Office Hours Tuesday-Friday 8:30am - 3:00pm

Contact P: PO Box 408, The Gap Qld 4061 T: 3300 6099 E: thegap@bne.catholic.net.au Web: www.stjohnswoodthegap.net.au FB: @StJohn’sWood/TheGapParish

Parish Team Sr. Kari Hatherell osu E: hatherellk@bne.catholic.net.au M: 0413 302 825 Parish Pastoral Director Fr. Stanley Orji Parish Sacramental Minister Caryn Lee E: thegap@bne.catholic.net.au Parish Office Coordinator

Parish Council Kylie Gaul E: kylie.brian@bigpond.com Chairperson

Local Safeguarding Officers

Caryn Lee & Kylie Gaul

Churches Mater Dei 16 Philomene Drive, Ashgrove St. Peter Chanel 41 Chaprowe Road, The Gap

Schools Mater Dei Primary School T: 3514 4100 St Peter Chanel Primary School T: 3300 1202

Parish of St. John’s Wood / The Gap

SUNDAY 26th

August 2018 21

st Sunday in Ordinary Time

Message of His Holiness Pope Francis for the 104th World Day of Migrants and Refugees 2018

“Welcoming, protecting, promoting and integrating migrants and refugees”

Dear brothers and sisters! “You shall treat the stranger who so-journs with you as the native among you, and you shall love them as yourself, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God” (Leviticus 19:34). Throughout the first years of my pontificate, I have repeatedly expressed my particular concern for the lamentable situation of many migrants and refugees fleeing from war, persecution, nat-ural disasters and poverty. This situation is undoubtedly a “sign of the times” which I have tried to interpret, with the help of the Holy Spirit, ever since my visit to Lampedusa on 8 July 2013. When I instituted the new Dicastery for Promoting Integral Hu-man Development, I wanted a particular section – under my personal direction for the time being – to express the Church’s concern for migrants, displaced people, refugees and victims of human trafficking. Every stranger who knocks at our door is an opportunity for an encounter with Jesus Christ, who identifies with the welcomed and rejected strangers of every age (Matthew 25:35-43). The Lord entrusts to the Church’s motherly love every person forced to leave their homeland in search of a better future. This soli-darity must be concretely expressed at every stage of the mi-gratory experience – from departure through journey to arrival and return. This is a great responsibility, which the Church in-tends to share with all believers and men and women of good will, who are called to respond to the many challenges of con-temporary migration with generosity, promptness, wisdom and foresight, each according to their own abilities. In this regard, I wish to reaffirm that “our shared response may

be articulated by four verbs: to welcome, to protect, to promote

and to integrate”.

As we celebrate the diversity of cultures within our own commu-

nity, let us commit ourselves to Pope Francis's call, finding ways

to welcome, protect, promote and integrate migrants and refu-

gees into Australian society today.

Blessings on the week.

Reconciliation

Mater Dei Saturday 5:00pm-5:20pm

St. Peter Chanel Sunday 4:30pm-4:45pm

Sacraments Details available on our website

under Church Activities or contact the Parish Office.

Adoration of the

Blessed Sacrament Mater Dei

Monday 7:00pm-8:00pm Friday 6:00pm-10:00pm

St. Peter Chanel 1st Friday of each month

2:00pm-3:00pm

Rosary Home rosary 7:30pm Monday 27th August 2018 at Leo & Pat

Mead’s house, Ashgrove. Call Val Bonney for details

0417 631 246. If you would like to pray the Rosary

in your home please contact Bruce Bonney 3300 2959.

Two Hearts Prayer Group

St. Peter Chanel Thursdays after 9:00am Mass: rosary, Stations of the Cross,

selected prayers for our parish, for priests and others.

Mother’s Prayer Group Meet 1st Monday morning

of the month. Contact Helen Knight on

3300 2271.

Meditation Group Mondays 9:30am-10:30am

at the Parish Office.

