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St Anthony’s Parish Picton Bargo – Balmoral – Buxton – Couridjah –
Douglas Park – Lakesland – Menangle –
Picton – Pheasants Nest – Tahmoor –
Thirlmere – Wilton – Yanderra
Administrator: Fr Mark De Battista
THE EPIPHANY OF THE LORD — YEAR B Parish Bulletin Sunday 7 January 2018
WEEKEND MASS TIMES:
St Anthony’s Church - Tahmoor Saturday Vigil - 6.00 pm Sunday - 7.30am & 9.30am
WEEKDAY MASS TIMES: Monday - 9.00 am—Tahmoor The Baptism of the Lord & End of the Christmas Season Tuesday - 5.30 pm—Tahmoor Wednesday - 8.00 am—Tahmoor Thursday - 8.00 am—Tahmoor 11.00 am—Durham Green Friday - 9.30 am—Picton
Reconciliation (Confession) Saturday 5.15 pm—5.45 pm Tahmoor and before Sunday Masses
Adoration: Tuesday: 4.30 pm—5.15 pm 1st Thursday of the month 9.00 am—9.45 am
St Patricks Church—Menangle 6.00 pm mass on the First Sunday of the month
Douglas Park
ENTRANCE ANTIPHON:
Behold, the Lord, the Mighty One, has come; and kingship is in his grasp, and power and dominion.
FIRST READING: Isaiah 60:1-6
A reading from the prophet Isaiah The glory of the Lord shines upon you.
RESPONSORIAL PSALM:
Lord, every nation on earth will adore you. SECOND READING: Ephesians 3:2-3, 5-6
A reading from the letter of St Paul to the Ephesians The revelation means that pagans now share the same inheritance, that they are parts of the same body. GOSPEL ACCLAMATION:
Alleluia, alleluia! We have seen his star in the East; and have come to adore the Lord. Alleluia!
GOSPEL: Matthew 2:1-12 A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew We have come from the East to worship the King. COMMUNION ANTIPHON:
We have seen his star in the East, and have come with gifts to adore the Lord. Next Weeks Readings: Second Sunday in Ordinary Time—Year B
1 Sam 3:3-10, 19; 1 Cor 6:13-15, 17-20
OFFICE HOURS
Tuesday & Thursday
9.00a.m. - 3.00p.m.
Parish Phone 4683 2230
Parish Mobile 0457 911 475
Parish Fax: 4683 2248
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.stanthonyspicton.org.au
Facebook: www.facebook.com/Pictonparish
STEWARDSHIP CORNER
The Magi brought the child
Jesus gifts of gold, frankin-
cense, and myrrh. What gifts
do I place before Jesus?
My time? My talent? My
treasure?
VISION STATEMENT:
PRAY FOR THE FAITHFUL DEPARTED:
Lord grant them eternal peace & joy and to their families and
friends strength and comfort
RECENTLY DECEASED: Des Thompson, Margaret Couch
ANNIVERSARY: Lena & Paul Galea, Mona Waters
MEMORIAL:
PRAY FOR THE SICK Mary McMahon, Therese & John Deb-
ono, , Helen Dunshea, Fr David Catterall, Michael Bell, Mel-
ony Cox, Ann Reed, Peter McLaughlin, Joanne McMahon,
Daniel Clarke, Margaret Brown, Yasmin Remynse, Lesley
Sheringham, John Prey, Lesley Gardiner, Janine Tiller, Mari-
on Mulheron, James McNeil, John Farrell, Ian Macnamara,
Stephanie Macnamara, Barry Smith, Jim Matthews, Elizabeth
Linsell
GREETERS: THIS WEEK NEXT WEEK
Vigil: Sandra Ryan Lisa McSweeney
7.30 am Jenny Coughlan Sandy Porter
9.30 am Allan Cox Allan Cox
READERS: THIS WEEK NEXT WEEK Vigil: Sophia De Zilva Rosina Grima
Beth Nolan Audrey Ferrara
7.30 am Charlie Dunn John Maher
9.30 am Margaret Foldes Trudy Hancock
Jennifer Foldes-Hielman Anna Schutt
EXTRAORDINARY MINISTER
THIS WEEK NEXT WEEK
Vigil: Adrian Buckley Michael Chaumont
Frances Micallef Beth Nolan
Audrey Ferrara Sandra Ryan
7.30 am Stan Cichocki John McGarry
Anne Cordingley Jenny Coughlan
9.30 am Adrian Vannan Kevin Devine
Allan Cox Paul Wyatt
Anna Schutt TBA
CLEANERS WEEK COMMENCE: 7.1.18 WEEK COMMENCE: 14.1.18 Murielle Azzi & Maura Wright Pauline Grima & Helen Willis
FLOWERS THIS WEEK 6.1.18 NEXT WEEK 13.1.18 Joanne Mcelgunn Sue Spiteri
SACRISTY WEEK COMMENCE: 7.1.18 WEEK COMMENCE 14.1.18
Mary Gilbert Gillian Dobson
MORNING TEA 7.30 am next week: Joan & John Maher
9.30 am next week: Debbie & Ray James &
Charmazel Haslam
CHILDRENS LITURGY:
This Week: School Holidays
Next Week: School Holidays
PARISH PHONES: Recently the Parish has had no
land line. Now we have a mobile phone, which will
reach the Parish Office, or a message can be left:
0457 911 475
DIARY DATES:
Friday January 12, Volunteers Thank you gathering
Tuesday 16 January, AIM Meeting, in the demounta-
ble at 7.30pm
“In the simplicity of the nativity scene we encounter and contemplate the tenderness of God which reveals itself in the Baby Jesus.” Pope Francis
WINE AND CHEESE NIGHT
There will be a wine and cheese night for young adults in
the parish (18-35 yrs) on 2nd February, 2018 at the Au-
gustine Academy, 1285 Menangle Rd, Razorback Mt. The
wine will be supplied by a generous benefactor. Please
save the date. More details will be made available as the
time approaches.
