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The Week Ahead Mar 31, 2023

Palm Sunday
HOLY WEEK and EASTER MASS TIMES

Sunday 2 April Palm Sunday

  • 6:30am Mass  Stella Maris,  Maroochydore.
  • 7:30am Mass  St Peter’s, Coolum.
  • 8:00am Mass  St Catherine of Siena, Sippy Downs.
  • 9.00am Mass Stella Maris,  Maroochydore.
  • 9:30am Mass  St Mary’s, Buderim.
  • 5:00pm Mass Stella Maris,  Maroochydore.

This Palm Sunday weekend, the first of the month, coincides with our monthly hospitality. All parishioners and visitors are warmly invited to join us after Mass to catch up and to share in some light refreshments. Thank you to all our local organising groups that make our monthly hospitality possible.

 

Monday 3 April

  • 10.30am Funeral of Sylvester O’Dempsey, St Peter’s, Coolum.
  • No Adoration, Benediction or Mass today.
  • 5:00pm Communal Rite of Reconciliation Stella Maris, Maroochydore.

 

Tuesday 4 April

  • 9.00am Mass Stella Maris School Chapel. All welcome!

 

Wednesday 5 April

  • 7:00am Mass St Mary’s, Buderim.
  • 9:00am Mass St Catherine of Siena, Sippy Downs.
  • 9.30am (Zoom) Scripture Study Group.
  • Catechism in a Year meeting.
  • 6.00pm Latin American Prayer Group, parish office meeting room, Maroochydore.
  • 6.00pm Baptism Preparation for infants and young children, Stella Maris, Maroochydore.

 

Thursday 6 April Holy Thursday

  • 7:00pm Mass of the Lord’s Supper, Stella Maris, Maroochydore.
  • No Sacraments celebrated until the Easter Vigil.

 

Friday 7 April Good Friday

Stations of the Cross 

  • 10.00am  Stella Maris, Maroochydore.
  • 10.00am  St Peter’s, Coolum.
  • 10.00am  St Catherine of Siena, Sippy Downs.

Veneration of the Cross 

  • 3.00pm  Stella Maris, Maroochydore.
  • 3.00pm St Peter’s, Coolum.
  • 3.00pm St Mary’s, Buderim.

Each year there is a special leaving collection at the conclusion of the 3pm service in support of the Christians in the Holy Land—thank you for your generosity and practical support.

 

Saturday 8 April Holy Saturday

  • No Sacraments celebrated until the Easter Vigil.

Easter Vigil

  • 6.00pm Mass  Stella Maris, Maroochydore (including Baptisms of infants and initiation of RCIA candidates).
  • 6.00pm Mass St Peter’s, Coolum.

 

Sunday 9 April – Easter Sunday

  • 6:30am Mass  Stella Maris,  Maroochydore.
  • 7:30am Mass  St Peter’s, Coolum.
  • 8:00am Mass  St Catherine of Siena, Sippy Downs.
  • 9.00am Mass Stella Maris,  Maroochydore.
  • 9:30am Mass  St Mary’s, Buderim.
  • 5:00pm Mass Stella Maris,  Maroochydore.

 

* *Gluten-free hosts are available. To arrange, simply contact the sacristan or co-ordinator before Mass. The priest will always distribute the gluten free host at Communion.

 

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