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

Kellyville, N.S.W. (Our Lady of the Rosary Parish, & Franciscan Shrine of the Holy Innocents) Today we celebrated The Feast of the Holy Innocents. Bishop Vincent Long Van Nguyen OFM Conv. the Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne celebrated Mass at OLR parish followed by a Rosary procession to the Franciscan Shrine of the Holy Innocents. A lunch followed in the Parish Hall. #holyinnocents #Kellyville #friar #franciscans #OFMConv #vocations #HolyInnocentsShrine #Feast #OurLadyoftheRos