The Catholic Community of North Harbour

28th Sunday in ordinary time 11 October 2015

Readings for next week: Isaiah 53:10-11 Heb 4:14-16 Mark 10:35-45

St Kieran’s, Manly Vale

GOSPEL SYMBOLS AND IMAGES A journey eternal life

This gospel highlights the tension between merely observing the law and really giving oneself totally and wholeheartedly to the way of Christ. Jesus makes the point that undue attention given to the material things of life will ultimately mean too little attention given to the spiritual dimension and our relationship with God. It is not the owning of property that is the hindrance. The real problem lies in the fact that this man places greater importance on his wealth than he does on living a life focussed on following Christ. He is missing the point.

2 King Street, Manly Vale NSW 2093 Phone: 99494455 Fax: 9949 3413

Email: parishoffice@northharbourcatholic.org.au Parish Websites: www.northharbourcatholic.org.au

St Kieran’s Manly Vale

IN THE CARE OF THE AUGUSTINIANS

RCIC Enquiry for RCIC (Rite of Christian Initiation for Children) to be held on Sunday October 18 at 10.45am in the St Kieran’s Parish Centre, Manly Vale. The RCIC is a program for children who have reached the age of 8 or beyond and wish to be Baptised or Confirmed and receive Communion. Families interested are invited to attend the enquiry session on the 18th and register their child. The program will begin in mid November 2015 then break for December & January. It will resume in February 2016 and conclude just after Easter. For further information please ring the parish office on 9949 4455.

GOLDEN JUBILEE CELEBRATION

Fr Paul Maloney osa and Fr Laurie Mooney osa

Everyone is invited to a celebration in the parish centre following 6pm mass on

Sunday 1st November 7pm—9pm

Please RSVP to the parish office by Wednesday 28 October for an idea of numbers 9949 4455

Prayer for HSC Students

Dear Lord, may all our HSC Students feel your closeness during the HSC exam period. Give them calm hearts and quiet confidence in the knowledge

that you hold them in the palm of your hand. Bless them with keen understanding and retentive memory.

Give them the ability to grasp things correctly. Holy Spirit send them your gifts of wisdom and knowledge.

We ask this through Christ Our Lord. Amen

HELP IS REQUIRED FOR SETTING UP, SERVING AND CLEARING AWAY—PLEASE SIGN YOUR NAME ON

THE FORM AT THE CHURCH ENTRANCE IF YOU ARE ABLE TO ASSIST. Thank you

Annual Mass for People with Special Needs

Sunday 1st November @ 9.30am St Kieran’s Church

Celebrated by Bishop Peter Comensoli

Prayer from Bishop Peter for the Synod of the Family

“Holy Family of Nazareth, many the Synod of Bishops make us once more mindful of the sacredness of the family and its beauty

in God’s plan.”

The theme of Mental Health Month NSW is “Value your Mind” and is part of a national mental health promotion campaign held throughout October each year. The timing of the campaign centres on World Mental Health Day, which happens each year on October 10. The main message of this campaign is to encourage all individuals to think about how mental health exists in their daily life & promote the need for all individuals to make mental health a priority in their daily lives. When we make our mental health a priority, we are practicing self- care which is an important part of our daily living to ensure the maintenance of a balanced wellbeing.

SPAGHETTI NIGHT NEWS

Spaghetti Night will now be supporting the parish GIFT cook-offs, which provide such wonderful support and healthy meals for local, needy families. Spaghetti Night donations of just over $750 will be going to GIFT so please do come along to the next Spaghetti NIght - you will be able to enjoy a good meal with great company and also know that you are helping to contribute towards the giving of GIFT meals to those who need it. You can read more about the parish GIFT group at: http://gift.org.au/about/

The next Spaghetti Night will be on the fourth Sunday of the month, Sunday, October 25th. Please join us all for food and friendship after the 6pm Mass. If you are able to contribute a pasta dish or salad, please let Myra

( craigandmyra@mac.com ) or Kerry ( kerry.newman92@gmail.com )know. All are welcome - BYO wine or beer

NEXT WEEKEND MISSION SUNDAY

AUGUSTINIAN FORMATON ASSOCIATION DINNER SATURDAY 21 NOVEMBER 2015

PLEASE CAN YOU HELP??? We are asking for donations large and small for raffle prizes. Suggestions could include weekend escapes, dinner vouchers, wine/spirits, gift vouchers or anything that you would like to win yourself. Corporate donations would be most welcome. If you are able to help in any way please contact Adriana Bowyer 0402 099 746 or Lyn Martin 0425 302 501 or email kezsam2003@yahoo.com.au or the Parish Office on 9949 4455. All monies raised from the raffle will go to supporting our Seminarians. Many thanks from the AFA Committee Members

Youth group will be on next Sunday 18th October in the parish centre at 7pm following mass at

St Kierans. Dinner will be provided, and new people are always welcome.

