Fr. Peter

Today, Quyen and I went to Corrimal Church and met with Fr. Peter Comonsoli to discuss him marrying us....

hmmm... I was crapping myself hard. Hoping he would marry us despite the fact that Quyen is Buddhist, and I don't go to Church. As well as other factors which are too boring to go into here.

We discussed our situation and had a chat about the past. I know Father Peter from about 14 years ago when he was training to be a Priest at the Immaculate Conception Parish in Unanderra (Southern suburb of Wollongong). I went to his ordination - I think I may have even been an alter boy for it - but i can't be sure.

He hasn't changed and I must say that he is so down to Earth and is a perfect example of what I expect all Priest's to be like in the Catholic Church today. I hope the new generation of Catholic Priests will change with the times. Only then will more young people enjoy the Church as not only a place of worship, but a true instituion of guidance and fun.

Enough preaching.

We have to get a few documents in preparation for the papers to be submitted to the wonderful Australian Government and the Catholic Church. My part for that is easy - a original Birth Certificate extract; and a Baptism Extract.

Quyen needs to get her Birth Certificate extract. Only problem with that is... it's somewhere in downtown South Vietnam - records are not kept in Vietnam. The best we have is her Refugee Visa from 1980... hopefuly that will be ok. I shall keep you posted...