This coming Saturday, 1st March 2025 at 10:00am, a Requiem Mass will be offered for the repose of the soul of Fr Joseph Martins (Former Parish Priest of St Mary's) at St Mary Star of the Sea, West Melbourne.

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Fr Joseph Martins

(17/09/1939 - 19/02/2025)

A much loved priest of the Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei. Born in Providence, Rhode Island, USA on 17 September 1939. Arrived in Australia in 1970 as foundation Master of Warrane College, UNSW. Ordained a priest in 1996. Parish Priest of St Mary Star of the Sea from 2001 to 2007. Passed away peacefully at Macquarie University Hospital, having received the last sacraments and accompanied by family, on 19 February.

Aged 85 years.