OFFICE: 9am - 4pm Tuesday - Friday
MAIL US merndawhittlesea@cam.org.au
CALL US
03 9412 8493
0448 101 401
Sacraments for Secondary School Children…..
Christ the Light Parish is offering a special opportunity for any secondary school students who missed the sacrament of reconciliation this year. If you wish to participate, please contact the parish office by no later than FRIDAY 29 DECEMBER. We will be conducting a special program early 2024, ensuring you don't miss out on the sacraments of Holy Communion in May 2024 and Confirmation in August 2024.
House Blessing Requests…...
If you would like to request a house blessing please email or text your details and a preferred day, date, and time to the parish office: merndawhittlesea@cam.org.au or 0448 101 401. Please allow enough notice to ensure we can accommodate all request
Inclusions for the weekly Newsletter…..
If you would like any notices, anniversaries or prayers for the sick included in the Sunday newsletter we kindly request that you email, text or call with details: merndawhittlesea@cam.org.au or 0448 101 401 prior to 4pm WEDNESDAYS. [for short notice sick or recently deceased inclusions please approach the priest prior to the commencement of mass]
Christmas Masses
Christmas Eve,
Sunday 24th December – 6:00pm at Mernda (Nazareth Centre),
8:00pm at Whittlesea (Anawim Centre),
12:00 am Midnight at Mernda.
All Masses on Christmas Eve to be preceded by carols commencing 30 minutes prior to Mass.
Christmas Day,
Monday 25th December – 8:30 am at Kinglake,
10:00 am at Whittlesea, and
10:30 am at Mernda.
We are going to be using our website during this period to provide information, update our Parish Life and our continuing growth in faith. Given our situation, this will be our main source of information.
Cardinal Pizzaballa, who is President of the Assembly of the Catholic Ordinaries of the Holy Land, has urged all parishes and religious communities to mark this day of prayer on Tuesday, October 17.
Photos from the Filipino dinner night
May 13th Mothers Day Dinner and Christ the Light Talent show
Join us this weekend at the Mernda Bunnings Sausage Sizzle fundraiser
44 Mernda Village Dr, Mernda VIC 3754
Sat 5:30pm, Sun 8 am, 10:30am
at Nazareth Centre,
St Joseph's Primary School
44 Mernda Village Drive
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Wed & Fri 09:15 am, Sun 5pm
Adoration every Sun 4pm - 5pm
at St Josephs' Church,
1490 Plenty Rd, Mernda
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Reconciliation on :
1st , 3rd & 5th Sat 10:00 am
2-20 Fir St, Whittlesea VIC 3757
Tuesday 9:15AM
Thursday 9:15AM
Sunday 10AM
Confession/Reconciliation after Tuesday & Thursday 9:15am Mass at 10am
124 Whittlesea-Kinglake Rd Kinglake 3763
Sunday 8:30AM
As disciples of Jesus, that our parish of Doreen, Kinglake, Mernda and Whittlesea be a welcoming, vibrant, faith-filled and worshipping catholic community. In a spirit of joy and compassion we will reach out to all in the service of the Good News of God’s love and in our stewardship of our created world.
Community - Proclamation - Outreach - Worship.
The central symbol of our Christian faith. The ultimate revelation of the Good News of God's Love for Humanity
A symbolic representation of Jesus Christ, the Light of the World, after whom our parish is named.
They represent the richness and diversity of the members of our parish community - 'For where two or three are gathered in my name, I am there among them.'(Mt 18:20)
Coming from Christ they radiate through the members of the parish who, as missionary disciples, are reaching out with joy and compassion bringing the Light of Christ to the world.
Christ instituted the sacraments of the new law. There are seven: Baptism, Confirmation, Holy Communion,Reconciliation, the Anointing of the Sick, Holy Orders and Matrimony. The seven sacraments touch all the stages and all the important moments of Christian life:1 they give birth and increase, healing and mission to the Christian’s life of faith. There is thus a certain resemblance between the stages of natural life and the stages of the spiritual life.
Through the sacrament of baptism the faithful are incorporated into Christ and into his Church.
In the sacrament of reconciliation , the Christian faithful obtain from the mercy of God pardon for..
The celebration of the Eucharist is the centre of the entire Christian life, in which Jesus Christ is...
Those who have been baptised continue on the path of Christian initiation through the sacrament of..
By the sacrament of marriage, Christians signify and share in the mystery of the unity and fruitful love ..
Through the anointing of the sick, the Church commends to the suffering and glorified Lord ..
The Bereavement Committee will be available to you as you prepare the Funeral Mass.
It is our joy to welcome you to Christ The Light Catholic Community, if you have been attending the parish for a while but have not yet registered, please take a moment to send us your details.
