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

Christmas at the Shrine was a morning of fun for the whole family. The day started with a Christmas carol sing along and the blessing of the baby Jesus from the family’s home Nativity sets. For the children we had free face painting, all children that got their face painted got to pick a toy from Santa’s toy chest. We had a Christmas Raffle and a Christmas gift booth with a variety of gift including pictures of the Shrine art and a print of the Divine Mercy painted by Fr. Rob

​​ On the 24th July, 2015, in the Chapel of the Sisters of St. Francis of Perpetual Adoration, Friar Luke Fonkalsrud professed his simple vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience, into the hands of the provincial of the 'St. Bonaventure' province, Fr. Michael Zielke, taking the Religious name Br. Bernard Mary Fonkalsrud OFM Conv. after the great Cistercian Abbot, Mariologist, and Doctor of the Church, St. Bernard of Clairvaux. Br. Bernard Mary completed his Novitiate year wit