About us
Mission Statement
(formed by Parish Pastoral Council 2005)
We, the people of Kiama, inspired by Jesus Christ and guided by the Holy Spirit, form a welcoming and caring communinity that will work together to proclaim the message of the Gospel and, in doing so, encourage the community to grow in faith, love, justice and peace.
Who are we?
We as Catholics are a sacramental faith community here in Kiama, celebrating the life giving love and power of God, freely flowing from Jesus Christ's life, passion, death and resurrection.
In celebrating the Sacraments, signs instituted by Christ to give grace, we enable the individual Catholic to encounter the saving action of God and the salvation promised to all who believe in Jesus Christ.
The core and summit of our Catholic sacramental worship is the Eucharist (Mass). In each of our seven Sacraments, but in the Mass especially we have a personal experience and real encounter with Jesus, the person. This encounter with Jesus is an experience of God.
For His Apostles and Disciples Jesus was the sacrament of God. For us who celebrate Jesus presence in the Word of God, in sacred liturgy, hymns and prayers etc, this is also our experience of God. The primary experience of the presence of God is found in our encounter with Jesus through the sacramental life of the Church.
When we as Church, together or any individual members of the body of Christ, acts in the spirit of Christ we continue the saving ministry of the Lord in the world.
By loving, forgiving and by reaching out to others we become the sign and presence of God in the world, contributing to the ongoing mission of Jesus in the world.
