LETTER TO THE LAITY, RELIGIOUS AND CLERGY OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF MELBOURNE

from Most Rev Peter A Comensoli Archbishop of Melbourne

We warmly welcome our Parish Priest Fr Arsenio. Thank you for coming to minister to our communities and we hope you will be very happy here.

The parish house will no longer be accepting visitors during the Covid-19 pandemic. Contact can be made by phone, Jacinta Bibby - 0434 224 483, or email: RingwoodNorth@cam.org.au.

Links for online resources including the Parishes Forgiveness Ceremony and liturgy documents for families to celebrate simple liturgies at home for Holy Week are in the Parish Letter - Parish House and Easter, Parish Letter (02/04/2020)

Spirit Extra, not a full magazine but rather quick collection of articles, ideas and suggestions that may help in some small way to get us through this Covid -19 pandemic.

Click to see our Spirit Extra editions

In accordance with the further instructions from the Government and the Archbishop, the Church and Chapel are both closed for worship and prayer. No masses, communion services or other gatherings will take place until further notice. The parish office will be staffed from Tue – Fri 9am – 4pm but we ask that you contact us via phone, 9876 3077, or email, RingwoodNorth@cam.org.au.

Parish Letter - Initial letter re. Holy Spirit response to Covid-19, Parish Letter (20/03/2020). Note: This letter is in part superseded as the chapel is now closed until further notice re. update on 23 March 2020

Now what? Online Mass and other resources

Click here to read the history of parish announcements regarding our lock down journey.

Click here to see how we stay connected with various online resources.

There are no longer any scheduled masses at Holy Spirit. The Bishops of Victoria have written an update regarding COVID-19. Of note is the immediate suspension of public Masses. This will be a difficult moment, and every encouragement is offered as clergy and parish staff seek to explain sensitively to our people the reasons why Mass will not be offered as a public celebration.

We will continue to make The Word, our parish newsletter, available for you each week on the website.

Similarly confessions and all group meetings are suspended until further notice.