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    • Parish Mission/Vision

      Our Mission

      St. Patrick's is a community united by God through the Gospels, the teachings of the Catholic Church and the pursuit of common goals. Our members offer their unique gifts to God and each other. With these gifts we joyfully proclaim the Word of God, proudly celebrate the sacraments, promote living in solidarity and justice in full communion with the Roman Catholic Church.

      Our Vision

      In God we trust boldly, in the footsteps of Jesus we walk humbly and by the light of the Holy Spirit we love tenderly as we become true Christians who courageously face adversity as St. Patrick has done setting for us a perfect example.

    • PLEASE NOTE OUR NEW TELEPHONE NUMBER

      02 9587 8064

    • Parish Bulletin

      20210509 6 Easter Sunday B

      For more information and notices please see Notices/COVID-19 or our CLUSTER BULLETIN. Please feel free to contact us by email or phone. There would also be posters up in the church or on our Notice Boards outside the church or the Presbytery.

    • Parish Bulletin

      20210516 Ascension Sunday B

      For more information and notices please see Notices/COVID-19 or our CLUSTER BULLETIN. Please feel free to contact us by email or phone. There would also be posters up in the church or on our Notice Boards outside the church or the Presbytery.

    • 2021 Easter Message - Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP

    • 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

    • Code of Canon Law

      Can. 920 §1. After being initiated into the Most Holy Eucharist, each of the faithful is obliged to receive holy communion at least once a year.

      §2. This precept must be fulfilled during the Easter season unless it is fulfilled for a just cause at another time during the year.

      What is Communion?
      THE WORD “COMMUNION” MEANS “UNION WITH”…IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH ONLY THOSE WHO ARE IN FULL UNION WITH THE CHURCH ON DOCTRINAL MATTERS AND IN THEIR PERSONAL LIVES – WITH THEIR SOUL IN THE STATE OF GRACE – MAY RECEIVE HOLY COMMUNION.

      See Catechism of the Catholic Church

    • Saint Joseph

      Pope Francis proclaims “Year of St Joseph”

      With the Apostolic Letter “Patris corde” (“With a Father’s Heart”), Pope Francis recalls the 150th anniversary of the declaration of Saint Joseph as Patron of the Universal Church. To mark the occasion, the Holy Father has proclaimed a “Year of Saint Joseph” from today, 8 December 2020, to 8 December 2021.

      Hail, Guardian of the Redeemer,
      Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
      To you God entrusted his only Son;
      in you Mary placed her trust;
      with you Christ became man.

      Blessed Joseph, to us too,
      show yourself a father
      and guide us in the path of life.
      Obtain for us grace, mercy, and courage,
      and defend us from every evil.  Amen.

       

      On the feast of St Joseph the Worker (1st May) the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments published an updated version of the Litany of St Joseph, approved by Pope Francis.

      The 112 year old litany now includes invocations mainly taken from modern papal texts about St. Joseph, including Pope Francis’ December Apostolic Letter proclaiming a Year of St Joseph and St John Paul II’s 1989 Apostolic Exhortation, “Redemptoris Custos”. 

      The seven additions to the litany are: “Custos Redemptoris” (Guardian of the Redeemer); “Serve Christi” (Servant of Christ); “Minister salutis” (Minister of salvation); “Fulcimen in difficultatibus” (Support in difficulties); “Patrone exsulum” (Patron of exiles); “Patrone afflictorum” (Patron of the afflicted); and “Patrone pauperum” (Patron of the poor).

    • Litany of St Joseph with New Invocations
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