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St John the Evangelist
Dickson Street Lambton Est. 1873
Corpus Christi
Platt Street Waratah Est. 1917
St Therese’s
Royal Street New Lambton Est. 1954
SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR B 11 FEBRUARY 2018
PAR I SH STAFF ST JO H N ’S CATHOL IC PRI MAR Y SCHOOL
LAMB TON
Principal: Ms Annie Duggan Street Address: Dickson Street LAMBTON NSW 2299 Postal Address: PO Box 111 LAMBTON NSW 2299 Phone: 02 4952 1423 Email: [email protected] Website: www.lambton.catholic.edu.au
CORPU S CHR ISTI CAT HOL I C PRIM ARY SC HOOL
WAR AT AH
Principal: Ms Julie Mulhearn Street Address: Platt Street WARATAH 2298 Postal Address: PO Box 63 WARATAH 2298 Phone / Fax: 02 4968 3220 / 02 4968 3833 Email: [email protected] Website: www.waratah.catholic.edu.au
ST T HERE SE ’S CAT HOLIC PRIM AR Y SCHOOL
NEW LAMB TO N
Principal: Mr Duilio Rufo Street Address: Burke Street NEW LAMBTON 2305 Postal Address: PO Box 321 New Lambton 2305 Phone / Fax: 02 4957 4922 / 02 4952 1637 Email: [email protected] Website: www.newlambton.catholic.edu.au
Parish Administrator: Fr Stephen Hill Phone: 02 4960 8010 Mayfield Presbytery: 02 4968 2429 Emergency Only: 0474 303 261 Email: [email protected] Assistant Priest: Fr Velerian D’Suoza Phone: 02 4960 8010 (Waratah Presbytery) Mobile: 0408 451 244 Email: [email protected] Parish Secretaries: Mrs Liza Ruitenbach Mrs Jennifer Rumbel
PAR I SH OFF ICE
Street Address: 70 Platt Street WARATAH NSW 2298 Phone / Fax: 02 4960 8010 / 02 4960 0345 Email: [email protected] Website: www.holytrinityblackbutt.org.au Facebook: www.facebook.com/holytrinityblackbuttnorth
OFFICE HOU RS
Tuesday: 9:00AM till 3:00PM Thursday: 9:00AM till 3:00PM
L ITU RGIC AL CELE BR AT IONS
WEEKDAY MASS TIMES Monday: 7:00AM Waratah Tuesday: 7:00AM New Lambton Wednesday: 9:00AM Lambton/7:00PM Waratah ASH WEDNESDAY Thursday: 7:00AM Waratah Friday: 7:00AM Lambton Saturday: 8:00AM New Lambton
WEEKEND MASS TIMES Saturday: 5:00PM Lambton Sunday: 7:30AM Waratah 9:15AM New Lambton 5:30PM Waratah School Mass: See bulletin notices on page 3
RECONCIL I ATIO N
Saturday: 8:30AM New Lambton / 4:15PM Lambton
ANOI NT ING MASSES
Wednesdays at 9:30AM (unless otherwise stated): 1st of the month: St Martin de Porres Waratah 2nd of the month: St John's Villa Nursing Home New Lambton 3rd of the month: Tinonee Gardens Waratah 4th of the month: Bupa Waratah Saturday at 10:00AM (unless otherwise stated): 4th of the month: Maroba Waratah
SAC R AMENT S I N HOLY TR INI TY PARI SH
Anointing of the Sick: For hospitalized and homebound parishioners, it is very important that you contact the Parish Office to receive Anointing of the Sick or Communion, otherwise, we might not know of your need.
Baptism: Baptisms take place on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th Sundays of the month and are held between St John the Evangelist Lambton, Corpus Christi Waratah, and St Therese’s New Lambton. Bookings via the Parish Office are essential and Information Sessions are held on the last Thursday of each month at Parish House New Lambton. Note: Changes may apply seasonally.
Communion for the Sick: Bringing Communion to a sick person links them with the community of the Church and nourishes them with the body of Christ. A parish minister or member of the parish family may be designated by the priest for this ministry.
Confirmation/Eucharist: In this Diocese Sacramental Programs are Parish/Family based and enquiries are made via the Parish Office.
Marriage: By appointment. For information please contact Parish Office. A minimum of 6 months notice is required.
