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22nd Sunday of the Year - Year C 31/1 September 2019
Father’s Day
St Brigid’s Marrickville In the Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney, Australia
One Family, Alive in Christ Est 1886. Under the Pastoral Care of the Passionists since 1887
392 Marrickville Rd (PO Box 237), Marrickville NSW 2204 Tel: 02 8577 5670 Fax: 02 8577 5679
Email: [email protected] Web: www.stbrigid.org.au FaceBook: St Brigid’s Marrickville
Administrator: Fr Erick Niyiragira CP ([email protected])
Sr Elena Daton CP ([email protected]) Sr Elenita Flores CP ([email protected]),
Fr Thomas Nguyen CP ([email protected] Fr Dominic Samamba CP ([email protected])
Deacon Tony Simbel CP ([email protected]) Deacon Christopher Roehrig ([email protected])
Sue King (SRE Co-ordinator/Safeguarding) [email protected]
Parish Secretary: Ms Terrey Trethowan (9.30am - 4pm)
We stand at the Crossroads of life for many people
Greetings from Vietnam……….
Dear parishioners and friends,
From 15-25th August, the Young Pas-sionists who have been Ordained less than 5 years gathered in Saigon, Vietnam, for a one week Conference.
The Conference was based on three main areas: sharing the challenges and experiences faced in ministries; individual well-being & growth; and the cultural experiences.
What can I say!!!!! Those of you who have been to Vietnam for vacations will know the experience and can relate. Every thing was fabulous!
The people, the place itself, the food, the Ordination; the humidity
was as high as a boiling pot, and , of course, you cannot escape the traffic!
I would not say Saigon was a New Jerusa-lem, but it was a wonderful place for all of us to reunite with other students from many other parts of the globe! Deacon Tony CP
REFLECTION “Pride Comes Before a Fall”
We have all heard this saying. This is a biblical expression, with the book of Proverbs carrying this very warning.
Perhaps we have allowed ourselves a wry smile when we have seen this truth played out in the lives of others. There is something satisfying in seeing someone who is all puffed up and haughty tak-en down a peg or two, we think.
Pride an be very subtle, though. Sometimes we are not aware of the effect it is having in our lives. When we focus on the faults of others and not our own, pride mat be at the root. When we are more interested how other people perceive us than we are about how God views us with tender love, that could be pride too.
When we are desperate for attention and respect and the adulation of others, that is surely pride. When we are presumptuous before God, rather than approaching God with fear and trembling, that has to be pride too.
Jesus gives us a concrete parable about pride in today’s Gospel but he surely wants us to go deeper, exploring the nuances of this in our lives. For, in rooting out our pride from our hearts and growing in humility, we will be allowing God to be exalted in us and through us.
A Father’s Day Story One night a father overheard his son pray:
“Dear God, make me the kind of man my Daddy is.”
Later that night, the Father prayed: “Dear God, make me the kind of man my Son wants
me to be.”
God, bless all fathers. Guide them to be good role models
and loving to all their children. Help them to be a father like you are.
Give them grace and patience to handle situations in a loving way.
AMEN
HAPPY FATHER’S DAY Cake Stall THIS Sunday put a smile on the face of your Father and Grandfather with a cake or two from our Cake Stall—and help to raise funds for the Parish at the same time! Why be a Catholic? Men’s Breakfast with Robert Haddad at St Paul of the Cross, Dulwich Hill. 7.45am for 8am NEXT Sat-urday, 7 September (concludes 9am sharp.) An initia-tive of Catholic Men’s Fellowship, Sydney. Bookings essential: Contact Rev Louis Azzopardi on 0421 518 872 OR Kevin Smith 0470 284 590 . Table Tennis for Seniors! Seniors interested in playing a game of Table Tennis for fun and fellowship? Contact Thila Shan on 9554 7487 or email [email protected]. Reflection Day for Women
“Give me the living water, that I may never thirst again.” (Jn 4:15)
NEXT Saturday 7 September 2019 at Mt Schoen-statt/230 Fairlight Rd, Mulgoa, 9.30am-3.00pm. Regis-ter by 4 September at: [email protected] OR 4773 8338. Cost $25?BYO lunch-tea & Coffee provid-ed.
Take some time out for prayer and reflection during September.
