Welcome to Our Parish

St John’s is the centre of the catholic faith in Riverstone under the patronage of the Apostle, St John the Evangelist. We work to be a welcoming faith community offering a home of spiritual hope and to help to all in need. Through the use of our gifts and liturgical celebrations we strive to build a prayerful, welcoming community to serve all for the love of God.

Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me and I in him, says the Lord.

(John 6:57)

Mass and Reconciliation Times

Weekday MassTuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday – 8:30am
First Friday Mass Times – 7:30pm
Saturday (except 1st) – 8:30am
Anointing Mass (1st Saturday) – 8:30am
Adoration to the Blessed Sacrament for Vocations: Tues after 8.30am Mass
Weekend MassSaturday Vigil Mass – 6.00pm
Sunday Masses: 7:00am ; 9:00am ; 10:30am
ReconciliationEvery Saturday: 4.30pm – 5.30pm

"And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness so must the son of man be lifted up."

John 3-14-17

"That whoever believes in him may have eternal life."

John 3-14-17

"For God so loved the world that he gave his only-begotten Son
That whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life."

John 3-14-17

"For God sent the Son into the world, not to condemn the world.
But that the world might be saved through him"

John 3-14-17

About

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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.

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Sacrament

The first Catholic Church in Riverstone was opened on the 2nd July 1882 and stood on the site of the current church.

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History

The first Catholic Church in Riverstone was opened on the 2nd July 1882 and stood on the site of the current church.

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Youth Group

All school-aged children and their parents are invited to attend a get-together for the Youth Group.

 

Diocesan News

Legacy of faith, strength, and courage: A tribute to Bishop Vincent’s mother 

In the quiet early hours of Friday, 13 June 2025, in the comfort of her family home in Springvale, Victoria, Maria Mung Thi Nguyen – the beloved mother of Bishop Vincent Long OFM Conv, Bishop of Parramatta – passed away peacefully at the age of 98, surrounded by the love of her family.  (Read More)

Diocese to send safeguarding advocate to Rome conference

  A leading safeguarding advocate from the Diocese of Parramatta is heading to Rome to take part in the annual International Safeguarding Conference (ISC) in June, which this year will have a strengths-based focus on the safety of women, “Women of Faith, Women of Strength”.  Ballina Gee, a founding member of the Diocese’s Safeguarding Council, will be representing the Diocese at the conference, to be held at the Pontifical Gregorian University from 17 to 20 June.   The conference brings together safeguarding specialists, trauma experts and others dedicated to finding solutions and sharing best practices in safeguarding. This year it will hear not just from religious speakers, but also those from academia and community organisations.  Ballina said she was looking forward […] (Read More)

Fr Frank Brennan’s Homily: Trinity Sunday, 15 June 2025

On this feast of the Ascension, we hear both the conclusion of Luke’s gospel and the beginning of the Acts of the Apostles. Written by the same author, these two passages provide us with the link between the two books. It’s the moment when the apostles are asked, ‘Why do you stand looking into heaven?’ The two men who ask the question are in white garments and they appear to the apostles just as Jesus is being lifted up and disappearing from them. Two men in white garments, just as there were at the Transfiguration (evocative of Moses and Elijah), and just as there were when the women went to Jesus’ tomb. (Read More)

Sowing peace through the diplomacy of the Gospel

In an interview marking the Jubilee of the Holy See and an upcoming audience with Pope Leo XIV, Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin describes Apostolic Nuncios as bridges that link the Pope with local Churches, the Church with States, and the world’s wounds with the hope of the Gospel. (Read More)

Church in Mexico supporting families of the ‘disappeared’

No longer relying on the Mexican government or police to find their missing loved ones, more than 200 groups of mothers and fathers, known as searchers, now dig with their own hands in vacant lots across Mexico. (Read More)

Our School

St John's Primary School

5 McCulloch Street, Riverstone 2765

Contact Us

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Location
164 Garfield Rd E, Riverstone NSW 2765

St John's Office Hours:
Monday to Friday 9am – 2pm
T: (02) 9627 1176
E: stjohns10@bigpond.com