St. Blaise
​Blessing of Throats
Wednesday, 03 February

Due to the pandemic and COVID restrictions/policies, blessing of individual throats is prohibited.

A general blessing of throats will be administered on the feast day itself, at all of our daily Masses.

​If you would like to receive the general blessing, please attend 6:45AM or 9:00AM Mass  in Saint Patrick's Church on February 3rd.

Ash Wednesday
Wednesday, 17 February

During this time of pandemic, the Holy See Issues has modified the method of distributing the ashes,  as follows:

In  order to be as safe as possible, the Committee of Divine Worship has issued the following protocol for the distribution ashes on Ash Wednesday. 

"The priest says the prayer for the blessing of ashes. He sprinkles the ashes with holy water without saying anything. 

Then he addresses all those present and only once says the formula as it appears in the Roman Missal, applying it to all in general: “Repent, and believe in the Gospel”, or “Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return”.
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The Priest then cleanses his hands, puts on a face mask and distributes the ashes to those who come to him or, if appropriate, he goes to those who are standing in their places. The Priest takes the ashes and sprinkles them on the head of each one without saying anything.

The distribution of ashes via sprinkling is a common practice in some countries but is not well known here. 

Ash Wednesday Schedule 
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ALL Masses are celebrated at Saint Patrick's Church
​There will be NO 4:00PM Service 

6:45AM  + 9:00AM  + 12:10PM  + 7:00PM

The diocese has created a video explaining the changes to the distribution of ashes this year. YouTube | Facebook