THE SEASON OF LENT

On our Lenten journey so far, we’ve been guided by the twin stories of Jesus’ testing in the wilderness, and his transfiguration on the holy mountain. For the next three weeks we turn to dramatic scenes in the gospel of John which real fundamental features of his identity and mission. He is the living water (4:5-42), the light of the world (9:1-41) and the resurrection and the life (11:1-45).

So central are these stories in the liturgical tradition, and so apt for the preparation of the elect for their baptism at Easter, that these gospels and the readings that go with them may be read every year. We begin this series of profound revelations with the story of Jesus’ dialogue with the Samaritan woman at the well. From so long ago it challenges us to reflect deeply. What do we really thirst for in our lives? And who or what will quench our heartfelt longings?

Stations of the Cross will be held in the Church each Friday during Lent at 7:00 pm.

Our Lady of the Rosary Foundation

Information Sessions This Weekend

The Our Lady of the Rosary Foundation

has been established to build up the financial

capacity of our parish to maintain our church

into the future. We would like to invite all

parishioners to attend a short information

session about the Foundation in the church

immediately after each Mass this weekend.

The foundation directors will present more

information about the Foundation and how

you may be able to contribute.

There will be an opportunity to ask questions.

Tea and coffee will be provided.

We look forward to seeing you. ________________________________________________

Lenten Healing Mass

Jesus “went round Galilee....curing all kinds of diseases and sickness among

the people” Matt 4:23

This Lent come to the parish Lenten Healing Mass on Thursday March 23rd at

10.00am followed by morning tea prepared by Rosary Care. If you need transport

contact Stephanie - 0409 204 369 ________________________________________________

Rosary Care Short Term Assistance

(Brochure available on notice board) Phone: Doris – 0428 441 566 or Catherine – 0410 019 556

Third Sunday of Lent 18

th / 19

th March 2017

Vol. 35 No. 15

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.

Building Commencement to limit

driveway access to church

The start of work on the new Parish Centre and

adjoining Priory is imminent.

It will also come with disrupted access to the

front and south side of the church.

The first two months of the year have been

used to refine contractual, budgetary and cash

flow arrangements for the project.

This week the formal contract with our builder,

Badge, was signed and a building licence

approved by the City of Stirling.

Work should get under way in the coming

week. Until Holy Week, the driveway at the

front of the church will be blocked off.

Vehicles will need to be parked in the street.

During this period of about three weeks, a

small cluster of replacement car bays will be

constructed in the front of the church.

But with the building site fenced off, the

southern driveway will be eliminated for the

time being.

This means that when the front access resumes

by Easter, only one entrance and exit will be

available for walking and driving for the

duration of the 30 week construction period.

Unfortunately, those who park in the front of

the church will face some inconveniences as

the turning radius will be tight for reversing.

A traffic management plan, being prepared for

the safety of our parishioners, will be issued

shortly. This will be updated regularly.

Iona Presentation College welcomes

prospective families to one of our

Open Mornings in March –

Thursday 23 March & Tuesday 28 March

Presentations commence at 9.30am in the

College Sports Centre followed by a guided

tour and morning tea. Bookings can be made

at www.iona.wa.edu.au/openmorning

Come and meet us at 33 Palmerston Street,

Mosman Park Tel: 9384 0066

Email: admin@iona.wa.edu.au

Week 3: Australia

Australia partner, he is reconnecting with former

KBH boys in a program that restores their wellbeing

and helps their families.

Please donate to Project Compassion 2017 and

help members of the Stolen Generations support

each other on the journey to wellbeing.

The Good Egg! Pope Francis said that “every person ought to have the awareness that purchasing is always a moral – and not simply an economic – act.”

Can’t find slavery-free eggs in your supermarket?

Did you know that the Easter eggs in Australian supermarkets might be made with cocoa beans picked by children, many of whom have been enslaved or forced to work in exploitative conditions with no access to education and other human rights? The International Labour Rights Forum (ILRF) estimates that there are 1.5 million children working in the cocoa sector in West Africa.

When you go to your local supermarket, look for chocolate that has one of these three symbols. If you can’t find any, ask the

manager if they stock any.

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ABUNDANT LIFE

The autumn edition of the magazine Abundant Life is available. Please take a copy.

It deals with State Election issues

Like many First

Australians, Uncle Richard

was torn from his family

and culture as a child.

Forced to grow up in the

State-run Kinchela Boys

Home (KBH), he suffered

violence and pain that

haunted his adult years.

Now, through Kinchela

Boys Home Aboriginal

Corporation, a Caritas

2017 Sacramental Program

Confirmation:

Parent/Student Meeting – in the library: Wednesday 24th May at 5.00pm or 6.30pm

Commitment Masses: Saturday 27th May at 6.pm or Sunday 28th May at10 am

Reflection Day – at the school: Friday 2nd June at 8.30am

Confirmation Masses: Saturday 10th June at 6 p.m. or Sunday 11thJune at 10a.m.

