St John Bosco Parish Engadine in Engadine, New South Wales | Church

St John Bosco Parish Engadine

Locality: Engadine, New South Wales

Phone: +61 2 9520 8277

Address: 46 Waratah Road 2233 Engadine, NSW, Australia

Website: http://www.bosco.org.au

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25.01.2022 Children’s Liturgy is on this weekend at the 9.30am Mass. Also CL is available online on our parish website. As usual, weekly children’s bulletins can be found in the church foyer.

25.01.2022 Claim the date!! More info each week ...

24.01.2022 The Good Morning God Prayer Good Morning God! You are ushering in another day, untouched and freshly new. So here I am to ask you, God,... if You'll renew me too. Forgive the many errors that I made yesterday and let me try again dear God to walk closer in Your way. But Lord, I am well aware, I can't make it on my own. So take my hand and hold it tight, for I cannot walk alone. Amen See more

23.01.2022 Find your parish and family prayer resources for this coming Sunday’s Solemnity of Christ the King here! https://www.sydneycatholic.org/christ-reigns-the-feast-of/

21.01.2022 ATTN - FHC Families - The fourth FHC focus Masses are on this weekend. Please register for a Mass. Please watch the online focus session prior to Mass. After you attend Mass, please complete the online Focus session 4 Response form. Thanks. We ask that everyone keeps the 2020 FHC families in their prayers.

21.01.2022 FEAST of the ARCHANGELS: Bless the Lord, all you his angels, mighty in power, you obey his word and heed the sound of his voice.

20.01.2022 Will you answer?

20.01.2022 Feast of The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Today's feast originated in Jerusalem in the fifth century, in a site venerated as Mary's birthplace (the churc...h of St Anne). The liturgy invites us to rejoice, for the birth of Mary means that the birth of Jesus, our Saviour, is coming near. Mary's birth prepared for the mystery of our redemption. "When the fulness of time at last arrives, Mary comes into the world as the dawn of the New Covenant." (Blessed James Alberione) Feast day: 8 September See more

18.01.2022 The children enjoyed making crowns at children’s liturgy last weekend. CL is on again this Sunday at 9.30am for toddlers to year 2 children. The children will be making their own Advent wreath!

17.01.2022 What happens to the hamper items collected at church? Hamper items donated at church, together with items donated from a local supermarket, fruit and veggie shop and bakery are given out to locals in need in our local community every Monday evening.

17.01.2022 The Mass is the greatest prayer known to mankind, but it doesn’t always feel that way. Here are a few practices that can help you enter into the Mass with interest and devotion. https://catholicsay.com/11-tips-to-make-mass-more.../...

17.01.2022 Please note there has been an update with registering for weekend mass. The registrations for weekend masses will close the Friday prior at midnight. This will ensure parish staff/helpers have time to prepare the mass lists for weekend masses. On the day/night if you haven’t registered, you will be asked to wait aside whilst we determine if there is space available in that mass. If there is no space available, unfortunately, you will not be able to attend the mass. ... We dislike having to turn people away however we need to follow the regulations as they are there for everyone’s safety. Registrations can be made via the Parish Website or by phoning the Parish Centre. Thank you for your understanding and support during this pandemic.

16.01.2022 The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe - St John Bosco Engadine Join Fr Mick for the celebration of Chirst the King, the final Sunday of the liturgical year, and how the images of shepherd and king shape our understanding of Jesus.

16.01.2022 Today is the feast day of Saint Joseph of Cupertino who is famous for levitating and the patron saint of pilots, astronauts and air travellers. Born in Naples,... he joined the Franciscan Friars Minor Conventual and after his ordination gave himself up entirely to a life of devotion to the Lord. The Holy Spirit began to work many amazing miracles through Saint Joseph and on more than seventy occasions people say they saw him rise from the ground while offering mass or praying. We pray for everyone in the aviation industry who have lost their jobs due to COVID-19. He is also the patron of exam takers. Saint Joseph Cupertino pray for us See more

16.01.2022 Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time - St John Bosco Engadine Fr Mick explores the Scripture's call to show love and compassion, through the lens of fatherhood this Father's Day.

15.01.2022 Watch out for more details in the next couple of weeks.

14.01.2022 Today is the Feast of St Therese of the Child Jesus. Parishioners went on pilgrimage to the relics of St Therese at Varroville in 2002 and again earlier this year to St Aloysius Cronulla. A number of parishioners also went to Holy Family Menai. Mother Teresa took her name from St Therese. She often spoke about how St Therese didn't do anything great but she did little things with great love. Feel free to comment with sayings, comments or reflections in the comments sections.

