Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time

What makes a good leader? It’s a much asked question these days. To judge by the groaning shelves of bookshops many are still venturing answers to it. Is it a gift, a charism, that some people have and others don’t? Is it an art that can be acquired? The debate goes on.

Within the Church there’s plenty of talk about servant-leadership. Those who are ordained to ministry or entrusted with high office can hardly forget what Jesus had to say about himself: “ … the Son of Man himself did not come to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many” (Mk 10:45). This saying of Jesus may seem to call Christian leaders to be lowly, unobtrusive and self-effacing. But Jesus was not of these things. He was powerful, provocative and prophetic, never a person to be ignored or overlooked. yet he was truly a servant – a servant-leader whose whole being was on fire with passion for the reign of god.

This is the key to his servant-leadership – his complete freedom from self-interest. The authority that impressed the crowds time and again was the authority of his authenticity. Like the tunic taken from him on Calvary, his life was seamless, it was all of a piece. If we are to emulate him, we may need to prayerfully take to heart the words addressed to deacons when they are ordained: “Believe what you read, teach what you believe, and practice what you teach”.

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The Pastoral Council warmly invites all

Parishioners to join in the celebration of

Fr Peter’s Twenty-Five Years

of Priesthood.

The Jubilee Mass will be celebrated at

10.00am on Sunday 9th October.

We hope to see you at this special Mass and at

the morning tea which will be held after Mass at

the back of the Church. Please bring a plate to

share. ALSO if anyone has a patio umbrella that

we could borrow for the day it would be greatly

appreciated. ______________________________________________

Annual Parish Dinner

Date: 5th November Place: Doubleview Bowling Club

Cost: Adults – $40 pp Children 6 – 12 years – $20 (under 6 free!)

To ensure your place at the dinner, and to assist with catering, could you please put your name down as soon as possible. There will be an opportunity to do so after each Mass this weekend.

Look for: Helen Murray at 6 pm Doris Zambonetti at 8 am Julie Prior at 10 am

27th

Sunday in Ord. Time

1st / 2nd October 2016 Vol. 34 No. 43

Paul and Sonia Tanham are

celebrating their 60th wedding

anniversary on the 19th August.

They came to the Holy Rosary

Parish in 1966 with four children

and two more children were born

while they lived in Woodlands. All

of their six children and seven of

their grandchildren have been

educated in Holy Rosary school,

Siena, Marist Brothers and now

Newman College. Paul and Sonia

have been part of the Holy Rosary

Parish for the past 48 years and

they have seen many changes over

the years including the building of

the church. They look forward to

many more years at the church

and in the area.

FATHER PETER’S

JUBILEE MASS

Prayers for the sick

Barbara Antonetti, Aiden Blechynden, Marie Boccardo, Justin Boylan, Kit Doran,

Rebecca Fry, Andre Della Franca, Megan Garner, Ron Harland, Barbara Hickey,

Barry Johnston, David Kenny, Norm & Elsie Macaulay,

Fr Aquinas McComb OP, Joan Meade, Fr. Bernie Maxwell OP, Rebekah Rowe, Henry Porter, Alice Ralph, Ken Ryan,

Anne Tan, Julie-Anne Taylor, Jenny Zorich

To Be Remembered

Fred Borg, Catherine & Jim Cummings, Vincenzo De Luca, Jan Kordyl, Kath Lamond,

David Lindsay, Fr Eamon McKenna, Les Myszka, Peter O’Dea,

Petronila & Januario Pereira, Domenico Siciliano, Ken Tondut, Bill Walters

“May they rest in peace.”

A reading from the holy Gospel according to Luke

The apostles said to the Lord, ‘Increase our faith.’ The Lord replied, ‘Were your faith the size of a mustard seed you could say to this mulberry tree, “Be uprooted and planted in the sea,” and it would obey you.

