YEAR B - FOURTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME - 8TH JULY, 2012
YEAR B - FOURTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME - 8TH JULY, 2012
ROSTERS
WEEK ENDING 15th July, 2012
CLEANING TEAM: Friday, 13th July, 2012 –
Group C –
Patrick Cross, Aileen Boon
READERS:
14th /15th July – 15th Sun in Ord Time – Year B
Sat 5.30pm Peter Botterill Brendan Donohue
Sun. 8.00am Sheridane Kumanidis Zita Conti
Sun 10.00am Maria Maric Alma Kelly
EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS: 14th/15th July
Sat 5.30pm Aileen Boon
Sun 8.00am Bernice Fahey Margaret Cassoff
Sun 10.00am Porfirio & Agapita Castaneda
PRAY FOR THE SICK:
Tony Melza, Ann Kerr, Jack & Jean O’Brien, Joanne Rhind,
Paul Bridges.
LORD WELCOME OUR DEAD HOME, ESPECIALLY-
Recently deceased: Annette Shepherd, John Gonano.
Anniversaries: Anica Brbot, Arthur Hanratty, Walter Holmes, Margaret Dempsey, Jim Young, Anne Mackey, Giuseppe & Clementina Giugno, Frank Saviour Borg, Nubar Husseinjian,
Stella Mossop, Jack & Patricia Maddox, Hannah May & Cedric Russell, the Davis, Pulham, Donohoue, Evans, McAleer, Ryan, McGrath, Madden, Togher, Fahey & Bounds Families.
In keeping with the Privacy Act names cannot be published in our Parish Bulletin without the permission of the persons themselves or their next of kin. Please specify on your Mass Envelope your intention to include the person’s name in this Bulletin or contact the Parish Office on 9587 5444.
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LEGION OF MARY
“Mary Help of Christian Praesidium”
St. Patrick’s, Kogarah
Meeting is on every Thursday after the 9.15am Mass.
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LOST PROPERTY All lost property is kept in the Sacristy.
Would parishioners please check to see if anything belongs to them.
PATIENTS AT ST. GEORGE PUBLIC
& PRIVATE HOSPITALS
If you or your loved ones will be Patients in the St. George Hospitals at any time, would you please make sure your Catholic Religion is noted by the Admitting Staff, so that your name is included on the list of Catholic Patients.
If you would like to have the Sacrament of the Sick or Reconciliation, ask a nurse to page the Catholic Priest on Pager 710. Alternatively, if you are aware that you are to be hospitalised, you may like to ask your Parish Priest to give you the Sacrament of the Sick before you go to Hospital. However, it is important that you have your Catholic Religion noted, so that we may visit you and offer you Holy Communion while in Hospital.
Toilets are now located at the end of the Parish Hall,
facing Princes Highway.
THIS SUNDAY
Everyone is welcome
after both the 8am and 10am Masses in the Parish Hall, to purchase coffee, tea, hot dogs, pies, etc. The money raised will go towards World Youth Day, to be held in Brazil in 2013. Some of our youth in the Parish have been properly trained to make coffee and will be only too pleased to try out their new skills. All youth are encouraged to participate, and make new friendships.
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The Parish Morning Tea, that is held on the first Sunday of each month, after the 10.00am Mass, will serve coffee/tea for free and everyone is welcome. The next date is 5th August.
WORLD YOUTH DAY RAFFLE
TICKETS: $2 EACH OR 3 FOR $5
The youth will sell raffle tickets to raise money for World Youth Day 2013 for the next few weeks. Tickets will be available before and after weekend masses. We thank Rita and her family for donating the prizes of an Ipod, Ipod dock and Mother’s Day cup.
BAPTISMS – JULY
We welcome into the Catholic Church
community this month:
8th – Jesse James May
22nd – Matteo Colarusso
ST PATRICK’S PRIMARY SCHOOL
St Patrick’s School is
still accepting Catholic
enrolments for
Kindergarten 2013.
If your child is ready to start school
and you are looking for a Catholic
Education for them in a community
that is nurturing and welcoming, we would love to hear from you.
Catholic Education does require parents to pay fees, however families experiencing genuine financial hardship can apply to the Principal for a fee reduction. Families of Kindergarten students in 2013 can also apply to the Catholic Education Foundation for an educational bursary for financial support.
