Parish of Baulkham Hills St Michael’s Church

Pentecost Sunday – 31st May 2020

COVID UPDATE 29 MAY 2020

Dear Parishioners

MASS FOR PENTECOST SUNDAY This weekend’s Mass celebration of Pentecost comes from St Michael’s Church with Fr Chinonye and Deacon Roque. At the time of publication the link had not yet been provided. Please check the updated information which will be available on the website or may be emailed to you. The website address is www.parishofbaulkhamhills.org.au

COVID and CHANGES FROM 1 June 2020 Yesterday, 28 May, the NSW Government allowed Churches to have up to 50 people at any one time, effective from 1 June. This easing of this restrictions has implications for us.

MASSES – Changes

Weekday Masses will resume this week at the usual times, but limited to 50 people. See instructions for registering below.

St Michael’s – Mon to Fri 9.15am and Sat 9.00am

Our Lady of Lourdes – Wed to Fri 9.30am (Fri 5th June for this week only – communion service)

Sunday Mass – a decision re Sunday Masses will be made by Wednesday afternoon, 3rd June and will be advised on the website, Facebook and email. This may require a temporary change in Mass times for Sundays.

For the time being. Masses will continue to be recorded or live streamed until further notice.

REGISTERING FOR ATTENDANCE AT A WEEKDAY MASS As we are limited to 50 attendees (less ministers involved in the celebration) for each Mass, those wishing to attend a weekday Mass must

register their wish to attend via the Parish Office.

provide your name and contact details, and

indicate which mass you would like to attend.

Depending on the number of requests, you may only be able to attend once a week.

St Michael’s 9639 0598

Our Lady of Lourdes 9639 8385 If there is no answer please leave your name, phone number, email, date and time of Mass you are requesting. If there is a problem, we will get back to you. PRIVATE PRAYER AND ADORATION

Both St Michael’s and Our Lady of Lourdes Churches will also be open for private prayer and adoration each day.

For St Michael’s - 9.00am to 4.00pm every day

For Our Lady of Lourdes – 9.30am to 4.00pm Monday to Friday

Those attending are to record contact details in the book at the entrance in the Church. This is to enable quick contact should a person who has attended the Church be diagnosed with Corona Virus. There is no other purpose for this register than this.

No more than 50 people can be in the Church at any one time.

Social distancing is to be maintained at all times in the Church. ADORATION will resume

St Michael’s - Tuesdays after the 9.15am Mass to around 10.30am

Our Lady of Lourdes – Fridays from 8.50am to 9.25am

PENANCE (Confession) The Sacrament of Penance will be offered only at St Michael’s

Church on Saturday mornings from 9.30am to 10.30am. Those attending are to record contact details in the book at the

entrance in the Church. This is to enable quick contact should a person who has attended the Church be diagnosed with Corona Virus. There is no other purpose for this register than this.

Hand sanitiser at the doors of confessionals will help to ensure that the doorknobs do not become high risk sites.

Please use hand sanitiser when entering and leaving the Church. Social distancing is to be maintained at all times in the Church. ON THE PARISH FACEBOOK PAGE If you have Facebook please like Parish of Baulkham Hills, There are a few opportunities to catch up with various groups either via Facebook or ZOOM (no charge) – e.g. adoration on Monday nights from 8pm to 9pm. HOME VISITS We continue to provide an opportunity for home visits with either the clergy or Extraordinary ministers of Holy Communion, with a Liturgy of the Word with Holy communion (or even Confession). Please don’t hesitate to ask us – we’re really looking forward to this. If you would like a visit, then please email via admin@parishofbaulkhamhills.org.au, ring the parish offices during office hours, or send a message via the Parish Facebook page MAILING LIST A reminder that if you would like to be part of a parish email list for updates plus copies of the bulletin, and are not currently receiving any emails from the parish, please send an email to wimh@parishofbaulkhamhills.org.au – please also indicate if you are regularly a worshipper at Our Lady of Lourdes or St Michael’s. IN YOUR PRAYERS Please continue to pray for Norma Fahey, Stella D’Costa, Beverley Aliprandi, Ken Aitken, Alexander Marescia and Paul Devine who all died recently. Our deepest prayers and sympathy go their families. In these difficult times, if you need pastoral support or hear of anyone in need of assistance from a priest, the Parish Office or Vinnies, please do not hesitate to contact us. Fr Wim Hoekstra SUPPORT DONATIONS Thank you to those who have made contributions to our parish and priests at this time. I again include these details for your information.

