holy rosary st joachim’s catholic parish sun 10am · betty fisher, vu van bao, elmer ramos...
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Parish Priest Rev Fr Eduardo de P Orilla [email protected]
Assistant Priest (p/t): Rev Fr Emmanuel Lubega
Parish Secretary : Catherine Chia
Bookkeeper / Accounts : Esther Esber
Youth Co-ordinators: John Corpuz/Teresa Winata
Liturgy Co-ordinator: John Fenech Sacramental Co-ordinator: Sr Nory Ordiz, CM
RCIA Co-ordinator: Anne Hay
Children’s Liturgy : Patricia Balatbat
School Principal: Ms Carolyn Parsell Phone: 9646 1310 Fax: 9646 2139
email: [email protected]
Family Educator: Dominique Sherley
RE Co-ordinator: Jeanelle Richards
Parish Pastoral Council : Geoff Barrett
Finance Committee : Vladimir Lesic
Parish Building Com: Joseph Nguyen
CCD Co-ordinators:
Lidcombe - Teresa Azzi
Newington - Eileen Gallagher
WE COME TOGETHER TO ENCOUNTER GOD, WELCOMING ONE ANOTHER JOYFULLY IN ACTIVE SERVICE
29th Sunday in Ordinary Time (A) Theme: respecting civil authority but ultimate obedience to God 22 October 2017
Rosters 22 Oct 2017 29 Oct 2017
Altar Society Mabel & Friends Bernadette
Church Cleaner ARC / Shirley ARC / Shirley
This Week : 21/22 Oct Week 4
Ministry Sat 5pm Sun 10am Sun 5pm Sun 8am
Music Groups Congregation SJ Multicultural David & Co Sacred Heart
Readers Uina / Rachel Anne D / Andrew Diane / Mabel Edna /
Bernadette
Ministers of Holy
Communion Mick G Catherine / Lynh
Thea / Alda
Christine D Janey / Katerina
Acolytes John / Nilo Vincent Norman Victor / Peter
Altar Servers Jessica / Djuarch
Naomie /
Nicholas/
Thashalia / Philip
Monica Gabriel /
Alexander
Next Week: 28/29 Oct Week 5
Ministry Sat 5pm Sun 10am Sun 5pm Sun 8am
Music Groups David & Co David & Co Congregation Congregation
Readers Mick G / Diane Lina / Bronko Christine /
Nerissa Fred B / Pat B
Ministers of Holy
Communion Tea / Jolanta Ivy / Bernadette Teresa / Winkie Anne H / Muli
Acolytes John Yuve / Victor Norman Mick M / Peter
Altar Servers Samantha /
Jessica
Alison / Nynia/
Natasha
Caitlin /
Thashalia
Gabriel /
Alexander
OFFICE HOURS: TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, & THURSDAY only 09:30am to 03:30pm PLEASE RING or EMAIL the Parish Office for anything … Mass Intentions—drop in the mailbox or collection baskets. Weddings: minimum 6 months notice.
Baptisms: held only on 2nd & 4th Sunday of each month. Canberra Nursing Home - 4th Friday @ 10:30am / Berala on the Park 3rd Friday 11am If anyone needs Holy Communion /Home Visits please contact the office to make arrangements.
Mass Schedule at St Joachim
Children’s Liturgy 2017 Possums Koalas Kangas
22nd Oct Gilda Teresa Carolyn
29th Oct Pat B Frank/Teresa Sheryl-Lou
MASS INTENTIONS:
Recently Returned to the Father : Taulanga & Mele Anasi Uaea, Connie Salazar, Pat Hart, Betty Fisher, Vu Van Bao, Elmer Ramos (40days Memorial)
Death Anniversary: Patricia Spence, Geoff Gillett, Frank Talia, Juan Arcinue, Jesus & Antonia Ronan, Ruth Hickey
In Loving Memory of: deceased members of the Keating family, Mary Willis, Dominic Wang, Maria Huang, Jimmy & Winnie Acton, Vic Raciunas, Feligonia & Eufrocina, Jose Ronan, Imelda & Grace, Juan & Purificacion Broqueza, Clemente Sr & Lourdes Nilo, Melville Ro-drigues, Frank + Lucy Rodrigues, Robert + Mathilda + Ralph Hewett, Dorothy M Roll, all souls in purgatory, deceased members of Alvaro, Talia & Rodi families, Concetta & Giuseppe De-sisto, Fredesvinda Santiago NB: Please let the Parish Office know when circumstances change
Sick & Infirmed: Bishop Geoffrey Robinson, Lawrie Matthews, George Switala, Fr Graham Kings, Joan Morgan, Shirley O’Brien, Madeline Mitchell, Maurie Coleman, Val Jenkins, Teresita Buenaflor, Luka Sebastian, Bernadette Driessen, Engelberto Leal, Agnes Fazon, Sr Joan Harri-son rsj, Phillip J. Murrell, Zachary Marsh, Tony Dahlen, Francisco Mendoza, Vladimir Tuazon, Kerry Jacobs, Leila Ismay, Tess Aragoza, Michael Tucker, Maria Henson, Rosemary Gaynor, Eileen Kenny, Zahra Bourke , Victor Esber, Leila Mitchell, Gwen Ross, Maree C. Biggar
Thanksgiving: Sally Clark
Holy Rosary: Next Rosary gathering will be hosted by Bernadette Malvizo in U16/34-40 Frances St, Lidcombe on Tuesday 24 October 2017@ 7.30pm . Please call Margaret on 0450 490 768 if you would like to host the Rosary.
