Welcome to the Parishes of

St Columbkille’s and St Joseph’s PO BOX 304 Woonona NSW 2517

St Mary of the Cross - Pray for Us

Parish Secretary: Lisa Bates Office Address: PO BOX 304, Woonona NSW, 2517 Office Hours: Wed & Thurs 9:30am- 3pm Email: bulli@dow.org.au PLEASE NO VISITS

or corrimal@dow.org.au TO THE OFFICE

Cemetery (Corrimal) Christine Phillips 4283 6954

St Columbkille’s School Principal: Mr Brad Colquhoun St Columbkille’s School PH: 4284 7987

St Joseph’s School Principal: Mrs Jen Charadia St Joseph’s School PH: 4283 1111

Fr Patrick Vaughan Bulli Parish Office PH: 4284 3000

Fr Geoff Allen Corrimal Website: saintjosephsbulli.com

parishes@corrimalbulli

Sixth Sunday of Easter 17th May 2020

Sunday Mass: with Fr Patrick inside St Joseph’s parish church In these restrictive times, we can still attend our regular Mass. The Parish Mass will be uploaded to the

Website at 5pm each Saturday. Gather the family and go to www.saintjosephsbulli.com and set your

own time to view the weekend Mass. The Mass will stay on the website for the whole week.

We thank Michael and Cristene Barnett for all their time and effort into putting the Mass online.

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Greetings in the Risen Lord. Myself and Fr Geoff are keeping you

all in our prayers and private Masses. We hold your needs and the needs of our whole world during this

Pandemic before the loving Father. In todays Gospel we recall the love of Jesus and the gift of the Holy Spirit. We pray to the advocate for the relief of our suffering world and we thank God for the relatively

small loss of life in Australia. Yours in Christ, Fr Patrick A Prayer during this Pandemic adapted from the Roman Ritual for times of pandemic and plague.

We implore You, Lord, to hear our sincere please and graciously to avert this pandemic which afflicts your

people, our dioceses, our nation and our world.

In this time of hardship, give to us a spirit of calm, a spirit of order and a spirit of mutual respect.

Help us to be bearers of Christ’s love to each other, especially those who are most in need of our help.

Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Immaculate Heart of Mary, pray for us St Joseph, diligent protector of Christ, pray for us

St Zelie and Louis Martin, Pray for us St Therese of Lisieux, pray for us From our Bishops

ONLINE MASS SCHEDULES AROUND THE DIOCESE Sunday Masses with Bishop Brian and priests from around the diocese are available online

at dow.org.au or diocese’s Facebook page

For weekend and daily Masses Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Fridays 12:10 p.m. Mass from the Cathedral House, Wollongong Tuesday—Sunday Masses from Our Lady Help of Christians Catholic Church, Rosemeadow Saturdays 5pm and Sundays 10am Mass from St Mary MacKillop Catholic Church, Oran Park Daily Mass from St John the Evangelist Catholic Parish, Campbelltown, St Paul’s Parish, Moss Vale, St Michael’s Thirroul and from Bishop Robert Barron’s Chapel Daily 7 p.m. Mass and Sunday 10 a.m. Mass from Mary Immaculate Catholic Church, Eagle Vale Mass for You at Home is available across the Ten Network on Sundays at 6:00 a.m. and any time on TenPlay Daily Mass on Demand is available at CathNews YoutTube channel Daily 1 p.m. Mass and Sunday 11 a.m. Mass from the Archdiocese of Melbourne

The following resources are also available on our website (dow.org.au) to assist parishioners with their home worship:

Nourish Your Faith at Home: During these times of uncertainty and isolation, nourishing our faith becomes even more important. Through spending time with God and with one another we find the hope, comfort, guidance and certainty that our loving God and Father wants to share with us. Jesus wants to be with us and care for us during these days. Along with the list of livestreamed masses and devotions, we have put together the following resources to help support your own faith along with your children and family. you will find resources for: Participating in Masses and other liturgies and prayer gatherings, Sharing faith with others in the community, Nourishing your faith and that of your family. There are direct links to CathFamily, Liturgy help, Faith Circles just to name a few there are also links to apps for you phone for private use.

Visit: www.dow.org.au/covid-19/nourish-your-faith-at-home

The government announced that as of Friday 15th May current restrictions surrounding places of Worship have eased. The NSW government has stated that religious gatherings and places or worship can have up to 10 worshippers, adhering to social distancing rules and of course the practices put in place around hygiene.

We have yet to be informed by the Diocese how these new measures will take place. Until we have received clear guidelines from the Diocese of Wollongong or from the Medical and Government Authorities, the current measures surrounding Masses will stay in place. Especially while the vulnerability remains for significant portions of our community. It has been advised that before worship can begin these issues need to be addressed: Worship spaces need to be accessed A system needs to be set up to for attendance at Masses to ensure numbers are adhered to. Access to hand sanitizers Proper signage Directions of movement with in the church Seat allocation Cleaning regimens * No Parish Meeting *No HOLY COMMUNION is to be given to anyone including the sick (exception Viaticum) celebrated according to the procedures recommended by medical personnel. *Holy Communion is NOT to be taken to the Sick. * All Baptisms are postponed along with all Sacramental preparations.