First Eucharist:

Commitment Masses: Saturday 19th August at 6 pm or Sunday 20th August at 10 am

Parent/Student Workshop (in the library) Wednesday 23rd August at 5 pm or 6.30pm

Reflection Day (at the school): Friday 1st September at 8.30am

Eucharist Masses: Saturday 9th September at 6.00pm or Sunday 10th September at 10 am

For further information contact Kaye Shervington on 0411 123 441

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Archbishop Costelloe ‘… Lent calls us to be honest with ourselves, to

stop making excuses for our bad behaviour, to

stop pretending that our sins and failings do not

really matter or do not cause real damage to

others, and to stop imagining that God does not

really care about any of this. If we want to walk

with Jesus to Jerusalem, comfort him in his

suffering, and stand beside him at the foot of his

cross - and if we want to join the group of

disciples on Easter Sunday morning as they try

to contain the explosion of joy that comes with

the realisation that Jesus has overcome death

and is alive again - then we will need first of all

to be honest with ourselves and about

ourselves. We are sinners in need of God's

mercy and forgiveness. The season of Lent calls

us to give our deepest "yes" to God's

compassion and healing love, but we will not be

able to do so until we acknowledge how much

we are in need.’ (excerpt from Archbishop’s homily Sunday 5th March)

4 YEAR OLD KINDERGARTEN

ENROLMENTS 2019

We will be interviewing new families to the school in Term 2, 2017. If you have not

enrolled your child or are unsure whether an application has been completed, please

contact Laurie Evans, Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday

on 9203 4500.

Mothers Prayers

Lenten Reflections 2017

We invite parishioners or parents to join us to

reflect on “Hope” in the Sunday Readings

during Lent. We meet each Tuesday

afternoon at 1.30 – 3.00pm.

Our meeting place is Terese Johnston’s home

35 Coronation Street, Doubleview. The

“Hope” book prepared in the Diocese of

Wollongong is available at a cost of $10. Any

questions call Dorothy on 9341 4405 or email

dot.johnston@optusnet.com.au

For full colour images & other news go to the Parish website: www.doubleview.perthcatholic.org.au

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ROSTERS: Third Sunday of Lent

18th

/ 19th

March

Fourth Sunday of Lent

25th

/ 26th

March

Readers:

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

Ray Teakle Damien Giumelli & Dorothy Johnston Susanne & Peter Whyte

Liz Crowe Miranda Hickey & Mike Berry Marian Bishopp & Terese Johnston

Acolytes:

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

Kevin Susai Pat Kirwan Brian Gotts

John Mordini Gordon Kendall Pat Kirwan

EMHCs:

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

Teresa & Bern Willett Peta Berry & Lina Vinci Glenda Gotts & Kaye Shervington

Teresa & Bern Willett Elizabeth Re & Lina Vinci Glenda Gotts & Joan Trew

Power Point:

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

Nicole Drinkwater Doris Zambonetti Terry Lark

Sr Imelda Doris Zambonetti Simon Wong

Music:

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

Carmel Charlton Giuliano Vinci Julie Prior

Andy Sambuaga Lexi Wilkinson Julie Prior

Counters: [7] Frank McCabe, Terry Lark & Bob Stidwell [1] Judy Clear & Johnston Family

Altar Society: Valerie Rosser, Pauline Kirwan & Lina Vinci (24

th March)

Marion Fergusson & Mary Slyth (31

st March)

Pilgrim Statue: Claire Lee Fay & Tom Tranter

Children’s Liturgy: Carli Jayne

Third Sunday of Lent

Entrance Antiphon My eyes are always on the Lord, for he rescues my feet from the snare. Turn to me and have mercy on me, for I am alone and poor.

First reading: Exodus 17:3-7

(Give us water to drink.)

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

Second Reading: Romans 5:1-2, 5-8 (The love of God has been poured into our hearts by the Holy Spirit which has been given us.)

Gospel Acclamation: Glory to you, Word of God, Lord Jesus Christ! Lord, you are truly the Saviour of the world; give me living water, that I may never thirst again. Glory to you, Word of God, Lord Jesus Christ!

Gospel: John 4:5-42

(The water that I shall give will turn into a spring of eternal life.) ________________________________________________

Next Week 1 Samuel 16:1, 6-7, 10-13

Ephesians 5:8-14 John 9:1-41

Prayers for the sick

Barbara Antonetti, Aiden Blechynden, Justin Boylan, Kerry Capelli, Pat Cullinane,

Kit Doran, Rebecca Fry, Megan Garner, Ron Harland, Barbara Hickey, Barry Johnston, David Kenny, Evonne Le Broy, Ray Marinko, Sophie Martin, Joan Meade, Norm Macaulay,

Fr Aquinas McComb OP, Fr. Bernie Maxwell OP, Kathleen O’Reilly,

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

Julie-Anne Taylor, Di Watts, Jenny Zorich

Recently Deceased Sonia Tanham

To Be Remembered

Bill Anderton, Fred Borg, Carmel Cotterell, Fr Tom Fitzgerald OP, Sr Josephine Hanafin OP,

Judy Michael, Terri Shiravo, Swazi Wallis

“May they rest in peace.”

What’s on

March 23rd Healing Mass – 10am (no 9am Mass) 17th Stations of the Cross – 7pm 9th Palm Sunday procession from Holy Rosary School – 9:45 am