Chinese New Year Celebrations 2012

The team responsible for celebrating the Chinese New Year, under the baton of parishioner, Eddie Tsui, are hard at work preparing for the festivities.

Fr Daven Day SJ - 60th Anniversary

Everyone is invited to the celebration of Fr Daven Day's sixty years as a Jesuit.

The mass will be the usual 10.30 Mass on Sunday 12th February. Fr Tony Smith, the parish priest, will be the principal celebrant and Fr Richard Leonard, the Jesuit superior, will give the homily.

During the Mass, Fr Daven will renew his vows and will speak some words of thanks before Mass concludes.

All are then invited to morning tea in the garden.

Sing & Play

We would like to invite all preschoolers (ages 5 and below) and their carers to join us for storytime on Monday mornings.  The storytime includes nursery rhymes, action rhymes and board books.  Sessions will be for 45 minutes followed by a short morning tea.

 WHEN: Every Monday from 13th February until 2nd April

TIME:  10:30am – 11:45am

WHERE: St Francis Xavier Lavender Bay Parish Hall Mackenzie St, Lavender Bay (right next to St Francis Xavier Church)*

CONTACT: Alena Swinbourne and Patricia Priest,

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and after 9am mass at St Mary's

or Frances Tilly at St Mary's Parish office 8918 4104

Family Liturgy Group Roster

St Mary’s 9am Family Liturgy Group New Roster for 2012

It‟s roster time again!  Come along after mass on Sunday 19 February and sign up during morning tea.

As ever, we need volunteers to welcome, organise morning tea, for the Ministry of the Word (reading and announcing), Communion Ministers and to present the monthly Sacristy Sunday.

Next CAMINO Talk

The Camino Committee Of Our Lady of the Way Parishes

North Sydney.

Invite you to a talk by

Father Edmund Campion

TITLE:-   Vatican 11 : 50 Years Later.