“How can we make our Society more Civil” Seminar conducted by Eva Cox AO, social commenta-tor and advocate for a “truly civil society’. Sunday 14 September 2019, 10.30am-3.30pm at the Grail Centre, 22 McHatton St, Nth Sydney. Further details: [email protected] OR 9955 3053. RSVP by Friday 6 September 2019.
World Day of Prayer for Creation “Laudato Si” - Pope Francis
“Our common home is like a sister with whom we share our life and a beautiful mother
who opens her arms to embrace us” #1
“The urgent challenge to protect our common home includes
a concern to bring the whole human family together to seek a sustainable
and integral development” #13 “The Earth, our home, is beginning to look more & more like an immense pile of filth” #21
Many social activists today link peace
social justice and ecological justice. Let us welcome the integral spirituality of
Pope Francis’ environmental encyclical which grounds our activism in a communion of joining
God—Earth—Humanity. Foster Care Information Session “Do you have room in your heart and home for a foster child?” At St Patrick’s Summer Hill after 6.00pm Mass on Sat-urday 28 September 2019 .Sponsored by CatholicCare who are attempting to fill the desperate need for carers in the Inner West of Sydney. Details: Ashleigh on 0466 255 033 Retreat: “The Love and Presence of God.” September 14 2019, 10.30am-3.30pm at Mt Carmel Retreat Centre. Pick ups form Minto Station at 9.30am and 10.00am. Presenter: Deac Peter Presdee. Cost: $30.00. BYO lunch. Contact: [email protected] Retreat: Healing After Abortion October 25-27, 2019 offered by Rachel’s Vineyard Ministries. Further information: phone 0400 092 555 OR e-mail [email protected]
Message from the Safeguarding Office Child sexual abuse is a crime. The appropriate people to deal with crimes are the police. If you—or anyone you know– have been abused, please contact the police. Alternatively, you can contact the Safe-guarding and Ministerial Integrity Office on [email protected] OR 9390 5810. You may also want to speak to your Parish Priest who will be able to provide support and guid-ance. The Archdiocese has a legal obligation to report crimes to the police.
Information Directory
St Brigid’s Primary School
9558 6926
Casimir Catholic College 9558 2888
Baptisms Preparation: 1st Sundays 10am-11.30am Presentation: 2nd Sunday 9am/ 10.30amMasses Baptisms: 3rd & 4th Sundays at 12 noon
Marriages Saturday: 10am—3.00pm
Preferably 6 months notice Contact: Parish Secretary 8577 5670
Pastoral Ministry Contacts:
Adult Sacraments: Sr Elena Bereavement Ministry: Sr Elenita Care of Sick & Aged Sr Elena CCD in State Schools Sue King Children’s Sacraments Sr Elenita Sunday Children’s Liturgy Sr. Elenita Ecumenical & Interfaith Jim Yeo Family Groups Contact: Adrienne Harverson Finance C’tee : Hamish Flett Justice & Peace Network Peter Jennings Liturgical Ministries Fr Erick, Sr Elena Maintenance C’tee: Michael Daher/Pongia Fenukitau Men’s Club: Arthur Kassis; John Skinner, Mick Ward Parish Safeguarding Support: Sue King Pastoral Council Co-chairs Peter Jennings, Arthur Kassis. Youth Ministry: Jenny Solo
We Remember Recently Deceased: Anne Louise Trotman; Sayed Ibrahim Yammine Anniversaries: Irene Whitby; Crispulo Latagan; Sr Mary Donellan RSM; Maria Mandile; Antony Le Van Thach; Gerard Farrugia; Vui Thi Bui; Giuseppe Simone; Nell Lane; Joseph Shakour; Joseph Obeid; Carlos Caringal; Joseph Q. Thong Hoang; Eva Amaral; James Macartney; Charles Hockey; Claude Opack; Raymond Cloran.; Siham Boustani Carrying Severe Illness: Pauline Wall; Joe Harb; Fr Brian Gleeson CP; Saane Kama; Betty Hickey; Eileen McClement; Edna Taylor; Geoffrey Leask; Mary Harb.
