Christmas 2022 Mass Times
Christmas Eve – Saturday 24 December 5:00pm – St. Francis Xavier’s Church, Gunning 7:00pm – Mt Carmel School grounds, Yass 8:30pm – Uniting Church Hall, Murrumbateman Christmas Day – Sunday 25 December 8:30am – St. Francis Xavier’s Church, Gunning 10:15am – St. Augustine’s Church, Yass
Circus comes to Cootamundra
Don’t miss the school holiday Free Circus & Celebration of Family, Sunday 10th July, 2pm-4pm Sacred Heart Central School, Morris St, Cootamundra. Sausage sizzle, popcorn & fairy floss available for sale. Cost: FREE. Seats limited. Register at https://bit.ly/WMF_FREECIRCUS More information HERE or contact lara.kirk@cg.org.au 0429 192 869
Archdiocesan Celebrations of the World Meeting of Families 2022
Archdiocesan Celebrations of the World Meeting of Families 2022 will be held in three locations in our Archdiocese Sunday 12 June Cooma for the Snowy Monaro region Sunday 26th June Manuka for the Canberra region Sunday 10th July Cootamundra for the Western Deanery To find out more go to http://www.cgcatholic.org.au/marriagefamily/wmf-2022/ Universal Celebrations of the World…
Child Protection Code
All volunteers in the parish are required to be familiar with the Archdiocese’s Child Protection Code of Conduct. The Child Protection Code of Conduct informs and reminds all employees and volunteers of the Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn of the standards of behaviour as well as other requirements that must be adhered to when working…
Towards a better kind of politics
Read the Australian Catholic Bishops’ 2022 election statement , Towards a Better Kind of Politics, to help you reflect on the good you can do for the community by using your vote for the common good of all. The statement includes a Prayer for the Election and the principles of Catholic Social Teaching. Click here…
Parish Assembly 26th March
St Augustine’s & St Francis Xavier’s parishes will be holding a Parish Assembly on Saturday 26th March. It will start with Mass in St Augustine’s church Yass at 9:00am. We will then move to the Mt Carmel School PAC for morning tea and the Assembly. We are delighted that Eileen Glass AM will be with…
Reclaiming evangelisation
As part of the Reclaiming Evangelisation series from the Archdiocese of Sydney, Pontifical Biblical Commission member Dr Mary Healy addressed online participants on how to learn about calling and forming disciples today from examining the “first evangelisation’ in Scripture. The talk is available online here. Dr Healy is an American scripture scholar and globally-respected speaker. She is a professor…
Australia Day 2022 – Reflect. Respect. Celebrate……..Do
Please find below the full NATSICC Statement for Australia Day 2022. Australia Day is complicated for many First Australians, and we have a long way to go before all Australians feel comfortable celebrating Australia Day on January 26, or indeed at all. Many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples feel that moving the date would…
Murrumbateman Mass
Because St Augustine’s Church is currently unavailable, parishioners joined Fr Peter in the celebration of Mass at Murrumbateman on Saturday 23rd October. The venue was the “Kirk Cathedral”, one of the massive storage sheds at Clonakilla Winery. It was an incredibly picturesque setting for a joyful liturgy. Mass will continue at Murrumbateman for Saturdays 30…