BRISBANE ORATORY IN FORMATION

PARISH OF ANNERLEY EKIBINPARISH OF ANNERLEY EKIBINPARISH OF ANNERLEY EKIBIN Third Sunday of Advent - Year C [OF] & [EF]

12th/13th December, 2015

Readings for next Sunday

19th/20th December, 2015

1st : Micah 5/1-4

2nd: Hebrews 10/5-10

Gospel: Luke 1/39-44

Parish Office

14 Ferndale Street, Annerley 4103

PO Box 3131, Tarragindi 4121.

Office Hours:- 9:00am - 1:00pm

Monday, Wednesday & Friday

Phone: 3848 1107

Fax: 3848 1855

Email: annek@bne.catholic.net.au

Web:

www.annerleyekibinparish.com

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Deanery Website:

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Parish Priest : Fr Andrew Wise

Parish Team

Mrs Kathy Ducker

(Parish Finance Officer)

Mr Richard O’Neil:0427 484 679

Ms Shirley Sadler

(Parish Secretary)

† Mary Immaculate Church

616 Ipswich Road, Annerley

† St John Fisher Church

17 Messines Ridge Road,

Tarragindi

† St Elizabeth’s Chapel

61 Effingham Street, Ekibin

St Elizabeth’s Primary School

Phone 3848 0828

Mr Matthew Edwards (Principal)

Outside School Hours Care

Phone 3255 9468

Mary Immaculate Primary School

Phone 3848 8965

Mr Michael Armstrong (Principal)

Outside School Hours Care

Phone 3392 6291

Our Lady’s Secondary College

Phone: 3848 7462

Mrs Paula Goodwin (Principal)

St John Fisher Hall

17 Messines Ridge Road,

Tarragindi

Phone 3848 1107 (Office hours)

Brisbane Oratory in Formation

Oratory House

16 Ferndale Street, Annerley

Phone 3392 9247

http://brisbane-oratory.org/

Fr Paul Chandler (Moderator)

Fr Andrew Wise

Fr Adrian Sharp

Fr Scot Armstrong

Br Shawn Murphy

Br Francis King

Br Conor Power Br Matthew Buckley

Frassati Youth (High School age)

Catherine McDowall

(0431 117 139) frassatiyouthbrisbane@gmail.com

St Vincent de Paul Helpline

Phone: 3010 1096

Homeless Hotline: 1800 474 753

Christmas Mass Times 2015

5:00pm Vigil: St John Fisher Church

7:00pm Vigil: St John Fisher Church

8:00pm Vigil: Mary Immaculate Church

Midnight [EF] Sung: Mary Immaculate Church

8:00am Christmas Day Mass: Mary Immaculate Church

11:00am Christmas Day Mass:

Mary Immaculate Church (Sudanese Community)

A Festival of Carols will celebrated before each Mass.

EXTRA CONFESSION TIMES BEFORE CHRISTMAS

After the SJF Masses on both Saturday and Sunday, 12th and 13th December and 19th

and 20th December.

During the 9:00am MI Masses on 13th and 20th December

Tuesday, 22nd December MI 7:30pm - 8:00pm

Wednesday, 23rd December MI 7:30 pm - 8:00pm

USUAL CONFESSIONS TIMES ARE ALSO OFFERED: PLEASE SEE PAGE 3

For Christmas Masses: One Reader and one

Extraordinary Minister

of Holy Communion is

required for each of the

Christmas St John Fisher

Masses and for the

8:00am Mass at

Mary Immaculate on

Christmas Day.

Please contact the Parish

Office if you can assist.

From the Parish Priest Dear Parishioners, It seems hard to believe that we are more than half way through Advent and the season of our Saviour’s birth at Christmas is so near. Please God amid all the busyness we are finding opportunities for quiet time to enter into generous prayer and reflection on the sacred mystery of God becoming man for our salvation. Jesus Christ is truly Divine Mercy in the flesh and he gives his flesh and blood soul and divinity to us in the Holy Eucharist - how wondrous God is in His love and mercy toward each of us! It is also the Lord Jesus who, through his earthly priest, forgives our sins and reconciles us to the Father in confession before Christmas and always.

