31st JANUARY 2016 St Thomas Aquinas Parish Bulletin · The 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time YR C 31st...
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The 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time YR C 31st JANUARY 2016 St Thomas Aquinas Parish Bulletin 168 Hawkesbury Road SPRINGWOOD NSW 2777 PO Box 4410, WINMALEE NSW 2777 Phone: 4754 1052 Email: [email protected] www.stachurchspringwood.org.au Parish Priest Fr Paul Slyney - 4754 1052 Emergency calls only - 0418 461316 Parish Office Hours : Mon, Tue, Wed, 8.30am-3.30pm & Fri 8.30am -12.30pm. Weekend Masses: Saturday Vigil 6pm, Sunday 9.45am & Youth & Family Mass 5pm. Weekday Mass: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday 9.30am Baptisms: 2nd & 4th Sundays 11am by appointment. Rosary & Devotions: Saturday 8.30am Adoration: 2nd & 4th Wed 7.30pm. All welcome. Intercession & Adoration: 1st Friday 7.30pm Reconciliation: -By Appointment Weddings: - By Appointment Reflection Today we hear God choose Jeremiah for the role of biblical prophet. God warns the prophet that his message to the kings and priests of Judah will be so challenging that he’ll meet with opposion. Biblical prophets weren’t out to make enemies, but felt impelled to speak the truth--God’s truth--with love. It just so happened that their message was oſten “tough love.” Jesus, in our Gospel today, is a prophet vising his hometown. He ancipates resistance, stang clearly that no prophet is ever accepted in his nave place. His words prove true as the people rise up to throw Jesus over a cliff! How do we accept the prophec message we hear proclaimed each Sunday? And would we invite the bearer of that message home for Sunday dinner? Today: Jer 1:4-5,17-19; 1 Cor 12:31-13:13; Luke 4:21-30 Entrance Antiphon: Save us, O Lord our God! And gather us from the nations, to give thanks to your holy name, and make it our glory to praise you. Responsorial Psalm: 70 “I will sing to your salvation.” Gospel Acclamation: Alleluia, Alleluia! The Lord sent me to bring Good News to the poor and freedom to prisoners. Alleluia! Communion Antiphon: Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven. Blessed are the meek, for they shall possess the land. Next Week: Is 6:1-8; 1 Cor 15:1-11; Luke 5:1-11.
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The 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time YR C 31st JANUARY 2016
St Thomas Aquinas Parish Bulletin
168 Hawkesbury Road SPRINGWOOD NSW 2777
PO Box 4410, WINMALEE NSW 2777
Phone: 4754 1052 Email: [email protected]
www.stachurchspringwood.org.au
Parish Priest Fr Paul Slyney - 4754 1052
Emergency calls only - 0418 461316
Parish Office Hours : Mon, Tue, Wed, 8.30am-3.30pm &
Fri 8.30am -12.30pm.
Weekend Masses: Saturday Vigil 6pm, Sunday 9.45am & Youth & Family Mass 5pm.
Weekday Mass: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday 9.30am
Baptisms: 2nd & 4th Sundays 11am by appointment.
Rosary & Devotions: Saturday 8.30am
Adoration: 2nd & 4th Wed 7.30pm. All welcome.
Intercession & Adoration: 1st Friday 7.30pm
Reconciliation: -By Appointment
Weddings: - By Appointment
Reflection
Today we hear God choose Jeremiah for the role of biblical prophet. God warns the prophet that his message to the
kings and priests of Judah will be so challenging that he’ll meet with opposition. Biblical prophets weren’t out to
make enemies, but felt impelled to speak the truth--God’s truth--with love. It just so happened that their message
was often “tough love.”
Jesus, in our Gospel today, is a prophet visiting his hometown. He anticipates resistance, stating clearly that no
prophet is ever accepted in his native place. His words prove true as the people rise up to throw Jesus over a cliff!
How do we accept the prophetic message we hear proclaimed each Sunday? And would we invite the bearer of that
message home for Sunday dinner?
