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    • MASS TIMES
      Sunday Mass
      Saturday (Vigil) 5:30pm
      Sunday 8am, 10am, 6:30pm
       
      Daily Mass
      For Special Feast Days that fall on other weekdays - extra Masses at 8:15am or 6pm (Monday 6pm only)
      Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday 8:15am
       
      Our Lady of Perpetual Help Novena, Mass, Cenacle Prayer
      Wednesday 6pm

       

      All Night Prayer Vigil
      1st Friday-Saturday
      1-2 December 2023
      5-6 January 2024
      2-3 February 2024
       
       
      Starts Friday 7pm, 7:30pm Holy Mass, Finishes Saturday 12:30am Holy Mass
       
      Healing Mass/Anointing of the Sick
      1st Saturday 8:15am
       
      EUCHARISTIC ADORATION
      Tue, Thu, Fri, Sat 7:15-8:15am
      Tue-Fri 8-9pm
       
      CONFESSIONS
      Sat 8:45-9:15am, 5-5:25pm
      on request, before/after weekday Mass
       

      HOLY DAY OF OBLIGATION* 15 August - Feast of the Assumption of Our Lady

      *In the Catholic Church, holy days of obligation are days on which the faithful are expected to attend Mass, and engage in rest from work and recreation (i.e., they are to refrain from engaging in work or activities that hinder the worship owed to God), according to the fourth commandment.

    • Parish Bulletins
      For more information and notices please see Parish Notices/COVID-19 and Archdiocese of Sydney News. Please feel free to contact us by email or phone 02 9587 8064. There would also be posters up in the church or on our Notice Boards outside the church or the Presbytery.
    • November: Month of the Holy Souls in Purgatory, Month of Remembrance.
      All Saints, from the Landauer Altar, by Albrecht Durer, 1511; Kunsthistorisches Museum; swiped off Wikipedia 
       
      God, Lord of mercies, grant to the souls of Your servants and handmaids, the place of refreshment, the bliss of eternal rest and the splendor of Your light. Amen.
      William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825-1905) - The Day of the Dead (1859).jpg 
      The month of November is dedicated to the Holy Souls in Purgatory. The Church commemorates all her faithful children who have departed from this life, but have not yet attained the joys of heaven. St. Paul warns us that we must not be ignorant concerning the dead, nor sorrowful, "even as others who have no hope ... For the Lord Himself shall come down from heaven ... and the dead who are in Christ shall rise."
       
      Prayer of the Month - Prayer for the Dying
      O most merciful Jesus, Lover of souls, I pray Thee, by the agony of Thy most Sacred Heart, and by the sorrows of Thine Immaculate Mother, cleanse in Thine Own Blood the sinners of the whole world who are now in their agony and who are to die this day. Amen.
      Out of the depths I cry to You, O Lord; Lord, hear my voice!
       
      A partial indulgence can be obtained by devoutly visiting a cemetery and praying for the departed, even if the prayer is only mental. One can gain a plenary indulgence visiting a cemetery each day between November 1 and November 8. These indulgences are applicable only to the Souls in Purgatory.
      A plenary indulgence, again applicable only to the Souls in Purgatory, is also granted when the faithful piously visit a church or a public oratory on November 2. In visiting the church or oratory, it is required, that one Our Father and the Creed be recited.
      A partial indulgence, applicable only to the souls in purgatory, can be obtained when the Eternal Rest (Requiem aeternam) is prayed. This is a good prayer to recite especially during the month of November: Eternal rest grant to them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. May the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.

    • December: Month of the Advent of Christ
      Simbang Gabi is a devotional, nine-day series of Masses in anticipation of Christmas, held daily from December 16 to 24.
      On the last day of the Simbang Gabi, which is Christmas Eve, the service is instead called Misa de Gallo.
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    • Catechism of the Catholic Church

      II. THE PRECEPTS OF THE CHURCH

      2041 The precepts of the Church are set in the context of a moral life bound to and nourished by liturgical life. The obligatory character of these positive laws decreed by the pastoral authorities is meant to guarantee to the faithful the very necessary minimum in the spirit of prayer and moral effort, in the growth in love of God and neighbor:

      2042 The first precept ("You shall attend Mass on Sundays and holy days of obligation and rest from servile labor") requires the faithful to sanctify the day commemorating the Resurrection of the Lord as well as the principal liturgical feasts honoring the mysteries of the Lord, the Blessed Virgin Mary, and the saints; in the first place, by participating in the Eucharistic celebration, in which the Christian community is gathered, and by resting from those works and activities which could impede such a sanctification of these days.82

      The second precept ("You shall confess your sins at least once a year") ensures preparation for the Eucharist by the reception of the sacrament of reconciliation, which continues Baptism's work of conversion and forgiveness.83

      The third precept ("You shall receive the sacrament of the Eucharist at least during the Easter season") guarantees as a minimum the reception of the Lord's Body and Blood in connection with the Paschal feasts, the origin and center of the Christian liturgy.84

      2043 The fourth precept ("You shall observe the days of fasting and abstinence established by the Church") ensures the times of ascesis and penance which prepare us for the liturgical feasts and help us acquire mastery over our instincts and freedom of heart.85

      The fifth precept ("You shall help to provide for the needs of the Church") means that the faithful are obliged to assist with the material needs of the Church, each according to his own ability.86

      The faithful also have the duty of providing for the material needs of the Church, each according to his own abilities.87

    • St Patrick's Catholic Primary School – Kogarah Logo
      36 Chapel Street
      Kogarah NSW 2217
      P: 02 9587 8998
      School Email: [email protected]
      School Website: https://stpatskogarah.syd.catholic.edu.au/
       
      St. Patrick's Catholic Primary School is located in the St. George area. It was founded in 1862 and was originally staffed by lay teachers. The Sisters of St. Joseph provided the ministry for the school from the early 1900's until 1986. Since this time, lay leadership has been under the direction of the Catholic Education Office, Sydney.
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