The RCIA is a process of formation for those who seek to become Catho-lic. Candidates will be baptised at the Easter Vigil in 2018. If you or anyone you know would like to become Cath-olic please contact the parish office
on 9649 7030 OR SMS Mrs Anne Hay (0410 450 432) Next session Saturday 11 Nov at 10am THE ART OF MARRIAGE: Building gaps be-tween the ideal and the reality. Given by the Verbum Dei Missionaries: Sunday 12th Nov 10.00am - 3.00pm. Holy Family Parish: 136 Ox-ford Rd, Ingleburn. Contact Malou on 0410 145 681 or [email protected]
COALITION for MARRIAGE (C4M) The postal plebiscite on marriage begins on 12 September. There are consequences for changing the law on marriage, including what it means for education. In countries where the law has changed, primary schools and high schools, includ-ing faith-based schools, have been required to teach LGBTIQ issues as part of their curriculum, with no opt-out for parents. If you want to have a say in what your kids and grandkids are taught, you need to make your voice heard! It's ok to say NO. More Info: www.coalitionformarriage.com.au Month of Prayer and Fasting for Marriage and Families – Week 4 – 22 October. This Sunday 22 October, is the fourth week of the Month of Prayer and Fasting. The prayer theme for this Sunday is: For our nation's understanding of the importance of marriage: That we will act to protect God's plan for marriage and family life. The Prayer of the Faithful for 22 October is: ―Today and throughout this week we pray for our nation's un-derstanding of the importance of marriage. Heav-enly Father, grant that all Australians develop a true understanding of the meaning and importance of marriage in our society. We pray that we will work cooperatively to ensure our nation upholds your plan for marriage and families.‖ Rosary Crusade: Our goal is to reach 1 million Rosaries dedicated for marriage. We currently have dedicated 645,803 rosaries. We need you to pray and dedicate a further 355,000 rosaries for marriage. It is very simple. Register your intention to pray at http://rosarycrusade.org.au People regis-ter the number of Rosaries they will pray for mar-riage each week. Included with this project is a palm sized prayer card that implores the interces-sion of Our Lady Help of Christians, Patroness of Australia which is prayed with each Rosary. We would like to distribute material for promotion in your parish at no cost. Info: David 0437 679 865, E: [email protected] The Bishop’s Blend: Looking to network with other young Catholic professionals and learn how to live your faith in the workplace? Then join the Most Reverend Bishop Richard Umbers, Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney on Monday, 6 November at 7:00am at the Radisson Blu Plaza Hotel Sydney for The Bishop’s Blend, a quarterly breakfast series for young professionals. Online booking is essential. For more information and to purchase tickets go to https://bishopsblendsecondedition.eventbrite.com or contact [email protected]
132 Years of Pastoral Care 1885 – 2017
St Joachim’s Catholic Parish
Phone: 9649 7030 2 Mills Street, Lidcombe 2141 NSW, Australia Fax: 9646 1125
Parish website: www.stjoachimsparish.org
Heartbeats from your Parish Priest Fr Eduardo
G’day to you all, dear parishioners and people of God. Hope you had a wonderful week! As the clock ticks on this year, we look forward to the last six weeks of Year A. Soon it will be Novem-ber -month dedicated to praying for the Holy Souls. November brings such joy and sadness. There so much emotion to cover with All Saints and Souls Days (1 & 2/11), Remembrance Day ( 11/11/17) and Christ the King. We all know so many who we reckon have joined the house of the saints. It’s good to have a for-ward thinking on these important days prior to December and Christmas. And now the Word of God in a nutshell this week: The readings this week all focus on the one God who rules the whole world. In the 1st Reading, the Jews, who believed in one God, are shown how he is able to use unex-pected people to do his work - even the pagan king Cyrus. The Psalm is a call to worship God as the true King, ruler of Israel and of all the world: 'The Gods of the heathens are naught'. St Paul, in the 2nd Reading, also focuses on the one God, the Father and his Son Jesus Christ. It is through God's love that the people of Thessaloni-ca have received the Good News. They worked and persevered in hope, sustained by the power of the Holy Spirit. Finally, in the Gospel, we find the Pharisees and their unlikely allies, the Herodians (who accepted Roman rule), attempting to trap Jesus. Which one - God or the Roman Emperor, Caesar - was the greater? To whom should they pay their taxes? Jesus's answer was likely to upset one party or the other; however, he knows how to defuse this explosive situation. 'Give back to Caesar what belongs to Caesar - and to God what belongs to God'. Perhaps this week, we might reflect on the rulers of our world, the good and the bad, and pray for them -remembering that God can work through them as he worked through Cyrus and Caesar. And pray for me too. Amen!
