Jesuit Father Chris Gleeson has been appointed as first director of the new spirituality centre, the Santa Teresa Spirituality Centre.When Archbishop Bathersby announced the new spirituality centre in May last year, he noted it had been named in honour of St Therese of Lisieux, the 19th Century Carmelite nun.
At the site blessing, the archbishop went on to say in his homily that the gathering in this “small but beautiful corner of God’s earth (was) not to destroy it but to rejoice in it”.
“People can come here to learn more about God’s love for them and for all God’s beautiful creation, a small fraction of which people will be able to see simply by looking out the window of the chapel that will be built on this very spot,” the archbishop said.
“The chapel will open us up to the magnificence of God’s ocean and God’s islands, so that inspired by it all we will praise and worship God in prayer, especially in the celebration of God’s great act of thanksgiving, the Mass.”
Archbishop Bathersby petitioned that “Santa Teresa and St Joseph pray for the future of this powerhouse of spirituality, and may Mary the mother of Jesus pray for the work of the Jesuits who in the future will lead people here to her Son”.
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