Praying for Our Departed Loved Ones – November Masses
During the month of November, the Church invites us to especially pray for the souls of the faithful departed—our loved ones who have gone before us marked with the sign of faith.
If you would like a Mass offered for someone who has died, November Mass envelopes are available at each of our Mass centres. Simply write the name(s) of your loved one(s) on the envelope and include an offering. These can be placed in the collection at Mass or handed in to the parish office.
All Mass Centres will also have a memorial book, if you wish to write down the name of a loved one that has passed.
May our prayers this month bring comfort, hope, and the peace of Christ to all who mourn.
Listen kindly to our prayers, O Lord, and, as our faith in your Son, raised from the dead, is deepened, so may our hope of resurrection for your departed servants also find new strength. (Collect 1)
St Vincent De Paul Annual Christmas Appeal – 15/16 November
Next weekend marks our annual St Vincent de Paul Christmas Appeal across our parish. Envelopes will be available on the pews and may be placed in the collection baskets. If you prefer, you are welcome to take an envelope home and return it at a later Mass.
Throughout the year, our local Vinnies conferences provide vital assistance—food, support, and care—to families experiencing hardship. This Christmas Appeal helps fund Christmas Hampers, bringing a little extra hope, comfort, and joy to those who need it most during this special season.
Your generosity makes a real difference in the lives of others. Thank you for your ongoing support and compassion.
Ladies Lunch
The next Ladies Lunch will be on Friday 21st November at 12 noon at The Waves Club cnr Arthur Street and Bingera Terrace Caloundra. All ladies are welcome to attend. This is a great way to meet other ladies and make new friends. Please contact Deborah 0410531901 by Monday 17th November to register your attendance!
Kingdom Kids Youth Group – 18th November
Our next Kingdom Kids Youth Group will be held Tuesday 18th November at Unity College Chapel from 4-5:30pm!
This is our last youth group of the year, and we will be celebrating with a Christmas Party themed night! This is not one to miss – bring along your friends!
If you would like to register your child, please click here for the registration form!
Any other questions, please contact Amelia – wi******@**************et.au
Join Our Greeters Team!
Do you have a warm and friendly heart? Would you enjoy greeting others as they arrive at one of our Mass Centres?
Being part of our welcoming team is a wonderful way to connect with people and help everyone feel at home — and we’d love for you to join us! We’ll be holding a training and refresher session for both current greeters and new volunteers on Saturday, 29th November, from 10am–12pm.
To learn more, please speak with your Pastoral Leaderat your Mass or contact the Parish Office on 5430 9390.
Volunteer Safeguarding Training & Prayer Team Training
On Friday, 28 November, we will hold two important training sessions:
- Essential Volunteer Safeguarding Training – Open and required for all volunteers across the Parish.
- Prayer Team Training –Specifically for those interested in serving on Prayer Teams.
This combined day will allow people who are interested in serving on Prayer Teams and other ministries such as Rosie’s BBQ Outreach to be fully up to date with the essential safeguarding training required by the Archdiocese. This training is open to anyone across the Parish who wishes to serve in these ministries. The day will run as follows:
8:45am – Gather & Prayer
9:00am – Essential Archdiocese of Brisbane Safeguarding & WHS Training
11:30am – Brunch
12:00pm – Prayer Team Training
1:00pm – Finish
Volunteers can also choose to do Safeguarding training on-line. However, if you would prefer to go to the in-person seminar, join us for the morning & Brunch. If you have done your safeguarding training online but would like to attend prayer team training, please join us at 11:30am for Brunch and then the training session.
Registration is essential – please register HERE.
To complete your Safeguarding training online, still register by scanning the QR code, and we will send you the details to complete the training online.
COP30 – the 30th annual Conference of the Parties to the United Nations.
We Catholics have a unique role — and a sacred duty — to raise our voices for creation and the most vulnerable among us as Pope Leo asked in his Encyclical, Dilexi Te, 4th October this year.
We are called to pray, educate, and advocate for action at COP30 that world leaders work together, through the decisions taken, to protect our planet and all life on it.
Taking place in the Amazon Rainforest, 9th -21st November, this annual United Nations climate summit is more than a political gathering; it is a moment of moral and spiritual conversion, echoing the call of Laudato Si’ to hear both “the cry of the earth and the cry of the poor.” Pope Francis — and now Pope Leo XIV — remind us that everything is interconnected.
Catholic bishops from Africa, Asia, and Latin America called for urgent climate justice. As Catholics, we draw from our Social Teaching — upholding the dignity of every person, the common good, and our preferential option for the poor. These values compel us not to treat climate change as an issue “for someone else,” but as a moral crisis that impacts all, especially the “least” among us.
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Have You Signed Up? Why Flocknote?
Parishioners and visitors are invited to scan the QR code to sign up and register with the parish. If you have any questions, please see Father Josh or Gerard. Please note that if you received the old MailChimp eNewsletter, you will automatically be included in the new Flocknote eNews group.
Click the link HERE to register.
A Year of Engagement
Lord God, I say yes to your will for me:
To live out my baptism in obedience to you.
As a member of our parish,
I commit myself to your mission of invitation:
To be vibrant like your Son, to extend myself in charity,
and to actively accompany people to encounter Jesus.
Who lives and reigns for ever and ever. Amen.
On the Journey
We congratulate Isabella Bassos, Amarli, Sienna & Emilia Sanders, Ivy Kenna, Jasmyn, Elyse & Claire Figueredo who will be baptised at OLR this weekend.
We pray for the souls of our deceased priests, religious and parishioners.
May they Rest in Peace.
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