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Bridgeside Bulletin
We acknowledge the Worimi people - the traditional custodians of this place
Sunday 11 August 2019 Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time- Year C
The weekly Bulletin of the Catholic Parish of Forster Tuncurry
Holy Name of Jesus Church 33 Lake Street, Forster 2428 NSW
Ph: 6554 6401 E: [email protected] W:www.forstertuncurrycatholic.org.au
Dear Parish Family,
With great joy we welcome Sr Lauretta Baker RSJ and eleven others Sisters of St Joseph to our parish. I am particularly pleased to be able to welcome home those sisters who have worked, ministered and lived here in Forster Tuncurry. As a parish family I know that like me you are grateful for their many years of service and in very real terms, their sharing faith with our young people through the work of Holy Name Catholic Primary School. Some of you might have attend-ed the school in its infancy way back when it was called St Joseph’s. We are very grateful as we acknowledge the Sisters for their sisters who ministered here to those enquiring, those who were sick, were grieving or were dying, in many pastoral roles they generously under took. They were ministering to family. It would be remise not to mention the ministry of Sr Katherine McCabe whose service to the Aboriginal community over many years was a blessing to our twin towns.
I welcome in a particular way those sisters who have served here in Forster Tuncurry and are with us today. Welcome home!
Like many of the religious orders here in Australia, and worldwide, the sisters were and are pio-neers. They serve in tough times and over many decades in some hostile and remote localities; rugged and remote localities. They went where no man, literally, dared to tread!
I was educated for a time by the Sisters of St Joseph in a little town called Smithton on the North West Coast of Tasmania. Beautiful farming land but also rugged and remote. My fondest memory is of Sr. Anna Durkin, the Principal, rolling up the edges of her habit, pinning it somehow under her belt so that she could lead the bowling during the lunch time cricket! She was an only girl in a family of boys and in later years she reflected how much she missed hanging out with her broth-ers. Very human and in some way the boys and the cricket at lunch time were a fond memory and gave comfort.
I also remember at the morning break preparing the fire places for the sisters in the convent. I’m not sure today that we would entrust grade four boys to chop the wood and lay the fire places. I do remember the axe was as big as I was! The convent was a mysterious place that always smelt of bread. Different times!
We sang on the Feast of Mary of the Cross Mackillop that ‘we are travelers here’ and were re-minded that we have a mission as followers of Christ. Mary might term it as ‘never seeing a need without doing something about it’. As we acknowledge the sisters this weekend we are reminded of both phrases. As travelers we do move on, leaving a lasting legacy, and in the case of the sis-ters, a lasting charism to the testament of great women, and a great woman in Mary of the Cross, called to share faith, to educate and to serve in Christ.
May the Lord of our Joy continue to bless the Sisters in all that they do and for the lasting legacy of their presence amongst us here.
Best wishes,
Greg Parish Priest
_______________________________________________________________________ PLEASE REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS:
Recently Deceased: Josie MacDonald, Kathleen Gough, Betty Bradly, Iris Corri-
gan & Ron Lovell
Anniversary: Monica Meighan & Timo-
thy Manners
We remember and pray for those who are ill at home and in hospital at this time, may they know the healing pres-ence of Christ:
Lydia Fazio, Malcolm Keys, Jenna Shaw, John Yeo, Megan Snow, Roseanne Telfer, Michael O’Hara, Marion Prescott, Roger Curry, Agnus Rutledge, Dulcie Goldsmith, Barry Bolton, Doreen Gander, Leonnie Martyn, Carol Coleman, Jayden Tekely, Joseph Berzi, Kevin Malone, Norman Read, Bernard Barrett, Susan Hull, Rolana Moss, Mary Camilleri, Josephine Born, Elizabeth Thomas, Ray Vidler, John Avery, Rufino Soliano, Charles King, Ken Vote, Raelene Verlin, Cheryl Worldon, Warren Brown, Kim Salter, Anne McGow-an, Ross Williamson, Rachal, Bette Wil-liamson, Robert Greig, Valerie D’Arcy, Janet Bezdek, Kathleen Murphy, Trevor Leon, John Tolland, Lindsay Dale, Glenn Watkinson, Bronwyn Sutton, Gerry Brown, Ann Moreira, Irene Burns, Suzanne O’Sul-livan, Chriss Smith, George Flower Please ring the parish office if you wish to add your loved ones to the sick list and also to be taken off the list once they are well. Thank you.
