19 April 2015

Parish Directory St Canice Parish 28 Roslyn Street, Elizabeth Bay NSW 2011 www.stcanice.org.au Tel: 9358 5229 Fax: 9358 3170 parish@stcanice.com.au Parish Priest Chris Jenkins, SJ chrisjenkinssj@hotmail.com Parish Secretary Elizabeth Strutt elizabeth@stcanice.com.au Chair of the Parish Pastoral Council Caroline Coggins carolinecoggins@exemail.com.au Tel: 0407 575 557 Director JRS Aloysious Mowe SJ

director@jrs.org.au

Associate Director JRS Dr Maryanne Loughry RSM maryanne.loughry@jrs.org.au Jesuit Mission (National Office) www.jesuitmission.org.au Jesuit Refugee Service - Australia www.jrs.org.au Mass Times Sunday– 8:30am & 10:30am Tuesday to Friday– 7:00am Saturday– 9.00am Vigil- 6:00pm Public Holidays– 9:00am Reconciliation Before Vigil & Sunday Masses or on request Anointing Healing Mass

11:00am - First Friday of each month - otherwise by request

Third Sunday of Easter

Catholic Parish of St. Canice We acknowledge the Gadigal people, the traditional custodians on whose land this Church was built

Witness on a Mission

The mission of a community is to give life to others, that is to say, to transmit

new hope and new meaning to them. Mission is revealing to others their

fundamental beauty, value and importance in the universe, their capacity to

love, to grow and to do beautiful things and to meet God.

Mission is transmitting to people a new inner freedom and hope; it is unlocking

the doors of their being so that new energies can flow; it is taking away from

their shoulders the terrible yoke of guilt and fear.

To give life to people is to reveal to them that they are loved just as they are

by God, with the mixture of good and evil, light and darkness that is in them;

that the stone in front of their tomb in which all the dirt of their lives has been

hidden can be rolled away.

They are forgiven; they can live in freedom.

Jean Vanier

Entrance Antiphon Cry out with joy to God, all the earth; O sing to the glory of his name. O render him glorious praise, alleluia. Entrance Hymn: No 371 (Gather) Alleluia! Sing to Jesus Opening Prayer May your people exult for ever, O God, in renewed youthfulness of spirit, so that, rejoicing now in the restored glory of our adoption, we may look forward in confident hope to the rejoicing of the day of resurrection. First Reading: Acts 3: 13-15, 17-19

At the temple gate, Peter addressed the people; “The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, the God of our ancestors has glorified his servant Jesus, whom you handed over and rejected in the presence of Pilate, though he had decided to release him. “But you rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked to have a murderer given to you, and you killed the Author of life, whom God raised from the dead. To this we are witnesses. “And now, friends, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did also your rulers. In this way God fulfilled what he had foretold through all the prophets, that his Messiah would suffer. “Repent therefore, and turn to God so that your sins may be wiped out.”

Response Lord, let your face shine on us. Second Reading: 1 John 2: 1-5

My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous; and he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world. Now by this we may be sure that we know him, if we obey his commandments. Whoever says, “I have come to know him”, but does not obey his commandments, is a liar, and in such a person the truth does not exist; but whoever obeys his word, truly in this person the love of God has reached perfection. By this we may be sure that we are in him.

Gospel Acclamation Alleluia, alleluia! Lord Jesus, make your word plain to us: make our hearts burn with love when you speak. Alleluia! Gospel: Luke 24: 35-48

The two disciples told the eleven and their companions what had happened on the road to Emmaus, and how Jesus had been made known to them in the breaking of the bread. While they were talking about this, Jesus himself stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.” They were startled and terrified, and thought that they were seeing a ghost. He said to them, “Why are you frightened, and why do doubts arise in your hearts? Look at my hands and my feet; see that it is I myself. Touch me and see; for a ghost does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have.” And when he had said this, he showed them his hands and his feet. While in their joy they were disbelieving and still wondering, he said to them, “Have you anything here to eat?” They gave him a piece of broiled fish, and he took it and ate in their presence. Then he said to them, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you—that everything written about me in the law of Moses, the prophets, and the psalms must be fulfilled.” Then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures, and he said to them, “Thus it is written, that the Messiah is to suffer and to rise from the dead on the third day, and that repentance and forgiveness of sins is to be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things.”

Offertory Hymn: No 391 (Gather) Keep in Mind Communion Antiphon The Christ had to suffer and on the third day rise from the dead; in his name repentence and remission of sins must be preached to all the nations, alleluia.

