Lasting love in Kapunda
Joe and Katharina Ryan have renewed their vows with the blessing of the same priest who married them, 55 years after their big day.
Joe and Katharina Ryan have renewed their vows with the blessing of the same priest who married them, 55 years after their big day.
Sr Carita Higgins RSH (born November 19 1932, died January 20 2025)<br />
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It was a case of life going full circle when Monsignor John Swann celebrated Mass at St Rose of Lima Church, Kapunda, last month – on the anniversary of the day he was ordained to the priesthood in the very same church 65 years previously.
Raised in a staunch Catholic family at Semaphore, Fr Peter Sheedy believes his call to the priesthood came early in life, when he started serving as an altar boy at Sacred Heart Church.
Perched on top of a hill, overlooking the township of Kapunda and with the beautiful vista of the Barossa Valley beyond, there is little wonder that St Rose of Lima Catholic Church is proving popular for ‘destination’ weddings.
Parishioners at Kapunda, in St Mary of the Cross MacKillop Northern Light parish, had two things to celebrate on May 9.
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