You will probably know that we will begin to celebrate the Sacraments of the First Holy Communion and Confirmation on Monday next, the 20th of September.
These celebrations will take place every morning (Communions) and every evening (Confirmations), Monday to Friday, across all four of our parish churches over a period of 4 weeks.
During this time, we ask you to pray for the children/young adults and their Families. Their preparation for the Sacraments has been greatly hampered due to the various constraints caused by Covid 19. However, each Sacrament has an inherent grace, so we ask your prayers that the children & families will be open to receiving that grace of God's huge love for them.
We ask your prayer also for our volunteer stewards & sacristans, who are giving so generously of their time so that these Sacraments can be celebrated safely and with dignity.
Please pray for the school chaplains, who have been a great support to the young people and the families. We owe a great deal of gratitude for their work and commitment.
As members of the Parish Team, we rely on your prayer too, as we continue to pray for you and yours.
During this period of time, regular weekday Masses will be celebrated ONLY in St. Mark's, Springfield, each weekday morning at 10am.
In the event of a funeral occurring in St. Mark's during that time, it will be celebrated at 10am. We will give our regular weekday Mass goers as much notice as possible in the event of a funeral occurring and we ask the Rosary group to pray the Rosary at home privately during this time.
Weekend Masses will continue as normal in ALL our churches during this time.
Many thanks for your continued prayer, support and understanding.
Your Faithfully,
The Parish Team