13.01.2022 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time - St John Bosco Engadine Fr Mick explores the theme of integrity from today's Gospel and the importance for each of us to match our inner truth with our outer reality.

13.01.2022 Thoughtful Thursday In this Sunday’s gospel, Jesus tells a story of a man with two sons. He asks them both to go and work in his vineyard that day. The first re...plies no, but then changes his mind and goes. The second says yes, but doesn’t go in the end. Jesus asks the people, which of the two did his father’s will? I grew up in a Catholic family where I was made to go to mass each Sunday and say my prayers. When I went to High School, I was embarrassed by this part of me and pushed Jesus away because it wasn’t cool to go to Church. In Year 10, I went to World Youth Day 2008 and I was forever changed by what I encountered that week. That was the first time that I made a decision to follow Jesus and say yes to Him. Since then, my yes to Jesus has evolved as I have grown in my faith, but it always requires me to have an openness to Him. I have been that first son in the story. Every now and then, I am that first son again. When I get confused and lose my way, I sometimes say no to Him. And when I realise how foolish I was, change my mind and sheepishly turn back to Him, God does something beautiful. He takes me back into his vineyard, again and again. God knows exactly who we are. He isn’t fazed by our fickle nature, he does not worry about us making mistakes. Instead, He invites us into His own vineyard, He waits and He rejoices when our no turns into a yes. #salesian #donbosco #faith #invitation #jesus #love

13.01.2022 1st Sunday of Advent - St John Bosco Parish Engadine Fr Mick discusses how we prepare during Advent to connect with Christ's coming. As Fr Mick explains, our normal production schedule was disrupted by illness, so we thank you for your patience in publishing this homily.

12.01.2022 In the Archdiocese of Sydney, we have a special affection for Our Lady Help of Christians, who is not only the patron saint of our country, but also our cathedr...al and the college which stands beside it. In colonial Sydney, pioneer priest Fr John Therry dedicated the first Catholic Church to Our Lady Help of Christians to help guide the Church at a time when Mass was rarely permitted over the previous three decades and colonial Catholics found great comfort in the Rosary to help nurture their faith. We indeed turn again to Our Lady for her intercession today as our nation struggles with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. As I look towards launching a new Archdiocesan Mission on 12 December, Go Make Disciples, I ask you to join with me in a prayer through the intercession of our nation’s patroness, Our Lady Help of Christians, that through her help, our parishes may help lead growing numbers of Sydneysiders into a personal encounter with Jesus in the years ahead. I encourage you to read more about Go Make Disciples on our dedicated website: www.gomakedisciples.org.au Our Lady Help of Christians, pray for us! #GMDSydney #GoMakeDisciples

12.01.2022 Alongside many other churches around the world, St Mary's Cathedral was lit in red last night to mark Red Wednesday following a Mass celebrated by Dean Fr Don R...ichardson. This annual initiative of the charity, Aid to the Church In Need (ACN) on 25 November, helps raise awareness about the persecution of Christians around the world. ACN has this year focused its attention on the plight of Christians who are kidnapped or unjustly imprisoned because of their faith. As our cathedral is bathed in the blood of martyrs, we stand with the oppressed, acknowledging that we can often take freedom to practice our faith in safety too much for granted in Australia- a freedom denied to many of our fellow Christians around the world.

11.01.2022 Children’s Liturgy is on this Sunday, 13 Sept at the 9.30am Mass. We also offer it online on the parish website.

11.01.2022 Second Sunday in Ordinary Time Fr Mick explores the concept of God's Call and how we can make room to better understand it in our lives.

10.01.2022 Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time - St John Bosco Engadine Fr Mick explores forgiveness and Jesus' challenge to offer forgiveness to those who have wronged us in the same way God forgives all of us.

