Golden Jubilee Mass

One of the opportunities that our Golden Jubilee year offers is the chance to gather together and celebrate the gifts and graces we’ve received from God over the past 50 years.
This will happen in a special way on Sunday 2 October in Caloundra with Archbishop Mark Coleridge  joining us for Mass.
The morning will commence at 8.15am outside OLR church with bagpipes, followed by a blessing of the renovated Parish Centre and associated gathering area at 8.30am. We will then form a Rosary procession from OLR church to OLR Primary School undercover area (Alfred St) where Mass will commence at 9.30am.
People are welcome to take a seat before 9.30am if mobility is an issue for the Rosary procession. There will be a parish picnic – BYO food – on the grass oval following Mass. More information in next week’s newsletter. We look forward to welcoming you.

 

Golden Jubilee Photographs

Only 4 weeks to go before our Jubilee Mass and we are still seeking historical photographs for our celebrations. We would love your support. We are asking all parishioners to send us a photo of any hidden treasures, interesting artefacts or historical photographs that you might have in your own collection from the past 50 years of Our Lady of the Rosary parish and surrounding Catholic communities. Please email photos to  [email protected]  or bring in your photos to the parish office and Eileen and Vicki will scan them for our Jubilee celebrations.

 

Season of Creation

The Season of Creation begins this Sunday 1 September, on the World Day of Prayer for Care of Creation, and runs through until the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi on 4 October. It is a time to renew our relationship with our Creator and all creation through celebration, conversion, and commitment, and set aside a time to focus on God’s gift of creation and our responsibility to care for it, our common home.

The sweet song of creation invites us to practise an “ecological spirituality” (Laudato Si’, 216), attentive to God’s presence in the natural world.  It is a summons to base our spirituality on the “loving awareness that we are not disconnected from the rest of creatures, but joined in a splendid universal communion” (ibid., 220).

During the Season of Creation, we join our sisters and brothers in the ecumenical family in prayer and action for our common home. As the urgent need to solve the environmental crisis continues to grow, Christian churches have been called to strengthen their united response. The Season of Creation ecumenical steering committee came together to provide resources to empower Christians to respond to our faith, each in the way of his or her own denomination, during this shared season of reflection and action. The World Council of Churches was instrumental in making this special time a season. Free resources, including a message from Pope Francis, prayers and reflections are available at www.seasosnofcreation.org

 

OLR Parish Summit 2022

Protecting children is everyone’s business. This week is Child Protection Week (4-10 September) and we join with all parishes, ministries, QLD communities and Catholic schools across Australia to acknowledge and take responsibility for children being protected and experience wellbeing.

This year’s theme is ‘Every child, in every community, needs a fair go’. Feeling safe and a strong sense of belonging is critical and important to enable children to feel safe and loved, and to thrive and develop a positive disposition towards lifelong learning. We all need to play a part to protect children from harm, neglect and abuse.

Did you know that children, often, tell us what is happening to them through clear statements or in subtle ways? As a helping hand, Brisbane Catholic Education have pulled together a check list and helpful tips on checking in on your child’s wellbeing.

To find out more about the events taking place across QLD this week, including free webinars, go to: Get Involved – NAPCAN

Please join us on 3 September at 8.00am at Our Lady of the Rosary Church Caloundra to:

1. Recite the Rosary
2. Make a Sacramental Confession
3. Receive Holy Communion
4. Keep company and meditate on the mysteries of Rosary with the intention of making reparation to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

 

Grief Support

If you are experiencing grief through the loss of a loved one, a broken relationship or a major life change of any kind, and you feel that the Grief Support team can be of assistance to you or a family member, please contact the parish office with your details so a support person can contact you.  All contact is treated with utmost confidentiality.

Golden Weddings Mass

The Archdiocese of Brisbane celebrates a special mass annually for couples who have been married for 50 years or more. In front of family and friends, the couples will renew their wedding vows at Cathedral of St Stephen as part of mass with Archbishop Mark Coleridge.

Those celebrating their 50th Wedding Anniversary are invited to attend the Annual Golden Wedding Anniversary Mass on Saturday 24 September at 11:30am. The Cathedral car park will be available.

Please RSVP by Wednesday 21 September by email [email protected]  or telephone 07 3324 3030.