Catholic Parish of Warringah Diocese of Broken Bay, NSW— Scalabr in ian Fathers

Office: 50 Oaks Avenue (P.O. Box 467) Dee Why, 2099, N.S.W.

Tel. 9982 6536 - E-mail: office@warringahcatholicparish.org.au

Website : www.warringah.dbb.org.au

St Kevin’s Church

50 Oaks Ave, Dee Why,

2099 , N.S.W.

St John the Apost le Church

57 Waratah Pde, Narraweena,

2099, N.S.W.

18th February 2018 : First Sunday of Lent — Year B

Parish Administrator

Fr. Reinaldo Vassoler c.s.

0435 870 816 reivasviet@hotmail.com

Fr. Fransiskus Yangminta c.s 0406 086 432

frankyangminta@gmail.com

Fr. Norberto Ochoa 0470 651 683

fr.bitz51@gmail.com

Parish Primary Schools

St. John’s - Narraweena

Principal: Mr Mark Bateman

Ph: 9971 9297

St. Kevin’s — Dee Why

Principal: Mrs Lorraine Vincent

Ph: 9971 1644

St Kevin’s Church

Weekday Masses:

Mon-Sat:8:30am (Holy Rosary 8am); Fri 12 noon

Week-end Mass Times

Saturday Vigil: 6pm

Sunday: 8am; 9.15am, 10.30am (in Italian);

6pm Youth Mass

Filipino Mass: 1st Sunday of the month 4pm &

3rd Sunday of the Month 11.45am - in Tagalog

Every 4th Sunday:

Chaplaincy Youth Mass at 6.00 pm

Reconciliation: Saturday: 4pm - 5pm

Cenacle of Prayer:

Wednesday after the 8.30am Mass

Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus

First Fridays of the month: 7pm Mass

Eucharistic Adoration:

Fridays after 8.30am Mass till 11.45am

Legion of Mary: Every Wednesday at 2pm

Brazilian Mass: 2nd & 4th Sundays of the month

at 7.30pm

St John the Apostle Church

Weekday Masses: Tuesday—Saturday: 9.15am

( holy Rosary 8.55am )

Week-end Mass Times

Saturday Vigil: 5pm

Sunday: 8am & 10am (with Children’s Liturgy)

Reconciliation: Sat: 9.45am-10.45am

Cenacle of Prayer: 9.45am Wednesday

Eucharistic Adoration: Monday 7pm –10pm

Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus:

1st Friday at 9.45am

Indian Prayer Service 4th Saturday of the month

at 7.00 pm.

Devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary

1st Saturday of the month after 9.15am Mass.

Rosary, Litany & Consecration to Mary.

Spanish Mass : every Saturday except the 4th

Saturday at 6.30pm.

Jesus’s message included the declaration that God’s

Kingdom had come and an invitation to mend one’s ways and believe in the Good News of the possibility of one’s

redemption. Sometimes we are so steeped in the ways of the Kingdom, that it is hard to believe in even the possibility of a return and new beginnings. Thus the first step required

is simply to believe in this possibility. Let us begin this Lent by simply trusting this Good News. Lent is a gift, it offers us the time and space to stand back

and look at the big picture of our human condition within the horizon of divine love. The time has come to turn around and

believe the Good News ; the reign of God is at hand.

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Repent and believe the Good News

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You are called to the New Evangelization

Programme! Prayer and Life Workshop starts on March 1st, 2018 in St. Kevin’s Church.

It will be held every Thursday from 7:30pm to 9:30pm

for 15 sessions (2 hours per week). Please contact Fr. Norberto Ochoa on 0470 651 683 or Parish office if you

are interested.

True Love and Faith Cathy & Lawrie Mahoney together with their son Michael, celebrated their 60

th

Wedding Anniversary with us on Tuesday 13th

February with some of their parish friends. Thank you Cathy & Lawrie for your example of enduring commitment, sacrificial love & faith in married life ! Congratulations from everyone at Warringah parish.

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PARISH NEWS/EVENTS

Next Week: 2nd Sunday in Lent.

