The December Working Bee will be on Saturday 16th December and will conclude at about 1 pm. After this, we invite all volunteers and their families of the Shrine to come along for a Christmas BBQ at the Monastery. This is a chance to get together before the busy time of Christmas and for the Pauline Community to THANK YOU for all your wonderful service throughout the year. Please RSVP to Fr Richard asap.
During our monthly working bee on the 16th of December, we are going to continue the work begun last month cleaning up the dead wood around the chapels at the back of the property. The goal of doing so will be:
- We want our Shrine to look as beautiful as possible to be spiritually uplifting to the pilgrims that come.
- It is said to be a high-risk fire season coming, so we want to be as prepared as possible.
- The general safety of those who walk around the Shrine property.
The program for the day would be:
- Mass at around 8:15 am in the Shrine Church
- Begin work at 9 am at the back of the property
- BBQ lunch around 1 pm
The work will be everything from collecting small branches to large logs, loading them in a trailer and putting them in an open field where they can be burnt next winter.
Solid shoes and gloves would be a must. Anyone who can bring a chainsaw to help cut up logs or a trailer to help move them is encouraged to bring them.