Friday Morning Mass and Monday Rosary
We are very blessed at the College to have a beautiful chapel on site. The chapel was built in 1969 – 70 and opened in 1970. The main feature of this building is definitely the beautiful stained glass windows, designed by Sr Mel Williams, which encircle the chapel and altar. This Chapel was used daily by the Ursulines when they were present at the College in larger numbers and is now used for Friday Morning Mass, Rosary on Mondays and Religious Education lessons.
While a different Religious Education class organises each Friday morning Mass, all are always welcome to join us at Mass and there is a number of students and staff who come nearly every week to spend some time with God in the Eucharist. We are very lucky to have such wonderful and humble priests in our area who assist us by being rostered on for our Masses. We are grateful to Fr Casey (currently on sabbatical) and Fr Emmanuel from Kingsgrove Parish, Fr Peter from Beverly Hills Parish, Fr John from Riverwood Parish and Fr Josh from Penshurst/Peakhurst Parish who all come to the College to celebrate Mass throughout the year. Mass begins at 8.10am and finishes in time for PC at 8.45am. Please see the roster for term 1 below:
| Week 1 | Fri 7 Feb | No Mass – First week of students back | ||
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Week 2 | 14 Feb |
Friday of week 5 of Ordinary time & Feast St Cyril |
11SOR2A ANA |
Fr Peter |
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Week 3 | 21 Feb |
Friday of week 6 of Ordinary time & Feast of St Peter Damian | 11SOR2B MST/RBO |
Fr Emmanuel |
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Week 4 | 28 Feb |
Friday of week 7 of Ordinary Time | 11SORB NKA |
Fr Peter |
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Week 5 | 7 March
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Friday after Ash Wednesday & commemoration of St Perpetua and Felicity | 11SORA HEL/HPA |
Fr Emmanuel
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Week 6 | 14 March
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Friday of the 1st week of Lent | 11SOR2C JMO |
Fr John
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Week 7 | 21 March
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Friday of 2nd week of Lent | 11SORC GHA |
Fr Peter
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Week 8 | 28 March
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Friday of 3rd week of Lent | 11SORD DBZ |
Fr Emmanuel
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Week 9 | 4 April
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Friday of 4th week of Lent & Commemoration of St Isidore | 8RE1 NBO & 8RE2 DBZ |
Fr Josh
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Week 10 | 11 Apr
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Friday of 5th week of Lent & commemoration of St Stanislaus | 11SiCTA NQU |
Fr Peter
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We ask that when it is your daughter’s class Mass she arrives on time and participates in the Mass. We only ask our students to come to Mass in the chapel once a year and think it is a beautiful way to celebrate the learning in our RE classrooms and our heritage and faith.
We also hold Rosary in the Chapel each Monday at lunchtime and this is student led. While there are always teachers present, we are very happy to have our students lead us in this important devotion to Our Lady. Rosary beads and instruction cards are provided for students who may not be familiar with this practice but would like to join. Again, everyone is always welcome and we encourage students to take part.
If you have any questions about Friday Morning Mass or Rosary, please do not hesitate to contact me at the College or discuss with your daughters RE class teacher.
Julie Monk
Religious Education Coordinator
