Taking The Lower Place.

In the gospel of Luke, Jesus is accused of eating with sinners and tax collectors (Lk 15) and we have an image of Jesus as always eating with the marginalised. However, today’s gospel account is a more common occurrence: Jesus eating with a leading Pharisee and people of social importance. Although Jesus is depicted as frequently dining in the houses of these well-to-do people, he was probably never invited a second time! As in today’s account, Jesus made a habit of accepting the hospitality of such people and then giving them a lecture about how they should behave and reminding them who was not gathered around the table with them. Certainly the sort of actions that don’t see too many follow-up invitations! The message he dishes out to the Pharisees on this occasion is about not thinking you’re more important than you really are. He tells them that it is far better to assume a lower status and to be lifted to greater prominence than it is to assume too much and have to be asked to step down to your proper status. In first century Jewish society, eating was as much a political act as it was a social one. Who you ate with was a reflection of your social and political position. To be invited to the head of the table would reflect very positively on a guest whilst being asked to assume a lower seat would be humiliating. Jesus’ final teaching in this account would have been outrageous to his audience. The thought of inviting to a meal people who were in no position to reciprocate was absolutely ridiculous. But Jesus encourages his audience to give to those who cannot repay – to be graciously generous just as God gives without expecting anything in return.

© Greg Sunter

Mother of Good Counsel Parish (embracing the areas of Innisfail, Mourilyan, South Johnstone & Babinda)

Parish Priest ~ Fr Kerry Crowley

Assistant Priest ~ Fr Nathan McKay

PO Box 64, Innisfail QLD 4860 Tel: 4061 6633 Fax: 4061 7634 PO Box 17, Babinda QLD 4861 Tel: 4061 6633

email: mgc@gcc.qld.edu.au Parish website www.gcparish.org.au

Parish Bulletin Sunday 28 August 2016 PARISH CHURCHESPARISH CHURCHES

WEEKEND MASS TIMESWEEKEND MASS TIMES

Mother of Good CounselMother of Good Counsel 90 Rankin St, Innisfail90 Rankin St, Innisfail

# Sat, Vigil Mass 6.30pm# Sat, Vigil Mass 6.30pm # Sun, 9am# Sun, 9am # 3rd Sun, Monthly 11am, # 3rd Sun, Monthly 11am, Italian Mass Italian Mass

St Rita of CasciaSt Rita of Cascia 5 Green St, South Johnstone5 Green St, South Johnstone

# Sun, 7am (every 1st, 3rd & 5th # Sun, 7am (every 1st, 3rd & 5th Sunday)Sunday)

Christ the KingChrist the King 10 Harbour Rd, Mourilyan10 Harbour Rd, Mourilyan

# # SunSun, 7am (every 2nd & 4th , 7am (every 2nd & 4th Sunday)Sunday)

St Rita of CasciaSt Rita of Cascia 15 Church St, Babinda15 Church St, Babinda

# Sat, Vigil Mass 6.00pm# Sat, Vigil Mass 6.00pm # Sun, 8am# Sun, 8am

PARISH SCHOOLSPARISH SCHOOLS

Good Counsel CollegeGood Counsel College 66 Owen St, Innisfail66 Owen St, Innisfail

Ph:Ph: (07) 40635300(07) 40635300 Web: www.gcc.qld.edu.auWeb: www.gcc.qld.edu.au James Roberts (Principal)James Roberts (Principal)

Good Counsel PrimaryGood Counsel Primary 96 Rankin St, Innisfail96 Rankin St, Innisfail

Ph:Ph: (07) 40612994(07) 40612994 Web: www.gcps.qld.edu.auWeb: www.gcps.qld.edu.au Liam Kenny (Principal)Liam Kenny (Principal)

St Rita’s PrimarySt Rita’s Primary 8 Green St, South Johnstone8 Green St, South Johnstone

Ph:Ph: (07) 40642153(07) 40642153 Web: www.stritascps.qld.edu.auWeb: www.stritascps.qld.edu.au

Vicki Conomo (Principal)Vicki Conomo (Principal)

St Rita’s PrimarySt Rita’s Primary 77--13 Church St, Babinda13 Church St, Babinda

Ph:Ph: (07) 40671467(07) 40671467 Web: Web: www.stritasbabinda.qld.edu.auwww.stritasbabinda.qld.edu.au

Judy Billiau (Principal)Judy Billiau (Principal)

TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

The Pastor’s Pen

This week I have been part-time in the role of Tourist Guide, with a friend a Religious Sister from Scotland visiting - Sr Alice & I had studied together in the USA in 1990/1991 - she was accompanied by her Nephew & his Wife. With guests in the house it has meant a change in routine--- kitchen, food, shower rosters to name a few & then to plan the days for savouring the sights, including:

St Monica's Cathedral & the Creation Windows, our first point of call.