Vocation Views: God has done great things for you. Spread the good news. Consider a church vocation. (Mark 1:40-45). For more information regarding Vocations contact 02 4979 1112 or [email protected]
T h e C a t h o l i c C o m m u n i t y o f
HOLY TRINITY PARISH
B L A C K B U T T N O R T H
SIXTH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME YEAR B
FIRST READING Lv 13:1-2. 44-46 A reading from the book of Leviticus As long as he is unclean, he must live alone, outside the camp. The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, ‘If a swelling or scab or shiny spot appears on a man’s skin, a case of leprosy of the skin is to be suspected. The man must be taken to Aaron, the priest, or to one of the priests who are his sons. ‘The man is leprous: he is unclean. The priest must declare him unclean; he is suffering from leprosy of the head. A man infected with leprosy must wear his clothing torn and his hair disordered; he must shield his upper lip and cry, “Unclean, unclean”. As long as the disease lasts he must be unclean; and therefore he must live apart; he must live outside the camp.’ The Word of the Lord. RESPONSORIAL PSALM Ps 31:1-2. 5. 11. R. v.7 (R.) I turn to you, Lord, in time of trouble, and you fill me with the joy of salvation. 1. Happy the man whose offence is forgiven, whose sin is remitted. O happy the man to whom the Lord imputes no guilt, in whose spirit is no guile. (R.) 2. But now I have acknowledged my sins; my guilt I did not hide. I said: ‘I will confess my offence to the Lord.’ And you, Lord, have forgiven the guilt of my sin. (R.) 3. Rejoice, rejoice in the Lord, exult, you just! O come, ring out your joy, all you upright of heart. (R.)
SECOND READING 1 Cor 10:31 – 11:1 A reading from the first letter of St Paul to the Corinthians Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ. Whatever you eat, whatever you drink, whatever you do at all, do it for the glory of God. Never do anything offensive to anyone – to Jews or Greeks or to the Church of God; just as I try to be helpful to everyone at all times, not anxious for my own advantage but for the advantage of everybody else, so that they may be saved. Take me for your model, as I take Christ. The Word of the Lord. GOSPEL ACCLAMATION Lk 7:16 Alleluia, alleluia! A great prophet has appeared among us; God has visited his people. Alleluia! GOSPEL Mk 1:40-45 A reading from the holy Gospel according to Mark The leprosy left him and he was cured. A leper came to Jesus and pleaded on his knees: ‘If you want to’ he said ‘you can cure me.’ Feeling sorry for him, Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him. ‘Of course I want to!’ he said. ‘Be cured!’ And the leprosy left him at once and he was cured. Jesus immediately sent him away and sternly ordered him, ‘Mind you say nothing to anyone, but go and show yourself to the priest, and make the offering for your healing prescribed by Moses as evidence of your recovery.’ The man went away, but then started talking about it freely and telling the story everywhere, so that Jesus could no longer go openly into any town, but had to stay outside in places where nobody lived. Even so, people from all around would come to him. The Gospel of the Lord.
© 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. OTHER RESOURCES USED WITH PERMISSION: © Creative Resources from LiturgyHelp | © 2003 by Father Richard Lonsdale
PARISH AND DIOCESAN NOTICES
PROJECT COMPASSIO N 2018
Please take home a Project Compassion box and/or a set of donation envelopes and support Caritas Australia this Lenten season themed “A Just Future”. You will be empowering young people to build a just future for themselves, their families and their communities.
A Just Future starts with your support! You can donate through Parish boxes and envelopes, or by phoning 1800 024 413 or visiting www.caritas.org.au/projectcompassion.
WELCOME TO NEW PARI SHIO NER S
If you are new to our Parish, and you wish to know more, please complete a ‘Census Form’ available from the Parish Office.
WE REM EM BER
Mass Intention envelopes will soon be available from the church entrances. Please Pray for: Sick: Recently Deceased: Jan Robertson. Anniversaries: Dorothy Cecilia Petherbridge, Patricia and Clive Taylor, Fr John Jensen, Fr James Kelly, James Costello, Fr Alexander McDonnell, Fr Thomas Mulcahy.
PAR I SH NEWS AND EVENT S
Positions Vacant: Can you spare 1 - 2 hours a month as part of a volunteer team assisting with cleaning (vacuuming, dusting, tidying) Corpus Christi Church on a rotating roster? Ideally, we would need 4 teams of 3. If you are interested, please contact the Parish Office.
Shrove Tuesday: Please join us after 7:00AM Mass at New Lambton Parish House on 13 February 2018 for pancakes and a cuppa.
Ash Wednesday: Masses will be celebrated on 14 February 2018 at 9:00AM Lambton and 7:00PM Waratah. Please note the Anointing Mass on this day will be cancelled.
