Last Saturday, a number of our parishioners began their period preparation to minister in the parish as Altar Servers. You may remember last year that we announced the restoration of this ministry to the parish. For many years we have gone without acolytes or altar servers. What, then, has prompted us to restore altar service? … Continue reading 15/3/09 – Why Altar Servers?
Liturgy Corner
On Friday, the Church in Australia observed its first annual Autumn Ember Day. On rogation and ember days the practice of the Church is to offer prayers to the Lord for the needs of all people, especially for the productivity of the earth and for human labour, and to give him public thanks. (General Norms … Continue reading 8/3/09 – Ember Days
The young child of a friend of mine had his birthday on Ash Wednesday. Knowing what it's like to have a birthday that has potential to fall on the first day of Lent, I asked whether the celebratory meal would be "meat-free", given it is a "Day of Fast and Abstinence". The jovial response given … Continue reading 1/3/09 – Days of Fast and Abstinence
The season of Lent begins on Wednesday. Ash Wednesday is a day that holds profound meaning for many, reflected in the large numbers who come to Mass on that day. Masses will be held at 9:00 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. The season of Lent is marked by two major themes. The first is that of … Continue reading 22/2/09 – Lent
The cup of blessing that we bless, is it not a sharing in the blood of Christ? The bread that we break, is it not a sharing in the body of Christ? Because there is one bread, we who are many are one body, for we all partake of the one bread. (1 Corinthians 10:16-18) … Continue reading 8/2/09 – St. Paul Writes on the Eucharist
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