars in Australia and the Parish of St. Joseph's Springvale, VIC, were very excited to welcome Most Rev. Denis Hart, Archbishop of Melbourne, to bless and officially reopen the new church building. The celebration of Holy mass was well attended with visiting friars and clergy, as well as hundreds of people from the parish and surrounding suburbs. For about a year the parish has been using the hall for liturgies, and all bapt

It has been announced that our Provincial Delegate for Australia, Br. Joseph Wood OFM Conv. has been assigned to a new position as the Novice Director for the English speaking conference of the Order. The Novitiate is currently located in Arroyo Grande, California, in the United States. Br. Joseph has been the Provincial Delegate for the past two and a half years and has contributed much to the development and improvement of our Australian Delegation of Our Lady Help of Chris