COLLECTIONS
First (Priests Wages)
Second (Running Parish)
COLLECTIONS – NEW OPTION
We have installed a Tap and Go Machine next to the Collection Box to give people an opportunity to donate, should they wish to do so, when they aren’t carrying cash.
The amount is set at $15.00 of which $10.00 will go to the parish and $5 to the support of the clergy – the limit will be reviewed later! Thanks for your support.
FIRST COLLECTION:
Commonwealth Bank
Account Name: Central Presbytery Fund
BSB No: 062-786
Account No: 000029248
Reference: Parish: St Thomas Aquinas Charnwood.
SECOND COLLECTION:
Commonwealth Bank
Account Name: St Thomas Aquinas Parish Charnwood
BSB: No: 062-786
Account No: 14877
Reference: Surname and envelop number (e.g. ‘Jones 251’). Ensure it is recorded and receipted properly and accurately.
Second (Running Parish)
- No more collection bags at Mass
- Coins can no longer be accepted
- Direct Debiting is preferred details are
COLLECTIONS – NEW OPTION
We have installed a Tap and Go Machine next to the Collection Box to give people an opportunity to donate, should they wish to do so, when they aren’t carrying cash.
The amount is set at $15.00 of which $10.00 will go to the parish and $5 to the support of the clergy – the limit will be reviewed later! Thanks for your support.
FIRST COLLECTION:
Commonwealth Bank
Account Name: Central Presbytery Fund
BSB No: 062-786
Account No: 000029248
Reference: Parish: St Thomas Aquinas Charnwood.
SECOND COLLECTION:
Commonwealth Bank
Account Name: St Thomas Aquinas Parish Charnwood
BSB: No: 062-786
Account No: 14877
Reference: Surname and envelop number (e.g. ‘Jones 251’). Ensure it is recorded and receipted properly and accurately.
RCIA- for those people who are not Catholics but who want to find out about the Catholic Faith
For people who are interested to learn about the Catholic Faith you are invited to an enquiry night to be held at the Community Centre at 7:00 pm on 5th August 2021.
Attendance at the gathering does not require any commitment. Should you choose to continue down the track you will be invited to do so.
All are welcome and for further enquiries please call Fr Tom on 0408 623 303.
DEEPENING OUR UNDERSTANDING OF OUR FAITH
Following on from a meeting held on Tuesday evening we are going to commence a program titled: Questioning, Understanding, Enlightening Sacred Truths or QUEST for short.
These sessions will be opened to all parishioners, however, prior to each session you will need to have done some preparation by way of reading. The foundational document will be reading from is the Catechism of the Catholic Church (available at the Catholic Bookshop at Manuka.
For each session there will be a given theme. The pages related to that theme in the Catechism will be listed and will need to be read before the sessions.
Our first QUEST session will be held on Tuesday 31st August at 7:00 pm in the Community Centre.
Subject matter is the LITURGY OF THE CHURCH.
Reference pages from the Catechism are Part 2 Section One of the Catechism pages 277 to 310.
Keep notes while you are reading so that you may ask questions for clarification in the group.
See you there!
MEETINGS IN AUGUST
Parish Finance Council after 9:00 am Mass on 8th August at the Presbytery.
Parish Pastoral Council Tuesday 10th August at 5:30 pm in the Community Centre.
FIRST RECONCILIATION AND FIRST HOLY COMMUNION
During this school term the children from Year 4 in the Parish will be celebrating these Sacraments.
Please keep the children, their parents and family especially in your prayers as they prepare for each important Sacrament.
POPE FRANCIS’ PRAYER TO ST JOSEPH
Hail, guardian of the Redeemer,
Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary
To you God entrusted His only Son;
In you Mary placed her trust;
With you Christ became a man.
Blessed Joseph, to us too, show yourself
a father and guide us in the path of life.
Obtain for us grace, mercy and courage, and defend us from every evil. Amen.
For people who are interested to learn about the Catholic Faith you are invited to an enquiry night to be held at the Community Centre at 7:00 pm on 5th August 2021.
Attendance at the gathering does not require any commitment. Should you choose to continue down the track you will be invited to do so.
All are welcome and for further enquiries please call Fr Tom on 0408 623 303.
DEEPENING OUR UNDERSTANDING OF OUR FAITH
Following on from a meeting held on Tuesday evening we are going to commence a program titled: Questioning, Understanding, Enlightening Sacred Truths or QUEST for short.
These sessions will be opened to all parishioners, however, prior to each session you will need to have done some preparation by way of reading. The foundational document will be reading from is the Catechism of the Catholic Church (available at the Catholic Bookshop at Manuka.
For each session there will be a given theme. The pages related to that theme in the Catechism will be listed and will need to be read before the sessions.
Our first QUEST session will be held on Tuesday 31st August at 7:00 pm in the Community Centre.
Subject matter is the LITURGY OF THE CHURCH.
Reference pages from the Catechism are Part 2 Section One of the Catechism pages 277 to 310.
Keep notes while you are reading so that you may ask questions for clarification in the group.
See you there!
MEETINGS IN AUGUST
Parish Finance Council after 9:00 am Mass on 8th August at the Presbytery.
Parish Pastoral Council Tuesday 10th August at 5:30 pm in the Community Centre.
FIRST RECONCILIATION AND FIRST HOLY COMMUNION
During this school term the children from Year 4 in the Parish will be celebrating these Sacraments.
Please keep the children, their parents and family especially in your prayers as they prepare for each important Sacrament.
POPE FRANCIS’ PRAYER TO ST JOSEPH
Hail, guardian of the Redeemer,
Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary
To you God entrusted His only Son;
In you Mary placed her trust;
With you Christ became a man.
Blessed Joseph, to us too, show yourself
a father and guide us in the path of life.
Obtain for us grace, mercy and courage, and defend us from every evil. Amen.
