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Dear Parishioners,
“Love one another as I have loved you”, is the commandment Jesus gives each and every one of us on this Sunday. In the first reading, Peter teaches us that God shows no partiality in His love and that there are no boundaries to abiding in love. God loves everyone, both the Jews and the Gentiles, and He wants everyone to be saved through His son, Jesus. In the second reading, John defines God as love and explains that He expressed His love for mankind by sending His son to die for us humans “as expiation for our sins.” This Divine love gives us the command as well as duty to love one another as we have been loved by God. In today’s Gospel, we are called to love in response to Jesus’ unconditional, forgiving, selfless, sacrificial love for us.
This Sunday we celebrate Mothers’ Day. We thank our mothers, pray for them, and
honour them by celebrating Mother ’s Day offering our mothers on the altar of God. This
is a day to admit gratefully the fact that none of us is able to return, in the same measure,
all the love that our mothers have given us. Their influence on their children is so great that
it affects the children throughout their lives. Our mothers not only gave us birth but nursed
us, nurtured us, trained us in their religious beliefs and practices, taught us good manners
and ideal behaviour, disciplined us as best as they could, and made us good citizens of our
country, our Church, and our society.
On Mother’s Day, let us acknowledge the truth that we have two mothers: our earthly
mother and our Heavenly Mother, the Mother of Jesus. The Catholic Church
proclaims the great nobility of the Mother of Jesus, Mary most holy, and presents her as the
supreme model for all mothers. Let us show our love and appreciation for both of our
mothers and let us ask our Heavenly Mother to take care of our earthly mothers. We need
to be persons for others, sacrificing our time, talents, and lives for them as our mothers are
now or have been.
Bishop Ken appeals to all of us to creatively participate with Caritas Australia, in partnership with Caritas India, in providing support to India which is devastated by massive increases in COVID-19 infection rates. Caritas is accepting donations through Asia Emergency Appeal which can be found here: https://caritas.org.au/donate/emergency-appeals/asia-emergency-appeal/. If you wish to donate for this noble cause please make use of this online platform. Let us also keep on the month-long prayer marathon with Pope Francis.
The next weekend we celebrate the Feast of Ascension and the following weekend we celebrate the Feast of Pentecost which is the culmination of Easter Season. As Easter people let us continue to cherish the peace and happiness of Easter throughout our life.
Fr Enoch invites you to join with other Parishioners and friends for a Morning Tea after Mass on Monday 10th May at 10.00am at the Chatterbox Coffee Shop at Sunnybank Hills Shoppingtown.
Dear Brothers and Sisters, to love others the way that God loves us is, truly, a great
challenge. It is the challenge of our whole human existence. It will require sacrifice
and suffering. It probably will mean giving up much that made us feel secure. But it
is the way of Jesus. It is the way of His Mother and to a certain extend all mothers in
general. Let us pray that it becomes our way too.
