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The Monastery

Locality: Adelaide, South Australia

Phone: +61 8 8338 8700

Address: 15 Cross Rd., Glen Osmond 5064 Adelaide, SA, Australia

Website: www.themonastery.net.au/functioncentre/home.html

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22.01.2022 Dear Parishioners, I am writing to inform you of our response in the Parish now that there are new and increased levels of safety measures in place across our S...tate. These have been put in place to make sure all activities and businesses are COVID-safe as well as to restrict the spread of any COVID-19 infection in the community. While the situation may evolve, we know that for at least the next two Sundays there are new requirements affecting our Parish Liturgies. The major safety strategy that will affect us is the decreased seating capacity in our two churches now that the occupational requirement is increased to 4 square metres per person. This will mean that St. Raphael’s Church will only accommodate a maximum of 75 people and St. Paul’s Church will only accommodate a maximum of 65 persons. Considering this development, I wanted to put the following options which can apply for the next two weeks (Sunday Nov 22nd & Sunday Nov 29th): 1. I want to remind everyone that there is still no obligation to attend Eucharist on a Sunday. It is entirely acceptable for parishioners who may feel some level of vulnerability due to health issues or any other level of frailty, to pray with the whole parish from their own homes or to follow our Parish Mass over the internet. 2. We intend to ‘live stream’ the 10.30am Sunday Mass as usual and will also pre-record a Sunday Mass celebration and send the LINK to you this Friday. 3. It will be necessary to pre-book to attend a Mass. Please use Eventbrite or phone the Parish Office. Once limits are reached, we will have to close that Mass. If you have previously booked for a Mass, and now do not intend to come, please inform us so that your booking can be cancelled to allow others to attend. 4. To avoid disappointment, some Parishioners may wish to consider attending a Mass on Friday or on a Monday over these next two weeks. For Saturday or Sunday masses, bookings will be necessary, please see the Eventbrite links below which are for the weekends up to end of January 2021. If you know of a Parishioner without internet access, please pass on this information to them. The available Mass times are: Fridays 7.00AM (St. Paul’s) OR 9.30AM (St. Raphael’s) Saturdays 5.30PM (St. Raphael’s) OR 6.00PM (St. Paul’s) Sundays 8.00AM (St. Paul’s) OR 9.30AM (St. Raphael’s) 10.30AM (St. Paul’s) OR 5.00PM (St. Paul’s) Mondays 11.30AM (St. Paul’s) Please be respectful of all directives from our COVID-19 Marshals. They are fellow Parishioners, working according to Government instructions to keep us all safe. A weekly Bulletin with more details will be sent on Friday. May God bless you, Fr Denis Eventbrite links: eventbrite.com.au/e/parish-mass-at-st-pauls-tickets-1260059 eventbrite.com.au/e/parish-mass-at-st-raphaels-tickets-1260

20.01.2022 A beautiful celebration of Baptism

17.01.2022 Friday 20th November. 4PM Dear Parishioners, As everyone can see things are evolving quickly in our State. Including this email to you, this is the third time I have written to you about changes to our situation in less than five days! While some restrictions end at midnight Saturday, we still must live under the ‘stay at home’ rule until then. ... Thus, this weekend there will be NO Masses. We have now posted online our video of the Eucharist for this the last Sunday of the Liturgical Year the Feast of Christ Universal King. I stress that this Mass was recorded on Wednesday morning before the current lockdown conditions applied so we were fortunate in that we did this recording early in the week. Some of the introduction is now inaccurate, but thankfully we do have a Mass recorded for you. Please click on this Link to join in praying this Eucharist. The LINK is: https://youtu.be/u_-PLfUFlJI Please understand that it is not possible to open our Churches immediately. We must revert to the restrictions imposed prior to the current ‘lockdown’. We need to re-organise capacity in both churches to cater for 1 person per 4 sq. metres. This limits us to 65 people at St. Paul’s and 75 at St. Raphael’s. We are now working so that we are able to re-open our churches on Monday, Nov 23rd. The usual weekday times for both Churches will resume on this day. Until we are notified, we understand that there will be no masses in Nursing Homes. May God bless you, Fr. Denis CP

16.01.2022 The Team at The Monastery FC will be walking a mile to raise awareness and money to support the Hutt Street Centre. Every little bit helps!

