Father Michael will be away from Tuesday, 23 August. He will be in Singapore on family matters. There will be Communion Services only at the Monday, Tuesday, Friday and Saturday morning Masses from Tuesday 23 August until the first week of September on a date yet to be confirmed. There will be regular Masses on the weekend as well as the regular confession times before all Masses except for Sunday morning 9am Mass at St John Vianney Church.
Father Michael will then be on pilgrimage from 19 September for four weeks. He will be visiting Lourdes and Fatima as part of his trip. Parishioners who would like Father to take a prayer intention with him are welcome to leave it in the sacristy before or after a Communion Service or Mass, or in the locked mailbox at the end of the driveway at the Presbytery. Please place the request in a sealed envelope; do not put any name other identifier on the outside of the envelope; and please do not put money in the envelope.
Parish Confirmation enrolments have closed. Participants are reminded that the final 9am Sunday Masses at St John Vianney Church are this weekend and 28 August, followed by group sessions. If you are unable to attend either Mass, there will be substitute group sessions at St John Vianney Church at 5.30pm on Tuesday 23 August and Tuesday 30 August. There will be a final reflection evening for all participants and their parents on Wednesday 31 August. Confirmation will be at St John Vianney Church at 6pm on Tuesday 6 September.
Funeral Service planning. Our project to help parishioners to design their funeral service booklets is making good progress. A number of parishioners are currently testing the prototype information package, and I thank them for their help. The Parish Office will keep you informed of any developments while I am away - Father Michael.
God's Word 2023 is now available to order. You can make your payment of $18 through the Qkr! app (preferred) or by putting the money in an envelope marked "God's Word" (with your name and the church you'd like to collect it from) and putting the envelope in either collection at Mass. The deadline for orders is 27 September.
Father Michael asks you to pray for these special intentions:
For our Confirmation candidates and their families.
For Claire Corson and her family, as Claire begins her novitiate with the Dominican Sisters in Nashville.
For Sister Janina and the mother of Sister Ursula, of the the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth (the founding teaching order at St Jude's School), following the bus accident that claimed their lives on their way to Medjugorje.