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About our Clergy:
Our Parish Priest, Fr. Jan Szweda and Associate Priests, Fr. Nicholas Aazine & Fr. Michael Nguyen are from the Society of the Divine Word (SVD), also known as the Divine Word Missionaries.  Brother Jay Too, SVD, is the Chaplain to the Aboriginal Communities.  Several other religious orders of Brothers and Sisters are also represented: the Marist Brothers, the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary, the Good Samaritan Sisters, the Little Sisters of Jesus, the Loreto Sisters, the Missionaries of Charity and Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Sisters.  You can find contact numbers in the Information Booklet or call the Parish Office.

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About our Parishioners:
We're a very multicultural mix of several nations and ethnic backgrounds:  the Aboriginal traditional owners (the Arrente) in this part of Central Australia as well as other Australian, American, Filipino, African, Indian, Fijian & South Pacific groups are a large part of the congregation with many cultures and countries represented amongst the Parishioners.  A big highlight of this past calendar year has been our Multi-cultural Masses (held on the the 4th Sunday of the month at the 9:30am Mass) - each of the groups above have taken turns organizing the 9:30 Mass celebrations to give everyone a feel for how Catholicism is celebrated in the individual cultures and countries.  After the Mass, lots of fellowship continued as we shared food dishes from our various cultures... 

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OLSH College
Principal:  Br. Paul Gilchrist
OLSH college serves school-children from Transition to Year 12 on 3 separate campuses, nourishing & developing the Catholic faith in them. To learn more about the school and its activities, visit the school website OLSH College or email the school at principal@olshalice.nt.edu.au.
 
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