Parish of Dunedoo/Coolah - St. Michael's and Sacred Heart

Staff:
Parish Administrator: Fr Owen Gibbons
Priest in Charge: Fr Augustine Mathew CMI

Parish Secretary
Jenny Maloney

Residence/Office
Presbytery:
60 Tucklan Street
(PO Box 53)
Dunedoo NSW 2844

Ph: (02) 6375 1126
Fax: (02) 6375 1865
Email
Coolah Priest’s Office
In the grounds of Sacred Heart School
off Charles Street
Coolah NSW 2843
Phone: (02) 6377 1274

Mendooran Priest’s Office
Rooms at the rear of the Church
23 Cobbora Street
Mendooran NSW 2842

Mendooran Church Centenary Celebration
CHURCHES
Coolah
Sacred Heart Church
10 Church Street
Coolah NSW 2843

Dunedoo
St Michael’s Church
59 Tucklan Street
Dunedoo NSW 2844

Elong Elong
St Teresa of the Child Jesus Church
20 Geurie Street
Elong Elong NSW 2831

Mendooran
St Mary’s Church
23 Cobbora Street
Mendooran NSW 2842

COVID UPDATE

From 18th October 2021 the following regulations are in place for places of worship:

  • All people may attend a place of worship, regardless of vaccination status.
  • Masks must continue to be worn inside.
  • The 1 person per 4sqm density limit must continue to be observed.
  • QR code or manual register must continue to be used.
  • Congregational singing is still not permitted.
  • Choirs of up to 10 people are permitted to sing, however all must be fully vaccinated.
  • Weddings are permitted with numbers uncapped, other than the 1 person per four square metre density limit.
  • Funerals are permitted with numbers uncapped, other than the 1 person per four square metre density limit.

The dispensation issued by Bishop Michael McKenna last year in relation to our Sunday obligations is still in effect.  

It is critical that everyone continues to practise COVID-safe behaviours, including social distancing, staying home if unwell and getting tested if suffering from the mildest of symptoms.  

More general information on the current Covid regulations can be found HERE>

Density capacities at 1 person per 4sqm in the Dunedoo/Coolah parish are:

  • St Michael’s Church, Dunedoo: 40 people
  • Sacred Heart Church, Coolah: 40 people

  • St Terese of the Child Jesus, Elong Elong: 25 people

  • St Mary’s Church, Mendooran: 25 people

SUNDAY MASS TIMES

Coolah
6.00pm Saturday Vigil Mass

Dunedoo
10.00am Sunday

Elong Elong
8.00am 1st, 3rd, and 5th Sunday of the month

Mendooran
8.00am 2nd and 4th Sunday of the month - Mass
8.00am 1st, 3rd, and 5th Sunday of the month - Worship in the absence of a priest with Holy Communion
Ballimore
8.00am 2nd and 4th Sunday of the month
WEEKDAY MASS TIMES
Coolah
Wednesday:
12.30pm, except 3rd Wednesday of the month when the Mass of Anointing the Sick and Aged is at 10.30am.

Dunedoo:
Thursday:
Holy Hour 4.30pm followed by Mass at 5.30pm (Winter Times 4.00pm and 5.00pm)

Friday:
5.30pm (Winter Time 5.00pm), except 1st Friday of the month (when Mass is held at Kahkama Hostel, Digilah Street at 10.00am) and on 3rd Friday (Annointing Mass for Sick and Aged at 10.30am)

Parish Groups
Coolah: St Vincent de Paul Conference.
Dunedoo: St Vincent de Paul Conference.


 

 

  

          St Michael's Church Dunedoo
Sacred Heart Church Coolah

     St Terese of the Child Jesus Elong

       St Mary's Church Mendooran

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION

Coolah: 5.00pm – 5.30pm Saturday Dunedoo: 5.00pm – 5.30pm Thursday

Elong Elong:
Before and after Sunday Mass

Mendooran:
Before and after Sunday Mass

Other times:
by arrangement with the Priest. 

SCHOOLS
Coolah
Sacred Heart Primary School
9-13 Church Street
Coolah NSW 2843
Ph: (02) 6377 1132
Fax: (02) 6377 1458

Principal: Mrs Camille Da Silva Tavares

Dunedoo
St Michael's Primary School
54-58 Tucklan Street
Dunedoo NSW 2844

Ph: (02) 6375 1387
Fax: (02) 6375 1490

Principal: Sr Margaret Flood, rsj   


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