St Michael’s is accepting gifts for St Vincent De Paul and the Baabayn Aboriginal Community for our Giving Tree. The final dates to receive gifts is Monday 2nd December.

Please wrap gifts in cellophane or a gift bag and leave on the altar. Don’t forget to firmly attach a gift tag from our Giving tree in the church so we can gift to the right person. This year we have a request for toiletries for 37 women Elders and 5 men Elders of the Baabayn Community.

Join us on the first Thursday of the month at St Michael’s Lane Cove for a formation night. Starting with dinner, adoration and a talk to deepen your Catholic faith.

Thursday 5th December 2024

6.15 pm           Dinner

7.00 pm           Adoration

7.30 pm           Presentation (app 1 hour)

Register here

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Our teams will serve residents at Greenway Towers social housing in Kirribilli. Vinnies supplies the van and our Parish supplies sandwiches and the volunteers who make up our Teams.

What’s required of our Team members?

Each Team is comprised of 8 members with varying roles:

• 1 x Team Leader member
• 1 x Driver member (C class licence)
• 4 x Team members
• 2 x Food preparation members

The Team commitment is once every six weeks. St Michael’s teams will go out on the first or third Thursday of the month. The van run will depart St Michael’s Parish Hall at 6.30 pm returning by 8.30 pm. The food prep members work earlier in the day at the Parish Hall kitchen to have the sandwiches ready by 6 pm. The Team Leader and Driver pick up the Vinnies Van from West Ryde and return it after the run. They volunteer for app. 4 hours, while other members for 2 hours.

Members will be given a User Guide with links to complete Safeguarding requirements.

Get onboard the Vinnies Van and register here

Stay up to date on Archbishop Fisher’s addresses and statements on the Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney website.

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The results of the Parish 2020 survey are complete and can be viewed on the link below. Our response rate was commendable and we thank those who took the time to complete the survey, your valuable input will help shape the planning process of our parish.

To recap, this survey was part of the Pastoral Plan for our Archdiocese. People were asked to participate and provide their input on their parish experience, parish priorities and ways to grow and strengthen our community.

We hope you will take the time to review our results.