The Joyful Commission - October 2019




October | 2019

Monthly newsletter of the Catholic community in Orange District

the joyful COMMISSION

The Sisters are back!

Youth Rally Wednesday 23rd October surrender discipleship mission

The Parish of St Mary & St Joseph is a healthy, growing Catholic community that worships God, welcomes the searcher, and invites people to a personal encounter with Jesus Christ. Members of our community surrender their life to Jesus through an experience of the Holy Spirit, commit to life-long discipleship, and joyfully accept the mission to go out and make disciples.

IMMACULATA YOUTH MISSION TEAM VISIT & YOUTH RALLY

COMBINED CATHOLIC SCHOOLS MASS FOR ALL SAINTS

THE EUCHARIST & COMMUNION TO THE SICK

TOWARDS THE PLENARY COUNCIL 2020

The Immaculata Sisters and the youth mission team will be visiting our schools and the parish in October.

Once again our 5 parish schools will come together for the Solemnity of All Saints. We are all called to holiness.

We continue to reflect on the Eucharist and ministry, particularly Communion to the Sick and Housebound.

Opportunities to participate in the second phase of discernment are coming up. Will you be involved?

OCTOBER Sunday 13th October 4.30 - 5.30pm Our Lady of Fatima Devotions at St Joseph’s including A d o r a t i o n , C o n f e s s i o n s , R o s a r y, Consecration to the Immaculate Heart, and Benediction.

Wednesday 16th October 7.00pm ‘Symbolon Part 2 - Living the Faith’ commences in Kenna Hall Meeting Room Thursday 17th October 9.00am James Sheahan Yr 12 (2020) Opening Mass and Badging Ceremony at the PAC (Performing Arts Centre) at James Sheahan Catholic High School Friday 18th October 3.00pm - 8.00pm Molong Parish Fete at St Joseph’s School Hall Molong We d n e s d a y 2 3 r d O c t o b e r 9 . 1 5 a m S t Joseph’s Molong full school Mass at St Lawrence’s Wednesday 23rd October 10.30am St Joseph’s Manildra full school Mass at St Michael’s Wednesday 23rd October 5.00 - 7.00pm Immaculata Youth Rally at Kenna Hall Thursday 31st October 10.00am Solemnity of All Saints combined schools Mass at Mercy Hall (Feast anticipated by 1 day due to exams in Mercy Hall; parish Mass 5.45pm Friday 1st November at St Joseph’s) Saturday 2nd November 10.00am All Souls Mass at Orange Cemetery

A message from the Bishop Dear Friends in Christ, I write to invite you to make this month of October a special moment of prayer, fasting and service in this time of drought.

In the month of the Rosary, this simple and powerful prayer is especially suitable.

Jesus has told us to pray for what we want, and to persevere in that prayer. We do want rain, so we should keep praying for it. We also need to pray for one another: and in that prayer seek the wisdom to know how best to be of service to those who are suffering the most from this slow-moving natural disaster.

Our Diocesan drought fund is supporting the work of Centacare in reaching out to families who are doing it tough. If you are able to contribute, the details are here: http://www.centacarebathurst.com.au/ Home For those finding the current level of fees in our schools difficult to meet, assistance is available by contacting your local principal. Other measures will also be put in place shortly, to further alleviate financial pressure on families.

O GOD, Lord of all creation, by whose power the whole earth came to be, look upon our parched land, we pray, and bestow upon it abundant rain… +Michael McKenna Bishop of Bathurst

A Wo r d f r o m t h e P a s t o r

A Cry to God Fr Greg Bellamy Parish Priest

Prayer and Lament In October many church communities are specially praying for rain. In this edition of The Joyful Commission you will find a message from Bishop McKenna concerning the drought. I invite all the Catholic community in Orange District to continue praying for rain and even to fast and do penance for that intention. October is a special month of the rosary. Perhaps you and your family could pray the rosary this month for an end to the drought?

