Monday – Feb 5 No Mass Scripture Reflection Group 7.30pm Tuesday – Feb 6 Mass 9am Wed – Feb 7 No Mass Meditation 10am Thursday – Feb 8 School Mass 9.15am Friday – Feb 9 Mass 8.30am Saturday – Feb 10 Reconciliation 5.30pm Vigil Mass 6pm Sunday – Feb 11 […]
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Mass and prayer times this week Jan 29 to Feb 4
Monday – Jan 29 No Mass Tuesday – Jan 30 Mass 9am Wed – Jan 31 No Mass Thursday – Feb 1 No Mass Friday – Feb 2 Mass 8.30am Saturday – Feb 3 Reconciliation 5.30pm Vigil Mass 6pm Sunday – Feb 4 Masses 10am 5.30pm.
Course on St Mark’s Gospel
THE Australian Catholic University is offering short courses in Theology – Encountering the Gospel of Mark in the 21st Century. Explore the Gospel that will be heard in the Sunday lectionary in 2018 from an historical and narrative context, and in dialogue with the experiences of people’s lives today. Classes commence on February 23. For […]
Parish feast
NEXT Thursday, February 1, is the Feast Day of St Bridget of Ireland, the patron saint of our parish and school community. The Feast Day will be celebrated as a parish/school community at a later date to be decided with the school and the Parish Pastoral Council. We pray to St Bridget, and ask […]
Mass and prayer times this week Jan 22 to Jan 28
Monday – Jan 22 No Mass Tuesday – Jan 23 Mass 9am Wed – Jan 24 No Mass Thursday – Jan 25 No Mass Friday – Jan 26 Australia Day Mass 10am Saturday – Jan 27 Reconciliation 5.30pm Vigil Mass 6pm Sunday – Jan 28 Mass 10am No […]
Day of Prayer and awareness against Human Trafficking
POPE Francis declared February 8 each year (the Feast of Canossian Sister, St Josephine Bakhita of Sudan) to be the International Day of Prayer and Awareness Against Human Trafficking. In response to the Pope’s call, all are welcome to prayers and Mass at St Patrick’s Cathedral East Melbourne on – Date: Thursday February 8, 2018 […]
Lent begins Feb 14
LENT begins on Ash Wednesday February 14. Masses (with the Blessing and distribution of the Ashes) on Ash Wednesday will be at 11.45am with the school and in the evening at 7.30pm. A Lenten Reflection program to prepare for the joy of Easter will be held each Tuesday (February 20, 27, March 6,13 & 20) […]
Thanks for generosity
MANY thanks to all the parishioners who donated/contributed very generously to the various collections over the Christmas period. These include donations at the crib, Christmas Day collection, Christmas offerings, Refugee Action Group Giving Tree and SVDP Christmas hampers. Thank you and may we be inspired by the words of St Francis “it is in giving […]
Sacramental Program Enrolment
PARENTS whose children attend State schools are invited to enrol their children for the parish Religious Education and Sacramental Preparation classes. Enrolment forms are available in the narthex or on the parish website (click to download form). Enrolment day is Monday February 5 at 7pm in the church narthex. Parents and their children are required […]
Pope’s visit as pilgrim to share the Gospel’s message of hope and joy
ROME – Less than a week before embarking on a seven-day visit to South America, Pope Francis said he would go to Chile and Peru . “I want to meet with you, look into your eyes, see your faces and experience God’s closeness, his tenderness and mercy that embraces and consoles us,” the pope said […]