Dear friends,

It’s been a busy week trying to get my head around everything at

Waterloo. But I’m really excited about the prospects our three

parishes can do together. I asked the Archdiocesan communications

office to create a new logo for our partnership. The description is

below.

Next Sunday is Pentecost. What a great time to pray and ask the Spirit to

lead us and guide us. The Spirit gives all the gitfs we need to engage in

God’s mission. I encourage you to say this prayer each day this week for

the intentions of our parish and for our common mission.

Begin by invoking the Holy Spirit using Pope John XXIII’s ‘invocation’

prayer: Renew your wonders in this our day, as by a new Pentecost.

Grant to your Church that, being of one mind and steadfast in prayer

with Mary, the Mother of Jesus, and following the lead of Blessed

Peter, it may advance the reign of our Divine Saviour, the reign of

truth and justice, the reign of love and peace. Amen. Come Holy

Spirit, in your power and might to renew the face of the earth. Holy

Spirit, awaken the whole human race and help us to build bridges of

trust that open our hearts to the Good News of Jesus Christ.

The Parishes of City South acknowledge the Gadigal People as the traditional custodians of this land.

St Joseph’s, Rosebery, OLMC, Waterloo, St Vincent de Paul, Redfern

Parish Office Hours: Mon, Wed & Fri – 10am-2pm

Office Phone: (02) 9663 5343

Secretary: Therese Poulton (Mon & Wed), Maria Awad (Thur& Fri)

Office Address: 74 Rosebery Ave, Rosebery NSW 2018

Postal Address: PO Box 1067, Strawberry Hills NSW 2012

roseberycatholic@gmail.com | www.roseberyparish.org

Fr Paul Smithers | Parish Priest | Follow on Instagram & Twitter: @frpaulsmithers After hours emergency contact 9698 2869

Weekend Mass Times St Joseph ’s, Rosebery

Adoration 4.00pm—5.00pm Benediction: 5.00pm Saturday Vigil: 6.15pm

Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Waterloo Saturday Rosary & Benediction 4.30pm

Saturday Vigil 5.00pm Sunday 9.00am

Reconciliation Saturday 5.15pm—6pm

Sunday: 7.30am & 9.30am (with Kid’s Liturgy)

St Vincent de Paul, Redfern Sunday: 11.00am

Weekday Masses St Joseph ’s Rosebery

Monday 7.00am Communion Service Tuesday—Thursday 7.00am

Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Waterloo Tuesday 5.00pm (followed by Adoration)

Friday 9.00am (School Mass) 1st Saturday of Month 10.00am

St Vincent de Paul, Redfern Wednesday—Thursday 9.00am Friday 8.00am

Baptisms: by appointment Marriages: by appointment with 6

months notice Please contact the Parish Office.

Fr Gerard Woo Ling Assistant Priest

Ascension of the Lord | 12th/13th May, 2018

PARISH STEWARDSHIP (electronic transfers only): Thank you for your contributions towards our Parishes.

Our bank details are: Rosebery

Account Name: Rosebery Parish Church Account BSB: 062 784 | Account No.: 05375002

Redfern Account name: Redfern Parish Church Account

BSB: 062784 | Account No.: 20845000

Waterloo Rosters Commentator Extra Eucharistic Ministers Readers

5pm This

Next

9.00am This Samuel Harianto Sabby Gonzaga, Salome Li Virginia Peloe

Next David Hayden Tony Murillo, Nghia Nguyen Samuel Harianto

Cleaners This 1 person

Counters This

Next

Those who are sick: Virginia Peloe, Jim Dubber, Renae Aslanis, Julius Soedarma, Jennie Brooks, Patricia McBride, Elena Crooks, Archbishop Anthony Fisher, Bernard Gee, Bishop Geoffrey Robinson, Ian Heads, Eduardo S. Sevilla, Maria Sevilla, Fr Keith Teefey CSsR, Malia Manu, John Middlemass, Peter Aplin, Khoa Nam Tran, Louisa Cregan, Mary Wiseman, Mary Carroll, Corrine Faunce, Tony Geraslkis, Ellie Irwin, Joe Milson, Sandra Truong, Elizabeth Anderson, Pat Traynor, Peter Bedford, Janice Leis, Dawn Harkins, Carla Carestia, Brenda Evans, Frances Savage, Oscar Mancuso, Jennifer Judd, Tom O’Shea, Bill Farral, Judy Shepperd, Irene Brander, Danielle Milller, Jennifer Phan, Sean Hickey, Elizabeth Single, Charlie Hayden, Francis & Maria Pham, Patricia Riordan, Lyn Mulryan, Helen Henricks, Gerald O’Shea, Neville Cameron, Howard Hastings, Delfin Lucia Jose Julio Sabina Maria, and all the housebound.

