PARISH INFORMATION

www.stpeterschurch.org.au

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Bedford/Inglewood

Weekday Masses Tuesday - Friday 9:00am

Reconciliation Saturday 5:00pm - 5:30pm

Weekend Masses Saturday 6:00pm

Sunday 8:30am

Sunday 10:00am

5:00pm

Baptisms and Weddings (08) 6468 6643

E-mail stpetersoffice@westnet.com.au

Parish Secretary Lesley Lockwood

Parish (08) 6468 6643

Parish Office 98 Wood Street

INGLEWOOD WA 6052

E-mail stpetersoffice@westnet.com.au

Office Hours Tue & Thu 9:00am - 4:00pm

Sacrament Coordinator Chris Neville (School Term)

E-mail stpetersstc@gmail.com

Sacrament Office Parish Hall

Office Hours Tue 8:15am - 4:30pm

Wed 8:15am - 3:30pm

Parish Priest Fr Jeronimo Flamenco Castillo

Presbytery (08) 9271 3289

Presbytery House 93 Wood Street

INGLEWOOD WA 6052

E-mail flamenco.jeronimo@gmail.com

The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.

First Reading: Isaiah 63: 16-17; 64: 1, 3-8

The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.

Second Reading: 1 Corinthians 1: 3-9

© The scriptural quotations are taken from the Jerusalem Bible, published and copyright 1966, 1967 and 1968 by Darton Longman and Todd Ltd and

Doubleday & Co Inc, and used by permission of the publishers.

The English translation of the Psalm Responses, the Alleluia and Gospel Verses, and the Lenten Gospel Acclamations, and the Titles, Summaries, and Conclusion of the Readings, from the Lectionary for Mass © 1997, 1981, 1968, International Committee on English in the Liturgy, Inc. All

rights reserved.

Jesus said to his disciples: ‘Be on your guard, stay awake, because you never know when the time will come. It is like a man travelling abroad: he has gone from home, and left his servants in charge, each with his own task; and he has told the doorkeeper to stay awake. So stay awake, because you do not know when the mas-ter of the house is coming, evening, midnight, cockcrow, dawn; if he comes unexpectedly, he must not find you asleep. And what I say to you I say to all: Stay awake!’

Alleluia, alleluia! Lord, show us your mercy and love, and grant us your salvation. Alleluia!

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St Peter the Apostle Catholic Church

Bedford - Inglewood

NEWSLETTER

No. 2011 + 1 Sun Advent Yr B + 3 December 2017

Parish Priest:

Fr Jeronimo Flamenco

93 Wood St

Parish Office:

98 Wood St

Tues & Thur 9am-4pm

May God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ send you grace and peace.

I never stop thanking God for all the graces you have received through Jesus Christ. I thank him that you have been enriched in so many ways, especially in your teach-ers and preachers; the witness to Christ has indeed been strong among you so that you will not be without any of the gifts of the Spirit while you are waiting for our Lord Jesus Christ to be revealed; and he will keep you steady and without blame until the last day, the day of our Lord Jesus Christ, because God by calling you has joined you to his Son, Jesus Christ; and God is faithful.

The Gospel of the Lord. Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

You, Lord, yourself are our Father, Our Redeemer is your ancient name. Why, Lord, leave us to stray from your ways

and harden our hearts against fearing you? Return, for the sake of your servants, the tribes of your inheritance. Oh, that you would tear the heavens open and come down – at your Presence the mountains would melt. No ear has heard, no eye has seen any god but you act like this for those who trust him.

You guide those who act with integrity and keep your ways in mind. You were angry when we were sinners; we had long been rebels against you. We were all like men unclean, all that integrity of ours like filthy cloth-ing. We have all withered like leaves and our sins blew us away like the wind. No one invoked your name or roused himself to catch hold of you.

For you hid your face from us and gave us up to the power of our sins. And yet, Lord, you are our Father; we the clay, you the potter, we are all the work of your hand.

Gospel: Mark 13: 33-37

Responsorial Psalm: 79: 2-3, 15-16, 18-19

R: Lord, make us turn to you, let us see your face and we shall be saved.

1. O shepherd of Israel, hear us,

shine forth from your cherubim throne.

O Lord, rouse up your might,

O Lord, come to our help. R.

2. God of hosts, turn again, we implore,

look down from heaven and see.

Visit this vine and protect it,

the vine your right hand has planted. R.

3. May your hand be on the man you have chosen,

the man you have given your strength.

And we shall never forsake you again:

give us life that we may call upon your name. R.

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Rosters of Ministries Sat 9 Dec 6:00pm Mass Reader B Walker Comm C deSilva EMHC R Martins, D Etherington, Baldwin, J Tavelli Altar Servers G Del Casale, J Odams Acolyte G Abreu Choir Electronic music Sun 10 Dec 8:30am Mass Reader W Smith Comm C Lamb EMHC D Kirkaldy, D & A Tan, C Dopico Altar Servers C Firth, M Matusik Acolyte C Lyra Home Comm A Chendrayah, R Contrusceri Choir Electronic music 10:00am Mass Reader C McGettigan Comm C Neville

EMHC A Dominish, L Cornish, A Costanzo, M Contrusceri Altar Servers K Madaffari, N Yap Acolyte P Hawke Children’s Lit Volunteers—Christmas party Counters Group 3 Choir San Padro 5:00pm Mass Reader T Tan Comm I D’Silva Altar Servers A & T Collins Acolyte K Ho Choir Youth choir

Mass Times this week

9.00am Tue 5 Dec 1st Week of Advent Yr B

9.00am Wed 6 Dec

9.00am Thur 7 Dec (St Ambrose)

9.00am Fri 8 Dec (Immaculate Conception of BVM)

GOSPEL REFLECTION by Fr Michael Tate

Our Lord portrays himself as the Master who goes away on a journey. It is certain that he will return, even if no-one in his household knows exactly when. That is our situation. What do we do in an-ticipation?

