25th Sun Ordinary - Catholic Diocese of Bathurst

Catholic Parish of St Patrick
Wellington – Stuart Town – Yeoval
Established 1856
Ministering to Wellington Correctional Centre
Pastor: Rev Fr Carl Mackander
Parish Secretary: Mrs Enid Traynor
Prison Chaplain: Mr Mike Williams
Parish Schools: St Mary’s Wellington
St Columba’s Yeoval
25th Sunday Ordinary Time -Year B
We gather to worship the God of all time and all
people and we acknowledge the Wiradjuri people
as the traditional Custodians of this land and their
cultural and spiritual connections to it.
20th September 2015
RESPONSORIAL PSALM Ps 53
Please all pray the psalm together.
1.
2.
3.
The Lord upholds my life.
O God, save me by your name;
by your power, uphold my cause.
O God, hear my prayer;
listen to the words of my mouth.
For proud men have irsen against me,
ruthless men seek my life.
They have no regard for God.
But I have God for my help.
The Lord upholds my life.
I will sacrifice to you with willing heart
and praise your name for it is good.
The Lord upholds my life.
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
Alleluia, alleluia!
God has called us with the gospel
to share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Alleluia!
MEMORIAL ACCLAMATION
Save us, Saviour of the world,
for by your Cross and Resurrection
you have set us free.
This weeks Readings: Wisdom 2:12.17-20, James 3:16 – 4:3,
Mark 9:30-37
Next weeks Readings: Numbers 11:25-29, James 5:1-6,
Mark 9:38-43,47-48
“The most demanding of all journeys,
the journey into one’s own heart.
We need to create an open space in ourselves
to recognise God.”
Welcome
MISSION STATEMENT OF PARISH
To foster an OUTREACHING COMMUNITY
by developing RELATIONSHIPS
which manifest CHRIST’S LOVE-IN-ACTION
FAITH AND WORD SHARING and praying for men about Sunday’s Gospel on Thursday 9.00am -­‐ 10.00am in side chapel of church. All men are welcome. INVITATION. Next Sunday 27th September at 3.00pm the Catholics of STUART TOWN are invited to join our Anglican sisters and brothers at St Michael’s Church to celebrate their patronal feastday, St Michael and all Angels. The Service will be followed by afternoon tea. All welcome. BISHOP McKENNA will visit
Wellington Parish for 150 years
of diocese on Thursday 1st
October mid-morning 9.30am
– 10.30am in the Infant de
Prague Hall. The Parish Council will host a
morning tea for senior parishioners as well as
families of the parish. It is hoped that older or
frail parishioners will be brought from their
homes by available parishioners with cars.
Please RSVP to the Parish Office if you can
assist with transporting of parishioners.
Parish House: 58 Warne St, (PO Box 13) Wellington 2820 Phone (02) 6845 2061 Fax (02) 6845 4321
Fr Carl Mobile: 0438 622 777, Office email: [email protected]
Parish Office hours: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday: 9.30am – 1pm & 2pm – 5.00pm
Diocesan website: www.bathurst.catholic.org.au Diocesan Youth website: www.youth.bathurst.catholic.org.au
DAY BY DAY
MONDAY 21st September
St Matthew, Apostle & Evangelist
8.30am
Mass
TUESDAY 22nd September
8.30am
Mass
WEDNESDAY 23rd September
St Pius of Pietrelcina (Padre Pio)
8.30am
Mass
THURSDAY 24th September
Mary Mother of Mercy
8.30am
Mass
FAITH AND WORD SHARING and praying about
Sunday’s gospel at 9.00am in side chapel. All men
welcome.
FRIDAY 25th September
8.30am
Mass
SATURDAY 26th September
Stuart Town 8.30am Mass
Wellington 6.00pm Mass
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SUNDAY 27 September -26th Sun Ordinary Time
Social Justice Sunday
Wellington
8.00am Mass
Yeoval
10.00am Mass
SOCIAL JUSTICE SUNDAY next Sunday 27th September. THE FOURTH DAY REVISITED –
MEN’S CURSILLO REUNION
Friday 25th September 6pm to
Sunday 27th September 3pm.
Shalom House of Prayer
The weekend will be very informal and relaxed with
plenty of time to talk, walk and enjoy the company of
likeminded men. All awhile enjoying the hospitality
and good food provided by the Shalom community.
The weekend is also open to any men who have not
been on a Cursillo weekend but would like to
experience the company of men in a supportive and
relaxed environment. Kairos prison ministry team
have made a Cursillo weekend in preparation for
their gaol ministry. Is this for you too?
Our quest speakers will Fr Greg Kennedy and Rick
McCosker. (Cricketer, Cursillo Lay Director,
Chaplin)
Cost: Suggested Donation of $170 (all meals and
accommodation)
To
Register
phone:
02
63673058
or
Email: [email protected]
Shalom House of Prayer is a not-for-profit organisation and the
suggested donation enables us to cover costs. Anything above this
recommended donation makes it possible for us to subsidise those
who cannot afford a full donation – it has always been the policy
of Shalom that nobody be excluded from a retreat or program
due to cost.
