29th Dec 2025- 2nd April 2026 I will be heading to Rome after Christmas for 3 months Sabbatical leave, returning just in time for Easter. A Sabbatical is basically a time of renewal, firmly rooted in the Biblical ideas of the Sabbath rest and the jubilee year. Every priest can […]

Christmas Eve (Wednesday 24th) Sea Lake 4:30pm Swan Hill 7pm (with Children’s Nativity) Swan Hill 9.30pm Christmas Day (Thursday 25th) Swan Hill 10:30am We wish you every peace and joy as we prepare to celebrate the birth of our Savior!

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An anonymous prayer for times of trial and confusion

JORDAN: Happy Sunday everyone and hope you are all well! For those who don’t know us- My name is Jordan, and this is my lovely wife Ah Kwi Lan. We are both locals and we are very blessed to be part of this wonderful parish community. The community spirit is strong […]

We look forward to welcoming back the children who were confirmed by Bishop Paul in Swan Hill last November as they take the next step in their sacramental journey. With the help of their families they will prepare for their First Reconciliation over the next few weeks, with the special […]

On Sunday 19th November the Vietnamese Community of Swan Hill met with Fr Paul Lu for a special celebration.

On Sunday 16th October we were delighted to have over 60 faithful join us for the Final Mass of Thanksgiving in St Michael’s Lalbert. We had former parishioners return from Ouyen, Cobram, Eurora, Mitiamo, Bendigo and Melbourne (and I am sure I have missed a few there!). There was a […]

Best day ever!

Sunday 10th September made for a big day of celebrations in the Holy Family Parish with parishioners from across our 6 Church Centres and 3 schools, as well as family and friends from beyond, coming together to give thanks for Fr James and his 10 years of priestly service. It […]

This Sunday, the 16th April, we celebrate the Feast of Divine Mercy. To commemorate this great Feast, we will pray some of the Divine Mercy Chaplet together as a Parish Community during our weekend Masses. For those who would like to extend that commemoration, you are invited to join us […]

As you may know, the Parish owns the two vacant blocks either side of St Mary’s Primary School, Swan Hill. The Parish Finance Committee could see that leaving these idle was becoming increasingly unfeasible. A significant chunk of our parish income is currently chewed up in rates for these blocks, […]

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Swan Hill Italian Community once again celebrated their traditional Festa.

FM2- We love you!

Not a lot happens here at St Joseph’s now a days but when these little things happen along we think it is special.

This year our parish was able to celebrate Divine Mercy Sunday in a very special way.

On Sunday 30th January parishioners past and present gathered at St Joseph’s Lake Boga for a final Mass of thanksgiving.

Sharing the joy of Advent by giving to those in need.

On Saturday the 9th of October, on a lovely spring morning down at Riverside Park, Holy Family Parish once again participated in the global, non-stop Rosary Chain.