The Brisbane Oratory in Formation

Parish of Annerley Ekibin Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time [OF] & Quinquagesima Sunday [EF]:

2nd/3rd March, 2019

Parish Office

14 Ferndale Street, Annerley 4103

PO Box 3131, Tarragindi 4121.

Office Hours:- 9:00am - 1:00pm

Monday, Wednesday & Friday

Phone: 3848 1107

Fax: 3848 1855

Email: annek@bne.catholic.net.au

Web: www.annerleyekibinparish.com www.facebook.com/ annerleyekibinparish

www.twitter.com/AnnerleyEkibin

Parish Priest :

Fr Scot Anthony Armstrong

Parish Team:

Ms Shirley Sadler (Parish Secretary) Mrs Kathy Ducker (Finance Officer)

Ms Teresa Martin

(Sacramental Co-ordinator)

† Mary Immaculate Church

616 Ipswich Road, Annerley

† St John Fisher Church

17 Messines Ridge Road, Tarragindi

† St Elizabeth’s Chapel

61 Effingham Street, Ekibin

St Elizabeth’s Primary School

Phone 3848 0828

Mary Immaculate Primary School

Phone 3848 8965

Our Lady’s Secondary College

Phone: 3426 8000

St John Fisher Hall

17 Messines Ridge Road, Tarragindi

Phone 3848 1107 (Office hours)

The Brisbane Oratory in Formation

Oratory House - 3392 9247

16 Ferndale Street, Annerley

http://brisbane-oratory.org/

Fr Adrian Sharp (Moderator)

Fr Andrew Wise

Fr Scot Armstrong

Br Shawn Murphy

Br Tyson King

Br Conor Power

Br John Henry Nguyen

Safeguarding Children and Vulnerable

Adults Parish Representative

Contact for Safeguarding concerns

Marie Melski (3848 0338)

Catholic Enquiry Group

Lauren Le Feuvre (0410 939 661)

Frassati (Young Men)

Jerome Shogren (0449 090 071)

Flores Teresianes (Young Women)

Bernadette Tomlin (0401 446 613)

Frassati Youth (High School age)

Br Tyson King (0468 429 809) frassatiyouthbrisbane@gmail.com

St Vincent de Paul Helpline

Phone: 3010 1096

Homeless Hotline: 1800 846 437

Readings for next Sunday

9th/10th March

1st: Deuteronomy 26: 4-10

2nd: Romans 10: 8-13

Gospel: Luke 4: 1-13

Dear Parishioners, This coming Wednesday we begin the penitential season of Lent, during which, by means of prayer, fasting and almsgiving (works of charity), we purify our hearts and prepare them to

participate more faithfully in the Paschal Mystery of Christ. Ash Wednesday is a day of fasting (one full meal and two small "collations" which together would not equal a full meal) and abstinence (from red meat). "The law of fasting binds those who have completed their eighteenth year until the beginning of their sixtieth year; the law of abstinence binds those who have completed their fourteenth year." (Ordo 2019, Brisbane Liturgy).

The yearly Project Compassion appeal will also begin. The various envelopes and boxes will be available at the back of our churches.

Let us resolve to put in a good Lent. We never know when the opportunity to do penance and move closer to the Lord will no longer be available to us. in Christ, Fr Scot Anthony Armstrong

The Sisters of the Nativity are starting an Orphanage from scratch in Otukpo, Benue State, Nigeria, to give unwanted babies a chance for survival and to live in the love of

Christ. The need to build a 50 – bedroom Orphanage is urgent in order to save the lives of babies who are discarded at birth. St. Gianna Maria Orphanage will also provide accommodation for women with unwanted pregnancies. These women will receive Counselling and pre/ante-natal care plus the support needed if they decide to keep their child after birth or give them up to the care of the sisters at the Orphanage. Please donate generously towards this very

worthy cause. For further information, contact the Parish Office. Thank you! Sr. Anna Abba, S.o.N.

Sacramental Program for Children A Parent Information night will be held at St Elizabeth's Catholic Primary School, cnr Effingham St & Cracknell Rd, Ekibin, at 7pm Tuesday 5 March 2019 for parents of children who will be making their First Penance, First Holy Communion or Confirmation next year. Further details closer to the date. Teresa - Sacramental Co-ordinator: sacramental_annek@bne.catholic.net.au

The Catholic Enquiry Group

The Catholic Enquiry Group is for those who would like to know more about the Catholic faith or who may be interested in becoming a Catholic. The Catholic Enquiry Group meets on Tuesday evenings at 7:30pm at the Parish Office. Please phone Teresa Martin for further information on 0413 763 256.

