Thursday and Friday this coming week we celebrate All Saints and All Souls’ Day. Mass times at St Augustine’s church Yass will be: All Saints Day, Thursday 1st November – 7.30am All Souls Day, Friday 2nd November – 12 noon November is a special time to pray for the dead and remind ourselves of our…
Designing a survey reflecting the comments of the participants at the gathering for the Plenary Council 2020 is proving to be more difficult than I had anticipated. Members of the PPC have decided there are seven or eight topics needing further responses through the survey and we hope to have appropriate questions within the next…
Donations to the Book Fair are now being accepted. Please contact Deb Valencic at deb.valencic@gmail.com or ring or text 0427 674 246 to advise that you have goods to donate and to organise a time to drop off donations or to have them picked up. Donations of books, DVDs, CDs, vinyl records, games, puzzles and…
The participants at our first gathering to look at issues for the Plenary Council 2020 put forward many areas of concern they would like discussed in the broader community. The task of the Parish Pastoral Council is to put together a survey for others to make comment before a second gathering, early February. I am…
The Murrumbateman Catholic Community will once again be participating in the Murrumbateman Field Days to be held this year on the weekend of the 20th and 21st October. The Field Days provide an opportunity for local community groups to raise funds by catering at the event. We will be running our gourmet Tea, Slices and…
Next Wednesday, 17th October, I invite people to gather at the Hartigan Centre at 7:30pm, to discuss issues you would like presented at the Plenary Council 2020. Parishes from the Northern Deanery will meet in Goulburn next Lent and present a broader view of the concerns of the Catholic communities in our region. At our…
On the 17th October, interested parishioners are invited to attend a gathering at 7.30pm at the Hartigan Centre to look at issues they would like as agenda items for the Plenary Council 2020. I have attempted to put together a survey before this gathering but now think it might be better to wait until after…
Our new website, thanks to Paul Trezise, is worth a visit. There have been many positive comments even from people outside our parish. We also have about one hundred parishioners on our email list. If you need to leave a message at the presbytery, it is better to use the mobile number. Since our landline…
Confirmation last Sunday was a wonderful celebration and the people involved are to be congratulated. Next Saturday, the 9am Mass will include the anointing of the sick/frail. The gathering to discuss issues to be presented to the Plenary Council 2020 will be held in the Hartigan Centre, 7:30pm, 17th October, and all are invited to…
Each year the Bishops issue a major statement for the coming year on Social Justice Sunday (the last Sunday in September). Related materials are produced including ten step leaflets, prayer cards, liturgy notes, community education resources, powerpoints etc. The 2018–2019 Statement, titled A Place to Call Home: Making a home for everyone in our land,…
