As you may have noticed the NSW government has announced a relaxation for attendance at religious services from June 1 2020.
Twenty people will be able to attend weddings, fifty people will be able to participate in religious services at places of worship and fifty people can attend funerals, subject to the four square metres rule. We ask parishioners to use the main entrance of the church, sign in our visitors' register and sit only in the designated spaces.
If you wish to attend any of our Masses we ask you to email (parishoffice@maryimmac.org.au) or call (9626 3326) the parish office to advise you if you are interested in attending. If you come to church and have not registered for a particular service, please be prepared to be turned away.
We will be adhering to the safety plans as directed, and we will ensure that hand hygiene, physical distancing, and cleaning of the seats in the Church take place. Of course, people who are unwell should not come to the Church but rather stay at home. There are also restrictions in regards to singing at religious services. As Citizens of NSW, we are bound to follow the law. Once the designated number is reached, we will have to turn people away. We are aware that these limitations will create difficulties at times, but I ask you to be patient and even at times to accept being turned away.
If we do obey these rules, then we can be optimistic that the number of people able to attend will increase gradually.
Catholics from the Diocese of Parramatta continue to be dispensed from their Sunday Mass obligation until further notice. (Canon 1248 paragraph 2 and Canon 2181).”
FOR WEEKDAY MASS FROM JUNE 1 & SUNDAY LITURGIES FROM JUNE 7
1. If you wish to attend any of our Masses we ask you to email (parishoffice@maryimmac.org.au) or call (9626 3326) the parish office to advise you are interested in attending. If you come to church and have not registered for a particular service, please be prepared to be turned away.
2. Only 50 people will be admitted into the Church, and this will be through the main door.
3. All people entering the Church need to use hand sanitiser before entering the Church.
4. All people entering the Church need to sign IN with their name and contact details.
5. You are asked to be at the Church at least 10 - 15 minutes before the commencement of Mass.
6. Parishioners are to sit only in the seats that are designated for sitting.
7. We also ask that people volunteer to sanitise the seats and any place they come in contact with, after each Mass. Anti-Bacterial wipes will be available at the front of the church.
MASS TIMES
MASSES THIS COMING WEEK: Monday: 6.00am only.Tuesday to Friday: 6.00am & 9.15 AM. There will be no Wednesday or Friday evening Masses until further notice.
Our live streaming and broadcasted Masses will no longer continue.
SUNDAY MASSES
VIGIL MASSES: 5.30pm
SUNDAY MORNING MASSES: 7:30 AM, 9:00 AM, 10:30 AM & 5.30PM
FOR THE TIME BEING, THERE WILL BE NO SINGING AT MASS.
THE SACRAMENT OF PENANCE: On Saturdays between 4.00PM – 5.00PM
THE SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM: for the time being, there will be individual baptisms on a Saturday with a total of 20 people apart from the priest and acolyte. This will take place at 11:00 AM. Please contact the parish office via email (parishoffice@maryimmac.org.au) or phone: 9626 3326, to make an inquiry or book a Baptism.
VISITATION TO THE CHURCH
The main door of the Church will be a means of entering the Church. It is necessary that you use hand sanitiser and record your name and phone number before you enter the Church. We would also ask that you do not touch statues, the tabernacle, paintings, or any other religious object in the church.
PARISH SACRAMENTAL PROGRAM: FIRST RECONCILIATION, FIRST EUCHARIST & CONFIRMATION
The preparation of the sacraments for First Reconciliation, First Eucharist and Confirmation will start again shortly. We are currently putting together a revised program and dates for each of the sacraments and will notify / advertise this information shortly. Please stay tuned to our Facebook page, website, parish bulletin and school bulletins for updates. We will also be contacting families directly who have participated in previous sacraments.
LITURGY ROSTER
From next weekend we be returning to our liturgy roster for readers, acolytes and junior servers.The parish office will be in contact with everyone involved to confirm their participation.
We appreciate your continued prayers, patience, cooperation and understanding during this time.
Yours in Christ,
Fr. Oliver, Fr. Ever, Deacon Leon and Parish Staff.
PRAYER FOR SPIRITUAL COMMUNION
My Jesus, I believe that you are truly present in the Most Blessed Sacrament. I love You above all things and I desire to possess You within my soul. Since I am unable at this moment to receive You sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart. I embrace You as being already there, and unite myself wholly to You. Never permit me to be separated from You.
Amen.