Feastday: February 5

St. Agatha died in defense of her purity, in Catania, Sicily, where she was born. After Quintanus, the governor of Sicily, tried in vain to force her to consent to sin, she was imprisoned for a month with an evil woman. He then turned from sensuality to cruelty and had her breasts cut off; but that night Agatha was healed by St. Peter. She was then rolled over sharp stones and burning coals, and finally taken to prison where she died while praying. Her name appears in the Roman Canon.

The Parish Pastoral Council consists of the Parish Priest and a group of parishioners chosen by the parish community. The Pastoral Council’s role is to promote the Church’s mission to live and communicate the love and values of Christ in the world. It shares in the responsibility for the ongoing life and development of the St Agatha’s faith community, and works together with parishioners to provide support for their efforts to live as followers of Christ at a personal and a communal level, aimed at the effective transformation of society.

St Agatha's Parish Pastoral Council

David Krotwaar Chairperson	Praceena Joseph Secretary	Bridget D'Costa Deputy Chairperson
Michelle Bruitzman St Agatha’s Primary School Representative	Felicity Broughton St Therese’s Primary school Representative	Dominic Rode Youth Representative
Tony Lupeam Council Member	Rodante Candido Council Member	Rick Hughes Council Member
Fiona McKenna St Peter's College Assistant Principal	Fr Antony Rebelo Parish Priest	Fr Ajin Albarnas Assistant Priest
Sr Faustine Ede Sisters of the Nativity Representative

Our parish is consists of many wonderful, dedicated and gifted people who serve and minister to the St Agatha’s community on an ongoing basis in ordained, religious, and lay ecclesial ministry capacities. Here are some of the people you are likely to meet at our Parish Office:

St Agatha's Parish Staff

	Fr Antony Rebelo: Parish Priest		Family Ministry / Children’s Liturgy Communion to the sick Youth Ministry
	Fr Ajin Albarnas: Assistant Priest		Tina Dam: Parish Secretary
	Sr Faustina Ede: Sacramental Co-ordinator		Adam Dam: Assistant Parish Secretary/Godstart
	Sr Victoria Orinya: Music Ministry / Liturgy / Catechetics		John MacDonald: Maintenance and Gardening
	Michelle Murray: Safeguarding Officer [Wednesday & Thursday]

Welcome! If you are a visitor we hope that our website will be a reflection of the wonderful and Spirit-filled community of St Agatha’s. We hope and pray that your visit will encourage you to be drawn more deeply into God’s presence and his love through active engagement in our parish.

If you are a parishioner, it’s good to touch base with you again. We hope that you find all the information you need to become more fully engaged in our faith community and that you too, will be drawn ever more deeply into the loving arms of God.

St Agatha’s Catholic community is a place where you can truly belong; where you can truly be at home. Whether you are on the fringes of Catholicism, whether you are just starting out on the journey of Catholic life, or whether you’ve been Catholic all your life: we value you as a person. Our parish offers many opportunities for you to grow and develop your potential, to discover your giftedness and God-given talents and encourages you to reach out to others to do the same. Whilst we realize the importance of the development and nurture of the individual, we also place equal importance on community: of standing together as a family through all of the joys, struggles and challenges that each day brings. As a well-known proverb states ‘shared joy is double joy, shared sorrow is half a sorrow’; we support each other throughout our lives and stages of faith.

At the heart of St. Agatha’s Parish is Jesus Christ living and active among us.  Above all it is in celebration of the Holy Mass and in the other Sacraments that we encounter the Lord Jesus.  This loving encounter in spirit and truth spills over into an active love and service of one another and all whom we meet.  This reaches a high point in our participation in the “New Evangelisation” that “the kingdom may come.”  Prayer and especially Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament is the other fountainhead from which all the spiritual energy of our Parish flows and bears the fruits of the Holy Spirit among us.