Friday 27 March 2015

Closing Mass at St Francis Xavier's Rand


Last Saturday between 90 and 100 current and former Parishioners as well as friends from all over the Rand and Walbundrie (and Howlong) districts and further abroad  attended the last scheduled Mass at our Rand Church.
 
The Mass was concelebrated by Most Reverend, Bishop Gerard Hanna D.D. as the principal celebrant and assisted by Fathers John Speekman and Joel Wallace, Administrator and former Parish Priest respectively. Newly appointed Deacon, Tony Oboshi was also present.
 
A feature of the Mass was the attendance of 17 children, seen pictured on the front page of this issue of the bulletin. Afterwards, a farewell dinner was held at the Rand Bowling Club which was a great success.
 
Our thanks to Bill Nesbitt, President of the Club (and Walbundrie Parishioner) for the lovely meal, especially the sweets, which were very popular for dieters and non- dieters alike).

After Mass Bishop Hanna said that although there would be no further scheduled Masses in the Church it would remain available for use for occasional needs Rand parishioners might propose.

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