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Our Community

We welcome all newcomers and hope you will soon feel at home and share with us your gifts and talents. We promote active involvement in parish ministries and the wider community. Through our parish ministries we create personal connections between the Parish and its members. We aim to help our community connect their faith with their daily lives and to see our Parishes of Our Lady of the Way as a community of people, not just a place to attend mass.

Family connections

9am family mass at St Mary's
monthly youth masses

links; schools in the parish
St Mary's Primary School; http://www.stmns.catholic.edu.au/
St Aloysius, North Sydney Boys High School, North Sydney Girls High, Cammeray Public School, North Sydney Demonstration School

Young people

Monthly youth masses

St Mary's, North Sydney; 6pm mass, last Sunday of the month,
St Francis Xavier, Lavender Bay; 6.15pm mass, first Sunday of the month

Yucan/Branches/Dialogue gatherings after 6.15pm mass at st Francis Xavier, Lavender Bay

For YOUNG ADULTS wanting to go further in their faith, searching for more or wanting to meet others who are keen to make a difference....All are welcome to "YUCAN Dialogue" for Young Adults (20’s and 30’s)! St Francis Xavier Parish Hall, Mackenzie St, Lavender Bay. yucan.org.au.

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For the sick or elderly;

Monthly anointing masses are celebrated on the last Wednesday of the month at parish masses

St Mary's, North Sydney; 12 midday mass, last Wednesday of the month
St Francis Xavier, Lavender Bay; 12.15pm mass, last Wednesday of the month
10.30am Anointing mass and morning tea, Marist Brothers' Monastery, last Wednesday of the month
James Milson Village & Nursing Home; Anointing mass, last Wednesday of the month at 1.30pm in the Tower Building, http://www.agedservices.asn.au/ACS/Our_Homes/James-Milson/James-Milson-Village.htm
Georgian House, North Sydney; anointing and communion service, ....... https://www.agedcareguide.com.au/facility_details.asp?facilityid=14241

Do you know someone who is sick or housebound who would like a visit or to receive communion in their home? Contact Alan Panambalana 9439 5230

Need help getting to church?

For St Mary's, North Sydney, contact Alan Panambalana 9439 5230
For Star of the Sea, Kirribilli, contact Annette Benaud, 8918 4140
For St Francis Xavier, Lavender bay, contact Alan Panambalana 9439 5230

Spirituality and prayer

Christian Life Community (CLC NSW) contact Kay Hooper 9858 2092, http://clcaustralia.org.au/index.htm
Christian Meditation contact Judi and Paul Taylor 9904 4638, www.wccm.org/
Meditation is as natural to the spirit as breathing is to the body.
Men's group, contact Paul Taylor 9904 4638
retreat in daily life
spiritual exercises

links:
Centres of Ignatian Spirituality; http://www.cis.jesuit.org.au/
Loyola Institute - a centre for formation and leadership. www.loyola.org.au/

Ministries and Sodalities

In addition to the spiritual life of our community, many practical initiatives operate to support and connect members of the local and wider community. These ministries are run by volunteer groups, who are always looking to recruit volunteers. We also have several societies and sodalities, such as the St Vincent de Paul Society ( http://122.201.70.166/home-act) and the Legion of Mary and the Sodality of the Sacred Heart.
Links:
http://www.legion-of-mary.org.au/what-is-the-legion-of-mary

Social connections

Enjoy going out for dinner?
Come along to JUSTA; regular dinners, day trips and adventures. Contact Annette Benaud 8918 4140
Senior connections: Manresa group; regular meetings and excursions.