Parish Contacts:

Parish Team

Parish Priest

Fr. Sunil Paul SVD 3803 0835

Associate Pastor Fr. Bang Nguyen Peter SVD 3803 0835

Parish Secretary

Ronet D’Mello

Pastoral Council Chairperson

Noel Swindells

Finance Committee Chair

Tom Kalaja

Care and Concern Co-ordinator

Sue Barrett

Youth Co-ordinator

Christine Lapalapa

Liturgy Committee Co-ordinator

Verity Madsene

St. Francis College

Ms. Patricia Kennedy (Principal)

Phone: 3489 4800

Sacramental Coordinator

Rob Canning

MASS TIMES

Weekday Mass Times Monday No Mass Tuesday 9.00 am and 7.30 pm Wednesday 9.00 am Thursday 9.00 am Friday 9.00 am Saturday 8.00 am

Reconciliation Saturday 5pm-5.30pm or by appointment

Weekend Mass Times Saturday 6.00pm Sunday 8.00am & 9.30am Children’s Liturgy 9.30am

St. Maximilian Kolbe Catholic Parish 26-38 Macarthy Road, Marsden, PO Box 545, Marsden Qld 4132,

Tel: (07) 3803 0862 Email: marsden@bne.catholic.net.au www.kingstonmarsdenparish.org.au

PARISH OFFICE HOURS

Mon, Tue, Thur & Fri : 9.00am - 2.30pm

Prayer to St. Maximilian Kolbe

Lord, You inflamed St. Maximilian

Kolbe with love for the Immaculate

Virgin and filled him with zeal for

souls and love of neighbour.

Through his prayers, grant that we

may work strenuously for your Glo-

ry in the service of others and so be

made conformable to your son in

death. Amen.

Happy Feast Day to all Parishioners!

We extend our warm welcome with a

note of sincere appreciation to the

Reverend Monsignor Peter Meneely,

our Vicar General,

who is the main celebrant of today’s

Feast day Mass

Feast of St. Maximilian Kolbe—13 August 2017

Looking around our beautiful church building today, we are so grateful to see the completion of our recent building improvements, including: installation of solar panels and new TV screens, and painting, electrical & reconstruction works. All these efforts would not have come about, if not for the generous outpouring of contributions from you our beloved Parishioners! We remain deeply grateful to all of you, and Bless each one of you and your families, for this gift of your Love and continuous support!

Fr. Sunil & Fr. Bang

The feast of St. Maximilian Kolbe :

Readings, 13 August, 2017

First Reading: 1 Kings 19:9, 11-13 Go out and stand on the mountain before the Lord God.

Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 84: 9-14 Lord show us your mercy and love, and grant us your salvation.

Second Reading: Romans 9:1-5

I would willingly be condemned if it could help my people.

Gospel Acclamation: Psalm: 129:5

Alleluia, alleluia,

I hope in the Lord, I trust in his word

Alleluia!

Gospel: Mathew 14: 22-33.

Command me to come to you over the water.

Please pray for the sick in our Parish:

T Kasipale, J Pale, F Bowden, L Seeto, F Laritz, J Collins,

M Dunlop, M Pierce, R Henwood, D Curtis, V Reid,

V Gspejon, V Dancey, S Daniel, A Purkis, L Guadez,

K & S Talatonu, B Hodgson, T Canty, K Bellette,

M Finnerty, L Guadez, M Glorioso, D Hall, R Bakker,

E Hampstead, J Lachlan, N Williams, A Van Uitregt,

N Cutuk, V Toalepai , G & K Brown, Y Carter, M Trehane,

B Vandenberg, J Beechey, John Maloney, Edita Jumao-as.

Elizabeth Kruger, Chad Madsene, J & A Dent, Melissa Brasil

DATE CLAIMERS

Tue Aug 15 : Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Day of Obligation Masses at 9am and 7.30pm Wed Aug 16: Finance Committee meeting at 7.30pm Fr. Hans Zollner SJ talk on 2nd September 2017. All volunteers, key leaders members of all ministries are requested to attend. Please contact the parish office regarding your attendance.

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ROSTER FOR WEEK ENDING 19 – 20 AUGUST, 2017 6.00 PM 8.00 AM 9.30 AM

Mass Coordinator SMK Youth Lele Faaeteete Kelemete Tito

Readers SMK Youth Amelia Aoese

Janessa Kasipale

Kelemete Tito

William Barncastle

Extra Ordinary

Ministers

Jane De Britt Sue McKeown

Rosemarie Ordonez

Irene Marooth

Fono Tufuga

Korina Laban

Bernadetha N

Winnie Kepu

Joy Wallace

Altar Servers Repeka Crane John Paul Tevaga

Edward Stowers

Victoria Stowers

Rosemary Stowers

Solomon Nanai

Luckyta Mulipola

Aggie Mulipola

Choir SMK Youth SMK Choir-Repeka Filipino Choir

Cleaners Roster: Group 3: Anna Campued, Mario Baustista, D&S McKeown,Diana Mulcahy, Ekalesia Group

Counter’s Roster R. Kasipale, Lele Faaeteete

THANKSGIVING: Week Ending 06 August 2017

No. of Envelopes Issued : 115

No. of Envelopes Received : 54

1st Collection : $ 943.05

2nd Collection : $ 1,008.00

TOTAL : $ 1,951.05

The Sacrament of Baptism is normally available every Sunday. Please contact the Parish Office for more information or further arrangements. The Baptism Minis-ters for September:

Eddie and Virginia Moraes

All youth aged 13 and above are welcome to join our dy-namic SMK Youth Group! We are the Church of today. For

further information regarding our Youth Group, please call

Christine Lapalapa on 420 202 712.