OUR PRAYERS ARE ASKED FOR:
Recently Deceased: Brett Darney, Joe Croker
(Golspie), Judy Jackson
Anniversaries: Jim Connell, Julius Seaborn, Bishop
A.R.E. Thomas (1983)
Sick: Sr Joanna Healey, Sam McManus, Barry Kitch,
Neralie Dawson, Sally Anne Mannix, Lee Gibbs
(Hamlyn Terrace), Rick Hall (Alice Springs, Michael
McMahon’s nephew), Mary Cowan (Victoria,
Michael McMahon’s Aunty), Stella Milton (10 years
old – Mudgee), Nicole Davis, Geoffrey Nicholas
(grandson of Geoff & Margaret Jones), Graham
Cross, Dominica Tohl (SA, Michael McMahon’s
sister), Elizabeth Cahill, Tracey Hanns (Blue Haven,
wife of Judith Hiatt’s nephew), Tess Johnston (Norah
Head), Ken Miller (Ruth Cumming’s father), Patricia
Mitchell, Garry McGuire, Sue Smith, Jeanne
Marinov (Beechworth, Irene Cahill’s sister), Jasmine
Robinson (Canberra), Joan Croker (Golspie), Kevin
Lynch (Sydney).
Masses: Geoffrey England, Ashley England, Peter
Amey, Ester Pedida, Trevor Hilton
LITURGY ROSTER FOR NEXT WEEKEND 27th Sept.
Saturday
Sunday (4 Sun of Month)
6.00pm
8.00am
Welcomer: J. Barrett
P. Neville
Comm:
M. McMahon J. Southwell
Reader:
K. Mason
W. Thomas
Min. of
D. Frost
G. Whiteley
Eucharist: M. White
T. Frost
B. Redfern
Servers:
Volunteers
Volunteers
Ministers this Saturday: Welcomer: M. Redfern,
Comm: Whale family, Reader: Whale family,
Euch.Min: M. White, B. Redfern, Servers:
Volunteers,
Sunday: Welcomer: D. Large, Comm: Volunteer,
Reader: R. Forsyth, Euch.Min: M. Williams, M.
Fitzgerald, Servers: Volunteers
Flowers 26th/27th September: M. Fitzgerald
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Planned Giving last week:
Pastoral Revenue last week:
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OUR SYMPATHY and prayers are extended to the
family of Brett Darney whose funeral will be held on
Tuesday 22nd September at 11am in St Patrick’s
Church.
PARISH FUNDRAISER. A raffle has been
organised to help with costs of Skye & Patrick Veech
attending the Ignite Catholic Youth Conference in
Brisbane 24th–27th September 2015.
1st Prize $50 Coles Voucher, 2nd Prize Coffee set.
Tickets $2 each. On sale after Masses.
Last chance to get tickets.
Drawn this Sunday.
CONGRATULATIONS and best wishes to Frank
Lacey and Ross Conn who celebrated milestone
birthdays recently, reaching the biblical fullness of
time (3 score and ten)
“Mental Health Doesn’t Discriminate”
Date: Monday 12th October 2015
Venue: Wellington Civic Centre
Time: 10.00am to 3.00pm
Guest Speakers: Dr Ian Spencer, Edward Daley,
Germaine Rich, Pip Job, Rachel Rathbone
All welcome to this community event.
“We are not here to tend a museum,
but rather to cultivate a flourishing
garden of life.”
St John XXIII
HEART WOMEN’S CONFERENCE
16-17 October 2015
Fairfield RSL
Sydney NSW
A time to come together as women to be
refreshed and renewed in our busy lives.
Spoil yourself. Dream again. Feel loved,
honoured and cared for.
Register: The CatholicGuy.tv/heart
Email: heart@the catholicguy.tv
Phone: 1300 734 880
Pope Francis' Encyclical Laudato Si': On the Care for
Our Common Home is a call for global action as well as
an appeal for deep inner conversion.
“Promote smart growth. Create liveable communities with
beautiful design and plentiful green spaces for everyone,
especially the poor. Tackle noise and ‘visual pollution,’ and
save cities' cultural treasures. Design spaces that help
people connect and trust each other.”
(Pars 44-45, 113, 143, 147)
Saint of the Week – St
Pius of Pietrelcina, (Padre
Pio) priest (Sep 23)
Francesco, named in honor of
St Francis of Assisi, was born
to Giuseppa and Grazio
Forgione, peasant farmers, in
the small Italian village of
Pietrelcina on May 25, 1887.
From his childhood, it was
evident that he was a special child of God.
Francesco was very devout even as a child, and at
an early age felt drawn to the priesthood. He
became a Capuchin novice at the age of 16 and
received the habit in 1902. Francesco was ordained
in 1910 after seven years of study and became
known as Padre Pio.
On September 20, 1918, Padre Pio was kneeling in
front of a large crucifix when he received the visible
marks of the crucifixion, making him the first
stigmatized priest in the history of Church. The
doctor who examined Padre Pio could not find any
natural cause for the wounds. Upon his death in
1968, the wounds were no longer visible. In fact,
there was no scarring and the skin was completely
renewed. He had predicted 50 years prior that upon
his death the wounds would heal. The wounds of
the stigmata were not the only mystical
phenomenon
experienced
by
Padre
Pio.
The blood from the stigmata had an odour
described by many as similar to that of perfume or
flowers, and the gift of bilocation was attributed to
him. Padre Pio was able to read the hearts of the
penitents who flocked to him for confession which
he heard daily for 10-12 hours.
Even before his death, people spoke to Padre Pio
about his possible canonisation. He died on
September 23, 1968 at the age of 81, and was
beatified in 1999.
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