Category: Events

This Sunday 12th January, at the 11 am Mass, Bishop Brian came to officially inaugurate the Jubilee year at Penrose Park. Bishop Brian Mascord, Bishop of Wollongong, has appointed 5 Churches as official pilgrimage sites during this year of Jubilee, and of course, Penrose Park is one of those five. We would like to greatly thank him for both coming today and giving us this privilege for this year.

Therefore during this year, anyone coming on pilgrimage to the Shrine can gain themselves a Plenary indulgence (full remission of sin and the punishments incurred) by fulfilling the usual requirements: visiting the Shrine, Confession, Mass with Holy Communion and prayers for the intentions of the Holy Father.

This is a great honour for the Shrine and we welcome all our pilgrims to come along and celebrate the Jubilee year. Events will be planned throughout the year so please stay tuned to our website and social media for more information. God bless you all!

Some photos of the day are below.

Dear friends, Bishop Brian Mascord, Bishop of Wollongong has appointed 5 Churches as offical pilgrimage sties during this year of Jubilee and of course Penrose Park is one of those five.

This Sunday, 12th January, at the 11 am Mass, Bishop Brian will be coming to officially inaugurate the Jubilee year at Penrose Park.

Therefore during this year, anyone coming on pilgrimage to the Shrine can gain themselves a Plenary indulgence (full remission of sin and the punishments incurred) by fulfilling the usual requirements.

Visiting the Shrine, Confession, Mass with Holy Communion and prayers for the intentions of the Holy Father.

This is a great honour for the Shrine, and we welcome all our pilgrims to come and celebrate the Jubilee year. Events will be planned throughout the year, so please stay tuned to our website and social media for more information. God bless you all!

The Novena to St. Paul the First Hermit (Patriarch of the Pauline Order) will take place from Monday 6th January to Tuesday 14th January at the 11am Masses (inclusive of Sunday). 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 Paul Novena page.

Confession will be available on the weekends of 14th/15th & 21st/22nd
half an hour before and after each scheduled Mass. Appointments can be made as well.

Please note Sunday Mass times are 8am, 9:30am and 11am at the Shrine.

Please consider coming along to our working bee on Saturday the 14th of December and helping in keeping the Shrine beautiful 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. The list includes:

• Trimming bushes.
• Cleaning gutters.
• Painting around the shop and entrance.
• Fixing some sunken pavers.
• Cleaning the chapels.
• Edging a garden.
• Trimming the grass off the drive.

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
• Volenteers Christmas BBQ around 1:30pm

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

Please consider coming along to our working bee on Saturday the 16th of November and helping in keeping the Shrine beautiful 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. The list includes:

• Trimming bushes.
• Cleaning gutters.
• Painting around the shop and entrance.
• Fixing some sunken pavers.
• Cleaning the chapels.
• Moving plants.
• Edging a garden.
• Trimming the grass off the drive.

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.

As noted in the bulletin for the last few weeks, tomorrow’s working bee has been cancelled. The next working bee is the 16th of November.

During our monthly working bee on the 3rd Saturday of the month (21 of Setptember), we are going to continue cleaning up the 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 and to be spiritually uplifting to the pilgrims who come.
• Enure that should a bush fire ever come our way, we are as prepared as possible by removing the fuel load.
• The general safety of those who walk around the Shrine property.

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
• BBQ lunch around 1:30pm
• Finish around 5:30pm (for those that can stay the whole day).

The work will be split into two groups. One group cleaning around the chapels by sweeping, removing old flowers, and, generally, tidying up the chapels themselves. The second group working to clear the the dead wood that has built up around the chapels. This work will include collecting small branches and large logs, loading them in a trailer, and piling them up in an open field to be burnt.

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.

This weekend, we are celebrating the Shrines Feast with the Solemnity of Our Lady of Mercy. Please take note of the following schedule.

Saturday 24th August: 5pm – Holy Hour and Vespers in the Shrine Church

Sunday 25th August: 8am – Low Mass of Our Lady of Mercy followed by Exposition
9:30am Mass – CANCELLED
11am – Solemn High Mass of Our Lady of Mercy
Celebrant: Bishop Columba MacBeth-Green OSPPE DD
5pm – Solemn Vespers 1 for our Lady of Mercy (Traditional form)

Monday 26th August: 9am – Solemn Lauds of our Lady of Mercy followed by Exposition
11am – Solemn Mass of Our Lady of Mercy
Celebrant: Fr Richard Green OSPPE