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ST . MARGARET MARY ’S PARISH MERRYLANDS

PARISH INFORMATION

PARISH OFFICE: 1-5 Chetwynd Rd, MERRYLANDS NSW 2160 Postal Address: PO Box 757, Merrylands. Tuesday - Friday: 9:30am - 3:30pm

Phone: 9637 2526 9637 2014 Fax: 9637 2442 Email: parish@stmm.org.au Website: stmm.org.au

PARISH GROUPS CO-ORDINATORS: Secretary: Denise Fernandes

Finance Committee: Reuben Dias

Parish Council:

Chair: Fr Janusz Pawlicha, OSPPE

Secretary: Cheryl Fortini

Catechists: Sonia Abi-Rached

Music : Kerry van der Linden

Sacraments: Christopher Barnes - 0415 663 966

Acolytes / RCIA : Peter Carroll - 0414 070 082

Readers: Gwen D’Silva

Youth groups: Pauline Teen: Fr Joseph/ Rita Jacobson Pauline Youth: Fr Joseph

Legion of Mary: Merwyn D’Souza – 0478 109 569

Playgroup: Maryanne – 0416 116 707

St Vincent de Paul: 88619757

Bus to Berrima: Giovanna - 9682 1008

Our Parish is under the Pastoral Care of the Order of St Paul the First Hermit (known as the Pauline Fathers) who for more than 630 years are renowned

Custodians of the Miraculous Icon of Our Lady of Jasna Gora, Poland.

Parish Priest Fr Janusz Pawlicha

Assistant Priest

Fr Joseph Maria Buckley

Prayer: Holy Father-Pope Francis’ monthly intention : JUNE Evangelization – Priests

That priests, through the modesty and humility of their lives, commit themselves actively to a

solidarity with those who are the most poor.

First Friday:

11am: Maltese Mass 7.00pm: Holy Mass, Stations of the Cross followed by Exposition

Adoration of the Most Blessed Sacrament: Thursdays-Eucharistic Adoration: 9.30 am-2.30pm 4th Sunday of the month: 1.00pm - 1.30pm– Divine Mercy Devotions 1st Friday of the month: approx. 8.30pm– midnight

Vespers– Sunday Evenings 5.15 pm - 5.45pm

RCIA sessions– Sunday mornings 9am Mass followed by Session 10 am –11am

Devotions:

Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Tuesday: after morning Mass

Veneration of the Holy Face of Jesus:

Tuesday: 7.30pm - 8.30pm

Divine Mercy Devotions 4th Sunday of the month: 1.00pm - 3.00pm, 3.00pm - Holy Mass

Baptisms: 1st & 3rd Sundays of the month

Reconciliation: Tues - Fri 8.30 - 8.55am Sat - 9am - 9.30am and 4.30pm-5.30pm (or by appointment)

Marriages: By appointment only (6 months required)

Sick Calls: 9637 2526– option 3 or 0412 625 187 - any time

THIS WEEK: 02 June 2019 Counting: Group C Church Cleaning: B Altar & general cleaning– Nada & Volunteers NEXT WEEK: 09 June 2019 Counting: Group D Church Cleaning: A Altar & general cleaning– Nada & Volunteers

THE ASCENSION OF THE LORD

02 NDJUNE 2019

WEEKEND MASSES: WEEKDAY MASSES:

Saturday: 6:00pm Vigil Monday: 9:15am

Sunday: 7:30am Tuesday: 9:00am & 7:00pm

9:00am Wednesday: 9:00am & 7:00pm

10:30am Thursday: 9:00am

6:00pm Friday: 9:00am & 7:00pm

Saturday: 8:30am

ENTRANCE ANTIPHON Men of Galilee, why gaze in wonder at the heavens? This Jesus whom you saw ascending into heaven Will return as you saw him go, alleluia.

FIRST READING Acts 1:1-11

A reading from the Acts of the Apostles.

In my earlier work, Theophilus, I dealt with everything Jesus had done and taught from the beginning until the day he gave his instruc-tions to the apostles he had chosen through the Holy Spirit, and was taken up to heaven. He had shown himself alive to them after his Passion by many demonstrations: for forty days he had continued to appear to them and tell them about the kingdom of God. When he had been at table with them, he had told them not to leave Jerusa-lem, but to wait there for what the Father had promised. ‘It is,’ he had said, ‘what you have heard me speak about: John baptised with wa-ter but you, not many days from now, will be baptised with the Holy Spirit.’ Now having met together, they asked him, ‘Lord, has the time come? Are you going to restore the kingdom to Israel?’ He replied, ‘It is not for you to know times or dates that the Father has decided by his own authority, but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you, and then you will be my witnesses not only in Jerusa-lem but throughout Judaea and Samaria, and indeed to the ends of the earth.’ As he said this he was lifted up while they looked on, and a cloud took him from their sight. They were still staring into the sky when suddenly two men in white were standing near them and they said, ‘Why are you men from Galilee standing here looking into the sky? Jesus who has been taken up from you into heaven, this same Jesus will come back in the same way as you have seen him go there.’ The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.

