Category: Announcements

Please consider coming along to our working bee on Saturday the 18th of October and helping in keeping the Shrine beautiful and spiritually uplifting for our local area and the pilgrims that visit. This Shrine is a treasure to the Order, Diocese and country, any help and forms of talent are always most welcome.

During the working bee this month, we are going to focus on a variety of maintenance tasks. What is attempted depends on who attends and their interests. The list includes:

• Fixing paved path.
• Cleaning gutters.
• Cleaning the chapels.
• Painting.
• General cleanup.

It would greatly assist in planning if anyone interested in coming would let Fr Joseph Maria know what projects they might be interested in working on. It is not expected that we will be able to start or finish the whole list.

If you have tools that can help with the particular task you are interested in, you are encouraged to bring them along.

The program for the day would be:

• Mass at around 8:15am in the Shrine Church
• Begin work at 9am at the back of the property
• Lunch around 1:30pm
• Finish around 3:30pm (for those that can stay the whole day).

The Fathers and Brothers pray for the intentions of volunteers to the Shrine everyday.

A selection of photos from the Re-enactment of the Lord’s Passion (Passion Play) that was held at the Shrine on Good Friday, with over 8000 people in attendance.

Here is the schedule for Holy Thursday, the 17th of April:

• No Mass at 11am
• 6pm – Solemn Mass of the Lord’s Supper (with washing of the feet and procession to the Altar of Repose)
• Adoration at the Altar of Repose – until midnight

The novena to Divine Mercy, will be celebrated from Good Friday 18th – Divine Mercy Sunday 26th April 2025. If you would like your intentions to be included in our prayers during the novena, forms can be found at the side table in the Shrine Church or you can use one of the options on our website for the Divine Mercy Novena.

For those who would like to pray the Stations of the Cross during this season of Lent, the version used at Penrose Park from the Pauline Prayer Book is now available to all Pilgrims on YouTube.

The Stations of the Cross are prayed at the Shrine every Friday and Saturday during Lent after the 11am Mass. The live reenactment of the Lord’s Passion is on Good Friday the 18th of April at 11am.

Lord Jesus Crucified, have mercy on us!

From 10th to the 18th of March the Pauline Fathers offer a Novena to St. Joseph remembering the requested intentions at Mass.

For those wishing to include intentions for the novena (these will be place upon the High Altar), slips can be found at the side table of the Church. Intentions can be left in one of the offering boxes in the Church, handed back to one of the Fathers or Brothers or put into the collection basket. Intentions can also submitted online on the St Joseph Novena page.

Dear Pilgrims,

The Pauline Community of the Shrine of Our Lady of Mercy, Penrose Park, wishes you a

HAPPY & BLESSED CHRISTMAS!

May the Child Jesus born in the manger at Bethlehem truly find a place in your hearts and homes during this joyous season and may you continually be blessed through the intercession of Our Lady of Mercy and St Joseph in the coming NEW YEAR of 2025.

God bless you all.

From 16 Dec to 24 Dec the Pauline Fathers offer a Novena to the Infant Jesus remembering the requested intentions in their prayers.

If you would like your intentions included, please see our Christmas Novena page.

November is traditionally dedicated to the Holy Souls. It is our duty to pray for them especially those who have no one to pray for them. This is our Catholic obligation. During November, Masses will be celebrated for our dearly departed. To have names included please fill out the November Mass forms found on the side table of the Church or found on the Shrine website. Masses for the Holy Souls will be celebrated from the 1st to the 30th November.

The November Mass forms can be found on the Shrine Website at: https://penrosepark.com.au/novena-offerings/november-masses/