Christmas

Christmas and New Year of 2023

“And Mary treasured all of these things and reflected on them in her heart.”

Luke 2:19

Approaching the mystery of our salvation like Mary, let us pause and treasure the gift of Christmas in our hearts.
God’s sign is that He makes himself small for us and comes as a baby to show us the beauty of His love. In the splendour and glory of his Nativity, He calls us for our love. May we look to the crib and pray asking the Blessed Mother: O Mary Ever Virgin, show us Jesus.

Have a blessed Christmas and New Year of 2023

Pauline Fathers and Brothers at the 2022 Provincial Chapter

Provincial Chapter 2022

This year, 2022, on the 7th-10th of November, the Australian Province of the Order of St. Paul the First Hermit held its Provincial Chapter. The Chapter elected a new provincial council.

We congratulate Fr. Jarosław Zań on his election to Provincial, along with Fr. Damian Mosakowski as Vicar-Provincial and the Definitors Fr. Joseph Maria Buckley, Fr. Wojciech Śliwa and Fr. Peter James Strohmayer, along with Fr. Jeremy Santoso as Administrator. We ask that you keep them all in your prayers as they take up the leadership of the Australian Province of the Order of St. Paul the First Hermit.

Provincial Curia elected at the 2022 Provincial Chapter
Provincial Curia elected at the 2022 Provincial Chapter

We also thank the outgoing provincial, Fr. Albert Wieslaw Wasniowski, who served as Provincial for the last five years, along with his council, Fr. Richard Green, Br. Bruno Kanamis for their years of service to the Pauline Fathers and God’s people.

From Left to Right, Br. Matthew, Br. Augustine, Br Paul and Fr. Wojtek after Br. Paul's First Profession

Br. Paul’s First Profession

Congratulations to Br. Paul, who made his first profession in the Order. Br. Paul will soon commence his studies for the Priesthood at the Angelicum in Rome. Br. Matthew began his canonical novitiate last night. It is the Pauline Fathers’ current tradition to begin and end the Noviciate on the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. We pray for both men as they continue to answer God’s Call.