SAC PARISH NEWS

Christmas Blessings 2024

A Blessed and Merry Christmas The Nativity of the Lord; Year C 24/25 December 2024 “ The Light of ‘Love’ has come to earth. It’s time for us to pause to see this light and feel its warmth and celebrate its cause.”   Dear parishioners of St Andrew’s Parish and Visitors, On behalf of…...

Parish Advent & Christmas Timetable

Parish Advent & Christmas Timetable As part of our preparation for Christmas our Advent Reconciliation Service will be held on Thursday, 12th December @ 7:00pm in the Church. There will be a few visiting priests available for confession. Everyone is welcome. Christmas Masses Tuesday 24th December       @ 6:00pm   - Christmas Eve Family…...

SAC Thanksgiving Mass_Sunday, 8th December 2024 (Intl Volunteer Day_Thursday, 5th December)

This weekend at the Sunday 10:00am Mass, we celebrate the Thanksgiving Mass for ALL Parish Volunteers. This special Mass is for ALL parishioners who volunteer in our parish and who are on the different committees, Parish Councilors, Altar Severs, Readers, Extraordinary Minister, Acolytes, Catechists, Morning Tea Groups, Piety Stall organisers, Craft group, Cleaners, Choir…...

St Andrew’s Feast Day Celebration- Sunday, 1st December 2024

Parish Patron St Andrew’s Feast Day Celebration This week Sunday, 1st December at the 10:00am Mass, we welcome all parishioners and visitors and school representatives for our Parish Patron Feast Day celebration.  It will also be our Family Mass for December.  Following the Mass, St Andrew’s CPS…...

The ADVENT Season 2024

The Advent Season and the Advent Wreath The word ‘advent’, from the Latin adventus (Greek parousi), means ‘coming’ or ‘arrival’. The Advent Season is focused on the ‘coming’ of Jesus as Messiah (Christ or King). Christian worship, Bible readings , and prayers not only prepare us spiritually for Christmas (His first coming), but also…...

The Solemnity of Christ the King_Sunday, 24th November 2024

The Solemnity of Christ the King  The Feast of Christ the King was established by Pope Pius XI in 1925 as an antidote to secularism, a way of life which leaves God out of man’s thinking and living and organizes his life as if God did not exist. The Feast is intended…...