Parish
Pastoral Team
Fr. Thai Vu - Parish Priest
Email : pp@johnpaulwilletton.org.au
Fr. Anibal Leitre da Cunha - Assistant Priest
Email : ap@johnpaulwilletton.org.au
Rossana - Secretary, Bursar
Phone : (08) 9332 5992
Email : admin@johnpaulwilletton.org.au
Pastoral Workers
Sister Veronica - Phone : (08) 9443 1036
Rosa - Phone: (08) 9332 3813
Betty - John Paul Care Co-ordinator
Phone : (08) 9457 4991
Mildred - Religious Education Coordinator
Phone : (08) 9259 4050
Parish History
Originally Brentwood was part of the Applecross parish, then Riverton
before being named a parish in 1955. Until 1957, when Regina Coeli church
was built, Mass was celebrated in homes.
Because of increase in numbers, in 1980 a parish centre was built in
Willetton where Mass was celebrated until the parish church of Saints John
& Paul was blessed and opened by Archbishop Foley, on 22 December 1985.
The Jubilee Year 2000 saw the
construction of an immersion font for
baptism
at Saints John & Paul. Carved from a solid block of "Donnybrook Stone" it
is a credit to the stonemason's art. Willetton was the
first parish to have such a font.
The font allows for the Sacrament of Baptism to be celebrated in two ways,
by pouring or immersion. The water continually flows; reminding us that
Jesus is the life giving water.
An Ambry behind the font holds the three sacred oils used in the church.
Each is held within a hand blown glass bottle of different design and
colour. Red for the Sacred oil of Chrism, blue for the oil of Baptism, and
gold for the oil of the Sick.