About
Our Patron
St John the Evangelist was the son of Zebedee and the brother of St James the Great, he was a fisherman until he was called to be an apostle.
Sacrament
The first Catholic Church in Riverstone was opened on the 2nd July 1882 and stood on the site of the current church.
History
The first Catholic Church in Riverstone was opened on the 2nd July 1882 and stood on the site of the current church.
Youth Group
All school-aged children and their parents are invited to attend a get-together for the Youth Group.
Diocesan News
We now begin our holiest of weeks for the year. We follow Jesus into Jerusalem all the way through passion, death and resurrection. Each step of the way, the crowd, however constituted, has a role to play. Whether for or against Jesus, there would have been people in the crowd that week who were led by not much more than the herd instinct. (Read More)
Just over two years ago, Tom Andrews, a United Nations special rapporteur, raised the prospect of Myanmar as a “failing state” – a claim that angered the junta and its allies who had done their best to legitimse military rule. (Read More)
Holy Saturday is a day of rest, of silence. Even God—or especially God, it seems—was silent that day. (Read More)
As the United States stops aid, Christian volunteers step up to counter a humanitarian crisis in Burma. (Read More)
Tenebrae might initially seem like a distant monastic rite – steeped in symbolism but removed from contemporary spiritual life. Yet within the walls of the Cathedral, its impact was immediate and profound, providing a deeply moving encounter with the Passion of Christ. (Read More)