Sacrament Enrolment Dates Info Night Celebrations
First Reconciliation 21 Aug – 20 Sep 12 Oct @ 7pm 23 Nov @6.30pm
Sunday 22/10
8:00am Mass 10:00am Mass 11:15am Our Lady of Fatima Mass 5:00pm Mass
Monday 23/10
9:00am Mass / Rosary
Tuesday 24/10
8:15am Mass / Rosary
Wednes-day 25/10
6:00pm Transfer of Bl Sac/Rosary 6:30pm Novena 7:00pm Mass 7:30pm Legion of Mary
Thursday 26/10
9:00am Mass / Rosary
Friday 27/10
9:00am Mass / Rosary 7:00pm Tongan Mass (Fr Alatini)
Saturday 28/10
4:00pm Confessions 5:00pm Vigil Mass
Please note below the Sacrament of First Reconciliation which will be held in the Parish this year.
Indigenous Appeal The Bible Society’s RIM’s (Rural Indigenous Ministries Support) Project, is a major undertaking and part of The Bible Society of Australia’s 200th Anniversary push to provide scriptures to Australia’s first people, our Aboriginals.
These projects have been endorsed by Sydney Auxiliary Bishop Terry Brady, Dar-win Bishop Eugene Hurley, Archbishop Christopher Prowse Canberra & Goulburn Diocese, Federal Member of Parliament Ms. Linda Burney and Federal Senator Patrick Dodson.
Richard Allcock will be attending all Masses on the weekend of 28th & 29th Octo-ber 2017, and will present a brief talk about the Bible Society’s RIMS Project fol-lowed by an invitation for support from parishioners.
In summary, the RIMS Projects is divided into four main areas: Publication of In-digenous Bibles, Recording of Indigenous Scripture, Supporting indigenous trans-lation, Designing Indigenous Bible resources and workshops. Please note that any donations above $2.00 to the RIMS Indigenous Project is Tax Deductable
Grief to Grace – Healing the Wounds of Abuse – is a spiritual retreat for anyone who has suffered degradation or violation through physical, emotional, sexual or spiritual abuse. The retreat will be held April 8th – 13th 2018. To request an appli-cation contact Anne on [email protected] or phone 0407704539. For more info visit www.grieftograce.org
Sr Gemma Marie, Apostle of Divine Love (from the Sisters of the Immaculata congregation) who recently took the Rite of First Religious Profes-sion in Ranelagh (Tasmania) is visiting us this weekend and will be speaking at all Masses. I am sure many of you will recognise her and we welcome her warmly at St Joachim’s Parish.
Foster Carers Needed—MacKillop Family Ser-vices is seeking two sets of foster carers to provide separate long-term homes for a 13 year old boy and a 14 year old girl. Luke and Dani* are kind, fun, energetic teens who have intellectual development delays. They both need carers who can give them stability, who can spend time helping them learn new skills and reach their life goals. Carers who can provide one-on-one care with no other children in the home would be ideal. Carers receive a fortnightly carer allowance and 24/7 support from MacKillop. If you, or someone you know, is inter-ested please contact MacKillop Family Services on 1300 791 677 OR mackillop.org.au/fostercare