Portland's 175th Anniversary Celebrations

Celebrations will be held over the weekend of August 27 & 28, 2022

In response to the tying of ribbons by Bishop Paul Bird, Bishop of Ballarat, the Parish of All Saints Parish Portland has erected a “Loud Fence” at the front of the Parish Church in Bentinck St.

A program of walking tours, open houses and a visit by Bishop Paul Bird marked the occasion of the 150th Anniversary of Mary Mackillop’s departure from Portland to Penola; where with Fr Julian Tenison-Woods she founded the Sisters of St Joseph in March 1866, eventually leading her on a path to sainthood.

On Sunday, March 6, the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the celebration of the first Mass in St Gregory’s Heywood was commemorated.