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Contact Information
Queen of Peace
18 Stuart Avenue,
Normanhurst, NSW 2076Telephone: (02) 9481 0958
Facsimile:: (02) 9875-5017
Parish Priest: Father Francis Vaughan
Electronic mail address: czarnik@compuserve.com
Web address - current: www.hightide.net.au/tovegin/norman.htm
Web address - planned: www.brokenbay.catholic.org.au/norman.htmBack to Top
Mass Times
Weekend Mass times:
- Saturday Vigil Mass: 6:30pm (Guitar group and singers);
- Sunday: 7:OOam (0rgan and lead singer),
- Sunday: 9:3Oam (Organ and lead singer),
- Sunday: 6.3Opm (Second guitar and instrument group).
Daily Mass times:
- Monday: 7:00am
- Tuesday, Thursday & Friday: 9:15am
- Wednesday evening: 7:30pm
Reconciliation (Confessions):
- Saturday: 5-6:00pm
Rosary:
- Wednesday evening: Before Mass (7:15pm)
- Friday morning; after Mass
Eucharistic Adoration (Exposition of Blessed Sacrament):
- Third Wednesday evening of the month: After Mass (until 10:00pm) Dates for the remainder of 1997 are -
- 17th September
- 15th October
- 19th November
- 17th December
Weddings, Funerals, Baptisms:
- Please contact Parish Priest
Masses other than English:
- Please contact Parish Priest
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Parish School
Primary:
- Our Lady of the Rosary School, Waitara (mainly)
- St Agatha's, Pennant Hills
- Prouille at Wahroonga
Senior School:
- St Leo's College (Co-ed) (mainly)
- Loreto College, Normanhurst (Girls)
- Mount St Benedict High School,Pennant Hills (Girls)
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Parish Groups
There is a church secretary and many groups in the parish as follows:
Music:
- Four organists
- Eight guitarists
- Three recorder players.
- Mixed Choir (sing once a month). (With an award winning Choir director !)
Social and Care:
- Catholic Women's League;
- Nine family groups of approximately eight families in each.
- 12 active St Vincent de Paul Society members;
- Prayer and Bible study Group;
- Veritas Normanhurst Young Adults Group
(click here for more info)Serving the Parish:
- 12 Catechists;
- 12 Special Ministers;
- 25 Altar Servers;
- 10 Church Wardens;
- 50 Lectors;
- 14 Altar Society (flowers);
- 11 groups of Housekeepers of the Lord (church cleaners);
- 25 groups Collection Counters;
- 4 Grounds Committee;
- Finance Committee;
Formation of new Parish Committees:
In accordance with Bishop David Walker's wishes, the parishes of the Broken Bay Diocese will standardise their structures and include the following committees. In keeping with the Bishop's wishes, Normanhurst is forming the committees by seeking volunteers. Those who have shown interest are listed below. Eventually the groups listed above could be sorted into the appropriate group below.
Parish Council
Finance Committee
Liturgy
Sacramental Co-ordinator
Family Life - to learn what the Diocese requires of such a group
Maree McLeod
Sandra McBrideEvangelisation - to learn how such a group would work in a parish
Gill OsborneSocial Justice
Anne Whenman
Diane Buckley
Damar WalshSpirituality
The Aged
Youth
Ecumenism - to organise gatherings with other Christian denominations
Maureen Harrison
Greg Baynie
Cathy McNamara
Louis & Chimene HortenseAnd until after the year 2001 there is a group that will assist other groups in raising the awareness of the Great Jubilee of the Year 2000 and associated activities and resources.
Golden Jubilee of the Year 2000 (for Normanhurst) -
Larry Czarnik - 9875-3497 czarnik@compuserve.com
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Background and History
Established: Parish began second Sunday in May, 1971.
Parish priest: Father Francis Vaughan, the first and only priest of this parish. And several months after the church celebrates its 20th anniversary on 31 July, 1997, Fr. Vaughan celebrates his golden jubilee as a priest. Yes, 50th anniversary as a priest, in November of 1997.
Number of parishioners: Approximately 2OOO.
Special parish features:
- Sand stone altar was obtained from "Graduate House" of Manly, one of the few not destroyed!
- The large Crucifix was found in a couple of pieces in the sacristy of the old Lane Cove Church and was restored as you see it today.
- The Tabernacle was also in disuse in the storeroom of "Graduate House", Manly and now houses the Lord in Normanhurst.
Parish milestones:
- The parish began on the second Sunday of May 1971 in Loreto Chapel, Normanhurst and functioned there for more than six years by courtesy of the Loreto Sisters. Making this the start of the 27th year this parish will serve it’s congregation.
- The parish church and presbytery were blessed and opened on July 31,1977, by Cardinal James Freeman. The parish celebrates the 20th anniversary of this blessing this year !
Projects of which the parish is particularly proud:
- Helping local Catholic schools, primary and secondary, to pay their bills as we have no school of our own.
