Kapunda

Saturday, April 19

Dearly loved by all

Sr Carita Higgins RSH (born November 19 1932, died January 20 2025)<br />

: Parishioners Kylie and John Hayes at Kapunda’s St Rose of Lima Catholic Church. Photo: Ben Macmahon

Window into past and future

There’s often more to church windows than meets the eye. A window not only provides a view to the outside world, it also has the potential to capture a moment in time and tell stories of faith as it spills light across devoted parishioners’ faces.

Mgr Swann after Mass on July 20, with a cross carved by Blackwood parishioner and Teams member Clem Colla.

Celebrating where it all began

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.

Humbled to be welcomed into people’s lives

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.

Saying ‘I do’ country-style

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.

Sign honours the past

Parishioners at Kapunda, in St Mary of the Cross MacKillop Northern Light parish, had two things to celebrate on May 9.

Medals help tell St Patrick's Day story

Growing up in Kapunda, an area with a strong Irish Catholic presence, and being a descendant of South Australian Irish families, Simon O’Reilley has always been drawn to recording and preserving Irish heritage in South Australia.

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