Meet and Greet: Thank you to all who gathered for morning tea and a cuppa last weekend’s ‘Meet and Greet’ and for making Fr Stephen feel welcome.
Stations of the Cross: Stations of the Cross will be held every Friday at 6:00PM at Corpus Christi Church Waratah. All welcome.
Lenten Program: You are invited to list your name and preferences on the ‘Expressions of Interest – Lenten Program’ at the entrance of the church. Please note we need this information promptly to enable ordering of books this week. Books for personal reflection or group sessions are $8.00. Kindly place your payment on the 2nd Collection using a separate envelope with your details. Details of Lenten Groups will be available soon.
Parish Volunteers: As valued members of our parish community we may be asked at some time to participate in some gradual, but necessary, changes to meet our Parish, Diocesan and Legal Obligations; some of which have already been initiated and are in progress, for example Volunteer Induction Forms. Today, we are asking all our volunteer counters to assist by providing the counted Planned Giving envelopes in numerical order to the Offices so as to assist our volunteers who record the weekend Collections on the Sunday dates.
Reminder, Volunteers Induction Forms are still due and if you need assistance or have any questions, please feel free to come to the Parish Office on Friday mornings and speak with Yvonne Heydon.
We thank all our volunteers who graciously give their ‘time and talent’ for the betterment of Holy Trinity Parish.
Triduum Workshops: Following from the Diocesan Triduum Workshop (Triduum Take 2 Workshop), we will be holding further workshops in our Parish - please register your interest with the Parish Office.
Roster Changes: With the reduction in Mass times we now have the opportunity to review our current rosters and ask that those who wish to remain on the roster or to change their mass times please advise their specific roster contact listed on the bulletin. We would also encourage parishioners who are interested in joining a parish ministry to call or speak with the roster contact. A very special thank you to all our volunteers who contribute their gifts weekly making our Liturgies so special.
Parish Supplies: Please note we are endeavouring to streamline the parish ordering of general stationery and other regular supplies to once a month being on the first Tuesday of the month. Anyone needing such supplies kindly ensure the secretaries have your requests by this time. Please note this does not include Sacramental orders.
New Lambton Community Friendship Club: This Ecumenical Group meets each Tuesday at the Uniting Church Hall from 10:00AM to 2:00PM. Morning Tea, games and entertainment. All welcome. Enquiries: Joy 02 4952 2664.
PAR I SH GROUP S , TE AM S AND CO UNC IL S
Joint Parish Pastoral Council and Parish Finance Council Meeting: The Councils meet jointly on the first Thursday of every month from 7:00PM till 8:30PM in the Parish Hall at Lambton. The next meeting will be held on 1 March 2018.
Liturgy Team: This team meets monthly of the second Tuesday of the month at Lambton Presbytery from 4:30PM till 6:00PM. Next meeting will be held on 13 February 2018.
New Lambton Caring Group: This group meets 1st Friday of month except January at 10;00AM at New Lambton Parish House and hold a Cards and Friendship Morning on 2nd Friday of month starting February. All welcome.
Reflections on the Scriptures: This will remain in recess until further notice.
St John’s Lambton Ladies Group: In recess.
D IOCESAN NEW S AND EV ENT S
FEBRUARY: 13: Project Compassion: The launch of Caritas Project Compassion 2018 will be held at Sacred Heart Cathedral, 841 Hunter Street Newcastle at 10:30AM. Refreshments afterwards.
18: Rite of Election: The Diocesan Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) team advises that this year’s Rite of Election at Sacred Heart Cathedral, Newcastle West will be held on Sunday 18th February 2018 at 2:30PM. All welcome. Enquiries: Daphne M: 0402 318 074
18: Farewell for Bishop-Elect Brian Mascord: You are invited to the Farewell of Bishop-Elect Brian Mascord on Sunday 18 February at 4:30PM at The Southern Cross Hall, 841 Hunter Street Newcastle West. RSVP required: www.bitly/mascordfarewell
20: The Paradox and Promise of Later Life: This seminar with Rev Prof Elizabeth MacKinlay AM, FACN, PhD will be held on Tuesday 20 February 2018 9:00AM – 4:00PM at Calvary Mater Hospital Waratah. Bookings and enquiries to April MacNeill P: 02 4921 1211 or E: [email protected]
MARCH: 6: Sisters of Faith Dinner: will be held on Tuesday at 6:00PM at Victor Peters Suite, 841 Hunter Street Newcastle. Our theme this year is Sisters of faith joining together in Peace. This is an opportunity for all women of faith to join together. RSVP Brooke by 1/3/18. P: 02 4979 1111 or E: [email protected] or. A love offering towards the dinner will be appreciated.
