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4th / 5th March 2017 Year A: Vol.42 No.15
We are an active and welcoming Catholic community,
where people of all ages draw closer to God.
His love is expressed through each one of us by prayer,
liturgy and reaching out in service to one another.
Pari sh Vi si o n St atem e nt
Please visit our Parish Website: www.standrewsmarayong.org.au
FIRST
SUNDAY of
LENT
PARISH STAFF:
Monsignor Ron McFarlane
Father Joby Kadambattu MS
Father Alfonsus Nahak SVD
Maria Hyson
(Sacramental Coordinator)
Michelle Sultana &
Joe Clemson
(Office staff)
PARISH OFFICE & PRESBYTERY:
Phone: 9622 0817
Fax: 9671 7971 40 Breakfast Rd, Marayong 2148
[PO Box 4345]
Email Address:
Office Hours:
Monday to Friday
9.00am to 4.00pm
FR. BYRNE CENTRE: (Parish Meeting Rooms)
38 Breakfast Rd, Marayong.
WEEKEND MASSES:
Saturday (Vigil) 6.00pm
Sunday:
7.30am, 8.45am, 10.30am
SUNDAY SCHOOL:
Each Sunday morning
after the 8.45am Mass.
Weekday Masses: Monday: 9.15am
Tuesday: 9.00am
Wednesday: 9.00am
Novena & Mass: 7.00pm
Thursday: 8.00am
Friday: 9.00am
Mass &
Stations of the Cross: 7.00pm
Saturday: 9.00am
Mass for the Sick:4th Saturday
of the month at 9.00am
Rosary: Before each morning
Mass and before the
Saturday Vigil Mass
SACRAMENT OF PENANCE
After weekday morning
Masses.
Saturday: 4.30pm - 5.30pm
Anytime by arrangement.
SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM
Baptisms: 1st & 3rd Sunday
of each month at 11.45am
Baptismal Preparation:
2nd Wednesday of each month
at 7.30pm
in the Fr Byrne Centre.
Please book for Baptisms
with the Parish Office.
PIETY STALL:
Open after Masses on Saturday
night and Sunday morning or
by asking for an appointment
at the Parish Office.
PARISH SCHOOLS:
ST. ANDREW’S PRIMARY
Principal: Mr M. Tonnet
Phone: 9671 6622
Address: 36 Breakfast Road
Marayong 2148
ST. ANDREWS COLLEGE
College Principal: Mr N. Vidot
Phone: 9626 4000
Campus -
JUNIOR CAMPUS (YRS. 7-10)
Address: 116 Quakers Road
Marayong 2148
SENIOR CAMPUS (YRS. 11-12)
Address: 50 Breakfast Road
Marayong 2148
PARISH REGISTRATION
If you have not filled out a Registration Form, please do
so as soon as possible and return it to the Church or Parish
Office. Forms are available at the back of the Church.
If you are a new parishioner, we ask you to complete a
Registration Form, and return it to the Parish Office.
Bullet in Highl ights …
LENTEN MESSAGES POPE FRANCIS, BISHOP VINCENT
PROJECT COMPASSION
LENTEN DISCUSSION / REFLECTION GROUPS
STATIONS OF THE CROSS DURING LENT
UPCOMMING PARISH AND DIOCESAN EVENTS
PROJECT COMPASSION
Project Compassion promotes peace by pursuing justice.
Please take home a project compassion box and/or set of envelopes and give generously this
Lenten season. Your donations allow Caritas Australia, the Catholic agency for international aid and development, to work with communities to reduce poverty and hunger around the world. Caritas Australia is part of an international network of Caritas agencies that working more than
200 countries to alleviate poverty and bring hope to communities that are much less fortunate than ourselves. Project compassion is Caritas Australia's annual Lenten appeal. It enables Caritas to provide long-
term development programs in partnership with some of the world's most vulnerable communities, for whom poverty and injustice is a daily reality, and also to deliver emergency assistance in the event of disasters.