ROSTERS—Extraordinary (Eucharistic) Ministers,
Readers & Greeters are available for collection from
the foyer of the Church.
CLEANING ROSTER: Thank you to those who are currently
on the cleaning roster and those who have offered to join
this dedicated team.
The new rosters are available for collection from the foyer
of the Church.
As Members of St Anthony’s Parish, we share the responsibility of building up the spiritual and ma-terial welfare of our community by promoting God’s values of love, justice and peace and ex-tending this message of goodwill beyond our im-mediate boundaries.
PRAY WITH THE POPE IN JANUARY
Religious Minorities in Asia That Christians, and other religious minorities in
Asian countries, may be able to practise their faith in
full freedom. Amen
St Anthony’s Parish respectfully acknowledges that our church and Parish stands on the traditional lands of the D’harawal people. We also acknowledge the D’harawal
Elders, past, present and future who hold the memories,
traditions and culture of their people. We extend that respect to any Aboriginal parishioners
and visitors.
THANK YOU: To all those in the parish who
have volunteered during 2017, either as
part of a group or individually. (e.g. readers,
greeters, catechists, extraordinary ministers,
cleaners, etc, etc) As a thank you, you are
invited to attend a celebration on Friday 12
January 2018, in ‘The Shack’, 6pm for
6.30pm. For catering please advise Fr Mark
or the parish office if you will be attending.
RSVP by 3pm, Tuesday 9 January 2018
THE DATE FOR THE EPISCOPAL ORDINATION OF BISHOP-
ELECT BRIAN MASCORD IS NOW CONFIRMED :
Date and Time: 7.00 pm, Thursday 22 February
2018 (Feast of the Chair of St
Peter the Apostle)
Venue: WIN Entertainment Centre
(Corner Crown and Harbour
Streets, Wollongong)
Principal Consecrator: Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP
Co-Consecrators: Bishop Peter Ingham and Bishop William
Wright
2018 LITURGICAL MINISTRY TRAINING:
• Communion of the Sick & Homebound – (3 regions –
two dates yet TBC) Wollongong Saturday 16 June
• Music “The Joy & Beauty of Sunday” – Six (6) Parish
Workshops April- September
a. Music Repertoire / CWBII promotion
b. Music Ministry Organisation and Development
c. Diocesan Copyright License – One License
• Certificate of Pastoral Liturgy:
a. Forming the Assembly 24-25 February; 17-18
March; 7-8 April 7-8
b. Word in the Assembly 21-22 July; 18-19 August; 1
5- 16 September
For more information, please visit our website http://
www.liturgydow.org.au or contact Paul Mason, Liturgy
Coordinator [email protected] or Helen Bennett hel-
REFLECTION by Dianne Bergant CSS
The Christmas season reaches an apex with the Epiphany.
In some liturgical traditions, it is the central celebration of
Christmas. It commemorates not only the birth of Christ
and the visit of the Magi, but also his baptism in the Jor-
dan and the manifestation of his glory at the wedding feast
of Cana. In the Roman Catholic tradition, the focus is on
the visit of the Magi and the implications of that visit for
the glorious manifestation of God to all the peoples of the
world.
There is a wonderful summons to alertness and presence
of mind and heart, a call for all the nations to witness the
marvellous works of God that shine as light in the midst of
the surrounding darkness. The light of God is known in the
ways in which the most vulnerable in the city are cared for
and acknowledged. In just action and righteousness, the
city becomes the beacon of God, and all the nations are
attracted by this light. The quality of the light leads the way
through the darkness and sustains the world in goodness
and peace.
The manifestation of God among us changes the ways in
which we perceive each other. Christ's birth provides us
with the light by which we see a new criterion for relating.
The visit of the Magic could be interpreted in our times as
the multi-ethnic and cultural diversity in civic and parish
situations, as well as the many religions of the world. All
people, regardless of race or ethnic origin, can be co-heirs
with Christ.
REFLECTION by Fr Michael Tate
Unlike the writers of the horoscope columns in our news-
papers, these Wise Men were scholar astrologers, probably
from Syria or Iraq. They believed that the stars controlled
the destiny of human beings, but they were open enough
to the Hebrew scriptures to be led to the amazing discov-
ery of a star-child in Bethlehem.
They knelt before this baby, doing homage, because they
realised that the stars did not control this infant, but that
there was something of this baby which caused the night
sky to respond! They preserved the child from the deadly
schemes of Herod, and then they returned to their home
country, ‘by a different way’. They were on a different jour-
ney after encountering the Child.
Who can doubt that the Holy Spirit led these wise men
from the East to the manger? In fact, the Holy Spirit is
seeking to work in every human being, prompting each and
every one to become seekers after Truth.
As a person responds to this prompting and tries to lead a
good humane life, then the Church teaches that the Holy
Spirit can draw them into the saving life of God. Thus, bil-
lions in China and India who have never heard the Gospel,
can be saved. But, such persons do not savour the fullness
of Truth as we do with the privilege of having the scriptures
and the sacraments. Where it is possible, we are obliged to
offer them the road map to the Truth.
We can take a moment to affirm our faith in the baby in
the manger as the One of whom Dante spoke: ‘the Love
which moves the sun and other stars’. Come, let us adore
him.
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BEQUEATHING Would you like to remember the parish in your will? Property, money, artwork, plants…
There are many ways you can be remembered. Please contact the parish office (46832230) for further info.
We have relocated next to Picton Bowling Club