For EFT to the First Collection - supporting the priests BSB 067 950 Account No 00004265 Account Name Diocesan Clergy Reference 6001 donation

For EFT to the second (envelope and loose) Collection – for support of the Parish, BSB 067 950 Account No 00000214 Account Name St Michael’s Baulkham Hills Reference Your Name (if you wish)

If you wish to pay by credit card, please use this link https://www.bpoint.com.au/pay/stmichaelsparishbaulkhamhills

Pentecost Sunday Entrance Antiphon The Spirit of the Lord has filled the whole world and that which contains all things understands what is said, alleluia.

First Reading Acts 2:1-11

When Pentecost day came round, the apostles had all met in one room, when suddenly they heard what sounded like a powerful wind from heaven, the noise of which filled the entire house in which they were sitting; and something appeared to them that seemed like tongues of fire; these separated and came to rest on the head of each of them. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak foreign languages as the Spirit gave them the gift of speech. Now there were devout men living in Jerusalem from every nation under heaven, and at this sound they all assembled, each one bewildered to hear these men speaking his own language. They were amazed and astonished. ‘Surely’ they said ‘all these men speaking are Galileans? How does it happen that each of us hears them in his own native language? Parthians, Medes and Elamites; people from Mesopotamia, Judaea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya round Cyrene; as well as visitors from Rome – Jews and proselytes alike – Cretans and Arabs; we hear them preaching in our own language about the marvels of God.’

Responsorial Psalm

(R) Lord, send out your Spirit and renew the face of the earth.

1. Bless the Lord, my soul! Lord God, how great you are, How many are your works, O Lord! The earth is full of your riches. (R.)

2. You take back your spirit, they die, returning to the dust from which they came. You send forth your spirit, they are created; and you renew the face of the earth. (R.)

3. May the glory of the Lord last for ever! May the Lord rejoice in his works! May my thoughts be pleasing to him. I find my joy in the Lord. (R.)

Second Reading 1 Cor 12:3-7, 12-13

No one can say, ‘Jesus is Lord’ unless he is under the influence of the Holy Spirit. There is a variety of gifts but always the same Spirit; there are all sorts of service to be done, but always

to the same Lord; working in all sorts of different ways in different people, it is the same God who is working in all of them. The particular way in which the Spirit is given to each person is for a good purpose. Just as a human body, though it is made up of many parts, is a single unit because all these parts, though many, make one body, so it is with Christ. In the one Spirit we were all baptised, Jews as well as Greeks, slaves as well as citizens, and one Spirit was given to us all to drink. Gospel Acclamation Alleluia, alleluia! Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful and kindle in them the fire of your love. Alleluia!

Gospel John 20:19-23

In the evening of the first day of the week, the doors were closed in the room where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews. Jesus came and stood among them. He said to them, ‘Peace be with you’, and showed them his hands and his side. The disciples were filled with joy when they saw the Lord, and he said to them again, ‘Peace be with you.

‘As the Father sent me, so am I sending you.’ After saying this he breathed on them and said: ‘Receive the Holy Spirit. For those whose sins you forgive, they are forgiven: for those whose sins you retain, they are retained.’

Communion Antiphon They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke of the marvels of God, alleluia.

