Holy Year Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy December 8, 2015 – November 20, 2016.

“And with the grace of Baptism and of Eucharistic

Communion I can become an instrument of God's

mercy, of that beautiful mercy of God.” Pope Francis

Welcome to the Cathedral Parish of

SAINTS MARY & JOSEPH

132 DANGAR St (PO Box 2025)

ARMIDALE 2350 PH 6772 2218 NEW EMAIL: armidaleparish@armidale.catholic.org.au

www.smjcathedral.org.au

Faithful to the Teaching of the Apostles

Faithful to Prayer

Faithful to the Breaking of the Bread

Alive in the Community of the Spirit

Sharing what we have with those in need Acts 2:42-46

MAKING CATHOLIC MATTER…….

22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (C/2) Sunday 28th August 2016

Psalter Week 2

Something for the men! Teaching under the stars with Bishop Michael Kennedy!

This Tuesday 30 August 6.30pm to 8pm.

The bishop will discuss ‘The Jubilee Year of Mercy’ & its

relevance to men. Tea, coffee & supper will be provided, all

around the warmth of a fire pit. Meet at the Parish Centre

via side entrance. RSVP essential for catering purposes.

Contact armidalemenalive@gmail.com.

FIRST HOLY COMMUNION 2016 We pray especially for our Students who are making their First Holy Communion next Saturday 3rd and Sunday 4th September. Thank you to the Year 3 teachers, parents and Fr Gleeson who have been preparing the children for First Holy Communion.

First Holy Communion reminders: Children should be attending Sunday Mass

Children should be working at home in their Activity Book

All children will have a Practice for the Sacrament in the Cathedral on Friday 2nd September from 3.30 – 4.30pm

Reconciliation – Year 3 will attend Reconciliation this Tue 30th August. If you would like to take your child to attend Reconciliation before First Holy Communion the Parish times are – Fridays 5 – 5:30pm, Saturday 4:30-5:30pm.

The children should wear: Girls white dress, veil (if you choose), Boys black pants, white shirt & tie

One pew per family in the centre – other guests to sit in seats at side or back of the Cathedral

Children need to arrive 20min before Mass starts to collect medals & certificates

A Group photo at the end of Mass, you can take photos then, but NO photos during Mass.

The sharing of celebration cakes will be held after each Mass.

LITURGY THIS WEEK

SATURDAY: 9.15am; 6pm VIGIL MASS SUNDAY: 22nd SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 8am; 10am; 5.30pm MONDAY: The Passion of St John the Baptist 7am; 12:30pm Cathedral TUESDAY: 7am; 9.15am Cathedral WEDNESDAY: 9.15am De La Salle Chapel;

12.30pm Cathedral THURSDAY: 7am; 9.15am Cathedral FRIDAY: 9.15am; 5.40pm Cathedral Mass then

HOLY HOUR followed by BENEDICTION SATURDAY: St Gregory the Great

9.15am; 6pm VIGIL MASS SUNDAY: 23rd SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 8am; 10am; 5.30pm

SACRAMENT of PENANCE

FRIDAY: 5-5.30pm SATURDAY: 11.30am-12noon; 4.30-5.30pm

ROSARIES THIS WEEK: MONDAY 29TH AUGUST 12noon

Angelus followed by the rosary prior to the 12.30pm Mass; TUESDAY

30TH AUGUST, in the home of Kathy Callaghan, 9 Naughten Ave at

4pm; WEDNESDAY 29TH AUGUST 12noon Angelus followed by the

rosary prior to the 12.30pm Mass; SATURDAY 3RD SEPTEMBER prior

to the 9.15am Mass for the First Five Saturdays Devotion. All welcome.

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THURSDAY 8TH SEPTEMBER there will be rosary all day in the

Cathedral for the NATIVITY OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY. A

CLIPBOARD HAS BEEN PLACED IN THE Cathedral foyer to claim a

time for you/your group/your family to come and say a rosary.

Five First Saturdays Devotion to Our Lady.

Next Saturday, 3rd September, following the 9.15am Mass.

The Cult of Eucharistic Adoration Worship of the Eucharist. In the liturgy of the Mass we

express our faith in the real presence of Christ under the

species of bread and wine by, among other ways,

genuflecting or bowing deeply as a sign of adoration of the

Lord. “The Catholic Church has always offered and still

offers to the sacrament of the Eucharist the cult of

adoration, not only during Mass, but also outside of it,

reserving the consecrated hosts with the utmost care,

exposing them to the solemn veneration of the faithful,

and carrying them in procession.” Catechism of the

Catholic Church...In §

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Much planning work is underway following the MSE

Mission. Suitable times, venues - given energy costs,

security, WHS compliance and issues, professional

standards, adequate risk assessment, and supervision and

oversight…. Fr Francis and Fr Paul will meet with a

combined Meeting of the Pastoral Council and the Finance

Council Tuesday 6th Sept..5.30pm in the McCarthy

Meeting Room.