MASS READINGS -YEAR A
THIS SUNDAY:
FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT
First Reading: Genesis 2:7-9. 3:1-7
Psalm: Ps 50:3-6. 12-14. 17
Second Reading: Romans 5:12-19
Gospel: Matthew 4:1-11
NEXT SUNDAY:
SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT
First Reading: Genesis 12:1-4
Psalm: Ps 32:4-5. 18-20. 22
Second Reading: 2 Timothy 1:8-10
Gospel: Matthew 17:1-9
Please contact the
Parish Office, if you are
unavai lab le for your
rostered Ministry.
From Monsignor Ron … On Ash Wednesday, we commenced the season
of Lent. St Paul’s letter to the Corinthians
emphasised the importance of living in the present
moment. Too often, many of us make a habit of
living in the past by lamenting lost opportunities,
thinking about how times were better before, and
constantly beating ourselves up for past mistakes.
Others, live in the future, always making big plans
with no commitment to action, hoping for a better
quality of life but having no strategies for achieving
it. What the season of Lent is about is focusing on
the present possibilities and the blessings of the
moment. I believe we are being called to make this
our best Lenten season ever. We are being invited
to begin our journey to East with a commitment to
live fully with the graces of the present moment. We
need to take advantage of every day of Lent to
grow spiritually. If you have not done so already, it
is time to make a resolution and begin today for
now is the acceptable time.
This weekend we have the confrontation between
Jesus and Satan. We need to look at how Jesus
dealt with this confrontation. He simply sent Satan
packing by invoking the power of God. He reminded
Satan a very simple truth. God is above all. There is
no power and existence which is greater than God’s
strength or influence.
We have just begun our six weeks of this Lenten
journey to Easter. This is the time to battle with our
areas of sinfulness and our self-centredness. It is
going to be a difficult struggle for all of us and in
fact we cannot win this battle on our own. We need
to do what Jesus did which was to call upon the
power of God. At Easter, we hope to renew our
baptismal promises. We will renounce Satan and all
his works. We will profess our faith in Jesus and in
his Church. We will only be able to do this honestly
and sincerely if in these weeks we courageously
enter into this battle and invite God to accompany
us every step of the way. This is the challenge of
Lent.
THIS WEEK’S ROSTER: 4th - 5th March 2017 [1st Sunday of the Month - Odd Month]
M INISTRIES 6.00pm 7.30am 8.45am 10.30am
ACOLYTE Ruben Bables
Joe Doyle Ged Oblea
Rufino Oblea Thong Nguyen Mario Spiteri
Robert Bautista Luis Ortiz
COMMENTATOR Joyce Vincent Mary Anne Xuereb Charmaine Mathias YouthWorks!
FIRST READER Roshan Thomas Dianne McKinnon Nerissa Toong YouthWorks!
SECOND READER Martin Zammit Julie Nunez Zoe Victoria YouthWorks!
PROJECTOR OPERATORS
Delia Fernandes Nicholas Mathias Shekha Raviraj
WELCOMER Henryka Ogrodniczek Annette Hudson
Rita Vaughn Dot Kaster, Des Zammit
YouthWorks!
MUSICIANS Lorraine's Group NO Music Mass NO Music Mass YouthWorks!
MINISTERS OF COMMUNION - First Sunday of the Month
Reflection on the Mass The first thing we need to remember about the Mass -- we are praying with Jesus. But through this program something wonderful is going to happen for your children and it will happen each time that they go to Mass after their first Holy Communion. Jesus gives himself to us in Holy Communion. Because he wants to be as close to us as possible, he took bread and wine and changed this into himself so he could always be with us in this very special way. This is the reality of God's love for us; surely our response to this is shown in our participation frequently at Mass.
Request for Prayers:
At this time, young people in our parish are preparing to
make their First Holy Communion. This is an important
stage in the faith journey of all Catholics and we request
the prayers of all parishioners for our candidates and for
their families that they may always appreciate the
wonderful gift of love offered to us in this wonderful
Sacrament.
