REGENTS PARK CATHOLIC PARISH St Bernardine’s Church ...€¦ · Mrs Carrie McCormack Email:...
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My grace is sufficient for you, for power is made perfect in weakness (2 Corinthians 12:9) Parish Contacts Mon - Fri 8:30am - 2:30pm Phone: 3884 7600; Fax: 3800 2646 Email: [email protected] Website: www.stbernardinesparish.com.au Parish Priest Fr John Conway Email: [email protected] Associate Pastor Fr Jacob Kalu Email: [email protected] Parish Secretary & Safeguarding Officer Mrs Christy Gracias Email: [email protected] Finance Officer Mrs Barbara Malicki Email: [email protected] Coordinator of Lay Ministries & Youth Mrs Carrie McCormack Email: [email protected] REGENTS PARK CATHOLIC PARISH St Bernardine’s Church, Regents Park St Catherine’s Church, Jimboomba Our Lady Of The Assump!on Church, Park Ridge Ministry Matters— Leadership Planning Last Saturday our Parish Leadership Team met to plan for the future. Much was discussed and achieved. But to be successful the Team needs YOU. The life of the parish will only continue to grow when all of us work together to endeavour to build on the achievements of the past, the plans for our present and the dreams for our future. We have a new Mission Statement that will be on display in each of our Churches as well as at the bottom of this page for your perusal. The five areas from our 2017 Parish Assembly that were the Teams’ focus were: 1. Community Life with a sense of hospitality as a priority. It is time for us to build upon our commit- ment of being a welcoming and inclusive community where we reach out to one another. Team Welcomers at masses who physically welcome and lead uncertain people to seats in the Church. This is important for us as a Community of faith. 2. Liturgy is also important and already involves ‘Light and Presence’ prayer times, as well as the many other Liturgies and prayer groups that fill our Churches. Times and places are advertised in the Newsletter each week. It is also important for us to build upon our gifted and talented music ministry and endeavour to draw other musicians and singers into full and active participation in our Masses. This will also include train- ing for the power -point ministry so necessary for our Churches. 3. Youth and Children’s Ministry has begun through the work that Florence had covered in the past few months, and so from there we continue to build the life and ministry of young people in our midst. 4. Faith Formation is an on -going activity through the many events that the parish provides:- ALPHA; Living Biblically; Lenten Journey and so many other events that fill our lives with faith education. There is a plan into the future. ’Divine Renovation” is a wonderful book and process of faith development coming from Can- ada. On five Sundays through the year, for 15 minutes each time, we will experience some information from Fr James Mallon, the instigator of Divine Renovation. Watch for the dates. 5. Finally, we are not alone in the world, and so Social Justice and Outreach is also going to be a focus for us into the future. Our Team will investigate the needs of our own parish where we can reach out and serve and also the wider community that may benefit from our presence in the world. What can we do, and who will be involved. Watch this space! God Bless Fr John Gathering Hymn: 416 Lift up hearts Psalm Response : R. Lord, it is good to give thanks to you. Recessional Hymn: 362 Sing to Mountains 3rd March 2019 YEAR C 8th Sunday in Ordinary Time United, together we grow Ash Wednesday 6th March Masses & Liturgies Remember it is a day of fasting and abstinence (no meat) Masses: 8:30am St Catherine’s; 9:00am at St Bernardine’s Church and 7:00pm St Bernardine’s Liturgies: St Bernardine’s School Liturgy in Sienna Hall at 10am Emmaus College Liturgies at 10:15 and 12:25 in Lomandra Hall Lenten Program Groups St Catherine’s Tuesday 9am St Bernardine’s Wednesday 10am OLA Thursday 7pm
Transcript of REGENTS PARK CATHOLIC PARISH St Bernardine’s Church ...€¦ · Mrs Carrie McCormack Email:...