Next Sunday: The Most Holy Trinity Ex 34:4-6, 8-9; 2 Cor 13:11-13; Jn 3:16-19

SCRIPTURE COMMENTARY

BY BRENDAN BYRNE SJ

The scriptural readings for today’s great feast are

basically the ones we would expect. Each brings out a

key feature of the early Church’s sense of being a

community created, enlivened and equipped by the

Spirit of God. It is Luke, of course, who in his second

volume, the Acts of the Apostles, has most memorably

depicted the imparting of the Spirit upon the Church

and located it on the Jewish feast of Pentecost – a

pilgrimage feast celebrated fifty days (seven weeks)

after Passover when Israel gathered to give thanks to

God for the gift of the land and its produce.

This account in today’s First Reading, Acts 2:1-11, lists

at the end people from many regions who hear the

testimony of the apostles each in their own language.

The nationalities refer to pilgrims from the Jewish

Diaspora but Luke almost certainly means us to see

here a foreshadowing of the universal mission of the

Church. The renewed ‘Israel’ is now being empowered

and equipped for its mission to be a ‘light for the

revelation of the nations’ (Luke 2:32), something which

will work towards overcoming the dispersal and disunity

of humankind symbolised by the episode of the Tower

of Babel (Gen 11:1-9). The Church will speak in many

languages but communicate through each the same

essential message concerning the outreach of God’s

compassionate love (‘the marvels of God’).

Some details in the account are rather elusive. They

include a play upon several senses of the word

‘tongue’. As in English, the Greek word (glōssa) refers

both to the physical organ of speech and the various

languages that it produces. Along with reference to

languages, the text also makes an image out of the

primary physical meaning in the phrase of ‘tongues of

flame’. In the biblical (OT) tradition the sound of a

mighty wind and manifestations of fire signal the

presence and power of God – notably when Israel stood

before God at the foot of Mount Sinai (Exod 19:16-24).

What is described here seems to be a central fiery

mass from which distinct ‘tongues’ separate and come

to rest on individuals. The overall sense would be that

the empowering Spirit, which rested solely upon Jesus

during his own life, has now, in accordance with his

promise (Luke 24:49; Acts 1:8a), been distributed to

those who are to carry on his mission – in first instance

to Israel, then to Judea and Samaria, and ultimately ‘to

the ends of the earth’ (Acts 1:8b).

The Second Reading, 1 Corinthians 12:3-7, 12-13, is

taken from Paul’s instruction on the gifts (charismata)

of the Spirit in the community of believers. He firmly

believes that each individual member of the church has

been given at baptism a distinct gift of the Spirit. Where

some of the Corinthians appear to have rated the more

dramatic and ecstatic gifts (especially, the gift of

tongues) above all the others, Paul insists on the variety

of gifts – including such matters as a gift for leadership

and administration and of giving assistance to the poor

(1 Cor 12:28-29). All have their origin in the Spirit but

not all have the same purpose. Elsewhere in this

section of the letter Paul makes clear his preference for

gifts that build up the community rather than simply the

individual (1 Cor 14:1-19). The image of the church

(here the local church) as the ‘body of Christ’ holds

together this sense of a variety of gifts within a

fundamental and dynamic unity created by the Spirit.

including such matters as a gift for leadership and

administration and of giving assistance to the poor (1

Cor 12:28-29). All have their origin in the Spirit but not

all have the same purpose. Elsewhere in this section of

the letter Paul makes clear his preference for gifts that

build up the community rather than simply the

individual (1 Cor 14:1-19). The image of the church

(here the local church) as the ‘body of Christ’ holds

together this sense of a variety of gifts within a

fundamental and dynamic unity created by the Spirit.

