St John the Evangelist Parish Riverstone

  • Life is a gift for Father Zakaria Gayed

    By Jordan Grantham, Catholic Outlook, December 2016 Father Zakaria Gayed was born on 23 December as a “Christmas gift to my Mother,” he says with a laugh. The Parish Priest of St John the Evangelist Parish at Riverstone has given his life as a gift to God, both in...
  • Love led Jacinta all the way to St John’s at Riverstone

    By Jordan Grantham, Catholic Outlook, December 2016 Jacinta Sullivan met her future husband just after he spent Christmas in Bethlehem. The two young travellers were staying in an Israeli kibbutz in 1980. Little did Jacinta know that her journey had just begun. Today, Jacinta is parish secretary of St...