PRESENTATION OF THE LORD Year C

WEEKDAY MASSES: 

Mon-Thu at 8.00 am, Fri 7.40am and Saturday 8.00am 

Weekday Public Holidays at 9.00am

WEEKEND MASSES:   

Saturday 5.30pm and Sunday 7.30am, 10.00am and 3.00pm

CONFESSIONS: Saturday: 8.30–9.00am, 4.30pm-5.15pm, & on request.

MARRIAGES:  6 months’ notice is required. The marriage preparation course is available both in person or online. Couples must make an appointment to see Fr Joe.

BAPTISMS: Parents and Godparents are required to attend the online preparation before the Sacrament is administered.  Please contact the Parish Office to book. Baptisms take place on first and third Sunday of the month.

The Rosary is prayed every day after the weekday morning Mass. All are welcome and encouraged to participate.

Wednesday 05 February

8.00am Mass followed by Holy Hour & Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, prayers & meditation.

7.00pm Alpha in Emmaus Hall

Friday 07 February

5.00pm Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament with Benediction

6.00pm Mass on First Friday.

Saturday 08 February

9.00am-12.30pm GriefShare Catechetics Centre

CONGRATULATIONS TO:

Aliya Grota, daughter of Otavio and Bernadete Caires who was recently Baptised.

HOLY MATRIMONY

Congratulations to Stephen Munro & Hannah King who were united in Holy Matrimony.

 Alpha Week 1: Who is Jesus?

Wednesday Wednesday 5 February @ 7pm in the Emmaus Centre

Interested?

email alphabryanstoncc@gmail.com

Friday 14 February

10.00am Healing Mass followed by Senior Parishioners Tea.
PLEASE NOTE: booking is essential. Please contact Veronique on 082 772 5056

RETROUVAILLE
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Feast of the Presentation

The feast also known Candlemas, is celebrated 40 days after the birth of Jesus. Candles are lit as a symbol of Simeon’s prophecy that Jesus would be the light of the World.

World Day for Consecrated Life, instituted by Pope John Paul II in 1997, is a day of prayer for women and men in consecrated life. They are called to spread the light and love of Jesus Christ through their unique witness of selfless service, such as caring for the poor, the contemplative work of prayer, or through their professional careers.

VOCATION REFLECTIONS

Celebrate our common vocation of Baptism. Pray for those who are discerning a call to live their baptismal commitment as brothers, sisters, priests, or deacons. (Luke 3:15-16, 21-22)

PRAYER FOR CONSECRATED LIFE

O God,

throughout the ages you have called women and men to pursue lives of perfect charity through the evangelical counsels of poverty, chastity and obedience.

We give you thanks for these courageous witnesses of Faith and models of inspiration.

Their pursuit of holy lives teaches us

to make a more perfect offering of ourselves to you.

Continue to enrich your Church by calling forth sons and daughters who,

having found the pearl of great price,

treasure the Kingdom of Heaven above all things.

We ask through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.

Amen.