‘Which of you, with a servant ploughing or minding sheep, would say to him when he returned from the fields, “Come and have your meal immediately?” Would he not be more likely to say “Get my super laid; make yourself tidy and wait on me while I eat and drink. You can eat and drink yourself afterwards”? Must he be grateful to the servant for doing what he was told? So with you: when you have done all you have been told to do, say, “We are merely servants: we have done no more than our duty.”

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Commentary on the Gospel Jesus never exploits his powers in order to impress

an audience with wonder-working phenomena. He

explicitly repudiates this kind of action when

tempted by Satan to change stones into bread, so he

can hardly be encouraging his disciples to literally

move mulberry trees or mountains. Rather he is

daring them to let go of their fearful and sceptical

mindsets and enter into the realm of divine power

where all things are possible to God.

The second and longer part of the reading sounds

harsh. It sounds as if Jesus is almost

contemptuously relegating his disciples to the role of

slaves. What he has to say here needs to be

interpreted in the light of other teaching. Didn’t

Jesus tell a story about a master who when he finds

his servants ready for him turns around and serves

them instead (12:37)? And later on doesn’t he talk

about himself as one who serves (22:37)? It is more

likely that these sayings of Jesus were retained in the

gospel as a warning to Christian leaders not to get

caught up in their own self-importance. Leadership,

for Jesus, is always a service, not a prize.

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Financial Statements

Financial Statements for the 2015/2016 financial year are on the notice board on the south side of

the church.

Rosary Care Short Term Assistance

(Brochure available on notice board) Phone: Doris – 0428 441 566

or Catherine – 0410 019556

Adult Faith Enrichment Opportunities:

The Centre for Faith Enrichment has a

great variety of short courses and one-off

events on offer at several locations

throughout Perth and online (very user

friendly and no need to travel!). No prior

learning is required, the environment is

always relaxed and friendly, and there are

no exams or assignments. For more

information, visit www.cfe.org.au or call

9241 5221 for a Term Four brochure.

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B.J. Hickey Biblical Foundation

Scholarships: Applications are now invited for

scholarships from the B.J. Hickey Biblical

Foundation. The scholarships are for

biblical studies of any length at any level,

locally or overseas (such as Jerusalem or

Rome). You don’t need to be an academic

– just someone with a desire to know the

Scriptures better and to help others with

that knowledge. Applications close on

Friday, 11th November 2016. For more

information, visit www.cfe.org.au and

click on “The Biblical Foundation”. _____________________________________________

Parish Dinner

We need donations of ‘goodies’ to make hampers and for ‘prizes’ – Wine, chocolates, or any other suitable items would be most appreciated.

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Piety Stall

The Piety Stall will be closing on 16th October. The Columban Calendars for the year 2017, following their arrival,

will be available at the front of the Church”

There will be baskets at each of the entrances to the church next week where you can leave your items.

The Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults

RCIA is a process for those who are not Catholic and would like to know more about our faith and practice. It is also for Catholics who have been baptised but not received the Sacraments of Reconciliation, Eucharist and Confirmation and may wish to continue their faith journey.

Meetings will commence on Tuesday 25th

October in the Parish Office at 7.30-9.00pm. For further information, please ring the Pastoral Associate, Kaye Shervington, on 0411 123 441.

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This weekend we welcome

William O’Leary

into our faith community.

2016 Social Justice Statement:

Perth Launch Heralds Personal Story

Described as a text that will touch the heart of every person in our society, the Australian Catholic Bishops’ 2016-2017 Social Justice Statement has been launched locally in Perth by Auxiliary Bishop Don Sproxton. A Place at the Table: Social Justice in an Ageing Society was launched on Tuesday, 20 September in front of an audience of both young and older faces at the Redemptorist Monastery in North Perth, following the national launch earlier this month. The statement highlights the ageing of our population – rightly described as ‘the great success story of human development’ – and the need to support and value older people in Australian life, while fighting the ‘throw-away’ culture that threatens their sanctity and dignity. By Rachel Curry [For full article go to therecord.com.au]