St Kevin’s Cleaning Team : A

Mass Intentions for the Week

St. John’s, Narraweena

Saturday 5.00pm 17

Sunday 8.00am 18

10.00am Dec Saverio Colosimo

Tuesday 9.15am 20

Wednesday 9.15am 21

Thursday 9.15am 22 Dec Carmelo Roppa, John Roppa

Friday 9.15am 23

Saturday 9.15am 24

St. Kevin’s, Dee Why

Saturday 6.00pm 17 Dec Joan Kathleen Porritt ( 28th Anniv)

Sunday 8.00am 18 Private special intentions. Dec Romeo Sy

9.15am Private special intentions

10 .30am

Dec Ciro Piccirillo, Francesca Princi,

Bruno Raso, Bruno Calabria, Achilli

Calabria, Giuseppe Barletta, Angelo

Barletta, Maria Grazia Mastroianni,

Angelina Folino, Sauro Batistina,

Trapuzano Michelina, Giuseppe Maruca,

thanksgiving to St John, St Francesco, St

Elena,

6.00pm

Monday 8.30am 19 Dec George Riddle

Tuesday 8.30am 20

11.00am Funeral Mass Giuseppe Frisina

Wednesday 8.30am 21 Dec Romy Sy, Special intentions for the Sy

Family

Thursday 8.30am 22

Friday 8.30am 23 All Souls in Purgatory

12 Noon

Saturday 8.30am 24

This year during Lent in 2018 our parish will take part in The Light is On, an initiative where churches throughout the Diocese will be open on Friday evenings, February 23, March 2, 9, 16, 23, from 7:00pm – 8:00pm. Both St John’s and St Kevin’s churches will be open for prayer and Reconciliation during these times. www.thelightisonforyou.org.au

DEVOTION TO THE DIVINE MERCY

EVERY FRIDAY AT 7PM TO 8PM

WITH ADORATION AND SILENT

PRAYER AT ST. KEVIN’S CHURCH,

DEE WHY (on FIRST FRIDAY – 8PM

to 9PM)

PARISH NEWS/EVENTS

Warringah Parish Youth Group. The next youth meting with Fr Francis , will take place on February 25th at 4.00pm—5.30pm in St Kevin’s lower hall.

St Paul’s Catholic College Manly, will be holding their 2018 Open Evening on Wednesday 28 February 2018, 4:00pm-7:00pm. All welcome. The evening will provide an opportunity for families to learn more about St Paul’s while enjoy-

ing a guided tour of the College. Observe demonstra-tion classes, science experiments and music perfor-mances before sharing in a complimentary BBQ. Creating a Future of Hope

A special presentation by Brother Peter Bray FSC,

Vice-Chancellor Bethlehem University

Bethlehem University is a Catholic University in the Holy Land,

established in 1973 which strives to be a place of peaceful coex-

istence, an oasis of peace and a beacon of hope. Vice-

Chancellor Brother Peter Bray FSC, a New Zealander, will offer

a presentation on what is happening at the University; its context

in the Holy Land and the challenges faced; and real-life stories

of the students and the impact the University is having on their

lives. Date: Sunday 25 February. Time: 2.30pm - 4.00pm

Venue: Sunroom, Holy Name Parish Wahroonga, 35 Billyard

Avenue, Wahroonga. RSVP: By 23 February to secre-

tary@holynamewahroonga.com.au

Project Compassion 2018. The

annual campaign, for Project

Compassion, to help end poverty and

promote justice in the world’s most

vulnerable communities, has now been launched. Lent is

a time to reflect on our faith and values such as love,

generosity, justice and peace. In support of the Year of

Youth, our focus for 2018 is to empower young people to

lead their communities to a Just Future. Please take a box

from the back of the church. Thank you for your

generosity to this worthy campaign during this Lenten

season. Stand in solidarity with young people and

communities living in poverty by giving during Lent to

create real change.

Lenten Program 2018 The Diocese of Broken Bay Lenten program for 2018 is titled “Lifted Up” and takes us on a 6-week journey of lectio divina, a practice of reading Scripture that is prayerful and transformative. The Lifted Up booklet is now available from the back of both St Kevin’s & St John’s churches.

St John’s School , Narraweena Open Days 2018. Will take place on 12th March and 29th March . The times on both days are 9.15am—10.40am and 6.30pm—8.30pm. All welcome.

