God And Beer - Edition 24- Fr Geoff McIlroy (Parish Priest St Macartan's Parish Mornington)

An event from the Knights of the Southern Cross Victoria to bring together Catholic men and women of all ages from across the south-east suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, several times a year. The aim is to inspire and strengthen Catholics by providing ideas and inspiration for renewal by drawing on the truth, beauty and goodness of the Catholic faith.

The twenty-third face-to-face event (held at the Notting Hill Hotel on Monday May 13, 2024) featured Fr Geoff McIlroy, Parish Priest of St Macartan's Parish Mornington. Fr McIlroy spoke on his life as "The Bikie Priest".

There’s a lot more to the Reverend Father Geoff McIlroy than a life of prayer and preaching. Sure, as the Parish Priest at Saint Macartan’s in Mornington, Father Geoff spends a lot of his time doing God’s work, but when he does get some spare time, he often swaps his priestly vestments for a bikie jacket and heads for the wide-open roads of the beautiful Mornington Peninsula on his Harley Davidson Softail Heritage Classic motorbike.

Come along and hear the unlikely story of the Bikie priest and how he came to faith through stubbornness and anger at God.

An initiative of the Knights of the Southern Cross Victoria to bring together people of all ages from across the south-east suburbs of Melbourne each month. Our aim is to inspire and strengthen Christians by providing ideas and inspiration for renewing the Church by drawing on the truth, beauty and goodness of the Catholic tradition.

Many thanks to those who made this possible, and those in attendance.

God And Beer - Edition 23- Dr Brendan Triffett

An event from the Knights of the Southern Cross Victoria to bring together Catholic men and women of all ages from across the south-east suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, several times a year. The aim is to inspire and strengthen Catholics by providing ideas and inspiration for renewal by drawing on the truth, beauty and goodness of the Catholic faith.

The twenty-second face-to-face event (held at the Notting Hill Hotel on Monday April 15, 2024) featured Dr Brendan Triffett. Dr Triffett spoke on "Divine and Human Fatherhood".

What does it mean to be a good father? What is God's plan for fathers and children? What does it mean to be a child of God the Father? This is an especially important topic in today's world where fathers are often seen as unnecessary or problematic.

Dr Brendan Triffett lives in Albury with his wife Lucy and four children. He has lectured in theology, ethics and critical thinking.

An initiative of the Knights of the Southern Cross Victoria to bring together people of all ages from across the south-east suburbs of Melbourne each month. Our aim is to inspire and strengthen Christians by providing ideas and inspiration for renewing the Church by drawing on the truth, beauty and goodness of the Catholic tradition.

Many thanks to those who made this possible, and those in attendance.

God And Beer - Edition 22- John Canavan (Divine Mercy Publications)

An event from the Knights of the Southern Cross Victoria to bring together Catholic men and women of all ages from across the south-east suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, several times a year. The aim is to inspire and strengthen Catholics by providing ideas and inspiration for renewal by drawing on the truth, beauty and goodness of the Catholic faith.

The twenty-first face-to-face event (held at the Notting Hill Hotel on Monday March 18, 2024) featured John Canavan, Comedian and Founder of Divine Mercy Publicaions. John spoke on his story- "Divine Comedy to Divine Mercy".

John Canavan experienced a profound conversion back to the Catholic faith in 1989. He worked for many years as an R-rated comedian, and after having seen an image of the Merciful Jesus, he was deeply touched – and in a powerful way, knows that he was called to spread the message of Divine Mercy throughout Australia and the Oceania region. https://divinemercy.com.au/

An initiative of the Knights of the Southern Cross Victoria to bring together people of all ages from across the south-east suburbs of Melbourne each month. Our aim is to inspire and strengthen Christians by providing ideas and inspiration for renewing the Church by drawing on the truth, beauty and goodness of the Catholic tradition.

Many thanks to those who made this possible, and those in attendance.