We pray for the souls of: Adelaide Bennetts, Gerard

O’Shea, Josephine Nappa, Marlene Isabel Newton, Phil Newberry, Mary Hickson, Shirley Hastings, Dorothy Blackman, Veronica McNamara, Elisabeth Carey, Bill Harkins, Anna Nguyen, Laura Skelkton, Josephine Merriman, Susan Bryson, Jay Rosenstrauss, Marie O’Donnell, Jan Lloyd, Maria Medrano-David, Joyce Bagnal, Gloria Lewis, Eliza Myrapich, Dunstan Wade, Richard Vincent, Marciano Gaddi, David Bendler, Daudsyah Sadeli, Anthony and Henrique Assuncao, Aluim Temporza, Ronald Thew, John Mears, Zelie Bergan, Menotti & Rosina Cavallaro, Carmela, Lucia, Stella and Maria Agazio, Joseph Cusack, the Cusack and McAuiffe families, Fr Terrence Purcell, Fr Leslie Bogot, Joyce Reilly, Cath and Allan Farrelly, Raymond & Dorothy Blackman, William & Mary Ann Blackman, Leonard & Rita Taylor, Mirtis Buosi Manzano, Richard Vincent, and all the Holy Souls.

Our Lady of Mount Carmel Information

Death Anniversary We acknowledge the anniversary death of Fr Ted Kennedy. He was the

parish priest of Redfern from 1972 to 2002.

May he rest in peace.

Confirmation

There will be a confirmation Mass on the Sunday, 20th May at 5.00pm at

Our Lady of Mount Carmel Waterloo Parish. All are welcome. Please keep

the five children who will celebrate this sacrament in your prayers.

A new Facebook page has been created for

the Parishes of City South.

Catholicism: Adult Formation Program As we begin our partnership of parishes Jesus invites us again to equip ourselves to be disciples. St Joseph’s Rosebery is excited to host the screening of Bishop Barron’s “Catholicism” series from 11am Sunday 27th May & 3rd June followed by a light meal and finish at 1pm. Bishop Barron’s series is for anyone who wants to explore their faith.

We will screen two episodes per month over the course of the year. Our first two episodes concern “The Revelation of God Become Man”. So come join us for one or more of these sessions as we explore our own faith journey. Details of the schedule will be placed in the bulletin. Childcare is available.

Please R.S.V.P to Michael Steel at michael.steel@syd.catholic.edu.au If you have questions just drop Michael an email or call Stephen on 0401050595.

St Joseph Information

PLEASE PRAY FOR MEMBERS OF OUR PARISH COMMUNITY:

Our Sick: We pray for our parishioners who are unwell at this time. If your loved ones are in hospital or seriously ill, please contact the Parish Office.

Birthdays: Terrance Cross and Daniella Bezzina (4 May) Catherine O’Brien (10 May) Daniel Wooden (11 May)

Death Anniversaries: Bernadette Farrugia (5 May) Nikda Mavic (11 May)

Remembered in Masses (RIP): Annie Poulton, Teresa Galea, Mary & Egizia Caffari, Gerard O’Shea, Nikola Maric, Charles Azzopardi, Joseph Mizzi, Elliott Bennet, Fleming Family, Joseph & Rose Lia, Maria Ala, Rita de La Motte, Anne Smithers, John Lloyd, Luciano Tureo, Alice Balbi, Dorothy Walker, Patricia Church, Mary Anne Tomarchio, Mary Carolan, Bonello family, Therese & Alfred Scerri, Arthur & Janice Gray, Ethel & George Gray, Arthur & Rose Dennett, Bill & Pat Clarke, Sydney & Violet Green, Arthur & Edna Dennett, John & Eileen Dennett, Hazel Holly, Arthur & Rose Dennett, Isabel Fenech, Margaret & Joseph Fenech, Reg, Bryan & Beryl Buist, Lawrie Beach, Shirley Turner, Sr. Patricia Wilkinson, Anna, Stanley & Jim Atkins, Bill, Muriel & Marc Wickert, Carmen Bonello, John Wilmott.

For Mass offerings, please use the envelopes available on the notice tables.

Rosebery Rosters Readers Extra Eucharistic Ministers

6.15pm This Daphne S & Charlotte B Bianca R & Aruna L

Next Bianca R & Aruna L Pam D & Gina D

7:30am This Josette M & Patricia M Kath Atkins

Next Ben M. & John S. John Sciberras

9:30am This Abbey K. & Maria M. Nancy P & Lisa S.

Next Jennifer M & Hannah N Pilar P & Lisa S.

Counters This T McDonald, G Elliott, T Lumibao, J Buist

Next N & P Paredes, J Buist

Pam & Ross Di Cristo and the Family of Elliot Bennett wish to

thank all friends and fellow parishioners for their prayers and

comforting support during this difficult time.

Walk with Christ – 3 June 2018

All are invited to participate in this year’s Walk With Christ

Eucharistic Procession on the Feast of Corpus

Christi, Sunday 3 June 2018.

The procession will help mark the 200th anniversary of a

little known, but most heroic and faith-filled time in the

history of the Australian Church. In 1818, the Government

forcibly removed the only Catholic priest in Australia, Fr

Jeremiah O’Flynn, from Sydney. Fr O’Flynn’s last pastoral

act was to leave the Blessed Sacrament reserved in a

faithful Catholic’s home so that the colonists and prisoners

could come to adore Christ present there. For two years,

the Blessed Sacrament, in this lay Sydney home, was the

source and centre of worship and consolation for the

priestless Catholics of the Australian colony.