Green Island on the Cat and viewing the Reef and Sea Life from the Glass Bottom Boat, while a female Whale with her Calf surfaced, to add to the day.

Kuranda Skyrail Rainforest Cableway & the return trip via the Train (15 Tunnels etc) provided another memorable insight into our Natural Environment in a World Heritage Listed Area & our past.

Not to forget the many visits to Souvenir Shops, Photos and conversations with other Tourists.

From the perspective of a Tourist I agree we have heaps to showcase, the role of the Guide is to tell the story as it is, to enable the visitor to comprehend the beauty and ponder the mystery of God's Creation.

Perhaps there is a message there for Locals too, even without visitors---to stop, breathe in, savour, notice and see, what is our special patch of Mother Earth, God's gift.

Fr Kerry

Parish Office Office Hours for next week are:

Monday 29 August, Tuesday 30 August, Wednesday 31 August, Thursday 1 September

Friday 2 September: 10am - 3pm

Fr John McGrath Fr John will celebrate Mass at Silkwood and El Arish this weekend.

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament

Tuesday 30 August ~ 4pm - 5pm in the Prayer Room, Parish Centre

An omission from the Stewardship Survey

Musician: playing the Organ or Clavinova for Mass

Car Parking Attendant/s: Assist with car parking for Weekend Masses.

Please add these on the back page if you have not already handed in your survey.

Please contact the Parish Centre if you are able to assist in this area and you have already handed in your survey.

Put your heart, mind, and soul into even your smallest acts. This is the secret of success.

Swami Sivananda

Stewardship Prayer

O Lord, giver of life and source of freedom, I know that all I have received is from your hand. Gracious and Loving Father, You call us to be stewards of Your abundance, the caretakers of all You have entrusted to us. Help us to always use Your gifts wisely and teach us to share them generously. Send the Holy Spirit to work through us, bringing Your message to those we serve.

Thank You

North Queensalnd Association of Trevisani nel Mondo would like to thank Father Kerry for celebrating the special Italian Mass in honour of St Pius X. We also wish to thank the Italian Choir, Diana O’Brien at the organ and Christine Bensi for conducting the choir. The singing gave the Mass a very special and spiritual element. We are very grateful for their contribution. Thank you to all the local parishioners and visitors who participated in the Mass and enjoyed the luncheon afterwards in the undercover area of Good Counsel Primary School.

Baptisms This weekend we welcome Kingsley Smith and Jennifer Starkey into our Parish community through Baptism.

P L A N N E D G I V I N G : E n v e l o p e s $ 2 1 1 5 . 3 1 L o o s e $ 8 7 0 . 7 0

Wedding Anniversary

Vince and Be y Vandeleur

celebrate fifty years of

marriage on 27th August.

We congratulate and wish

them well.

St Vincent De Paul

There will be a leaving collection taken up for St Vincent De Paul at all Masses this weekend.

Hospitality

In the first century, hospitality carried with it certain rules and expectations. If you were the recipient of hospitality, there was an obligation on you to return hospitality if it were within your means. Hospitality meant more than feeding people. It meant extending welcome to people even if you didn’t know them. There was an obligation to extend welcome and hospitality to anyone who asked for it. Travellers knew that they could enter a village and ask for a meal and a bed and they would be provided. Jesus reinterpreted this obligation of hospitality and extended it to anyone in need. (© Greg Sunter)

Catholic Leader

In this issue:

Nigerian priest who recently served in Brisbane talks about his appointment to work alongside Pope Francis.

Parishioners of all ages join in a ‘Living Rosary’

A Regional Focus on Cairns Diocese.

Next Week in the Parish (Innisfail)

Thursday 1st September @ 10am - Rosary & Prayer for Priests - Prayer Room, Parish Centre

Australian Catholics

In this issue: Spring 2016

“The right medicine”

We often hear stories about celebrities visiting sick children, but how does it feel to be on the receiving end of one those visits? We interview a young girl who was visited by Australia musician Taylor Henderson.

(Words: Chelsea Hard - Australian Catholics)

This Sunday's Texts: Sirach 3:17-20, 28-29 Heb 12:18-19, 22-24 Lk 14:1, 7-14

Next Sunday's Texts: Wis 9:13-18 Philemon 9-10, 12-17 Lk 14:25-33

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Church & Toilet Closing Roster

Week commencing 28 August

Peter Dryden

Church Cleaning

Roster - Mourilyan

N/A

Altar Linen Roster 29 August

Loy Cazzulino

First Communion - Innisfail

Congratulations to the parish children who will receive the sacrament of First Eucharist this weekend!