When we pray we generally think about petitions, intercessions, thanksgiving, and praise. But there is another category of Biblical prayer that is often forgotten and which some Christians sometimes feel uncomfortable about. That prayer is lament. Lament is a cry to God when he seems far away, when we don’t understand what is going on, when we feel we cannot hold on for much longer in an experience of suffering. It is found amongst the prophets, in the Psalms, and even on Christ’s lips as he hangs upon the Cross: Father, why have you abandoned me?

Lament can form part of our prayer for an end to the drought. These verses from the psalms may be helpful:

“Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord, Lord hear my voice!” Ps 130 “How long, O Lord? Will you utterly forget me!” Ps 13 “My soul, too, is utterly terrified; but you, O Lord, how long …” Ps 6 “O my God, I cry out by day, and you do not answer: by night, and there is no relief for me.” Ps 22 “Why, O Lord, do you stand aloof? Why hide in times of distress?” Ps 10 St Mary’s Patronal Feastday I would like to thank Alf and all the committee who worked hard to prepare St Mary’s Patronal Feastday last month. It was a wonderful celebration, the bad weather notwithstanding. This day forms a wonderful part of the cultural and spiritual tapestry of our parish. Thanks to everyone who came along, especially the many young families.

Fatima Devotions 13th October Sunday 13th October is the second anniversary of the blessing and installation of the statue of Our Lady of Fatima in St Joseph’s Church. It is the day on which the apparitions

of Our Lady in Fatima concluded in 1917. We will mark this day with an hour of devotions in St Joseph’s Church including adoration, confessions, the rosary, consecration to the Immaculate Heart, and benediction, beginning at 4.30pm and concluding at 5.30pm. All very welcome to come along. You may like to devote this time to praying for rain.

St Mary’s Church Thank you to everyone who has helped with the transition involved with the closure of St Mary’s Church, particularly those involved in liturgical ministry at St Mary's who are adjusting to ministry at St Joseph’s.

Thanks to the St Joseph’s crew who have made the St Mary's crew welcome! The St Mary's renewal project has been approved by the Diocese and during October repair work will begin inside the church, and later in the year the exterior construction work will commence. This is an exciting moment for our parish and I pray that it will bear much fruit into the future. St Mary’s will re-open early 2020.

Congratulations I would like to congratulate Mrs Camille Tavares, the Religious Education Coordinator at Catherine McAuley, on recently being appointed Principal of Sacred Heart Primary School in Coolah from 2020. The appointment is a great loss to our Parish and Catherine McAuley, but a gain to Dunedoo/Coolah Parish and Sacred Heart School.

Molong Fete I invite you to come along to the Molong Parish Fete which will take place on October 18th at St Joseph’s School Hall (off Molong St) from 3pm to 8pm. There will be stalls with food, games, bric-a-brac and more. I came home with some yummy cake and biscuits last time. All proceeds from the fete go towards restoration of St Lawrence Church in Molong.

Sisters of the Immaculata We are so happy to be welcoming back the Sisters of the Immaculata and the Youth Mission Team to Orange this month. Their visit last year was a great success and so many young people and teachers have been looking forward to their return. I commend the parish youth rally to you and invite our young people to come along.

I will be taking annual leave during October and Fr Pius and Fr Mathew will be holding down the fort while I am away. May Our Lady of the Rosary pray for us during this month of October.

 

You are Invited

Youth Rally 5-7pm Wednesday 23rd October in Kenna Hall

Calling all young people (Yr 5 & above) ‌ you are invited!

After last year's success, we are excited to welcome the Sisters of the Immaculata Mission Team back to Orange this October. The Mission Team will spend time in each Catholic School of Orange to give the students an opportunity to encounter Christ in a deeper way.

The visit will finish with a special parish event:

Youth Rally on Wednesday 23rd October, 5-7pm in Kenna Hall.

The Youth Rally will be both a fun and moving experience with food and games, prayer, worship and adoration.

We encourage you to extend an invitation to the Youth Rally to any students you know who are in Yr 5 and above. It will definitely be worth it!

