Emergency calls For after hours emergencies, especially if a loved one needs the Anointing of the sick or the Last Rites, please ring the Parish Office phone number and press option 4, to speak to a Priest. Daily Readings Latest from The Catholic Weekly George Pell: the persecution of an innocent man Published 15 hours ago The miracle in Raymond Hung Published 2 days ago The Church ‘not a political party’ Published 3 days ago Simcha Fisher: When fighting a war, don’t destroy what you’re defending Published 3 days ago This Catholic Life Podcast: Best Kept Secret Published 4 days ago Inside of the Shrine of St. Benedict, Smithfield. The Shrine of St. Benedict at Smithfiled is the Archdiocesan Shrine of Sydney dedicated to the saint. Outside of the Shrine of St. Benedict, Smithfield. A Promoter of Unity. Recent Posts First Sunday of AdventBulletin now available to download: 29 November 2020_Bulletin New Liturgical Year begins/Christmas Mass Times/Thanksgiving Mass for all Volunteers/Parish Working Bee/Fundraising ...Read More Reading Leading to HeavenReading Leading to Heaven The Conference of Archbishop Anthony Fisher -"Conscience, relativism and truth" Conference on Theological Anthropology at the ...Read More Our Lord JESUS CHRIST, KING of the UNIVERSEBulletin now available to download 22 November 2020_Bulletin 2019/2020 Parish Finance Briefing/ Christmas Fundraising Raffle/ Thanksgiving Mass for Volunteers/ Parish ...Read More St Gertrude the Great, Patroness of Our Parish – Feast DaySt Gertrude the Great, Patroness of Our Parish - Feast Day 16 November St Gertrude was born in Saxony, as ...Read More Mass Times Mon: Tue: Wed: Thur: Fri: Sat: Sun: P/Hol. St Benedict’s 9:15am 9:15am 7:00pm 9:15am 9:15am – 6:00pm (Vigil) 9:00am (Italian) 10:30am 6:00pm 10:30am St Therese’s 7:00am 7:00am 7:00am 7:00am 7:00am 8:00am 5:00pm (Vietnamese) 7:30am 12:00pm (Spanish) 5:00pm (Syriac) 8:00am Mass and Confession Times Like us on Facebook! “We the people of St Gertrude’s Parish are a Catholic Community in South West Sydney, mindful of our history, with a concern for ecumenical issues. We are called to; Nurture faith development in the whole life of all our community, Celebrate God’s love for us in the person of Jesus in both Word and Sacrament and Evangelise by proclaiming the joy of salvation to the wider community.” – Parish Mission Statement Mass and Confession Times St. Benedict's Church Corner of Justin and Neville Street, Smithfield, New South Wales, Australia. MASSES Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday: 9.15am ...Read More Our Patron Saints St Gertrude The Great Feastday: November 16 Patron of the West Indies Died: 1302 St. Gertrude was born at Eisleben ...Read More Welcome Letter from Parish Priest Welcome to the Parish of St Gertrude’s and the Diocesan Shrine Church of St Benedict Our Parish strives to be ...Read More Sacraments Sacraments are the life of the Church. It is part of the central role of the Church to provide the ...Read More Governance At the parish of St. Gertrude's we have a number of roles to which we welcome our parishioners to participate ...Read More Communities Within the Parish of St. Gertrude's we have a number of communities that play important and distinctive roles in the ...Read More Mission and Service Here at St. Gertrude's Parish we have a deep commitment to our mission of serving the people of God and ...Read More Photo Gallery The Parish of St. Gertrude has been blessed with many wonderful and memorable events and moments. A few of these ...Read More