Celebration of Parish Celebration of Parish Centenary and School Sequicentenary

A committee has been formed from members of the Parish Animating & Co-ordinating Team, our schools, and the Parish Historical Commiitee. It has met twice in recent months and has set out a series of activities to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Our Lady of Mount Carmel School which was founded in March 1860, and the 100th anniversary of our parish which was founded in January 1911.
The proposed calendar of events is below.

Celebration of Parish Centenary and School Sequicentenary 2010
Sat 17th April	Kinkora Park, Shephards Lane	7pm to 10pm	Parish Bush Dance
Sat 5th June		Parish Centre	Parish History Trivia Night
Sun 18th July			Parish Feast Day Mass
Sun 8th Aug			Parish Concert on Feast Day of Blessed Mary MacKillop
Sun 26th Sept			Feast of St Michael, installation of a commemorative plaque in Bulla on the site of the original Bulla Church
Fri 8th Oct		Parish Centre	Parish Seniors Week Morning Tea
Sat 9th Oct		Calabria Club	Parish Ball....venue and band booked
Sun 7th Nov			Car Rally to local landmarks
Celebration of Parish Centenary and School Sequicentenary 2011
Sat 26th: A celebration of the school 150 years (deferred from March, 2010 due to significant building work at the school) Sun 27th Feb: Final Celebration to mark 100years of the establishment of the Parish of Our Lady of Mount Carmel with Centenary Mass and Fair

Pastors

Sunbury Catholic Parish History

2005 - Current	Fr Kevin McIntosh
1997 - 2004	Fr Martin Ashe
1994 - 1996	Fr Greg Bourke
1984	Fr Tony Doolan
1977-1984	Fr Peter Searson
1973-1977	Fr James Feenan
1962-1973	Fr Cornelius McCarthy
1949-1962	Fr Francis Kissane
1942-1949	Fr P O'Doherty
1936-1942	Fr Maurice Brosnan
1933-1936	Fr T O'Ryan
1931-1932	Fr McCarthy
1923-1931	Fr Thomas Considine
1911-1923	Fr John Gallivan

Our Parish Prayer 

God, our Father, bless this parish of Our Lady of Mount Carmel so that we may love you more. Help the parents to be a good example to the children and our youth to grow in love and strength as good Christians. 

Encircle our families with your loving care. To the sick grant health, to the aged bring serenity and to those in sorrow joy. 

May we grow stronger in faith and may our love for one another become deeper in our daily living. 

Amen