LITURGY ROSTER W/E 17/18 AUG
Vigil Mass
Sacristan: Ruth Pearson
Readers: Geraldine Mullin, Frank Hay-
man & Tricia Winston
Ministers of Communion: Michael
Amato, Lou Hope, Maureen Pye, David &
Carolyn Olliffe
7am Mass
Sacristan: Cecile Malone
Readers: Lorraine Clark, Sarah
Praschinger & Suzie Monks
Ministers of Communion: Mary
Greig, Maria Armitage, Cushla Drake,
Graham Griffiths & Mark Mowbray
9am Mass
Sacristan: Kris Koch
Readers: Kit Hornibrook, Anne Hartman
& Marie Keep
Ministers of Communion: Maria Mer-
edith, Lorraine Thomas, Elle Cairns-
Cowan, Alan & Coral McCarthy
5.30pm Mass
Sacristan: Lorraine Hely
Readers: Amanda Brown & Shanty
Thomas
Ministers of Communion:
Gen Williamson
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READINGS FOR NEXT WEEK 17/18 AUGUST
First Reading
Jer 38:4-6. 8-10
King Zedekiah saves Jeremiah from the cistern.
Responsorial Psalm
Ps 39:2-4. 18. R. v.14
Lord, come to my aid!
Second Reading
Heb 12:1-4
Keep your eyes fixed on Jesus.
Gospel Acclamation
Alleluia, alleluia!
My sheep listen to my voice, says the Lord; I know them, and they follow me. Alleluia!
Gospel Lk 12:49-53 Jesus tells his disciples he has come for division.
THIS WEEK’S SCRIPTURE ZONE
Responsorial Psalm
Ps 32:1. 12. 18-20. 22. R. v.12
Happy the people the Lord has cho-
sen to be his own.
Gospel Acclamation
Alleluia, alleluia!
Be watchful and ready: You know not
when the Son of Man is coming.
Alleluia!
Memorial Acclamation Save us, Saviour of the world, for by your Cross and Resurrection you have set us free.
Weekday Masses
July 12 - Aug 17
Tuesday: 4.30pm
Wednesday: 9.00am
Friday: 9.30am
Saturday: 10.30am
(Memorial Service)
Memorial Service for Jim Ryan will be held on Saturday 17 Aug at 10.30. There will be no 9.00am Mass that day.
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Feast of the Assumption
Thursday 15 Aug at 9.30 am
'in your Dormition you did not leave the world, but were joined to the
source of Life'.
Byzantine Liturgy, Troparion, Feast of the
Dormition, August 15th.
Parish Timetable
Tues
13 Aug
9.30am Christian
Meditation– Church
3.30pm Holy Hour
5.30pm Singing Practice
Wed
14 Aug
11am Novena Our Lady of
Perpetual Help
Thurs
15 Aug
9.30am The Feast of the Assumption (Holy day of
obligation)
10am Social Group Meet
at Sicilian Restaurant
*Everyone welcome, old and
new parishioners!
Sat
17 Aug
8.30am & 4.45pm
Reconciliation
10am Social Group Meet
at Sicilian Restaurant
*Everyone welcome, old and
new parishioners!
Text: Excerpts from the English Translation of the Roman Missal © 2010, International Commission on English in the Liturgy (ICEL); Music: From the Mass of St Francis © 2010, Paul Taylor. © The scriptural quotations are taken from the Jerusalem Bible, published and copyright 1966, 1967 and 1968 by Darton Longman and Todd Ltd and Doubleday & Co Inc, and used by permission of the publishers. The English translation of the Psalm Responses, the Alleluia and Gospel Verses, and the Lenten Gospel Acclamations, and the Titles, Summaries, and Conclusion of the Readings, from the Lectionary for Mass © 1997, 1981, 1968, International Committee on English in the Liturgy, Inc. All rights reserved.
WHAT’S HAPPENING IN THE
PARISH AND SURROUNDS
Holy Name’s Spring Ball
Raising funds for our Stephanie Alex-
ander Kitchen Garden Program.
Music by Glen Mead Trio
Date: 7 September
Time: 6.30 pm
Venue: Club Forster
Lucky Door Prizes & Silent Auction. Don’t forget to bring along your gold
coins for a night filled with fun!
*Tickets are $70pp and can be pur-chased from Holy Name School front
office* ___________________________________________________________________________________________
SPRING IS IN THE AIR!
Tickets are now on sale for the
Spring/Fathers Day raffle.
A variety of prizes to be won that will suit the whole family.
Tickets will be sold at the weekend Masses and are also available from the parish office. The raffle will be drawn Sunday, 1 September (Fathers Day). Come and join us for a sausage sizzle. _____________________________________________________________________________________________
BROKEN BAY
BIBLE CONFERENCE
Date: 11-12 October 2019
Venue: Caroline Chisholm Centre, Building 2/423 Pennant Hills Rd Pen-nant Hills, NSW.
Registrations: www.trybooking.com/BCKBE
Website: www.bbcatholic.org.au/bible
Enquiries: Tania Rimac 8379 1629 [email protected]
Newcastle Gospel Music Ministry
H Y M N S I N G
Enjoying Many well-known Gospel Songs and Hymns from “Yesteryear” SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKER Pastor
Vince Wall
Newcastle Baptist Tabernacle CNR. Laman & Dawson Sts.
Sunday, 18th. August, 2019 - 2.30 p.m.
This concert is FREE, but there will be the opportunity to give to an of-fering to support the Harrison and Shepley Missionary families in the Missionfields - a project of Newcas-tle Baptist Tabernacle.
