My grace is sufficient for you, for power is made perfect in weakness (2 Corinthians 12:9)

PARISH MASSES TIMES

Mon 11th Sept –7.30am at St Bernardine’s Tues 12th Sept - 8:.00am at St Catherine’s

. Wed 13th Sept -9:00am at St Bernardine’s Thurs 14th Sept – 8.00 at St Catherine’s

St. Paul de Chartres chapel 12-16 Fedrick Street, Boronia Heights

Mon 11th Sept 8.00am Tues 12th Sept 9.00am Wed 13th Sept 9.00am Thurs 14th Sept 8.00am Fri 15th Sept 9.00am

WEEKEND MASS TIMES St Bernardines Saturday 6.00pm,

Sunday 7.30am, 9.00am OUR LADY OF THE Assumption Church 7.30am

ST. Catherine’s Church 5.30pm Reconciliation Times

Saturday 5.15pm - St Bernardine’s

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Parish Office Hours And Contacts Monday to Friday 8.30am -3.00pm Phone: 3884 7600; Fax: 3800 2646 Emergency Number: 3884 7600 Email: stbernardines@bne.catholic.net.au www.stbernardinesparish.com.au

Parish Priest Fr. John Conway Email: conwayj@bne.catholic.net.au Associate Priest Rev Fr. Paul Chandler

Administrative Officer Safeguarding Officer Mrs Kelly Levave Email: stbernardines@bne.catholic.net.au

Pastoral Associate: Mrs Jean Tamblyn Email: pastoral.stbern@bne.catholic.net.au

Finance Officer Mrs Barbara Malicki Email: finance.stbern@bne.catholic.net.au

*********************************** St. Bernardine’s Parish Primary School Principal: Mr Nick Gallen Phone: 3800 1854 St. Bernardine’s Parish School Outside School Hours Care Coordinator: Mrs Mandy Petrie Phone: 3806 9940

************************************ Emmaus College, Jimboomba Principal: Mr Kevin Schwede Phone: 5547 9990

************************************ St Clare’s Primary School Yarrabilba Principal Mr Chris Thomas Phone: 5549 8000

************************************* St Vincent de Paul Society St Bernardine’s Conference For assistance, phone 5561 4702 St Catherine’s Conference For assistance, phone 3010 1096

St. Bernardine’s Church, Regents Park Our Lady of the Assumption Church,

Park Ridge St. Catherine’s Church, Jimboomba

10th September 2017 TWENTY– THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

Annual Catholic Campaign Commitment

Weekend 2017 Over $7000 contributed last year from your parish. Well done!! What can we do this Year from our parish? Make a commitment and please give generously.

Gathering Hymn: GA526 Gather Us In

Psalm Response : O that today you would listen to his voice! Harden not your hearts.

Recessional Hymn: GA407 Praise To You O Christ our Saviour

Ministry Matters I HAVE A DREAM-PARISH ASSEMBLY. It has arrived. After the 9:00am Mass this Sunday, we gath-er for our Parish Assembly. Please make your way up to Siena Hall where the Assembly will commence with tea and coffee. Now is the time for us to plan and to implement pas-toral action so that we can continue to move the parish for-ward into the future. Come and be involved. We look forward to see you there.

God bless, Fr John

My grace is sufficient for you, for power is made perfect in weakness (2 Corinthians 12:9)

YOUTH CONNECTING

LIFE TEEN TRAINING WORKSHOPS - FOR YOUTH LEADERS

Chika Anyanwu from Life Teen is coming all the way from the US to do an Austral-ian tour and the Youth Evangelisation Office has the pleasure of hosting her for two awesome nights! Chika is Catholic speaker and Area Contact for Life Teen in the Diocese of San Bernardino, California. She is pursuing her dream and the Lord’s commission to make dis-ciples of all the nations, through sharing talks with youth and young adults about living out the Catholic faith in today’s secular society. If you want to find out more about Life Teen, check out this video: https://youtu.be/Ocsi__dnBpQ. The two sessions we have her for are: Night #1 Life Teen Training Session An inspiring and re-energising session open to all youth leaders, particularly those already involved in (or about to start) leading in a Life Teen youth ministry. Night #2 Life Teen Information Session An infor-mation session for anyone interested in learn-ing more about Life Teen and its model of youth ministry. The training dates are: Night #1 Tuesday 19th September 7pm – 9pm Paloma Centre (Sunnybank Catholic Church) 121 Mains Rd ,Sunnybank . Night #2 Wednesday 20th September 7pm – 9pm Presentation Room (Lavalla Centre) 58 Fernberg Rd Paddington.

To RSVP, please head to h t t p s : / / w w w . s u r v e y m o n k e y . c o m / r /LTtraining_Sep17 where you can indicate which training (one or both) you will attend before Fri-day 15th of September.

PARISH PRAYER GROUPS

LEGION OF MARY—Meets in the John Nee Hut Every Tuesdays at 10am. PRAYER GROUP—Meets in the St Bernardine’s Church Every Wednesdays from 9.30am– ( Contact is Jan Parker ) FLAME OF LOVE PRAYER GROUP Meets in the St Bernardine’s Church every Tuesday evening at 7pm.

