St John’s School is part of St John the Baptist Parish Koo Wee Rup, encompassing the townships of Koo Wee Rup, Tooradin and Lang Lang, and their surrounding districts.
Our Parish has two churches, St Mary’s, Lang Lang and St John the Baptist, Koo Wee Rup.
St John’s Parish is a Parish in Partnership with neighbouring Iona/Maryknoll Parish and is within the Diocese of Sale.
Parish Priest: Fr Avinash George Mob: 0451 997 904
St John the Baptist Presbytery
Salmon Street, (PO Box 1)
Koo Wee Rup 3981
Ph: 5997 1510
Fax: 5997 2200
kooweerup@cdsale.org.au
Note: If calls to Fr Avinash directly or the presbytery are unaswered, please leave a message with contact details for followup.
Weekend Mass Times
| St John's Koo Wee Rup | Sunday at 9.30am |
| St Joseph's Iona | Sunday at 11.00am |
| St James Nar Nar Goon | Saturday at 6pm (Winter Months - 5pm) |
| St Mary's Lang Lang | 3rd Sunday of the Month at 8am |
| Holy Family Maryknoll | 2nd Sunday of the Month at 8am |
| St Mary's Lang Lang - Liturgy | Remaining Sundays at 9am |
| Holy Family Maryknoll - Liturgy | Remaining Sundays at 9am |
2025 Jubilee Year 
On Christmas Eve 2024, Pope Francis symbolically opened the Holy Door at St Peter’s Basilica, marking the start of the 2025 Jubilee Year.
Jubilee years happen every 25 years and are times of prayer, pilgramage, reconciliation and renewal. The theme of the 2025 Jubilee is Pilgrims of Hope.
Each Parish in our Diocese have been allocated a theme to celebrate. Our parishes of Iona-Maryknoll & Koo Wee Rup c elebrated the Sick & Health Care Workers in May. You can find the list of celebrations throughout the Diocese here- A Year-Long Journey of Faith & Hope
Jubilee Prayer
Baptisms
Baptism inquiries can be made through the Parish or School Offices.
Iona / Maryknoll Parish Ph: 0456 000 990
St Johns Parish Koo Wee Rup Ph: 59971510 or directly to Eileen Crowley Ph: 0409 971712
ecrowley@stjohnskwr.catholic.edu.au
Preparation Sessions are held on a regular basis.
Weddings
Marriage inquiries can be made directly to Fr Avinash using the phone numbers listed above.
Six months notice please.
Sacraments – Reconciliation, First Eucharist & Confirmation.
Parish Sacramental Co-ordinator: Leonie Hester 0417 551 402
Our Parish, and its school, is proud of its long association with the Josephite Order which has continued for over 30 years through the presence of Sr Rose Wood, who retired from St John’s Parish early in 2014 and more recently through the work of Sister Cathy Dean (deceased) as Pastoral Associate for our Parishes in Partnership during 2015 -2016. Currently we rely on various Josephite Associates within our Parishes to maintain our connectivity with the Josephite order.
For information on Mary MacKillop’s story, the birth of the Sisters of St Joseph and to learn more about the journey to canonisation of Australia’s first saint, Saint Mary of the Cross, visit the following websites:
