Stations of the Cross during Fridays of Lent,
5:15-5:30pm, St John the Baptist Church, Alexandra.

All are welcome.

ALEXANDRA PASTORAL AREA

USUAL MASS AND LITURGY TIMES


​Saturday: 6:00pm Vigil Mass at Omakau

Sunday:    9:00am Alexandra
                 11:00am Roxburgh

Weekdays:

-Alexandra: 5:00pm Tuesday, 9:00am Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday, and noon, Friday.
       
-Roxburgh:  5:15pm Wednesday



RECONCILIATION 

-Alexandra:  9:30am to 10:00am Saturdays; elsewhere and otherwise, upon request.
    


ANOINTING OF THE SICK 

-Alexandra:  At the noon Mass, first Fridays of March, June, September and December;
-Roxburgh:   At the 5:15pm Mass, first Wednesdays of March, June, September and December.
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Jubilee Year 2025 - Pilgrims of Hope

​Pope Francis has declared 2025 as a year of Jubilee with the theme 'Pilgrims of Hope', giving voice to his desire for the year to foster a greater sense of global sisterhood and brotherhood, solidarity with the poor, and caring for the environment.  To find out more and access resources click here.
VATICAN NEWS (www.vaticannews.va)
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VATICAN NEWS (www.vaticannews.va):

*Letting go of hurt in our families. In his prayer intention for March, Pope Francis invites us to pray
that by receiving the grace of forgiveness, families might discover healing as well as the blessings that
God has given to each member of the family.


*EU Bishops: Ukraine’s struggle ‘will be decisive for the fate of Europe and the world’.
*Arab leaders discuss postwar Gaza. Arab leaders are meeting in Cairo to discuss the adoption of
Egypt's counterproposal to U.S. President Trump’s call for the Gaza Strip to be depopulated and
transformed into a beach destination.

*Pope calls parish in Gaza as his condition remains stable on Ash Wednesday.
*Pope: Ashes ‘bring us back to reality’. 
In his homily prepared for Mass on Ash Wednesday, Pope Francis says that the imposition of ashes
reminds us to “look within ourselves” and remember our fragility – “from dust we are created, and to
dust we shall return.”

*Pope to Brazilian Catholics: Allow nature to rest from our greedy exploitations, encouraging the country's Catholic community to combine an inner conversion with handling the current ecological crisis.

*Pope donates 1 million euros to Rome Diocese for housing crisis.
*Questioning rearmament in a world increasingly incapable of diplomacy. 
The "ReArm Europe" plan proposes 800 billion euros of arms spending in the Old Continent. But would this really guarantee security?

*Nigeria: Archdiocese of Kafanchan priest kidnapped and found murdered on Ash Wednesday.

*Patriarch Pizzaballa: Lenten forgiveness is stronger than violent words of hatred.

*Day of the Righteous: Celebrating Polish nuns who saved Jews during Holocaust. 
March 6 marked the European Day of the Righteous, remembering and celebrating those who risked their
lives in the 20th century to oppose totalitarian regimes.
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ADORATION & BENEDICTION 

WEEKLY ADORATION
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Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament occurs in the Alexandra church of St John the Baptist each Friday from 11:30 to 11:50am.

​Come along and spend some quiet time in prayer before the Lord.
St John the Baptist Catholic Church
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Centennial celebration 21 April 2024

“Synodality starts with hearing from the whole People of God. A Church that teaches must be firstly a Church that listens. Consulting all members of the Church is vital because, as the Second Vatican Council reminded us, the faithful as a whole are anointed by the Holy Spirit...
What characterizes a synodal path is the role of the Holy Spirit. We listen, we discuss in groups, but above all we pay attention to what the Spirit has to say to us. That is why I ask everyone to speak frankly and to listen carefully to others because there, too, the Spirit is speaking. Open to changes and new possibilities, the Synod is for everyone an experience of conversion.”



                                                           - Pope Francis (Let Us Dream, 2020)
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