Thu      17^th April - 7pm Holy Thursday

Fri        18^th April - 3pm Good Friday

Sat       19^th April - 7pm East Vigil Station of the Cross

Sun      20^th April - 8.30am Easter Sunday

GATHERING TO CELEBRATE AND GIVE THANKS FOR THE HARVEST

A parish gathering to celebrate and give thanks for the harvest will be held Sunday 16th February. In Jesus’ day, the Jewish people celebrated the “Feast of Ingathering” or the “Feast of Tabernacles”. Everyone shared from their harvest, and goods were collected for the poor. St Augustine’s Parish will again celebrate the harvest with the same sense of joy and sharing. We invite all farmers, crops growers, orchardists, winegrowers, home gardeners and cooks, to bring from their produce on that day – for the produce swapping table. Let us also share abundance with those in need; we encourage people to bring a non-perishable item in a can, jar or packet, of something produced in our area. On the day, donors can bring these items to the altar in the entry procession for the St Vincent DePaul Society baskets. We also ask people to bring a plate to share following Mass.

Decommissioning St Sebastian’s Merrigum Invitation

After 122 years of service, St Sebastian’s Church in Merrigum will be closing its doors.  You are invited to join the congregation for the Decommissioning Mass.

The celebrants for the Mass will be Bishop Shane Mackinlay and Father Uday Marneni OSS.

Date:                      Sunday 2 February 2025

Time:                     12 noon

Place:                     St Sebastian’s Church, 78 Morrissey Street, Merrigum, VIC, 3618

A celebration gathering with lunch provided will be held after Mass at the Merrigum Bowling Club, Morrissey Street, Merrigum.  Enquiries: 5852 1026 Email: kyabram@sandhurst.catholic.org.au

Tuesday 17 December - 6pm Communal Reconciliation

Saturday 21 December – 5pm Individual Confession, 6pm Mass

Sunday 22 December – 8.30am Mass

Tuesday 24 December – 7.30pm Carols, 8pm Mass

Wednesday 25 December – 8.30am Mass

Last weekend we welcomed Bishop Shane Mackinlay DD, parents, family and friends of the children who were receiving the Sacraments of Confirmation and First Eucharist.

We congratulate the following children and ask that you please keep them in your prayers:

Kiara Abbate                      Hannah Borrelli

Harry Bunfield                   Francis Cabaraban

Grace Chester                    Claire Cunnan

Mason Fitzpatrick              Archer Greenshields

Elisha Melville                   Ryder Morris

Ruby Nicholson                 Collette Pegoraro

Wynter Young

This week we were privilege to have the Statue of Our Lady of Fatima as part of the pilgrimage in our Diocese. Parishioners are invited to spend some time in prayer and personal reflection on Thursday or Friday from 9am. All welcome.

Celebration of  the Feast of St Augustine our patron saint.

Thank you to all who helped and contributed to a delicious meal.

Renew in your Church, we pray, O Lord, that spirit with which you endowed your Bishop Saint Augustine that, filled with the same spirit, we may thirst for you, the sole fount of true wisdom, and seek you, the author of heavenly love. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen