Dear Parishioners

Today we celebrate Pentecost, the birthday of the church. This event changed the frightened apostles into courageous missionaries ready to go out and spread the Gospel of love. You and I have received this same Spirit at our Baptism and that wonderful gift of the Holy Spirit was confirmed at our Confirmation. On June 24th and 25th, 120 children from our parishes will be confirmed in the gift of the Holy Spirit which they first received at their Baptism.

Down through the years the Sacrament of Confirmation has been explained in a number of ways. The Church today endeavours to focus on Confirmation as confirming what happened at Baptism. To highlight this connection children are encouraged to keep their Baptism name for Confirmation and even where possible to have the Godparents as the Sponsors at Confirmation. The Oil of Chrism is used at Baptism and also at Confirmation. One cannot talk about Confirmation without talking about Baptism.

In our liturgy today let us pray for our children who will soon be confirmed in the

Holy Spirit and become full members of our Parish Community.

In The Joy of the Gospel Pope Francis writes that every Christian is a missionary disciple and our role is to evangelize. What do I see as my mission? Bishop Thomas Gumbleton preached recently: “We need to pray deeply, asking God to send forth the Holy Spirit ... because all of us need to recommit ourselves to go back out into our world to give witness to Jesus - to the love of Jesus that is a love without limit, without hesitation, a love that’s filled with courage. And if we witness to this, gradually our world will be transformed until the reign of God is present, and we bring peace and joy and goodness wherever we go as followers of Jesus.”

The 36 hour Pentecost vigil hosted by the Latin American Chaplaincy continues until 7 am on Sunday 8th June at Our Lady of Fatima Church.

Blessings, Parish Office Staff

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Sunnybank Social Justice Community Catholic Bishops speak out on asylum seekers

On 8 May, the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference released a statement on asylum seekers. It spoke of human rights being 'seriously violated', and of making an 'urgent plea for a respect for the rights of asylum seekers.' The word which is often repeated is 'cruel/cruelty'. The current policy displays 'a cruelty that does no honour to our country’. It notes that our politicians 'are not cruel people', but 'they have made decisions and are implementing policies which are cruel’. The bishops are saying directly and forcefully that the current policies implemented and supported by both major parties are immoral. 'The time has come to examine our conscience and then to act differently. We call on the nation as a whole to say no to the dark forces which make these policies possible.’ The full statement can be accessed on the media blog at: www.catholic.org.au

Monday 9th June

8:15 am Morning Prayer - S/bank

8:30 am Mass - Sunnybank Tuesday 10th June

8.15 am Morning Prayer - S/bank 8.30 am Mass - Sunnybank 7.00 pm Silent Adoration of the

Blessed Sacrament - Sunnybank

Wednesday 11th June

8.15 am Morning Prayer - Sunnybank

8:30am Mass - Sunnybank 9:00am Rosary - Sunnybank

Thursday 12th June

8.30 am Mass - Acacia Ridge 8.45 am Morning Prayer - Sunnybank 9.00 am Mass - Sunnybank 9.30 am Meditation Media Rm -

Sunnybank 7.30 am Meditation Media Rm -

Sunnybank

Friday 6th June St Anthony of Pauda

8:15 am Morning Prayer - Sunnybank 8:30 am Mass - Sunnybank 9.30 am Benediction -Sunnybank 9.45-12 Legion of Mary - Media Rm

Saturday 14th June

10.30 am Novena to Our Mother of Perpetual Help - Sunnybank

11.00 am Reconciliation - Sunnybank 2.30-5 pm Catholic Charismatic Prayer (Our Lady of Guadalupe) in Spanish Media room - Sunnybank 5.00 pm Reconciliation 6.00 pm Mass - Sunnybank

Sunday 15th June Trinity Sunday

6.30 am Mass - Sunnybank 8.00 am Mass - Sunnybank 9.00 am Mass - Acacia Ridge 9.15 am Mass - Sunnybank 10.30 am Mass - Sunnybank 11.30 am Mass - (Spanish) - A/Ridge 6.00 pm Mass - Sunnybank: Youth

This week’s diary

Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, Sunnybank & Our Lady of Fatima Parish, Acacia Ridge

Acacia Ridge, Algester, Archerfield, Calamvale, Coopers Plains, Kuraby, Macgregor, Parkinson, Robertson, Runcorn, Stretton, Sunnybank, Sunnybank Hills

