Welcome to the Parishes of

St Columbkille’s

and St Joseph’s St Mary of the Cross - Pray for Us

Secretary: Mrs Lisa Bates Parish Office: 48 Park Rd Bulli

42843000

Office Hours: Tues - Fri 9:30am - 3pm bulli@dow.org.au corrimal@dow.org.au

Hospital (W) Chaplain: 0475 815 506 - Fr George

St Columbkille’s School Principal: Mr Brad Colquhoun St Columbkille’s School PH: 42847987

St Joseph’s School Principal: Mrs Jen Charadia St Joseph’s School PH: 4283 1111

Parish Priest Bulli Fr Patrick Vaughan

www.saintjosephsbulli.com

Corrimal 25th July 2021

17th Sunday in

Ordinary Time Fr Richard Healey

PRAYER TO ST JOSEPH

Hail, Guardian of the Redeemer, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

To you God entrusted his only Son; in you Mary placed her trust;

with you Christ became man. Blessed Joseph, to us too, show yourself a

father and guide us in the path of life.

Obtain for us grace, mercy and courage, and defend us from every evil.

Amen Pope Francis, Patris Corda, 2020

As our churches remain closed please note that

Fr Richard is streaming daily Masses from

St Columbkille’s Corrimal from Tuesday through to

Friday and on Sunday. They are being uploaded to the

parish website: www.corrimalparish.org.au you

can view this Masses any time you like.

St Columbkille’s and St Joseph’s Feast Day Calendar for July 2021 readings

Sunday 25th July WORLD DAY FOR GRANDPARENTS AND THE ELDERLY

Monday 26 July- Sts Joachim & Anne - Parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Thursday 29th July- St Martha

Saturday 31st July - St Ignatius of Loyola

www.corrimalparish.org.au

The Dream of Joachim (Giotto, c.1305, Scrovegni Chapel, Padua, Italy:

WikiArt, Public Domain)

WORLD DAY FOR GRANDPARENTS AND THE ELDERLY SUNDAY 25TH JULY 2021

St Joseph’s Bulli: Sunday Masses from St Joseph’s Bulli with Father Patrick will be available

to view this Sunday 25th July from 8:30am. Please go to Saint Joseph’s website:

www.saintjosephsbulli.com the Mass can be viewed at anytime.

StJoseph & The Child Christ Guido Reni : C 1640 WikiArt, Public Domain)

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We pray for: Our World and Country whilst we grapple with the reality of this pandemic. Our Sick: Marie Harding, Josephine Bowditch, Rita Fitzpatrick, Dalelle Akele, Fr Chris Riley , Andrew Zelco, Margie Dorin, Pat Stewart, Liam Leonard, Avril Wheatley, Sue Collins, Renee Collins, Herman Hoek, Stephen Mobley, Vince Stewart ,Ashley Palmieri, Tanya Bajda , Ann Picton, Ella Hazelton, David McCudden, Colin Lewis, Russell Green. Our Recently Deceased: Emma Halbishrayner, Dean Pearce, Fr Geoff Allen, Michael Chen, Susan Thomson, Margaret Rogers, Noreen McCudden, Chris Rutjers, Michael Steves, Diane Jeffrey, Gerald McGowan, Doug Clark. Our Deceased: Jack Cox, Sadie Cropper, Franz & Bianca Sucic, Peter Davies, Margaret Locke, Mena Barrett, Jim Taylor, Murray & Denise Johnson, Tom Wylie, Anthony Akele Snr, Socrates and Ida Ioannou, Ron McCudden, Joseph Micale, Siro Rostirolla, Antonio Piacentin, Manera Family, Paola Family, and for all the Holy Souls

POSITION VACANT- EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT – Welcoming and Information |

Catholic Diocese of Wollongong Suitably experienced and qualified persons are encouraged to apply for the role of Executive Assistant – Welcoming and Information in the Diocese of Wollongong. For more information and a detailed role description, please go to www.dow.org.au/jobs Any enquiries please contact Helen Bennett 0407 438 434 or email

recruitment@dow.org.au

GOSPEL REFLECTION - SCOTT HAHN

Bread left Over Today’s liturgy brings together several strands of Old Testament expectation to re-veal Jesus as Israel’s promised Messiah and King, the Lord who comes to feed His people. Notice the parallels between today’s Gospel and First Reading. Both Elisha and Jesus face a crowd of hungry people with only a few “barley” loaves. We hear similar words about how impossible it will be to feed the crowd with so little. And in both the miraculous multiplication of bread satisfies the hungry and leaves food left over. The Elisha story looks back to Moses, the prophet who fed God’s people in the wilderness (see Exodus 16). Moses prophesied that God would send a prophet like him (see Deuteronomy 18:15–19). The crowd in today’s Gospel, witnessing His miracle, identifies Jesus as that prophet. The Gospel today again shows Jesus to be the Lord, the good shepherd, who makes His people lie down on green grass and spreads a table before them (see Psalm 23:1, 5). The miraculous feeding is a sign that God has begun to fulfill His promise, which we sing of in today’s Psalm—to give His people food in due season and satisfy their desire (see Psalm 81:17). But Jesus points to the final fulfillment of that promise in the Eucharist. He does the same things He does at the Last Supper—He takes the loaves, pronounces a blessing of thanksgiving (literally, “eucharist”), and gives the bread to the people (see Matthew 26:26). Notice, too, that twelve baskets of bread are left over, one for each of the Apostles. These are signs that should point us to the Eucharist—in which the Church founded on the Apostles continues to feed us with the living bread of His Body. In this Eucharist, we are made one Body with the Lord, as we hear in today’s Epistle. Let us resolve again, then, to live lives worthy of such a great calling.