DAY MATER DEI ST PETER CHANEL FEAST DAYS/NOTES

Monday 27/08 Saint Monica

Tuesday 28/08 9:00am Liturgy of the Word and

Holy Communion

Saint Augustine

Wednesday 29/08 9:00am Mass

The Passion of Saint John the Baptist

Thursday 30/08 9:00am Mass

Friday 31/08 9:00am Mass

Saturday 01/09 5:30pm Mass 8:00am Mass 22nd Sunday in

Sunday 02/09 9:30am Mass 5:00pm Mass

Ordinary Time

Liturgical Calendar

Baptism We rejoice with the Kelly and Heffernan families as Felix Kelly and Lucy Heffernan are baptised at Mater Dei Church this Sunday.

This week’s readings First Reading: Joshua 24:1-2, 15-18 Second Reading: Ephesians 5:21-32 Gospel Reading: John 6:60-69

Next week’s readings - 22nd

Sunday in Ordinary Time First Reading: Deuteronomy 4:1-2, 6-8 Second Reading: James 1:17-18, 21-22, 27 Gospel Reading: Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23

From the Archdiocese of Brisbane:

For the second time in two years, the Queensland Parliament will debate whether to make abortion legal. The draft bill will allow abortion until the day that a baby is born – late-term abortions will be legal in Queensland as long as two doctors agree that it “in all the circumstances, the termination should be performed”. This will mean that social reasons will be enough for a legal abortion of a full-term baby. The Archdiocese wants to ensure that Queenslanders understand this new bill and have time to consider it. We believe both lives matter and the bill should not go ahead. Please visit our website to learn more: https://community.actonit.com.au/aob/

CHILD PROTECTION WEEK 2018

Queensland Child Protection Week is held during the first full week of September each year. Schools, businesses, community groups and government organisations come together, to consider how best to promote the value of children and focus attention on issues of child abuse and neglect. In 2018 the Archdiocese of Brisbane marks Child Safeguarding Sunday next Sunday 2nd of September. It also coincides with the first day of National Child Protection Week and Father’s Day. Child Protection Sunday provides an opportunity for Archdiocesan parishes, ministries, agencies and services to highlight the activities they undertake to care for and protect children.

A VOCATION VIEW: Jesus, teach us about

life everlasting: "Your

words Lord are spirit

and life ..." It is this that

gives us hope when we

despair, a way of living

when we stray from

God's way. "The words I

have spoken are spirit

and they are life." It is

God's words that we

need to hear to lift our

spirit and give life. Pray

for vocations.

Prayers for the Sick Allan Feodoroff Jane McMahon

Andrew Dudgeon Rosemary Lawson

Felix Nolan John Perks

Anniversaries Col Petersen

Beverley McPhee Patricia Serico

Katherine Burnett Veronica Homer

Please note: We cannot add a name to the sick list or recently deceased list unless requested by a family member.

Communion to the Sick Please contact the Parish Office.

Share the Dignity No woman should suffer the indignity of choosing between eating or buying sanitary items. Throughout the month of August we are collecting sanitary items for women at risk and homeless women in Australia. Boxes will be located at the back of each church.

Golden Wedding Anniversary Mass Couples celebrating their Golden Wedding Anniversary together with their family and friends are invited to Mass to be celebrated by Archbish-op Mark Coleridge at the Cathedral of St Stephen, 249 Elizabeth Street, Brisbane on Saturday 6

th October 2018 @ 10.00am.