PARISH DATE CLAIMERS Monday 11th March Josephites Associates Meeting at St Fabian’s, Yeerongpilly at 10:00am. For further information please phone Judy Harris on 3848 6017. Tuesday 12th March Men’s Secular Oratory at MI Church, commencing at 7:30pm. Friday 15th March Elizabethan Social Club Devonshire Morning Tea at 10:00am at SJF Hall. $7.00. For bookings, please phone Joan on 3848 3251 or Philomena on 3349 2809. Saturday 16th March Baptism Preparation for Parents at 9:00am in the School Library (under MI Church). Please contact the Parish Office to book.

WE PRAY FOR: Those who are recently deceased: Beverley BROPHY, Maureen NIELSEN, Dr Felice ZACCARI, OAM , John (Jack) BLISS and Don STONE. Those who are sick: Ksenia BORODIN, Rex BOWEN, Verna BOWEN, Joan BRAMMER, Ted BUTTERWORTH, Duncan CARSTENS, Ruth Mary DALY, Shannon EMSLIE, Mark FARRAH, Jane FARRELL, Bryan FITZPATRICK, Joan FLEW, Anne FRANETTOVICH, Gwen GAIR, Vilma GHOUSE, Bronte GREER, Marlene JOHNSTON, Tony LEVICK, Marie MITCHELL, Barbara MASON, Valerie ORTON, Mila PICKARD, Ron ROFE, Joan ROONEY, Joan RYAN, Rosa Maria SANTOS, Norma TORPEY, Josephine & Bill WRIGHT and Matthew ZEMEK.

All the faithful departed.

Holy Rosary: The March Intentions for the Tuesday Rosary are for " those who are persecuted because they do what God requires; the Kingdom of heaven belongs to them! And for the Pope, the Bishops and the Priests through the intercession of Our Lady of Grace." It begins 10 minutes after the 7am Mass in Mary

Immaculate Church. All welcome. Enquiries: Legion of Mary on 0421 258 418 (Bill]. First Saturday Devotion on March 2nd: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and Confession (7.15am to 8am), Twenty Minutes Meditation, 8.15am Mass, and Act of Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary and the Holy Rosary are recited 10 minutes after the Mass inside Mary Immaculate Church. (Confession available after the Mass.) Please come to the front for the Consecration and the Holy Rosary. Prayer sheets are provided.

Refection: The sweetness which some experience in prayer is milk our Lord gives to those who are just

beginning to serve Him. St Philip Neri

"The peace of the Gospels has nothing to do with any type of impassivity, extinction of sensitivity, cold indifference or being wrapped up in oneself....On the contrary, it is the necessary corollary of love...'Acquire peace and a multitude will find its salvation through you,' said St Seraphim of Sarov. Acquiring and maintaining interior peace, which is impossible without prayer, should consequently be considered a priority

for everybody, above all for those who claim to want to do good for their neighbour. Otherwise, more often than not they would simply be communicating their own restlessness and distress."

Jacques Philippe, Searching For and Maintaining Peace (Sceptre, New York, 2002)

40 Days for Life Prayer and Fasting

40 Days prayer and fasting for the ending of abortion from

Ash Wednesday to Palm Sunday.

Peaceful Vigil: standing for life through a 40-day peaceful

public witness at the Vigil site located at 20 Abbotsford Rd

Bowen Hills (near the bus stop outside Bowen Hills Train

Station). The Vigil location is just over 200m away from the

Marie Stopes abortion mill.

Please sign up for prayer times on the 24 hour Vigil

Calendar by visiting http://40dfl.net/

By registering your commitment on the electronic calendar,

you will help achieve the goal of 40 days of 24 hour vigil for

our brothers and sisters in the womb.

[“Act, and God will act.” St Joan of Arc]

Frassati Youth - Juventus Relaunch

Frassati Youth is back with Juventus Relaunch for

High School Age students on the 8th of March at St

Elizabeth’s School from 6:30pm to 8:00pm for a night of

games and fun including minute to win it! We have a whole

new Youth Leadership team this year with Br Tyson as the

Youth Coordinator. Please contact Br Tyson on 0468 429

809 for more information or to sign up for the night.

Statement from Archbishop Mark Coleridge

The news of Cardinal George Pell’s conviction on historical

child sexual abuse charges has shocked many across

Australia and around the world, including the Catholic

Bishops of Australia. The Bishops agree that everyone

should be equal under the law, and we respect the

Australian legal system. The same legal system that

delivered the verdict will consider the appeal that the

Cardinal’s legal team has lodged. Our hope, at all times, is

that through this process, justice will be served.

In the meantime, we pray for all those who have been

abused and their loved ones, and we commit ourselves

anew to doing everything possible to ensure that the

Church is a safe place for all, especially the young and the

vulnerable.