Please pray for Fr Chandler’s mother, Amy, who is critically ill in hospital. At the time of our Newsletter being printed she remains in a very serious condition. Please also pray for Fr Chandler and his whole family at this difficult time.

I am very pleased to let you know that the storm damaged stained glass windows in Mary Immaculate Church are in the process of being removed to be taken away for repair. I am now informed that they will be refitted before Easter next year.

A final reminder about the volunteers thank you Christmas drinks next Friday. I do hope that many volunteers will be able to drop in for a while that evening at the Parish Office, anytime between 5:00pm and 7:00pm.

Our reflection this week is a powerful Litany of trust in the mercy of Christ. As we pray a Litany like this it is helpful to recall that the mercy all of us need first, is the grace of a repentant heart to turn away from sin and be determined to amend our lives. It is at this point that a person opens their heart to be capable of receiving mercy. The initiative of grace and mercy always belongs to God first and then there needs to be our free response to accept these undeserved gifts. These gifts are always abundantly offered us, beyond all measure, through the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ our Saviour whose birth we are preparing to celebrate.

To ensure the uninterrupted flow of this Litany, it appears in full on Page 2.

Below are some important notices, including Christmas Mass times and extra pre-Christmas confession times.

Fr Andrew Wise PP

PARISH DATE CLAIMERS Friday 18th December Parish Volunteers Christmas Drinks & Nibbles at the Parish Office from 5:00pm to 7:00pm. Friday 29th January Elizabethan Social Club AGM & Australia Day Function. Pies & Peas, etc. Bring & Swap Store. SJF Hall, 10:00am. Cost $7. Bookings: Joan on 3848 3251 or Philomena on 3349 2809. Monday 8th February Josephites Associates Meeting at 10:00am at St Fabian’s Hall, Yeronga. Contact Jay on 3848 8923 or Claire on 3848 3998.

WE PRAY FOR

Those who are recently deceased: Tim GAFFNEY, June BREEN, Ana TONGA, Viola GUTTIEREZ and Robert THISTLETHWAITE. Those who are sick: Esther ADENEY, Theresa BAGLEY, Z. BASSETT, Gabrielle BENTLEY, Neil BETTS, Baby BIRKETT, Stewart BOYD, Antoinette BRENNEN, Jeremy CARROLL, Robyn CLEMENTS, Jim CLIFFORD, Hilary COLLINS, Rina COOK, Rochelle COWARD, Marietta CRUZADO, Diane ELLIS, Rowena ENNIS, Jane FARRELL, Madge FARRELL, Joan FLEW, Mary FORRESTER, Anne FRANETTOVICH, John FRANK, , Gwen GAIR, Helen GIAQUINTA, Dulcey HARVEY (Ingham), John HASTINGS, Sr Patricia HAYES RSM, Jan HEGARTY, Peter HEGARTY, Keith HOGG, Patricia JACOBS, Marlene JOHNSTON, Dominic KENNEDY, Robyn KINNES, Ryan MacGARY-WALSH, Cherril MALONEY, Eileen MATTHEWS, Bernard McALARY, Marie MITCHELL, Harry MOHR, Kathryn MORRIS, Robyn O’DWYER, Valerie & Kevin ORTON, Ron ROFE, Joan ROONEY, Julie ROWEN (Mackay), Dorothy RYAN, Nick SHANAHAN (Jnr), Florence SNELL, Mary STUART, Heather TERRILL, Charlie WINTER, Gary WYLIE, Josephine & Bill WRIGHT and Matthew ZEMEK. All the faithful departed, especially Olga CLARKE .

St Gregory’s Latin Mass Community Sunday Mass: Third Sunday of Advent

Wilston, at 7:30am

St Vincent de Paul, Mary Immaculate Conference: Our

Conference urgently requires volunteers to help deliver

Christmas Hampers for Greenslopes Hospital on

Monday, 14th December. We will convene at 11:00am

at the Marymac Centre, 616 Ipswich Road, Annerley.

