Parish News
Parish Information
Parish Priest: Fr Ken D’Souza
Phone: (08) 9276 1008
Email: dianella@perthcatholic.org.au
Secretary: Amanda Reneaux
Parish Mass Times
Weekdays
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday- 8:00am
Wednesday 9:00am
Weekend
Saturday—Vigil Mass 6:00pm
Sunday—Mass 7:30am, 9:30am and 5:00pm
Parish Youth Mass—Last Saturday of each month.
Altar Servers
Saturday 11 August 6.00pm
Danika Knight, Xavier Scott
August - Month of the Immaculate Heart
The month of August is dedicated to the Immaculate Heart. Since the 16th century Catholic piety has assigned entire months to special devotions. The month of August is traditionally dedicated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. The physical heart of Mary is venerated (and not adored as the Sacred Heart of Jesus is) because it is united to her person and is the seat of her love (especially for her divine Son), virtue, and inner life. Such devotion is an incentive to a similar love and virtue.
This devotion has received new emphasis in this century from the visions given to Lucy Dos Santos, oldest of the visionaries of Fatima, in her convent in Tuy, in Spain, in 1925 and 1926. In the visions, Our Lady asked for the practice of the Five First Saturdays to help make amends for the offences committed against her heart by the blasphemies and ingratitude of men. The practice parallels the devotion of the Nine First Fridays in honour of the Sacred Heart.
On October 31, 1942, Pope Pius XII made a solemn Act of Consecration of the Church and the whole world to the Immaculate Heart. Let us remember this devotion year-round, but particularly through the month of August.
National Vocations Awareness - Sunday 12 August 2018 at 3pm
Archbishop Costelloe will lead a Holy Hour in the Cathedral praying for Vocations. There will be exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and Benediction. All are welcome. The Church in Perth needs more priests and religious. Each one of us can do something about this. Firstly - pray each day. A simple prayer may be the cause of one person saying 'yes'. Secondly - talk about the possibility of a vocation to others. Lend your voice to the call of the Lord.
2018 Year of Youth Child Protection Week Breakfast - 4 September 7.30am - 9.00am Duxton Hotel Ballroom, 1 St. Georges Terrace, Perth, RSVP: safeguarding@perthcatholic.org.au or telephone 9221 7762. Cost: $49.00 per person.
Save the Date!! - Cathedral Fund-Raiser Concert - 'Sing with Sound of Trumpets' - Sunday 19 August at 2.15pm. Features Cathedral choir and the brass ensemble from the WA Dept of Fire and Emergency Services Concert Band. Details and tickets at Piety Stall.
Also in Music News - Please check out the Director of Music blog on the new Cathedral website: www.stmaryscathedralperth.com.au