Parish News

Dear St Mary’s Parishioner,

As I am sure that you are aware, this weekend we will have a special parish celebration of Mass at 11.00am Sunday.

We have much to celebrate in our parish. We have a vibrant community with lots of participation at many levels.

One of the sad aspects, however, is that many parishioners don’t know one another as they attend ‘different’ Masses. That is why we are going to have just one Mass this weekend so that we can meet parishioners that we don’t usually come across. The parish picnic will provide further opportunity for socialising together.

The Mass will have many points of celebration, at the picnic we will have the annual report to the Parish.

The picnic is BYO but there will be coffee available from the coffee van, Café 3564 will have pizza for sale and the Cal will have some food on offer too.

There will be lots of activities for children.

Please invite your family and friends to join us for this special day!

Looking forward to seeing you on Sunday!

St Mary’s PPC

Plenary Council

The future of the Catholic Church in Australia is the subject of a Plenary Council in 2020. The Australian Bishops have asked all Australians to give input to this Council by sharing your thoughts on this fundamental question: WHAT DO YOU THINK GOD IS ASKING OF US IN AUSTRALIA AT THIS TIME? Your response to this question can be made as an individual through the Plenary Council 2020 website, or through a group of your own making (family, friends or interested people you know), or in a group as organised by St Mary’s Parish or your school.

A process has been developed to gather responses in small groups. Several members of St Mary's Parish have been trained in conducting Small Group Listening and Dialogue sessions where your thoughts can be gathered so that they may be forwarded to the Plenary Council, or just help you make your own submission via the Plenary Council website.

Please contact Brendan Shingles (0437 941 620) or Christine Sebire (through St Mary's Parish Office) if you, your family or your group are interested in running a Listening and Dialogue session to share your thoughts on this substantial question. Equally if you know someone outside our faith who has comments that you think might be valuable, please invite them to share their thoughts with someone within the parish, or again through the Council website.

This is a great opportunity to influence the direction of our Church in the near future, and help it better represent all aspects of our faith.