Large vehicles would be an advantage. Helpers without

vehicles are also required for assistance with packing

and loading. Please contact Kevin on 3892 6113.

St Vincent de Paul Giving Trees

Don’t forget you can brighten someone else’s Christmas

this year through the St Vincent de Paul Giving Trees.

Please take a tag, purchase the item, and place it under

the tree for collection by Conference members. Items

for the Mary Immaculate Tree are due this Sunday 13th

December. For the St John Fisher tree, please return

items by Sunday 20th December. Thank you for

supporting our Conferences who support those in need.

Columban Calendars and St Vincent de Paul

Christmas Cards remain available in both Churches.

Litany of Trust in the Mercy of Christ

Let Thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us, as we have placed our trust in Thee. For myself, a poor sinner, I trust in Thy mercy. For all whom I have offended, I trust in Thy mercy. For all who have offended me, I trust in Thy mercy. For all whom Thou hast brought into my life, I trust in Thy mercy. For all whom Thou hast entrusted to my prayer, I trust in Thy mercy. For all Thy priests, I trust in Thy mercy. For my family I trust in Thy mercy. For the sick, I trust in Thy mercy. For the dying, I trust in Thy mercy. For prisoners, I trust in Thy mercy. For those who are farthest from Thee, I trust in Thy mercy. For those who persecute Thee in the members of Thy Mystical Body, I trust in Thy mercy. For those who kill Thee in the unborn, I trust in Thy mercy. For those who perpetrate violence, I trust in Thy mercy. For those who harbour resentment in their hearts, I trust in Thy mercy.

For those enslaved to money, pleasure, and power, I trust in Thy mercy. For those who treat with irreverence, mockery, and scorn, the adorable Mysteries of Thy Body and Blood, I trust in Thy mercy. For those who blaspheme Thy Most Holy Name, I trust in Thy mercy. For those who dishonour Sunday, the Day of Thy Resurrection, I trust in Thy mercy. For those who revile Thy Bride, the Church, I trust in Thy mercy. For those who have fallen away from the Holy Catholic Faith, I trust in Thy mercy. For those who are consumed by hatred, I trust in Thy mercy. For those who will face death in despair, I trust in Thy mercy. For those who remain impenitent in their last hour, I trust in Thy mercy. For those who have taken their own lives, I trust in Thy mercy. For all the Holy Souls in Purgatory, I trust in Thy mercy. For those who will die this day, I trust in Thy mercy. For those who no longer believe in mercy, I trust in Thy mercy. For those who refuse to show mercy, I trust in Thy mercy. For all poor sinners, I trust in Thy mercy. Let Thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us, as we have placed our trust in Thee.

Parish Diary & Mass Times:

14th - 20th December 2015

Monday 14thDecember

7:00am Mass [OF] SE

7:00pm Mass [EF] MI

Tuesday 15th December

6:00am Mass [OF+] SE

7:00am Mass [EF] MI

9:00am Mass [OF+] MI

Wednesday 16th December

7:00am Mass [OF] SJF

9:00am Mass [EF] MI

Thursday 17th December

6:00am Mass [OF+] SE

7:00am Mass [OF+] MI

9:00am Mass [EF] MI

Friday 18th December

7:00am Mass [OF] SE

9:00am Mass [EF] MI

Saturday 19th December

8:00am Mass [EF] MI

Fourth Sunday of Advent

5:30pm Vigil [OF+] MI

6:00pm Vigil [OF] SJF

Sunday 20th December

7:30am Mass [OF] MI 9:00am Mass [EF] MI 9:00am Mass [OF] SJF 5:00pm Mass [OF+] MI

OF = Ordinary Form | OF+ = Ad orientem | EF = Extraordinary Form]

MI = Mary Immaculate SE = St Elizabeth’s SJF = St John Fisher

CONFESSION TIMES:

Monday 6:45pm (MI) Wednesday 9:40am - 10:00am (MI) Thursday 7:30am - 8:00am (MI) Thursday 9:40am - 10:00am (MI) Friday 9:40am - 10:00am (MI) Saturday 7:15am - 8:00am (MI) Saturday 4:45pm - 5:15pm (MI) Saturday 5:45pm by request (SJF)

Sunday 8:30am (MI)

The Angelus and the Rosary are prayed half an hour before the early Masses, Monday to Friday, at SE & SJF.

