St. Mary's Coomera – Catholic Church in Coomera

Parish Information

Location: 185 Billinghurst Crescent, Upper Coomera Qld 4209 Postal Address: PO Box 219 Upper Coomera QLD 4209 Office Hours: Mon – Fri from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm Contact Numbers: Telephone: (07) 5529 9144 | Fax: (07) 5529 9644

Mass / Service Times

Monday: Holy Mass at 10:00 am at Arcare (Helensvale Road) Tuesday: Rosary at 6 pm – SMC (St. Mary’s Chapel) Wednesday: 5pm – Adoration followed by Holy Mass at 6pm Thursday: Holy Mass at 9:30 am Friday: Holy Mass at 9:30 am Reconciliation : Every Saturday 5pm or by appointment

Day of Venerating Ancestors (Vietnam)
Celebrated: 18 Feb (Vietnam)The second day of the Vietnamese New year celebration is as concerned with the family as the first day was, but in terms of all our ancestors, who made this family what it is, and without whom it would not exist at all.“Ancestor worship” is the way many of us were taught […]

Weekly Readings

Weekly Reflection

Doa Bunda Maria Indonesia
This week we celebrate Mary as Our Lady of Indonesia. Enclosed is a prayer to
Our Lady of Indonesia. Faith come to Indonesia through the early Portuguese
Christians and their deep celebration of their faith.
The Portuguese very early established churches in Malacca and the
“Spice Islands” – the Moluccas. Perhaps the most famous missionary
was not Portuguese, but Basque – St Francis Xavier.
With these first Christians came a deep devotion to Our Lady. But not long
after Xavier, the Dutch defeated the Portuguese and took their
territories in what is now Indonesia. They expelled the Catholic
missionaries and replaced them with Calvinists. Catholics struggles
under the Dutch and then the Muslim governments. Today there are over
eight million Catholics in Indonesia which makes it the second
largest Catholic community in East Asia and larger than Australia.
Faith in Indonesia has a particular flavour and expresses local culture. The
wonderful communities in Flores and the Moluccas have a different flavour
than Javanese Catholicism. Each is deeply faithful and expresses faith through
culture.

Prayer to Our Lady of Indonesia
Our Lady of Indonesia, God’s plan, and that of your Son Jesus Christ, have been
lovingly realised in and through you. Pray for us, the people
of Indonesia so that we may become good citizens of this land. Assist us in
reaching our life’s goals for a better future for our families.
Strengthen our faith, hope and love, so that we do not get carried away by the
lures of this world but stand firm in the teachings of your
Son Jesus. Transform us into witnesses for peace and justice, so that we may
attain the success and happiness promised by your son to those who believe in
Him.
Teach us to let go of all bitterness and divisions among us, so that
whoever joins our families and communities will experience the loving guidance
of the Holy Spirit. At the end of our lives bring us together again with you, in
communion with the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

God Bless you all

Parish Priest
Bryan J Pipins

New Year 2024

31st December, New Year Eve Mass at 11pm followed by coffee, tea and nibbles to welcome 2024. All are welcome.

1st January, Solemnity of the Mother of God, Mass at 7am.

Starting 1st January 2024 all daily masses will begin at 7am

Tuesday and Thursday:
– 7 am: Mass
– 7.30am to 8am : Silent Adoration

Wednesday and Friday:
– 7am : Mass
– 7.30am to 8am: Rosary.

Lenten Progam

HOLY WEEK SCHEDULE

SAINT MARY’S CATHOLIC CHURCH

COOMERA

Ash Wednesday – Mass at 7pm

Stations of the Cross – Every Friday at 7pm

Mass Times :

Palm Sunday
- Vigil Mass – Saturday April 8, 6pm
- Sunday April 9 – 7:30am, 9:30am, 5pm
2nd Rite of Reconciliation – Monday April 10, 7pm
Holy Thursday – April 13, 7 pm
Good Friday – April 14
- 10am – Stations of the Cross
- 3pm – Passion of our Lord
Holy Saturday (Easter Vigil) – April 15, 7 pm
Easter Sunday – April 16, 7:30am , 9:30am

(NO 5 PM EVENING MASS ON EASTER SUDAY)

Christmas Message from Archbishop Mark Coleridge