Saturday 27 August

Sunday 28 August

Tara Borg Matthew Brincat Jack Brunetto Michelle De Faveri Maria Dulman Zavier Edmondson Belle Gallagher Aaron Gattera

Nicholas Giandomenico Leo Kenderick Lachlan Maccarone Olivia Mizzi Liam Purcell Stefanie Sambo Juliet Santitto Evyn Zaini

Rylie Abberdan William Benn Ammie Bensi Charlotte Boevink Katilyn Corrigan Zaviah Di Carlo Finnian Dryden Hannah Foschi Lucia Gullo Edward Kenny

Sean McCahill Jordan Mauloni Chloe Musumeci Flynn O’‛Brien Logen O’‛Brien Anna Redding Noah Redding Brady Sargent Brayden Saunders

First Communion – Babinda

Congratulations to the parish children who will receive the sacrament of First Eucharist this weekend!

Saturday 27 August

Sophie Anderson Annelise Azzopardi Cara Destro Amy Spokes

Georgina Stone Harrison Stone Nicholas Stone

Responsorial Psalm (sung): In your goodness, O God, you have made a home for the poor. Responsorial Psalm (Mourilyan & Babinda): God, in your goodness, you have made a home for the poor. Gospel Acclamation Verse: Take you yoke upon you;; learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart.

Recently Deceased

Yvonne DULLAGHAN (Port Macquarie - aunty of Genevieve Sugars), Dean PURCELL

Anniversaries

Les BRAKE, Dorothy BRINCAT, Nickolas BRINCAT, Clementina VIGLIANTE, Johanna HOGAN, Lucia SCUDERI, Imelda FERGUSON, Jeff JONES, Fr Thomas MOLONEY OSA, Charles LACAZE, Jeanette EMMERT, Harry BLUNSDON, Angela MARTIN, Leonarda DE PRIMA, Lady Mary McAVOY, Charles RUFUS, Fr John LENNON, Fr George TAYLOR MSC, Jim SCULLEN, Henry NOONE, Victoria ZAHRA, Ettore CATELAN, Yew Pun TSANG, Margaret REED, Edward FERGUSON, Fr Peter BOLAND OSA, Robert CORSI, Luigi MELLINI, Myrene McCANE, Fr Michael MORAN OSA, Michael VERNEY, Vincent MAUME, Fr Thomas WALSH OSA, Patricia BENNETT, Brian FARRELL, Martin McNAMARA, Esme SHAW, Lizzie SING, John COSTIGAN, Joseph BRINCAT, Mark CUTULI, Leo LEONI, Giuseppe CATALANO, Stella WILSON, Giuseppe CAZZULINO, Ido DANESI, Fr Colmalle SPOKES OP, Bishop KELLY, Jessica MARTIN, Nella MESSINA, Tom GRAINGER

WEEKDAY MASSES

MONDAY 29th

8.00am Innisfail The Passion of St John the Baptist

St Gregory the Great

TUESDAY 30th

8.00am Innisfail

WEDNESDAY 31st

8.00am Innisfail 5.00pm St Rita’s, Babinda

THURSDAY 1st

8.00am Innisfail

FRIDAY 2nd

8.15am St Rita’s, Babinda 9.00am Villanova

SATURDAY 3rd 10.45am Warrina

SUNDAY MASS TIMES & ROSTER FOR WEEKEND 3/4 SEPTEMBER 2016

Week 1 3/4 SEPTEMBER 2016

6.30pm Sat Innisfail

7.00am Sun Mourilyan

7.00am Sun Sth Johnstone

9.00am Sun Innisfail

COMMENTATOR S. Todd ////////////////// J. Arnell B. Bortolanza

READERS M. Todd M. Treston

////////////////// I. Massa L. Massa

Jayde Mayers Chelsea Zaini

CIBORIUM ////////////////// ////////////////// P. Renneberg

CHALICES J. Said L. Lanzafame L. Catalano C. Catalano

////////////////// M. Stephensen R. Alvero

S. Lynch M. Hogan J. Terry S. Terry

HOSPITALITY B. Barnett ////////////////// C. Gregorc M. Nolan, S. Hoad

MUSIC Silkwood Duo ////////////////// ////////////////// Youth Group

RECONCILIATION: (Innisfail) Saturday 11.30am; RECONCILIATION: (Babinda) Before Mass

BABINDA MASS TIMES & ROSTER

27/28 AUGUST 2016 Vigil 6.00pm Saturday 8.00am Sunday

READER D. Baldi P. Lawie

CHALICES M. Bartolo J. Bartolo

I. Bortolotto S. Brand

3/4 SEPTEMBER 2016 Vigil 6.00pm Saturday 8.00am Sunday

READER L. Musumeci M. Preuss

CHALICES S. Baldi D. Baldi

E. Wiles J. Hyland

Social Justice Diary 27 August: 1999: Death of Dom Helder Camara

28 August: Refugee and Migrant Sunday Theme: “Migrants and Refugees Challenge Us. The Response of the Gospel of Mercy.” 29 August: International Day Against Nuclear Tests 30 August: International Day of the Victims of Forced Disappearances