Children’s Liturgy will be held

in the Maryfields Hall at

9.30am every Sunday (except

during School Holidays).

Parents with children aged 5 up to early teens are

encouraged to send their children to attend these

faith-forming, fun filled and learning sessions.

For further enquiries contact:

Nimfa @0455819601 | Alpha @0422701965

Special Masses will be held on Tuesday, 15th August

2017 at 9.00am & 7.30 pm

The Feast of the Assumption, celebrated every year on August 15, is a very old feast of the Church, celebrated universally by the sixth century. It commemorates the death of Mary and her bodily assumption into Heaven, before her body could begin to decay- a foretaste of our own bodily resurrection at the end of time. Because it signifies the Blessed Virgin’s passing into eternal life, it is the most important of all Marian feasts and a holy day of obligation.

St. Maximilian Kolbe was born as Raymund Kolbe on January 8, 1894, in the Kingdom of Poland, part of the Russian Empire. He was a Polish Conventual Franciscan friar and a martyr in the German death Camp of Auschwitz during World War II.

St. Maximilian Kolbe was very active in promoting the Immaculate Virgin Mary and is known as the Apostle of Consecration to Mary. Much of his life was strongly influenced by a vision he had of the Virgin Mary when he was 12. "That night I asked the Mother of God what was to become of me. Then she came to me holding two crowns, one white, the other red. She asked me if I was willing to accept either of these crowns. The white one meant that I should persevere in purity, and the red that I should

become a martyr. I said that I would accept them both." One year after his vision, Kolbe and his elder brother, Francis joined the Conventual Franciscans. In 1910, Kolbe was given the religious name Maximilian, after being allowed to enter the novitiate, and in 1911, he professed his first vows.

At the age of 21, Kolbe earned a doctorate in philosophy from the Pontifical Gregorian University. He would also earn a doctorate in theology by the time he was 28. St. Maximilian Kolbe organized the Militia Immaculata (Army of the Immaculate One) after witnessing demonstrations against Pope St. Pius X and Benedict XV. His goal was to work for the conversion of sinners and enemies of the Church, specifically, the Freemasons and he would do so with the intercession of Mary. In 1918, he was ordained a priest and continued his work of promoting Mary throughout Poland. Over the next several years, Fr. Kolbe took on publishing. He founded a monthly periodical titled, "Rycerz Niepokalanej" (Knight of the Immaculate). Fr. Kolbe also founded monasteries in both Japan and India. In 1936, his poor health forced him to return home to Poland. Fr. Kolbe opened up a temporary hospital to aid those in need. When his town was captured, Fr. Kolbe was sent to prison but released three months later. He refused to sign a document that would recognize him as a German citizen with his German ancestry and continued to work in his monastery, providing shelter for refugees - including hiding 2,000 Jews from the German persecution. After receiving permission to continue his religious publishing, Fr. Kolbe's monastery acted as a publishing house again and issued many anti-Nazi German publications. On February 17, 1941, the monastery was shut down; Fr. Kolbe was arrested by the German Gestapo and taken to the Pawiak prison. Three months later, he was transferred to Auschwitz.. Never abandoning his priesthood, Fr. Kolbe was the victim to severe violence and harassment. Toward the end of his second month in Auschwitz, men were chosen to face death by starvation to warn against escapes. Fr. Kolbe was not chosen but volunteered to take the place of a man with a family. It is said during the last days of his life, Fr. Kolbe led prayers to Our Lady with the prisoners and remained calm. He was the last of the group to remain alive, after two weeks of dehydration and starvation. The guards gave him a lethal injection of carbolic acid. The stories tell that he raised his left arm and calmly awaited death. Fr. Kolbe died on August 14 and his remains were cremated on August 15, the same day as the Feast of the Assumption of Mary. Recognized as the Servant of God, Fr. Kolbe was beatified as a "Confessor of the Faith" on October 17, 1971 by Pope Paul VI and canonized by Pope John Paul II on October 10, 1982. Pope John Paul II declared St. Maximilian Kolbe not a confessor, but a martyr. St. Maximilian Kolbe is often depicted in a prison uniform and with a needle being injected into his arm. He is the patron saint of drug addicts, prisoners, families, and the pro-life movement.

PARISH FAIR — Sat, 28 October 2017

Our annual Parish Fair will be held on Saturday 28 October 2017 from 8.30am to 3.00pm on the grounds of the church. Raffle tick-ets are on sale now at the end of all Masses; we encourage every-one to support the sale and get some tickets for your family & friends. Come along with your family and enjoy this very special day of fun along with the whole Parish Community!