Shrine of Our Lady of Mercy - Penrose Park

The main celebrant for this month's celebration is the Very Reverend Sean Cullen, Parish Priest of Bowral / Mittagong and Episcopal Vicar of Clergy in the Diocese of Wollongong. Fr Sean also celebrates this year his 40th anniversary of Ordination. Please come along and participate in the celebrations. The program will be as usual:

The next working bee will be on Saturday 16th November. Please consider coming along 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. For more information or…

Saturday, the 7th of December, we will be having our First Saturday Devotions in Honour of Our Lady, as she asked for during the apparitions at Fatima. The program will be as always:

The Celebrant for December will be Fr Albert Wasniowski OSPPE, assistant Priest of St Gertrude’s Parish, Smithfield. The program is as follows: 10 am Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament & Confessions 10:30 am Rosary 11 am Solemn Mass 12 noon Lunch 1:30 pm Eucharistic Procession to the Gotto while reciting the Rosary. 2 pm Prayers…

The next working bee will be on Saturday 14th December. Please consider coming along 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. For more information or…

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.

No Vigil Mass 11:15pm - Christmas Carol service in the Shrine Church 12am Christmas Day - Midnight Mass

12am - Midnight Mass 11am - Mass of Christmas Day

11pm - Exposition and Holy Hour in Thanksgiving for 2024 12am New Year's Day - Midnight Mass for the New Year

12am - Midnight Mass for the New Year 11am - Mass in the shrine Church

Saturday, the 4th of January, we will be having our First Saturday Devotions in Honour of Our Lady, as she asked for during the apparitions at Fatima. The program will be as always:

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…