16.01.2022 Congratulations to TJ, Edward, Walter, Vinh and Peter! These five young men who are studying within the Passionist Congregation and who have lived in St. Paul's... for the past twelve months have now completed their Novitiate training. This weekend they will make the first profession of their vows and will leave St. Paul's in order to continue their formation journey towards full membership of the congregation in three years time. Our newly professed brothers return to theological studies in universities in Vietnam, Papua New Guinea and Australia. Travel restrictions mean that there are some uncertainties about freedom to travel internationally at this stage, however that will not dampen their enthusiasm for the future life they have chosen. Please see the article in this week's Southern Cross for more on their journey. https://thesoutherncross.org.au//religious-life-thrives-a/

15.01.2022 With the easing of COVID restrictions this week saw our Conference Centre open and busy as ever. It also saw the return of our little friend

11.01.2022 Spring is in the air and colour a plenty

09.01.2022 Dear Parishioners, The Coronavirus is certainly affecting our lives in many ways, and after such a prolonged period of relative normality, we find ourselves hav...ing to move back to more rigorous measures to keep each other safe. The situation is rapidly evolving, and the announcements from the SA Government today have many implications for us as a Parish Community. Fundamentally, and effective immediately, we must close the churches once again and suspend all sacramental and other ministries for the time being. Our Parish & Conference Centre Offices are closed till at least November 25th (and this date is tentative, subject to Government regulation). *All parish events, meetings, Masses, and other liturgies between November 18th 25th are cancelled.* After this initial 6-day period, a further 8 days of other restrictions will apply. The Government is continuing to develop what this will look like and we will communicate this information as it becomes available. Thus, all other parish events scheduled to occur after November 24th should be considered tentative until they can be confirmed. Like you, we will have to await further clarification from the SA Government and Archdiocese as to what is possible after November 24th. However, we have already pre-recorded a celebration of the Eucharist for this weekend the last week of our Liturgical Year and the Feast of Jesus Christ our Universal King. This Mass will be uploaded in the next days and we will send you an email on Friday with a LINK for this Eucharist. We will post further resources on our Parish Website and Parish Facebook site as they come to hand. If you know someone who does not have access to the Internet, could you communicate any essential messages and information to them in phone conversations in this time in which we are asked to stay at home. These are challenging times, indeed most of this year has tested us. We have been fortunate in the freedoms we have enjoyed, but now are asked to take up a more disciplined, sedentary and limited lifestyle for the next weeks so that our fellow citizens can all be kept safe. We will not publish a Bulletin this week but hope to do so for the first Sunday of Advent. In the meantime, we will keep in touch through our email system (and ask you to help spread communications by phone to those who depend on you). Like everyone else we will have to be guided by the decrees of Government as to when we will be able to resume various parish activities again. Let us enter this new time with hope and trust. Our soul is waiting for the Lord. The Lord is our help and our shield. In him do our hearts find joy. We trust in his holy name. May your love be upon us, O Lord, as we place all our hope in you. (Psalm 32) May God bless you and keep you safe. Fr Denis cp

05.01.2022 A new Community Garden at The Monastery, Urrbrae, is one of many community projects supported by the City of Mitcham’s grants program. The project aims to pr...omote healthy lifestyles and the positive benefits of gardening as well as providing an outlet for social connection for older people in the community. Find out more: http://ow.ly/VHqe50AR5jd See more

05.01.2022 Mass for the 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time from the Monastery - Fr. Denis cp *Please note that the volume needs to be increased for this recording https://youtu.be/uVJMV-R81xw

02.01.2022 Such a great response to our Tree planting day. Thanks to all who helped plant 150 trees along Cross Road. Can’t wait to see them flourish