This morning we partook of two unique aspects of Australian culture – their September date of Father’s Day and a breakfast barbecue.  In honor of Father’s Day, which here falls on the first Sunday of September, Saint Joseph Primary School invited all the fathers of the students to a breakfast and liturgy.  The eggs, bacon, and sausage were grilled on large outdoor grills and wrapped in delicious Turkish rolls.  Aussies love their barbecues, even in the early morning! 

Seeing over sixty fathers present, as well as numerous mothers and siblings, on the morning of a workday showed the value the people place in their families.  Saint Joseph’s intercession and the charism of the Josephites who served here for many years are alive and bearing fruit.

Sr. Mary Rachel departed the barbecue a bit early to join in her first meeting for the Evangelization and Catechesis Team.  After classroom visits to distribute Rosaries, Sister Anna and I joined Sr. Mary Rachel at the Polding Centre for Mass, during which Father Tim, head of Liturgy for the Archdiocese, reminded us that if the Lord does not build the house in vain do the builders labor.