Come along and bring your family and friends for a wonderful time en-joying God’s gift of music with the
much-loved Gospel songs and Hymns “we” grew up with. Program consists of Items with plenty of op-
portunity for you to “join in” as well !!!
Fanning the flame of RCIA
Date claimer for Saturday 19 Oc-tober 2019 to join with TeamRCIA cofounders, Nick Wagner and Diana Macalintal, who will visit us whilst they’re in Australia for the APMN national conference. This is an un-missable opportunity to be inspired and informed about RCIA, as the model for all initiation. Open to all - parishes already hosting RCIA, par-ishes looking into RCIA ministry, parish leaders, sacramental teams, school staff and all those who have a ‘fire in the belly’ for Christian initia-tion. There are fascinating and yet unexplored parallels between RCIA and the ministry of Catholic Schools. The opportunities here are boundless. Venue and time yet to be finalised but likely to be a full day
event.
You’re invited……. Family and Friends Group
There is a Family Group in our parish which has operated for about 29 years. It consists of approximately 30 - 40 individuals, friends or families. Its purpose is friendship and fellowship.
The Family Group gets together each month for an activity. The activities often involve eating - an afternoon tea, movies followed by a coffee at a local venue, picnics, quiz afternoons, a luncheon out and about or at someone’s home.
The Family Group is having a get to-gether for lunch at Terry and Carol Pearson’s home at 6 Figtree Drive, Diamond Beach. Just find Hallidays Point Public School and take the next 3 left hand turns.
Everyone is welcome. Please phone Terry or Carol on 0408768729 to let them know you are coming; or just turn up; it will be nice to welcome new participants.
Date: 18th August at 1pm – Crazy Wist or social chit chat. The game will start at 1:15pm so don’t be late. Please bring some nibbles, after-noon tea or just turn up. ___________________________________________________________________________________________
An Invitation…
The members of the St Jude Confer-ence of St Vincent de Paul invite you to join them for a sausage sizzle in the carpark behind the shop.
Date: Saturday 17th August
Time: 12.30pm
The Conference is currently short on female members and would like to welcome any ladies who might like to join. They meet on the second Wednesday of each month at the par-ish office at 10.30am. Come along to the BBQ and meet the members or contact Owen Carroll on 0499 777 600 if interested.
WHAT’S HAPPENING IN
THE DIOCESE
SUNDAY MASS TIMES
Sat. 6.00pm
Sun. 7.00am, 9.00am & 5.30pm
RECONCILIATION
Saturday 8.30am & 4.45pm
YOUTH MASS
3rd Sunday of the month at 5.30pm.
AGED CARE MASSES
(Subject to change)
Glaica House:
2nd Thurs 10.30am
Estia Forster: 3rd Tues
10.30am
Christian Meditation Forster Tues 9.30am
Monica 6555 7038
Hallidays Point Wed 10am
John 0417 249 466
Social Justice Group Last Wed 5.30pm Meeting Room
Tim Prescott 6555 8517
Maintenance and Gardening
Group 3rd Thursday of the month, 8am Church grounds. Howard 6557
6826
Family and Friends Group Meets monthly, contact Carol and
Terry Pearson on 0408768729.
Singing Practice Ken Heffernan 6554 6304
(see parish timetable)
Holy Hour Tues 3.30pm in the Church
Finance Council 3rd Wednesday of the month, 5pm
Meeting Room
Pastoral Council 2nd Wednesday of the month,
5.30pm Meeting Room
Novena to our Lady of
Perpetual Help and Rosary Wed 11.00am in the Church
Shiony 0411 493 086
Secular Franciscan
Fraternity 4th Sunday of the month after the
9.00am Mass
menALIVE Group 2nd & 4th Wed after 9am Mass in the meeting room. Michael Amato
CATHOLIC SCHOOLS
Holy Name Catholic School K-6
41 Lake Street, Forster
Ph: 6554 6504
W: www.forster.catholic.edu.au
Principal: Brooke Stephens
St Clare’s High School 7-12
Davis Street, Taree
P: 6552 3300
W: www.tareesc.catholic.edu.au
Principal: Peter Nicholls
PARISH TEAM
Fr Greg Barker - Parish Priest
Emergency Contact 0417 321 209
Ms Danielle Kingdom
Admin Assistant
Office Hours:
Mon-Fri 9.00am—5.00pm
Phone: 6554 6401
Website:
www.forstertuncurrycatholic.org.au
Follow us on facebook: @catholicparishofforstertuncurry
PARISH GROUPS
BAPTISMS
Celebrated most Sundays.
Bookings via the Parish website
MARRIAGE
Celebrated by arrangement with at least 3 months notice. Bookings via
the parish website
SACRAMENTAL PROCESS
Enrolment via the Parish Website
RITE OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION OF ADULTS
(RCIA) Parish Office 6554 6304
CATHOLIC CARE
Phone: 6539 5900 for services
provided in Forster
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