- We were the first church in this area forced by council regulations to provide off-street parking.
- We were the first compelled to carpet the church against noise pollution.
- We had to plant trees to prevent light pollution from car headlights in our parking lot.
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Gallery
Thanks to The Catholic Weekly for the photos below, from it's issue, Vol 52, No. 2966 dated Wednesday, Sept 1, 1993. Appears the original photos or negatives don't exist, so a colour scanner was used to capture the photos direct from an original copy of the paper so they could be shown here.
Inside of Queen of Peace - Normanhurst
Outside of Queen of Peace - Normanhurst
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Activities of Note
- Golden Jubilee Celebrations
- An open meeting of parishioners was held on Wednesday, 27 August after the evening Mass, to discuss what should be done to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Father Vaughan's ordination, which occurs on 29 November, 1997. In consultation with Father Vaughan, it was firstly decided to have a special
MASS
on
MONDAY, 20 OCTOBER, 1997 at 7:30pm in our Church
It is hoped that Bishop David Walker will be able to concelebrate the Mass along with some of Father Vaughan's classmates.
- The Mass will be followed by
SUPPER
in the Meeting Room and refreshments will be supplied.After Father Vaughan returns from holidays, it is proposed to hold a
DINNER DANCE
on
SATURDAY, 6 DECEMBER, 1997 at LORETO COLLEGE
The following Committees have been established to make the various arrangements
MASS COMMITTEE Convenor
Pat Kirkwood - 9489-2783
Joe Pulis - 9489-2668
Larry Czarnik - 9481-8076
Des Kelly - 9481-9665
Col Thompson - 94845508SUPPER COMMITTEE Convenor
Bernie & Mary Richards - 9481-0086
Brian Kennedy - 94841883
Phil Shirley - 9875-1640
Carmel & Ken Daniels - 94873511FUND COMMITTEE Convenor
John Bolster - 9876-3520
Pat Goddard - 94896900
Keith Clegg - 94847108
Phil Kirk - 94847108
Damer Walsh - 94845275DINNER DANCE COMMITTEE Convenor
Brian Roach - 94843672
Pat Arnett - 9487-6558
Ken Ryan - 94844507
Carmel Daniels - 94833511
- Veritas Normanhurst Young Adults Group
- The Veritas Young Adults Group has recently become very active. Lots of things are planned in the coming months. The next function is -
19 Sept - Fr. Andrew Robinson talking to us on
Dr. Jesus. He's running out of patients...
Call Yvette, Paul or Greg to confirm meeting location.- RSVP to:
- Yvette Hanna 9489 2920 (or 017 912 755 mobile)
- Paul FitzGerald 9481 8671
- Greg Woodbury 9484 7551
- Thanks to all those who attended our $$Fundraiser$$.
This is what you missed -
- "Quin nervously touches the scar on his forehead when he remembers the five days he was held prisoner by the military in Indonesia. "In 1994, East Timorese student Quintiliano Neto Mok, presented himself to the Indonesian military to speak on behalf of a group of 35 students who had been captured. As a result, he was interrogated and tortured for five days.
"The group had been protesting against the Indonesian government in Jakarta..." (Catholic Weekly, 8/6/97).Quin is a 29 year old East Timorese student who has suffered great torture under the Indonesian military. Now he is in Australia, still working for the freedom of East Timor. His efforts in trying to promote Australian solidarity with East Timor have taken him all over NSW.
Quin has a wish for the near future - to represent the Catholic youth of East Timor (a rapidly growing number) at the World Youth Conference being held from the 18th - 25th August in Paris. East Timor as yet does not have representative for the World Youth Day. However, Quin's only setback is lack of funding.
Veritas Normanhurst Young Adults Group supported Quin in his quest by holding a BBQ Day on Sunday 27th July. Special guests on the day were Quintiliano himself and Sr Susan Connelly who gave a talk on the current situation in East Timor. The BBQ was straight after 9.3Oam Mass from 10.3Oam until 2.3Opm or thereafter. Cost was $5.00.
- Watch this space for the full 1997 Veritas Calendar.
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Comments and Suggestions
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What's New ?!
15 September, 1997
* Added the plans for Father Vaughan's Golden Jubilee Celebrations on 20 October and 6 December.
* Updated the Veritas Young Adults Group with info on the 19 Sept. function.
* A glimpse of new committees / groups in the Normanhurst parish.9 August, 1997
* Added next Veritas Normanhurst Young Adults Group function on 24 Aug - Dr. Lennon on natural family planning.
* Added a link to the ACBC letter on the Year 2000, Great Year of Jubilee celebrations.26 July, 1997
Queen of Peace, Normanhurst has it's Internet World Wide Web page loaded at it's temporary address
www.hightide.net.au/tovegin/norman.htmVisit us soon and let us know what you think and what else you would like to see on the pages.
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