The Cathedral Dean: Fr Bryan Hanifin

• Sends relevant articles to all volunteers each week. (eg Take 2 with Jesus)
• Bulletin available on website and placed in a prominent place outside the Cathedral centre.

Pastoral Associate: Marg Hallinan

• Shared Spiritual Communion prayers with residents at aged care facilities where I volunteer. Also, with all those I visit for home communion.
• Sent copy of the Spiritual Communion to those on the Liturgy committee to share with whomever.
• If I see anything uplifting on Facebook I share. (e. g. Message from Bundaberg about Churches being closed that is the buildings. etc)
• Send prayers on emails to all on Mass distribution lists relating to COVID 19 encouraging prayer and support.
• Phone those who do not have internet (that I am aware off) once a week offering prayer and support. (this has just started)
• Phone/text all those I usually visit at home once a week – for prayer.
• Commencing to phone residents (whose Phone numbers I have and given permission to do so) at the local aged care facility

Associate Pastor: Fr Bill Senn

In Mt Morgan & Gracemere I have been keeping connected pastorally via phone calls & emails to various parishioners, a few times per week. Basically, I have a parish contact list and I am working my way through the list, I haven't yet reached everyone but that is the aim towards which I'm working.

The feedback is overwhelmingly positive and I've found that emails are proving to be the most efficient with regards to two-way pastoral conversation. Of course, speaking via the telephone is by far the best option however there are times when that may be unsuccessful or not possible; so in that case an email conversation is very successful and reliable in maintaining the pastoral connection between pastor and people.

I continue at present to deliver the Parish Bulletin each Saturday to both Churches in Mt Morgan and Gracemere. As a priest, I prioritise this task as it assists both pastor & people in continuing, maintaining and nourishing the same pastoral connections. These documents are available online also and I'm in contact with parishioners via an email to advise them of this. 

Of course, this too is a collaborative effort with various parishioners in each parish maintaining similar connections with each other and myself; so basically we are working as a team regarding implementing and maintaining these pastoral initiatives which are now essential by way of our operating as Church in this new situation of the Corona virus pandemic. 

Fr Bill Senn