This weekend is a time to celebrate and acknowledge the father figures in our lives. The importance of positive male role models in the lives of our children. On Friday we will be holding a liturgy to pray and bless the father figures in our community.

May we also recall the exemplary role-model and patron saint of fathers - St Joseph - father of Jesus.

St Joseph experienced the same difficulties in life we all do, yet he lived an exemplary life and established an ideal that is well-worth emulating for all fathers who have come after him. St Joseph was a man of compassion and caring. He was a man possessed of unwavering faith in God. He was a man who loved and protected his family. As St Matthew describes him in the Gospel, Jospeh was a "righteous man" (Mt1:19).

I pray that this weekend is an opportunity to spend with loved ones and displaying gratitude to those close to us. To all the dads and father figures of the St Michael’s community I wish you a day filled with love, laughter and good times. Happy Father’s Day.

God Bless