General Notices for Visitors
The rubrics of the Extraordinary Form of Mass require that Holy Communion be given on the tongue and kneeling. Those who cannot kneel because of illness, frailty or old-age are not obliged to kneel and are welcome to stand when receiving Holy Communion (though still on the tongue).
Parking – Do not park in the under-cover parking bay on the immediate left of Charles O’Neill Way. Parking is available further down, or on West St.
Please do not park in yellow-striped bay which is reserved for the St Vincent de Paul Night Patrol vans.
Please leave closer parking bays available for elderly and less mobile Mass-goers.
Ember Days this Week
This week is Ember Week on Wednesday, Friday and Saturday.
“Four times a year, the Church sets aside three days to focus on God through His marvellous creation. These quarterly periods take place around the beginnings of the four natural seasons that ‘like some virgins dancing in a circle, succeed one another with the happiest harmony,’ as St.John Chysostom wrote…these times are spent fasting and partially abstaining (voluntary since the new Code of Canon Law) in penance and with the intention of thanking God for the gifts he gives us in nature and beseeching Him for the discipline to use them in moderation. The fasts, known as Jejunia quatuor temporum or the fast of the four seasons are rooted in Old Testament practices of fasting four times a year…Now in addition to the penitential fasting and alms giving of this time, it is good to consider our stewardship of the earth, a responsibility God gave us in the Garden of Eden, as recorded in Genesis 1:28-30…Because of the days’ focus on nature, they are also traditional time for women to pray for children and safe deliveries…As an aside, the Japanese style of cooking foods in a light batter – tempura – derives from Spanish priests in Nagasaki, Japan who wanted a tasty way to eat vegetables and seafoods so they could avoid eating meat on Ember Days – the Quatuor Tempora…”
(Source- Excerpt taken from Fisheaters.com)
Month of the Sacred Heart
For the month of the Sacred Heart you may make the Personal Act of Consecration according to St.Margaret Mary Alaqoque. These cards will be placed at the feet of the Sacred Heart statue and the names inscribed prayed for the whole month of June. A Novena of Masses will be offered for all the parishioners of MHM for 9 days that will commence on the 28th of June.
Corpus Christi Procession
We will have a Eucharistic Procession after the second Mass on the 23rd of June.
Solemnity of St. Peter and St. Paul
On the 30th of June, the second Mass will be the Mass of the External Solemnity of St. Peter and St. Paul.
Thanks
Rev. Mr. Gilbride (FSSP) would like to thank everyone for their prayers on the occasion of his diaconal ordination.
New Superior General of the Southern Cross Region
Fr.Komorowski, the Superior General of the FSSP, this week appointed Fr.Michael McCaffrey FSSP as the new Superior of the Southern Cross Region (Australia and New Zealand). Fr.McCaffrey will assume his duties on 1st July this year and will be based in Adelaide.
Fr.Perry (OP) R.I.P
Please pray for the repose of the soul of Fr.Perry (OP) who passed away on Saturday the 25th of May.
Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him. May he rest in peace. Amen.
Notices 26/05/2019
Feast of the Queenship of Our Lady, 31st May
The Crowning of Our Lady, Act of Consecration to Our Lady and Mass with hymns. Mass 6.15pm.
Consecration of Children to Jesus, Mary and Joseph available for the inscription of the names of your children to be placed in a basket at the feet of Our Lady.
Rogation Days
“Days of prayer, and formerly also of fasting, instituted by the Church to appease God’s anger at man’s transgressions, to ask protection in calamities, and to obtain a good and bountiful harvest… The Rogation Days are the 25th April, called Major (organised by Gregory the Great), and the three days before the Feast of the Ascension, called Minor (established by St.Mamertus – 522AD).”
The Bishop’s Blend
Looking to network with other young Catholic professionals and learn how to live your faith in the workplace? Then join the Most Reverend Bishop Richard Umbers, Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney, on Monday 27th May 2019 at 7am at the Radisson Blu Hotel Sydney for The Bishop’s Blend, a quarterly breakfast series for young professionals. Online booking is essential. For more information and to purchase tickets, go to:
The Feast of the Queenship of Our Lady, May 31st
The Crowning of Our Lady, Act of Consecration to Our Lady and Mass with hymns. Mass 6.15pm.
Consecration of Children to Jesus, Mary and Joseph available for the inscription of the names of your children to be placed in a basket at the feet of Our Lady.