Light refreshments in the Hanly Room will follow the Mass. For catering purposes, please RSVP by Friday 28

th September 2018

E: cathedral@bne.catholic.net.au T: 3324 3030

Date Claimer Our NEXT Gathering

We have the privilege of not only enjoying each other’s company but also that of Br Damien Price our presenter at this Gathering. The Theme “Come as You are, That’s how I want you”. It is with the confrontation, with the brokenness of things, that the crack, or imperfection, gives us a glimpse of and perhaps a path to that greater existence of which we are part. Date: Friday, 7

th September 2018

Cost: $10.00 (dinner included) Time: 6.00 pm Venue: The Parish Hall at St Peter Chanel Church Chaprowe Road, The Gap 4061 RSVP: By Monday, 3

rd September by

email justmichael@bigpond.com or Ph: 0459 992 228

New Ministries Roster for Mater Dei The present Ministries Roster finishes end of September. A new Ministries roster for weekend masses is to be prepared for the next 6 months - OCTOBER 2018 – MARCH 2019. If you wish to join the roster for any of the Ministries or do not wish to continue on a roster please phone or email: For Coordinators, Minister of the Word and Ministers of Communion Saturday 5.30pm Mass - Helen Mahoney Ph. 3300 2207 More Ministers of Communion and Ministers of the Word are need-ed for the Saturday 5.30pm Mass. Sunday 9.30am Mass - Tricia Wogan Ph. 3300 4773 or Email tricia.wogan44@gmail.com For Audiovisual Operators and Altar Servers – Cathy Kruip Email ckruip@bigpond.net.au

TUESDAY MORNING PLAYGROUP

Please come and enjoy a cup of coffee and cake with other parents from The Gap Community. It's an informal gathering to chat and meet other parents while our children play and get messy with craft. When: Tuesday mornings at 9:00am (after school drop off). Where: SPC Parish Hall. What to bring: A gold coin donation (in order to keep the coffee pot full and the kids entertained). Facebook Tuesday Play group@St Johns Wood Parish Hall

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The first six weeks of Term 3 have been filled with laughter, fun and lots of learning here at Mater Dei. Our Year 6 students where exemplary ambassadors for our school on their recent trip to Canberra where they visited Parliament House, The National Portrait Gallery, The Australian War Memorial, AIS and of course a visit to the snow. They can be very proud of their efforts in the way they conducted themselves while representing our school. Many thanks also to Renae Collier (APRE), Mark Robinson (Yr 6 teacher) and Suzanne Berwick (School Officer) for their care of our senior students and for taking time away from their own families to support this wonderful learning opportunity. Another highlight of this term was celebrating Catholic Ed-ucation Week. The annual Caritas awards were presented at a special whole school liturgy. These students exemplify the ‘Mater Dei Way’ by showing ‘Care and Concern’ towards others. Congratulations to Chelsea M, Braxt on B, Matilda M, Lilly B, Sophia S, Hazel L, Aidan M, Elyssa K, Isabelle B, Kate McG & Kayla M.

Last week our school choir competed at the annual Queensland Catholic Schools & Colleges Music Festival (QCMF). This was our inaugural visit as a Choir with students ranging from Years 1 to 6. After an outstanding performance they were awarded with a Silver Standard from the judges. An amazing achievement with congratula-tions to the students and Mrs Wood, Mrs Davis, Mrs Knapp and Mr Tran for their dedication toward achieving this magnificent result.

This week our school was invaded by a group of friendly pirates who joined us in our Book week parade and activities based on the theme “Find your Treasure”. All children and staff shared their love of reading and books by coming dressed as a favourite book character from the classics or current literature.

This term has also seen us participate in a variety of sporting events in-cluding two Gala Sport days for our Years 3, 4, 5 & 6 and the North West District Track & Field trials where Mater Dei won the C School Division and the Percentage Points Trophy. Our athletes were gracious in their sportspersonship, with determined effort and humility on display by all. Seven of our children will now progress to the Met North Track & Field Trials. This Sunday we are looking forward to celebrating with our Parish community at the Multicul-tural Mass at St Peter Chanel Church. Make sure you listen out for our school choir who will be performing on the day. We continue to promote “The Mater Dei Way…. building strength in community”. Our P&F committee have been hard at work organising our annual Music in the Moonlight event which is our major fund raiser for the year. Everyone in our community is most welcome to attend.

Wishing you all every blessing for the week ahead.

Kind regards, Donna Jones

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