My grace is sufficient for you, for power is made perfect in weakness (2 Corinthians 12:9)
Parish Contacts
Mon - Fri 8:30am - 2:30pm
Phone: 3884 7600; Fax: 3800 2646
Email: [email protected] Website: www.stbernardinesparish.com.au
Parish Priest Fr John Conway
Email: [email protected]
Associate Pastor Fr Jacob Kalu
Email: [email protected]
Parish Secretary & Safeguarding Officer Mrs Christy Gracias
Email: [email protected]
Finance Officer Mrs Barbara Malicki Email: [email protected]
Coordinator of Lay Ministries & Youth
Mrs Carrie McCormack
Email: [email protected]
REGENTS PARK CATHOLIC PARISH
St Bernardine’s Church, Regents Park
St Catherine’s Church, Jimboomba
Our Lady Of The Assump!on Church, Park Ridge
Ministry Matters— Leadership Planning
Last Saturday our Parish Leadership Team met to plan for the future. Much was discussed and achieved. But to be successful the Team needs YOU. The life of the parish will only continue to grow when all of us work together to endeavour to build on the achievements of the past, the plans for our present and the dreams for our future. We have a new Mission Statement that will be on display in each of our Churches as well as at the bottom of this page for your perusal.
The five areas from our 2017 Parish Assembly that were the Teams’ focus were: 1. Community Life with a sense of hospitality as a priority. It is time for us to build upon our commit-
ment of being a welcoming and inclusive community where we reach out to one another. Team Welcomers at masses who physically welcome and lead uncertain people to seats in the Church. This is important for us as a Community of faith.
2. Liturgy is also important and already involves ‘Light and Presence’ prayer times, as well as the many other Liturgies and prayer groups that fill our Churches. Times and places are advertised in the Newsletter each week. It is also important for us to build upon our gifted and talented music ministry and endeavour to draw other musicians and singers into full and active participation in our Masses. This will also include train-ing for the power-point ministry so necessary for our Churches.
3. Youth and Children’s Ministry has begun through the work that Florence had covered in the past few months, and so from there we continue to build the life and ministry of young people in our midst.
4. Faith Formation is an on-going activity through the many events that the parish provides:- ALPHA; Living Biblically; Lenten Journey and so many other events that fill our lives with faith education. There is a plan into the future. ’Divine Renovation” is a wonderful book and process of faith development coming from Can-ada. On five Sundays through the year, for 15 minutes each time, we will experience some information from Fr James Mallon, the instigator of Divine Renovation. Watch for the dates.
5. Finally, we are not alone in the world, and so Social Justice and Outreach is also going to be a focus for us into the future. Our Team will investigate the needs of our own parish where we can reach out and serve and also the wider community that may benefit from our presence in the world. What can we do, and who will be involved. Watch this space! God Bless Fr John
Gathering Hymn: 416 Lift up hearts Psalm Response : R. Lord, it is good to give thanks to you. Recessional Hymn: 362 Sing to Mountains
3rd March 2019 YEAR C 8th Sunday in Ordinary Time
United, together we grow
Ash Wednesday 6th March Masses & Liturgies
Remember it is a day of fasting and abstinence (no meat)
Masses: 8:30am St Catherine’s; 9:00am at St Bernardine’s Church and 7:00pm St Bernardine’s
Liturgies: St Bernardine’s School Liturgy in Sienna Hall at 10am Emmaus College Liturgies at 10:15 and 12:25 in Lomandra Hall
Lenten Program Groups
St Catherine’s Tuesday 9am
St Bernardine’s Wednesday 10am
OLA Thursday 7pm
My grace is sufficient for you, for power is made perfect in weakness (2 Corinthians 12:9)
YOUTH EVENTS
YOUTH MEETING
Next Saturday 9th March at 11:00am, I am asking and inviting all young people from St Bernardine’s Church to come to a planning and development meeting to build on Y@bernies.
We will build a dedicated youth choir who will guide and direct our parish at Youth Masses and other youth events that will enable us to build strong con-nections into the future. If you play an instrument that is portable, please bring it along so that we can begin the development of local music in our parish. Come and meet and come to eat as we also share lunch together.
We will still hold our Youth Mass on the 2nd Satur-day of the month @ St Bernardine's from 6pm - light support to follow - please bring something to share. Join the Mass Team and serve in a new way!
We still plan to make 2019 a year of Fun, Connect-ing and Growing as a Youth Community - you are invited to be a part of this tribe! Come along and make a difference. Parish Youth Office
PARISH HOSPITALITY & SOCIAL EVENTS
Hospitality after Mass - St Catherine’s and Our Lady of the Assumption Church’s communities have a cuppa eve-ry 1st Sunday of the month after Mass. Please bring a plate to share.
