18th Sunday in Ordinary Time 05 August 2018 - Year B

St Mary Queen of Heaven, Georges Hall

Parish Priest: Fr Joseph Kolodziej Mass Times: Saturday Vigil – 5.00pm Sunday – 8.00am, 10.00am and 5.00pm Vietnamese Mass – 6.30pm (Sat), 3.00pm (Sun) Reconciliation Saturday: 4.00pm-4.45pm Or by appointment at any other time. Baptism: Any weekend at a Mass or at 11.00am. Please contact the Parish Office. Marriage: Couples need six months notice. A marriage preparation course is required. Parish Office: Monday – Friday Ph: 9727 3759 Fax: 9724 3474 Email: parishoffice@ smgh.org.au School Office: Ph: 97270000 Fax: 97260299 Email: info@stmgeorg eshall.catholic.edu.au Georges Hall|

Early Learning and Kinder

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Fax: 97230560

Email: director@georges

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This week in our parish

Saturday August 04 St John Vianney

4.00pm Reconciliation 5.00pm English mass 6.30pm Vietnamese Mass

Sunday August 05 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time

8.00am English Mass 10.00am English Mass 3.00pm Vietnamese Mass 5.00pm English Mass

Monday August 06 The Transfiguration of the Lord 7.45am Rosary 8.00am Mass 5.00pm Prayer Group

Tuesday August 07 5.30pm Rosary Novena and Benediction 6.00pm Mass 7.00pm Confirmation Info Night for Parents

Wednesday August 08 St Mary of the Cross MacKillop 7.45am Rosary 8.00am Mass 8.45am Play Group 9.00am School Mass

Thursday August 09 7.45am Rosary 8.00am Mass 7.00pm Parish Pastoral Council meeting re Feast Day 7.30pm Choir Practice

Friday August 10 St Lawrence

7.45am Rosary 8.00am Mass

Saturday August 11 St Clare

4.00pm Reconciliation 5.00pm English Mass 6.30pm Vietnamese Mass

Sunday August 12 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time

8.00am English Mass 10.00am English Mass 3.00pm Vietnamese Mass 5.00pm Youth Mass ————————————————-

Faithful God, giver of life, and source of all blessing, we seek your guidance and wisdom as with hearts full of hope we look expectantly forward to a new time of planning and renewal in our Parish.

‘I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never be hungry; he who believes in me will never thirst.’ Exodus reminds us that there is enough bread for "each day." The people must gather a "daily portion." If they try to gather more than that except when they are preparing for the next day’s Sabbath. Each day God will be there to get us though. We are being taught in the desert to trust that daily nurturing. We have learned and confess that what we really need, that which will mean our survival as a person of faith and as a community of God’s people, can only be supplied by God. We celebrate the gift of "daily bread" in this Eucharist. Of course, even as we ask for daily bread for our community of believers, we believe that God has already heard us. What is the "daily bread" we need to continue to be a strong witnessing community? What will enable us to know that God is caring for us and will hold us together as a people witnessing to God’s presence in the world? Like the Israelites, the church faces trials from hostile forc-es both outside and within. I saw a list a few years ago of all the countries where Christians are persecuted, the list was large – over 20 countries. The church, in its at-tempts to live as a witness to Christ in the world, finds it-self adopting the values of the countries in which it is lo-cated. We begin to identify Christianity with the political and economic way of life of our nation. We are tempted to think being a good citizen and always supporting our national interests are the same as being a good Christian. Look forward in this week with your head high God gave us special food super substantial to last forever. Yes it is true.. Lord we believe and worship You....

PLEASE REMEMBER IN

YOUR PRAYERS:

Sick:

Bronwyn Kolodziej, Colleen Daniele, Daniel Clarke, Daniel Matesic, David Sanders, Debbie Uphill, Eileen Ellery, Eunice Davis, Fiorina Toigo, George Kains, John Sanders, Joseph Sanders, Kathleen Connors, Margaret Borkowski, Margaret Scott, Marilyn Dean, Nazih Hassaratti, Palmina Zanuttini, Paul Evans, Ray Etteridge, Richard Green, Tamara Kalass, Warren Clarke. Recently Deceased: Doreen Connelly, Giuseppe Costa Caterina Versace, Jean-Marcel Lapierre, Maryline Monique Danielle Porteous, Nella Bill, Heather Butt, Lucy Ann Perry, Dominico Mari, Sidney Roy Hewett Anniversaries: Tom Arapovic, Sid Hanna, John Wosik, Saviour Gili, Igino Zenere, Gerard Lytton Nugara, Michael Vulcano, Sidney Milton Brady, Mary Schembri, Elena Cortes, Mario De Angelis, Margaret Devlin, Catherine Hardie, Jennifer Baker, Ray Roberts, Frances Jvancich, Charles Ellul Remembrances: Sid Hanna, Jacqueline Courtin, Ennio Fattore, Binh Nguyen, Van Hao Tu & Ancestors, Ruth West, Presentation Ariesga, Michael Luis Needham, Reno Caruna, Hermann Reinke, Van Hao Tu & Ancestors.

