Welcome...
Welcome to the website of Our Lady of Graces Catholic Parish, Carina. I hope you find our website useful, with answers to any questions you may have. Please feel free to ring the parish office if there is anything further we may be able to do for you.
Since its very beginning, just over 50 years ago, Our Lady of Graces has been a Dominican parish, staffed by a community of Dominican friars. We belong to one of the older religious orders in the Church, founded by St Dominic in the early years of the 13th century. Dominic wanted to help people towards a deeper relationship with God through a better understanding of what God has revealed to us about himself and about what God has made possible for us.
Whether you are already one of our parishioners or not, we would welcome any ideas about how we could improve this website. If you are considering joining our parish community, we ask you to fill in the folder for new parishioners at the back of the church, and we will do our best to make you feel ‘at home.’
Fr Alex Vickers O.P.
Parish Priest
Since its very beginning, just over 50 years ago, Our Lady of Graces has been a Dominican parish, staffed by a community of Dominican friars. We belong to one of the older religious orders in the Church, founded by St Dominic in the early years of the 13th century. Dominic wanted to help people towards a deeper relationship with God through a better understanding of what God has revealed to us about himself and about what God has made possible for us.
Whether you are already one of our parishioners or not, we would welcome any ideas about how we could improve this website. If you are considering joining our parish community, we ask you to fill in the folder for new parishioners at the back of the church, and we will do our best to make you feel ‘at home.’
Fr Alex Vickers O.P.
Parish Priest
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Sunday Mass Times
Saturday: 6pm
Sunday: 7am, 9am, 10.30am (Italian), 5.30pm Children's Liturgy during 9am Sunday Mass 1st, 2nd and 4th Sundays of month during school terms. Children's Mass 5.30pm 3rd Sunday of each month. A Mass for children in Primary School age group. click here for other Mass & Liturgy times |
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Community News
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Sacramental Program 2019
- First Holy Communion A reminder to the families preparing for First Holy Communion, that the II Rite of Reconciliation will be held at the following times in the Church.
First Holy Communion will be celebrated over the weekend 7th & 8th September. 
88th Master of the Dominican Order
On July 13, 2019, the Order of Preachers welcomed the 87th successor of St. Dominic de Guzman, in the person of Fr. Gerard Francisco Parco Timoner III, O.P., a son of the Dominican Province of the Philippines and first Asian Master of the Order. The ceremonies took place in line with the Elective General Chapter currently being held in Bien Hoa in Vietnam. In a message to the community gathered in Vietnam, the new Master of Order confessed to an initial resistance to the election. Had it not been for the prayers and the encouragement of the brothers, “the answer would have been ‘no.’” Recalling what Fr. Vivian Boland, O.P., Socius for Fraternal Life and Formation, “We have prayed for the Holy Spirit. We must trust the brothers.” 
St Dominic's Feast Day Celebrations
St Dominic’s Feast day will be celebrated over the weekend of the 3rd and 4th of August. After every mass there will be an opportunity for Cuppa n Chat and we invite you to bring a share plate. See you there! |
LOOKING AHEAD Monday 22 July - 7.00pm Italian Prayer Group – Church Tuesday 23 July - 9.00am Playgroup – Hospitality - 9.30am Scripture Group – Library Wednesday 24 July - 10.30am BED Scripture Group – Library - 6.30pm Legion of Mary – Front Parlour - 7.00pm BED Meeting – Library Thursday 25 July - 9.00am Playgroup – Hospitality Saturday 27 July - 7.15pm AA – Library |