Every fourth Sunday of the month at St Bernardine’s Church there will be a morning tea after Mass. All are welcome please bring a plate to share. And if you have anytime to spare the ladies could always do with some help.
CLEO LADIES DINNER - ( Catholic ladies eating out ) A Group of ladies who meet every 1st Wednesday of the month, providing an opportunity for ladies in our commu-nity to meet informally in a friendly, supportive group. Everyone is welcome, especially new faces.
The next CLEO LADIES DINNER will be on 6th March.
St Bernardine’s Craft Group–St Bernardine’s Craft Group - Meeting in the John Nee Hut Monday 25th Feb-ruary from 9.30am. Please come along we would love to meet some new people.
OVER FIFTIES CLUB
Normally meeting the Second Wednesday of each month giving members and visitors a chance to enjoy company and conversation. So as not to conflict with the Parish Lenten program scheduled for Wednesday mornings, we will be taking a rest reconvening on Wednesday 8 May 2019 at a venue to be announced.
ALPHA 2019
WEDNESDAY Night
27th Feb at 6:00pm
The Hut—see you there.
Legion of Mary Gathering to pray, each Tuesday 10am.
LIGHT & PRESENCE PRAYER VIGIL
On Tuesday at 7pm at St Bernardine’s Parish. From Tuesday we will have a focus on Lent.
We are excited to have a weekday welcoming, warm, place for mothers to come to share fun, faith and life. You can either email Carrie or call the parish office for
more information.
My grace is sufficient for you, for power is made perfect in weakness (2 Corinthians 12:9)
TODAY’S READINGS: Sirach 27:4-7 1 Corinthians 15:54-58 Gospel Luke 6:39-45
NEXT WEEKS READINGS: Deuteronomy 26:4-10 Roman 10:8-13 Gospel Luke 4:1-13
Please Remember In Your Prayers: Sick: Edward Humphrey; Zhiding Gong (Fr Baiyi Gong's brother); Frank and Leanne Turner Anniversaries: Erwin Stawski; Kazimerz Borowski; Ted Murphy
MASS TIMES AND PLACES
& WHATS HAPPENING IN OUR PARISH THIS COMING WEEK:
MON 4th 8:00am Mass St Paul de Chartres Chapel 9:00am Mass St Bernardine’s Church
TUES 5th 8:00am Mass St Catherine’s Church 9:00am Mass St Paul de Chartres Chapel 10:00am Legion of Mary John Nee Hut 10:00am St Catherine’s Lenten Group St Catherine’s Church 7:00pm Light and Presence (with Lent focus) St Bernardine’s Church
WED 6th Ash Wednesday
8:30am Mass St Catherine’s Church 9:00am Mass St Bernardine’s Church 9:00am Mass St Paul de Chartres Chapel 10:00am St Bernardine’s Lenten Group St Bernardine’s Church 6:00pm ALPHA Night John Nee Hut 7:00pm Mass St Bernardine’s Church *** Check School notices, for school liturgy times
THUR 7th 8:00am Mass St Paul de Chartres Chapel 6:00pm Mass Our Lady of the Assumption Church
FRI 8th 9:00am Mass St Paul de Chartres Centre
SAT 9th 4:00pm Mass St Paul de Chartres Centre 6:00pm Mass St Bernardine’s Church
SUN 10th
7:30am Mass Our Lady of the Assumption Church 9:00am Mass & Baptisms St Bernardine’s Church 5:30pm Mass St Catherine’s Church
BAPTISM CELEBRATIONS:
This weekend we welcome Ava May Fagan & Leilani Ciara Isabella Dolan, who will be baptised with their family and friends who come to share this moment with them and with our Com-munity. Please continue to pray for them as they grow in faith.
Mission Statement
We the Catholic Communities of Regents Park Parish, guided by the Holy Spirit; commit to building a welcoming, inclusive, faith centred community grounded upon the Gospel values of leadership and service.
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.”
My grace is sufficient for you, for power is made perfect in weakness (2 Corinthians 12:9)
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