Next weekend we celebrate Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord. Thanks to the Webster’s and their friends who will supply the traditional palms. But if you have olive branches, please bring them for distribution. On the Sunday at 2pm, there is also a rally in support of asylum seekers and refugees, at Riverbank…
From Fr Mick I will be working in Timor Leste for two weeks after Easter. This time I will be travelling with Graeme Hocking from Darwin. Graeme is a good friend who works with Yass/Gunning Belun, visiting Timor Leste to oversee our works at no cost to us. He is an expert in clean water…
At the Easter Vigil, Wendy Caire, Trish Chipangura and Georgia Whitaker will be baptized, confirmed and join us at the Eucharistic altar. In these last three weeks, please pray for these three wonderful ladies as they prepare to join us. As a result of our yearly audit for WHS, we have discovered a significant upgrade…
The Plenary Council’s Listening and Dialogue phase ended earlier this month, concluding a period of almost 10 months for people to share their stories and consider the question “What do you think God is asking of us in Australia at this time?” The National Centre for Pastoral Research has compiled statistical data and reported that…
Next Sunday, being the fifth Sunday of the month, Mass will be held at Wee Jasper at 10:00am. Gunning and Murrumbateman will celebrate a Liturgy of the Word with Holy Communion at the usual times. The first meeting for the year of the Community Council of Mount Carmel School will be held this Thursday. On…
At the Parish Pastoral Council Meeting on the 13th March the Parish Councillors reviewed the duties of their portfolios and discussed how they could use their roles to best meet some of the issues of concern for parishioners raised at our Parish Plenary preparation meeting. They decided on three main areas for action: Connection and…
At St. Augustine’s Parish Pastoral Council held this week, we welcomed Lourdes O ‘Keefe who will manage the social portfolio, assisted by Steve Scroope. We listened to reports from each member and these will be available to parishioners via email and the noticeboard. If you read the reports, I think you will be amazed at…
Parishioners from St Augustine’s Parish strike a pose at the Caritas Kitchen Project Compassion launch last Thursday. After a delicious pot luck dinner, guest speaker Paul Mwenda told his story about the afternoon in Kenya when blindness became his constant companion. Paul’s story was extraordinary; he described how important it was to him to forgive…
I was delighted to see the number of people who attended the two Masses at St. Augustine’s on Ash Wednesday, more than in previous years. I hope we all avail ourselves of the disciplines of prayer, fasting and almsgiving, as we journey towards Easter with renewed spirits. At Easter there will be three adults who…
In view of the conviction of George Pell, no matter what the outcome of the appeal, the Church in Australia must undergo a radical transformation of governance. The hierarchy, including myself, needs to act in a servant role with a genuine compassion and love for the vulnerable of society. The Church as defined by Vatican…
