Welcome to our website....

Let it be both an entrée into our community and an ongoing source of information about how we try to live out our vision which is “To Follow The Example Of Jesus By Serving Others.” – I hope you accept that that’s a goal and not a boast about where we are now!

I want to give you a bit more of a welcome than this so, if you’d like more… click here.

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Our Lady, Queen of Apostles Stafford Catholic Church

Important Dates

24th/25th July
Peter's Pence Leaving Collection

Community News

PROCEDURES IN OUR PARISH
  1. ALL PEOPLE must wear Masks - please bring your own mask.  Ministers and readers who are socially distanced from others may remove their masks while speaking and then put it back on.
  2. Arrive Early
  3. On arrival, SCAN “QR” code for you and your family.  Scan any “Guest” who asks for help AND using your settings on the app (top left hand side of screen), click on ‘frequent guests/the guest’s name/phone and email details
  4. Collect your tickets (Show your ‘checked in’ status  to person at desk FIRST.)
  5. IF NOT booked via “Eventbrite” - go to a “not booked” desk; Scan QR Code; fill in paper Form; take form to Marshall; show “checked in “ status”; receive your allocated seat.
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    NOTE: If you do NOT HAVE A PHONE that can scan the "check in Qld" app, the Marshall or assistant, will book you in via their phone. If this is the case PLEASE ARRIVE at least 10 minutes before Mass.
NEWS FROM OUR CARE FOR CREATION GROUP
Thank you for the great response to milk bottle top collection, we have made significant start in our effort to reduce plastic from landfill. We are collecting the LDPE #2 or HDPE #4 caps for the Ocean Crusaders oceancrusaders.org/recycling/ repurposing program.  The caps are manufactured into blocks that can be used like giant Lego blocks to build garden walls, sheds, benches etc. It is important that the caps are caps, foam insert removed and colour sorted. To help you with this we have placed colour coded milk containers on a trolley at the back of the church. Your support in sorting the caps at the collection point means we can more efficiently pass them onto Ocean Crusaders.  We inherited a box of caps and were so glad to save them from Land Fill…..it took quite some time to transform the chaos to meet the requirements!   

Please note that we are collecting Milk Bottle Plastic Caps only.  Remove the foam inserts from inside the lid, wash in warm, soapy water, keep your caps in a clean dry place and drop them off when you are ready.  For more information take a look at the Ocean Crusaders Website, the achievements are amazing!   https://oceancrusaders.org/recycling/
DONATIONS TO OUR PARISH
Here’s an easy way to donate to your parish even if you can’t be here every week (COVID, work, “grey nomading”, or other reasons), you don’t have “envelopes” and don’t carry cash. (We are TOTALLY self-funding - sadly, like your own family budget, there's no "money tree" that we can rely on.)

TO REGISTER: Dive right in by scanning this QR code, (or you may like to use this link instead: https://parishgiving.brisbanecatholic.org.au ).If you need help, refer to Denis’ email for a link to instructions, or contact him directly. (NOTE - Don’t confuse this QR code with the ‘Check in Qld” App) Once you have registered, 1)  Using the new App on your phone, 2) scanning the QR code (or 3) using the link- https://parishgiving.brisbanecatholic.org.au ) will lead you to a SECURE site where you can make a one-off do-nation or a recurring donation. (Copies of the QR code and the link will also be at church so that you can donate there as well/instead.)