Parish Contacts

Parish Team

Parish Priest

Fr. Sunil Paul SVD 3803 0862

Parish Secretary

Ronet D’Mello 3803 0862

Pastoral Council Chairperson

Noel Swindells

Finance Committee Chair

Tom Kalaja

Care and Concern Co-ordinator

Sue Barrett

Youth Co-ordinator

Christine Lapalapa (0420202712)

Liturgy Committee Co-ordinator

Carlos Fernandez

Parish Safeguarding Children Rep.

Ron Klerks (0411057611)

St. Francis College

Mr. John Marinucci (Principal)

3489 4800

St. Clare’s Primary School

5549 8000

Mr. Michael Mclnerney (Principal)

MASS TIMES

Weekday Mass Times

Monday No Mass

Tuesday 9.00am

Wednesday 9.00am

Thursday 9.00am

Friday 9.00am

Saturday 8.00am

Weekend Mass Times Saturday: 5.30pm

Sunday : 8.00am & 9.30am

FOURTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME– 05 JULY 2020 Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islanders Sunday

St. Maximilian Kolbe Catholic Parish 26-38 Macarthy Road, Marsden, PO Box 545, Marsden Qld 4132,

Tel: (07) 3803 0862 | Email: marsden@bne.catholic.net.au www.kingstonmarsdenparish.org.au

PARISH OFFICE HOURS Mon, Tue, Thur & Fri : 9.00am - 2.30pm | Closed on Wednesday

Reflection….. Jesus extends to his disciples a way of coming to know God more intimately.

Jesus’s purpose is to reveal to those who follow him the true nature of God

the Father. As a believer’s faith in God deepens, he or she seeks to

understand God more fully. This growth process is ongoing throughout the

life of a believer. God is so large that God is beyond any one person’s

understanding. But the search to know God more fully expands our

knowledge and understanding of God. Jesus promises to all who profess

belief in him and become his followers that he will be part of that process.

Jesus is the revelation of God that took on human flesh. Therefore, Jesus is

the model of how an individual enriches her or his relationship with God the

Father. In the Incarnation, Jesus accepted the will of the Father and took the

form of a human being so that he could more effectively reveal the true

nature of God to humankind. As “God made man,” Jesus became the way to

a more intimate relationship with God the Father—a relationship that God

the Father strongly desired from the beginning of creation.

Jesus guarantees the certainty of faith. Faith in Jesus is faith in God the

Father. And God the Father is the essence of pure truth. The truth revealed

to Jesus by the Father is the same truth Jesus has revealed to us. As believers

in God as revealed to us by Jesus Christ, we know the word of God is truth

and life. Adapted from Evangelisation Brisbane

We acknowledge the continued deep spiritual attachment and

relationship of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples to

this Country and commit ourselves to the ongoing journey of

reconciliation.

Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time : 05 July 2020

First Reading: Zechariah 9:9-10 See how humbly your king comes to you! Responsorial Psalm: Psalm: 144:1-2, 8-11, 13-14 I will praise your name for ever, my king and my God.

Second Reading: Romans 8: 9, 11-13 If by the Spirit you put an end to the misdeeds of the body, you will live. Gospel Acclamation: Alleluia, alleluia!

Blessed are you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, You have revealed to little one the mysteries of the kingdom.

Alleluia.

Gospel: Mathew 11: 25-30 I am gentle and humble of heart.

Please pray for the sick in our Parish:

R Kasipale, J&A Pale, F.Bowden, L.Seeto, J.Collins, M.Dunlop, M.Pierce, R.Henwood, D.Curtis, V.Reid, V.Gspejon, V.Dancey, S.Daniel, A.Purkis, L.Guadez, K & S Talatonu, B.Hodgson, T.Canty, M.Finnerty, L.Guadez, M.Glorioso, D.Hall, J. Lachlan, A.Van Uitregt, N.Cutuk, V.Toalepai, G.&KBrown, M.Trehane, B.Vandenberg, J&J Beechey, J.Maloney, E.Kruger, J&A Dent, G. Tongia, G&M Gorosito, Asiata J.Lealaitafea, A.Carter, E.B Sebuano, Pona Vai, N. Dunmore, C.Rodrigues, V.Venables, T.Gibson, F. Petelo, Helen A Guadez, M.Vaigafa, O.Donna, Verity Madsen, Oliver Barrett, Tatiana Tagirova, Ruperto Martinez, John Daley.

DATE CLAIMERS Mon. Jul 6 : Pastoral Council Meeting at 7pm

Tue. 7 Jul : Liturgy Committee Meeting at 7 pm

Sat. Jul 11: Feast of St. Benedict.

Thur. Jul 28: Praise and worship at 7pm

ST. MAXIMILIAN KOLBE PRAYER

Lord, You inflamed St. Maximilian

Kolbe with love for the Immaculate

Virgin and filled him with zeal for

souls and love of neighbour. Through His prayers,

grant that we may work strenuously for Your Glory in

the service of others and so be made conformable to

Your Son in death. Amen

IMPORTANT COVID-19 UPDATES

With the easing of restriction, effective 20 June, we are increasing the number of people who are permitted to attend the respective services in our Parish: The number of the people are restricted due to space and the distancing rule.

Mass or Private Prayer - Upto 50* people may attend

Baptisms - Upto 50* people may attend

Weddings - Upto 50* guests + the celebrant and the couple

Funerals - Upto 50* mourners may attend

* these numbers include children.

