Notices_Sunday 1st March 2026 — 2nd Sunday in Lent

NOTICES:

Wel­come to any vis­it­ors with us today. Please join us for morn­ing tea after the ser­vice.

Happy Birth­day to:

Peter Sey­mour; Tony Brown­low; Rick Prat­ley; Selina Hardy; Kath­er­ine Old­field; Mar­ilyn Gibbs; Bianca Reddy; Joseph Kumar; Nam Clarke; Viol­etta Clarke; Andy B.; and John MacLu­lich.

Tues­day Night Bible Study at 7.30pm:

Held at Fr Philip Bradford’s place.  We will be con­tinu­ing with the Gos­pel of Mat­thew. Please bring a bible. All wel­come.

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Fr Mark is con­duct­ing an hourly Len­ten Study on Zoom, each Wed­nes­day even­ing until 1 April, at 7.30 p.m. 

The study book is “Let Me Go There” by Paula Gooder. This book con­tains a series of bib­lic­al reflec­tions and invites us to exper­i­ence Lent, not as a sea­son of restric­tion but of wide-open spa­cious­ness, to learn anew and grow in faith. Paula Gooder is a lead­ing bib­lic­al schol­ar and one of today’s most pop­u­lar writers in spir­itu­al­ity.

If you would like to join the Zoom study, please let Ruth know on 0400 166 041 or email ruthchampion47@gmail.com.

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Sat­urday 7^th March 2026 from 9.30am — Len­ten Quiet Day

The Sydney Mis­sion-Col­lege of the Oratory of the Good Shep­herd invites you to join in their annu­al Quiet Day for the sea­son of Lent, to be held in the church and grounds of St John’s Church, Birch­grove, (corner of Birch­grove Road and Spring Street). The lead­er will be The Ven­er­able Keith Dean-Jones OGS, Aus­trali­an Pro­vin­cial of the Oratory. After cof­fee and con­ver­sa­tion at 9.30 am, silence will be main­tained, apart from the pray­ers of the Offices and the Euchar­ist, until 4.15 pm. Fr Keith will give two addresses, and will be avail­able for indi­vidu­al coun­selling and recon­cili­ation. The event is free.

Par­ti­cipants are asked to bring their own pic­nic lunches. Tea and cof­fee will be provided. All are most wel­come to attend

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Sunday 15^th March – Annu­al Gen­er­al Meet­ing in the Church Hall, after the 9.30am ser­vice and morn­ing tea.

Nom­in­a­tion forms for War­dens, Par­ish Coun­cil­lors and Syn­od Reps are avail­able in the hall.

If you are an office bear­er, please sub­mit your report/s to the Par­ish Office via email by Sunday 8^th March

16^th – 20^th March — T.S. Eliot’s Four Quar­tets: Eli­ot was an Anglo-Cath­ol­ic, and his Four Quar­tets is a pro­found med­it­a­tion on time, pres­ence and faith. He is explor­ing Chris­ti­an mys­ti­cism in his poetry, and it was inspired by his own spir­itu­al beliefs.
Ven­ue: Old Fitz Theatre
Address: 129 Dowl­ing Street, Wool­loomoo­loo NSW 2011
More details here: https://www.oldfitztheatre.com.au/four-quartets

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Dates for you Diary

Sunday 15^th March – Moth­er­ing Sunday – Fourth Sunday in Lent.

Sunday 22^nd March – Palm Cross mak­ing in the hall after 9.30am ser­vice and morn­ing tea.

Sat­urday 28^th March — Work­ing bee to pre­pare for East­er.

Sunday 29^th March – 9.30am Palm Sunday Ser­vice

Thursday 2^nd April – 7.30pm Maun­dy Thursday Ser­vice.

Fri­day 3^rd April – 9.30am Good Fri­day Ser­vice and 12pm Sta­tions of the Cross.

Sunday 5^th April – 9.30am East­er Day ser­vice fol­lowed by a shared lunch in the hall.Please bring food to share.

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ST PAULS PANTRY needs food, health and clean­ing items:  A bas­ket is in the church foy­er for dona­tions.

Weekly Inter­ces­sions for our Com­munity:

Sunday: Rajah Selva­ra­jah & Greg; Peter Sey­mour; Andy Ser­afin & Colin Spokes; and Louisa Sil­ver­man.

Monday: Laurel & Ray Som­mer; Kar­lene Thompson; Christine Thur­ley & Troy.

Tues­day: Stu­art Veitch, Jo Bur­ton & Laurence; and Janet Walms­ley.

Wed­nes­day: Noël Waugh; Janet Wid­mer & Cliff; Ron (Bp) & Katie Wil­lams.

Thursday: Mat­thew, Sam, Thomas & Bron­wyn Whit­ing; and Sally Woell­ner.

Fri­day: We pray for pas­tor­al care min­istry teams at all Hos­pit­als and all those who are min­istered to.

Sat­urday: Almighty God, we pray for those in areas of con­flict. We pray for heal­ing and good med­ic­al care for those who have been injured. For those who have lost homes and pos­ses­sions, please meet their daily needs for food, clean water and shel­ter and com­fort those who mourn the loss of loved ones.  And bless all who are help­ing those impacted. Amen.

Pray­ers for the sick and for those in need of pray­er:

Ron Clarke; Christine Thur­ley; Don­ald Thomas; Andy Ser­afin; Alex Regos; Sarah, Paul, Emma, & Michael; John Park­er; Kim McLoughrey; Gra­ham Dagg; Char­lotte Dolby; Steven Solomonides, Fred Dobell; Ara­bella Ross; Erica Math­ieson and Suz­anne Camp­ton.

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Anniversar­ies of the Depar­ted: Anne Casey; Merryn Ban­ner­man; Her­bert Sur­rey; and Thomas Ster­ick­er.

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Saints Com­mem­or­a­tion:

2^nd: Chad, Bish­op of Lich­field, mis­sion­ary (d.672).

7^th: Per­petua and her com­pan­ions, mar­tyrs at Carthage (d.203).