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 St Patrick's Church Walcha 

For Baptism or Marriage enquiries phone Monsignor Ted Wilkes 67784070.

Mons Ted Wilkes would like to invite parishioners to Sunday Mass 10am.

Term 4 Mass Dates

Tomorrow, Friday 8th December: End of Year and Year 6 Graduation Mass at 11.30am

ADVENT - The First Sunday in Advent - 3rd Dec

Last Sunday commenced the Season of Advent in the Church calendar. 

A - adhere to God's Word and pray for strength

D - devote our hearts and minds to the Lord

V -  vigilantly keep watch over our loved ones, 

E -  enter into the loving embrace of Jesus, turning our backs on evil ways

N - not being tempted by sin, trying our best to follow Jesus' teachings

T - thanksgiving as the year comes to an end, we call to mind the many reasons we have to be thankful.

The Second Sunday in Advent - PEACE -10th Dec

In our Christian understanding we believe in life everlasting. We believe in the hope offered by the Resurrection. We believe in a homecoming to God at the end of our days. We are a people of peace and hope. We need to share our light, be it small and flickering, with others. 

Good relationships are founded on generosity, finding and encouraging the best in others, preferring the positive over the negative. 

1 Peter 4:8 notes, Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins. We human beings are flawed and failing, and we let each other down. 

We need to continue to build each other up so our relationships in our community are strengthened.

 As Oscar Romero reminds us:

We plant the seeds that one day will grow. We water seeds already planted, knowing that they hold future promise. We lay foundations that will need further development.

Let us be encouraged that the good relationships we are building now in faith and life will shelter and nurture those who come after.

THE FEAST OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION-TOMORROW, 8th December

Tomorrow the church will be celebrating the feast of the Immaculate Conception of Mary. We celebrate our belief that Mary was full of God's grace from the first moment of her life. God gave Mary this honour because she would be invited to be the mother of the Saviour.

PRAYER 

Compassionate God, source of all comfort, 

We pray for the people whose lives have been impacted by rain and flood. 

Bring them comfort, we pray. 

Protect the vulnerable. Strengthen the weak. Keep at bay the spread of disease. 

Have mercy on all those working to rescue the stranded and to feed the hungry. 

And may our response to their suffering be generous. 

Amen.

End of Year and Year 6 Graduation Mass -Tomorrow 8th December at 11.30am

Tomorrow, all of the staff and students will be celebrating our End of Year and Year 6 Graduation Mass at St Patrick's Catholic Church at 11.30 am.  Everyone is welcome to join us for this special event.

Catherine McAuley

Catherine’s spirituality was centred on the mercy of God…prayer in action…action in prayer.