Communion Hymn: No 364 (Gather) Now the Green Blade Rises

Recessional: No 414 (Gather) Sing a New Song

Let us pray for: Recently Deceased: Marie Curtin, Fr Brendan Sheil, Denise Rufus, Mary Spies, Veronica Zeising, Kate Messer, Cynthia (nee Hyson) Jones, James Rothery, Joy Evans, Mick Comensoli, Nancy Melik, Noelene Mitchell, Frank Smart, Eliot Perez Rull. Anniversaries: Helen McCarthy, Rosario Borja, William (Bill) Harding, Ana Julia Potes, William Carter and Maria Svedas Alfredo Panetta and Angela Viola Panetta, Pamela Shaughessy, Dan O’Brien, Tristan Antico and Stephen Antico, Muriel Hardwick, Ken East, Mario Juka, Thomas Eugene Hemera. Recently ill: Ambra Davies, June Mathews, Janet Bohane, Yolanda Byron John Dah Dah, Margaret Walsh, Francis Montenagro, Jason Thomas, Bishop Geoffrey Robinson, Barbara Coyne, Sister Rita Hayes sgs (Railaco), John Hunter-Murray, Jayne Bernstam, Richy Howard, Dennis O'Brien, Jack Wilson, Rosa Maria, Cath Raper, Dorothy Harding, Elizabeth Lynch, Jill Rolfe, Lee Tillam, Paul Taylor, Desmond Whelan, Geraldine Kavanagh-Ohlsson, Cythnia Daniel, Tony Musgrave, Wayne Lapthorne, Richard Ellul, Eric Robinson, Siena Mainali, Brian Loughry, Alex Pemberton, Carlie Soussa, Davina Kohler, Colin Walke, Helen, Margaret Shoditsch, Elisa Pier De Siun Young, John Myers, Jeannette McSwini, Rosemary Nugent, Robert McCormack, Jean McInerney, Bernard McCauley.

Next Week’s Readings: 26 April 2015 First Reading: Acts 4: 8-12 Second Reading: John 3: 1-2 Gospel: John 10: 11-18

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Please join us next Sunday, 26 April 2015 at 10.30am for a special “Mass of the Fallen‘ composed by Father Christopher Willcock sj, and to welcome visiting musicians to our Parish. The Mass will commemorate Anzac Day. Please return all Project Compassion Collection boxes and envelopes so we can forward on the funds. Thank you for your generosity. St Canice's Kitchen needs a volunteer on Sunday mornings to open up the kitchen for volunteer teams and allocate food from our store room. This is a simple role that should only take 1 hour of your time (most volunteer teams arrive around 9ish). If you are interested please call Ben on 0404 763 628 to discuss. Thank you. WYD 2016 Launch + Young Adult Welcome to Archbishop Anthony – 21 April 2015 All young adults are invited to Sydney’s launch of World Youth Day 2016. This will also be the first time that our new Archbishop will be present at an official Archdiocesan event for young adults so it is a great opportunity to meet and wel-come him. It will be a huge night of celebration with Polish food, Polish dancing, information stalls, a catechesis from the Archbishop and even a spot of fine Polish vodka! Come and hear about the exciting pilgrimages that Sydney will be taking in 2016 to the City of Mercy. For more information see the event at www.facebook.com/catholicyouthservices or email wyd@catholicyouthservices.org.

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Roster for Eucharistic Celebrations

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Parish Notices

The parish was transformed on Thursday night last week for the first Nourish talk organised by the St Canice’s Roof-top Kitchen Garden Committee and IOOSK. (IOOSK is the team behind the organic dinners served in the kitchen on Wednesday nights).

Guests were first welcomed in the rooftop garden where the northern façade of the church was light up with Lilly-Pilli pink. They moved into the Hall for a talk by Clarence Slockee from the Royal Botanic Gardens exploring Sydney’s Seasons from an indigenous viewpoint. Actress Mandy McElhinny was master of ceremonies and part of the proceed-ings included hearing from IOOSK founder Rob Caslick about the plans to extend the outreach of the Kitchen through a new program called Two Good Soups. Three courses of delicious food prepared from rooftop produce and local ingre-dients were served throughout the night.

An amazing team of volunteers led by Tilly Hinton made the night happen. We’ll share more photos and full credits of the production team soon. The support that the Parish Office provided was wonderful and all of the team involved in making this night happen would like to say a very special thank you to Elizabeth Strutt for her help to make the night such a success.

Parish Manager: The parish of St Canice is to establish a new full-time position of Parish Manager to be responsible for the run-ning of the parish office and the co-ordination and supervision of the great variety of services and outreach which make up the life of this very vibrant inner city parish. The Manager will work with the Parish Priest in the supervision of other staff and volunteers and will be responsible for a wide range of administrative tasks, including, but not limited to: financial oversight, data entry, volunteer co-ordination, computer skills, parish meeting attendance. Given the nature of the work and the community to be served, a commitment to Church and its social justice outreach would be essential for any candidate for this role. If you are interested please contact the Parish Office on 9358 5229. St Canice's Vinnies Conference News: St Canice's Vinnies is again running the Gorman House BBQ for people in recovery from substance addiction, and we welcome you to attend. It is at 11.45am until 1.30pm at St Vincent's Hospital, on Sunday 5th April. As always, we hold the BBQ on the first Sunday of every month. Last time we had seven from the parish attend, which is great news for such a valuable work! We hope to extend this work to twice a month as interest continues to grow. As well, members of the Conference have taken over care of the garage sale, previously run by our recently deceased and remembered member, Lawrie Kennedy. If you are interested in helping out with either of these activities, please contact Mick McIntyre on 0414 853 650. And thanks to the kind female parishioner who contacted me last Sunday about assisting the work of Vinnies locally. Unfortunately your phone didn't leave a number, so please contact me again if you would.

The Parish Team was delighted with the attendances at our Easter services and in particular with the presentation of our beautiful church. The liturgy has that extra feel of a “New Beginning”, and a “New Year’s Journey of Faith” when we can display St Canice’s with such life that comes from all the careful preparations none more so that the very generous support from “Bloomey’s Florist”. Their lovely donation of the beautiful flower arrangements is so appreciated and we thank Nelson and Jill on your behalf. We also thank our choir and musicians, readers and special ministers all who made our Easter so memorable.

Josie and the Emeralds Concert for JRS Easter at St Canice’s 2015

Saturday 11 April 2015 - St Canice’s Saturday 4 April 2015