NEXT WEEK’S ROSTER: 11th / 12th March 2017 [2nd Sunday of the Month - Odd Month]
M INISTRIES 6.00pm 7.30am 8.45am 10.30am
ACOLYTE Romy Gapud
Emmanuel Tabone Gus Kaster
Edsel Paltoo Noe Adan
Mario Picart Robert Bautista
Ferdi Chin
COMMENTATOR Nenette Gapud Claire Blunt Lita Picart Peter Maw
FIRST READER Ralph Vaz Antonette Elogious Ivy Mantua Alan Brady
SECOND READER Myra Estrera Belinda Elogious Maria Toledo Maryanne Bautista
PROJECTOR OPERATORS
Nicholas King Derica Elogious Nicholas Mathias Abigail Chin
WELCOMER Annette Hudson Claire Blunt Linda Dessa
Mathias Family
MUSICIANS Hearts NO Music Mass Couples For Christ Dingalings
MINISTERS OF COMMUNION - Second Sunday of the Month
Message of Pope Francis for Lent 2017 Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Lent is a new beginning, a path leading to the certain goal of Easter, Christ’s victory over
death. This season urgently calls us to conversion. Christians are asked to return to God
"with all their hearts” (Joel 2:12), to refuse to settle for mediocrity and to grow in friendship
with the Lord. Jesus is the faithful friend who never abandons us. Even when we sin, he
patiently awaits our return; by that patient expectation, he shows us his readiness to forgive
(cf. Homily, 8 January 2016).
Lent is a favorable season for deepening our spiritual life through the means of
sanctification offered us by the Church: fasting, prayer and almsgiving. At the basis of
everything is the word of God, which during this season we are invited to hear and ponder
more deeply. I would now like to consider the parable of the rich man and Lazarus (cf. Lk
16:19-31). Let us find inspiration in this meaningful story, for it provides a key to
understanding what we need to do in order to attain true happiness and eternal life. It
exhorts us to sincere conversion.
Dear friends, Lent is the favourable season for renewing our encounter with Christ, living in
is word, in the sacraments and in our neighbour. The Lord, who overcame the deceptions of
the Tempter during the forty days in the desert, shows us the path we must take. May the
Holy Spirit lead us on a true journey of conversion, so that we can rediscover the gift of God’s
word, be purified of the sin that blinds us, and serve Christ present in our brothers and
sisters in need. I encourage all the faithful to express this spiritual renewal also by sharing in
the Lenten Campaigns promoted by many Church organizations in different parts of the
world, and thus to favor the culture of encounter in our one human family. Let us pray for
one another so that, by sharing in the victory of Christ, we may open our doors to the weak
and poor. Then we will be able to experience and share to the full the joy of Easter.
From the Vatican, 18 October 2016
A LENTEN MESSAGE FROM BISHOP VINCENT
My dear people,
Lent is an important season for us Catholics insofar as it
reminds us of the need for conversion. We cannot live life to the full if we gloss over the inconvenient truths about ourselves. We cannot grow to full maturity if we ignore
the obstacles that prevent us from reaching our potential. Pope Francis always asks people to pray for him because he says he is a sinner. It is characteristic of a true Christian who recognises the darker side of himself and
seeks metanoia, a change of heart.