Our Lady of Lourdes Church, 121 Mains Road, Sunnybank Our Lady of Fatima Church, 350 Mortimer Road, Acacia Ridge

Priests (After Hours Emergency Only: 3345 3498)

Fr Dan Ryan (Parish Priest: Sunnybank; Administrator: Acacia Ridge) Fr Noyichan Mamoottil MCBS (Associate Pastor) Fr Peter Luton Stephen Camiolo (Seminarian)

Parish Office (adjacent to OLOL Church, Sunnybank)

Monday to Thursday, 8.30 am - 4.00 pm; Friday 9.00am - 4pm. Ph: 3345 3766 Fax: 3344 3343, Mass Times: 3345 1831

Post: PO Box 32, Sunnybank, QLD 4109.

Web: www.olol.com.au Email: sunnybank@bne.catholic.net.au

Deanery website: http://www.parishes.bne.catholic.net.au/south/

Pentecost Sunday Year A 8th June 2014

Next Sunday: Trinity Sunday: Exodus 34:4-6.8-9; 2 Corinthians 13:11-13; John 3: 16-18

Reflections on the Readings for Pentecost Sunday Year A

Introduction

Today the promise of the risen Christ to be with his disciples until the end of time is fulfilled with the coming of the Holy Spirit upon the apostles. The Holy Spirit comes in a most powerful way and changes the disciples and early church community in a profound way.

First Reading: Acts 2:1-11

The Holy Spirit comes upon the Apostles as a powerful wind and tongues of fire. The Holy Spirit fills them individually and communally. The Spirit impels to preach the Gospel to all peoples.

Second Reading: 1 Corinthians 12:3-7, 12-13

The gift of the Holy Spirit is not just something personal. The gifts of the Spirit are for a good purpose and are given to build up the Christian community.

Gospel: John 20:19-23

This Gospel of John presents to us the experience of the early church that the gift of the risen Jesus is peace. A peace we know that the world cannot always give.

The Annual Global Rosary for Priests

The Rosary will be prayed in 60 shrines in 60 countries

in 24 hours.

Each of the participating shrines prays a particular mystery of the rosary at a set time, in thanksgiving to God for our priests and to implore the protection and loving care of Our Lady. By midnight that day, the entire world will have been encircled in prayer.

The Australian Shrine is here at Our Lady of Lourdes

At 9:30 am on June 27 the Sorrowful Mysteries

will be recited in Our Lady of Lourdes Church.

We will pray for all priests:

** that they will be blessed, through our prayers, with God’s grace for their priesthood;

** that in this worldwide prayer for them, they may experience our gratitude and support;

** and finally, that they will persevere in unity with Christ and his Church, and shepherd the Lord’s flock to the safe pastures of His Kingdom.

Vocations Novena (V9) Prayer Campaign

Nine weeks of prayers for vocations in the Archdiocese of Brisbane

15 June - 10

August 2014

This campaign encourages a prayerful culture across the Archdiocese of Brisbane by praying a nine week novena for vocations. We will pray for vocations in Prayer of the Faithful each Sunday during the V9 campaign.

The Bible Institute for Everyday Living Presented by

Archbishop Mark Coleridge

All day Friday 4 July, half day Sat 5 July ACU, Banyo, QLD

Book EARLY!

ERDU : (07) 3285 6233: www.erdu.com.au

Many children experience separation, divorce and

family trauma, and find it difficult adjusting to the

change in their lives.

Centacare FRS offers the CHILDREN FIRST

programme for children aged 5-13 years who have

experienced separation or divorce in their families.

Children First is a psycho-educational, peer support

group programme that is designed to help children

come to a better understanding of the divorce or

separation of their parents, and assist them to adjust

and adapt to this significant change in their family life.

The programme, which is held at our venue within the

grounds of St. Patrick’s Church at 58 Morgan Street.

looks at the changes that have taken place in the

children’s lives, explores their feelings in relation to their

new situation and helps them learn to express their

feelings appropriately.

The next Centacare FRS Children First programme will

be held from Monday 7th to Friday 11th July each

morning from 10am - noon. Bookings are essential and

are now open, and are essential for attendance.

Another Children First Holiday programmes will run

September 29th to October 3rd from 10am-noon.

