WEEKEND Mass times at St Raphael's Church Queanbeyan

SATURDAY 5.30 pm                SUNDAY 9 am                 

 WEEKDAY MASSES:   TUESDAY 5.30pm    WEDNESDAY noon     THURSDAY   7 am             FRIDAY noon

Mass at St Patrick's Michelago - Mass at St Patrick's will recommence in February 2023.

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Mass at Warrigal is 3rd Wednesday of the month at 10.30 am   

Mass at George Forbes 1st Wednesday of the month  - to be advised. 

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MASS AT GOOGONG - EVERY SUNDAY AT 5.30PM 

Come and join the vibrant community of St Gregory’s Catholic Parish We would love to see you! Celebrating Mass every Sunday at 5.30pm  at the Anglican School 136 Gorman Drive Googong.

Access through the Budawang building via carpark on Hearne St and Rodgers Rd, Googong.
Please note that the last mass at Googong will be on the 18th December and return to St Raphael's Church.

PLEASE NOTE THIS MASS REPLACES THE 5.30 PM SUNDAY EVENING MASS AT ST RAPHAEL’S CHURCH IN QUEANBEYAN

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PILGRIMAGE TO INNER PEACE – This gathering is to deepen our personal relationship with Jesus through Christian Meditation. The next gathering will be on 6 Dec  (7.30pm in the church).  This will be the last session for 2023.  It will resume in February.   

Please remember that this is a fortnightly gathering.  More details contact Tony Carey on 0455 231 057 tony@tcconsulting.com.au,   

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PARISH DINNER Indian Theme Saturday 10th December 2022 (after Saturday evening Mass around) 6.30pm

Parish Morning tea area $15.00 per head tea, coffee and soft drinks supplied BYOG.

To celebrate with our Indian Faith community, they would like to share with us some of their beautiful food. They will cook for us a variety of meals/live cooking. This is their way of fund raising for the parish. They cook for us and the money you pay will be donated back to the parish. All welcome.

There is a flyer in the church. If you are interested and cannot attend mass, please call the parish office on 62994611 to register.

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Click here to watch  video from Fr Troy

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LAUDATO SI-caring for our world, caring for our community, caring for each other

St Greg’s has recently become an Earthcare Parish. This begins our journey to implement the seven goals set out in Laudato Si’, Pope Francis’ encyclical letter on caring for our common home.

The seven goals are:

1. Response to the Cry of the Earth: regenerate the earth and care for God’s creatures

2. Response to the Cry of the Poor: care for the poor and vulnerable

3. Adopt Sustainable Lifestyles: live a simple life so that others may simply live

4. Ecological Economics: make economic decisions that put the planet and people ahead of profits

5. Ecological Education: educate ourselves and others on ecological matters

6. Ecological Spirituality: form our hearts as well as our minds

7. Community Resilience and Empowerment: participate in society and share our gifts with each other.

St Greg’s Caring for Creation group meets monthly to take up this challenge. We have a day-time meeting over coffee at Bean Central and an evening meeting in the Parish meeting room. We are beginning with a wide-ranging audit to assess where our greatest needs and opportunities as a parish lie. This will be followed by action planning and putting that plan into action. If you would like to be part of the team and help our Parish become more ecologically aware and proactive, please contact Elenore on 0413092365 or come to the next meeting.

Upcoming events:

• Meeting – 10am Wednesday 30 November at Bean Central – please let Elenore know if you are coming so we can book a large enough table

• Meeting – 7pm Thursday 1 December in the Parish Office

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St Gregory’s Parish Faith Community is supporting Vinnies Queanbeyan Christmas food appeal. 

if you can donate any of the following food items that would be great:

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.  Soft drinks

• Festive biscuits

• Apple Sauce

• Cranberry Sauce

• Kids Christmas lolly/chocolate stockings

• Lollies/Marshmellows

• Pancake mix and syrup

• Zooper doopers

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no perisable items to be donated thank you.  Items can be left in the tubs in the church in the events hub or dropped off at the parish office on our opening days of Tuesday, Thursday and Fridays.    Thank you for your support.  

 You can continue to donate other items if you can.   eg. tissues, laundry liquid, fabric softener, paper towel,  canned mixed vegetables, school snacks,  cordial, noodles, deodorant, pasta, and microwave rice.  Due to your generosity, we have plenty of soup, milk, tea, coffee. Vinnie's recently provided food for a family of 10 as a result of the parish generosity. The family were extremely grateful; Vinnie's volunteers were also very appreciative that Vinnie's had the resources to help this family Thank you so much for your support in this area. NB. Vinnies cannot accept any food items that have been opened.

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Click to find out more about the Alpha Program. 

ALPHA VIDEO   (click here) 

 

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RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults) 

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If you or know anyone who would like to become a Catholic, the parish will run the RCIA program in 2022. Please contact the parish office to register your interest.   

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Sunday Mass online (these Masses can also be viewed at a later time on YouTube)

• St Christopher’s Cathedral - https://www.youtube.com/catholicvoice/live – Sunday 11:00 a.m.

• St Mary’s Cathedral Sydney - https://www.stmaryscathedral.org.au/   - Sunday 10:30 a.m.

• Diocese of Wollongong, Mass - For You At Home - https://massforyou.com.au/ - Sunday 7:00 a.m.

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