“Signees” will be contacted by Fr Paul over the next two

weeks….to arrange specific Adoration times…BUT first of

all we need volunteers from the ‘125’ signees…! To form

a Core group for coordinating Eucharist Adoration in our

Parish. Please contact Fr Francis at the Parish Centre or Fr

Paul.

A Holy Hour will be held Sunday afternoon 11th

September in the Cathedral 3pm to 4pm. At this Holy

Hour there will be a session on Eucharistic Adoration

which will be catechesis as well as functional, that is,

touching on the nuts and bolts of making it work. Fr

Francis and Fr Paul will both conduct this Catechesis.

Venue and Adoration Times:

Our Lady of the Angels Chapel Thursday 12noon

Mass and Adoration until 12 noon Friday.

When Mass is celebrated at the Cathedral there

will be no Adoration in the Chapel…

Eucharistic Adoration First Friday Holy Hour

following 5.40pm Mass……

Parish Eucharistic Adoration Corpus Christi and

Christ the King following 10am Mass until

12noon….

Spiritual Direction by appointment with Dr Paul

Chandler…in our parish for 3 months…. Parishioners who take their

spiritual life seriously may wish to have Spiritual Direction…. please

make a private appointment at the parish office.

LAUDATO SI… all are invited to a 6-week study on Pope

Francis’ Environment Encyclical, Laudato Si. Commencing Monday

22nd August, 5.30-6.30pm in the Holy Family Parish Centre.

“CHRIST IS ALWAYS PRESENT IN HIS CHURCH,

especially in her liturgical celebrations. He is present in

the Sacrifice of the Mass not only in the person of his

minister, ‘the same now offering, through the ministry of

priests, who formerly offered himself on the cross,’ but

especially in the Eucharistic species. By his power he is

present in the sacraments so that when anybody

baptizes, it is really Christ himself who baptizes. He is

present in his word since it is he himself who speaks

when the holy Scriptures are read in the Church. Lastly,

he is present when the Church prays and sings, for he

has promised ‘where two or three are gathered together

in my name there am I in the midst of them.’” §1088 CCC

THEOLOGY IN WINTER…. FINAL INSTALMENT….

This Sunday 28th August in the Fr Tim

McCarthy Meeting Room 3pm-4:30pm….

What is responsible parenthood? Session includes a break for tea/coffee as well as time for Q&A.

1104 CHRISTIAN LITURGY not only recalls the

events that saved us but actualizes them, makes them

present. The Paschal mystery of Christ is celebrated,

not repeated. It is the celebrations that are repeated,

and in each celebration there is an outpouring of the

Holy Spirit that makes the unique mystery present.

Prayer for the Pope V: Let us pray for our Pontiff Francis.

R: May the Lord preserve him, and give him life, and make

him blessed upon the earth, and deliver him not up to the

will of his enemies.

Let us pray: O God, Shepherd and Ruler of all your faithful,

look mercifully upon your servant Francis, whom you have

chosen as shepherd to preside over your Church: grant him,

we beseech you, that, by word and example, he may edify

those over whom he has charge, so that together with the

flock committed to him, he may attain everlasting life.

Through Christ, our Lord. Amen.

St John Paul II

PRAY FOR HIM….

REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS THIS WEEK: RECENTLY DECEASED: Brian Semple (Turramurra), Perciful

Worgan (Inverell), Coby Hoogland, (Vic), Peter Chidi Nwachukwu (Nigeria), Sr Mary Rose O’Dwyer OSU, Cheryl Rafferty, Margot

Fleming, David Newberry (Glen Innes) ANNIVERSARIES:

Marjorie Humphrey, Clare Bourke, Beneta Doyle, Ollie Killen, Koorianna

Roberts SICK: Carol Goodhew, Ghodsi Amini, Mark Norman,

Geraldine Giannikas, Susan Maye, Michael Zhu, Michael Moloney, Aeron Ryan, Helen Hesketh, John Fleming, Laurie Fahy, Blake Ross, Gemma Milliken, Joseph O’Brien, Deacon Peter Harrison, Frederic Koelmeyer, Kay Robertson, Sandra Devine, Maureen Veitch, Maria Selvey, Eleanor Pankhurst, Kay Goodwin, Norma O’Brien, Anne Simpson, Michael Hartmann, Silvia & Ralph Bowles, Justin Post, Dean Doran, Alice Payne.

Don’t forget to get your stewardship forms into the Parish Office…it’s very important for future planning for our Cathedral Parish…forms available in Cathedral foyer or from Parish Office.