The Catholic Community of North Harbour

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

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

IN THE CARE OF THE AUGUSTINIANS

Readings for next week: Holy Family Ecclesiasticus 3:2-6, 12-14 Colossians 3:12-21 Luke 2:22-40

St Kieran’s, Manly Vale

GOSPEL SYMBOLS AND IMAGES Sent by God anointed me

Fourth Sunday of advent 21 december 2014

God does not always act in grand or expected ways, nor does God manipulate human response. God simply invites collaboration and we, like Mary, must respond freely.

CHRISTMAS MASS TIMES

NEXT SUNDAY 28th DECEMBER

9.30am MASS CONCELEBRATED AT

ST KIERAN’S CHURCH

by FR BRIAN and FR DIPI

FOLLOWED BY FAREWELL MORNING TEA

Thursday 25th December

Church of St Cecilia

9.00am

Church of St Kieran

7.30am & 9.30am

No evening Mass

No Mass at

St Augustine’s College.

Wednesday 24th December

Church of St Cecilia 5.30pm & 7.30pm

Church of St Kieran 6.00pm (in church)

8.00pm (preceded by carols)

Midnight (preceded by carols)

Confessions Dec 24th 5pm

Both churches

CHRISTMAS ROSTERS The Parish Council invites our regular Mass-goers to get into the spirit of our Christmas Welcome campaign. It’s as simple as popping a T-shirt on and handing out the Christmas bulletin and a Christmas Cracker with a welcoming smile. Roster sheets are displayed in the church entrances. Please enter your name into one of the blank spaces if you are able to help over the Christmas period. Thank you

PATHWAYS OF ST PAUL Join parishioners

from Holy Innocents’ on a 20 day Pilgrimage to

Greece and Turkey, departing Monday 20th April

2015. Walk in the footsteps of St. Paul, visit the

places where he lived, worked and was imprisoned.

Also visit island of Patmos, where St John wrote the

book of Revelation, Basilica of St John built over the tomb of "The Divine" Apostle and the "House of Mary"

where it is said Mary spent the later years of her life. For Itinerary Brochure and Booking Form please contact Fr.

Peter Krigovsky, admin@holyic.org.au, 02 9747-4291, or download from www.holyinnocentscroydon.org.au/

news-and-events/parish-pilgrimage

PARKING RESTRICTIONS TO APPLY AT ST. KIERAN’S CARPARK

FOR 6PM AND 8PM VIGIL MASSES 24th DECEMBER

For safety reasons only authorised people will be allowed to park in the Church Grounds for the 6.00pm and 8pm Vigil Masses and parking for the 8.00pm Mass will not be available until the area is free following the earlier Mass.

Rostered ministers, listed assistants, musicians and choir, need to collect parking permits during opening hours from the parish office. Others, with a genuine need, should contact the parish office for one. Cars dropping off people with walking difficulties will be given access to do so provided there are no safety issues. They may be asked to wait until the area is clearer if they arrive too early for the 6.00pm or 8.00pm Mass

A big THANK YOU to all who have recently supported St Vincent de

Paul Christmas Appeal. We have donated 90 hampers, all the

calendars are sold out, and the packs of cards are running low.

* The next SVDP meeting will be on 13th January 2015.

VOLUNTEER BUS DRIVER NEEDED

Come and be a volunteer bus driver at our

Aged Care Facility in Allambie Heights!

EVERY FRIDAY – 9.30am to midday

It’s so much fun and very rewarding!

(BUS LICENCE REQUIRED)

Please contact Virginia Stapleton – Recreation & Activities Officer

on 9975-5800 or email: vstapleton@alhvillage.com.au

YOU’RE INVITED TO

CHRISTMAS DAY LUNCH

25 December

11.30am - 2.30pm St Mary’s Catholic Church Hall,

Whistler Street Manly

You and your family are

warmly invited to come along and share

in a traditional Christmas Lunch. It is

free and non alcoholic. So if you are

spending Christmas alone

please come and join us. Hosted by Manly Freshwater Parish

9977 5822 This Sunday, we light the fourth candle in the wreath, which symbolises Love. The other purple candles in the Advent wreath symbolise Hope and Peace. These candles are lit on the first and second Sundays of Advent. The rose coloured candle is lit on the third week and symbolises Joy.

Church Cleaning—

can you spare a little time to help?

Tuesday 23rd 9.00am

after morning mass

at St Kieran’s

Wednesday 24th

9.30am after morning

mass at St Cecilia’s

One hour maximum—

your help in either

church would be much

appreciated.

Question of the Week ‘Rejoice, favoured one, the Lord is with you.’ Luke 1:28

At school: This week I will be glad that

God loves me sooo much!

At work or study: God has chosen me, you, them, all of us.

We have class!

In my family life: Do we see God’s favour and delight

resting on us all, on everyone?

Prayer this week! God, you make good choices, all the time you love all people.

And why not, for we are all made in your image. Thanks for this. How wonderful!

Bishop Peter on the Martin Place Tragedy

”This morning our communities are coming to terms with the deep pain

and loss that has come at the end of the terrorising and tragic

circumstances that have occurred at Martin Place. My heartfelt prayers

go out to the families of those who have lost their lives; to those injured;

to those that have suffered unimaginable anguish; and to those who

have worked selflessly to bring about the best outcome in this sad and

violent situation.