All night Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament takes place each Thursday at St Elizabeth’s Chapel beginning at 6:00pm and ending at 6:45am on Fridays.

Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament takes place on Saturdays from 7:15am - 7:45am at Mary Immaculate Church.

Rosters for next week

MASS INTENTIONS Recent Mass Intentions: For All Holy Souls, especially deceased members of FOSS. For Keven Henderson, sick.

Sunday, 13th December, 7:30am Mass at MI: For a Special Intention 9:00am Mass at MI: For the Repose of the Soul of Olga Clarke, First Anniversary. 5:00pm Mass at MI: For the People of the Parish: Pro populo Monday, 14th December, 7:00am Mass at SE: For a Special Intention

Tuesday, 15th December, 6:00am Mass at SE: For a Special Intention 9:00am Mass at MI: For Peter Lloyd, recently deceased Wednesday, 16th December, 7:00am Mass at SJF: For a Special Intention Thursday, 17th December, 6:00am Mass at SE: For the Soul of Fr Charles Vincent Hurley SJ Friday, 18th December, 7:00am Mass at SE: For the Holy Souls Saturday, 19th December, 8:00am at MI: For Louise & Maurice Chappuis Sunday, 20th December, 9:00am Mass at MI: For a Special Intention 5:00pm at MI: For the People of the Parish: Pro populo

Volunteer Musician or Musical Helper Required at St John Fisher Church

Can you play the organ, or would you like to learn to use the pre-recorded music system at St John Fisher Church? If so, we need your help! Please consider taking up this ministry and bring the joy and reverence of music to St John Fisher weekend Masses. Training will be provided by one our very talented musicians. Please phone the Parish Office on 3848 1107 for details.

ART UNION 2016 PRIZE DRAWS: 1 March —EARLY BIRD DRAW—$300

5 April—$200, 3 May—$200, 7 June—$200, 5 July—$200, 2 August—$200,

6 September—$200, 4 October—$200. JACKPOT DRAW, 1 November— $1000 Only 150 tickets to be sold! Great odds!

Every ticket sold is in every subsequent draw. FABULOUS CHRISTMAS GIFT!

Application forms now available in Churches and at the Parish Office. Good luck!

Rosters for next week

MINISTERS OF THE WORD

Sat (SJF) 6.00pm Kevin Rowen, Barbara Nicolaides

Sun (MI) 7.30am Judy Harris, Marie Melski

Sun (SJF)9.00am Vince Kartelo

Sun (MI) 5.00pm John Butterworth

EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS OF HOLY COMMUNION

Sat (SJF) 6:00pm: Bert Jacobs, John Lesina, Prem Nair, Kevin Rowen, Valmai Winter

Sun (MI) 7:30am: Bertha Clark, Joan Coghlan, Paul Coghlan, Ester Evangelista, Charles Grugan, Kathleen Grugan, Brian McMahon

Sun (SJF) 9:00am: Liam Herbert, Peter Menagh, Christine Murphy, Tony Murphy, Deidre Vokes

COUNTERS

Monday, 14th December, 2015

Pat Brophy, Bernie O’Hara

CHURCH CARE

Sacristy (SEC) Maria Monro

Sanctuary & Sacristy (MI) Mabel Saah, Alicia Cooke

Church Cleaning (MI) Carol Keates, Anne Low

Laundry (SEC) Mira Tedjo, Kate Ahern

Laundry (MI) Mabel Saah

Third Sunday of Advent - Year C

12th/13th December 2015

ADVENT WREATH PRAYERS: Third Candle Celebrant: O ROOT OF JESSE, that stands for an ensign of the people, before whom the kings keep silence and unto whom the Gentiles shall make supplication:

Response: COME, to deliver us and do not delay.

