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On Tuesday 9 March we commemorated the Feast of S Frances of Rome who was guided by an angel with a lantern as she walked along dark roads. She is the Patron Saint of automobile drivers. As is done in Rome on this day, all were invited to the carpark that evening to have their cars blessed.
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Today we have the St Blaise blessing of throats with candles for protection from throat ailments and other illnesses. This is a custom that goes back to the eighth century. St Blaise was a Bishop and martyr who was known for his miracles of healing.
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We are please that restrictions will now be eased.
Bookings are now only required for Sunday Mass and other Sung Masses at Mary Immaculate Church. They are no longer required for any other Mass time, including Monday nights. For the latest Mass times, check the Parish Bulletin.
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The State Government has updated the Covid regulations from today to Friday 22 January, and we have received regulations for churches from the Archdiocese.
In order for us to continue our primary duty to the faithful of administering the sacraments, preaching, and prayer, we are required to observe the following regulations over the next ten days:
The capacity at Mary Immaculate and St John Fisher is reduced to one person per 4 square meters.Bookings continue to be required for all Sunday Masses and Monday evening Mass at Mary Immaculate.During this period bookings are also required for 8:30am Saturday 16 January Mass, and all Saturday and Sunday Masses at St John Fisher for 16 & 17 of January.Face masks must be worn by everyone in attendance.The Archdiocese has stated that “Parishioners who refuse to wear a mask are not allowed to enter unless they are a child under 12 years old or a person affected by
Due to the State Government Lockdown the Church is closed from Friday 6 January 6pm to Monday 9 January 6pm. Everything normally in the Church at this time is suspended.
We are streaming Low Mass from Oratory House on Saturday at 9:00am, and a Missa Cantata at 10:00am on Sunday.
You can watch the stream on our Facebook page (a Facebook account is not required) at https://www.facebook.com/brisbaneoratory/live_videos/
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Bookings are required for all Christmas Masses
Christmas Eve
5:00pm – OF Mass – St John Fisher6:30pm – OF Mass – St John Fisher8:00pm – OF Mass with Hymns – Mary Immaculate Church
Midnight
Midnight EF High/Sung (Latin) Mary Immaculate Church
Christmas Day
7:00am – EF Mass (Latin) with English Hymns – Mary Immaculate Church8:30am – OF Mass with Hymns – Mary Immaculate Church10:00am – EF Mass High/Sung (Latin) – Mary Immaculate Church
Nativity Scene at Mary Immaculate Church. Photo: Maria Rose Anna Photography.
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Join us for our Advent Lessons and Carols as we celebrate and prepare for the coming of our Saviour with organ, congregational singing, and choral music, concluding with Solemn Benediction.
Wednesday 16 December at 7:00pm.
All Welcome
Bookings are required for Covid-19 Regulations.
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Next Sunday begins the season of advent. Advent sometimes gets lost amongst the commercialisation of Christmas during December. Advent is a penitential season filled with preparation and expectation for the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ at Christmas celebrated from Vespers on the 24th December to Candlemas on the 2nd February. One way we can reclaim the spirit of advent is having an advent wreath in our homes which can be used during times of family prayer.
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During November the Church turns our minds to the suffering souls in purgatory. Purgatory is a great mercy from God allowing those who have died in friendship with God, but who’s are still due temporal punishment, to enter into heaven. Those souls who depart this life in the state of grace but with venial sin, or who have not paid their debt of temporal punishment due to those sins which guilt or eternal punishment has been forgiven, go to purgatory for a time. It is said that the fires of purgatory are the same as the fires of hell, except in purgatory they are temporary, and pain in purgatory is most great. While in purgatory, souls are unable to merit for themselves, but since we are still on earth we can offer up sufferings on their behalf to expiate their temporal punishment to make their time in purgatory quicker. The
On Sunday 25 of October we will celebrate the Feast of Our Lord Jesus Christ the King. This Feast reminds us that all people, the baptised and non-baptised, are subject to Christ who is the King of all mankind. On this Feast Day the Church grants a plenary indulgence, under the usual conditions, for those who assist publicly in the Act of Consecration of the Human Race to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. It is fitting that this day falls one week before the Queensland State election and is a good reminder that as Christ is the King of mankind, all political powers ought to be subject to Christ and his laws. A nation or state cannot flourish unless it follows the laws of Christ and his rule. Our families and even ourselves as individuals are subject to the rule of Christ and we should seek him to be the