Easter Services 2023

Holy ThursdayMass of the Lord’s Supper – 7pm (Yass)Good FridayStations of the Cross – 10.30am (Murrumbateman & Gunning)Commemoration of the Passion – 3pm (Yass)Holy SaturdayEaster Vigil Mass – 7pm (Yass)Easter SundayMass 8.30am (Gunning)Mass 10.15am (Yass)For full Easter Service details click here

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…