RESPONSORIAL PSALM

(R.) God mounts his throne to shouts of joy: a blare of trumpets for the Lord.

1. All peoples, clap your hands,

cry to God with shouts of joy! For the Lord, the Most High, we must fear, great king over all the earth. (R.)

2. God goes up with shouts of joy; the Lord goes up with trumpet blast. Sing praise for God, sing praise, sing praise to our king, sing praise. (R.)

3. God is king of all the earth. Sing praise with all your skill. God is king over the nations; God reigns on his holy throne. (R.)

SECOND READING Eph 1: 17-23

A reading from the letter of St Paul to the Ephesians

May the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, give you a spirit of wisdom and perception of what is revealed, to bring you to full knowledge of him. May he enlighten the eyes of your mind so that you can see what hope his call holds for you, what rich glories he has promised the saints will inherit and how infinitely great is the power that he has exercised for us believers. This you can tell from the strength of his power at work in Christ, when he used it to raise him from the dead and to make him sit at his right hand, in heaven, far above every Sovereignty, Authority, Power, or Domination, or any other name that can be named, not only in this age, but also in the age to come. He has put all things under his feet, and made him, as the ruler of everything, the head of the Church; which is his body, the fullness of him who fills the whole creation. The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION Alleluia, alleluia! Go and teach all people my gospel. I am with you always, until the end of the world. Alleluia!

GOSPEL Lk 24:46-53

A reading from the holy Gospel according to Luke

Jesus said to his disciples: ‘You see how it is written that the Christ would suffer and on the third day rise from the dead, and that, in his name, repentance for the forgiveness of sins would be preached to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem. You are witnesses to this. ‘And now I am sending down to you what the Father has promised. Stay in the city then, until you are clothed with the power from on high.’ Then he took them out as far as the outskirts of Bethany, and lifting up his hands he blessed them. Now as he blessed them, he withdrew from them and was carried up to heaven. They worshipped him and then went back to Jerusalem full of joy; and they were con-tinually in the Temple praising God.

The Gospel of the Lord.

Praise to you Lord Jesus Christ.

COMMUNION ANTIPHON Behold, I am with you always, Even to the end of the age, alleluia.

MEDITATION: When you pray what do you ask for - God's help, blessing, guidance, and wisdom? One of the greatest privileges and responsibilities we have been given by God is to pray not only for ourselves, but for oth-ers as well. The Lord Jesus lived a life full of prayer, blessing, and gratitude to his Father in heaven. He prayed for his disciples, espe-cially when they were in great need or danger. Mark tells us in his Gospel account (see chapter 6:46-51) that when Jesus was praying alone on the mountain he saw that his disciples were in great dis-tress due to a life-threatening storm that was beating against their boat. Jesus immediately came to their rescue - walking on the waves of the rough waters before he calmed their fears and calmed the rag-ing waters as well! Luke records in his Gospel account the words of Jesus to Simon Peter shortly before Jesus' arrest and Peter's denial of the Lord three times. "Simon, Simon, behold, Satan demanded to have you, that he might sift you like wheat, but I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers" (Luke 22:32). Jesus' prayers were person-al, direct, and focused on the welfare and well-being of others - espe-cially that they might find peace and unity with God and with one another.

Please remember to switch off your mobile phone

St. Margaret Mary’s Parish requests all their enthusiastic and enterprising Parishioners to come

forward to form a dynamic

FUNDRAISING TEAM Each one of us can make a difference.

Together we make change.

Kindly contact the Parish Office @

96372526 or email: parish@stmm.org.au

3rd Collection on 1 & 2 June 2019 This week’s third collections proceeds will go to The Bishop’s Good Shepherd Appeal. Envelopes are kept in the church pews for your generous donations.

EUCHARISTIC ADORATION THURSDAYS 9.30am to 2.30pm

The Lord invites us to take some time out of our busy

lives to spend some time with Him in quiet adoration, prayer and reflection. If you can spare 1/2 hour or more, the Blessed Sacra-ment is exposed after morning Mass every Thursday until 2.30pm. ALL WELCOME

PRAYER REQUESTS

Peter Newman

Tony Ostojic

Shelly Barnes

Shirley Forno

Fiona Khoury

Annie Ingram

Teresa Saad

June Lewis

George & Mary Spiteri

Christopher Oldham

Simon Khoury

Gervais

Sonia & Pierre Abi–Rached

Therese Nicolas

Luca Jerkovic

Adele Tulay

Susan Pace

Branko Soric

Theresa Durand

Joanna Essey

Desfosses

Adam Borcuik

Rose Abdo

Jack Pickering

Jocelyn Santos

Mario & Tereza Cutajar

Willie & Tereza Cutajar

Andrew Tawil

Giovanna Prestipino

Alice Said

Youssef Tawil

Peter Van Tilburg

Nicole Ratnakumar

Sakaria Frank Mausio

Doreen Dias

SACRAMENTAL PROGRAM 2019

RECONCILIATION PROGRAM:

