Dear Parishioners, 1. Failure The First Reading gives us something rare in Scripture: a dialogue between God the Father and the Messiah he sent. But if you look at the verse numbers of our First Reading, you will see that Verse 4 has been omitted. The preceding Verse 3 is God’s line to the Messiah. My way of phrasing it would be, “You are my servant, and you will be a spectacular suc-cess; people will be able to see the glory of God by looking at you.” This is a powerful expression of praise and affirmation, isn’t it? But guess how the Messiah responds to God in the omitted Verse 4? In the first of his two lines in Verse 4, the Messiah says (in my way of phrasing it), “I have laboured in vain. I have used all my strength, and it has all been for nothing.” This one is a powerful expression of failure, isn’t it? You can see why someone might have thought Christ’s mission was a failure. The people passing by Christ on the cross certainly didn’t see the glory of God in him then! And by the time of his death, the work of Christ’s life had come only to this: he had a handful of disciples and a few women as hangers-on. If the goal was to bring salvation to the world, you can see that this result would look like total failure. But here is the gist of what God says in Verses 5-6, in response to the Messiah’s expression of failure in Verse 4: “You ARE glorious, in the sight of the Lord, and God is your strength. Just saving Israel is too small a success for you; you will bring salvation to all the ends of the earth.” The first communities of Christians and all the apostles were Jewish. By now there are Christian communities in every non-Jewish part of the earth, too. And so Christ’s mission to bring salvation to the Jews and the Gentiles was a glorious success, as in the First Reading God pre-dicted it would be. But all that success came only after the death of the Messiah. Our suc-cess, like our glory, needs to be through God’s strength, in God’s sight, and in God’s time. And that is why, in the second of his two lines in the omitted Verse 4, the Messiah says, “my judgment is with the Lord, and my work is with my God.” In other words, imitate the Holy Family. Get to know and to love the oth-ers in your kinfolk, whether they have grown up and left home or not. Every value-rooted family builds one more entrenchment against the ghastly degradation of this most important foundation-stone of human life.

Celebrating FAITH, LIFE and LOVE in COMMUNITY.

19th January, 2014 - Year A

2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time

ALL HALLOWS’ PARISH CHURCH

2 Halley Street FIVE DOCK 2046

Parish Priest: Fr Greg McGregor

Associate Pastor: Fr Salas Muttathukattil MSFS

Secretary: Elena Di Perna

Presbytery: Monday: Closed Tuesday: 8.30am - 3.30pm Wed - Thurs: 8.30am - 12.30pm Friday: 8.30am - 3.30pm Closed for lunch 12.30-1.30 pm

Phone: 9713 7960 Fax: 9713 5172

Email: parishallhallows@gmail.com

Web: www.allhallows.org.au

All Hallows’ Catholic Primary School

Principal: Mr Paul Wilson

Phone: 9713 4469 Fax: 9712 5184

Email: info@ahpsfivedock.catholic.edu.au

Web: www.ahpsfivedock.catholic.edu.au

Sacramental Life

Eucharist: Saturday - 9.00am & 5.30pm Vigil Sunday - 8.30am Sunday - 10am Children’s Liturgy

Sunday - 6.00pm Youth Mass Monday - 9.00am Tues - Wed - 8.00am Thurs - Fri - 9.00am Lauds (morning prayer) is prayed 20 minutes before morning mass daily. All Welcome.

Italian Mass: No Italian Mass until further notice.

Reconciliation: Saturday 9.30 - 10am & 4.45 - 5.15pm

Anointing: Every 2 months - check bulletin for dates.

Sick Calls: Any time - day/night.

Funeral Masses: In co-operation with Funeral Directors.

We all want to be part of the great web of love that is God’s presence on earth. It is played out in the foibles and fun of ordinary family life. God is there. 2. Introduction from Fr Greg I thought that I would take this opportunity to introduce myself and let you know where I come from. I was born in Sydney and am the son of Maggie and Kieran who now live down the South Coast. I am the eldest of three boys having two brothers Matt and Tim. I was part of a Naval family growing up so we lived all over Australia but we had a family home in Sylvania. I entered the Seminary at St Patrick's Manly in 1995 and then moved to the Seminary of the Good Shepherd at Homebush the following year. I was ordained to the diaconate at Kingsgrove Parish in 2001 and was ordained to the priest-hood in April 2002. My first appointment as a priest was to Liverpool Parish. Late 2004 I was sent on loan to Tasmania for six months where I was administrator at the Parish of Central Tas-mania. In 2005 I returned to Sydney as assistant priest at Mortlake Parish. Late 2006 I joined the Royal Australian Navy as a Chaplain and com-menced full time service in 2007. I had postings at HMAS Waterhen in Sydney, HMAS Cerberus in Victoria, The RAN Recruit School, HMAS Mel-bourne where I deployed to the middle east in 2010-11. HMAS Perth where I deployed to the Mid Pacific and HMAS Success. In 2012 I was posted to HMAS Creswell in Jervis Bay where I did a lot of work with the Royal Australian Naval College. I discharged from the RAN in 2013 and was asked to go to St Gabriel's at Bexley. I spent six months at St Gabriel’s before being appointed as Parish Priest of All Hallows Five Dock. I hope that my time here will be a time of grace, peace and blessing to all of us in this community. Please come and say hello if you see me around and I look forward to getting to know as many of you as I can. I've felt very grateful already for the support of so many people here who have made it easy to settle in and am very grateful for so much hard work I see going on. In my spare time I love sailing, fishing and cricket.

