- 1. Reconciliation & First Holy Communion 2024
- (Sacramental Program)
- ... Sacraments of Reconciliation, Eucharist and Confirmation. From the moment of their birth, you have shared your Faith with your children in your love, words, actions and prayers. This is an essential component ...
- Created on 27 March 2024
- 2. Pastoral Plan Committee
- (Pastoral Plan)
- The Lumen Christi Parish Pastoral Plan Committee comprises individuals from both our pastoral and finance councils, guided by our Facilitator Marie Smith. The members include: Vicky Davidson, Lisa de Paiva, ...
- Created on 17 March 2024
- 3. What is the Advent Wreath?
- (Parish News)
- ... preparation and purification and white the colour of glory and joy. Thus, the Third Sunday of Advent is a mixture of penance and anticipation of the joy of Christmas. Advent comes from the Latin word ...
- Created on 23 November 2023
- 4. Advent Reconciliation & Christmas Timetable
- (Liturgy and Mass Times)
- ... 31st December 2023 St Brigid’s Church Gwynneville Mass 9am & 5pm (relocated from the Cathedral) St John Vianney Co-Cathedral Mass 8.30am, 10am (Italian) & 4.30pm (Vietnamese) St Francis Xavier Cathedral ...
- Created on 15 November 2023
- 5. Confirmation 2024
- (Sacramental Program)
- ... of the Sacraments of Reconciliation, Eucharist and Confirmation. From the moment of their birth, you have shared your Faith with your children in your love, words, actions and prayers. This is an essential ...
- Created on 26 October 2023
- 6. Christ in You, Lumen Christi Parish Pastoral Plan
- (Pastoral Plan)
- ... (Colossians 1:27). As a parish community, I invite you to join me in prayerful reflection on this beautiful passage from St Paul and focus on the riches of Christ that are in you and in our parish community. ...
- Created on 06 February 2023
- 7. Christ in you - Logo
- (Pastoral Plan)
- ... is Christ and the rays of light radiate from him to the world. Christ faces us with open arms in a gesture of generous welcome for our parish community and for all people. In welcoming us, Christ teaches ...
- Created on 14 January 2023
- 8. Christmas Liturgy Schedule
- (Liturgy and Mass Times)
- St Francis Xavier Cathedral 36 Harbour St, Wollongong Christmas Eve, Saturday 24th December 2022 7pm Vigil Christmas Day, Sunday 25th December 2022 12am, 7am, 10.30am & 5pm St John Vianney ...
- Created on 30 October 2022
- 9. The Church is the People of God Roadmap for the Diocese of Wollongong | As of 14 October 2021
- (COVID-19)
- ... consider the safety of themselves and others, compliance with the law and strict hygiene practices as core principles. All faithful in the diocese are dispensed from the obligation to physically attend ...
- Created on 22 October 2021
- 10. Reflections by Fr Anthony Crook RAN | Monday of the 27th Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of St Francis
- (Reflections)
- ... weekday reflections, please find following a link to reflection from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) website of today’s memorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MT5yIFwHqZA&list=PLpTzvCOJa7DD9TgXScDzmUNxVbbSBuOSi&index=4 ...
- Created on 04 October 2021
- 11. Reflections by Fr Anthony Crook RAN | Monday of the 26th Week in Ordinary Time
- (Reflections)
- The Memorial of St Vincent de Paul From today’s First Reading Thus says the LORD of hosts: I am intensely jealous for Zion, stirred to jealous wrath for her. Thus says the LORD: I will return ...
- Created on 27 September 2021
- 12. Reflections by Fr Anthony Crook RAN | Wednesday of the 25th Week in Ordinary Time
- (Reflections)
- Link to today’s readings: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/092221.cfm From today’s Responsorial Psalm: So now consider what he has done for you, and praise him with full voice. Bless the ...
- Created on 19 September 2021
- 13. Reflections by Fr Anthony Crook RAN | Monday of the 25th Week in Ordinary Time
- (Reflections)
- ... cunning plan then is to select a verse or couple of verses from the readings of the day, or from one of the prayers of the Mass of the Day, and pair them with a song / hymn. I hope you find it useful. ...
- Created on 19 September 2021
- 14. Reflections by Fr Anthony Crook RAN | Wednesday of the 24th Week in Ordinary Time
- (Reflections)
- ... Then he said to the disciple, "Behold, your mother." And from that hour the disciple took her into his home. At times in our life, perhaps many times, when confronted with the mystery of suffering or ...
- Created on 16 September 2021
- 15. Reflections by Fr Anthony Crook RAN | Monday of the 24th Week in Ordinary Time
- (Reflections)
- Memorial of St John Chrysostom, Bishop and Doctor of the Church Link to today’s readings: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/091321.cfm In today’s First Reading from the 1st Letter of Timothy ...
- Created on 12 September 2021
- 16. Reflections by Fr Anthony Crook RAN | Wednesday of the 23rd Week in Ordinary Time Feast – The Birth (Nativity) of the Blessed Virgin Mary
- (Reflections)
- ... First Reading - We know that all things work for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose (Rom 8:28) – from the vantage point of history, and apply them to the life of Mary, ...
- Created on 06 September 2021
- 17. Reflections by Fr Anthony Crook RAN | Monday of the 23rd Week in Ordinary Time
- (Reflections)
- Link to today’s readings: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/090621.cfm Today’s Responsorial Psalm is a short section from Psalm 62. The psalm has 13 verses, and today in our readings we read vv. ...
- Created on 05 September 2021
- 18. Reflections by Fr Anthony Crook RAN | Friday of the 22nd Week in Ordinary Time (Memorial of St Gregory the Great)
- (Reflections)
- Here, as forecast earlier on the week, we have these wonderful words from St Paul to the people of Colossae concerning the cosmic and timeless Christ: Brothers and sisters: Christ Jesus is the image ...
- Created on 02 September 2021
- 19. Reflections by Fr Anthony Crook RAN | Wednesday of the 22nd Week in Ordinary Time
- (Reflections)
- Link to today’s readings: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/090121.cfm Today in our First Reading we start reading from Paul’s Letter to the Colossians, and we will continue to do so up to and including ...
- Created on 31 August 2021
- 20. Reflections by Fr Anthony Crook RAN | Monday of the 22nd Week in Ordinary Time
- (Reflections)
- Link to today’s Mass Readings: Monday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time | USCCB As I mentioned in one of the reflections from last week, here we find an excellent example of Paul (and the Christian ...
- Created on 29 August 2021