Get involved!
Whether it’s a day, an hour or 15 minutes we believe that serving will change your life! When you start getting involved with the community, you’ll meet new friends, impact the people around you and be transformed by Jesus’ message to serve. What a joy it is to get involved with our church! You’ll discover that the mission of St Brendan’s and Holy Rosary parishes is to provide a place where people just like you can feel welcomed and at peace. At St Brendan’s and Holy Rosary, our doors are wide open to people from all backgrounds.
“Love one another as I have loved you”
John 13: 34
St Vincent De Paul Society
‘Vinnies’
The Society’s Flemington Conference was founded in St Brendan’s Parish in 1916 and the Society’s Kensington Conference was founded in Holy Rosary in 1922. Home visitation is central to Vincentian outreach in Flemington and Kensington. We visit the vulnerable, trapped in what is often a generational cycle of social disadvantage: the unemployed and homeless, refugees and Indigenous Australians, fractured families and those suffering from addictions, mental illness and domestic abuse. The purpose of face-to-face engagement is to reassure those we visit that we care about their wellbeing. Never pretending that we can solve every problem, our concern is hope-filled rather than judgemental or patronising.
How to Join
If you are interested in finding our more about the work of St Vincent de Paul or would like to volunteer or become a member, please contact the parish office or fill in the form below.
“For I was hungry and you gave
me something to eat”
Matthew 25:35
St Brendan’s and Holy Rosary’s food parcel service provides food directly to those in need. Our office receives, stores and distributes food to low-income individuals in our communities.^ This service is only available when goods are in stock.
If you are able to help with a donation of Spam, canned tuna, canned hearty soup/casserole or UHT full cream milk you can be drop off the supplies at Holy Rosary church, St Brendan’s church or at Parish office. Alternatively, you can donate through an online order from Woolworths or Coles supermarket. Or fill out a form below to make an inquiry.
