An Invitation to Gospel Ministry in
Our Lady Star of the Sea Parish Watson's Bay

What's going on in this parish?

Mass and Other Celebration Times

Sunday: 9.00am Thursday: 9.00am Rosary follows Mass Friday: 9.00am Eucharistic Adoration follows Mass. ... More

How can I be more involved?
How can I respond better to my Baptismal vocation
and the call of the Gospel?
How can I serve God, the Church and
my fellow men and women better?

The Catholic Parish of Our Lady Star of the Sea
341 Old South Head Road
Watson's Bay NSW 2030

Ph (02) 9337 2033
Fax (02) 9337 2933
Email olss.watsonsbay@bigpond.com

Dear Parishioner or Friend,

Good parishes don't just happen. If this parish is to be a lively and welcoming place where God is truly worshipped, the Gospel proclaimed and heard, and people cared for, we need your help. Good parishes only happen when people go out of their way to pay attention to one another, to put aside their shyness and take part in something bigger than themselves, something really worthwhile.

Our parish needs people like that in a role - whether a small one or a more substantial one - in community leadership and service.

This might mean contributing to our Sunday liturgy by offering a word of welcome to people as they arrive, reading or serving at Mass, taking up the collections, distributing Holy Communion or assisting with the music. It might mean taking Communion to a sick or frail person in our parish. It might mean contributing to the evangelical and catechetical outreach of the parish in our state primary school, in preparing children for their first sacraments, through letterboxing or through hospitality at events. It might mean helping lead the parish through the Parish Pastoral Council or Finance Committee or Maintenance Committee, helping with counting collections or taking part in one of the prayer or discussion groups. This document spells out 25 different ways to become more active in the parish!

We all contribute in various ways to building up God's kingdom in our own families, workplaces and community. This parish, though small, is blessed with many parishioners who already contribute some of their valuable time to making it a community we can be proud of. Many others may not yet have had the opportunity to be more fully involved. So I invite you to think of how you might be able to live your baptismal commitment more fully.

Take some time in prayer and then drop us a note or give us a call to say how you could be more involved. Let's allow the Holy Spirit to shape us into an ever more active, celebrating people of God in this great parish of Star of the Sea.

The Parish Priest,
Our Lady Star of the Sea