All preparation sessions held on SUNDAYS after 10.30am Mass

Session 1 : 05 May 2019 Session 2 : 19 May 2019 Session 3 : 26 May 2019 Session 4 : 02 June 2019

RECONCILIATION LITURGY WEDNESDAY 5th June 2019– 7:30pm

Any queries, please contact Chris on Mondays 2-4pm at the Parish office or stmm.sacraments@outlook.com

Father, pour out Your Spirit upon the people of this parish

so that inspired by Your word, nourished at Your table and

graced by Your empowering love, our lives may be devoted

to the service of our brothers and sisters and the building up

of Your Kingdom. May our parish community truly be, for

this place and time, the Body of Christ Your Son, through

whom we make this prayer. Amen

NEXT WEEK’S READINGS 09 JUNE 2019

Pentecost Sunday

Year C: Acts 2:1-11; Rom 8:8-17; Jn. 14:15-16, 23-26

Our Youth Groups meet twice a month after 6pm Sunday Mass. All are welcome. Pauline Teen is for under 18 and meets on the 1

st and 3

rd

Sunday of the Month. Pauline Youth is for 18+ and meets on the 2

nd and 4

th

Sunday. 02nd June- Pauline Teen: Talk -Creation

09th June- Pauline Youth: Talk –Evangelium Chapter 1

40 HOURS WITH THE LORD JESUS IN PREPARATION FOR THE CELEBRATION

OF THE CORPUS CHRISTI

Event Schedule

1 June 2019 Saturday 10am – 12pm Talk by Fr Hugh Thomas, CssR - What is Eucharistic Adoration? - Held at St Margaret Mary’s Pastoral Centre

21 June 2019 Friday 10am to 12 midnight 1st Day of Vigil at St Margaret Mary’s Parish.

22 June 2019 Saturday 1am to 12 midnight 2nd Day of Vigil at St Margaret Mary’s Parish.

23 June 2019 Sunday 1am to 7am 3rd Day of Vigil at St Margaret Mary’s Parish.

23 June 2019 Sunday 2pm FEAST OF CORPUS CHRISTI Procession Fellowship at 4:30pm St Margaret Mary’s Parish.

Enquiries: ANNIE - 0414 652479

Email: divinemercyteam3@hotmail.com

CAR PARK MAINTENANCE

Volunteers needed for cleaning once every fortnight for approxi-mately 2 1/2 hours work. Kindly contact Anthony Sammut - 0449794147 or the Parish Office.

TABLE TENNIS

Every Tuesday evening, commencing from 14th May 2019 in the Pastoral Centre from 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm. Three tables will be in operation and refreshments available as well. All are welcome for a social evening of Table Tennis.

St. Margaret Mary’s Parish Library

The Legion of Mary will be available in room 2 of the Pastoral Centre after the 10:30am Mass on the 2nd and 4th Sunday of eve-ry month, starting on 9th June 2019 to allow parishioners to bor-row books for reading. We encourage you to take this opportunity to read good Christian material. Browse over the lists while enjoying a cuppa from next door.

SCRIPTURE STUDY EVERY THURSDAY EVENING

You are invited to experience the joy of “the Word of God” in a weekly discussion/study meeting.

Where: St Margaret Mary’s Pastoral Centre Time: 7pm

For further queries, please contact Gwen on 9632 9097.

PARISH MORNING TEA

Sunday 02 June 2019

Where : Pastoral Centre Time : following 10.30am Mass

This week: : Readers & Commentators Next week: Parish Council / Finance Committee

ALL ARE WELCOME

Everyday during the month of June, there will be Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament after all Morning Masses and recitation of the Litany of Sacred Heart and Act of Consecration.

ALL ARE WELCOME

A preacher decided to skip service one Sunday and head to the hills to do some bear hunting. As he rounded the corner on a perilous trail, he and a bear collided, sending him and his rifle tumbling down the mountainside. Before he knew it, his rifle went one way and he went the other, landing on a rock and breaking both legs. That was the good news. The bad news was the ferocious bear charging at him from a distance, and he couldn't move. "Oh Lord," the preacher prayed, "I'm so sorry for skipping service today to come out here and hunt. Please forgive me and grant me just one wish.... please make a Christian out of that bear that's coming at me. Please, Lord!" That very instant, the bear skidded to a halt, fell to its knees, clasped its paws together and began to pray aloud right at the preacher's feet. Dear Lord, bless this food I am about to receive... in Jesus' name... Amen."