Please see Page 3 of this Newsletter for our

Professional Standards Office notice about disclosures.

For further updates, please see the Archdiocesan website

at https://brisbanecatholic.org.au

Parish Diary & Mass Times: 4th - 10th March

Monday 4th March 6:30am Mass [OF+] SE 7:00pm Mass [EF] MI Tuesday 5th March 7:00am Mass [EF] MI 9:00am Mass [OF] MI (School Mass)

Thursday 7th March

7:00am Mass [OF+] MI

9:00am Mass [EF] MI

5:45pm Exposition SE

Friday 8th March

7:00am Mass [OF] SE

9:00am Mass [EF] MI

7:30pm Holy Hour MI

Saturday 9th March

8:15am Mass [EF] MI

First Sunday of Ordinary Time

5:30pm Vigil [OF] SJF

5:30pm Vigil [OF+] MI

Sunday 10th March

7:30am Mass [OF] MI

8:30am Mass [OF] SJF

9:00am Mass [EF] MI

11:00am Mass [OF] SJF (Sudanese Community)

5:00pm Mass [OF+] MI

OF = Ordinary Form | OF+ = Ad orientem | EF = Extraordinary Form]

MI = Mary Immaculate SE = St Elizabeth’s SJF = St John Fisher

CONFESSION TIMES:

Mon 6:45pm (MI) Wed 9:40am - 10:00am (MI) Thu 9:40am - 10:00am (MI Fri 9:40am - 10:00am (MI) 7:30pm - 8:30pm (MI) During Holy Hour Sat 7:15am - 8:00am (MI) Sat 4:45pm - 5:15pm (MI) Sat 5:15pm by request (SJF)

Sun During 9:00am Mass where possible (MI)

The Angelus and the Rosary are prayed half an hour before the early weekday Masses, at SE & SJF.

All night Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament takes place each Thursday at SE, beginning at 6:00pm and concluding at 6:45am on Fridays.

Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament takes place on Saturdays from 7:15am - 8:00am at MI Church.

Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament takes place from 9.40am to 11.30am on every First Friday at Mary Immaculate Church.

The Holy Rosary is prayed at Mary Immaculate after the 7am Mass on Tuesdays, at 7.30am on Saturdays and after the 8.15am Mass on every First Saturday.

Rosters for next week

St Gregory’s Latin Mass Community: Quinquagesima Sunday

Wilston 7:30am

Sunday, 10th March, 7:30am Mass at MI: For the Holy Souls in purgatory 8:30am Mass at SJF: For the repose of the soul of Glen Andrews, recent sudden death 9:00am Mass at MI: For the Pope and the Bishops 5:00pm Mass at MI: for Annette Andrews, recently widowed

PLEASE NOTE:

The 9:00am Mass at MI on Ash Wednesday will be [OF],

with an additional [EF] Mass scheduled for 7:30pm

(Missa Cantata)

RECENT MASS INTENTIONS Monday, 25th February, 6:30am Mass at SE: For the soul of Iris Leaney, 100th anniversary of birth Wednesday, 27th February, 6:30am Mass at SJF: For Jaime & Ana Garcia, 48th wedding anniversary Friday, 1st March, 7:00am Mass at SE: For Jose Antonio Garcia Borja, ill health

MASS INTENTIONS Saturday, 2nd March, Away: For the intention of the donor 5:30pm Vigil at MI: Mass for the people ‘pro populo’ Sunday, 3rd March, 7:30am Mass at Wilston: For the Pope and the Bishops 5:00pm Mass at MI: For the seminarians of the Brisbane Oratory and for Oratorian Vocations Monday, 4th March, 7:00pm Mass at MI: For the Holy Souls in purgatory Tuesday, 5th March, Away: For the Holy Souls in purgatory, especially deceased members of F.O.S.S. 7:00am Mass at MI: For the Holy Souls in purgatory Wednesday, 6th March, 6:30am Mass at SJF: For the intention of the donor 7:30pm Mass at MI: For Notre Dame Priory (Tasmania), for Angelorum College, and the other intentions of the donor Thursday, 7th March, 7:00am Mass at MI: For the intention of the donor Friday, 8th March, 9:00am Mass at MI: For the intention of the donor Saturday, 9th March, 5:30pm Vigil at SJF: For the repose of the soul of Paul Jones

Wednesday 6th March: Ash Wednesday

6:30am Mass [OF] SJF

9:00am Mass [OF] MI

7:30pm Mass [EF] MI Missa Cantata

Rosters for next week

MINISTERS OF THE WORD

Sat (SJF) 5:30pm Barbara Nicolaides

Sun (MI) 7.30am Ann Fell

Sun (SJF) 8:30am Peter Menagh

Sun (MI) 5.00pm Pat Rickard, Andrew Carney

EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS OF HOLY COMMUNION

Sat (SJF) 5:30pm: Bert Jacobs, John Lesina, Prem Nair

Sun (MI) 7:30am: Joan Coghlan, Paul Coghlan, Charles Grugan, Kathleen Grugan

COUNTERS

Monday, 4th March, 2019

CHURCH CARE

Laundry (SJF): Pat Smith

Those affected by abuse and misconduct by Church personnel need to be supported and encouraged to speak their truth.