For The Repose of:

The souls in Purgatory

Pray for the sick, our Families and country

Mondays @ 5.00pm in the Divine Mercy

Chapel in the church. Enquiries: Laurie 0414 850 453;

God’s Hand is still on Australia and New

Zealand, please pray for them.

Pray the Rosary

Everyone is welcome to gather together to pray the Rosary every Tues-

day @ 5.30pm.

St Mary’s Georges Hall Youth

Our next Ephesus youth night is on Sunday 12 August

For more information, contact

Anthony on 0410743523

All high schoolers welcome

2017-2018 Tax Receipts

Receipts for 2017-2018 are available at to collect at the back of the church, please ensure that you collect yours. Any enquiries or issues please contact Mike Anderson on 0414 889 731 or email mikeando1@optusnet.com.au

Children’s Liturgy Mass During the children’s liturgy Mass, children are taken to the parish hall to hear the Gospel, discuss its message and do an activity that relates to the Gospel. Any parents who would like to assist are welcome at each Children’s Liturgy Mass. 2018 dates: August 19, Sept 16, October 21, November 25 Enquiries: Gill 0407 413 376 OR Veronica 0407 231 262

www.smgh.org.au There are plans in place to review and update our parish website, but before too much work is done, we want to hear from you! What do you want to see in our parish website? If you have any thoughts or ideas, please email veronica@smgh.org.au

CWF Appeal - this weekend - 4/5 August The CWF is a centralised fund that supports the charitable and pastoral activities of the Archdiocese of Sydney. It is your charity, the charity of the Sydney Catholic community and your local parish. The CWF funds six agencies: Aboriginal Catholic Ministry – promotes reconciliation and mutual understanding, provides pastoral care for Catholic Aboriginals, supports them in the living of their Faith. CatholicCare – Formerly Centacare, delivers over 100 programs in Ageing, Disability, Children & Youth, Employment Training & Support, and Family Services. Chaplaincies – Our chaplaincy services in hospital, prisons and universities provide much needed support to the lonely, sick, hurt and suffering in the community. Confraternity of Christian Doctrine (CCD) – provides religious education and Christian formation for Catholic children in schools. Ephpheta Centre – provides services to the deaf and hearing impaired - including sacramental, counselling, support and advocacy services.

Seminary of the Good Shepherd - supporting the edu-cation and raining of future Priests for the Archdiocese. Your generosity means that these agencies are able to assist thousands of people each year.

For more information, visit the CWF website at www.cwf.org.au.

Hospitality this weekend

Refreshments will be served after all Masses this week. So plan to stay awhile and have that chat. Everyone is invited to bring a plate of food to share.

Thank you to

those who host

Hospitality.

PLEASE REMEMBER YOUR PARISH IN YOUR WILL.

All Cheques PAYABLE TO – Georges Hall Catholic Church

Planned Giving Envelopes/Donation Request Form If you would like to make a donation, please complete the following details below. Or You can come to the Parish Office every Monday after 8.30am. I would like to: (please tick a box) Make a donation Commit to the Envelopes Would like details of monthly Credit Card donations

Name: ………………………………………………………… Address: ………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………Phone: ........................

Parish Notices

“Time to check the wardrobe!”

Our local Vinnies is having the annual Clothing Drive and we will be delivering Bags to everyone by this Weekend 4th August 2018. Our pick up will be 8.30 am Saturday 11th August. We hope you can make this a really special effort and our thanks go to all those who have helped to get us organised this year.

Mary Gibbons, Georges Hall Conference with Mary Scott, Daniel McInerney, Michael Smith,

Tony Corkeron and Bob Flanagan

Confirmation 2018 An information night for parents and guardians on Tuesday 7 August at 7.00pm. Parents / guardians, if your child is to be enrolled please come along to the meeting to enroll your child at the end of this meeting. Children DO NOT attend this meeting. Commitment Mass on the weekend of 11/12 August must be attended by all candidates who must also participate in all classes and the retreat. Enrolment forms are available in the back of the church. If your child was not baptized at St Mary’s parish, please bring your child’s baptism certificate to the enrolment night. Confirmation will be celebrated in St Mary’s parish on Friday 21 Sep-tember 2018 by Bishop Tony Randazzo at 7.00pm. Any enquiries please contact Nadia Dore on 0414 849 569

