• Wednesday's 6:15 PM Mass and confessions move to St Columba's while the boiler at St Brigid's is replaced.

  • Our Lady Star of the Sea is closed all Saturday while the floor is resealed; the 9:15 AM Mass on Sunday goes ahead.

  • All Saints falls on Sunday this year, so the usual Sunday times stand. Daylight saving ends overnight: set clocks back an hour on Saturday.

  • Masses for the dead at 8:30 AM and 7:15 PM at St Columba's. The November Book of Remembrance is out by the font in all three churches.

Event

Advent wreaths at St Brigid's

Families make their wreath in the St Brigid's hall the Saturday before Advent; frames and candles $6 at the door.

Date

Time

10:20 AM

Where

St Brigid's

Two children press holly sprigs into a wire wreath frame on a paper-covered table while their father holds a bundle of fir branches.

On Saturday, November 21, the St Brigid's hall turns into a workshop from 10:20 AM until lunch. Bring greenery from the yard (fir, holly, ivy) and garden gloves. Wire frames and the four candles, three violet and one rose, are $6 a set at the door.

Children under ten need an adult with them. The religious education teachers explain what each candle stands for while the glue guns heat up.

Finished wreaths are blessed at every Mass on the First Sunday of Advent, November 29: bring yours to Mass and set it beside the font.

A question? The parish office answers.

Create a free website with Framer, the website builder loved by startups, designers and agencies.