In line with what seems to have been the more

mainstream early tradition, the Gospel (John 20:19-23)

associates the imparting of the Spirit more closely with

the resurrection and exaltation of the Lord. So it is on

the evening of ‘the first day of the week’ (i.e., Easter

Sunday) that Jesus appears to the disciples, makes

clear his identity, and imparts to them the ‘Peace’ that

overcomes their fear. Then he imparts the Spirit to

empower them to take up the mission of reconciliation

that he himself has received from the Father. He has

died as the ‘Lamb who takes away the sins of the

world’ (1:29, 36; 19:36); his very moment of expiry

upon the cross suggested a ‘handing over of the

Spirit’ (19:30). Now, as risen Lord, he breathes the

Spirit upon the disciples, communicating through them

to the church the capacity to reconcile in God’s name.

From LiturgyHelp

Pentecost

Jesus came and stood among them (the disciples) and said to them: “Peace be with you”…and he said to them again: “Peace be with you”. John 20, 19-23

While this Sunday’s gospel-reading gives us John’s version of the coming of the Holy Spirit on the disciples, I suggest that our reflection will be

enriched by our reading on to the end of chapter 20. In so doing, we get an understanding of how rushing to label Thomas as ”doubting” does him a disservice. Moreover his profession of faith in Jesus is a very appropriate conclusion to John’s Gospel, fittingly rounding off the task John set himself in writing his Gospel. Today’s first reading (Acts 2, 1-11) gives us a very different account of the Pentecost event, situating it forty days after Jesus’ resurrection. It’s important to keep in mind that the authors of these two accounts were intent on exploring the significance of the impact of the Holy Spirit on the lives of the disciples. They were not trying to record history. Both readings deserve our attention and reflection. So let’s start with the gospel-reading from John. At the conclusion of what had been a very eventful day, and even, perhaps, a traumatic one for the disciples, John records: “In the evening of that same day, the first day of the week, the doors were closed in the room where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews”. Remember that this was a day full of shocks and surprises. Mary Magdalene had arrived with the news that Jesus’ tomb was empty. Peter and John had rushed off to check if she was being hysterical. Satisfied that she was right, they returned to where they were staying. Then Mary Magdalene arrived a second time, announcing excitedly that she had met the risen Jesus, and passing on the message that he had asked her to take to the disciples. Yet, instead of celebrating, they retreated behind closed doors out of “fear of the Jews”. They were Jews themselves, so the Jews of whom they were afraid must have been the leading Jews who were responsible for having Jesus executed. News that Jesus’ body was missing was surely not confined to his friends and disciples. Remember that the Romans had posted guards at Jesus’ tomb. So word of a missing body would have spread quickly. Understandably, the disciples were afraid that their names might well be on the list of those to be executed. After all, they were close associates of the Jesus who had caused all the unrest. Even though John does not say it, it’s highly possible that the disciples were also afraid that, if Jesus really had been resurrected, he might have some embarrassing questions for them concerning their cowardice and desertion of him when he most needed their support. Remember, too, that for John and the other Gospel writers the very opposite of faith and trust is fear, not doubt. So, we learn from John that locked doors did not present an obstacle for the risen Jesus. The signs and wonders he had done in the course of his ministry were testimony of that. So Jesus appeared among them without warning, offered them a greeting of deep peace, and showed them the scars on his body before repeating: “Peace be with you” - a greeting that immediately assured them that he was not coming with recriminations and had no intention of embarrassing them. And with that greeting, he breathed God’s Spirit on them and commissioned them to continue his mission to the world. For John, that was the Pentecost event, and the language he uses echoes the language describing the creation of humankind in Genesis: “The Lord God formed the human from the topsoil of the fertile land and breathed life’s breath into his nostrils. The human came to life.” (Genesis 2, 7) The breathing of the risen Jesus on the disciples signals the birth of a new creation, a new community to bring new life and hope to the world. The peace that Jesus breathed on the disciples was shalom, not just a freedom from the fear which gripped them, but a deep-seated, abiding sense of well-being - the kind of peace and security that John had earlier referred to

