Mass Times

Forster-Tuncurry Catholic Parish

Holy Name Church current Mass times are:

Saturday – 5 pm
Sunday – 8 am, 10 am and 12 noon

Due to current restrictions regarding the number of attendees we can have at Mass, attendance is by registration only.  To register, phone 6554 6401 or email forster-tuncurry.parish@mn.catholic.org.au before Friday close of business.  Please provide name, phone or email and preferred Mass time.

To watch the 8 am Sunday Mass live stream please send us your email address to receive the link. 

The Holy Name Church is open from 9 am- 3 pm Monday - Friday for private prayer.

You are strongly encouraged to use the QR code linked to the Service NSW app to check in and out of the church.

Further updates can be viewed on the Forster-Tuncurry Parish Website:

Taree Catholic Parish

Our Lady of the Rosary Church Taree current Mass times are:

Saturday - 6 pm
Sunday – 9:30 am

Saturday, 6 March

6:00 pm Taree Mass
6:00 pm Harrington SCAE

Sunday, 7 March
3^rd Sunday of Lent

7:30 am Old Bar Mass
7:30 am Wingham SCAE
9:30 am Taree Mass

COVID-19 Mass Attendance Regulations:

1. Please kindly scan the QR code before entering and show the confirmation details to our volunteers at the door. People who are unable to sign in using QR codes may do it manually.  Our volunteers are willing to assist.
2. The volunteers at the church door can tick your name if attending the following weeks service.
3. If you are unable to attend you will need to rebook via the office. Please leave a message on the phone if the Parish Office is unattended.
4. Please do not attend the SCAE or Mass service if you are not feeling well.

Prayer Point

“Many Samaritans of that town had believed in him on the strength of the woman's testimony when she said, 'He told me all I have ever done', so, when the Samaritans came up to him, they begged him to stay with them.  He stayed for two days, and when he spoke to them many more came to believe; and they said to the woman, 'Now we no longer believe because of what you told us; we have heard him ourselves and we know that he really is the saviour of the world.'”  John 4

I love this woman.  Here she is, not even the worst person in the town, but the ignored and the invisible even though people can point her out.

And then there is the power of Jesus who, instead of ignoring her, talks and listens to her and meets her where she’s at physically, emotionally, culturally and spiritually, and loves her.  She is beautiful to him.

But what’s exciting is that the town celebrates her: “…not just because of what you told us… we believe that he is the saviour of the world.”

Who is this man?

Denise Ryan
Ministry Coordinator

The Pope’s Video

Each month the Pope sends a video to the world during which he talks and prays about a particular issue.

In February this year he talked about “Women who suffer Violence.”

Here is the link:

The clips go for about 90 seconds.

In March he talks and prays about the Sacrament of Reconciliation