 

So le mn it y o f A ll Sa in t s

Called to Holiness Annual Combined Mass Catholic Schools in Orange District

The Solemnity of All Saints, celebrated 1st November, is a reminder that all Christians are called to be saints. We are all called to holiness in this life and to reign forever with God in the next life.

We know the names of canonised saints, whom the Church presents to us as particular examples of holy living, but there are also many others in heaven living in God's presence. All Saints honours the countless saints whose names we do not know.

In 2018 we celebrated our first combined Mass at which all the Catholic schools of Orange district came together on the Solemnity of All

Saints: James Sheahan, St Mary’s, Catherine McAuley, St Joseph's Manildra, and St Joseph's Molong. It was a wonderful celebration that also allowed primary students in Orange & Molong parishes to explore James Sheahen and participate in different activities with staff and students.

Once again this year all students in yr 3 to yr 11 will celebrate All Saints together with Mass on Thursday 31st October at 10.00am in Mercy Hall. (We are celebrating one day early due to Yr 12 exam requirements on the 1st November). It should be a wonderful celebration and opportunity to reflect on the call to holiness.

What we believe

The Eucharist (part 3) Amy Sullivan Director of Ministries

At every Mass, we see our humanity and God’s divinity meet as both Jesus’ sacrifice on the Cross and Last Supper are made present on the altar in the Eucharist.

The Catechism of the Catholic Church describes the Eucharist as the source and summit of the Christian life. In the sacrament of the Eucharist (Greek for thanksgiving), we receive the Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus under the appearance of bread and wine. The Eucharist is not just a symbol - it is truly Jesus, given so we can share in the life of God. As Catholics, the Eucharist is central to our faith. The Eucharist feeds and forms the Church (Dies Domini, 32). The main way we encounter Christ in the Eucharist is at Mass. But sometimes people cannot come to Mass. Illness or other incapacity prevents some members of our community being part of our communal celebration.

Communion to the sick and housebound From the earliest days of the Church, Holy Communion has been taken to those who are unable to participate in communal celebrations. One of the early martyrs of the Church - Tarcisius - was killed protecting the Body of Christ while taking it to Christian prisoners. The early Christian prisoners knew that the presence of Jesus in the Eucharist was so powerful, that they would have the strength to suffer a martyr’s death. They were also connected to the

wider Christian community through sharing in the same Body of Christ.

Ideally, we would love for everyone to be able to share in the Body and Blood of Christ as part of the community of believers at Mass.

But sometimes this isn’t possible. Illness or other incapacity prevents some members of our community from attending Mass. And so, as a sign of support and concern for its members who are ill, Holy Communion is taken to these members after Mass. When the sick receive Holy Communion, they are united sacramentally to the Lord and are reunited with the Eucharistic community from which illness or other incapacity has separated them.

The people that generously give their time to this ministry are Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion to the Sick and Housebound. Through their devotion to the Eucharist and their concern for some of our community’s most vulnerable members, they are a visible sign of the love of Christ today.

These Extraordinary Ministers spend time with the sick members of our community, to help them in their spiritual journey at their particular stage in life.

This ministry is adaptable to each recipient depending on their pastoral needs. The Church also recognises that certain obligations (e.g. fasting for one hour beforehand) may be too onerous for these recipients, and so adaptations and exceptions are made.

 

What is currently happening with this ministry?

There are a number of people that may have received Communion at home in the past who are not receiving now. There may be people that are receiving Communion at home that I am not aware of. However, we currently don’t have enough Extraordinary Ministers to meet this perceived demand.

A key priority of our parish is to respect the dignity and privacy of all members of our community. The parish also needs to meet current standards in relation to safeguarding, which includes the physical, emotional and spiritual welfare of our volunteers and the people to whom they minister. We also need to meet the Diocese’s standards for ministering to people in their homes. This has necessitated some changes to this ministry.

