Like everywhere, life is evolving in the parish on the Cap Coast in the new ways of connecting and ‘praying together with distance’.

It was a daily cycle of new procedures, as news came and continues to come out in what we can and cannot do.

“However, all is not lost! We are able: to reach out to each other; to be a people who pray;

to be faithful witnesses in how we live and care for each other; to remain safe and well in our homes;

to be thoughtful of others and each other in our world.

We are a people of hope and prayer, and

we offer this for those close to us and for those in the world who are in need of healing and hope at this time.” (quote from parish bulletin).

There are many things we can do in supporting, caring and looking out for each other.

People have been discovering social media on our

Parish Facebook https://www.facebook.com/CapricornCoastCatholicParish and the Parish Webpage http://yeppoon.com/catholic/

Our guru of all things tech Denis Murphy, with our secretary Vanessa add daily updates, resources and prayers for our people.

Denis has also started the new found app Zoom, a wonderful way of bringing together people for group prayer and connection.   

We have begun a weekly Gospel discussion via Zoom.  Denis has developed a ‘Power Point’ program, that includes hymns sung by our music team, gospel reading, time for reflection and sharing, a teaching reflection, time for prayer.

Sue and our RCIA group support each other and those who were on the journey to celebrate the sacraments at Easter are continue to be in touch to share the journey. The weekly newsletter is slowly being renewed to have information and ‘links’ for people to use at home.

Each day Bishop Michael celebrates Mass and the YouTube daily broadcast gathers people daily online as well and many have said it is a wonderful time of prayer and being in communion with each other. Fr Matthew celebrates at this time as well praying with and for our people.

Getting the word out to people is a work in progress but already many have connected, phoned each other, supported from a distance and are using the internet to connect and share this time together. We are all discovering new ways and ideas of how to do this.

We are currently setting up a group email system by which we can keep in touch with parishioners as possible sending them the Parish bulletin, prayer resources and news. 

Stay safe everyone.

May the blessings of Easter bring hope for us all.

Fr Matthew Moloney

The sun continues to shine in our lives. We are in extraordinary times.
May we continue to be people who reach out and show hope, kindness & support for each other. Our faith in a God who is made present in the mystery of our experiences & lives will always be with us. May the Son who is our light, guide & bless us this day & into our tomorrows. Amen.
Thinking of all in our community.