St Anne s Oratory 4 Balonne Drive, Wulguru, Townsville Q 4811

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1 Roman Catholic Church, Served by the Priests of the Society of St Pius X Traditional Latin mass February, Balonne Drive, Wulguru, Townsville Q 4811 Announcements Important dates: Thurs 2 February: Candlemass Day Wed 1 st March: Ash Wednesday Lent commences Mass dates & times Candlemass Lent Lent (Con t) Page 2 Page 3 Page 4

2 Fifth Sunday after Epiphany St Agatha Mass & Rosary Times The Month of the Purification Date Time Details Sunday 5 th February 5:30pm Monday 6 th February St Titus, St Dorothy 8:00am Rosary Mass (Fr Campbell) # Blessing of the Throats # Blessing of the candles Mass (Fr Campbell) Sunday 12 th February Septuagesima Sunday The Seven Holy Founders Rosary, Prayers & Sermon Friday 17 th February Ferial Day Saturday 18 th February Our Lady on Saturdays St Simeon Sunday 19 th February Sexagesima Sunday Sunday 26 th February 8:30am Rosary Benediction Catechism: for all Parishioners Rosary, Prayers & Sermon Quinquagesima Sunday 2

3 Candlemass Thursday February 2 nd Today the Church celebrates the feast of the Presentation of the Lord, which occurs forty days after the birth of Jesus and is also known as Candlemass day, since the blessing and procession of candles is included in today's liturgy. Each member of the family takes with himself a candle to be blessed before Holy Mass to burn as the Christ-candle in the center of the meal table on Sundays and the greater feasts of the year, to be lighted in days of sorrow, in storms and sickness, and to be placed on the family shrine. If a new member is expected in the family, or if one expects to be chosen for a godparent, an extra large candle is presented for the blessing. This candle is to become the baptismal, first Communion, bridal and death candle of the child expected. Lent is Coming Lent is a season of prayer and penance set apart by the Church to prepare us for Easter and to recall Our Lord s fast in the desert (cf. Matt 4:1-11, Luke 4:1-13). This season of preparation and sanctification can be fittingly accomplished through voluntary amendment of life, acts of penance, and works of charity. Lent is a time to learn to love our souls more than our bodies. Thus, every Christian should make a special effort to practice mortification and strive for holiness during the forty days of Lent. DO NOT LET THIS TIME TO GROW IN HOLINESS PASS YOU BY!! 3

4 Lent Continued Consider the following categories on what you should do for Lent. 1. VOLUNTARY AMENDMENT OF LIFE: Give up those things that you need to give up sooner or later, namely bad habits. Your goal is to break a bad habit forever and Lent is a good time to do it. Love your soul more than your body! Examples: Gossiping, surfing the web without real need, watching tv, overeating, eating between meals, eating and drinking junk foods, bad drinking habits, complaining, saying vulgar words, not getting up on time, using the snooze alarm, wasting time playing video games, going to movies, listening to base music, useless chattering on facebook, blogs, and the like, etc In this category I am going to do: 2. ACTS OF PENANCE: Perform some kind of penance. Your goal her is to train yourself to say no in little things so that you can say NO to big temptations later. You may resume doing the things you have given up here once Lent is over. Love your soul more than your body! Examples: Avoid eating or drinking something that you enjoy, such as deserts. Give up eating out, taking hot showers, drinking alcoholic beverages, etc In this category I am going to do: 3. WORKS OF CHARITY: Perform some good and holy action/s. Your goal her is to strengthen your relationship with Christ and His beloved Church. Ideally, what you start here would continue in some way even after Lent is over. Love God more than yourself! Examples: Pray the Rosary every day, attend daily Mass as much as possible, read the Sacred Scriptures minutes a day, spend additional time every day with my family, read a life of a saint or saints, increase spiritual reading, make a daily visit to the Most Blessed Sacrament or some shrine of Our Lady. In this category I am going to do I plan on making a good confession by this day during Lent: 4

5 Permanent Notices Subscriptions/Newsletters/Downloads Remnant Newspaper St Anne s Mothers Group Townsville Notices Brisbane Notices Brisbane Parish List SSPX Website gehringersimone@yahoo.com.au To become a subscriber complete your details at sspx.com.au/queensland.html Banking Details Building Fund Society of St Pius X, ANZ BSB: , Account No Ref: Please use your full name The Building fund is coming along nicely. Thank you to all for your continued support. God will reward you as it is done for his sake. Church Account Society of St Pius X, ANZ Mt Ommaney (For donations) Contact Details Father Campbell Ph: (residence) frbcampbell@gmail.com