Catholic Parish of All Saints Liverpool News

A special opportunity to celebrate the Sacra-ment of Reconciliation will be available this Thursday, 19 December, 7.30pm-9.30pm. Repentance is a core element of Advent devo-tion. It is an chance for those who have not attend the Sacrament to rekindle a love for it.

Sacrament of Reconciliation Sat. 21 Dec.: 10am-11am; 4.15pm-4.45pm; Thurs. 19 Dec.: 7.30pm-9.30pm. Christmas Mass times Christmas Eve – Tuesday 24 December: 6pm (Family Mass), 8pm, 9.30pm (Polish) & Midnight (carols from 11.30pm). Christmas Day – Wednesday 25 December: 7am, 8.15am (Italian), 9.30am, 11am & 6.30pm (Polish). No 5pm English Mass.

The Christmas Gifting Tree near the church side door enables worshippers to donate a monetary gift to purchase gift cards for families in need, so they have purchasing discretion. Donations can be made via the nearby EFTPOS machine or by placing cash in an envelope available on the table nearby marked “Christmas Gift Giving”, sealing it, and submitting it through the Parish Office door or on a Sunday Mass collection

The Parish Office will close from 12noon this Friday, 22 December and reopen on Monday, 6 January 2025. Bulletin items for Sundays, 29 December and 5 January must be submitted by 4pm next Thursday, 19 December.

Fr Ronny D'Cruz is leaving All SAints' and St  Therese Parishes. His superiors in the Neocate-chumenal Way have assigned him to St Francis of Assisi Parish, Humpty Do in Northern Territory as Assistant Priest. He will celebrate his final Mass at 11am on Sunday, 19 January 2025. A reception will follow in the Hall.

173 attended the Carols and Prayer evening last Thursday, a marked in-crease on the attendance last year. Thank you to all who prepared and pre-sented the evening.