Parish News

Happy Birthday Beryl In honour of Beryl’s recent 98th birthday and over 73 years of Mothers’ Union membership, we would like to share a little about Beryl’s amazing life. Beryl was born on 6th August 1928 in Toowoomba. Her parents and siblings lived on a dairy farm...

Hymns & Pimms Manly Wynnum Mothers’ Union had a lovely morning on Tuesday singing our favourite hymns (see the Playlist below) while wetting our whistles with a cool glass of Pimms (or non-alcoholic fruit punch). Although missing our music maestro, Bev, who’s...

Parish Council From the nominators, a process has not commenced yet to find a Priest for the Parish and that is at the direction of the Diocese. We are continuing to engage with the Diocese to look at options for the future ministry of the Parish. Fr Allan is...

A Little Bit About Rev Allan Reverend Allan writes: When I was asked to write this article to tell parishioners a little bit about myself, I thought I better not go down the “eulogy” route. You know what I mean, “I was born in Brisbane on … etc.” I have always...

Bargains & Blessings The Anglican Parish of Waterloo Bay, based in Birkdale and Wellington Point, earlier in the year opened their Bargains & Blessings op shop based in the hall at St James, 17 Station Street, Wellington Point. The well set out and well...

Synod 2026 Jennifer and Nadia represented St Paul’s at Synod (the primary governing and legislative body of the di0cese) last weekend. A cheeky magpie decided to visit during the Archbishop’s opening address much to everyone’s delight (photo Rev’d Deb Bird). Reverend...

Patronal Festival of Saints Peter and Paul and 150th Anniversary of Mothers’ Union Sunday 21 June 2026 saw the St Paul’s and St Peter’s congregations joining together for a wonderful combined service to celebrate the patronal festival of St Paul and St Peter and the...

Waterloo Bay Probus Club visits Holland Park Mosque Many of us have travelled overseas and been privileged to visit some beautiful Mosques. However, did you know there is a beautiful Mosque right here in Brisbane that includes a wonderful Muslim Museum? The Holland...

Moreton Deanery Day Mothers Union members from Manly and Wynnum were well represented at Moreton Deanery Day held at St Paul’s Cleveland this week. The event featured a thought-provoking talk by guest speaker Ursula Charles, who offered deep insights into the...

Mothers’ Union News Ailsa Gill joined members from Mothers’ Union branches to attend the 31st Fishes and Loaves Fundraiser at St John’s Cathedral. This year’s event supported the MND and Me Foundation, a Queensland charity committed to ensuring that no one faces Motor...

Biggest Morning Tea - A Meaningful Gathering From Our Neighbours at St Peter’s - Fr Sam writes Last Tuesday we had a wonderful Biggest Morning Tea, graciously hosted by the Mother’s Union to support Bev's initiative raising awareness about cancer. We were privileged...

Mothers Union (Written by Ailsa Gill, President of Mothers’ Union, St Paul’s Manly) Kay Voltz and Ailsa Gill represented the Manly branch at the Council Meeting in Robina on Tuesday. Guest speaker Dr Stephen Harrison, Director of Mission, Research and Advocacy at...