For more information or for a brochure, please call

Centacare FRS on 07 3252 4371 or email

cfrs.fvadmin@bne.centacare.net.au

OUR PARISH AND LOCAL NEWS

Your Prayers Are Asked For:

the recently deceased: Michael Cameron, Nora Kalilimaku, Stephen Valente.

those with anniversaries & others who have died: Sicily Antony, Harold & Doris Barker, Terry Barter,

Margaret Bett, Thomas Collins, Carol’s Dad, Salda Delapina, Mollie Dooley, Jack Duckworth, Nell & Stan Emerson, Zorica Erdic, John Falzon, Damien Flynn, Conchita Gonzalez, Iris Gonzo, Joseph Gordon, Graham Hamilton, Neville Harman, Alexandra Hayes, Ernst Jegodtka, Mary Keenan, Colleen Laporte, Daphne Laverty, Fr Eamonn Leonard, John Marceau, Win Mayers, Jan McKinnon, Elvira Merletti, Sari’s Mum, Serapia Obayan, Joseph, O’Connell, Andrea Pimpinella, Queenie & Frank Sinclair, Syl St Ledger, Charles and Veronica Tyson, Martha Walker, Jean Walsh, Paddy White.

those who are unwell: Kath Adams, Eva Baker, Marta Barake, Orlando Barake, Bill, Elizabeth Boase, Jura Brac, Maxine Brady, Andrew Callan, Jeremy Carroll, Betty Catchlove, Robyn Clark, Michael Curtin, Hazel Dickfos, Mary Dixon, Iris Dodd, Fr Brendan Dooley, Edward, Tony Fiore, Jan Fooks, Mary & George Goode, Carol Ann Grace, Dolores Grant, Caitlin Hackett, Nenita Halipa, Hall family, Les Haydon, Pam Henry, Mary Hoffman, Josipa, Marilyn Jones, Kata, Joe Kearney, Graham Kelly, Patricia Kennedy, Thomas King, Pat Knight, Margaret, Marianne, Pat Marot, Michael, Mika Matesa, Danica Maydanski, Vince McCahon, Mark McGree, Peter McMahon, Catherine Miller, Julie-Ann Mortinovic, Jim Neehouse, Oliver, Pat O’Leary, Wendy Palmer, Petar, Vivian Pin, Jenny Reed, Tricia Ryan, Alfred Silva, Julanne Slater, Sullivan family, Maria Surdo, Shirley & Martin Tyquin, Bill Van der Zant, Albertina Vandeurse, Margaret Van Langenberg, Marie Vlieg, Emma Weatherley.

FRIENDSHIP GROUP

The next meeting is June 11 in the Avocado Room. It will be a Stroke Association Talk and Presentation. Doors open usual at 9.00 am, morning tea at 9:15 am

Bookings continue for ‘Christmas in July’ events - Buffet High Tea, July 9 (Cost $10)and Mystery Bus Trip on July 23 (Cost $40)

Details and prices of the trip to Longreach in 2015 will be outlined at this meeting, as will the final payment to ‘Hello World’ for our trip to Adelaide in September 2014.

Please keep June 11th free and come along, because this information and also the presentation from the Stroke Association will be important to you.

Queries Maureen 3345 6556, Bookings Dawn 3711 9465

Catholic Kids Net

Club Meetings 2014

Next Meeting Saturday 14th June 2014 Activities Room - Paloma Centre

3:00pm - 5:00pm (4yrs - 11yrs)

2014 Meetings - 14th June, 12th July, 9th August, 13th September,11th October, 8th November, 13th December.

At meetings children learn about their faith in a fun way through activities, crafts, games and stories. It’s a great way to develop children’s love for God

and interest in the Catholic Church in a way they can relate to.

They also get to meet and mix with children of the same faith.

For more information call Kristen on 3345 3766

Morning Tea The Thursday morning cuppa after Mass will be at Toby’s Coffee House, Farne St, Sunnybank, Thursday 12th June. Everybody welcome.

Bible Study Tuesdays - Our Lady of Lourdes, Media Room

9 - 9:45 am Conversation and morning tea 9:45 - 11:00 am DVD presentation. New sessions for June, Paul - Apostle to the Church today.

Presenter: Fr Stephen Doyle of Franciscan Communications

We are holding an information night about the trip to visit Missionaries of the Poor in Flores, Indonesia in September 2014. The meeting will be on Wednesday 11th June, 7.30 pm in the Media Room and anyone interested is welcome to attend. Email mr_lamuri@yahoo.com.au or call Louis on 0412 073 965 for further information.