Mass Texts: Sunday 22 (Yr C)
First Reading: Ecclesias. 3:17-20. 28-29 Response: In your goodness O Lord, you prepared a home for the poor. Second Reading: Hebrews 12: 18-19. 22-24 Gospel: Luke 14: 1. 7-14
Intercessions Response: Lord, graciously hear us
Mass Texts: Sunday 23 (Yr C)
First Reading: Wisdom 9:13-18 Response: O Lord, you have been our refuge from one generation to the next. Second Reading: Philemon 9-10. 12-17 Gospel: Luke 14: 25-33 Intercessions Response: Lord, graciously
hear us.
Liturgical Timetable
Mon—Fri: Mass at 6.45am followed by adoration until 8.45am. Benediction at 8.45am followed by Mass at 9.00am. (Communion service at 9.00am Monday)
Public Hols: Mass 9.00am only
Saturday: Mass 7.30 am; Reconciliation 9-9.45 am; Marriages 10-3 pm; Reconciliation 4-4.45 pm; Mass:5 pm; & 6.30 pm (Vietnamese) Sunday: Mass at 7.30 am, 9 am, 10 .30am (multilingual); 4.30pm (Viet); and 6pm.(Youth Mass on 4th Sunday)
Ministry of Care & Support to Aged and Infirm
Mass is celebrated monthly in all the Nursing Homes in Marrickville. Communion is taken to sick residents in Nursing Homes & in their homes on a weekly basis, either by Ministers of Care or family members.
Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick is offered after Masses on First Fridays
Parish Collections
Counters: This week (2/9): Jim/Lalo/Maree Counters: Next Week (9/9): Jim’s Team
25/8/19 1st (Passionists): $ 1,630 2nd (Parish): $ 4,949 Cash & Envelopes: 3,835 Credit Cards: $ 1,114
18/8/19 1st (Passionists) : $ 1,430 2nd (Parish): $ 3,842
Calendar
September 2019
31/1 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Father’s Day
Baptism Preparation: 10am in Annexe Jnr Youth in Hall: 4-5.30pm 7/8 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time
7 Tongan Meeting: 6pm in Hall 8 Child Protection Sunday Snr Youth in Annexe: 7pm 14/15 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time Baptisms: 12 noon Jnr Youth in Hall: 4-5.30pm 21/22 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time Good Samaritan Farewell Mass: 10.30am + BBQ/refreshments on lawn Baptisms: 12 noon 24 Casimir Graduation Mass 27 Term 3 concludes 28/29 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time Social Justice Sunday 29 Catechists’ Mass at Cathedral: 2pm
October 2019
5/6 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time 12/13 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time
14 Term 4 Commences 16 First Reconciliation Parents’ Information Night: 7.00pm in Hall
Sunday Mass Ministries: Sunday 22 & Sunday 23 Year C
Lectors/Commentators Communion Ministers Altar Servers
31/1 September 7/8 September 31/1 Septem-ber
7/8 September 31/1 Septem-ber
7/8 September
5 pm Sat Kelelia Apikotoa Leila Walsh Michael Price
Liz Buchel Margaret Dos San-tos Michael Schiano
Carole Price Carmel Cloran Paul Cloran Jennifer Keys
William Metlej Gabrielle Bietola OFa Tupola Kelelia Apikotoa
Leon Tupola Gary Tupola Walsh Mafi
Leon Tupola Gary Tupola Walsh Mafi
7.30am Sun
Janice Schubach Marg Barrett
Carolan Ibbotson Par O’Reilly
Maria Mansour Francis Seufale
Janice Schubach Theresa James
Michael Dillon Michael Dillon
9 am Sun
John McGrath Bec Wong
Sue King Peter Jennings
Peter Jennings Bernadette Sara
Bernadette Sara Peter Jennings
Thomas Georges Gia Mihas Amelia Da Costa Luke Nguyen
Thomas Georges Gia Mihas Amelia Da Costa Luke Nguyen
10.30 am Sun
Catherine Vagnoz-zi Rosetta Naticchia
Kate Johnston Angie Chiapoco
Maria Barlow Carmela Meoli
Maria Barlow Bernadette Yam-mine
Albert Naticchia Anthony Na-ticchia
Geoffrey Lean Aldrick De Vera Alfred De Vera
6 pm Sun
Junior Youth Snr Youth Junior Youth Snr Youth Tony Hayek Tony Hayek