Please remember, it is our social responsibility to strictly keep observing the social distancing rule of 1.5 meter between people. Please record your details on the sheet provided at the entrance of the Church, and ensure that you do not shake anyone’s hands.

Thank you. Fr. Sunil

THANKSGIVING: Week Ending 28 June 2020

Envelopes Received : 24

Total amount : $ 1,276.45

Donations : $

TOTAL : $ 1,276.45

READER’S ROSTER

Sat. 04 July: Danielle Faaeeteete

Sun. 05 July, 8am: Br. Brian

Sun. 05 July, 9.30am: Ron Klerks

PARISH PLANNED GIVING CAMPAIGN

As the financial year is coming to an end on 30 June 2020, this

would be a very good opportunity for all of you to review your

contribution to our Parish. We encourage you to join our Planned

Giving Program.

You may effect your planned giving:

By making a Direct Debit ( This method is strongly recommended)

By using the weekly planned giving envelopes.

By using Planned Giving App.

Your generous support to our parish is greatly appreciated.

Please collect your planned giving envelopes from the entrance of the church.

Fr. Sunil and Parish Finance Committee

Catholic Church’s National Appeal for SEA SUNDAY 12 July 2020

Next week is Sea Sunday, when the church prays for those who live and work at sea. There will be a na-tional Appeal for Stella Maris, Apostleship of the Sea, the official maritime welfare agency of the Catholic Church.

Donations will provide practical and spiritual sup-port to seafarers in these challenging times of COVID-19.

Please give generously.

Go to: bit.ly/seasundayaustralia

PARISH MISSION BY FR. RAY

SANCHEZ

Our Parish Mission will be held from

Sunday 9th August 2020 to Friday

14th August 2020.

Fr. Ray Sanchez, the Mission Director will conduct this mission. This mission will run both in the morning and in the evening.

PRAISE AND WORSHIP

We are going to have our praise and

worship on the fourth Thursday of

every month. This month our praise

and worship will be on Thursday 23

July 2020 from 7pm to 8.30 pm.

All are welcome to attend.

Fr. Sunil

LITURGY OF THE

WORD

First Reading: [Zechariah 9:9-10]

A reading from the prophet Zechariah

The Lord says this:

‘Rejoice heart and soul, daughter of Zion! Shout with gladness, daughter of Jerusalem! See now, your king comes to you; he is victorious, he is triumphant, hum-ble and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey. He will banish chariots from Ephraim and horses from Jerusalem; the bow of war will be banished. He will proclaim peace for the nations. His empire shall stretch from sea to sea, from the River to the ends of the earth.’

The Word of the Lord.

All – Thanks be to God.

Responsorial Psalm

R: I will praise your name for ever, my king and my God.

I will give you glory, O God my King, I will bless your name for ever. I will bless you day after day and praise your name for ever. (R)

The Lord is kind and full of com-passion, slow to anger, abounding in love. How good is the Lord to all, compassionate to all his crea-tures. (R)

All your creatures shall thank you, O Lord, and your friends shall re-peat their blessing. They shall speak of the glory of you reign and declare your might, O God. (R)

The Lord is faithful in all his words and loving in all his deeds. The Lord supports all who fall and raises all who are bowed down. (R)

Second Reading:

[Romans 8:9, 11-13]

A reading from the letter of St.

Paul to the Romans.

Your interests are not in the

unspiritual, but in the spiritual,

since the Spirit of God has

made his home in you. In fact,

unless you possessed the

Spirit of Christ you would not

belong to him, and if the Spirit

of him who raised Jesus from

the dead is living in you, then

he who raised Jesus from the

dead will give life to your own

mortal bodies through his Spirit

living in you.

So then, my brothers [and

sisters], there is no

necessity for us to obey our

unspiritual selves or to live

unspiritual lives. If you do live

in that way, you are doomed to

die; but if by the Spirit you put

an end to the misdeeds of the

body you will live.

The Word of the Lord.

All – Thanks be to God.

Gospel Acclamation

[cf. Matthew 11:25]

Alleluia, alleluia!

Blessed are you, Father, Lord

of heaven and earth, you have

revealed to little ones the

mysteries of the kingdom.

Alleluia, alleluia!

Gospel

[Matthew 11:25-30]

P – The Lord be with you.

All – And with your spirit.

P – A reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew.

All – Glory to you, O Lord.

Jesus exclaimed, ‘I bless you,

Father, Lord of heaven and of

earth, for hiding these things

from the learned and the clever

and revealing them to mere

children. Yes, Father, for that is

what it pleased you to do.

Everything has been entrusted

to me by my Father; and no

one knows the Son except the

Father, just as no one knows

the Father except the Son and

those to whom the Son

chooses to reveal him.

‘Come to me, all you who

labour and are overburdened,

and I will give you rest.

Shoulder my yoke and learn

from me, for I am gentle and

humble in heart, and you will

find rest for your souls. Yes,

my yoke is easy and my

burden light.’

P – The Gospel of the Lord.

All – Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

HOW TO SETUP AND USE THE “PARISH GIVING” APP

NEW PARISH GIVING APP

The Archdiocese has established a new way to make parish offerings easier. I would like to request our Parishioners to make use this portal to make your contributions to the Parish. Please see below the Step by Step Guide on how to use it.

Thank you all for your support. Fr. Sunil