as “the peace that the world cannot give” (John 14, 27). In doing so, he assured them that they would have walking with them, as companion on the journey, God’s Spirit (another name for God’s Spirit is Paraclete, from Greek paraklétos, meaning one who walks beside) who would guide them in their proclaiming the message of God’s love for the world. It is vital that we understand Jesus’ words to the disciples about forgiving and retaining sins. He is not talking about the moral lapses that all of us human beings fall into. They are not the wrong-doings we list in the sacrament of reconciliation. “Sin” in John’s understanding is an unwillingness to accept that Jesus personified in his life God’s love for the world. Jesus is passing on to his disciples the responsibility of making real in their actions God’s love for the world that Jesus himself had demonstrated in his life. Anyone who cannot accept that message from them will remain locked in unbelief (sin), and simply miss out on the good news. It is significant that Thomas was not in the room that night with the other disciples. He was the disciple who had earned a reputation for speaking exactly what was on his mind, thereby causing some embarrassment at times. This time, there were no “Please explains” directed to Jesus. And Thomas is given due recognition for his magnificent expression of faith in Jesus at the end of this same chapter in John. Today’s first reading from Acts (2,1-11) places the Pentecost event in a more spectacular context. What was it that prompted the disciples to venture into the public eye at a time when Jerusalem was crowded with pilgrims? Perhaps it was triggered by one of their number, like Thomas, who had the courage to say something like: “Come on, you lot, Jesus did give us a directive to continue what he taught us. So we had better give it a go!” And they did give it a go, and what’s more, with spectacular results. There is no simple, human explanation as to how and why visitors to Jerusalem understood the disciples in languages that they could not have learned while they were locked away in hiding. As Christians, we believe that God’s Spirit is still alive in our world. We see evidence of it in the creative productions of artists, composers of music, scientists and writers. Their works reflect the beauty and goodness of God. We recognise God’s Spirit at work even in our own humble inspirations and excursions into creativity. In his novel, A Farewell to Arms, Ernest Hemingway wrote: “The world breaks everyone, and afterward some become strong in the broken places.” That may well explain what the disciples were able to do on that first Pentecost. After forty days of seclusion, and reflection on and discussion of their pain of loss and failure, they emerged from their experience of brokenness and found the courage to start doing, with guidance of God’s Spirit, what Jesus had entrusted to them. They found strength in their broken places. More recently, Henri Nouwen observed that we all have to learn to trust that the risk of loving is always worth taking. Jesus took the risk of loving his disciples, and, in time, that love bore fruit when they took the risk of reflecting that love to their world. Pentecost also invites us to take the risk of loving and to find strength in our broken places, individually and as communities, always aware that we, too, have God’s Spirit to guide us. Last weekend, a leading Sydney newspaper carried an article suggesting that many of us may need to relearn the art of breathing healthily. Jesus breathed deep peace into the lives of his disciples. He offers us that same deep, abiding peace, assuring us of God’s Spirit to accompany us in all we do. Taking time to consciously feel our breathing is a practice that can help us to appreciate the gift of life. It can also be a prayer, reminding us of the presence of God’s Spirit within, especially if we can remember to whisper “God’s peace” as we inhale and “God’s presence” as we exhale. Pentecost can become for us a daily experience. And let’s not forget that love speaks all languages. That’s the language that we need to speak clearly instead of that of many of our elected leaders who seem to prefer Babel.

Julian McDonald cfc.AO

Baulkham Hills YOUTH MOVEMENT

DIGITAL EDITION OF THE CATHOLIC OUTLOOK

June edition of our quarterly print magazine, Catholic

Outlook, has been suspended due to COVID-19.

You are still able to read and access the digital version of

Catholic Outlook via catholicoutlook.org and https://

www.catholicoutlook.org/subscribe/.

Once Government restrictions have been fully lifted, the

print production of Catholic Outlook will resume, with the

next edition scheduled for September 2020.

