This was the first of many shrines dedicated to the Blessed Virgin under various titles
Our intention has always been and remains that we create a united family of Immigrants, loving and helping each other spiritually working together in this place of God, an oasis of Peace, Unity and Love while we thrive to maintain harmony and good examples among us..
Funded by Msgr. Benedict Camilleri and other Maltese devotees, work commenced on the 14th November 2005. On 18th December 2005, The oratory was inaugurated and blessed by His Lordship, Dr Frank Little, Archbishop of Melbourne
“I am The Immaculate Conception”
The privilege of the “Immaculate Conception” of Our Lady is the basic privilege of all the privileges God bestowed on his mother Mary, having been the mother of his Son Jesus Christ and co-redeemer of the human race.
The Church with her infallible authority declared, by the lips of H.H. Pope Pius IX on 8th Dec 1854, that this article of faith had been revealed by God Himself. This Definition has been received with great enthusiasm by the whole Church and this day remained one of the most memorable days in the whole Church.
Four years later, the Blessed Virgin Mary, herself, confirmed this truth to St. Bernadette Soubirou at the town of Lourdes, in France.