St John Vianney Co-Cathedral

Corner Princes Hwy and Cabbage Tree Lane, Fairy Meadow 2519

Sunday Masses
Saturday: Vigil 6pm
Sunday: 8.30am (10am Italian, 4.30pm Vietnamese)

Weekday Masses
Tuesday: 8am (Morning Prayer at 7.45am)
Wednesday: 8am (Morning Prayer at 7.45am)
Thursday: 8am (Morning Prayer at 7.45am); 9am (Italian)
Last Thursday of the month: 10.30am (Towradgi Retirement Village)
Friday: 8am (School holidays) 10am (during School term)
Saturday: 9am

Reconciliation
Saturday 5.00pm - 5.40pm

Adoration (Holy Hour including Evening Prayer)
Tuesday 6.30pm - 7.30pm [check Parish bulletin for any changes]

The first Balgownie church was erected in 1908 and it seated 120 people. This church – along with the old School of Arts in Elliotts Road and the old Council Chambers on the Princes Highway - served the people of Balgownie and Fairy Meadow until Fairy Meadow was established as a parish in 1947. Father W. Neilson was the first parish priest but Father W. McCormack, “the builder”, built the present church of Saint John Vianney (which seats 590), the school, the Convent and the present church of Mater Dolorosa (seating 220).

Patron Saint
Saint Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney (1786 - 4 August 1859) was a French parish priest who became a Catholic saint and the patron saint of parish priests. He is often referred to, even in English, as the "Curé d'Ars" (the parish priest of the village of Ars). He became famous internationally for his priestly and pastoral work in his parish due to the radical spiritual transformation of the community and its surroundings. Catholics attribute this to his saintly life, mortification, and persevering ministry in the sacrament of confession.