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SANDWICH RUN FOR 2014 -

Friday 24th January As it is school holidays please leave sandwiched in the

Church gathering space. Thank you

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RETREAT

The annual Dominican retreat for men aged 18-35 will be held at the Benedict XVI Retreat Centre, Grose Vale, from 21-23 February 2014. Speakers include Fr Anthony Walsh OP and Fr Dom Murphy OP. Theme: "Grace and Truth". Cost $200 – includes meals and accommodation. Register by 10 February. For more information and to register contact Br James Baxter OP – james.baxter@op.org.au.

3. Sebastian Hew We welcome back Sebastian from his holidays, he will be with us until his return to the seminary. Please keep Sebastian in your prayers as he continues his formation for the Priesthood. God Bless You

Fr Greg

BAPTISMS

We welcome

Anderson Xavier Zupicic

who was baptised into our parish family of All Hallows recently.

May God bless him and his parents

WE PRAY FOR THOSE WHO HAVE DIED

In your love and concern, please pray for:-

Recently Deceased: Brain Russell, Fr James Stack

Anniversaries: Vera Moschella, Adriana Dardano, Mary Powell, Estelita Javier, Peter Fiorini, Nunziata Biviano, Pietro Biviano, Katy Biviano, Giorgio Juseppe

Also for: Kevin Hume, Mario Acquaro, Pamela Godinho, Shona O’Neill, Domenico Triulcio, Antonino Basile, Sam Moschella, Ivy Irene Suleau, Angelo Di Biase, Sam Rodilosso, Betty Gould

For the following ill members of our community:- Tomas Laming, Fr Mial Mc Sweeney, Angela Colantonio, Antonia Merlino,

Ida Bova, Amelia Casarotto, Mirella Mercuri, Alex La Rossa, , Norma and Bernie Lloyd,

Peter Hankinson, Monica Moschella, Madelina Michael, Marcello Cheles, Brian Lees.

(Names will remain on list for 1 month unless notified.)

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Pope Francis: Our baptism gives us a new and glorious hope

2014-01-08 Vatican Radio

(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Wednesday reflected on the great gift we received when we were baptized.

Speaking to the crowds gathered in St. Peter’s Square for the weekly General Audience, the Pope be-gan a series of catecheses on the Sacraments, starting with Baptism. He said that the Second Vatican Council tells us that the Church herself is a “Sacrament”, a grace-filled sign which makes Christ’s saving work present in history, through the power of the Holy Spirit. And speaking of Baptism, the first of the Church’s seven Sacraments, Pope Francis said “it gives us new birth in Christ, makes us sharers in the mystery of his death and resurrection, grants the for-giveness of sin and brings us new freedom as God’s children and members of his Church”. He urged us not to forget the great gift we have received. “Our baptism has changed us, given us a new and glorious hope, and empowered us to bring God’s redeeming love to all, particularly the poor, in whom we see the face of Christ. Our baptism has also given us a share in the Church’s mission of evan-gelization; as disciples, we are also missionaries”

The Pope said “as we celebrate the feast of the Baptism of the Lord this Sunday, let us ask him to re-new in us the grace of our Baptism and to make us, with all our brothers and sisters, true children of God and living members of his body, the Church”.

And through speakers in different languages, the Pope turned to our brothers and sisters from the Middle East, and in particular from Syria, inviting them to remember the day of their Baptism and to celebrate it because thanks to this Sacrament “we have all become new creatures in Christ, temples of the Spirit, adoptive children of the Father, members of the Church, brothers in faith and announcers of the Gospel, capable of forgiving and loving all, even our enemies”

Living the Joy of the Gospel The Francis Effect

“I prefer a Church which is bruised, hurting and dirty because it has been out on the streets, rather than a Church which is unhealthy from being confined and clinging to its own security.” Evangelii Gaudium 49, Pope Francis

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Georg Ratzinger Celebrates his 90 Birthday in the Vatican With Benedict XVI

Catholic Communications, Sydney Archdiocese,

17 Jan 2014

January 15th marked Msgr. Georg Ratzinger 90th

birthday. He's celebrating it at the Vatican along with his younger brother, Pope emeritus Benedict XVI. The celebration will be private and will in-clude a classical music concert. Georg is the last living relative of Benedict XVI, and his closest friend. GEORG RATZINGER April 7, 2008 "His first conversation after the papal election was with Frau Heidl. I no longer went to answer the phone because it rang and rang and always there were journalists on the other end, asking the same questions a hundred times and so I left it alone and thought "Nuts to you!", as we say in Bavaria. But Frau Heidl went to answer it

and suddenly she recognized that at the other end of the line there was the Holy Father, so she was rather excited, delighted and surprised. When I finally talked to him, there was nothing different about it, our fraternal relationship has

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PILGRIMAGES 2014:

Fr Wim Hoekstra, Parish Priest of Glenbrook, is

organising two pilgrimages in 2014: from July

7 to 23 taking in France and Italy (Paris, Lisieux,

Lourdes, Rome, Assisi, Siena, Florence) and

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WHAT’S ON IN OUR PARISH?