See you there! Vicky

Dear Fellow Parishioners, 11th October 2015 The question asked by the young man of Jesus “What must I do to inherit eternal life?” brings the reply “Go and sell everything you have and give your money to the poor, then come follow me”. Most of us might be quite prepared to follow Jesus on the pathway to Salvation that he points towards, but our faces would certainly fall at the possibility that we might be asked to give away our wealth – which is one security blanket we cannot do without.

The Irish have a saying “I am going now to make my soul” which means to prepare for the final dispossession that allows an older person to slip through that tiny eye of the needle unencumbered by too many security blankets that may have gathered around them over the years.

I think if we were to put to Jesus the same question the young man asked he might give us this kind of advice: “Prepare for eternal life by living each day more fully; work at loving more deeply, more affectionately and more gratefully. Tell someone close to you that you love them and appreciate them for who they have been for you”. It is this self-forgetfulness that frees us to follow Jesus without any hesitation.

Pope Francis composed a prayer this year which captures his hopes for how we are meant to live: “God of love, show us our place in this world as channels of your love for all the creatures of this earth, for not one is forgotten in your sight. Enlighten those who possess power and money that they may avoid sin and indifference, that they may love the common good, advance the weak, and care for this world in which we live. The poor and the earth are crying out. O Lord, seize us with your power and light, help us to protect all life, to prepare for a better future, for the coming of your Kingdom of justice, peace, love and beauty. Praise be to you. Amen.

QUESTION OF THE WEEK

‘Everything is possible for God.’ Mark 10:27 At school: When I find loving others a bit hard, do

I ask God to help me? At work or study: How faithful am I in my acceptance of God’s total love for me? In my family life: In tough times, do we turn to God, confident of guidance and inspiration?

Prayer this week? God, what is possible for you may not be always

clear to us. Even if we see no answers yet, help us to know you are with us, holding us,

waiting with us. Amen

From St. Augustine

Come, Lord, into my soul, which You have prepared for Your own reception by inspiring in

me a longing for Your goodness. Confessions 13, 1

CONFRATERNITY OF CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE ANNUAL REGIONAL MASSES

CCD Annual Regional Mass Manly Warringah Peninsula Regional Mass

Tuesday 20 October 2015 @ 7pm St Kevin’s Catholic Church Dee Why

CCD Annual Diocesan Mass Saturday 31 October 2015 @11.30am

Our Lady of the Rosary Cathedral 23 Yardley Ave, Waitara

AFA FUNDRAISING MOVIE & LUNCH DAY OUT

YES, due to popular demand it's another movie fundraiser! Come along for an enjoyable day and support our Augustinian students. The Movie is 'The Dressmaker' on Wednesday, 11th November at 11am at the Hayden Orpheum at Cremorne. The cost is $20.00 per person and we will be having our usual raffle. Please book through the parish office on 9949 4455 and leave your payment (cash) there before 3rd November. Any enquiries please contact Adriana Bowyer on 0402 099 746 or Lyn Martin on 0425 302 501.

Thanks from the AFA Committee Members

New Stained Glass Window

Those attending St Kieran’s for Mass

this weekend may have noticed the new stained glass window. While the

window is new the glass is not. The stained glass from the windows replaced by the new St Kieran

windows behind the music area was preserved, turned into a single window and this week installed beside the weekday entrance to the Church. Have a look on the way out or next time you are in Church, it was well worth the wait.

WE PRAY Come to me! I will give you rest.” (Matthew 11:28)

Recent Prayer Requests: JDG, Jericho Cabilao, Jim Higgins, Jack Spencer, Mary Nixon, Daniel Collins, Angela & Giovanni De Luca, Denis Sonnerman, Bill Rein, Dave Miles, Michael Armstrong, Parvin Saddedi, Eric McKinnon, Sr Joan Sexton, Genevieve Espurgin, Kath Zenetic, Joe Rocca, Dylan Burke,Joe Zarb, Brendan Cleary, Roger O’Sullivan, Veronica Laverty, Martha Lois, Pat Leeder, Irene Hurrell, Maria Kogovsek, Lou Baker, Margaret Styles, Lindsay Benaud, Helen Anglicas, Robyn Bailey, Louis Hilton, Rita Chiu, Barry Connell, Grahame Wilson, Stephen Ward, Michelle Ritossi, Jim Smyth, Kevin Smith, Eddie Sharp, Jack Homan, Louise Allara, Sean Bellenger, Henry and Flavio Cataldo, Kathleen Bunting, Dorothy Smith, Simone Young, Leo Sensink, Thrisr Oliverra, Jarryd Timm, Chris McAuliffe.