God bless you,
Fr Raju Joseph
Parish Office (adjacent to Church, Sunnybank) Ph: 3345 3766 Office Hours Monday to Thursday, 8.30 am - 4.00 pm; Friday 9.00am - 4.00pm
Post: PO Box 32, Sunnybank, QLD 4109 Web: www.olol.com.au Email: [email protected]
Priests: Fr Enoch Iheme (Parish Priest) Fr Raju Joseph (Associate Pastor)
Sixth Sunday of Easter - 9th May 2021
Calamvale, Kuraby, Macgregor, Parkinson, Robertson, Runcorn, Stretton, Sunnybank, Sunnybank Hills
Our Lady of Lourdes Church, 121 Mains Road, Sunnybank
Monday 10th May
8.15am Morning Prayer 8.30am Mass 9.00am Adult Literacy (Media)
10.00am Coffee Morning Tuesday 11th May
8.15am Morning Prayer 8.30am Mass 9.30am Bible Study (Media) 6.30pm Adoration
Wednesday 12th May
8.15am Morning Prayer 8.30am Mass 9.00am Rosary Thursday 13th May
7.50am Christian Meditation 8.45am Morning Prayer 9.00am Mass 6.30pm Bible Study (Media) Friday 14th May St Matthias
8.15am Morning Prayer 8.30am Mass 9.00am Adoration 10.00am Legion of Mary
(Media) Saturday 15th May
10.00am Rosary 10.30am Novena/Benediction 11.00am Reconciliation 2.30pm Charismatic Prayer Group (Media)
3.00pm Kids Club (Avocado) 5.00pm Reconciliation 6.00pm Mass Sunday 16th May
6.30am Mass 8.00am Mass 9.15am Mass 10.30am Mass 6.00pm Mass (Youth)
Next Sunday: The Ascension of the Lord: Acts 1: 1-11; Ephesians 4: 1-13; Mark 16: 15-20
Sixth Sunday of Easter: Year B
First Reading: Acts 10: 25-26, 34-35, 44-48 Peter enters the house of a Gentile called Cornelius, to do so was considered unlawful. However, the occasion was filled with blessing as the Holy Spirit flowed into all who were present, a sure sign that God ‘does not play favourites’.
Second Reading: 1 John 4: 7-10 God’s love is witnessed in Christ who came into the world such that we would have life. This is the foundation of our faith; that God is love.
Gospel: John 15: 9-17 The Gospel reading invites us to dwell in God ’s love. Enjoying a friendship offered by Christ, we come to know God more fully as we live out the command to ‘love one another’.
ENCYCLICAL LETTER LAUDATO SI’
OF THE HOLY FATHER FRANCIS ON CARE FOR OUR COMMON HOME What is Happening to our Common Home
VI. WEAK RESPONSES
57. It is foreseeable that, once certain resources have been depleted, the scene will be set for new wars, albeit under the guise of noble claims. War always does grave harm to the environment and to the cultural riches of peoples, risks which are magnified when one considers nuclear arms and biological weapons. “Despite the international agreements which prohibit chemical, bacteriological and biological warfare, the fact is that laboratory research continues to develop new offensive weapons capable of altering the balance of nature”. Politics must pay greater attention to foreseeing new conflicts and addressing the causes which can lead to them. But powerful financial interests prove most resistant to this effort, and political planning tends to lack breadth of vision. What would induce anyone, at this stage, to hold on to power only to be remembered for their inability to take action when it was urgent and necessary to do so?
58. In some countries, there are positive examples of environmental improvement: rivers, polluted for decades, have been cleaned up; native woodlands have been restored; landscapes have been beautified thanks to environmental renewal projects; beautiful buildings have been erected; advances have been made in the production of non-polluting energy and in the improvement of public transportation. These achievements do not solve global problems, but they do show that men and women are still capable of intervening positively. For all our limitations, gestures of generosity, solidarity and care cannot but well up within us, since we were made for love.
ACN Australia - A message from Aid to the Church in Need Australia: ACN Australia has just launched its new Healing the Wounds of Religious Extremism in Africa Global Campaign. Tragically, Africa is the continent with the highest number of murdered priests, religious and catechists and it is also home to 234 million Catholics. As such, ACN views its task in supporting the Catholic Church there as necessary. To help support our brothers and sisters in Africa visit www.aidtochurch.org/africa.
Caritas Australia Receipts Thank you for your generous contributions. Anyone who has requested a receipt, they will be available for collection at the front of the Church.
