IMPORTANT NOTICE

​Last night the Federal Government suspended all non-essential gatherings for an initial 4 weeks to reduce the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) and to give the community time to understand fully social distancing requirements. The ruling applies from noon Monday 23rd March.

The ruling includes a suspension of all religious gatherings, places of worship or funerals (in enclosed spaces and other than very small groups and where the 1 person per 4 square metre rule applies).   Therefore, all parishes in the Archdiocese of Brisbane are required to suspend with immediate effect all Masses, including weekday Masses.

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INFORMATION AND RESOURCES FOR OUR PARISH

Welcome......

Our Lady of Mount Carmel is a Catholic faith community in Coorparoo, in the Archdiocese of Brisbane.  The parish has been in the care of the Carmelite Friars since 1937.    
WEEKEND MASS TIMES
  • Saturday Vigil at 6pm
  • ​Sunday at 8.30am and 5.30pm
IMPORTANT DATES
26th March
  • Carmel Cellars meet 7.30pm
​6th April
  • St Vincent de Paul meet 7.30pm
19th April
  • Lay Carmelites meet at 8.30am Mass
20th April
  • St Vincent de Paul meet 7.30pm
25th April
  • Carmel Cellars ANZAC Day Charity BBQ
COMMUNITY NEWS
COVID-19 AND THE IMPLICATIONS FOR NOW
There has been much consideration and discussion about the current health crisis and we are being advised by the Archbishop and his consultants, who are receiving directives from the Australian Health Authorities, as to ‘best practice’ for our liturgical gatherings and guidance about our Pastoral Ministry until further notice.

I wish to inform you now of some decisions we have made and actions we will be taking:
  • There will be NO Holy Water in the fonts within the Church NOW and following the Easter Vigil.
  • Communion will not be given from the Chalice and all Ministers of Communion are required to wash their hands both before and after distributing the Body of Christ.
  • I would encourage all to receive the Body of Christ on the hand and NOT the tongue for the present, as a health precaution.
  • The Mass offering collections will be moved to the end of Mass and collected in baskets at the Church doors by our St Vincent de Paul people.
  • Communion will no longer be taken to homes, hospitals or Aged Care Facilities (i.e. Janolma; Casa etc.)
  • The Mass of Anointing in the Church and at Casa Aged Care Facility will cease until further notice.
  • At the Sign of Peace during the Mass, simply turn to each other and wish each other words of peace.
  • At this point in time, the Mass of Forgiveness, Palm Sunday, Mass of the Lord’s Supper, Stations of the Cross, Easter Vigil and Easter Sunday Mass will occur but in a simplified form in accordance with the necessary health precautions.
  • The Federal Government has announced that gatherings of more than 500 people should not go ahead. With this in mind, the ceremony of the Passion of the Lord will NOT take place at 3pm on GOOD FRIDAY.
  • On Good Friday, there will be the Stations of the Cross at 10am. The Church will be open from 2.30pm until 4pm on Good Friday, for people to come and bring the sufferings of our world before the Cross, in QUIET REFLECTION as individuals, and in small groups.
  • There will be NO shared supper after the VIGIL Mass.
Finally, our Church will continue to remain open until any contrary directives are received from the Archdiocese or the Government.

Our priority must be the pastoral care and health of each person, especially the poor and the elderly.
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Your Carmelite brothers: Wayne, Januario, Donato and Matthew.