Our Lord, the Master, indicates we have a choice. We can close our eyes and enter into the world of dreams where we create our own fantasy futures, or we can stay awake and alert to do what Our Lord wants us to do: ‘He left his servants in charge, giving to each his work.’

You and me – his servants – have a particular role or work in and for this phase of human history. A deep down intuition, prompted by the Holy Spirit, indicates what this is. We must be true to this as-signment.

We could take a moment to pray that, when the Lord returns, we may hear: ‘Come, good and faithful servant, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you since the foundation of the world.’

Parish Finance Update Planned Giving envelopes (26 Nov) $1,003.00 Family Fast (Nov) $ 107.25 Direct Debit (Oct) $1,405.00

“Come let us adore Him….” During Advent come and spend some

time with Jesus who is the reason for the Christmas season.

Every Thursday after 9am Mass until Benediction at 6.30pm.

All welcome.

IS YOUR FAMILY BUSY ON SUNDAY MORNINGS???

REMEMBER THE 5pm FAMILY MASS ON SUNDAYS IS HERE FOR YOU.

St Vincent de Paul Christmas Cards

These are now available for sale at the back of the church. A packet of 8 cards costs $4.

Please leave the money in the container pro-vided.

Children’s Liturgy

Come and join us for a

Children’s Liturgy Christmas Party

Sunday, 10 December

10am Mass

We will celebrate our year together with special craft activities, a Christmas story and have some

party food.

We will stay in the parish hall and the children can be collected from the hall after Mass.

We are also having a Baby Shower for Jesus, so please bring along a new item for a newborn baby to place in the donation box for Pregnancy Assis-

tance.

THANK YOU

We thank those small business own-ers who support our parish by ad-vertising in our newsletter which helps us with production. Please support them if you require work

done!

The 2017 Parish AGM will be held in the hall this weekend, Sunday, 3 December at

11.30am (after 10am Mass).

All welcome—please come and give your sup-port.

For those who do not receive copies of EOMHC or Reader/Commentator rosters electronically,

copies are at the back of the church.

Kristallnacht commemoration brings Christian and Jewish communities together

Members of the Jewish and Christian communities in Perth came together recently to commemorate Kristallnacht, the so-called ‘Night of Broken Glass’ – the attack on Jewish communi-ties in 1938, which for many signalled the beginning of the Hol-ocaust in Europe.

Some 200 people gathered in the Chapel at Penrhos College in Como on Thursday 9 November for the annual commemoration held by the Council of Christians and Jews WA Inc. (CCJWA).

New website set to raise St Charles’ Seminary digital profile

St Charles’ Seminary in Guildford is set to gain a stronger online presence, with the recent launch of a new website with a user-friendly design and updated easy-to-access information.

St Charles’ Rector Father Phillip Fleay said the project had been taken on by three seminarians, after it was recognised that the original website was not meeting the needs of the community…

Geraldton’s Cathedral blessed and rededicated

Having a Cathedral as a sacred space in which the presence of God is visible, was the message, Bishop of Geraldton, Michael Morrissey said at the blessing and re-dedication of St Francis Xavier Cathedral in Geraldton last week.

Held on 22 November, the principal celebrant of the concele-brated Mass was Bishop Morrissey who was joined by Emer-itus Bishop of Geraldton, Justin Bianchini, Emeritus Arch-bishop of Perth and former Bishop of Geraldton, Barry Hick-ey, Auxiliary Bishop of Perth, Donald Sproxton and priests from the Geraldton Diocese and Perth Archdiocese….

Year of Youth launching this weekend nationwide

In the lead-up to the nationwide launch of the Year of Youth this weekend on December 3, Archbishop of Perth Timothy Costelloe SDB has called for local parishes and communities to be fully involved over the whole liturgical year.

Archbishop Costelloe encouraged every local community to mark the launch of the Year of Youth, which commences on the first Sunday of Advent 3 December 2017 and concludes on the 25 November 2018, as well as to take other practical steps over the next 12 months…...

Second Rite of Reconciliation

Fr Jeronimo will be assisted by

visiting priests for the Second Rite of

Reconciliation to be celebrated at St

Peter’s on

Thursday, 14 December at 7.00pm.

Pregnancy Assistance

Please help this agency, who support mothers who have unexpected pregnancies, by donating baby (newborn to 12 months) items, eg. Clothes, formula, nappies etc.

The “Baby Shower for Jesus” box will be at the back of the church. Thank you for your generous response.

Individual raffle tickets or books for on-selling will be available again this weekend at all Masses.

PLEASE SUPPORT OUR MAIN FUND RAISER.

Fr Jeronimo.

Good Neighbours:

The last Healing Mass for the year will be held on Wednesday, 13 December at 10am in the Parish Hall. This will be followed by a lovely Christmas Morning Tea/Brunch and singing of carols.

All would be very welcome to join us in this cele-bration.

Anyone requiring transport please ring Marie 9275 6307.

ADVENT has a twofold character, for it is a time of preparation for the Solemnities of Christmas, in which the First Coming of the Son of God to humanity is remembered, and likewise a time when, by remembrance of this, minds and hearts are led to look forward to Christ’s Sec-ond Coming at the end of time.

For these two reasons, Advent is a period of de-vout and expectant delight.

The Immaculate Conception of Mary celebrates Mary, pre-served from sin from the moment of her conception; she is the first fruits of her Son’s redemption and a prophetic model of what the Church is called to be.