Why Be Catholic

Prepping for the conference.
Lots of caffeine!!!

Come down for a 9.30 am start.
Immaculate Heart Mary 104 Scarborough Beach Road

Opening night. 🙏

What a beginning. Over 300 of you filled Immaculate Heart of Mary tonight for the Opening Mass with Bishop Don Sproxton, Fr Christian Irdi on The Annunciation & the Immaculate Heart, and Tim Staples: From Conviction to Mission.

Thank you to Bishop Don, our priests, the choir, the servers, our volunteers, and everyone who brought a plate to share. The Church is alive.

Tomorrow night: The Visitation
Mass 5:30pm, community dinner (bring a plate!), Praise & Worship, then Tim Staples on Defending the Faith as Evangelisation.

And Saturday, Tim's final keynote in Australia: Making Your Yes.

📍 Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish, Scarborough
evangelisationaustralia.com

Tonight, FIAT begins. 🕊️

Opening Mass at 5:30pm with Bishop Don Sproxton, our community dinner, Fr Christian Irdi, and Tim Staples: From Conviction to Mission. We close with Adoration, Confession and the Rosary.

Over 300 are registered, so please arrive by 5:15pm, carpool if you can, and bring a plate to share (enough for what you'd normally eat).

📍 Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish, Scarborough
Free, but please register.

We began with thanks. 🙏

Tonight, on the eve of FIAT, the Vicar General, Fr Vincent Glynn, celebrated a Thanksgiving Mass at Immaculate Heart of Mary, joined by priests from across the Archdiocese.

Thank you to every priest who came, to our servers, readers and musicians, and to everyone who filled the pews to pray with us. What a way to begin.

Tomorrow, FIAT opens.
Opening Mass 5:30pm, Thursday 1 October, with Bishop Don Sproxton, then our community dinner (bring a plate!) and Tim Staples: From Conviction to Mission.

📍 Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish, Scarborough

Tonight, we begin with thanks. 🙏

FIAT opens tomorrow, but tonight we begin where every good work should: at the altar, giving thanks.

The Vicar General, Fr Vincent Glynn, will celebrate a Thanksgiving Mass, joined by priests of the Archdiocese. We give thanks for this conference and everyone who has made it possible: our speakers, our priests, our volunteers, and all of you who will come.

Thanksgiving Mass: tonight, 6:00pm
Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish, 104 Scarborough Beach Road, Scarborough

All are welcome, and no registration is needed.

He's here. 🙏

Tim Staples has landed in Perth for the final time.

Eleven years after the very first Why Be Catholic Conference, Tim is back with us one last time, for FIAT. Thank you for all your prayers for safe travels. Please keep praying for Tim, and for everyone who will hear him this week.

Thursday and Friday nights are filling fast, with near 300 registered each night, so arrive early and bring a plate to share.

And don't miss Saturday: Tim's final talk in Australia, Making Your Yes, is Saturday afternoon. Register for the full day and the whole day is catered.

📍 Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish, Scarborough
Register in link.

On his way. ✈️

As you read this, Tim Staples is somewhere over the Pacific, on his way to Perth for the final time.

Eleven years ago, Tim was with us for the very first Why Be Catholic Conference. This week he returns one last time, for FIAT.

Please keep Tim in your prayers for safe travels, and for everyone who will hear him this week.

Thursday and Friday nights are almost full, but there's still room on Saturday for his closing keynote, Making Your Yes, the final talk of his final Australian tour. Register for the full day and the whole day is catered.

📍 Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish, Scarborough
Register in the link posted.

FIAT is this week. Here's the full program.

Thursday and Friday nights are going to be full. Over 260 people are registered for each evening, so if you're coming, arrive early and bring a plate to share at our community dinner.

But there's still room on Saturday, and it's a day you won't want to miss. We walk with Mary from the Magnificat to our own yes, with Fr Mark Payton, Fr Christian Irdi, and Tim Staples' closing keynote, Making Your Yes: the final talk of his final Australian tour. The day ends with Consecration and Commissioning.

🎟️ Register for the full Saturday ($120) and the whole day is catered: breakfast, morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea. Single sessions are $60. Children 12 and under, priests, religious and seminarians attend free.

📍 Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish, 104 Scarborough Beach Road, Scarborough

Swipe through the program, save this post, and register in the link attached.

We begin with thanks.

The night before FIAT opens, we begin where every good work should: at the altar, giving thanks.

We'll give thanks for the gift of this conference and all who have made it possible: our speakers, our priests, our volunteers, and every one of you who will come. The Vicar General, Fr Vincent Glynn, will celebrate the Mass, joined by priests of the Archdiocese.

Thanksgiving Mass
Wednesday 30 September, 6:00pm
Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish, 104 Scarborough Beach Road, Scarborough

All are welcome, and no registration is needed. Come and pray with us.