For youth in the Parish of Baulkham Hills:

Due to social distancing restrictions, we have been on a

youth group break for quite some time and have really

missed connecting with you! To try and reconnect in this

time we have created a Youtube Channel:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/

UCFy52lMn0ChQv7iEuR2ptAg

Videos present input, games, activities and a few tips for

keeping connected! We’d love to continue to utilise this

medium, if you have any suggestions please forward them

via contact details below!

If you have any general questions or concerns please

contact the Youth Minister Paul Fam, on 0407 773 174, or

send an email through

to youth@parishofbaulkhamhills.org.au

THE ORIGIN OF ‘SPIRITUAL COMMUNION’ Pope St John Paul II recommended this

practice in his encyclical Ecclesia de

Eucharistia: “Precisely for this reason it is

good to cultivate in our hearts a constant

desire for the sacrament of the Eucharist.

This was the origin of the practice of

‘Spiritual Communion’, which has happily

been established in the Church for centuries

and recommended by saints who were masters of the

spiritual life. Saint Teresa of Jesus wrote: ‘When you do not

receive Communion and you do not attend Mass, you can

make a Spiritual Communion, which is a most beneficial

practice; by it the love of God will be greatly impressed on

you” (The Way of Perfection, Ch. 35; EE, n. 34).

‘WHEN YOU DO NOT RECEIVE COMMUNION AND YOU DO

NOT ATTEND MASS, YOU CAN MAKE A SPIRITUAL

COMMUNION’

Update on Bonaventure & Family

In these uncertain times we felt that the Parish Communities would like an update on Bonaventure and his family.

Bonaventure has coped remarkably well over the

past 3 months in isolation with 4 children, running a home while trying to complete the 2nd year of his PHD. His second year studies have been completed successfully this month (on 24th May) He has had support with weekly food shopping being done or he has used online delivery.

Bonaventure wishes to thank the Parish

Communities for their incredible response with meals rosters over the past few months. He told us that he could not have achieved what he has, without the Parish’s ongoing commitment. He is very, very grateful.

The University of NSW have also commented to

Bonaventure on just how much the communities have supported him.

Petition Update: a wonderful response of 630 signatures was received. No further action at present due to Coronavirus situation. Licence Update: Lessons and driving practise was suspended due to isolation restrictions and babysitters not able to be used, during this time. Children are now returning to school and driving lessons shall recommence in two weeks time. We shall continue our Parish support for Bonaventure and his family, as long as it is needed. Kerry and Greg Nethery

ST MICHAEL’S PRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLLING FOR 2021

We’re all about learning at St Michael's Primary School. We

put safety first, and focus on student wellbeing.

A reminder that places are still available for 2021 in

Kindergarten.

For more information about joining our caring community,

please contact us on 9865 1600.

You are invited to join with others as we create community online to share and grow faith, every Saturday

from 11am - 12pm with Saturday Sessions.

Listen to the pre-recorded presentation about a topic of faith before Saturday 11am and then join an

online group discussion via Zoom between 11am – 12pm.

Register in advance for this meeting to receive the links for the presentation and meeting:

https://dioceseofparramatta.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUodu-trDwqGtft0-J88Baq1YDV3N3Z7XzO

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing links to the presentation and

conversation.

In your mercy, please remember those for whom prayers

have been asked

Recently Deceased: Paul Devine, Norma Fahey, Stella D’Costa, Ken Aitken, Beverley Aliprandi, Alexander Marescia and victims of the Corona Virus pandemic around the world Anniversary: Lucy Magri, Pat Farrell, Betty Breen, Salvatore Stagnitta, Alice Goldman, Lillian Bryant, Petrina Zahra, Paul Gove, Ursula Trabajo, Fr Patrick Byrne, James Wong Kee, Max O’ Brien, Corry Wilson, Lucy Kocsis Sick: Robert Prasad, Baby William Merhi, Fr. Michael O’Callaghan, Frank Camarda, Marie Auberson, Jax Johnston, Vince Strati, Mrs. S.Y. Tan, Christine The, Vyoma Senewiratne, Nick Bozika, Magno Cuasay, Sara-Joy Ly, Debra Price, Mary O’Connor, Colleen Giri, Lynette Giri, Frances Powell, Lucy Farugia, Jane Gibson, Julia Lordan, Mary Hakim, Kata Bicanic, George Hakim, Michelle Rrambaran, Toni Ostoic, Toni Bicanic, Michael Hallak, Pompeo Cignarella, Margaret Rowntree, Jacinta Hollins, Jessica Hollins, Johanne Theophilus

