WEEKLY PARISH UPDATES
Mass Times:
Sacred Heart Church:
Tuesday – Friday 7:30am
Saturday 9:00am
Saturday 5:00pm
Sunday 7:30am
9:00am (Polish)
10:30am
Slovene 2nd Sunday of month at 5.00pm
Emmaus Church
Saturday 6:30pm
Sunday 9:00am
LENT PRAYER AND RECONCILIATION SERVICES will be on Wednesday 29th March at 7.30pm at Emmaus, and on Thursday 30th March at 7.30 at Sacred Heart.
Maltese confessions with Fr. Edwin Agius will be at Sacred Heart Church
Saturday 1st April from 11am – 12pm.
Risen Lord Community Prayer Group Lenten/Easter program—Friday 24th March
It's only one week for Lent to begin. Our Prayer Group for many years have conducted Stations of the Cross during lent on Fridays from 7:15pm till 7:55pm prior to our prayer meeting. (Except for Friday 3rd of March) Our parishioners of Sacred Heart/Emmaus are most welcome to participate in the stations of cross.
HOLY WEEK/EASTER
PALM SUNDAY (1st-2nd April)
Usual weekend Mass times. Procession of Palms commences at the front of the churches
HOLY THURSDAY (6th April)
EMMAUS: 7pm
SACRED HEART: 7pm
GOOD FRIDAY (7th April)
STATIONS OF THE CROSS
11am on ‘the oval’ at SACRED HEART
SERVICE OF THE LORD’S PASSION
EMMAUS: 3pm
SACRED HEART: 3pm
HOLY SATURDAY (8th April)
BLESSING OF FOOD
SACRED HEART: 10am
EASTER VIGIL (8th April)
EMMAUS: 7pm
SACRED HEART: 7pm
EASTER SUNDAY (9th April)
EMMAUS: 9am
SACRED HEART: 7.30am, 9am (Polish) 10.30am
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THANKSGIVING CONTRIBUTIONS
Thank you to all who are continuing to support our Parish’s financial commitments: the bills keep coming in!
For Parishioners who contribute to the Parish with Envelopes, there is a new way for you to continue your contribution directly:
· Payments can only be made online using a computer
· Payments require a Credit Card or Debit Card with VISA or MASTERCARD logo
All these contributions will go directly into our Parish account. To get started:
· click on the link THANKSGIVING SACRED HEART/EMMAUS on the left of the home page
· select the amount you want to contribute to keep up your regular contribution
· in the "Comment" box, enter your name and envelope number
We continue to thank our Debit/Credit card contributors who are so important to our Parish.
- OR You can also deliver your Thanksgiving Envelopes to the letterbox at Sacred Heart
church—it’s secure and cleared frequently;
- OR You can 'store up' your Envelopes and bring them when we're allowed to gather again.
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***IMPORTANT PARISH NOTICE***
OPPORTUNITIES TO SHARE IN MASS ON TV, ONLINE AND VIA YOUTUBE
Mass for You at Home, (MFYAH). The Mass is celebrated in St John Vianney Co-Cathedral, Wollongong. It shows at 6.00am Sundays on Channel Ten and is repeated multiple times a day on Foxtel’s Aurora channel.
Importantly for those who have become used to Mass being ‘streamed’, this Sunday Mass is also available on demand on Channel Ten’s platform www.tenplay.com.au/mfyah.
The Mass is also available on Wollongong’s YouTube channel which can be accessed on www.massforyou.com.au as well as the Diocesan website, www.dow.org.au. There are also links to it on the Diocesan Facebook page and the MFYA Facebook page.
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Channel 31 (usually found at ‘44’ on digital TV’s) 11.00am Sundays from St Patrick’s Cathedral or
online at: https://melbournecatholic.org.au/Mass at 1.00pm on weekdays, and at 11.00am on Sundays
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online at: http://bit.ly/MassOnDemand
(continuous daily from Lavender Bay Parish, Sydney