Recently, thanks to generous parishioner donations, the help of volunteers and the initiative of a parish priest who isn’t afraid of crawling under the church or using power tools, our visual display system in the church has had a much-needed and long-overdue upgrade. The nearly twenty-year-old data projector (and around fifty-year-old overhead projector screen) made … Continue reading Our new visual display system
Liturgy Corner
Recently, Archbishop Anthony Fisher of Sydney (and formerly of Parramatta) spoke about the Eucharist, saying “The greatest Eucharistic miracle is the everyday one, and it happens quietly and faithfully, at Mass after Mass, parish after parish.” God takes ordinary bread and wine and offers it to us as the Body and Blood of Christ. This … Continue reading It will become for us our spiritual food and drink
Since we have returned to the practice of receiving Communion from the chalice, some people have also asked about the practice of intinction. Intinction is the means of receiving Communion by dipping the host into the consecrated wine. It is not the preferred means of receiving Communion (receiving each form of Communion separately is preferred), … Continue reading Receiving Communion from the chalice
If you were at our Easter Vigil Mass, then you would have had the wonderful opportunity to celebrate with us the initiation of five adults into the Catholic Church. You may have also noticed that, during the baptism celebration, a group of children started to gather at the side of the baptistery, keen to get … Continue reading “There are people being baptised!”
If you are ever fortunate to visit Rome, you will no doubt visit many churches. There was one church in Rome (perhaps it still is so) where visitors were politely reminded on repeat through the PA system, “Shhh… silenzio. Shhh… silenzio, per favore” (silence please). Elijah on Mount Horeb (detail) by late parishioner Bill Casey. … Continue reading Silenzio, per favore
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