PARISH STAFF

Parish Priest Father Wim Hoekstra

Assistant Priests Father Chukwunonyerem Akamadu

Father John Byung Chan Ji

Assistant Deacon Deacon Roque Dias

Youth Minister Paul Fam

Music Minister Jerry Wilkes

St Michael's Parish Centre (02) 9639 0598

Monday to Friday 8.30am to 4.30pm

Office Administrator Monica O’Callaghan

Assistant Secretary Betty Cheung

Our Lady of Lourdes Parish Centre (02) 9639 8385

Mon/Tues 1.30pm - 4.30pm; Wed-Fri 9.30am - 4.30pm

Secretary Louise Ryall

ST MICHAEL’S CHURCH

1 Chapel Lane, Baulkham Hills, NSW 2153

PO Box 702, Baulkham Hills 1755

Email: admin@parishofbaulkhamhills.org.au

Homepage: www.parishofbaulkhamhills.org.au

OUR LADY OF LOURDES CHURCH

1 Canyon Rd, Baulkham Hills, NSW 2153

Email: olol@parishofbaulkhamhills.org.au

Homepage: www.parishofbaulkhamhills.org.au

Current Weekday Masses

ALL MASSES HAVE BEEN CANCELLED

UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE

Parish of Baulkham Hills

It's time to wine and dine in NSW, with up to 50 people

to be allowed in restaurants, pubs and cafes as the

state eases more COVID-19 restrictions.

Premier Gladys Berejiklian announced the "big and

critical" step from June 1, but said strict rules would be

in place for venues.

"The last thing we want to do is shut businesses down

because they haven't complied," she told reporters in

Sydney. Venues will still have to allow at least four

square metres of space per person.

Additionally, bookings of more than 10 will be banned,

and patrons won't be allowed to stand.

Currently, dining venues can only have a maximum of

10 patrons if they maintain social distancing. That

includes alcohol table service with meals at NSW pubs

and clubs.

What you can do from June 1:

• Beauty salons to reopen for a maximum of 10 clients

and subject to four square metre rule, magazines will

be removed from waiting areas;

• Up to 50 people will be allowed in restaurants, pubs

and cafes, subject to four square metre rule.

Bookings of no more than 10 people and patrons

must be seated.

• NSW residents will be able to take a holiday

anywhere in NSW

• Museums, galleries and libraries across NSW will be

allowed to reopen, subject to four square metre rule

What’s already allowed:

• Pubs and clubs open for dining for up to 10 people;

• Bars and gaming facilities remain closed but table

service for alcohol with a meal will be allowed so long

as businesses adhere to social distancing

requirements and stick to a limit of 10 patrons;

• Outdoor gatherings of up to 10 people;

• Cafes and restaurants can seat 10 patrons at any

one time;

• Up to five visitors to a household at any one time;

• Weddings with up to 10 guests;

• Indoor funerals with up to 20 mourners, outdoor

funerals with up to 30;

• Religious gatherings/places of worship with up to 10

worshippers;

• Use of outdoor equipment including gyms and

playgrounds with caution, people encouraged to wipe

down equipment;

• Outdoor pools can open with restrictions;

• Travel within the state not allowed;

• Randwick City Council has reopened its beaches for

recreation, including Clovelly, Coogee and Maroubra,

as well as some ocean pools;

• Employees to work from home where it is reasonably

practical to do so;

• Property inspections and on-site auctions allowed as

social distancing rules followed.