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- Hobart Parish Newsletter – St Joseph’s Church
- Fr Kevin Dance CP – 60th Jubilee
- Message from former members
- New appointment to St Joseph’s
- The Feast of St Paul of the Cross
- Tribute to Fr Kevin Connolly (Tuitu’u) CP
- Safeguarding Sunday
- Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, new National Code of Conduct
- Vietnamese Lunar New Year Mass
- Farewell to Fr Gerald Quinn CP
- Br Edward Braden CP – on the move
Hobart Parish Newsletter – St Joseph’s Church
The 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C, 23-24 August 2025
The 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C, 16-17 August 2025
The 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C, 9-10 August 2025
The 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C, 2-3 August 2025
Other News
(20th July 2025)
Fr Kevin Dance CP – 60 years of priesthood
Fr Kevin Dance CP celebrated his 60th Jubilee at the 9.30am Mass on July 20th. On Monday 21st July an Archdiocesan Mass for both Fr Kevin and Fr Denis Allen was celebrated at Holy Spirit Church in Sandy Bay.
(15th February 2025)
Message from former members
Former members of the Passionist community have sent their regards to all Parishioners of St Joseph’s Parish. Fr Chris Mithen and Fr Gerald Quinn who are both now at Nazareth House in Melbourne, Fr Brendan Connell and Fr Sony Marsilin at Endeavour Hills, Melbourne, and Brother Ed at Mercy Place, Rice Village, Geelong.
(6th January 2025)
New appointments to St Joseph’s
Fr Justin Durai Raj will arrive on January 6th to take up his role as Parish Priest and Community Leader. Fr Joseph Liaia will also arrive in January to become part of the Passionist Community. We welcome both Fr Justin and Fr Joseph to Hobart.
Fr Truc will take up a new appointment to St Mary’s Retreat, Oxley in January. We at St Joseph’s thank Fr Truc for his work over the past 14 months and wish him all the best in his new ministry. Fr Truc will celebrate his final Vietnamese Mass on Sunday 11th January at 5pm. All are very welcome.
(19th October 2024)
The Feast of St Paul of the Cross
Our community celebration of the Feast of St Paul of the Cross included Mass, followed by refreshments and cake cutting in Legacy Hall.
(4th October 2024)
Tribute to Fr Kevin Connolly (Tuitu’u) CP
(8th September 2024)
Safeguarding Sunday
The Catholic Church in Australia marks Safeguarding Sunday, on which we pray for those who have been abused, their families and supporters. We recognise and apologise for the harm done by priests, religious and lay people in Church settings. Rebuilding trust and confidence in the Church requires constant work and vigilance. We commit to cultural change that will help the Church be a place that respects the dignity of all children and adults at risk, and empowers and listens to all people, especially those who are vulnerable.
View the Safeguarding Sunday 2024 resources
(15th May 2024)
Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, new National Code of Conduct
A new National Code of Conduct has been released by the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference for all people ministering in Catholic dioceses around Australia.
(11th February 2024)
Vietnamese Lunar New Year Mass
Archbishop Julian Porteous, the Vietnamese Catholic Community, Fr Pastor, Fr Truc and Fr Dominic celebrated Mass for the Lunar New Year at St Joseph’s. After Mass each person took a scroll containing a Scripture reading, for personal reflection during the coming year.
(16th August 2022)
Farewell to Fr Gerald Quinn CP
Contact details for Fr Gerald :-
Nazareth House, (Holy Family Wing)
16, Cornell Street, Camberwell. VIC 3124.
Phone: 0490 901 767
After 33 years of ministry in the Archdiocese, Fr Gerald Quinn CP has relocated from St Joseph’s Church in Hobart to Nazareth House in Melbourne to better care for his mobility issues.
Having recently celebrated the 60th anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood, Fr Gerald’s ministry in Tasmania includes serving as the Catholic Chaplain at Royal Hobart Hospital for 31 years.
Those 31 years saw him called to the bedside of a dying person approximately 50 times a year, to be present with them and administer the sacraments.
Fr Gerald was involved in many initiatives during his ministry in Tasmania including monthly prayer sessions at Hobart’s Parliament House to pray for politicians, and fundraising for pregnant mothers.
Archbishop Julian expressed his gratitude for Fr Gerald’s many years of service to the people of Tasmania.
“I wish to acknowledge Fr Gerald’s wonderful service to the people of Tasmania over the past 33 years, especially his work in hospital chaplaincy.
“We wish God’s abundant blessings upon him as he settles into the next phase of his life and ministry,” Archbishop Julian said.
Fr Gerald has frequently spoken over the years – most recently on the celebration of his sixty years of the priesthood, of his gratitude to God for the privilege of being a priest.
The Archdiocese is grateful to God for the privilege of having Fr Gerald live out his vocation here in Tasmania for the past three decades.
(Archdiocese of Hobart – Josh Low)
(16th May 2022)
Br Edward Braden CP – On The Move
Brother Ed’s address:
Mercy Place Rice Village,
7 Moylan Loop,
Marshall,
Victoria 3216.
Br. Ed left Hobart on Monday, 16th May, after his 50+ years here. Yesterday, Sunday, people after every Mass were looking out for Ed to say their farewells – as they have been for the last few weeks. Fr Peter and Br Ed had de-cluttered fifty years into four suitcases for Ed’s move this morning. Ed wasn’t showing any signs of nervousness about this move, and showed a lovely sense of calm and peace of mind.
On the evening for his farewell meal, Ed requested sausages and chips. Then, in typical fashion finished the meal as he always did, stacking dishes and loading the dishwasher before turning out the lights.
Our wonderful Br Ed has been a member of the Hobart St Joseph community for 50 years. Over all those years, he has been the welcoming presence at the church doors, Sunday after Sunday. He has surprised some tourists by remembering their names from a previous visit four or five years earlier. In his quiet, prayerful presence and his courageous coping with health issues, Ed has been himself an icon of Jesus Crucified, his presence has been compassion in action.
However, the time has come, Br Ed decided to ask if he could move into assisted care. Selfless as always, he wanted not to be a burden on the community. His family, to whom he is very close, live in Geelong, and so Ed is retiring to the Rice Mercy Home there.
Ed will be very much missed by his many friends in Hobart.
I know you will all keep Ed in your prayers.
In Christ Crucified
Fr Tom McDonough CP
Provincial Superior