Today: Jer 1:4-5,17-19; 1 Cor 12:31-13:13; Luke 4:21-30
Entrance Antiphon: Save us, O Lord our God! And gather us from the nations, to give thanks to
your holy name, and make it our glory to praise you.
Responsorial Psalm: 70
“I will sing to your salvation.”
Gospel Acclamation: Alleluia, Alleluia! The Lord sent me to bring Good News to the poor and
freedom to prisoners. Alleluia!
Communion Antiphon: Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.
Blessed are the meek, for they shall possess the land.
Next Week: Is 6:1-8; 1 Cor 15:1-11; Luke 5:1-11.
Diary Dates
Saturday: 8.30am Rosary
Monday: 10am Exercise Group
7.30 pm Choir practice
Tuesday: 10am Exercise Training
2nd Tuesday: 1.15pm Life ascending
Wednesday: 10am Craft Group
Thursday: 7.30pm Centering Prayer
1st Friday: 9.30am Anointing Mass
3rd Friday: 10am CWL
Schools in our Parish
St Thomas Aquinas Primary School
Principal - Mr Serge Rosato 4754 2554
St Columba’s Catholic College
Principal - Mr Paul Ryan 4754 1022
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Recently Deceased: Ron Gosling ( Uncle of Angela Goodwin), Paul Portelli.
Sick:
Mary Ellen Schell, Danielle Munn, Sue Downes, Joan Eastwood, Jim & Gwen Daly, Jennifer Piggot,
Stephen & Kerry Aitken, Anthony O’Connell, Trish, Wal & Anne Knoke, Angela Brown, Lea Dardenne, John O’Connell,
Matthew Christie, Nathan Duffy, Francisco Robles, Teresita Robles, Susie Ziino, Patricia Duffy,
Sarah Walke, Maree-Therese Pepper, Elizabeth Pepper, John Vaughan, Matthew Vaughan, Jackie
Davies, Mary-Anne Bratovic, Kimberly Cusack, Carole & Brian Proops, Margaret Healy, Colleen
Lusty, Lorna Lyons, Christopher Coombs, Lucinda Goodwin, Maria Thurston, Rowena Cook, Angela
Coombs, Leila Baker, Mary Coombs, Slawcia Pisarska, Luca Hurley (child), Kerry Kime, Joan
Lohrey, Sarah & Thomas McGoram, Matthew McHarry, Frances Hinder, John Taylor, Shirley
Anderson, Peter Doherty, Val Hardy.
All Private Intentions.
FIRST RECONCILIATION
The first COMPULSORY Parent Meeting is on 8th February at 7 pm at St Thomas Aquinas Church.
Commitment of the Candidates will take place at any of the Parish Masses on Saturday/
Sunday 13th & 14th February 2016. If you wish your child to make their First Holy Communion in 2016,
they must have received Reconciliation.
Please note that if you wish your child to participate in the First Reconciliation Program in
2016 it is compulsory that one parent/ carer attends BOTH Parent Meetings.
St Paul’s World Pilgrimage Information Evening: 28 February
You are invited to an information evening with Fr Wim Hoekstra, Parish Priest of St Michael’s Parish at Baulkham Hills, who will be escorting this pilgrimage to Greece, Malta and Rome. Leaving 24 September and returning 14 October. The infor-mation session will be at 2pm for 2.30pm start in St Patrick’s Cathedral Hall, 1 Marist Place, Parramatta. . For more infor-mation contact Fr Wim: [email protected]
Liturgical Ministry Formation Courses Course enrolments are now open for all those interested in becoming Readers of the Word, Ministers of Holy Communion, Ministers of Communion to the Sick and Dying, Adult Servers and/ or Acolytes.
Institute for Mission Hall, 1-5 Marion St, Blacktown, on Mondays from 7pm-9pm, commencing 22 February.
St Nicholas of Myra Parish Meeting Room 1, 326 High St, Penrith, on Wednesdays from 7pm-9pm, commencing 24 Febru-ary. Courses are FREE. Bookings close on 18 February. To obtain the enrolment form send an email to the Office for Worship [email protected] or visit www.parra.catholic.org.au
Registrations now open for World Youth Day Pilgrimage Full travel details, including pricing, of World Youth Day 2016 Diocese of Parramatta pilgrimages to Poland are now available online. Young people aged 16-35 are invited to register via the web page: http://parrawyd.org/the-pilgrimage/ For more information contact: Mark Tuffy [email protected] or James Camden [email protected]
Schools resume this week. We welcome the staff and students and wish them a successful year in their
endeavours.