Bookings - [email protected] (credit card and eftop available) Enquiries - [email protected]
Robert Falzon (0412 745 734) [email protected] Peter Carrigan (0404 496 405) [email protected]
RSVP: 14th May Cost $48 per person (or $450 for Table of 10)
We encourage Fathers to bring their sons to this event. Dress Code: Long-sleeved button-up shirt and trousers (no jeans, shorts or sneakers)
To all the Special Mothers in our Parish
Your Prayers Are Asked For:
recently deceased: Godofredo P Maicle, Laura C Maicle, Mayleen Yorke, Loyola Durkin, Alice Camia, Angelo Russo, Rutilio Chicas, Duncan Allsopp, Elma Adamson, Tito Nanini, Pedro Santos, Francis Lee Siew Keat, Clelia Cisneros, Noel Mechilina, Martha Williams.
those with anniversaries & others who have died: Monica Wong Oh Nee, Ethney Nolan, Elisa Rosales, Rosanna Collins, Gladwyn Catchlove, Yvonne Stranks, Maria Rietberg, Eusebio Macalam, Fr Bill Henry, Alicia Rosales, Pedro Rosales, Antonio Aguto, Patrocino Aguto, Felipe Salegumba, Antonio Verdeflor, Elma Adamson, Charlie Adamson.
for those resting in our Columbarium: Fredrick Aisthorpe, Harold Aisthorpe, Minnie Aisthorpe, Helen Bailey, Francesco Bonasia, Edward Allen Briggs, Patricia Briggs, Brian Burgess, Geoffrey Chapman, Pedro Gallibu, Fay Garner, Eric Glennon, Iris Glennon, Brian Hammerton, Stephen King, Lucia Yeen Lim, Dino Lorenson, Noemi Lorenson, Maureen McDonald, Peter McSweeney, Eusebia Moraw, Gerard Murphy, Cuong Nguyen, Dr Roberto Rabuya Jr, Graham Shipstone, Claribel Tungol, Anthony Van der Togt, Lily Rose Villas, Romeo Villas, Ron Vine, Elizabeth Wilson, Monica Wong, Nola Wright.
those who are unwell: Coralie Purcell, Sam Eastgate, Rodolfo Lovos, Antonio Henriquez, Carla Rodriguez, Yenny Mantilla, Zach Baker, Mauricio Bara. the continuing sick: Giuseppe Abbate, Tony Ambrosini, Dawn Angus, Denise Burgess, Lyn Catchlove, Lawrence Chua, Hilary Collins, Alan Cooke, Alice Cooke, Margo Couldrey, Michael Crust, Mary Dixon, Jamie Edwards, Jan Fooks, Carol Ann Grace, Mary Goode, Jean Hamilton, Elaine Hanley, Marie Harrison, Karen Hawthorn, John Hickey, Mary Hughes, Norma Ives, Gloria Ives, Stephen Ives, Geoff Ives, Mel Jones, Theo Jovellanos, Rochelle Keen, Graham Kelly, Betty Kennedy, Istvan Kovacs, Malcolm Lilley, Denise Mann, Rod McDonald, Traves McKenzie, Carolyn Miller, John Morris, Sr Stella Noskoff, Mark O’Brien, Tadhg O’Kane, Jean Perram, Duncan Pegg, Josephine Russo, Katie Ryan, Jim Scriha, Brian Strangman, Maria Turner, Istvan Vadasi, David Whaley, Carole Young.
Sunnybank Charismatic Prayer Group
Saturdays from 3.00pm to 5.00pm in the Media Room at Sunnybank Parish
Dates for May are as follows:
22nd May (Spanish), 15th May (English)
29th May (Spanish) RETREAT
(directed by Fr Ray Sanchez)
in the Avocado Room, Paloma Centre
Praise and worship, bible study and personal prayer
Please contact Marta Rodriguez 0433 526 703
SUNNYBANK PARISH FRIENDSHIP GROUP
A reminder for members who have booked for the High Morning Tea at the Sunnybank Community & Sports Club on Wednesday 19th May from 10.30am to 12.30pm. If you have booked but still need to pay, you may still do so on Wednesday 12th May at 11.00am in the Media Room at the Church. If you would like to come to the morning tea, you can also book on this day. The cost is $15.00 for members and $20.00 for non-members. For any member who has booked, and still needs to pay, but cannot make it on Wednesday 12th May, you may so at the morning tea.