Diary Updates Wedding Anniversary Mass, Friday October 10th - for couples celebrating anniversary ending in 0 or 5 years. Next New Parishioners lunch September 14th.

Australian Christian Meditation Community

invites you to join us for a day of quiet reflection on being A PILGRIM COMMUNITY

in the beautiful setting of the Passionist Centre

219 Fort Road Oxley, Saturday June 28,9.30am-2.30pm

Presenter: Gabby Nelson

Suggested donation : $10 (morning tea included) Lunch: BYO. Save our earth: please bring own cup/mug

Enquiries: Gabby Nelson, email: toga@bigpond.net.au Phone (home) 3711 4227: (mobile) 0488 592 770

PARISH STAFF & CONTACTS

Pastoral Associate Stella Noskoff rsj

pa.sunnybank@bne.catholic.net.au

Parish Office Staff Karrin Halliday Parish Manager

sunnybank@bne.catholic.net.au

Gabby Nelson (Assistant) Kristen Roe (Assistant)

Tam Nguyen (Accounts) accounts.sunnybank@bne.catholic.net.au

Caring Co-ordinator Carol Micale

carenconcern@hotmail.com

Unite Youth/Young Adults Co-ordinators -

Steven & Eloise Bird 0403 182 617

youth.sunnybank@bne.catholic.net.au

Centacare - Sunnybank Aged Care Community Program Manager-

Jennifer Vanarey 3216 9554

Paloma Reception Centre 3345 6666

www.palomacentre.com.au

OLOL School, Sunnybank Principal - Mark Badke

3345 0700

OLOL OSHC Co-ordinator - Sarubh Malviya

3344 3064 sunnybankoshc@bne.centacare.net.au

OLOF School, Acacia Ridge Principal - Warren Fields

3275 1152

St Stephen’s School, Algester Principal - Steve Taylor

3711 4911

St Stephen's OSHC Co-ordinator - Victoria Hickling

3711 9291 algesteroshc@bne.centacare.net.au

St Thomas More College, Sunnybank Principal - Peter Elmore

3323 4600

Soubirous Place Coordinator -

Sr Brigid Courtney rsm 3344 3481

Sunnybank Parish Groundsman

Bob Davis

Housekeepers: Therese Prygiel Louise Weston

Hispano-American Chaplaincy

Fr Luigi Usubelli (Chaplain) 0490 023 064

Marina Castellanos (Secretary)

0410 050 134

office@hispanoamericancommunity. com.au

Office: Tuesday & Wednesday 9.15am - 3.00pm 3277 6367

The Lounge Room Sunday 22nd June after the YMM Mass18+ are invited to come along – It will be a great night!!There will be Fire and Pizza involved... more details in next weeks newsletter!!

MUSICIANS & SINGERS FOR THE YMM

Sunday 15th June 2014

MUSICIANS: M. Kearney, E. Dulay, G. King

SINGERS: L. Dulay, K. Lee, F. Lee

READERS: S. Randle, C. Cabanatan, H. Clark

OFFERTORY: L. Donovan, J. Randle

ALTAR SERVERS: L. Harmam, A. Harman

SPECIAL MINISTERS: S, Luate-Wani, A. Matthews, C. Micale, J. Manimog, S. Powell,

L. Conde, K. Mann

BBQ: A. Piacere, N. Lee Piety Store: K. Gallaher, T. Salis

BBQ after the YMM Mass

and the piety store be

open before

and after

Sunday

youth

mass.

ICE is on in the Media room

after Youth Mass this Sunday for all

those aged 12—35

Youth and Young Adult

Ministry

Challenge and Conquest will be on NEXT Friday

13th June 7-9pm in Paloma. All in grade 6-10 are

welcome to come along!!

The Youth Ministered Mass Ministry

Roster for July – November will be

coming soon! If you would like us to

make changes to what you are

currently rostered on to do please let

us know ASAP. Thank you! Thank

you for your service so far this year,

you are all doing a fabulous job!!

This Sunday we celebrate

Pentecost, when the Holy Spirit

came upon Mary and the Apostles.

Ask the Holy Spirit to come upon

you so that you have the power and

the courage to do God’s will!!