(Children in Australia on certain visas are required to pay full fees)
Please contact the school on 9587 8998 or email We look forward to welcoming you to the St Patrick’s school community.
PLANNED GIVING PROGRAMME
If you are a new parishioner to St. Patrick’s, you may not be aware that we have a Planned Giving Programme. You receive a box of envelopes to be used each week at Mass, for your contribution to this Parish. Not only is your giving made more discreet, but there is an annual tax receipt issued, of which 20% is tax deductible. Please contact the Parish Office on 9587 5444 if you are interested in joining this Program. Credit card facilities are available for your convenience.
The new Planned Giving boxes for the next financial year (2012/13) are available at the main entrance to the church. The taxation receipts are available too.
YOUTH MASS AND ACTIVITIES
We welcome all young people to attend Mass every Sunday at
6.00 pm. We also welcome our youth to be involved in the special youth group activities, and in the Liturgy of Sunday Mass, i.e. Readings, Singing, Ushering. We look forward to seeing you there.
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‘WE PRAY AS ONE’
Daily Prayer Readings for 2012 - $20 each
(includes a brief history for each Saint throughout the year)
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CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY BIBLES
Catholic Pastoral Edition
These Bibles are available for purchase
from the Parish Office at a cost of $40 - large print (hard cover)
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COMPENDIUM OF THE CATECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH (Catholic Beliefs) –
$15 each (paperback)
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USBORNE CHILDREN’S BIBLE
$15 each
Beautiful little (b5 size) 143 page
44 stories from both New and Old Testament to read to children.
Would make a lovely present.
Available from the Parish Office.
GOD’S WORD 2012 - Daily Reflections
Reduced price $10 each HURRY!
Limited stocks in the Sacristy – only a few left.
MARRIAGE MASS AND RENEWAL OF VOWS St. Mary’s Cathedral, Sydney - Sunday, 29th July, 10.30am (Marriage & Family Sunday)
Married couples in the Archdiocese of Sydney, who are celebrating a special anniversary this year (25, 30, 40, 50 or 60 years of marriage) and those couples married in the last 12 months are particularly invited to attend the Mass. In order for the newly-married and anniversary couples to receive a special acknowledgement on the day, we ask that all couples wishing to attend RSVP to or 9390 5283
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CAEC LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS
Do you have a couple of spare hours every month or so? Would you like to help our team of friendly volunteers? The Catholic Adult Education Centre for the Archdiocese of Sydney would like to hear from you. For more information and to be involved please ring John Gresser on 9646 9010 or email .
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FINANCE ASSISTANT (PART TIME), CONFRATERNITY OF CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE
The Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney is seeking applications for the role of Finance Assistant, Confraternity of Christian Doctrine. This role is a part time position working 3 days per week (Mondays, Tuesdays & Wednesdays) and is based at the Polding Centre, Sydney. Further detail about this position is available at www.catholicjobsonline.com.au. Applications toEddie Kropkowski by email at by 22 July 2012. Enquiries: 02 9390 5125.
SCENE VOCATIONS EXPO
Wednesday, 11 – Friday, 13 July:
11am – 4pm, Martin Place.
Free outdoor festival of Catholic life and vocations with up to 48 stallholders from media, youth and family ministries, tertiary institutions, welfare, religious congregations and more. Also includes live entertainment and giveaways. Enquiries: 9390 5937 or visit http://www.credosydney.org/our-works/scene/vocations-expo .
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YOUTH RETREAT
A youth retreat with the theme: “I Thirst” will be held from Friday, 26 – Sunday, 28 October 2012 at the Collaroy Centre, Homestead Ave, Collaroy Beach. Guest Speakers are Fr Liem Duong, Diocesan Priest, Sacred Heart, Cabramatta and Most Rev Colin David Campbell DD, Bishop of Dunedin, NZ. Please refer to the attached flyer for bookings and enquires
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POSITIONS VACANT FOR 2013
FAMILY EDUCATORS
Applications are invited for the position of Family Educator based in Catholic primary schools in South Hurstville, Georges Hall, Pagewood, Carnes Hill, Holsworthy, Concord West, Pagewood, Hunters Hill, Ashbury, Belmore, Stanmore, Annandale, Eastwood, Arncliffe, Botany, Strathfield South. www.ceosyd.catholic.edu.au . Click on Employment , Positions Vacant, CEO Sydney, Family Educator Role to request an information pack. Applications close Friday, July 20, 2012. For further information contact .