Hoping to see you all there. Frances McKenzie 0438 334 467; Haji Kelly 0438 734 706
WELCOME TO OUR PARISH Barbeque Lunch - 13th June 2021
If you are a newcomer, we are honoured to have you celebrate with us and would like to have the opportunity to welcome you and answer any questions you may have about our Parish. If you would like to receive an invitation and hear more about our caring faith community, please take a New Parishioner Form from the front of the Church, complete the form and place it in the collection box.
CATHOLIC KIDS CLUB Catholic Kids Club is on again
next Saturday! Saturday 15th May - 3.00-5.00pm
Avocado Room - Parish Centre (Ages 4-11)
At meetings we learn about faith in a fun way that kids can relate to.
Play games, hear stories and make crafts.
Register at https://app.tickets.org.au/ckcsunnybank or at the door.
For more info email [email protected]
Archdiocese of Brisbane Policy Statement ...for it is to such as these that the kingdom of God belongs. Mark 10:14
The Archdiocese of Brisbane holds that Children, young people and vulnerable adults are a gift from God with an intrinsic right to dignity of life, respect and security from physical and emotional harm. They are to be treasured, nurtured and safeguarded by all.
Friday - Sep 4
Friday - Sep 11
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Friday - Sep 4
Friday - Sep 11
Friday - Sep 4
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Friday - Sep 4
Friday - Sep 11
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Friday - Sep 11
PARISH STAFF & CONTACTS
Pastoral Associate Christopher Voigt
Local Safeguarding Representative Pam Nair
Secretary Michelle Morley
Accounts Tam Nguyen
Caring Coordinator Christine Smith
Unite Youth/Young Adults Coordinator Natalie Gibbs
[email protected] 0403 182 617
Sunnybank Parish Groundsperson John Furlong
Housekeepers: Therese Prygiel Louise Weston
Paloma Reception Centre 3345 3766
OLOL School, Sunnybank Principal - Sally Smith
3345 0700
OLOL OSHC Co-ordinator - Sheleen Lata
[email protected] 3344 3064
St Thomas More College, Sunnybank Acting Principal - Karen Mulcahy
3323 4600
St Vincent de Paul 1800 Vinnies 1800 846 643
Soubirous Place Sr Bridgid Centacare
Service Delivery Manager - Emma Rohde 3323 2100
Youth and Young Adult Ministry
Dear Parishioners, As we are gearing up to go to Ignite Launch on Saturday 15th May at Dreamworld (10.00am-8.30pm) we will be preparing to attend the Ignite Conference in September. If you are interested in attending, please contact me!
UNITE TEENS: This Friday night, we’ll be looking at the importance of ‘togetherness’ and explore the differences and similarities in how we each practice our faith and how different cultures can influence how families practice their faith. UNITE YA: This Sunday night, we hope to look at this week’s readings and discuss why it is important to keep Jesus’ commandment and love one another. One of my favourite things about YA nights is the open discussion that is encouraged. I love being able to create an environment that fosters healthy and respectful dialogue among all! So if you are a young person aged between 18-35 who also loves open discussion about a range of different topics and issues, please come and join us!!! IGNITE LAUNCH INFO: The Parish will not be formally organising transport to and from Dreamworld, HOWEVER, if you are unsure as to how to get there/are unable to drop off or pick up your child, please contact me asap so we can work together to organise carpooling options! 10:00am is when the park and rides open 8:30pm time for kids to be picked up! What you will need to bring:
Water bottle Hat Backpack Packed lunch/money for lunch (only dinner is provided) $10 for bag locker hire (if you can’t be bothered to carry your own
bag…like me) If anyone has any questions about anything or would just like to chat for the sake of chatting (like me), please do not hesitate to contact me via mobile or email! May God bless you and keep you safe, Nat Gibbs