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Prayer of St Thomas Aquinas
Grant me, O Lord my God,
a mind to know you,
a heart to seek you,
wisdom to find you,
conduct pleasing to you,
faithful perseverance in waiting for you,
and a hope of finally embracing you.
Special Ministers of Communion to the Sick. We are in need of at least one minister to assist with Communion to the Sick on a Sun-
day morning. You would be required approx. once per month. Training and a booklet are provided to assist you in this very rewarding ministry.
If you would like more information please call the Parish Office 4754 1052 during office hours.
Preparation of Universal Prayers Our parish is establishing a group of people to prepare & write the script for the Commentators and Universal Prayers (Prayers of the Faithful). There will be a meeting with Father Paul on Monday 1 February at 7.00pm in the Parish Centre if you would like to volunteer (on a rostered basis), please contact Chris Ellis by text: 0427 327 471, phone: 4751 4478 or email: [email protected].
Mass for World Day of the Sick: 11 February Including the Sacramental Rite of Anointing of the Sick and Prayers for Healing. Mass at 10.30am in St Patrick’s Church, 51 Allawah St, Blacktown. In acknowledgement of carers and those for whom they care. A light lunch will be served afterwards. All welcome.
REACH Program: starts 11 February Catholic Care Social Services runs the Black Dog Institute’s nine-week REACH Group (Responsibility, Education, Acceptance, Connection & Hope), to help participants with depression or bipolar.
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th FEBRUARY
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Welcome
Team Helen Blattman Marissa Paul Ron Lappan
Acolyte Roshan Rupesinghe Richard Merchant John Belfanti
Commentator
Anne Maureen Scarff Peter O’Brien Anne Boylan
Musicians &
Choir Thea & Chris Welch Chris Wilson Elizabeth Wilson
Children’s
Liturgy Virginia Fortunat, Cathy Stopford & Melissa Stopford
First Reading Neil Kirby Colleen Baker Therese Ross
Second
Reading Paul Condon Neil McKenzie Pat Macarthur
Universal
Prayers Anne Maureen Scarff Peter O’Brien Anne Boylan
Collectors Thank you to our generous volunteers
Presentation
of Gifts Rowena Cook Narelle Edwards
Children’s Liturgical Group
Tony Macarthur & Pat Macarthur
Extraordinary
Ministers of
Communion
1.Raelene Daines 2.Steve Muller 3. Collen Kime 4. Cheryl Kirby
Margaret Sibbald Margaret O’Connell Irene Barr Maria Ljubic
Sherry Lappan Beth Macarthur Tony Macarthur Joe Wilson
Morning Tea MOTHERS’ PRAYER GROUP
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Day retreat: Healing Wounds, Lifting Burdens, Setting Free Presenter: Fr Greg Burke, OCD When: 5 March, 2016 Cost: $25 Bring your own lunch Pick-ups from Minto train station at 930am and 1000am Positions vacant 1. Manager, Safeguarding and Ministerial Integrity Office in the Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney. Further information about this role can be viewed on www.catholicjobsonline.com.au or by contacting Anthony Spata, REACH Human Resources, tel 0402 210 055. Applications close Friday 5 February.
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It’s Great to be Catholic Conference!: 6 February
Everyone is welcome to attend this conference, which begins with Mass at 10am, ends at 3pm. Entry is free. Program: Talk 1 ‘Finding the Love that Satisfies’ with Simon Carrington and Madeline Vella; Talk 2 ‘The Eucharist: Fruit of the New Tree of Life’ with Robert Haddad; Talk 3 ‘How Islam led me to Christ’ with Charbel Raish. St Canice’s Church Hall, 158 Katoomba St, Katoomba. Details: tel (02) 9651 0375, www.parousiamedia.com
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