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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

Friday 20th October: Mass and First Reconciliation for eligible candidates at 11.30 am

Friday 10th November: Mass at 11.30am

Friday 17th November: Mass at 11.30am

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

Reflection

Yesterday the Church celebrated the feast of Luke the Evangelist. Luke wrote the third gospel and the Acts of the Apostles. He was a doctor, and some think he was also an artist. Luke became a Christian after Jesus' resurrection and had to learn about Jesus from other Christians. Luke became a missionary and travelled with Paul bringing the good news of Jesus to many nations.

Prayer

Divine Wisdom,

you led Saint Luke and the other women and men,

to put into the Holy Bible

words that would bring us closer to you.

Help us to understand the Bible

better and better each day.

Let your word, like good seed,

take root in our hearts

and bear fruit in our lives.

We ask this through Christ our Lord.

Amen.

First Reconciliation

We pray for Digby, Harriet, Lucy, Phoebe and Teddy who will receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation for the first time tomorrow. Each student will receive their First Reconciliation after Mass on Friday 20th October. Everyone is invited to join us for this celebration.

Confirmation

On Sunday 5th November there will be five students who will be confirmed at the Parish Mass at 10:30am. Monsignor Ted Wilkes will confirm our five candidates. Please keep the children in your prayers.

As there are only three more weeks before our candidates will be confirmed, a number of items need to be completed before the ceremony will take place. During Mass, the candidate's sponsor will present the Monsignor or myself with a Confirmation Card, which includes information concerning the candidate's baptism, the saint's name they would like to have, as well as their sponsor's name. Last week a compass event notification was sent to all of our Confirmation families requesting this information. It would be greatly appreciated if this could be completed by tomorrow, Friday 20th October.

October - the month of the Rosary

Did you know that the month of October is dedicated to Mary, our Lady of the Rosary? The Rosary is often the go-to prayer for groups and families, young children can take turns at leading the Hail Mary and the Lord’s Prayer.

The Rosary is useful for other reasons too:

It suits beginners as well as experienced rosary prayers, since you don’t need to know all the traditional prayers, which can be read out.
There is no creativity involved, no thought required except for a gentle calling to mind of the mystery being prayed.
It is a vocal as well as a mental and contemplative prayer. It can be spoken or sung, it suits people at any level of prayer and who are comfortable with very different ways of praying.
It engages the senses. It includes visual, auditory and tactile elements; the images you call to mind or look at in a booklet or on a screen, or statues, the sounds of the prayers, and the counting off of the beads.

“The rosary is a contemplative and Christ-centred prayer, inseparable from meditation of the Sacred Scripture. It is the prayer of the Christian who advances in the pilgrimage of faith, following Jesus, preceded by Mary,” Pope Benedict XVI.

OCTOBER - World Mission Month

Thank you and congratulations to all of the children at St Pat's for their wonderful support with Catholic Missions today. We are still counting the amount of money that was raised through our Crazy Sock and Hair Day as well as Duct Taping the Principal to the wall this afternoon. The money that we raised will be going to support families in Timor-Leste facing health and wellness challenges.

Sacrament Dates for 2023

2023 First Reconciliation: Date has been set for our Catholic students in Years 2 and 3 for Friday 20th October 2023.

2023 Confirmation: Date has been set for our Catholic students in Years 5 and 6 for Sunday 5th November 2023.

Catherine McAuley

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