Welcome to “Our Lady of the Angels” Rouse Hill.  This is the newest parish in the Diocese of Parramatta and probably in Australia.  In May of 2007 I was given the appointment from Bishop Kevin Manning to start up a parish in this new growth area.  There had been talk of a new parish and developments towards this goal of a church and school already previous to this.  Land had been purchased and ideas had been floated.  Bishop Manning wished to see the project move ahead and so he appointed a priest with the task of starting a worshipping community, making up the new parish of Rouse Hill. It is a wonderful challenge for us all to form this new part of the Body of Christ.
 
It’s not often we get the opportunity to build up a community and Church from scratch. It’s a real modern mission, a new evangelization, to start a church in a new suburb.  We hope to form a vibrant, close knit worshipping community and build a Church which is faithful to the tradition as well as being relevant to the present and future.
 
It is also a great opportunity to build a parish and school together in a communion which is, social, spiritual and formative.  It will be a lot of hard work but it will be worth it when the people can say that this is our parish and this is what we have built; a Church and school which we are proud of and belong to.
 
Already we have a wonderful worshipping community who meet for Mass every Sunday in the St. Gregory’s Armenian School Hall. We have two masses every weekend with about 250 attendees, mostly young families typifying the demographic of the area. We’ve already had many parish functions which had a great attendance and showed the enthusiasm of the parishioners to form a great community. I have great hopes for this parish and look forward to our growth together in Christ.

Fr. Warren Edwards
Parish Priest

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COMMON POSTURE IN MASS
Reminder of the important ways that we pray together
both in word and posture:

During "I confess...", all strike their breast
at the words "through my own fault"

During the creed, all bow at the words "by the power of the Holy Spirit,
He became incarnate of the Virgin Mary and was made man"

A common posture, to be observed by all participants,
is a sign of the unity of the members of the Christian community
gathered for the sacred Liturgy; it expresses and fosters
the intention and spiritual attitude. GRIM 42

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SACRAMENTAL PROGRAMME


Congratulations to all the children that have been fully initiated into the Church through the Sacraments of Confirmation and First Eucharist.

Special thanks to the Sacramental Team who so generously gave their time and effort to facilitate the success of the program.

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OLA PARISH PICNIC AT CRESTWOOD

Over 100 parishioners showed up at the Parish picnic this May at Crestwood Reserve in Baulham Hills. Check out the Gallery page for more pictures.