Holy Trinity Parish Blackbutt North

08/12/2023

Christmas Mass Times

11/01/2023

Mass Cancellations - Please note that morning Mass is cancelled this week for Thursday 12, Friday 13 and Saturday 14 January. Our apologies for any inconvenience.

13/12/2022

If you or someone you know needs a hot nutritious meal, please visit one of CatholicCare Hunter-Manning’s Community Kitchens.

There are a number of different sites, and our volunteers are ready to welcome you with food, support and a smile.

🍎 Newcastle – every Saturday from 6.30pm to 7pm at Civic Park
🥧 Hamilton South – every Wednesday from 12pm to 1pm at the Hamilton South Community Centre
🌽 Toronto – every Thursday from 5.30pm until 6.30pm at the Toronto Community Centenary Hub
🍔 Taree – Monday to Saturday between noon and 1pm at 250 Victoria Street
🥦 Forster – Monday to Thursday from 12pm to 1pm at 33 Lake Street

30/05/2022

Please.note that the parish office is closed today due to illness. Our apologies for any inconvenience.

13/05/2022

Food for thought…

Poem of the Week from Vision and Viewpoint
"I hear people say they can’t watch the news anymore, it’s too depressing and frightening. Others bemoan the world that their grandchildren will inherit. The pandemic, the invasion of Ukraine, the climate crisis, the threat to democracy—no doubt we live in scary and disheartening times. What to do? The poet Ellen Bass offers a heroic action."

The Thing Is
to love life, to love it even
when you have no stomach for it
and everything you’ve held dear
crumbles like burnt paper in your hands,
your throat filled with the silt of it.
When grief sits with you, it’s tropical heat
thickening the air, heavy as water
more fit for gills than lungs;
when grief weights you like your own flesh
only more of it, an obesity of grief,
you think, How can a body withstand this?
Then you hold life like a face
between your palms, a plain face,
no charming smile, no violet eyes,
and you say, yes, I will take you
I will love you again.
~ Ellen Bass

25/04/2022

Please note that the parish office is closed today due to illness. Our apologies for any inconvenience.

19/10/2021

The Catholic Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle is offering a Pastoral Placement Program for people seeking to explore opportunities to serve God and God’s people th…

23/09/2021

We have added two more Masses to our live streaming service. You can now join us for Mass via Facebook, on Saturdays at 5.00pm, and Sundays at 9.00am and 5.30pm.

16/09/2021

Good morning everyone.
I am sad to include in this post the Pastoral Letter from our Bishop, Bishop William (Bill) Wright. Bishop Bill has just announced that due to continuing problems with current health problems from which he will not recover, he has tended his resignation to the Pope.
Please keep him in your prayers.
Below is a letter from the bishop.

Lead Kindly Light:
A Message of Bishop Bill Wright on his health and ministry.
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
Recent times have involved many difficulties for people in our region and across New South Wales and beyond. In such times, it is the duty of a bishop to be present with his people, to encourage and support wherever he can, to provide some point of stability in a shook-up world.
I am acutely conscious that for some months I have been incapable of providing that episcopal service.
At the end of June, I was an emergency admission to hospital, struggling to breathe. Despite very good care and treatment, the condition of my lungs has not improved and, we now know,
is an illness from which I will not recover. Meanwhile, I am physically incapable of performing public ceremonies or of getting about without considerable assistance. I can no longer fulfil a
bishop’s role or duties.
Accordingly, I have written to the Holy Father, Pope Francis, submitting my resignation as bishop. What happens next is, of course, entirely up to the Holy See. In the meantime, I will
effectively remain on sick leave and my place will be filled by the Vicar General and the excellent staff of the bishop’s office, as has been the case these last months.
I should like to thank all of you who have sent me ‘get well’ wishes during my illness, and most especially those who have held me in prayer. The sensation of a peace and tranquility of spirit that come from beyond oneself has been very palpable in some of the challenging moments.
May we continue to support each other in faith and love through all life’s challenges.
Bishop Bill Wright
Bishop of Maitland-Newcastle
16 September 2021

29/08/2021

Mass today at 5:30pm via livestream