st simon the apostle, ROWVILLE

Weekday Mass are available livestream and replayed no later than 11am.

Fr. Pat Moroney - Monday, 6 December

MY JESUS,
I believe that You are present in this Most Holy Sacrament.
I love You above all things, and I desire to receive You into my soul.
Even when I cannot receive You sacramentally, come spiritually into
my heart. I embrace You as if You are already there, and I unite myself wholly to You. Never permit me to be separated from You.        Amen.

Thanks to all those who have responded generously already.
We have raised what is likely to be enough for the livestreaming equipment,
but would still welcome more donations towards our Parish.

Livestream Sunday Mass will be available online from 6pm on the Saturday.

2nd Sunday of Advent (C) Mass Video

Fr. Pat Moroney - 5 December 2021

"Previous Mass Videos" can be accessed - here

and "YouTube Channel Link" - here

Children's Liturgy - here

Visual Drawings, Readings and Gospel 

 
Zoom & Soul  |  Prayer Group | Rosary Prayers of Intercession

Please click on any of the above 
for Faith Developement Prayer Group events for more details. 

 
At the foot of this page is the scheduled timetable for Christmas Masses - six in all, hopefully shared between myself and Fr. Pat Moroney O.M.I, whose wonderful commitment to St. Simon’s has enabled both our “in person” Mass-goers and online viewers to participate
in the Eucharist throughout the time of my extended absence.

During that time Fr. Pat has endeared himself to so many people linked to St. Simon’s. We are hoping that connection can continue for Christmas and in to the New Year and beyond. So we are hoping his other commitments will allow him to be with us for our Christmas Masses, along with the pre-Christmas liturgies beginning on December 17.

Along with all those many people (very much including our Choirs) who contribute so wonderfully to our Christmas worship), there are two groups of people whose largely hidden and unrecognised work is so critical in ensuring we can open our church doors
to celebrate the Birth of Christ; these are our extraordinarily hard-working parish staff,
anda remarkable group of truly dedicated volunteers.

For our staff, this will be the second Christmas for which a whole new strict, complex
and highly-regulated Covid19-related expectations and regulations of both Government and Church have all but obliterated the true meaning and importance of Christmas.
Yet they have managed to get us through a maze of often baffling, if not sometimes contradictory rules which would never have seemed possible just two years ago.

And as for our volunteers… they are present at every Mass, making the safety
and compliance checks necessary for the rest of us to be able to worship in significant numbers. And again, they have been doing this against an ever-changing background
of hand-sanitising, QR Codes, vaccination checks, masks, social-distancing, none
of which were heard for Christmas 2019.

These and so many others have “stepped up” to make the celebration of Christmas possible for us all. We owe them our deepest thanks, and we should take a moment
to say a prayer for them all, that the Christmas they have made possible for us all may
be truly happy and blessed for them and their families. They have made Christmas possible for us - so a prayer of gratitude is the least we can do for them.   Fr. Kevin Dillon.

Christmas Eve:
Friday, 24th December 10.00am - no vaccination check.
6.00pm, 8.00pm, Midnight - double vaccination check.

Christmas Day:
Saturday, 25th December 10.00am - double vaccination check.

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Monash Chorale Presents

"A Tapestry of Christmas"
A short concert of Carols

Sunday, 12th December at 3pm
St Simon's the Apostle, Rowville

"Peace Like a River"

by Listener Kids

No capacity limit (whether funeral, wedding, Confirmation, Communion etc.) where EVERYONE is either fully vaccinated or has a valid medical exemption. 

"Equal Opportunity Amendment Bill 2021"

Archbishop Peter A Comensoli

Video Link

Presented by Judy Schmidt and filmed by Corey Payton

Can be accessed - here

Previous Bulletins -  here

Sunday Homily

Can be accessed - here

Indoors with a cap of 50 people and a Density Quotient of 4 per sqm.

Bookings are essential for this Mass at St. John the Baptist Parish. 19 Forest Rd, Ferntree Gully, VIC. 3156.

Sundays at 1pm

Defibrillator
for St Simon's Community

St Simon’s School has installed an externally stored Automated External Defibrillator for the health and safety of members of the community. 

Click HERE for more info.