Baptisms
Please call the office on 7036 9393 or email parkville@cam.org.au for reservations and a brief meeting with Fr Joe.
Reconciliation
Confession bookings are welcome and can be offered on Saturdays prior to the Vigil Mass. This sacrament is also offered as part of the sacramental program for First Communion and Confirmation candidates.
First Holy Communion & Confirmation
Sacramental Program
Enrolments for the 2023 St Carthage’s Sacramental Program
Please see below for updates on the program for 2023
General Information
Due to our Parish relying solely on volunteers, at this stage for St Carthage’s Sacramental Program we can only formulate a contact list. This is for Sacraments of First Communion (inclusive of Reconciliation) and/or Confirmation.
Please be aware that each year our program can alter according to the volunteer catechists at the time. This is a process and no certainty can be placed around the program nor dates until volunteers step forward, review past programs, establish one for this year and finally to agree on dates that will suit all catechists involved and Fr Joe.
At each step of the process news will be updated on this post. However, if you have added yourself to the contact list by emailing your child’s name, sacrament to be completed and contact number to parkville@cam.org.au you will also be personally notified of all updates. You will receive a brief reply to confirm you are on the list. In the meantime, it is also up to individual families to remain updated via our website in this section.
We happily welcome all who are seeking a Christ-centered journey of faith, and understand that St Carthage’s for many is a choice for various sentimental reasons. Nevertheless it is advised in the interim for added certainty to also enquire at your local parish (regardless of whether or not you have lost touch with them). You may find your local parish, particularly if affiliated with a school, may already have a well pre-established program that serves you better in its close proximity to your family; a church that is easily accessible for the important ongoing and lifelong nourishment of the sacraments, whereby Christ makes known his power and love for every individual.
Latest on the Sacramental Program for 2023.
This year the program will run through July and August on Sunday’s 10am -12noon. No registration can proceed without presenting baptism certificates, and for confirmation students a first communion certificate.
For families outside the Parish zone of St Carthage’s, you must produce a letter of consent by your current Parish Priest. (Once again, regardless of whether or not you have lost touch with them).
Further information will be provided to all families who have asked to be placed on the contact list.
Thank you