Inner Wheel Club - Balmain Group

1st Tuesday of month 6.30pm - 9pm in Hall

St Vincent de Paul Society Meetings held each 2nd & 4th Tuesday of the month at 6.30pm in the meeting room

connected to the garage.

Catholic Women’s League Five Dock 3rd Monday of month 12.00pm in Parish Hall

Choir Practice

All welcome to choir practice in the Church 7.30 pm every Monday. Ring Maria on 9713 7310

Italian Choir Group

Tuesday -12.30 pm in the Church

Italian Prayer Group Tuesday - 1 pm in Parish Hall

Messa Italiana ogni ultimo martedi del mese Enquiries: M. Mureddu 9712 2394

Playgroup

9.30am -11.30am in Parish Hall (not during school holidays)

Wednesday - Franca 0414 868 259

Family Mass Choir Practice Wednesday 7.45pm in Church

All welcome!

Italian Prayer Group - Thursday In Chiesa dopo la Messa delle 9 ogni settimana. Ogni terzo giovedi c’e la

Messa Italiana con Padre Bob per tutta la communita di All Hallows.

Tutti ben venuti! Enquiries: Lucia 9713 1800

Youth Mass Choir Practice Tuesday 7.00 pm in Church

All welcome!

HOME VISITS: L. La Cava, J. Pappalardo, L. Peruzzi, P. Pavan

NURSING HOMES:

Visit 23 January - Parkview : no visit

Visit 24 January - Russell Lea: no visit

COUNTERS: Group 9 TRANSPORT: Maria, Muriel, Tony

PIETY STALL: Veronica/Caitlyn, Sue, Mary R, Elena

ALTAR SOCIETY: Mary Mc, Barbara, Mary V, Bronwyn

CHILDRENS LITURGY: School Holidays

NEXT WEEK Sunday 26th January 2014 - 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Ti me

READINGS: Is 8:23-9:3; 1 Cor 1:10-1, 17; Mt 4:12-23

SATURDAY 5.30pm

SUNDAY 8.30am

SUNDAY 10am

SUNDAY 6.00pm Youth Mass

READERS

C. Natoli B. Gallagher R. Pollifrone N. Guinta

R/A Kirby C. Grant J. Pappalardo A. Fabro

AM Ludeke M/C Petrucco B. Carbone

Intro & P/F: Rebecca C Ist: Stephen H Psalm: Emily C 2nd: James C

EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS OF HOLY COMMUNION

K. Smyth M. Virtu m. Tomasello G. Bonaddio J. Bonaddio D. Grippi V. Radice

P. Moschella E. Chesworth J. Livolsi Ma. Chesworth m. Chesworth J. Walsh B. Walsh

E. Ferraro A. McMahon M. Hadjidakis D. Squadrito C. Petrucco N. Ancona S. Carbone

C. Pollifrone W. Florian A. Pavan Chris M C. Modini S. Roberts M. Di Bella

ALTAR SERVERS

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HOME VISITS: J. Livolsi, P. Moschella, M. Chesworth, E. Ferraro

NURSING HOMES:

Visit 30 January - Parkview : no visit

Visit 31 January - Russell Lea: no visit

COUNTERS: Group 10 TRANSPORT: Theresa, Muriel, Sue

PIETY STALL: Mary C, Laura

ALTAR SOCIETY: Lorraine F, Lorraine C, Enza, Vickie

CHILDRENS LITURGY: School Holidays

SUNDAY 19th January - 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time

READINGS: Is 49:3, 5-6; 1 Cor 1:1-3; Jn 1:29-34

SATURDAY 5.30pm

SUNDAY 8.30am

SUNDAY 10am

SUNDAY 6.00pm Youth Mass

READERS

P. Cremin M. Ponsonby M. Natoli G. Picone

J. Mylott M.Coleman R. Mostacci N. D’Amico

B. Hayes D. Jarosh A. Kerley

Intro & P/F: Liam Ist: Owen Psalm: Melinda 2nd: Michelle

EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS OF HOLY COMMUNION

S. Mangano Z. Di Bella C. Tramonte B. Smyth A. Panuccio A. Falcone T. Coghlan

MJ Megna m. Megna L. Peruzzi J. Pappalardo R. Liberatore G. Favotto L. La Cava

P. Pavan M. Caldareri A. Caldareri A. Roberts A. Incampo V. Jacobs F. Mercuri

K. Ommundson A. Kirby A. Biazzo N. Lazzaro L. Parisi M. Zol A. Den

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