(The families of those above thank parishioners for their prayers)

For our recently deceased: Hugo Cutrone, William O’Sullivan, Trevor James Robinson

Anniversaries John Mascarenhas, Harry Hurrell, Arthur & Jean

Austin, Peter Mohr, Bob Stapleton

Next Week’s Liturgy Roster 3rd Sunday Please swap with someone else if you can’t make it

Mass Readers Senior Server

Co-ordinators

Hosp

6.00 J Killick

P Cooney

D O’Brien

7.30 T Irwin J Thompson

R Dellagia-coma

9.00 P Macken

S/I McFarland

G Hamer

Res: A Hogan

I McFarland S Mac-geachie

Yeung Family

9.30 C Burrows D Thomas S Trube

I Woodbury J Worthing-ton

Yr 4 Families

6.00 L Taylor G O’Sullivan

E Russell

Mass Children’s Liturgy

Laptop Music Welcome

6.00 Filipino Choir

7.30

9.00 I Doherty V Alkon

H McFarland Con Men G Hamer

9.30 No children’s liturgy

Sonic Spirit/Children’s Choir

6.00 Wild Boyz

HOSPITAL VISITS

If anyone would like to be visited at home or in hospital, please contact the parish office on 9949 4455 to let us know.

CATHOLIC COMMUNITY OF NORTH HARBOUR Office (Mon – Fri: 9am – 4pm) 9949 4455

Clergy: Fr Paul Maloney OSA Parish Priest Fr Senan Ward OSA Assistant Priest Fr. Minh-Tan Hoang OSA Assistant Priest Fr. David Austin OSA In Residence

Pastoral Ministers (contacted through Parish Office 9949 4455) Ricki Hayes Sacramental Coordinator Adriana Bowyer Family Ministry Rosemary McKinnon Counsellor 0400 495 076 Victoria Loughland Youth Ministry—0421 780 957 Ben Marshall Music Ministry 0411809072

Administration: Chris Burrows Parish Manager Anne Ross Parish Secretary Jane Filacuridi Parish Secretary Tony Cipri WHS & WWC Compliance

Officer

Parish Mass TimesParish Mass Times

mass time mass time St Cecilia St Kieran Saturday vigil 6.00pm sunday 9.00am 7.30am 9.30am 6.00pm

weekday mass St Kieran 8.30am Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri, Sat St Cecilia 9.00am Wednesday St Augustine’s 8.15am Wednesday

Reconciliation St Kieran 5 – 6pm Saturday (or by appointment)

Baptisms Bookings essential and Preparation course required. St Cecilia 10.30am Sun or 9.00am Mass on 1st Sundays of the month St Kieran 11.30am Sun or 9.30am Mass on 1st Sundays of the month marriages Require 6 months notice and includes Catholic Care course as part of the preparation.

OCTOBER 11 HSC Blessing Mass SK 6pm 13 Catechist Meeting 1pm 14 PPC St Cecilia’s 15 Theresa of Jesus 18 Mission Sunday Youth Group 7pm 19 SK Yr 4 Mass 9.30am 20 CCD Annual Regional Mass St Kevin’s DY 7pm 31 St Kieran’s School Fun Day CCD Annual Diocesan Mass Our Lady of the

Rosary Cathedral, Waitara 11.30am NOVEMBER 01 All Saints Day Diocesan Disability Mass 9.30am SK 50th Jubilee celebration Frs Paul Maloney & Laurie Mooney SK Parish Centre 7pm 02 All Souls Day 07 CWF Collection 08 CWF Collection Baptism Preparation Course 11.00 parish centre

The Fr Chris Riley Van will be at 19 Lovett Street,

Manly Vale on Monday

Monday 12 October 2015 Cash donations, all new or good condition second-hand

items including crockery (no books please) Thank you for your donations

Don’t forget to take your copy of Broken Bay news on your

way out—available in the

church entrances!