HOLY WEEK CEREMONIES 2023

PALM SUNDAY 

SATURDAY 1st APRIL:

  • 6.00pm -   Vigil Mass 

SUNDAY 2nd APRIL: 

  • 8.30am -    Mass
    10.00am – Mass

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TUESDAY 4th APRIL: 7.00pm – CHRISM MASS of the HOLY OILS at ST. FRANCIS XAVIER’S CATHEDRAL, WOLLONGONG. 

(Includes renewal of Priestly Ordination promises by all Priests of the Diocese).

(Note: NO 6.30pm Mass today in the parish)

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HOLY THURSDAY 6th April:

  • 7.00pm – SOLEMN MASS OF THE LORD’S SUPPER

Followed by Procession of the Blessed Sacrament to Altar of Repose where Exposition will continue until Midnight.

By tradition, the Church Sanctuary will be stripped, and statues covered until the 

Solemn Easter Vigil, in honour of the Lord’s burial in the Tomb. (Note: No 9am Mass today) 

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GOOD FRIDAY 7th April:  (A day of both fast and abstinence).    

  • 10.00am - STATIONS OF THE CROSS       
  • 3.00pm - SOLEMN COMMEMORATION OF THE LORD’S PASSION AND DEATH

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HOLY SATURDAY 8th April:  

  • 7.00pm – SOLEMN EASTER VIGIL and MASS OF THE LORD’S RESURRECTION.

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EASTER SUNDAY 9th April: 

  • 8.30am – Mass 
  • 10.00am - SOLEMN MASS OF THE LORD’S RESURRECTION

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 CONFESSIONS

  • Saturday         1st April 5.00pm – 5.45pm
  • Wednesday    5th April 9.30am – 10.00am
  • Wednesday    5th April 6.30pm – 8.00pm Friday     7th April       11am – 12noon

                     

PLEASE NOTE: There will be NO Confessions heard on Holy Saturday, 8th April. 

By tradition, no sacraments are celebrated on Holy Saturday in the Church, in memory of the Lord’s burial in the Tomb.  

All the faithful should have confessed their sins prior to the celebration of the Sacred Triduum of Easter

Welcome to

Our Lady Help of Christians Parish

Rosemeadow - New South Wales

Incorporating Saint Bede's Church - Appin

Our Lady Help Of Christians was established as a parish on December 8, 1994. The parish church is located at Rosemeadow but the parish also incorporates historic St. Bede's Church at Appin, the oldest continuously used Catholic church on the Australian mainland. The areas covered by the Our Lady Help Of Christians Parish include Ambarvale, Appin, Englorie Park, Glen Alpine, Menangle Park, Rosemeadow, St Helens Park, Macarthur Gardens and Wilton.

A Parish of the Catholic Diocese of Wollongong.

 

Times Of Masses & Sacraments At OLHC

WEEKEND MASS TIMES

Saturday Vigil

4.00pm (Vietnamese)

Saturday Vigil

6.00pm

Sunday

8.30am & 10.00am

WEEKDAY MASS TIMES

Tuesday

6.30pm

Wednesday

9.00am

Thursday

9.00am

Friday

8.20am

First Friday Exposition and Benediction

11.00am - 12 Noon

First Saturday Mass

10.30am

 
 

Baptisms

By Appointment

Marriages

By Appointment

Reconciliation (Confession)

Saturday 5.15 pm - 5.45 pm

First Holy Communion

Contact Parish Office (02 4628 1385)

Confirmation

Contact Parish Office (02 4628 1385)