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The Solemnity of the Annunciation 2024

This year, the Annunciation of The Lord (which usually occurs exactly nine months before Christmas on 25th March for obvious reasons) has been moved to Monday 8th April (or Low Monday in the old parlance). This is because whenever the Annunciation occurs during Holy Week, it is moved into the Easter Season, so that we can properly celebrate this important feast.

I personally believe it would be more authentic not to move it, because there is a long tradition of Jesus having died and been conceived on the same day, 25th March, which was the Roman date of the Spring Equinox, so it should be seen as auspicious if the Annunciation falls close to Easter. For some of the history of this, read here, concentrating on the Christian bits:
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/people-cultures-in-the-bible/jesus-historical-jesus/how-december-25-became-christmas/
and also here:
https://aclerkofoxford.blogspot.com/2016/03/this-doubtful-day-of-feast-or-fast-good.html

The earliest account is from an anonymous writer from North Africa in a treatise On Solstices and Equinoxes:

Therefore our Lord was conceived on the eighth of the kalends of April in the month of March [March 25], which is the day of the passion of the Lord and of his conception. For on that day he was conceived on the same he suffered.

At any rate, the main point of this post is to announce that we will have Mass for the Solemnity of the Annunciation at 6 p.m. at the Presbytery on Monday 8th. Deo gratias!


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Mass Times for Holy Week 2024

Holy Week has begun with yesterday’s Vigil Mass for Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord. Mass times for the Sacred Paschal Triduum in Yanchep/Two Rocks (and further north) are:

MAUNDY THURSDAYMass of the Lord’s Supper6 p.m. 28th MarchPresbytery, 3 Blaxland Avenue, Two Rocks
GOOD FRIDAYThe Passion of the Lord3 p.m. 29th MarchPresbytery, 3 Blaxland Avenue, Two Rocks
EASTER VIGILThe Easter Vigil in the Holy Night6 p.m. 30th MarchYanchep Beach Primary School (entry via Treeside Place)
EASTER SUNDAYMass8 a.m.Guilderton Community Hall
EASTER SUNDAYMass9:45 a.m.Our Lady of Fatima, Lancelin

If you would like the Sacrament of Penance/Reconciliation/Penance prior to Easter (recommended), please book a time with Fr Thomas on 0425 414 088.

Adoration at the chapel on Tuesday this week will be in the morning only, due to the Chrism Mass at the Cathedral in the evening at 7 p.m.

I would like to wish everyone a week of spiritual fruitfulness as we contemplate the death and resurrection of Our Lord.


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Yanchep Mass Times for the Easter Triduum, 2017

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The Resurrection of Christ (centre panel), Peter Paul Rubens, 1611-12, oil on panel, Onze Liewe Vrouwekathedraal, Antwerp, Belgium.

Holy Thursday, 13th May 2017, Mass of the Lord’s Supper, 6.30 p.m. (Fr Demetri) Presbytery, 3 Blaxland Avenue, Two Rocks
Good Friday, 14th May 2017, Stations of the Cross 9:00 a.m. (Fr Demetri) Presbytery, 3 Blaxland Avenue, Two Rocks
Good Friday, 14th May 2017, The Lord’s Passion 3.00 p.m. (Fr Augustine) Presbytery, 3 Blaxland Avenue, Two Rocks
Easter Vigil, 15th May 2017 6.30 p.m. (Fr Augustine) Yanchep Community Centre, 7 Lagoon Drive, Yanchep


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Ash Wednesday Masses for Perth far Northern Suburbs 2017

ash-wednesdayHaving trouble finding an Ash Wednesday Mass which fits with your work schedule?  We have the solution – Masses arranged by time for the Perth far northern suburbs.

TIME LOCATION
06:45 Our Lady of the Mission, Whitfords (in the Church, not the Chapel)
08:00 St Andrew’s, Clarkson
08:30 St Simon Peter’s, Ocean Reef
09:00 Our Lady of the Mission, Whitfords
09:00 Presbytery, 3 Blaxland Ave, Two Rocks
09:05 St Luke’s, Woodvale (with the Primary School)
12:10 Holy Spirit Chapel, Joondalup
19:00 St Luke’s, Woodvale
19:00 St Andrew’s, Clarkson
19:30 Our Lady of the Mission, Whitfords


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Christmas Mass Times 2016

The Yanchep Christmas Mass will be at 6 p.m. on Christmas Eve, 24th December at the Yanchep Community Centre in Lagoon Drive.  The next closest Mass venue is at St Andrew’s Clarkson and their Mass times are here.

Guilderton Christmas Mass will be at the usual 8 a.m.

Lancelin Christmas Mass will be at 10 a.m.


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Mass times for the Solemnity of the Assumption, 15th August

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For anyone living in Perth’s far north-western suburbs, and wondering about Mass times that fit in with your work schedule, here are a few options:

7 a.m. Our Lady of the Mission, Whitfords
9 a.m. Our Lady of the Mission, Whitfords
9 a.m. Presbytery, 3 Blaxland Ave, Two Rocks
9 a.m. St Anthony’s, Wanneroo (with school)
9 a.m. St Simon Peter, Ocean Reef (with school)
6 p.m. St Andrew’s, Clarkson
7.30 p.m. Our Lady of the Mission, Whitfords
7.30 p.m. St Simon Peter, Ocean Reef


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MASS TIMES FOR THE EASTER TRIDUUM

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The Crucifixion, Marco Palmezzano, c. 1490, Uffizi, Florence.

Holy Thursday, Confession, 6 p.m. 24th March, Presbytery, 3 Blaxland Ave, Two Rocks

Holy Thursday, Mass of the Lord’s Supper, 6.30 p.m. 24th March, 3 Blaxland Ave, Two Rocks

Good Friday, Stations of the Cross, 10 a.m. 25th March, 3 Blaxland Ave, Two Rocks

Good Friday, The Lord’s Passion, 3 p.m. 25th March, 3 Blaxland Ave, Two Rocks

Easter Vigil, 6.30 p.m. 26th March, Yanchep Community Centre, Lagoon Drive, Yanchep

Easter Sunday, 8.00 a.m. 27th March, Guilderton Community Hall, Wedge Street, Guilderton

Easter Sunday, 10.00 a.m., 27th March, 33 Gingin Road, Lancelin.


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Mass Times and Venues for Holy Week, Yanchep to Lancelin

Christ Crucified, Diego Velazquez, 1632, oil on canvas, Museo del Prado, Madrid

Christ Crucified, Diego Velazquez, 1632, oil on canvas, Museo del Prado, Madrid

HOLY THURSDAY, 2 April: Confession 6 p.m. before Mass, Presbytery, 3 Blaxland Ave, Two Rocks.

MASS OF THE LORD’S SUPPER:   6.30 p.m., 2 April, Presbytery, 3 Blaxland Avenue,Two Rocks.

GOOD FRIDAY, 3 April:  STATIONS OF THE CROSS, 10 a.m., St James Church,  Lagoon Drive, Yanchep.

GOOD FRIDAY, 3 April: THE LORD’S PASSION, 3 p.m., St James Church, Yanchep

EASTER VIGIL:  YANCHEP: Saturday 4 April, 6.30 p.m., St James Church, Lagoon Drive.

EASTER SUNDAY: GUILDERTON:   Sunday, 5 April, 8 a.m., Guilderton Community Hall, Wedge Street.

EASTER SUNDAY: LANCELIN:   Sunday, 5 April,  10.00 a.m., 33 Gingin Road.

CONFESSIONS:       Please ask Fr Augustine before Mass.

Any questions?  Phone 9561 2172 or 0400 660 337.