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EX-STUDENTS’ REUNION DINNER
For former students of
St. Mary’s Star of the Sea Girls’ High School
St. Joseph’s Girls’ High School
Bethany College Hurstville
Saturday, 25th August, 2012 at 7.00pm
Club Central, Hurstville
Former students of the above schools are invited to a Reunion Dinner to reconnect and remember your school days. Tickets $50 per person. RSVP and payment to Sandra Coogan – of 0423 518 951.
More information: or
www.facebook.com/combinedexstudentsassociation
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THANKSGIVING MASS FOR SINGLE PARENTS
Sunday 29th July at 1.00 pm
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church, 230 Humphries Road, Bonnyrigg
A Mass for all single parents in the Sydney Archdiocese will be celebrated. All single parents and their families are most welcome. Afternoon tea will be served after the Mass PLEASE RSVP MADELEINE 0410 642 383 or email
YEAR B - FOURTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME - 8TH JULY, 2012
RESPONSES TO THE MASS
Entrance Antiphon:
Within your temple, we ponder your loving kindness, O God.
As your name, so also your praise reaches to the ends of the earth; your right hand is filled with justice.
Responsorial Psalm: Our eyes are fixed on the Lord, pleading for his mercy.
Gospel Acclamation:
Alleluia, alleluia! The Spirit of the Lord is upon me; he sent me to bring Good News to the poor. Alleluia!
Communion Antiphon:
Taste and see the goodness of the Lord; blessed is he who hopes in God.
SCRIPTURE READINGS
First Reading: Ezekiel 2: 2-5
The people are rebellious; they shall know there will be a prophet in their midst.
The spirit came into me and made me stand up, and I heard the Lord speaking to me. He said, ‘Son of man, I am sending you to the Israelites, to the rebels who have turned against me. Till now they and their ancestors have been in revolt against me. The sons are defiant and obstinate; I am sending you to them, to say, “The Lord says this.” Whether they listen or not, this set of rebels shall know there is a prophet among them.’
Second Reading: Corinthians 12: 7-10
I will glory in my infirmities so that the power of Christ may dwell in me.
In view of the extraordinary nature of these revelations, to stop me from getting too proud I was given a thorn in the flesh, an angel of Satan to beat me and stop me from getting too proud! About this thing, I have pleaded with the Lord three times for it to leave me, but he has said, ‘My grace is enough for you: my power is at its best in weakness.’ So I shall be very happy to make my weaknesses my special boast so that the power of Christ may stay over me, and that is why I am quite content with my weaknesses, and with insults, hardships, persecutions, and the agonies I go through for Christ’s sake. For it is when I am weak that I am strong.
GOSPEL: Mark 6: 1-6
A prophet is despised only in his own country.
Jesus went to his home town and his disciples accompanied him. With the coming of the Sabbath he began teaching in the synagogue and most of them were astonished when they heard him. They said, ‘Where did the man get all this? What is this wisdom that has been granted him, and these miracles that are worked through him? This is the carpenter, surely, the son of Mary, the brother of James and Joset and Jude and Simon? His sisters, too, are they not here with us?’ And they would not accept him. And Jesus said to them, ‘A prophet is only despised in his own country, among his own relations and in his own house’; and he could work no miracle there, though he cured a few sick people by laying his hands on them. He was amazed at their lack of faith.
Readings for 15.7.2012: 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year B
First Reading: Amos 7: 12-15 Second Reading: Ephesians 1: 3-14
Gospel: Mark 6: 7-13
MARRIAGES – JUNE
5th – ?
“The two shall become one”
You are invited to a morning of quiet reflection at the Grail Centre, 22 McHatton St, North Sydney, on Tuesday 17 July from 10am to 12 noon. The theme of the morning will be: The Our Father. There will be time for silent meditation on scripture and the opportunity to share thoughts in a group. We ask for a small donation to cover costs. For more information or to register your interest, please contact the Grail Centre (9955 3053) or , or Tricia Gemmell ( ).
WINNING THE HEARTS
OF CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS:
The University of Notre Dame is hosting a conference for parents, teachers and catechists designed at helping them become more confident and effective in their roles as religious educators. Held on 9 and 10 July from 9am to 5pm the conference include talks and workshops from parents, teachers and clergy. For more information, or to register, contact www.sydney.education.nd.edu.au.
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