Please continue to pray for: All in our hospitals and Nursing homes and those affected by the Bushfire, Drought and COVID- 19 Crisis Our Sick: Margaret Hawkins (Joey), Caroline Tichener Bloom, Hannah Kavanagh, Maureen Bradbury, Jim & Bernice Murrie, Eunice Michaleff, Susan Hughes, Annette Miller, Sue Daniels, Brian Brennan. Our Recently Deceased: Mark Murphy, Clare Parkes, Mark Harris Anniversaries: Mary Whipp, Irene Wailes, Daniel Zulian, Ferdinando Zulian, Mario Beltrami Our Deceased: William Crinnion, Georgina Jones, David Park, Ken Cox, Spiridione & Garifalia Naccari, Rita and Dom Stefani, Ron McCudden, Judith Kuit, Riordan Family, Desmond and Sylvia Trainor, Jeanette and Nevile McRae, Socrates and Ida Lomnau, Siro Rostirolla, Ganassin and Zanetti families, all our deceased and all the Holy Souls

THE OFFICE WILL STILL ONLY BE OPERATING ON WEDNESDAY’S AND THURSDAY’S FROM 9:30AM TO 3PM UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. We still ask that you DO NOT COME TO THE OFFICE and only contact us by phone or email. We realise this is a difficult and confusing time for everyone, but we must abide by

the directives of the government to keep everyone safe and well. Please hold onto your Planned Giving Envelopes and Project Compassion Boxes until we resume parish Masses again. NB: Please do not bring them to the office. Planned Giving options are available for parishioners via Direct debit by going to the Diocesan website www.dow.org.au/plannedgiving

Update on Sacramental Programs for St Columbkille’s Parish Corrimal Earlier this year we scheduled and sent our enrolment forms for the Sacraments of

Confirmation, Reconciliation and Holy Communion.

Unfortunately due the current circumstances, the directives from the Government and

Diocese of Wollongong have meant that these have been postponed until restrictions

have been lifted. If you have filled out the enrolment forms please send them into the

parish office either by mail or email. That way we can create a data base, so as to contact parents and

carers as soon as we have been advised to go ahead with Sacramental preparation classes and new

dates are set. Parish postal and email details are on the front page of this bulletin.

Adoration Live streamed Wednesday Evenings: The NET team will be hosting a Holy Hour every Wednesday ay 6:30pm. This will be a

time set aside for adoration of the Blessed Sacrament.

It will be broadcast via: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cymdow/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wollongongnetteam/

COMING SOON: YOUTH MINISTRY ONLINE- SMALL GROUPS In the coming weeks the Net Team will be inviting all young adults aged 18-35 to

join our Faith Circles on Zoom. It is a weekly group that brings together people

of faith who are open to an encounter with Jesus Christ, through sharing and

reflection on the Gospels. Contact the NET team on Facebook “CYMW” or

Instagram “wollongongnetteam”

Prayer for those at higher risk of developing the disease.

God of strength, we lift to you our concern for people who are more likely than others to become

severely ill from COVID-19 - the elderly and people with chronic health conditions.

Protect them from harm and be their comfort in this time of uncertainty and, for many, preventive

isolation from loved ones.

“ Cast all your anxiety on God because God cares for you.”- 1 Peter 5:7

SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER

FIRST READING: A reading from the Acts of the Apostles

Philip went to a Samaritan town and proclaimed the Christ to them. The people united in welcoming the

message Philip preached, either because they had heard of the miracles he worked or because they saw

them for themselves. There were, for example, unclean spirits that came shrieking out of many who were

possessed, and several paralytics and cripples were cured. As a result there was great rejoicing in that town.

When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, they sent Peter and

John to them, and they went down there, and prayed for the Samaritans to receive the Holy Spirit, for as

yet he had not come down on any of them: they had only been baptised in the name of the Lord Jesus.

Then they laid hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.

RESPONSORIAL PSALM: Let all the earth cry out to God with joy.

1. Cry out with joy to God all the earth, O sing to the glory of his name.

O render him glorious praise. Say to God: ‘How tremendous your deeds! (R.)

2. ‘Before you all the earth shall bow; shall sing to you, sing to your name!’

Come and see the works of God, tremendous his deeds among men. (R.)

3. He turned the sea into dry land, they passed through the river dry-shod.

Let our joy then be in him; he rules for ever by his might. (R.)

4. Come and hear, all who fear God. I will tell what he did for my soul:

Blessed be God who did not reject my prayer nor withhold his love from me.(R.)

SECOND READING: A reading from the first letter of St Peter

Reverence the Lord Christ in your hearts, and always have your answer ready for people who ask you

the reason for the hope that you all have. But give it with courtesy and respect and with a clear con-

science, so that those who slander you when you are living a good life in Christ may be proved wrong

in the accusations that they bring. And if it is the will of God that you should suffer, it is better to suf-

fer for doing right than for doing wrong. Why, Christ himself, innocent though he was, had died once

for sins, died for the guilty, to lead us to God. In the body he was put to death, in the spirit he was

raised to life.

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION: Alleluia, alleluia! All who love me will keep my words, and my Father will

love them and we will come to them. Alleluia!

GOSPEL: A reading from the holy Gospel according to John

Jesus said to his disciples: ‘If you love me you will keep my commandments.

I shall ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate to be with you

for ever, that Spirit of truth whom the world can never receive since it

neither sees nor knows him; but you know him, because he is with you, he is

in you. I will not leave you orphans; I will come back to you.

In a short time the world will no longer see me; but you will see me, because

I live and you will live.

On that day you will understand that I am in my Father and you in me and I

in you. Anybody who receives my commandments and keeps them will be

one who loves me; and anybody who loves me will be loved by my Father,

and I shall love him and show myself to him.’