Author Archives: Fr Rob

Speakers for 2013 Stronger Retreat confirmed!

The speakers for this year’s Stronger Retreat have been confirmed. Fr Christian Fini OMI (Oblate of Mary Immaculate) will join Stronger chaplain, Fr Rob Galea, as the key-note speakers at this year’s Retreat for young people, aged 16-26, from September 20-22. Fr Fini, who was ordained a priest in 2001, has a strong passion for working...

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More than 100 young people attend the Stronger Retreat

More than 100 young people from across the Sandhurst Diocese and beyond gathered in Harrietville last year, to take part in the fifth annual Stronger retreat. Upon landing in Harrietville on Friday, December 7, 2012, passengers aboard Stronger flight 2012 disembarked for three days of prayer, reflection, discussions and fun. The retreat inclu...

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Searching for something Stronger!!!

BY LAUREN HILL- Candles flicker in a dimly lit meeting room. A light reflects onto the rugged wood of a large cross, which is mounted before a backdrop of deep red satin. A silent peace permeates through the space, as more than 80 young people gather in reflection. All at once, they are standing. Guitar strings are gently strummed and keyboar...

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Shepparton Stronger Rally

SHEPPARTON- ABOUT 110 young people attended the Stronger Rally at St Mel’s School Hall, Hamilton Street, Shepparton South, last month. The crowd was the biggest of all the four rallies that had been held this year. Sandhurst Diocese Youth Ministry Worker, Jackson Saunders, said that the Rally, which caters for secondary school students and you...

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It’s today!!!

About 100 young Catholics from across the Sandhurst Diocese and beyond are expected to come together and celebrate their faith on Friday night at a Stronger Rally in Bendigo. The event for secondary school students and young adults will include praise and worship with Fr Rob Galea and the Stronger band. There will also be a testimony by a you...

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