April: 8-13: Grief to Grace – Healing the Wounds of Abuse: This is a spiritual retreat for anyone who has suffered degradation or violation through physical, emotional, sexual or spiritual abuse. For enquiries and
Mobile Phones: For the convenience of all kindly turn off your mobile phones before entering the Church. Notices for the Parish Bulletin: Notices need to be in writing [especially Mass requests for Deaths, Anniversaries and Sick List] including your name [as the person permitting the request] and they need to be lodged by Wednesday for publication. Please print clearly. Church Notice Boards: Note, if you wish to place a notice on the church notice boards please contact the Parish Office.
SCRIPTURE REFLECTION
By Dianne Bergant CSS
We know that we will all have to face some kind of suffering, and so we try to prepare ourselves for it. Yet when it comes, as prepared as we try to be, it can overtake us with such fury that we fall back defenceless. We look to others for support and assistance, and if we are fortunate, we find it. However, even in the most supportive of communities, suffering tends to alienate us from those who are healthy and secure. Suffering reminds us of our own finitude and the contingent nature of all of life. It threatens our sense of order.
Jesus is not deterred by human suffering. He welcomes all who approach him; his healing touch reincorporates those who have been ostracised; his loving embrace reassociates those who have been alienated. In the reign of God, there are no outsiders. All belong to Jesus, and, therefore, all belong to each other. When the one afflicted is embraced by the community, the community is an authentic manifestation of the inclusive reign of God.
In suffering we witness human vulnerability and our desperate need of each other and of God. There, at the edge of life and on the fringes of the community, we may experience the tenderness and compassion of God. The loving touch of Christ that can heal our souls, if not our bodies. It is there that we may most authentically participate in the cross of Christ. Joined to him we are anything but unproductive or worthless. © Dianne Bergant CSS
LITURGICAL ROSTERS LAMBTON WARATAH NEW LAMBTON WARATAH
10/11 February 2018 Saturday 5:00PM Sunday 7:30AM Sunday 9:15AM Sunday 5:30PM
Flowers / Sacristy Maureen Rak Monu Pifeleti Barbara Strang
Liturgical Assistant Joseph Patti Tim O’Brien Pat Campbell
Stephen & Alison Morris Graham Alexander Laurel Movigliatti
Greeters Enid Cochrane & Team Fred Stanwell Clare Paff J Briggs
Graham Alexander & team
Musician Naomi Smith Judy Nolan Sr Janice Alison Llewellyn
Proclaimers Ann Gunn Kath Sanders
Teleisia Lolohea Joyce Norris
Sr Maureen Dennis Carrol Laurel Movigliatti
Welcome & Prayer of the Faithful Rita Bergin Sr Mary O’Hearn M Curtis Joy Hatherall
Gifts Jones Family Pifeleti Family Volunteers Wilma & Kevin Smart
Extra Ordinary Ministers of Holy Communion
Tim Carroll Cecilia Pique-Lira Gwen Fuge
Mary Montgomery Chris Capper Karina Movigliatti
Mary Clare Hanlon M Shafren Noel Franks
Laurie Movigliatti Sandra Breton Marianna Nadalin
17/18 February 2018 Saturday 5:00PM Sunday 7:30AM Sunday 9:15AM Sunday 5:30PM
Flowers / Sacristy NO FLOWERS NO FLOWERS NO FLOWERS
Liturgical Assistant Tim Carroll Tim O’Brien Pat Campbell
Stephen & Alison Morris Graham Alexander
Greeters Enid Cochrane & Team Fred Stanwell Robyn & Ken Gallagher Graham Alexander & team
Musician Naomi Smith Anne Morris Sr Janice Alison Llewellyn
Proclaimers Maria Petrovic Tegan Power
Paul Weber Paul Rosser
G Bookallil Helen Clough Belinda Sketchley
Welcome & Prayer of the Faithful Assunta Baran Telesia Lolohea P Hill Fiona Duque
Gifts Rachel Miller Georgia Calligan
Matthew & Kristina Bobosevic
Volunteers Joanne & Alison Soo
Extra Ordinary Ministers of Holy Communion
Ann Gunn Gwen Fuge Cecilia Pique-Lira
Pat Campbell Mary & Robert Montgomery
A Hall J Loas D March
Marianna Nadalin Laurie Movigliatti Jenny Payne
ROSTER CONTACTS Lambton Waratah New Lambton
Ann Gunn Pat Campbell Sr Maureen
P 0407 571 197 P 02 4968 3322 P 02 4957 6230
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