Parish News & Events
REOPENING OF CHURCHES – STAGE TWO: FROM 1ST JUNE 2020
sWith the NSW Government lessening the Covid-19 restrictions we are now able to reopen our Churches for : 1) Mass and Private Prayer for gatherings of 50 worshippers 2) Funerals for gatherings of 50 worshippers 3) Weddings for gatherings of 20 worshippers The...
MOVING CELEBRATION FOR ADELAIDE’S NEW SHEPHERD
Adelaide’s new Archbishop Patrick O’Regan was installed in a near empty St Francis Xavier’s Cathedral, Adelaide on 25th May 2020, but the occasion was full of beauty, grace and emotion as the former Bishop of Sale and Priest of the Diocese of Bathurst committed...
REOPENING OF CHURCHES – STAGE TWO: FROM 1ST JUNE 2020
PWith the NSW Government lessening the Covid-19 restrictions we are now able to reopen our Churches for : 1) Mass and Private Prayer for gatherings of 50 worshippers 2) Funerals for gatherings of 50 worshippers 3) Weddings for gatherings of 20 worshippers The...
BISHOPS CALL FOR A LIFT ON RESTRICTIONS
Dear Premier Berejiklian As Catholics in New South Wales and across Australia, we would like to express our gratitude for the leadership of the government during the COVID-19 pandemic. We have been praying for our leaders during this time, as well as our health...
BISHOPS TO ENTRUST AUSTRALIA TO MARY HELP OF CHRISTIANS
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect Australians’ lives, including their worship, the Catholic bishops will entrust the country to the care of Mary Help of Christians on her feast day next week. In a message issued today as “A word of encouragement to the...
REOPENING OF CHURCHES – STAGE ONE
With the NSW Government lessening the Covid-19 restrictions we are now able to reopen our Churches for: Mass and Private Prayer for gatherings of 10 worshippers Funerals for gatherings of 20 worshippers (30 worshippers for Graveside Funerals) Weddings for gatherings...
20 March 2020 To the Pastors and People of the Diocese of Bathurst Dear Friends in Christ, Every day, there are new developments in slowing the spread of Covid19. Only a short time after my last announcement, I regret that we shall have to make another change, based...
SRE LESSONS IN A LEARNING FROM HOME MODE
As you may be aware because of the current circumstances there will be no face-face SRE lessons taught in the Public Schools this term. SRE will con;nue in a Learning from Home model. Curriculum makers have provided online content that can be accessed by parents and...
MOTHER’S DAY BLESSING
Patrick O’Regan will be installed as the ninth Archbishop of Adelaide
Images by Giovanni Portelli Photography © 2018 Bishop Patrick O’Regan was installed as the ninth Archbishop of Adelaide on the solemnity of Our Lady Help of Christians, Monday May 25, at 11.00am (AEST) in St Francis Xavier’s Cathedral Mass. Bishop O'Regan leaves the...