I am conscious, too, of the distress this event has created for the people

of the city of Sydney, and in the wider Australian community. May I

assure you that our Catholic community stands with all our neighbours at this time, and especially applauds the

various displays of interfaith solidarity.

In this Advent season, as our communities look with expectation to the coming of

the Christ-child, may we hold close to our hearts those whose lives have been

forever changed.

I pray that we remain committed to the cause of justice

and peace, to healing and understanding, and that in the

shadow of this tragedy, we may all come to know that

God’s love holds us to Him.”

Yours sincerely in Christ Jesus,

Most Rev Peter A Comensoli Bishop of Broken Bay

From St. Augustine: Lord, You are

my helper and

the helper of

everyone who

reaches out to

You. Indeed, You are my

Redeemer for the very purpose

of enabling me to

reach out to You.

The Parish office will close from on Christmas Eve and reopen Monday January 5. If you need to urgently contact a priest, call the office on 9949 4455 and, when the automated system directs you, press 4 to be put through to the Priory. Alternatively you can call the 24 hour service 1300 PRIEST (1300 774 378) and you will be put in contact with a priest from the Broken Bay Diocese.

Next year we will be changing our banking procedures for credit card payments. For those who donate to planned giving via credit card there may be a change to the date your payment is processed. We will be emailing or writing to everybody in the New Year with details of any changes. Christmas Offering envelopes are available in the church foyer for anyone who may wish to donate a little something extra to the Priests at this time of year. For those who donate via the envelope system an offering envelope is also included in your set of planned giving envelopes to be used at your discretion, in appreciation of the work of the clergy.

Bishop Comensoli has

adopted the

Barrenjoey Lighthouse

into his crest (right)

and maintained his

motto “Praedicamus

Christum Crucifixum”

- We preach

Christ Crucified

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

Recent Prayer Requests: Roger O’Sullivan, Graham Essex, Veronica Laverty, Vincent Jewell, Martha Lois, Pat & Barry Leeder, Irene Hurrell, Maria Kogovsek, Lou Baker, Ricki Hayes, Margaret & Russell Styles, Lindsay Benaud, Helen Anglicas, Shirley McCormack, Robyn Bailey, Louis Hilton, Rita Chiu, Marion Milne, 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, Phil Ristuccia, Dorothy Smith, Simone Young, Leo Sensink, Thrisr Oliverra, Ian Houston, Jarryd Timm, Eddie Robinson, Chris McAuliffe.

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

For our recently deceased: Juliette Parle, : Juliette Parle, Dallas Pickett, Rita Prince, On their anniversaries for: Annette Leggett, Aileen Treston, John Quatroville, Doug Watkins

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

PASTORS Fr Brian Buckley, OSA Parish Priest

Fr Senan Ward OSA Assistant Priest

Fr. Dipi Kattathara OSA Assistant Priest

Pastoral Ministers (contacted through Parish Office 9949 4455)

Ricki Hayes Sacraments of Initiation and

Pastoral Associate

Adriana Bowyer Family Ministry

Rosemary McKinnon Counsellor 0400 495 076

Victoria Loughland Youth Ministry

Ben Marshall Music Ministry 0411809072

Administration: Chris Burrows Parish Manager

Anne Ross Parish Secretary

Jane Filacuridi Parish Secretary

Tony Cipri WHS & WWC Compliance Officer

School Principals: Suellen Garey 9948 3069 St Cecilia’s

Terri Paterson 9949 3523 St Kieran’s

Tim Cleary 9938 8200 St. Augustine’s

DECEMBER 23 9.00am church cleaning SK St John of Kanty 24 9.30am church cleaning SC 25 The Nativity of the Lord 26 St Steven 27 St John the Apostle 28 Feast of Holy Family (Fr Brian & Dipi Farewell Mass SK 9.30 and morning tea) JANUARY 01 New Year’s Day—Solemnity of the Mother of God World Day of Peace 03 Most Holy Name of Jesus 04 Epiphany of the Lord

Next Week’s Liturgy Roster 4th Sunday Please swap with someone else if you can’t make it

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.

Need a Priest urgently and don’t know who to call? Call 1300 PRIEST (1300 774378)

24-hour service

Mass Readers Senior Server

Co-ordinators

Hosp

6.00 R Arnold

R Bergin

P Darcy

7.30 J McCarney A Rutherford

R Dellagia-coma

9.00 P Griffiths

M/J Weston

K Reinecker

T Yeung K Reinecker

K Galt McFarland/Macgeachie Family D Ristuccia

9.30 K Coates A Walker I Press

J Candido Farewell Morning Tea

6.00 Youth Reader E Rigato

Mass Children’s Liturgy

Laptop Music Welcome

6.00 SK Choir

7.30

9.00 No children’s liturgy

Reinecker/Macgeach-ie Family

Ben & Kids Choir

9.30 No children’s liturgy

Sonic Spirit

6.00 C Ryan Young Guns

MASSMASS TIMESTIMES 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 College 8.15am Wednesday

(during term time only)

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.

Why Worry? There are only 2 things to worry about; either

you are well or you are sick. If you are well,

then there is nothing to worry about, but if you

are sick then there are 2 things for you to

worry about; either you will get well or you will

die. If you get well then there is nothing to

worry about. If you die then there are 2 things

to worry about—either you go up or you go

down. If you go up then there is nothing to

worry about but if you go down you

will be so busy shaking hands with old

friends you won’t have time to worry!