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Kids’ Corner

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ROSTERS: 27th

Sunday in Ordinary Time

1st / 2

nd October

28th

Sunday in Ordinary Time

8th

/ 9th

October

Readers:

Saturday 6:00 pm Sunday 8:00 am Sunday 10:00 am

Sonia & Grace Thomas Damien Giumelli & Mike Berry Marian Bishopp & Laurie Conroy

Liz Crowe Miranda Hickey & Laraine Penberthy Sr Myrtle & Colleen Harland

Acolytes:

Saturday 6:00 pm Sunday 8:00 am Sunday 10:00 am

Peter Gillett Pat Kirwan & Kevin Susai Brian Gotts & Laurie Smith

Michael Gillooly Peter Gillett & Gordon Kendall Pat Kirwan & Kevin Susai

EMHCs:

Saturday 6:00 pm Sunday 8:00 am Sunday 10:00 am

Teresa & Bern Willett Anne Bucat, Elizabeth Re, Anne Taylor Glenda Gotts, John Hayes, Joan Trew

Teresa & Bern Willett, Tony Wong Anne Bucat, Paul Slyth, Anne Taylor Pat Cullinane, Claudette De Silva, Elizabeth Susai

Power Point:

Saturday 6:00 pm Sunday 8:00 am Sunday 10:00 am

Nicole Drinkwater Margaret Lobo

Sr Imelda Doris Zambonetti Simon Wong

Music:

Saturday 6:00 pm Sunday 8:00 am Sunday 10:00 am

Carmel Charlton Lexi Wilkinson Julie Prior

Andy Sambuaga Lexi Wilkinson Julie Prior

Counters: Dan Byrne, Eddie Fernandez, John Hartigan Peter & Susanne Whyte, Trish Gibson, Judy Clear

Altar Society: Doris & Lucy Zambonetti (7th

October) Helen Murray, Trish Burns, Julie Prior Pat Cullinane (14

th October)

Children’s Liturgy: No children’s Liturgy No children’s Liturgy

Pilgrim Statue: Joyce Wong Claire Lee

ROSTERS:

Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time

Entrance Antiphon Within your will, O Lord, all things are established, and there is none that can resist your will. For you have made all things, the heaven and the earth, and all that is held within the circle of heaven; you are the Lord of all.

First reading: Habakkuk 1:2-3; 2:2-4

(The just will live by faithfulness.)

Responsorial Psalm: If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts.

Second Reading: 2 Timothy 1:6-8, 13-14 (Never be ashamed of witnessing the Lord

Gospel Acclamation: Alleluia, alleluia! The word of the Lord stands forever; it is the

word given to you, the Good News. Alleluia!

Gospel: Luke 17:5-9

(If you had faith!) ________________________________________________

Next Week

Exodus 17:8-13 2 Timothy 3:14 – 4:2

Luke 18:1-8

Prayers for the sick

Barbara Antonetti, Aiden Blechynden, Marie Boccardo, Justin Boylan, Kit Doran,

Rebecca Fry, Andre Della Franca, Megan Garner, Ron Harland, Barbara Hickey, Barry Johnston, David Kenny, Evonne Le Broy, Ray Marinko,

Joan Meade, Norm & Elsie Macaulay, Fr Aquinas McComb OP, Fr. Bernie Maxwell OP,

Rebekah Rowe, Henry Porter, Alice Ralph, Ken Ryan, Anthony Samy, Anne Tan,

Julie-Anne Taylor, Di, Watts, Jenny Zorich

Recently Deceased

Amelia Longo

To Be Remembered

Brian Canny, Sr Catherine Brophey OP, Cathorne Family, Peter Dillon, Dominic Errichetti,

Joseph R Ferguson, Terry Hatherly, Enid Kendall, John Drohn, Elise Marinko,

Iole Poli, Maria Weeks, Kath & B ill Whyte, Abbot Placid Spearritt OSB (Abbot of New Norcia)

“May they rest in peace.”