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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 3 Mass Dates

Thursday 14th September: Mass and the Blessed Exposition 

Reflection

Tomorrow is the feast of the birth of Mary, the mother of Jesus. She is also the mother of all who follow Jesus, so we call her our Blessed Mother. People of every nation and language honour Mary. They have given her many titles of respect.

In the following reading, we hear Mary's words of praise for all that God has done for her and for all God's people. These words are called the "Magnificat", a song which the church sings every evening.

Read the words of the holy gospel according to Luke:

Mary spoke these words:

"With all my heart I praise the Lord,

and I am glad because of God my Saviour.

Care cares for me, his humble servant.

From now on, all people will say

God has blessed me.

God All-Powerful has done great things for me,

and his name is holy.

God gives the hungry good things to eat,

and sends the rich away with nothing.

God helps his servant Israel

and is always merciful to his people.

The Lord made this promise to our ancestors,

to Abraham and his family forever!"

The gospel of the Lord.

Prayer 

Hail, Mary, full of grace,

the Lord is with you!

Blessed are you among women,

and blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus.

Holy Mary, Mother of God,

pray for us sinners

now and at the hour of our death.

Amen.

Next School Mass on Thursday 14th September

All of the students and staff of St Patrick's will be celebrating Mass on Thursday 14th September commencing at 11.30am. Everyone is invited to join us for this special occasion.

First Reconciliation and Confirmation

At the moment we have five students from St Patrick's who will be receiving the Sacrament of Reconciliation for the first time on Friday 20th October after Mass. The preparation program commenced earlier this week.

Also, there will be five students who will be receiving the Sacrament of Confirmation on Sunday 5th November. The preparation program will commence next week.

If you have any questions/queries regarding the Sacrament of First Reconciliation or the Sacrament of Confirmation, please feel free to contact Mr Hyatt.

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.