Enquiries Melissa 0413 200 110 and Alison 0416 277 400

or 0407 231 262

19th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B 12 August 2018

First Reading Exodus 16:2-4. 12-15 A reading from the book of Exodus I will rain bread from heaven upon you. The whole community of the sons of israel began to complain against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness and said to them, ‘Why did we not die at the Lord’s hand in the land of Egypt, when we were able to sit down to pans of meat and could eat bread to our hearts content! As it is, you have brought us to this wilderness to starve this whole company to death!’ Then the Lord said to Moses, ‘Now I will rain down bread for you from the heavens. Each day the people are to go out and gather the day’s portion; I propose to test them this way to see whether they will follow my law or not.’ ‘I have heard the complaints of the sons of Israel. Say this to them, “Between the two evenings you shall eat meat, and in the morning you shall have bread to your hearts content. Then you will learn that I, the Lord, am your God.”’ And so it came about: quails flew up in the evening, and they covered the camp; in the morning there was a coating of dew all round the camp. When the coating of dew lifted, there on the surface of the desert was a thing delicate, powdery, as fine as hoarfrost on the ground. When they saw this, the sons of Israel said to one another, ‘What is that?’ not knowing what it was. ‘That’ said Moses to them ‘is the bread the Lord gives you to eat.’

Responsorial Psalm Psalm 77:3-4. 23-25. 54. R. v.24 (R.) The Lord gave them bread from

heaven. 1. The things we have heard and

understood, the things our fathers have told us, we will tell to the next generation: the glories of the Lord and his might. (R.)

2. He commanded the clouds above and opened the gates of heaven. He rained down manna for their food, and gave them bread from heaven.(R.)

3. Mere men ate the bread of angels. He sent them abundance of food. He brought them to his holy land, to the mountain which his right hand had won. (R.)

Second Reading Ephesians 4:17, 20-24 A reading from the letter of St Paul to the Ephesians Put on the new person that has been created in God’s image. I want to urge you in the name of the Lord, not to go on living the aimless kind of life that pagans live. Now that is hardly the way you have learnt from Christ, unless you failed to hear him properly when you were taught what the truth is in Jesus. You must give up your old way of life; you must put aside your old self, which gets corrupted by following illusory desires. Your mind must be renewed by a spiritual revolution so that you can put on the new self that has been created in God’s way, in the goodness and holiness of the truth.

Gospel Acclamation Alleluia, alleluia! No one lives on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God. Alleluia!

Gospel John 6:24-35 A reading from the holy Gospel according to John Whoever comes to me will never be hungry; whoever believes in me will never thirst. When the people saw that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they got into boats and crossed to Capemaum to look for Jesus. When they found him on the other side, they said to him, ‘Rabbi, when did you come here?’ Jesus answered: ‘I tell you most solemnly, you are not looking for me because you have seen the signs but because you had all the bread you wanted to eat. Do not work for food that cannot last, but work for food that endures to eternal life, the kind of food the Son of Man is offering you, for on him the Father, God himself, has set his seal.’ Then they said to him, ‘What must we do if we are to do the works that God wants?’ Jesus gave them this answer, ‘This is working for God: you must believe in the one he has sent.’ So they said, ‘What sign will you give to show us that we should believe in you? What work will you do? Our fathers had manna to eat in the desert; as scripture says: He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’ Jesus answered: ‘I tell you most solemnly, it was not Moses who gave you bread from heaven, it is my Father who gives you the bread from heaven, the true bread; for the bread of God is that which comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.’ ‘Sir,’ they said ‘give us that bread always.’ Jesus answered: ‘I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never be hungry; he who believes in me will never thirst.’

New to St. Mary’s? Please collect a ‘Welcome’ envelope

which is on the right as you enter the main

church door. It includes: a Welcome Card,

Mass Times flyer, Census & Commitment

form and a ‘Sharing our Talents’ flyer.

Fill in the Census Form and give it to

Father Joseph or place it on one of the

collection plates at Mass.

St Mary Queen of Heaven Playtime Wed 8.45am School Hall

Cost - FREE Toys, books, & puzzles will be availa-ble for the children, as well as an oppor-tunity to listen to a bible story. There will be coffee, tea and cold drinks provided for the adults. Please bring any food & drinks for your children. All enquires –natalie.goetz@syd.catholic.edu.au

Next Sunday: 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time -Year B

1st Reading: 1 Kings 19:4-8 2nd Reading: Ephesians 4:30-5:2 Gospel: John 6:41-51

Choir Practice There will be choir practice on Thursday 9 August at 7.30pm,

in preparation for singing at the 5.00pm Mass on Saturday 11 August.

New members are always welcome.

Please ring Pat Falvy on 0425 219 660.

We pray for Pope Francis and all pastors of God’s people. May they feed their flock with words of wisdom and inspire them with lives of generous love. Lord, hear us. We pray for the Catholic community in Aus-tralia. May the extraordinary spirit of Mary MacKillop animate the consultations prepar-ing for the Plenary Council of 2020. Lord, hear us. We pray for farming families around the country, especially those affected by drought. May they succeed in their vital role of combining food production with care for the land. Lord, hear us.