FORTH COMING PARISH EVENTS

*Watch the up-coming events in the parish. Note them in your diary or calendar. Formation Session Please note the Formation session for Our Lady of the Assumption Church has been rescheduled for Saturday 30th September time to be ad-vised. Sunday 24th September, 2017 Social Justice Sunday 2017

TODAY’S READINGS: Ezek 33:7-9; Rom 13:8-10; Mt 18:15-20

NEXT WEEKS READINGS: Sirach 27:30-28:7; Rom 14:7-9;

Mt 18:21-35

HOSPITALITY &

SOCIAL EVENTS

As Fr John is always keen for a cuppa with those who hang around after Mass, We are trying to establish tea and coffee time across the Parish. All are welcome to stay and have chat. We will still have the regular monthly hospitality at each Church and have this running every weekend after Mass.. Hospitality after Mass at St Bernardine’s Church is every 3rd Sunday of the month after the 7.30am Mass and at St Catherine’s and Our Lady of the Assumption Church’s every 1st Sunday of the month after Mass. Please bring a plate to share. CLEO LADIES DINNER - ( Catholic ladies eating out ) A Group of ladies who meet every 1st Wednesday of the month, providing an opportunity for ladies in our community to meet informally in a friendly, supportive group. Everyone is welcome, especially new faces. Details of time and venue will be in the parish newsletter two weeks before. FIFTIES PLUS GROUP– Fifties Plus Group meets on the first Wednesday of the month at 10am for morning tea at the home of a member. If you are interested please see the newsletter for dates, time and venue. This information will be in the newsletter two weeks before the morning tea is held or contact. Trish on Ph. 38008686 Friendship/Arts & Crafts Group St Bernardine’s Craft Group– Meets in the John Nee Hut

Every Monday morning from 9.30am. Please come along we would love to meet some new people. Logan West Community Craft Group– Meets at the Logan West Library every Thursday at 9.30am

My grace is sufficient for you, for power is made perfect in weakness (2 Corinthians 12:9)

Your Prayers Are Asked For Recently Deceased… Joan McMahon; Maria Teresa Barahona; Anniversaries… James Malcolm Howie; Unwell… Brian Graham; Rev Mervyn Ziesing; Carmel McCarthy; Please pray for all prayers & intentions re-quested as listed in the prayer book located near the Devine Mercy candle stand… Prayer list: Please advise the parish office, if you are aware of any parishioners who are unwell or for whatever reason need to be kept in our pray-ers. Please get their permission before you advise the parish office. We will include them, by name only (not reason for prayers) in our prayer list in the weekly Newsletter. Thank you

BAPTISM CELEBRATIONS. This weekend we welcome: Sierra Faye Ragusa who will be baptised at St Catherine’s Church, Jimboomba with her family and friends who come to share this moment with them and with our Community. Please continue to pray for these children as they grow in faith. Next Baptism Preparation Evening will take place on Monday 25th September at 7:00pm at St Bernardine’s Church.

Golden Wedding Anniversary Mass Couples cele-brating their Golden Wedding Anniversary (or longer) and their family and friends, are invited to the annual Mass with Bishop Brian V. Finnigan at the Cathedral of St Stephen. The Mass will be cel-ebrated on Saturday 7th October, commencing at 10.00am. Light refreshments will be served in the Hanly Room, following the Mass and for catering purposes you are asked to RSVP to cathe-dral@bne.catholic.net.au or telephone 3324 3030 by Friday 29 September. The Cathedral car park will be available.

Happy 37th Birthday St Bernardine’s Catholic

Parish!! Last Week Thursday was the Birthday of St Bernardine’s Catholic Parish.

MASS FOR THE DEAF—SEPTEMBER 10 An Auslan-Supported Mass will be held at St Michael’s Church, 250 Banks Street, Dorring-ton /Ashgrove, on Sunday 10 September at 8.30am. A warm invitation is extended to eve-ryone who would like to attend this special Mass, with morning tea afterwards. The last Auslan Mass at St Michaels’ for 2017 will be held on Sunday 19 November at 8.30am. En-quiries to dorrington@bne.catholic.edu.au.

CELEBRATING 100 YEARS OF FATIMA October 13th this year marks the centenary of the last apparition of Our Lady at Fatima and the Miracle of the Sun. You are invited to make a pilgrimage to our Cathedral for a CANDLELIT ROSARY PROCESSION on the evening of Satur-day, October 14th. The procession will com-mence with Mass at 6pm and will then move around the City, using the same route as the Cor-pus Christi Procession. The volunteer organising committee relies on do-nations to meet the expenses of the procession. For more information contact 0412 802 122.

SAFETY & CONDUCT CONCERNS The Archdiocese encourages those who have concerns about an unsafe practice or the conduct of Archdioce-san personnel, including clerics, em-ployees and volunteers, to raise those matters with the Safeguarding & Professional Standards Office. All communications with the Office will be treated confidentially. Anyone who is aware of, or been effected by, the conduct by Archdiocesan personnel that may amount to a criminal offence is strongly encour-aged to report the matter directly to the police. The Safeguarding & Profes-sional Standards Office can assist in making a report to the police if requested. The Queensland Police Service can be contacted via Policelink on: Ph: 131 444 Email: policelink@police.qld.gov.au

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