Sacred Heart Parish Community Blackheath NSW Australia in Blackheath, New South Wales | Religious organisation

Sacred Heart Parish Community Blackheath NSW Australia

Locality: Blackheath, New South Wales

Phone: +61 2 4787 8540

Address: 167 Wentworth Street 2785 Blackheath, NSW, Australia

Website: https://sacredheartblackheath.org.au

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25.01.2022 Reignite the Flame of Plenary Council | Reflection & Action Session Meet our Plenary Delegates | Hear the Good News as Plenary comes to life in our Diocese | Share Suggested Actions to Plenary Proposals You are warmly invited to attend the Reignite the Flame of Plenary Council Reflection & Action Session being held on Thursday, 19th November from 7.00 pm to 8.30 pm via ZOOM.... During this session you will meet two of our Plenary Council delegates: Wendy Goonan (Northern Deanery Pastoral Council Chair) and Carol Teodori-Blahut (Mountains Deanery Pastoral Council Chair). We will also be joined by some community members with particular expertise and experience in the Inclusive, Participatory and Synodal theme and they will share some of the good news stories happening around this Theme in our diocese. We will engage in a focused reflection leading to suggested actions. The Inclusive, Participatory and Synodal full version Thematic Paper can be accessed at: https://plenarycouncil.catholic.org.au//PC2020-thematic-pa there are a series of concrete proposals listed under each topic area. Our suggested actions and wisdom are offered for both the local and national process. All recommendations will be given to our Deanery and Diocesan Pastoral Councils for action. To prepare for this session, please familiarise yourself with the Writing Paper (linked above). Please see details below to register for this important session. Thursday, 19th November at 7.00 pm to 8.30 pm via ZOOM Register at https://dioceseofparramatta.zoom.us/j/94441516806 Opportunities to engage with other writing papers will be offered in coming weeks. For further information call Tanya on 0459 133 665. Be part of the historic journey of the Plenary Council.

25.01.2022 PARISH WORKING BEE - Saturday November 28 From 8:00am Please come and make our grounds look great for Christmas. ... EVERYONE WELCOME

24.01.2022 Shining Bright! That will be us and our church this Christmas season! Plans are afoot to decorate the hall and put festive lights around the outside of the church and on some of the lower trees and shrubs. ... If you have extra Christmas lights and decorations, in good condition, that you are not using this year we’d very much appreciate being able to use them. John T and Connie A will collect the decorations and lights. If you would like to participate in this joyful decorating activity please let them know. Thank You!

24.01.2022 Each year as we prepare to enter Advent, that most beautiful season of hope and promise, this little verse from Jan Richardson is etched on our FB page and in o...ur hearts... "The season of Advent means there is something on the horizon the likes of which we have never seen before. It is not possible to keep it from coming, because it will. That's just how Advent works. What is possible is not to see it, to miss it, to turn just as it brushes past you. And you begin to grasp what it was you missed, like Moses in the cleft of the rock, watching God's hindquarters fade in the distance. So stay. Sit. Linger. Tarry. Ponder. Wait. Behold. Wonder. There will be time enough for running. For rushing. For worrying. For pushing. For now, stay. Wait. Something is on the horizon." ~ from Night Visions by Jan Richardson Blessings on this vigil of Advent...let us pray for one another that we will be able to "stay", "sit", "wonder" with our Advent horizon.

23.01.2022 Sacred Heart Gardeners Please help yourself to some of the greens rollicking away in the two raised veggie beds! The potatoes under straw have made their way through so hopefully a good crop will be ready to harvest for sharing in December. ... Consider joining us for enjoyable gardening on a Friday afternoon from 2pm- even for half an hour for weeding, watering or refilling the water containers for the birds! We have a break and a cuppa at around 3:15pm so pop by for a chat. Our sincere thanks go to our local RSL Sub- branch for their lovely donation of two mature rosemary plants

20.01.2022 PARISH AGM - Sunday 29th November at 11.00am As many people as possible are invited to attend the AGM. To attend the AGM in person you will need to book in by 5pm on Friday 27th November, to ensure we stay within the 47 people allowed in the Church, under current Covid restrictions. Book by email, phone or text message ([email protected] - 0401 768 688). ... Parishioners may also attend via Zoom video conferencing. To do so please book in by Wednesday 25th November, to allow for sending of the Zoom link and checking for successful video & audio access to the meeting.

17.01.2022 33rd Sunday of the Year & Final Day of NAIDOC Week The wise woman...the wise man...who can find one? That's the question posed and answered by the Readings tod...ay. The First Reading and Gospel both offer great stories about industrious people - busy, willing, eager and using their talents to the full. Wise indeed! These stories brought to mind another story I read earlier this week as we began the celebrations for NAIDOC Week: "All Australians should celebrate that we have the world’s oldest oral stories and that our First Peoples engraved the world’s first maps, made the earliest paintings of ceremonies, invented unique technologies and built and engineered structures that predate well-known ancient sites such as the Egyptian pyramids or Stonehenge. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people were Australia’s first explorers, our first navigators, first engineers, first farmers, first botanists, first scientists, first diplomats, astronomers and artists." Wise indeed! Today, as we conclude NAIDOC Week 2020, we acknowledge and celebrate the great legacy of wise women and men who have used their talents for the greater good in our country since the beginning of time. We stand on their shoulders today and pray a share of their spirit as we too seek wisdom and try to shape a better world. Always Was. Always Will Be. Wise indeed!

08.01.2022 Shoebox Christmas gifts - THANK YOU 194 items were collected for the shoeboxe project! A wonderful and heart-warming contribution to the lives of many refugee children, truly a gift of love.... Thank you all, for your donations.

06.01.2022 Slow down..... Tomorrow is the first Sunday of Advent.

05.01.2022 Catholic Youth Parramatta engaging young people in new ways Catholic Youth Parramatta has established a dynamic schedule of networking opportunities, formation and resources to support ministry and engagement with young people of the Diocese in new ways. From inspiring quotes and scripture references on Mondays, to faith- filled live performances on Wednesday to launching new home-grown resources on Friday. Check out CYP’s Facebook and Instagram pages and https://www.parracatholic.org/cyp/ to download and share the resources.

01.01.2022 Today’s 2nd reading......

01.01.2022 We pray for everyone suffering the burden of loneliness.