Sunday Mass schedule as per normal, Solemn Mass at 11am. There will be a Holy Hour from 2pm-3pm in the Shrine Church, Schedule is:
After the conclusion there will be the blessing of religious articles and devotional items purchased from the religious shop or brought along for the occasion.
The annual reenactment of the Lord’s Passion (Passion Play) will take place in the Shrine, commencing at 11am on Good Friday 3rd April 2026. Please note, this is free and open to all, no bookings need to be made. Food & drink will also be available for purchase. Good Friday is also a day of Fasting and abstinence, Pilgrims are allowed to picnic on site but we ask that NO meat is consumed or BBQed on the day.
It is highly recommended that you arrive early to allow extra time to get to the Shrine on Good Friday, we had about 8000 people last year, and it takes time for everyone to enter and get parked.
All events happening on Good Friday at the Shrine are as follows.
Adoration at the Altar of Repose – 8am until 10pm
11am – Passion Play (commencing at the front of the property)
3pm – Commemoration of the Lord’s Passion (In the Shrine Church)
5pm – Novena to Divine Mercy 7pm – Vespers (Prayer of the Church)
ASH WEDNESDAY – 18th FEBRUARY
This day commences the Lenten season. Please remember this is a day of Fasting/Abstinence and prayer. Mass with the distribution of Ashes will be celebrated at 11 am (followed by the Stations of the Cross) and 6 pm. Confession will be available before and after both Masses.
PASCHAL PRECEPT
A reminder that all Catholics are obliged to go to Confession and Holy Communion at least once a year between Ash Wednesday and Trinity Sunday (31st May).
The tradition of blessing the chalk and Holy water to celebrate the Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord is a beautiful tradition of the Catholic Church. The blessing will take place 6pm on Saturday 3rd January 2026.
Please consider coming along to our working bee on Saturday, the 20th of December, and helping keep the Shrine beautiful and spiritually uplifting for our local area and the pilgrims who visit. This Shrine is a treasure to the Order, the Diocese, and the country; any help and any form of talent are always most welcome.
During this month’s working bee, we will focus on the International Chapels. What is attempted depends on who attends and their interests. The list includes:
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 complete the entire 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:
The Fathers and Brothers pray for the intentions of volunteers to the Shrine every day.
Saturday, the 6th of December, we will have our First Saturday Devotions in Honour of Our Lady, as she requested during the apparitions at Fatima. In addition for the Advent Season, we will have an extended program to turn the day into a full-day Advent retreat.
The program will be as follows:
The retreat is Free to attend with No Booking. BYO lunch, but tea and coffee are provided in the Marquee.
From the 29th of November till the 6th of December, Penrose Park will be hosting a vocations discernment week for men who are discerning a call to religious life.
We would like to ask for your prayers for them while they are discerning what God is calling them to do in their life.
On October 7th, the Feast of the Holy Rosary, Fr. Isidore Enyinnaya will take the next major step in the process of becoming a full member of the Pauline Fathers and receive the Religious Habit of the Order of St. Paul the First Hermit.
Please consider coming along to our working bee on Saturday, the 20th of September, 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 primarily on Cleaning up the Bethlehem Chapel, to start revitalising it so that it might be ready for this Christmas.
Depending on how many people attend the working bee, other tasks are possible, such as:
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.
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:
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 August 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:
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:
The Fathers and Brothers pray for the intentions of volunteers to the Shrine everyday.