Disclosures of this nature should be made to the Professional Standards Office Qld by completing a disclosure form, available at psoqld.catholic.net.au and emailing it to: psoqld@catholic.net.au; posting it to: PO Box 3264, Brisbane, 4001. Or please phone 1800 337 928.

Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C – 2nd/3rd March, 2019

MASS READINGS

First Reading: Sirach 27:4-7

In a shaken sieve the rubbish is left behind, so too the defects of a man appear in his talk. The kiln tests the work of the potter, the test of a man is in his conversation. The orchard where the tree grows is judged on the quality of its fruit, similarly a man's words betray what he feels. Do not praise a man before he has spoken, since this is the test of men.

The Word of the Lord

Response: Thanks be to God

Responsorial Psalm 91 (Said by all)

It is good to give thanks to the Lord to make music to your name, O Most High, to proclaim your love in the morning and your truth in the watches of the night.

The just will flourish like the palm-tree and grow like a Lebanon cedar.

Planted in the house of the Lord they will flourish in the courts of our God, still bearing fruit when they are old, still full of sap, still green, to proclaim that the Lord is just. In him, my rock, there is no wrong.

Second Reading: 1 Corinthians 15:54-58

When this perishable nature has put on imperishability, and when this mortal nature has put on immortality, then the words of scripture will come true: Death is swallowed up in victory. Death, where is your victory? Death, where is your sting? Now the sting of death is sin, and sin gets its power from the Law. So let us thank God for giving us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Never give in then, my dear brothers, never admit defeat; keep on working at the Lord's work always, knowing that, in the Lord, you cannot be labouring in vain.

The Word of the Lord

Response: Thanks be to God

Gospel Acclamation:

Alleluia, alleluia! Shine on the world like bright stars; you are offering it the word of life. Alleluia

Gospel: Luke 6:39-45

Jesus told a parable to his disciples, 'Can one blind man guide another? Surely both will fall into a pit? The disciple is not superior to his teacher; the fully trained disciple will always be like his teacher. Why do you observe the splinter in your brother's eye and never notice the plank in your own? How can you say to your brother, "Brother, let me take out the splinter that is in your eye," when you cannot see the plank in your own? Hypocrite! Take the plank out of your own eye first, and then you will see clearly enough to take out the splinter that is in your brother's eye. 'There is no sound tree that produces rotten fruit, nor again a rotten tree that produces sound fruit. For every tree can be told by its own fruit: people do not pick figs from thorns, nor gather grapes from brambles.

A good man draws what is good from the store of goodness in his heart; a bad man draws what is bad from the store of badness. For a man's words flow out of what fills his heart.'

The Gospel of the Lord

Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ

Memorial Acclamation: Number One We proclaim your Death, O Lord, and profess your Resurrection until you come again.

ARE YOU A NEW PARISHIONER?

OR ARE YOU FROM ELSEWHERE IN BRISBANE BUT

REGULARLY ATTEND MASS HERE AND WOULD LIKE

TO BE REGISTERED AS A FRIEND OF THE BRISBANE

ORATORY? If so, please fill in the form below and place it

on the collection plate or mail to our Parish Office:

P.O. Box 3131, Tarragindi. 4121.

□ I am a new parishioner

□ I am from elsewhere but would like to be

registered as a friend of the Brisbane Oratory

Name…………………………………………………………

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COLLECTIONS LAST WEEKEND: $2,366.55 ELECTRONIC CONTRIBUTIONS AVERAGE FOR WEEK:

$1,617.00 Thank you from a grateful Parish.

Mary Immaculate Primary School

Prep ENROLMENTS 2020

We are currently taking enrolment applications for Prep 2020 and beyond! If families have a child born between 1/07/2014 & 30/06/2015, he/she is eligible for Prep 2020. Please call into the office

to collect an enrolment form. Interviews will commence

soon!

Children born in the month of July 2015 (turning 5 by the 31st July) could be eligible for consideration for Prep in 2020. There is a special criteria that must be addressed. If interested, please call into the office to obtain a parent information sheet.

Mark your diary: 24th-26th May

Further details to come.