Changes for those receiving Communion at home Sometimes, well-meaning parishioners will contact the parish office to request that Communion be provided to a member of the community. When this happens, it is possible that the person involved can be embarrassed as they did not want strangers knowing about their illness. To respect the privacy of members of the community, a request for Communion to be provided at home must be made by the person themselves, or their next of kin, to the parish office.

When making the request, they can indicate whether it is likely they will need to receive Communion on a temporary basis (e.g. while recovering from an operation) or on an ongoing basis. The person receiving Communion (or their next of kin) can provide feedback to the parish at any time on their experience, and can request that Communion at home cease at any time.

Being unable to come to church also means that housebound parishioners may not be able to attend the sacrament of Reconciliation. A separate request can be made to the parish office, or let your Extraordinary Minister know, and we can arrange for a priest to come to your home.

Changes for Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion to the Sick and Housebound The Diocese has requested that a number of changes be made to the process to bring Orange in line with other parishes.

All new and current Extraordinary Ministers will need to have a valid Working with Children Check number, attend a Safe Church Awareness Workshop and a training session on the rites. After completing this training, Extraordinary Ministers will be recommended to the Diocese to be authorised to undertake this ministry for a set period (e.g. 1 to 5 years).

When commissioned for a set period, they will be issued a card that must be carried when undertaking this ministry.

There are also some ongoing requirements that will need to be met.

These include a quarterly meeting with me to discuss your ministry, and maintaining a logbook which details the people visited.

Are you being called?

The Parish of St Mary & St Joseph has a small but dedicated team of people that currently provide Communion to the sick and housebound on a weekly basis. A couple of people have already indicated their desire to be a part of this ministry, and more people are always welcome. If you have a devotion to the Eucharist, care and concern for the ill and infirm, and would like to be involved in this ministry, please make an appointment with me at the parish office to discuss your involvement. I would love to hear from you!

The preparation for the Plenary Council enters the Communal Discernment stage.

There are six national themes for discernment. This month we discuss what the Discernment Process looks like. In the November edition there will be information about how you can participate.

We are now in the second phase of preparation for the Plenary Council 2020: ‘Let’s Listen and Discern’. In this phase, we are continuing to listen to what the Spirit is saying as we move from listening and dialogue, into listening and discernment.

This is a process of communal discernment, rather than individual discernment. As such, we are called to work together in groups. The process is built upon the practice of Spiritual Conversations. It is a process of prayer, contemplation, sharing with one another and seeking God’s direction. As the Holy Spirit guides the Church in Australia, all are welcome to participate and discern together.

The Listening and Discernment Experience The Listening and Discernment Experience is conducted in a small group and focuses exclusively on just one of the six national themes. Your group, as part of its preparation, chooses which theme it would like to reflect on.

The six national themes are: How is God calling us to be a Christ-centred Church that is: 1. missionary and evangelising; 2. inclusive, participatory and synodal; 3. humble, healing and merciful; 4. prayerful and Eucharistic; 5. a

joyful, hope-filled and servant community; 6. open to conversion, renewal and reform.

The Listening and Discernment Experience is a deep moment of prayer and dialogue. A group should set aside 2 - 2.5 hours in a quiet place and should have no more than 10-12 members.

The process of listening and discernment has 7 steps: 1. let's pray together; 2. let’s reflect; 3. let’s share and listen; 4. let’s think nationally; 5. let's think locally; 6. let’s give thanks; 7. let’s respond.

1. Let’s Pray Together The first step involves an acknowledgement of country and gathering prayer.

2. Let’s Reflect The second step is a time of listening to the Scriptures. The guide for your chosen theme will suggest several readings from which to choose. After reading the passage two times, there is 20 minutes for individual silent reflection, during which each person may wish to journal, particularly on these questions:

how is God speaking to me in this Scripture and all I have read? What words or phrases am I being drawn to and why? How do I feel?