Celebrant: O KEY OF DAVID, and Sceptre of the House of Israel, who opens and no man shuts, who shuts and no man opens:

Response: COME, and bring forth the captive from his prison, he who sits in darkness and in the shadow of death. Amen

SUNDAY MASS READINGS

First Reading: Zephaniah 3:14-18

Shout for joy, daughter of Zion, Israel, shout aloud! Rejoice, exult with all your heart, daughter of Jerusalem! The Lord has repealed your sentence; he has driven your enemies away. The Lord, the king of Israel, is in your midst; you have no more evil to fear. When that day comes, word will come to Jerusalem: Zion, have no fear, do not let your hands fall limp. The Lord your God is in your midst, a victorious warrior. He will exult with joy over you, he will renew you by his love; he will dance with shouts of joy for your as on a day of festival.

The Word of the Lord

Response: Thanks be to God

Responsorial Psalm (Said by all)

Truly, God is my salvation, I trust, I shall not fear. For the Lord is my strength, my song, he became my saviour. With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation.

Give thanks to the Lord, give praise to his name! Make his mighty deeds known to the peoples! Declare the greatness of his name.

Sing a psalm to the Lord for he has done glorious deeds, make them known to all the earth! People of Zion, sing and shout for joy for great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel.

Second Reading: Philippians 4: 4-7

I want you to be happy, always happy in the Lord; I repeat, what I want is your happiness. Let your tolerance be evident to everyone: the Lord is very near. There is no need to worry; but if there is anything you need, pray for it, asking God for it with prayer and thanksgiving, and that peace of God, which is so much greater that we can understand, will guard your hearts and your thoughts, in Christ Jesus.

The Word of the Lord

Response: Thanks be to God

Gospel Acclamation: Alleluia, alleluia! The Spirit of the Lord is upon me; he sent me to bring Good News to the poor.

Alleluia!

Gospel: Luke 3:10-18

When all the people asked John, "What must we do?" he answered, "If anyone has two tunics he must share with the man who has none, and the one with something to eat must do the same." There were tax collectors too who came for baptism, and these said to him, "Master what must we do?" He said to them, "Exact no more than your rate." Some soldiers asked him in turn, "What about us? What must we do?" He said to the, "No intimidation! No extortion! Be content with your pay!"

A feeling of expectancy had grown among the people, who were beginning to think that John might be the Christ, so John declared before them all, "I baptise you with water, but someone is coming, someone who is more powerful than I am, and I am not fit to undo the strap of his sandals; he will baptise you with the Holy Spirit and fire. His winnowing-fan is in his hand to clear his threshing-floor and to gather the wheat into his barn; but the chaff he will burn in a fire that will never go out." As well as this, there were many other things he said to exhort the people and to announce the Good News to them.

The Gospel of the Lord. Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ. Memorial Acclamation: Number Three Save us, Saviour of the world, for by your Cross and Resurrection you have set us free.

ARE YOU A NEW PARISHIONER?

OR ARE YOU FROM ELSEWHERE IN BRISBANE BUT

REGULARLY ATTEND MASS HERE AND WOULD LIKE

TO BE REGISTERED AS A FRIEND OF THE BRISBANE

ORATORY?

If so, please fill in the form below and place it on the collection

plate or mail to our Parish Office:

P.O. Box 3131, Tarragindi. 4121.

□ I am a new parishioner

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registered as a friend of the Brisbane Oratory

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COLLECTIONS LAST WEEKEND First: $1,418.60 Second: $3,533.85

Thank you from a grateful Parish

LIGHTHOUSE CDs for ADVENT

For Advent we have “Prepare the Way of the King” by Scott

Hahn and “A Journey through Advent” from Fr Robert Barron

(now Bishop) who opens up the Sunday Advent readings.

Great Advent resources! Please offer a donation for your CD.