Stay Connected
Online Resources to Help During Isolation

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INFORMATION AND RESOURCES FOR OUR PARISH

• Latest updates and media releases from Archdiocese of Brisbane
• ​Federal Government Health Department Information​

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DAILY PRAYER & REFLECTION

• Two Minute Homilies - Archdiocese of Brisbane
• Pray As You Can - www.prayasyoucan.com.au
• Daily Prayer - www.pray.com.au 
• Daily Readings - www.universalis.com/Australia/mass.html​
• Sacred Space – Daily Prayer http://www.sacredspace.ie/​​
• A great App (for phones, tablets or computers - Apple or Android). It has the daily readings, the “Prayer of the Church” - a participation in the prayer of Christ with the whole community etc. Do a search for “Catholic Calendar: Universalis”.
• Liturgy Brisbane has made available this resource which is the Sunday Readings and a brief commentary about them. https://litedliturgybrisbane.weebly.com/sunday-readings-at-home.html
• ​Mass on TV Sunday mornings 6am Channel 10;

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OTHER WAYS TO BE 'CHURCH'
Other ways to be “church” and live out your Faith (Remember Mass is the “summit and source” of your life, it’s not the “be all and end all” as if nothing else matters.)

• Print out the parish newsletter and leave it in the letter box of an elderly or sick parishioner who does not have a computer (the same with other resources we send you).
• Be considerate of others—do not ‘panic buy’ and horde more than you need from the shops.
• Offer to shop/telephone / look out for elderly or sick neighbours who find it difficult/dangerous to leave home etc etc.
• Let’s get the ‘buddy system’ working! We may not be able to share a smile or a handshake at the moment. Be the joy in someone’s day! Give someone a call. Don’t let physical isolation stop you from keeping in touch with each other. Have the younger members of the family set up a group chat. Continue the Lenten program on a group chat. Phone a friend and do the Examen prayer together. We can grow as a faith community each day. Please share with us what you are doing to stay in touch with one another. We would like to share some of your stories in the coming weeks.​
  

If you think of other ways we can be church together, email me and we can pass on the ideas to others or try to implement them as Parish.

Our Lady, Queen of Apostles Stafford Catholic Church

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KEEPING IN TOUCH
This will be an OPPORTUNITY (Life always follows death) to be Church in other ways. I hope to help all families and individuals live their faith at home. Many Catholic Families (e.g. in China, or the Amazon or under ISIS rule do this all the time). It would be a big help to me and a huge advantage to YOU, if we have your email address via which we can keep in touch and send you prayers and other resources. If you DO NOT receive the newsletter via email, could you please send an email to the parish (we’ll keep it private) so that we can keep in touch.  Denis.

In the meantime, this page contains some resources to help you remain in prayer with the whole church while being at home.

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SPEND TIME WITH GOD EVERY MORNING
​Sign up to receive the Daily Gospel Reflection. These reflections are mailed to your inbox at 6am each day (Monday to Friday) and are just a three minute read that could be done over breakfast, intended to invite you into prayer.

Written by Catholic lay people (men and women from the team at Evangelisation Brisbane), for Catholic lay people about the gospel of the day to help you start your day with God. Subscribe via the Evangelisation Brisbane website or simply scan the QR code.