To read Bishop Vincent’s Lenten Message in full & watch the video, please visit:
http://catholicoutlook.org/bishop-vincent-longs-lenten-message-2017/
Sunday
5 1st Sunday of Lent
Counters: Group 1
Outlook - Due Out
08:45 FHC Class 2
09:30 Sunday School
10:30 Youth Mass
11:45 Baptism
Monday
6 Catholic Schools Week
09:15 Mass
09:30 Rosary
18:00 Legion of Mary
19:15 RCIA 14
Tuesday
7 Commemoration of Saints
Perpetua and Felicity, Martyrs
SAC Open Day Junior Campus
09:00 Mass
09:30 Rosary
Wednesday
8 Commemoration of
Saint John of God, Religious
09:00 Mass
09:30 Rosary
19:00 Novena & Mass
19:30 Baptism Preparation
20:00 Lenten Discussion
Group
Thursday
9 Commemoration of Saint
Frances of Rome, Religious
08:00 Mass
08:30 Rosary
10:00 Life Ascending
Australia Group
Meeting - FBC
Friday
10 09:00 Mass
09:30 Rosary
19:00 Mass &
Stations of the Cross
20:00 Choir Practice HJM
Saturday
11 09:00 Mass
09:30 Rosary
09:40 Jnr Legion of Mary
10:00 Church Cleaning CFC
16:15 Legion of Mary
19:30 Prayer Meeting HJM
LENTEN DISCUSSION / REFLECTION GROUPS The season of Lent will commenced last Wednesday as did our discussion groups. It is important that we do not simply drift through this season without making the most of the opportunities to grow in our faith and use this time as a time of renewal. One of the ways in which we can do this is to become involved in Lenten Discussion Groups which are being held each Wednesday evening after the evening Mass until 9:00pm in the Fr. Byrne Centre. Booklets are available for purchase in the piety store at a cost of $9. These can be used privately, but I would suggest that being involved in a group will be more beneficial.
FAMILY LENTEN PROGRAM The diocesan Life, Marriage & Family Office has produced a Family Lenten Program as a support for families in their faith journey towards Easter. The program is based around the theme of Lead us to Living Water. It is based on the Sunday Gospel reading with reflections, colourful pictures, prayers and activities that the whole family can do together. Copies of this resource are available from your parish and for download at
https://parralmf.org.au/lent2017/
ST PATRICK'S FAMILY FESTIVAL: 18 MARCH This festival is organised by the Life, Marriage & Family Office and will be held from 2pm-5pm at St Patrick’s Cathedral Precinct, 1 Marist Plc, Parramatta. The Irish themed event will include live entertainment, food, rides for all ages and a historical display about the contribution the Irish have made to our Diocese. The event will also raise awareness about the World Meeting of Families taking place in Dublin next year and raise funds for families to be able to attend. All are welcome! For more information check out: www.parralmf.org.au/St-patricks-day Anyone interested in volunteering to help run stalls, prepare food, assist with crowd management and other duties tel (02) 8838 3441,[email protected]
LIFE ASCENDING AUSTRALIA This coming week we have our next meeting for seniors in our parish community. This commences at 10:00am on Thursday. We do encourage seniors to come along for this morning. At this meeting and in subsequent meeting we are presenting a DVD course for those over 60. The first topic will be “The Autumn of Life.” The video goes for 30 minutes and then there is time for discussion.
STATIONS OF THE CROSS DURING LENT: This will take place during Lent on a Friday evening following Mass. As we have done in the past we
would like the groups in the parish to volunteer their services in leading this devotion.
If your group is able to volunteer, please contact the office.
The proposed leaders for the Stations of the Cross are as follows:
Friday, March 10:
Friday, March 17: The members of SAYWAT.
Friday, March 24:
Friday, March 31:
Friday, April 7: The members of HJM as part of the Holy Hour.
Good Friday, April 14: This year Good Friday falls in the middle of the school holidays so it is hoped that
the members of SAYWAT will be able to take responsibility for the Stations of the Cross.
OPEN DAY 2017—TUESDAY 7 MARCH St Andrews College is about creating dynamic learning environments that challenge and nurture students to be people of companion, compassion, confidence, competence, creativity, conscience and with the conviction of faith to transform the world. St Andrews College is offering parents and students the opportunity to tour the Junior Campus.
Tour Times: 9.00am, 9.40am and 11.05am For Tour Bookings visit: www.standrewscmarayong.catholic.edu.au
Parents of Year 6 and Year 10 students, who wish to enrol their child for Year 7 or Year 11 at St Andrews College must submit an application form before Friday the 5th of May, otherwise their child may miss out on a place. Parents can download an Enrolment Application from the College website, or phone 9626 4000 for a Prospectus.
Applications close at 3pm on Friday 5 May 2017