3. Let’s Share and Listen The third step involves a group spiritual conversation. First, each person in the circle takes 2-3 minutes to share with the group the fruits of their individual prayer. Once everyone has shared, the whole group reflects in silence for 5 minutes, each person asking themselves: What am I hearing the Holy Spirit saying to us?

Each person takes 2 minutes to share this second reflection with the group before a whole group reflection for 5 minutes. Lastly, there is a time of sharing and listening that is open and less structured, followed by a break.

4. Let’s Think Nationally In the fourth step the group reflects and shares ideas on concrete practical steps in their theme. After sharing and group discussion, the group tries to identify the best 2 or 3 emerging ideas that could form part of the group’s submission to the theme’s Discernment and Writing Group.

JOIN OUR A M A Z I N G VINNIES VAN & CAFÉ COOKING VOLUNTEERS IN ORANGE The St Vincent de Paul Society in Orange is looking for cooking volunteers to prepare a home cooked meal for those in need in Orange. There are two great opportunities available.

The first opportunity is to join a cooking team to prepare lunch one Friday a month.

The cooking team helps with food preparation, cooking and general kitchen duties.

5. Let’s Think Locally The fifth step involves a discussion of any ideas that might be acted upon locally, in our own lives, parish, community. Think about who you can collaborate with locally.

6. Let’s Give Thanks In the sixth step we spend some time thanking God for the experience we have just shared.

7. Let’s Respond Your group can send the outcomes of your communal discernment (max. of 150 words) to the Discernment and Writing Group who are considering your chosen national theme. You will find the link on the Plenary Council Website under the tab for discernment: http://plenary council.catholic.org.au Where to now?

In the November edition of The Joyful Commission we will discuss opportunities for you to form a group and enter into the listening and discernment process. The parish will provide a training opportunity for group leaders.

During October you may wish to reflect on which national theme interests you and whether you and some family or friends might like to form a group.

If you have extra cooking experience, there is an opportunity to be a team leader of the cooking group. Menu planning, shopping and cooking for fifty people would be a great advantage. Also one Friday a month.

You will also require a genuine desire to support those in need, a non-judgmental attitude, the ability to maintain confidences and most of all a good and kind heart.

Full training will be provided.

If this sounds like you, we would love to hear from you!

To find out more please call 6362 2565 or email jenny.mathieson@vinnies.org.au

Alpha continues to be well-receivedour guests don't seem to want the evenings to end!

We are coming up to our Alpha Day, which is an opportunity for our guests to take time out from the busyness of life to connect to each other and think about the deeper questions of life.

We thank our parishioners who have been praying our parish intention that 'our parish will embrace Alpha as a means to bring people to Jesus’ and ask for particular prayer for the success of the Alpha Alpha Day;Day; thatthat it may it may be an an be important important step stepfor forour our guests guests on their Alpha journey.

Thank you for your support!

Register your interest for Alpha 2020.

Places in each Alpha are limited. If you would like to be notified when the next season of fo Alpha begins in 2020 register your interest here:

www.alphaorange.org.au Carla Ghisla Director of Mission

Making it Real

www.socialjustice.catholic.org.au

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The Australian Catholic Bishops’ Social Justice Statement for 2019 – 2020, Making it Real: Genuine human encounter in our digital world, affirms the positive possibilities for encounter and solidarity offered by new digital media, while warning of those elements of our digital world that may be harmful. These include information overload; social isolation; marginalisation of the vulnerable; consumerism and fake news.

The Statement reminds us that the new digital media cannot be seen as neutral or ‘unaffected by any moral considerations’. While many users do not realise it, the core business of social media platforms is to sell advertising and maximise profits. People’s personal lives may be reduced to data that is traded for profit or power, and it is used to target and influence us in ways previously unthinkable. Pushing users to more extreme positions and promoting fake news and conspiracy theories sells, but this is at odds with human solidarity.

