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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
Nativity of the Lord (B) Our hearts: a Perfect dwelling place of our saviour 25 December 2017
Rosters 24 Dec 2017 31 Dec 2017
Altar Society Mabel & Friends Bernadette
Church Cleaner ARC / Shirley ARC / Shirley
This Week : 23/24 Dec Week 4
Ministry Sat 5pm Sun 10am Sun 7pm Sun 8am
Music Groups Tehillah
Community SJ Multicultural Sacred Heart Sacred Heart
Readers Uina / Rachel Anne / Andrew Diane / Mabel Rhonda T /
Bernadette
Ministers of Holy
Communion Mick G / Tea Catherine / Lynh
Thea /
Christine D Janey / Katerina
Acolytes John / Nilo Vincent Norman Victor / Peter
Altar Servers Jessica / Djuarch
Naomie / Philip /
Nicholas/
Thashalia
Monica Gabriel /
Alexander
Next Week: 30/31 Dec Week 5
Ministry Sat 5pm Sun 10am Sun 5pm Sun 8am
Music Groups David & Co David & Co Sts Joachim &
Anne Congregation
Readers Diane /Louella Lina / Andrew Christine /
Nerissa Lil / Edna
Ministers of Holy
Communion Tea / Jolanta Ivy / Bernadette Teresa / Winkie Anne H / Muli
Acolytes John Yuve / Victor Norman Peter / Mick M
Altar Servers Samantha /
Jessica
Alison C /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
Christmas Roster Altar Servers Acolytes Readers Musician Midnight Mass Any Available Any Available TBA St Augustine
Christmas Day 8am Any Available Any Available Fred B / TBA TBA
Christmas Day 10am Any Available Any Available TBA / TBA TBA
MASS INTENTIONS:
Recently Returned to the Father : Danny Tze-Ming So, Elisa Baluyot, Joe O‘Halloran, Jake Coleman
Death Anniversary: Clemente Sr & Lourdes Nilo, Jesus & Antonia Ronan, Rita Rampoldi, Dennis G Reyes, Jimmy & Winnie Acton, Arthur Barrett, Carolina Sarnosky, Michael Anthony Pillai, Simone Armstrong, Mgr John Meaney
In Loving Memory of: deceased members of the Keating family, Mary Willis, Dominic Wang, Maria Huang, Francesca & Francesco Luci, Nikola & Branko Kuzmak, Dorothy M Roll, Jure Zeljkovic, Giovanna & Carmelo Macri, Nikola & Branko Kuzmak, Gloria Pallardelly, Frank, Lucy & Melville Rodrigues, Robert, Mathilda & Ralph Hewett, family & friends of Roll family, Alfredo & Magdalena Robles, all souls in purgatory + all souls listed on envelopes for November Mass-es.
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, Val Jenkins, Teresita Buenaflor, Luka Sebastian, Bernadette Driessen, Engelberto Leal, Agnes Fazon, Sr Joan Harrison 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, Laurel Jamieson (sister of Sr Marcia), Maurice Malfitana, Mars Cavestany-Singh, Emma Pallardelly, Elmer Ale-man, Ivanka Cesjar
Special Intentions: Anna Pupacic
CatholicCare - Our CCareline service helps Syd-ney families find the resources they need in a cri-sis. We are open 8am to 8pm Monday to Friday excluding Public Holidays and can be reached on 13 18 19.
Our Parent Line service for parents of children aged 0-18 years is open 9am to 9pm Monday to Friday and 4pm to 9pm on weekends excluding Public Holidays. Call 1300 1300 52 to speak directly to a counsellor
Australian Catholic Youth Festival - The Australi-an Catholic Youth Festival has been an outstanding success. There were more than 20,000 registra-tions and the young people participated with joy and enthusiasm in the prayers, workshops, plena-ries and general activities. The Closing Mass was very well attended by festival participants and by parishioners of Sydney. It was a beautiful celebra-tion with the Archbishop of Sydney, 29 Bishops of Australia, 200 priests and 15,000 in the congrega-tion. The Festival was an extraordinary achieve-ment for our Archdiocese and the support of the priests and parishioners is greatly appreciat-ed. Thank you to the hundreds of volunteers who gave up their time on Thursday, Friday and Satur-day to make it such a special event. Go to www.xt3.com/live and watch ―on demand‖ the ma-jor events including the Closing Mass . Thank you for your support.
The Lights of Christmas – St Mary’s Cathedral 6 – 25 December 2017 8.30pm-Midnight Celebrate the season at Sydney‘s most popular Christmas lights show. Join us at the annual Lights of Christmas at St Mary‘s Cathedral Square, in the heart of Sydney‘s CBD, for a spectacular free sound and light show every night from Wednesday 6 December until Christmas Night 2017. Choirs will sing Christmas carols from 7.30pm, and the new sound and light show celebrating the sea-son of peace, joy and goodwill will illuminate the huge 75m façade of St Mary‘s Cathedral at 8.30pm and continue through until midnight. This event continues to capture the imagination of adults and children alike and is now firmly Sydney‘s most popular Christmas lights show. For more details: http://lightsofchristmas.com.au/
CCR NSW Retreat will be run from 26 to 28 Janu-ary at the St Joseph‘s Retreat Centre, Baulkham Hills. The main presenter will be Br Lalith Perera of the Community of the Risen Lord. All are invited
The St Vincent De Paul Christmas Caroling this year managed to raise $1606.05 Your support in their endeavor to raise funds this Christmas season is
very much appreciated.