10.01.2022 Making Room for the coming of our Lord and Saviour!

10.01.2022 Friends this Sunday, we will celebrate the Feast of Christ the King, also called the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe. The Feast was est...ablished by Pope Pius XI in 1925 with his encyclical, Quas primas, In the first, to respond to a world that was rejecting Christ amid growing secularism. In these times, when we are challenged in our faith and our ability to worship together due to COVID19, may this special feast remind us that Jesus Christ is indeed Our King who reigns forever. To ask Christ to be your King is to put your trust in His Providence, to commit to fitting your plans into His (not vice versa), so that His will will be done on earth-in-us- as it is in heaven. I encourage you to download dedicated prayer and liturgical resources for families and parishes on this special feast day on Sunday which you’ll find here on the Archdiocese of Sydney website: https://bit.ly/36OXDsn O Jesus, King truly present in the Most Blessed Sacrament, Reign in our hearts #ChristReigns

10.01.2022 Stay awake to encounter Jesus and grow in His love this Advent. Hope!

10.01.2022 THOUGHTFUL THURSDAY- matthew20:1-16 This Sunday's gospel parable has so many messages within it. Jesus tells a parable about a landowner that went out and hired... some people to work in his vineyard. One thing that really stood out to me in this parable is the multiple opportunities that the landowner gave to the people to work in the vineyard. He went out at the daybreak, then the third hour, then the 6th then the 9th and then the 11th. When I reflect on my own faith life journey, I can't help but see a parallel between it and the parable. No matter how many times I seem to stuff up or turn away from him, Jesus continually provides and gives opportunities to be with him. Even in the 11th hour when we may have given up on ourselves, Jesus will still come out and offer an invitation. It doesn't matter about what you have done or what you have yet to do, Jesus values and cares about the person you are now #thoughtfulthursday #opportunities #faith #salesian #donbosco #youth #Jesus #matthew20:1-16

06.01.2022 Welcome to our newest member of the Parish Team. Introducing Matt Humphreys our Parish Pastoral Associate. Meet the rest of the team in the coming weeks.

06.01.2022 A 2020 look at a PPC meeting!! Thanks to the team for your support to the parish community: striving to LEG up parish groups. (Link, Encourage and Grow!)

06.01.2022 1. We warmly invite you to register for the parish assembly on Sunday 29 November next 2-3.30pm. Options include in person at Bosco College Hall, in person at SVCS Hub and on zoom. Register at https://docs.google.com//1FAIpQLSdw-9gt176Dv7eJrO/viewform (or follow the link on the right hand site of the parish website home page) or by phoning the parish office. 2. Please register for weekend Masses (online via the parish website http://www.bosco.org.au/ or by phoning the presbytery) by Friday evening.

05.01.2022 Thank you to the children who attended children’s liturgy this morning. CL is on again next week!

04.01.2022 FHC Families - Please note - Focus session 3 Masses are on this weekend. Please register for a Mass, watch the online focus session Prior to Mass, attend Mass, then complete the online response form. Email Kay ([email protected]) with any enquiries.

03.01.2022 Friends, tomorrow marks the 1st anniversary of the passing of the Abortion Law Reform Act 2019, which may be the worst law passed in NSW in modern times. Abort...ion on demand right upto birth has now been formally legalised in our state, but our commitment to life must continue, so that strong support is available to distressed pregnant women with any support or alternatives to abortion. I encourage you to support the Life Choice #notforgotten campaign on social media so that we can remind the broader public and our political leaders of the importance of protecting life so that every vulnerable woman and baby is supported and abortion becomes unthinkable. You’ll find more information about the campaign here: www.LifeChoice.org.au/notforgotten

01.01.2022 Friends, the Catholic Church has a remarkable tradition in Australia, with its foundations in our own Archdiocese of Sydney. But much has changed in our Church ...in the past 200 years and most significantly in the last 50 years. We live in a time of unprecedented change as Sydney’s population continues to grow while the way people live, work and worship has changed. Our parishes and other Eucharistic communities have a responsibility as centres of evangelisation and renewal so they can continue nurturing the faith of future generations of Catholics in our city and beyond. I recently launched a new Archdiocesan Mission Plan, Go Make Disciples, which features practical strategies to help our parishes in their mission to bring the faithful into a deeper, more personal encounter with Christ, backed by ongoing support from the Sydney Centre for Evangelisation. Read the full Mission Plan or a summary version on our dedicated website: www.gomakedisciples.org.au God bless you all. #GMDSydney #GoMakeDisciples

01.01.2022 Children’s Liturgy is on this weekend at the 9.30am Mass for toddlers to Year 2 children, celebrating Christ the King. After we hear the Gospel, we will pray, reflect and make our own crown. Hope to see you there!

01.01.2022 QR Codes have been posted outside the church for all attendees to use. The checklist ensures the numbers don't go over our maximum but the QR code is the most efficient way to know everyone's contact details more securely. (No, this one is just a sample!)