The Statement amplifies Pope Francis’ call to us to ‘boldly become citizens of the digital world’, with the image of the Good Samaritan as our inspiration. We are called not only to love our neighbour, but to bring the love of God to the new global neighbourhood. The Statement points out that we are called not just to be inhabitants of this new digital world, but active citizens shaping it. All of us – whether we are users, communities, industrial or political leaders – have a role to play in rejecting hatred, divisions and falsehoods. We have a duty to foster a neighbourhood that promotes those human attributes and social values that lend themselves to genuine human encounter – love, understanding, beauty, goodness, truth and trustworthiness, joy and hope.

What we do

Ministries Update Amy Sullivan Director of Ministries

There are many things happening in ministry. In September we completed the first part of the Symbolon course, “Knowing the Faith”. Through ten sessions, we learned about the various parts of the Creed. From 16 October, we commence the second half of Symbolon, “Living the Faith”. These ten sessions cover the sacraments, and the social and moral teaching of the Church. If you would like to go deeper into your faith, you are welcome to join us on Wednesdays, 7:00pm at Kenna Hall.

Sixty-two Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion (representing over 80% of our rostered Communion Ministers) completed large group training sessions in August and September, and are now taking part in small group sessions to practice new procedures for distributing Communion. You may have noticed some of these changes when we all moved to St Joseph’s. Any change takes time and practice, so I ask that you pray for our Communion Ministers, and be patient as they become more familiar with these new procedures.

If you are a Communion Minister and you missed out on the training, you are invited to attend Symbolon on Wednesday 23 October 2019 for the theological component. Procedure documents are available at the cross aisle at St Joseph’s, or from the Parish Office.

During September, Bishop Michael called for everyone in the diocese to “attend to our attitudes and practices today, for a better tomorrow” in relation to safe churches. Our parish should be physically, emotionally and spiritually safe for all, especially children and vulnerable adults. A way to understand how we can be the safest church for all members is to take part in a Safe Church Awareness Workshop. Safe Church Awareness training is an initiative of the National Council of Churches in Australia.

The Diocese has allowed flexibility for parishes to implement these workshops. Some parishes have made the workshops voluntary. Others have required that people undertaking particular ministries attend a workshop. We have decided that these workshops are a requirement for anyone undertaking any ministry, which is consistent with some other parishes. This is to ensure that all those in ministry have a shared understanding of the requirements for safe churches and can implement these requirements in their ministry. I have attended the workshop - it is thought-provoking, interesting and worthwhile.

If you are involved in any ministry in our parish (Communion ministers at Mass and to the sick and housebound, sacristans, readers, commentators,

musicians, Children’s liturgy, nursing home visitors, etc), you must attend a Safe Church Awareness workshop before 31 December 2020. There are two opportunities coming up in the next six months and further workshops will be scheduled in the future. The workshop is run over two sessions (you must attend both sessions), and each session will run for around 3.5 hours.

- Sunday 24 November and Sunday 1 December 11:30am (byo lunch) - Thursday 5 March and Thursday 12 March, evenings (time to be confirmed) Visit www.bathurst.catholic.org.au and click on the links to register. The link will also be published on our Facebook page. The parish is covering the cost of these workshops.

Last month I asked for interested adults to nominate to be coordinators for our altar serving ministry.

Unfortunately, I have not received any response. This means that we will have to delay reforming our altar serving ministry. The ministry continues, however, and I am now calling for younger people in our community who have an interest in serving at Mass.

If you are in year 5 or older, have completed first Communion and wish to be an altar server, role description cards and nomination forms are available at the cross-aisle of St Joseph’s or from the school office.

Do you want to be involved in another Mass-related ministry? There are a number of opportunities for you to be involved, and training is available for all ministries. Is God calling you to use your gifts to serve Him and your community?

St Mary’s Saturday Vigil: 2 commentators, 3 extraordinary ministers of Holy Communion St Joseph’s 8:00am: 5 extraordinary ministers of Holy Communion St Mary’s 9:30am: 2 sacristans, 1 reader, 6 extraordinary ministers of Holy Communion St Joseph’s evening: 2 commentators, 1 reader, 4 extraordinary ministers of Holy Communion Weekdays: sacristans, commentators, readers, extraordinary ministers of Holy Communion Please complete a ministries expression of interest form (available at the cross aisle at St Joseph’s or the foyer at St Mary’s) and place into one of the collections or email ministries.orange@cdob.org.au. There is no time like now to answer God’s call to ministry!