St Augustine’s College, Brookvale Open

Day. Our outstanding academic results

continue to rank us as one of the fastest

improving schools in NSW. Please join

us for our OPEN DAY on FRIDAY

MARCH 9th at 3:45PM TO 7:00PM

Meet our Principal, Jonathan Byrne, along with our

students, staff, parents and Old Boy community.

We look forward to welcoming you.

Register your interest – www.saintaug.nsw.edu.au

Applications for Years 5 & 7, 2020 close on March

23, 2018. We are a Catholic College for boys in

Years 5 to 12 teaching the Augustinian values of

Truth, Love & Community.

An Invitation to the Lenten Stational

Mass with Bishop Peter at Manly

Tuesday 27th

Feb at 7.30pm One of the beautiful faith traditions is the

Stational Mass – a special opportunity that offers a way to greater prayer with the universal Church during particular seasons throughout the year. Bishop Peter A Comensoli is calling for the people of Broken Bay to join him in making the pilgrimage of Lenten Stational Masses in Broken Bay. Across our five Deaneries during Lent, all parishioners are invited to gather and pray as one body, We particularly welcome Parish RCIA teams to bring candidates who are being received into full communion with the Church, and their families. This is a wonderful opportunity for us all to encourage and pray for one another on this graced journey to Easter. Parking in Church Carpark, entrance from Raglan Street, Manly. Supper will be server afterwards in the Parish Meeting Room next to the Church. This is a Lenten Pilgrimage to Easter and our Mary Immaculate - Our Lady Undoer of Knots, Door of Mercy will be open to welcome you. We look forward to seeing you on the night.

Entrance Antiphon

When he calls on me, I will answer him: I will deliver him and give him glory, I will grant him length of days.

First Reading: Genesis 9:8-15

A reading from the book of Genesis God spoke to Noah and his sons, 'See, I establish my Covenant with you, and with your descendants after you; also with every living creature to be found with you, birds, cattle and every wild beast with you: everything that came out of the ark, everything that lives on the earth. I establish my Covenant with you: nothing of flesh shall be swept away again by the waters of the flood. There shall be no flood to destroy the earth again.'

God said, 'Here is the sign of the Covenant I make between myself and you and every living creature with you for all generations: I set my bow in the clouds and it shall be a sign of the Covenant between me and the earth. When I gather the clouds over the earth and the bow appears in the clouds, I will recall the Covenant between myself and you and every living creature of every kind. And so the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all things of flesh.'

The word of the Lord.

Thanks be to God.

Responsorial Psalm: Ps 24:4-9

R. Your ways, O Lord, are love and truth to those who keep your covenant.

Lord, make me know your ways. Lord, teach me your paths.

Make me walk in your truth, and teach me: for you are God my saviour. R.

Remember your mercy, Lord, and the love you have shown from of old. In your love remember me, because of your goodness, O Lord. R.

The Lord is good and upright. He shows the path to those who stray, he guides the humble in the right path; he teaches his way to the poor. R.

Second Reading: 1 Peter 3:18-22

A reading from the first letter of St Peter Christ himself, innocent though he was, died once for sins, died for the guilty, to lead us to God. In the body he was put to death, in the spirit he was raised to life, and, in the spirit, he went to preach to the spirits in prison. Now it was long ago, when Noah was still building that ark which saved only a small group of eight people 'by water', and when God was still waiting patiently, that these spirits refused to believe. That water is a type of the baptism which saves you now, and which is not the washing off of physical dirt but a pledge made to God from a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, who has entered heaven and is at God's right hand, now that he has made the angels and Dominations and Powers his subjects.

The word of the Lord.

Thanks be to God.

Gospel Acclamation: Matthew 4:4

Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ, king of endless glory! No one lives on bread alone,

but on every word that comes from the mouth of God. Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ, king of endless glory!

Gospel: Mark 1:12-15

A reading from the holy Gospel according to Mark The Spirit drove Jesus out into the wilderness and he remained there for forty days, and was tempted by Satan. He was with the wild beasts, and the angels looked after him.

After John had been arrested, Jesus went into Galilee. There he proclaimed the Good News from God. 'The time has come' he said 'and the kingdom of God is close at hand. Repent, and believe the Good News.'

The Gospel of the Lord.

Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

Communion Antiphon

One does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes forth from the mouth of God.

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