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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟏 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐲 𝐂𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞 Take advantage of the various devotions available across the churches of Holy Cross Parish Granville over the 40 days of Lent. Last year’s season of Lent looked a little different, especially as we were unable to celebrate our regular devotions face to face. We…

This Wednesday the Church celebrates Ash Wednesday and the beginning of the forty days of Lent as we prepare for the solemnity of the Resurrection of Our Lord at Easter. As we have done throughout the time of this pandemic we have sought ways to make Holy Mass  available to as many people as possible.…

𝗛𝗔𝗩𝗘 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗗𝗢𝗪𝗡𝗟𝗢𝗔𝗗𝗘𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗬 𝗖𝗥𝗢𝗦𝗦 𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗜𝗦𝗛 𝗔𝗣𝗣???   The Holy Cross Parish app is just another way of keeping updated on everything that takes place in the parish!   In addition to advertising Mass and Confession times, the app also has some great tools such as prayers, daily reflections, audio bible, news feeds and…

The Diocese of Parramatta has released a new update regarding Mass Attendance, in light of new changes made by NSW Health. Below is a copy of this message. Please visit the Diocese of Parramatta website to keep up to date with the latest requirements impacting Mass attendance: https://parracatholic.org/covid19/ 𝐂𝐎𝐕𝐈𝐃-𝟏𝟗 𝐔𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚…

Why the name “Holy Cross”? You may be surprised to know that the Holy Cross has many personal linkages to our Parish! The first and most significant link belongs to our Lord Jesus Christ who, as part of the Most Holy Family and Most Holy Trinity, used the cross as an instrument for our salvation.…

Today, we draw another year to a close and it’s safe to say that 2020 was far from the year we imagined 12 months ago. Whilst a challenging year – our Parish has pulled through as a community, supporting one another and utilising our strengths to ensure we have remained connected. The year began with…

𝐈𝐌𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐓 𝐏𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐄 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐃! A number of emails have been sent claiming to be in the name of a priest, including in the name of Father Andrew. The false email address being used is pariish.pastor.10@gmail.com with the name of “Father Andrew Bass”. Please do not respond to any email from this address and do not forward…

As numbers attending Holy Mass continues to increase, an additional temporary Mass time will be made available making it a total of 7 Sunday Masses available for people to attend. Please note that the current restriction on numbers attending will remain in place and normal sign in rules which are currently in place will continue.…

Originally printed in the Granville Catholic Church Record on 15 March, 2020 and 26 July, 2020 and 12 September, 2020 (with minor amendments) A Long and Shared History Holy Family Parish and Holy Trinity Parish have a shared history with both being one parish for sixty years. As time moved on and as the circumstances…