Our Catholic Community The Parish of St Mary & St Joseph, Orange The Parish of the Sacred Heart & St Lawrence O’Toole, Molong Mass Centres: St Mary’s (Orange), St Joseph’s (Orange), Sacred Heart & St Lawrence O’Toole (Molong), St Michael's (Manildra), St Brendan’s (Mullion Creek), St Patrick’s (Cargo), St Columbanus’ (Cudal)

Orange City Weekend Masses Saturday 5.00pm (6.00pm during Daylight Savings) St Joseph’s Sunday 8.00am St Joseph’s 9.30am St Joseph’s 5.00pm (6.00pm during Daylight Savings) St Joseph’s Orange City Weekday Masses Monday 5.45pm St Joseph’s Tuesday 9.30am St Joseph’s

PLEASE NOTE: ST M A RY ’ S C H U R C H CLOSED FOR WORKS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE

Wednesday 5.45pm St Joseph’s Thursday 9.30am St Joseph’s Friday 5.45pm St Joseph’s

Orange District Weekend Masses Saturday 9.00am Cargo (Sunday Liturgy) 5.00pm (6.00pm during Daylight Savings) Manildra Sunday 8.00am Mullion Creek 8.00am Cudal 9.30am Molong Orange District Weekday Masses Wednesday 9.15am Mass at Molong Orange District Confessions Wednesday 9.45 -10.15am Molong Saturday 4.40-4.55pm (5.40-5.55pm Daylight Savings) Manildra Nursing Home Masses 11.00am on 1st Thursday of the month Benjamin Short Grove

Orange City Eucharistic Adoration Monday 5.00-5.40pm St Joseph’s Wednesday 5.00-5.40pm St Joseph’s Thursday Holy Hour 6.00-7.00pm St Joseph’s Friday 5.00-5.40pm St Joseph’s Orange City Confessions Friday 5.10-5.40pm St Joseph’s Saturday 4.15-4.45pm (5.15-5.45pm Daylight Savings) St Joseph’s

Public Holidays: Mass 8.30am at whichever Orange Church usually has Mass that day.

ANZAC day Mass is always St Joseph’s.

2.00pm on 1st Friday of the month Ascott Gardens Hostel 11.00am on 2nd Tuesday of the month St Francis Aged Care 11.00am on 2nd Thursday of the month Calare Nursing Home 11.00am on 3rd Thursday of the month Cherrywood Nursing Home 11.00am on 4th Tuesday of the month Gosling Creek Aged Care 11.00am on 4th Thursday of the month Wontama Hostel

Contact The Parish Team

PARISH CLERGY TEAM Fr Greg Bellamy Fr Pius Khaoya Fr Mathew Humtsoe

Parish Priest Assistant Priest Assistant Priest

PARISH MISSION SUPPORT TEAM Mr Michael O’Mara Ms Sandy Livermore Ms Anne Wykamp

PARISH MISSION TEAM Ms Amy Sullivan Ms Carla Ghisla Ms Vanessa Colquhoun Sr Frances McAleer rsj Mr Will Tracey Ms Sarah Ziegler

Director of Ministries Director of Mission Sacramental Coordinator Resident in Molong Youth Minister Youth Minister

For information about weddings, baptisms, funerals, and visits to the sick, please contact the Parish Office.

Operations Manager Parish Secretary Parish Receptionist

PARISH OFFICE Phone Email Address Facebook

6362 2378 office.orange@cdob.org.au 84 Hill Street (P.O. Box 44) Orange 2800 www.facebook.com/CatholicOrangeNSW

Office Hours Monday 11.30am - 4.30pm Tuesday - Friday 8.45am - 4.30pm