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Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish, Wentworthville In the care of the Carmelites
PARISH PRIEST: Fr Denis Andrew OCarm ASSOCIATE PASTOR: Fr Januario Pinto OCarm CARMELITE COMMUNITY: Fr Anthony Scerri O Carm PARISH SECRETARY: Lyn Bryant (9.30am—5.30pm Tuesday to Friday) PASTORAL ASSOCIATE: Paola Yévenes SCHOOL PRINCIPAL: Olimpia Pirovic
Phone: 9631 8302; School: 8832 1100
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.olmcwenty.org.au
www.facebook.com/olmcwenty twitter.com/olmcwenty
SUNDAY MASSES: 6pm (vigil), 8.00am, 10.00am, 6.00pm DAILY MASSES: Monday to Thursday and Saturday 9.00am
Friday 9.15am RECONCILIATION: Saturday 9.30am
MONEY MATTERS: Envelopes: $ 1756 Loose: $ 411 Tap and Go: $ 675 TOTAL: $ 2,842
WEEKLY TARGET: $4,000
NOTE: Banking details for direct contributions, are: BSB: 067 950; Account Number: 00602; Account Name: Wentworthville Catholic Church; So that we can acknowledge your generosity would you please just put your name first and add donation if there is room.
READERS & COMMENTATORS: 8th & 9th May 2021
MASS TIME READER COMMENTATOR
Saturday 6.00pm Don Crockett Judy Barden
Sunday 8.00am Cecilia Cotter Carmel Hetherington
Sunday 10.00am Nicole Fernandes Grace Mathews
Sunday 6.00pm Pam Colman Colleen Fuller
Please remember those who are in ill health, especially: Kate Glendenning, Krishnan Rengasamy, Fleur Fernandes, Fred Said, Mary Spiteri, Czeslawa Godfrey, Sharon Dolan, Salve Stewart, Michael Bigeni, Nancy Surace, Cody Bailey, Baby Charlie Sultana, Charlie Micallef, Lyn Craddy, Baby Noha Larkin, Francois Tuyau, Sienna Calandruccio, Teresa Li, Lisa Boys, Greg Boys, Carol O’Loughlin and all who are sick.
Roses will be placed on the altar in honour of mothers and grandmothers. With the purchase of a rose you will receive a card to give to your mother or grandmother. If they are deceased you can write a message on the card and place it in the basket on
the table near the East Timor noticeboard. The basket will be placed on the altar for Mothers’ Day. All profits from the sale of the roses will go towards a scholarship for East Timorese student, Zelia.
- Sr Margaret Harrison (East Timor Committee)
During the first 4 Weekends of May, the Diocese requires that we do our Annual Mass Counts at all weekend Masses (ie 6pm Vigil, 8am, 10am & 6pm Sunday). We require 4 volunteers at each Mass to assist with the count. This will be especially important for the 2nd two weekends where the count is based on gender (week 3) and age (week 4). We have had NO volunteers. Please think about helping out. Fr Denis will be available before Mass.
This is a National count which is completed by each Diocese on behalf of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference.
Get vaccinated for the common good
Vaccination against COVID-19 is a morally good thing, providing protection for the person vaccinated and the wider community. Some COVID-19 vaccines are associated with ethically questionable production and research practices, but Pope Francis and the Australian Bishops have advised that it is morally permissible to receive any vaccine made available. More information is available at https://www.catholic.org.au/coronavirus
Quotable Quotes:
Nothing is interesting, if you’re not interested. -Helen McInness
There are no traffic jams along the extra mile. - Roger Slaubuch
Beware! Karma has a wicked sense of humour. Anon
Before borrowing money from a friend, decide which you need most.—American Proverb
Other Intentions Thanksgiving: In Honour of St Anthony, In Honour of the Infant Jesus, Sunny & Jessy Kochupavambil (50th Wedding Anniversary)
Special Intentions: Liscevic Family, Eshane, D Khot & Sonja (Birthdays), Those who have contracted the Covid virus in India: Raju, Prabhavathi, Gowtham, Sheela, Mahen & Sudolikith; Theresia & Edwin Macwan,
Recently Deceased: Adele Chehade, Victor Sequeira, Anna Thomas, Joe Borg, Emilia Mendoza, Josephine Spiteri, Esmurelda da Rosario Pereira, Melania Cassar (Malta), Rejieenamma Seshayyan, Joe Paulo, Sebastian Pennisi
Anniversaries & Memorials: Victims of the Covid Pandemic, Carlito Edillo, Lolita Eway, Maxima Alburquerque, Genowefa Kanachowski, Charles & Josephine Borg, Fanu Camilleri, Fenech & Zammit Families, Michael Touma, Joyce Cini, Mary & Frank Touma, Tony & Antonia Cini, Charlie Sultana, Michael & Carmen Attard, Frank & Pauline Vella, Rani Sathi, Pushpa Kantha, Anthony Peter, Connie Bezzina & Jeanne Black, Pauline Grech, Renato Zammit, Francesca Zammit, Concetta & Joseph Sciberras, Joseph & Josephine Gauci, Holy Souls in Purgatory & All Souls, All Saints
NEXT SUNDAY’S READINGS: 6th SUNDAY OF EASTER Yr B 1st Reading: Acts 10: 25—26,34—35, 44– 48 2nd Reading: I John 4: 7—10 Gospel: John 15: 9—17
This Sunday’s Gospel tells us the parable of the vine and the branches. It is important to note that this parable is part of the long discourse that Jesus spoke to his disciples at the Last Supper, and is, therefore, part of that most intimate outpouring of his love for us.
In the parable of the vine and the branches, Jesus is proclaiming a new manner of being for his disciples, for us. He is no longer speaking of being with us, but he in us and we in him, so that we become one with him. When Jesus says that we must be in him, just as he is in the Father and the Father in him, he is saying that the blessed Trinity dwells in us and we in the blessed Trinity. This
awareness of being in God and of God being in us must change our whole way of life forever. It is no longer a matter of external observances, but of an inner intimate living in God, in love.
The parable says if we live in God, we shall bear abundant fruit. This fruit is the coming of the Kingdom of God in us first, and in the world. A kingdom of peace, justice, and, above all, of love. Jesus then tells us that the branches that remain on the vine and bear fruit, will be pruned by the Father. What is this pruning? The pruning is the challenges and sufferings of everyone’s life. It is these challenges and sufferings that purify, strengthen, and prove our love in God. If understood properly, this pruning brings joy as well as natural, temporary sorrow.
To be a disciple of Jesus, is to be conscious of the presence of the Trinity, not beside us, not with us, but in us. To be a disciple of Jesus is also to be conscious that we are present in God all the time and everywhere. Jesus is asking us to live this most intimate love with him and the Trinity. The parable of the vine and the branches is telling us that the whole meaning and purpose of our existence is to live this wonderful love story with God, while here on earth, and forever in eternity.
- Fr Anthony Scerri O Carm
Monday: Sts Philip & James Tuesday Bl Angel Prat Hostench & Companions Wednesday: St Angelus Thursday: St Dominic Savio Friday: *St Rose Venerini Saturday: Bl Aloysius Rabatà Sunday: 6th Sunday of Easter
Community Visitors Scheme
The Community Visitors Scheme, a program with CatholicCare, is looking for volunteers to provide a friendly visit to residents in local Aged Care Facilities who are lonely or isolated from their family and friends. If you feel you could spare one hour a week or a fortnight to help a person feel more valued and respected, please contact the Manager, Deb Woolacott on 0418 114 055 or email [email protected].