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
This is the time of year when the noisy world cries out: ―Only a day to go! … Only three more hours to go!‖ But Mary, the perfect Advent model, gently says: ―Seek a little silence, be still, ponder in your heart.‖ And if we do, we shall not be taken by surprise: we shall be ready to receive him who is our friend, our brother, our long-awaited saviour, the revelation of God‘s great secret. Go with joy! We are ready to welcome God’s Most Precious One. Go with joy! We are prepared to welcome the Prince of Peace. Go with joy! We understand that from darkness, light will shine forth. Above all, go with love! We realise that God’s love in Christ, is for us, and for all humankind.
It made no sense – unless you know God. Go back two thousand years. A teen girl hears God‘s call. She lives in a culture where young women are viewed as men‘s property. She lives in a region, Galilee, looked down on by the rest of Israel. Yet God chose her to change the world by bearing Jesus. It made no sense – unless you know God. Mary must have known her Jewish scripture. She must have grown up learning that she could trust God‘s love, trust it enough to risk her life by agree-ing to bear Jesus as an unwed mother. You can trust this God as well. You might think you can‘t make a difference. Trust God and risk a try. You might feel unlovable at times. Trust God and reach out for the friends God will put in your life. You might think you can‘t take tough stands for what‘s right. Trust God and feel holy strength fill you.
The Word of God in a nutshell: The readings come to us on the very Eve of Christmas. We celebrate the secret hidden for all ages, revealed in the birth of the Christ, the son of Mary (2nd Reading). The Gospel retells that wonderful account of the angel coming to Mary with good news. It would be through her that the ‗impossible‘ plan of God would unfold. The virgin would conceive and give birth to the Son of God and successor to King David. As we welcome the birth of our Sav-iour into our lives, let us allow his light and peace to shine on those around us, even our enemies (or made us their enemies.)
Sun 24/12 5:15am Dawn Mass (day 9) 8:00am Mass 10:00am Mass 7:00pm Christmas Vigil Mass (+ Pageant) 11:30pm Carols in the Car Park
Mon 25/12 12:00am Solemn Midnight Mass 8:00am Christmas Mass 10:00am Christmas Mass 11:30am Lithuanian Mass Note: NO 5pm MASS
Tues 26/12 8:15am Mass / Rosary
Wed 27/12 6:00pm Transfer of Bl Sac / Rosary 6:30pm Novena 7:00pm Mass 7:30pm Legion of Mary
Thurs 28/12 9:00am Mass/Rosary 1.30pm Funeral Service
Fri 29/12 9:00am Mass
Sat 30/12 4:30pm Confession 5:00pm Vigil Mass
We have spent the whole season of Advent , esp with the celebration of our Dawn Masses ( 9 days 5:15am; who can beat that?) preparing for this holy and joyful day. Now it has arrived and we are still overwhelmed by the mys-tery we ponder. Words alone are limited to celebrate the birth of our Sav-iour. In order for the event to sink in, we need to use all our senses … that is why we have songs, decorations, lights, crèches, and all sorts of beauti-ful traditions to help us celebrate this mystery. But to grasp the real mean-ing of Christmas, we must be ready to empty ourselves , become little; WE MUST BECOME LIKE THE BABY JESUS IN THE CRIB. Ponder the love of the baby Jesus in the manger.
Christmas Schedule 2017
Sunday 24 Dec 8:00am—Mass 10:00am—Mass PLEASE NOTE: NO 5PM MASS 7:00pm Christmas Vigil Mass (with Christmas Pageant) 11:30pm Christmas Carols in car park Mon 25 Dec 12:00am Solemn Midnight Mass 8:00am Christmas Mass 10:00am Christmas Mass 11:30am Lithuanian Mass
Introduction to the Christmas Season Introduction to the Christmas Season The Church now gives us the joyous season of Christmas, which The Church now gives us the joyous season of Christmas, which will continue thru the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord ( 8 Jan will continue thru the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord ( 8 Jan 2018). The main characteristic of Christmastide is the Light of 2018). The main characteristic of Christmastide is the Light of splendour emerging out of the darkness of sin and death, which splendour emerging out of the darkness of sin and death, which we saw thruout the Adventide. And thruout this season, we are we saw thruout the Adventide. And thruout this season, we are held in the embrace of the Virgin Mary. The Divine Word takes the held in the embrace of the Virgin Mary. The Divine Word takes the human flesh from Mary human flesh from Mary -- He is true God and true man. There is He is true God and true man. There is this this humanhuman--divine mystery divine mystery being unfolded before us. And the being unfolded before us. And the whole octave of Christmas is cradled in the arms of the Virgin whole octave of Christmas is cradled in the arms of the Virgin Mother, who appears as a quiet, contemplative, ―pondering‖ all the Mother, who appears as a quiet, contemplative, ―pondering‖ all the events of Christ in her heart. events of Christ in her heart. Q: How can I more deeply ponder Q: How can I more deeply ponder the mystery of the Incarnation? Am like the humble shepherds who the mystery of the Incarnation? Am like the humble shepherds who gazed with faith upon God? Do I appreciate the significance of gazed with faith upon God? Do I appreciate the significance of Christmas Day? Christmas Day?
Fr Eduardo, Fr Emmanuel and staff at St Joachim wish you a Blessed Christmas! Today (25 Dec), we wish Fr Emmanuel Lubega a Very Happy Birthday and
Many Happy Returns. May the Holy Spirit continue to guide, strengthen and support you in your ministry and pastoral work.
A heartfelt thank you to Archbishop Anthony Fisher, Bishops Tony Randazzo & Terry Brady, all visiting priests and all attendees of the Dawn Masses in 2017. And my gratitude to the break-fast sponsors and volunteers (especially Berna-dette and her team who have worked tirelessly to prepare breakfast following the Dawn Masses and last but not least, in preparing a successful par-ish Christmas Party. - Fr Eduardo