Parish News 

Dear Parishioners,

We are excited to come back to normal lives. This weekend is our carnival with Mass at 10:30am onwards.

Some important news and updates as follows: 

1. Booking for Masses

For Tuesday to Friday, no bookings are needed.

By phone call. From 9am to 12 pm call the office on 9546 8276, and from 12pm -5pm Please phone Paddy 0422 296 961.

Secondly, you can use this form to fill for Masses. https://forms.gle/jwMesxDYtycKpWHJA.

On 13th December, Together As One (Carnival) day, we only have one Mass at 10:30 am outdoors for 350 parishioners to come back and celebrate with others at the School oval. It will be a wonderful occasion to see others. Please book for this Mass as well in the same form above. We need some volunteers for this event. Please contact the office.

In the next round of the roadmap it is expected that things will normal. If it is normal we will not be taking any bookings for Sunday Masses after 13th December. Please join if you have registered. If not you can register using the above link.

We need some volunteers to set up the space. Please email if you are helping us stanthonysnpevents@gmail.com or turn up on Sunday at 9am at the oval of the school. The team will be there. Thank you in advance.

Christmas Mass timings– 24th December 6:30 family Mass, Midnight and 25th December Morning 8:30 and 10:30.

Parishioners still have to book because of the contact tracing regulations. Each Christmas Mass will hold up to 350 people both in the church and in the Hall. Early arrivals will be allowed in the church, others will be accommodated in the hall. There will be Carols before Family Mass and Midnight Mass. The doors will be opened just half an hour before the celebration. Bookings site is open from now; use the above link.

1. Newsletter and Reflection

This weeks’ newsletter gives a blessing prayer for our Advent. You can read the newsletter here. The same is attached. The reflection for this weekend is in the newsletter.

1. Advent Zoom Prayer

Advent is a way of living in anticipation. The whole season prepares us to allow Christ into our hearts and minds, sometimes in ways far different from the way our secular society celebrates the “excitement of December.” Advent prayer will begin on Thursday 26th of November 10.30am, Via Zoom https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83558476342  (this will help us to prepare for the coming Sunday’s readings.)

1. Census Card 2020 (Reminder)

We request you to take some time to fill out this Census Card. (click the blue underlined letters) It will help us to update our family records and will help us to determine who needs our attention most. It will only take 5-6 minutes. In case you have made a  mistake you can correct anytime through the link.

5.       Mass for the Weekend,

Please check our YouTube page for Masses. Click here for this Sunday’s Mass, the link will become active at 10:25 am on Sunday. Please subscribe and click on the bell icon to get notified whenever we go live. We only have one Mass this weekend.

6.       Business hours

The office is partly open from 9am-12pm.  Call us anytime on 95468276, if not answered leave your message and contact number, will return your call as soon as possible. If your call is not returned in two business days, it might be either your message/ number was not clear to us or you have not left a number to call you back. So please call back. Simultaneously, you can email us parishsecretary@stanthonysparish.net. 

7.       Christmas Raffle to raise fund for renovation of our church. More news on the newsletter.

1.  Renovation update

The Work is  underway in full force and they are on time for the completion date (Before Christmas).You can see some photos on our Facebook page, like this page to get more updates

Have a safe weekend.

Parish Team,

Frs. Martin and Brian