Please look for the Books of Life in your parish to write

your prayer intentions that will be offered at the end of the

procession.

Invitation to Joey’s Youth Group. They are meeting on the

20th, 6—8pm in Rosebery Hall.

ENTRANCE ANTIPHON:

Proclaim a joyful sound and let it be heard; proclaim to the ends of the earth; The Lord has freed his people, alleluia.

COMMUNION ANTIPHON:

If you love me, keep my commandments, says the Lord, and I will ask the Father and he will send you another Paraclete, to abide with you for ever, alleluia.

“Charity is certainly greater than any rule. Moreover, all rules must lead to charity.” ― St. Vincent de Paul

Liturgy of the Word

First Reading Acts 1:1-11

A reading from the Acts of the Apostles

In my earlier work, Theophilus, I dealt with everything

Jesus had done and taught from the beginning until the

day he gave his instructions to the apostles he had cho-

sen through the Holy Spirit, and was taken up to heav-

en. He had shown himself alive to them after his Passion

by many demonstrations: for forty days he had contin-

ued to appear to them and tell them about the kingdom

of God. When he had been at table with them, he had

told them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait there for

what the Father had promised. ‘It is,’ he had said, ‘what

you have heard me speak about: John baptised with wa-

ter but you, not many days from now, will be baptised

with the Holy Spirit.’

Now having met together, they asked him, ‘Lord, has the

time come? Are you going to restore the kingdom

to Israel?’ He replied, ‘It is not for you to know times or

dates that the Father has decided by his own authority,

but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on

you, and then you will be my witnesses not only

in Jerusalem but throughout Judaea and Samaria, and

indeed to the ends of the earth.’

As he said this he was lifted up while they looked on,

and a cloud took him from their sight. They were still

staring into the sky when suddenly two men in white

were standing near them and they said, ‘Why are you

men from Galilee standing here looking into the sky? Je-

sus who has been taken up from you into heaven, this

same Jesus will come back in the same way as you have

seen him go there.’

The Word of the Lord

Responsorial Psalm

(R.) God mounts his throne to shouts of joy:

a blare of trumpets for the Lord.

1. All peoples, clap your hands,

cry to God with shouts of joy!

For the Lord, the Most High, we must fear,

great king over all the earth. (R.)

2. God goes up with shouts of joy;

the Lord goes up with trumpet blast.

Sing praise for God, sing praise,

sing praise to our king, sing praise. (R.)

3. God is king of all the earth.

Sing praise with all your skill.

God is king over the nations;

God reigns on his holy throne. (R.)

© The scriptural quotations are taken from the Jerusalem Bible, published and copyright 1966, 1967 and 1968 by Darton Longman and

Todd Ltd and Doubleday & Co Inc, and used by permission of the publishers.

The English translation of the Psalm Responses, the Alleluia and Gospel Verses, and the Lenten Gospel Acclamations, and the Titles,

Summaries, and Conclusion of the Readings, from the Lectionary for Mass © 1997, 1981, 1968, International Committee on English in the

Liturgy, Inc. All rights reserved.

Second Reading Eph 4:1-13

A reading from the letter of St Paul to the Ephesians

I, the prisoner in the Lord, implore you to lead a life wor-

thy of your vocation. Bear with one another charitably,

in complete selflessness, gentleness and patience. Do all

you can to preserve the unity of the Spirit by the peace

that binds you together. There is one Body, one Spirit,

just as you were all called into one and the same hope

when you were called. There is one Lord, one faith, one

baptism, and one God who is Father of all, over all,

through all and within all.

Each one of us, however, has been given his own share

of grace, given as Christ allotted it. It was said that he

would:

When he ascended to the height, he captured prisoners,

he gave gifts to men.

When it says, ‘he ascended’, what can it mean if not that

he descended right down to the lower regions of the

earth? The one who rose higher than all the heavens to

fill all things is none other than the one who descended.

And to some, his gift was that they should be apostles; to

some, prophets; to some, evangelists; to some, pastors

and teachers; so that the saints together make a unity in

the work of service, building up the body of Christ. In

this way we are all to come to unity in our faith and in

our knowledge of the Son of God, until we become the

perfect Man, fully mature with the fullness of Christ

himself.

The Word of the Lord

Gospel Acclamation

Alleluia, alleluia!

Go and teach all people my gospel.

I am with you always, until the end of the world.

Alleluia!

Gospel Mk 16:15-20

A reading from the holy Gospel according to Mark

Jesus showed himself to the Eleven and said to them,

‘Go out to the whole world; proclaim the Good News to

all creation. He who believes and is baptised is saved; he

who does not believe will be condemned. These are the

signs that will be associated with believers: in my name

they will cast out devils; they will have the gift of

tongues; they will pick up snakes in their hands, and be

unharmed should they drink deadly poison; they will lay

their hands on the sick, who will recover.’

And so the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was

taken up into heaven: there at the right hand of God he

took his place, while they, going out, preached every-

where, the Lord working with them and confirming the

word by the signs that accompanied it.

The Gospel of the Lord