FEAST DAYS 23rd St George

St Adalbert

24th St Fidelis of

Sigmaringen

25th Anzac Day

26th St Mark

27th St Louis Grignon de

Montfort

28th St Peter Chanel

29th St Catherine of Siena

ROSARY For the intention of world

peace. Every Wednesday at 2.30pm in the Church.

28/29 April 6.00PM VIGIL 8.00 AM 9.30 AM 6.00 PM

ACOLYTES

Andrew Fernando

Norm Badaoui &

Peter Samson

Eugene De Souza &

Warren D’Costa

Jhun Javier &

Tony Anthony

MINISTERS OF COMMUNION Elizabeth Farrar Gerard Fabien

Jan Francis Sylvia McGee

Frank Roach Wendy Roach

Carmel Kevill Kerry Bailey

ALTAR SERVERS L C H A

READERS Dilani Dhammapala

Diane Samson

Christie Bawden Emmy Cox

Natalie Mifsud Michael Mifsud

Esmerelda El-Bayeh Michael Hruby

PRESENTATION OF THE GIFTS Lorenz & Bernadette Young Volunteers Domingo Family Dennis & Violy

CHILDREN’S LITURGY No Children’s Liturgy during school holidays

CHURCH CLEANING Couples for Christ, Jhun Javier, Mark & Caroline Penafiel

WINDOW CLEANING Dennis Dunacchie and Greg D’Souza

NEXT MEETING MOSJ – Parramatta 26/04 7.00pm

Parish Council

07/05 7.30pm

Leisure Group

09/05 10.00am

SVDP 09/05 7.00pm

Liturgy 13/06 7.00pm

Finance 19/07 7.00pm

FROM FATHER RANING HOLY HOUR for VOCATIONS Saturday 5.00-6.00pm You have been given new

life in Christ. Forsake

earthly materialism, in

order to live life to the full.

NOVENA MASS to OUR LADY of PERPETUAL HELP Every Tuesday at 7pm

preceded by Exposition of

the Blessed Sacrament

6-7pm

DIVINE MERCY CHAPLET Every Friday at 3.30pm in

the Marian Chapel.

All welcome

CATHOLIC WEEKLY

Available this weekend

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ST PAUL THE APOSTLE PARISH 40 Buckleys Road, Winston Hills NSW 2153

T: 9639 6516 W: www.stpaultheapostleparish.org Parish Priest: Fr Raning Creta Assistant Priest: Fr Tovia Lui

SUNDAY MASS TIMES Saturday Evening Vigil 6.00pm (Exposition 4.30pm - 5.45pm) Sunday 8.00am, 9.30am and 6.00pm

RECONCILIATION Saturday 4.30pm - 5.30pm

WEEKDAY MASS TIMES Monday 9.10am

Tuesday 7.00pm (Exposition 6.00pm - 7.00pm) Wednesday, Thursday & Friday 9.10am

Saturday 9.00am

PLEASE PRAY FOR Jack & Gladys Scott, Fr David Scott, Therese & Noel Scahill, Louis Bayeh, Aurelio & Connie Lopez,

Julia Sherman, Bern, Mary Betts, Elias & Afifi Younis, Frank Whiting, Ted Church, Josephine Clayton,

Elizabeth & Allan Ward, Frank Borg, Stella Borg, Fabri Family, Suzanne Portelli, Pasquale & Maria

Paoletti, Ross Nelson, Edna Fernandez, Adrian Coppolino, Marie & Claude Strange, Nellie Rodrigues,

Brian Hollings, Franco & Lucia Paoletti, Joe Mangion, Sebastian Pereira, Therese Farrugia, Noel May,

William Wilson, Sam & Lily Vella, Paul Gove, Noel & Trudy Millett and Mario & Maria Coppolino.

Overheads for hymns used in the Church are used with permission under ONE LICENSE No A-642251

MOMENTS OF MERCY In difficult moments, I will fix my gaze upon the silent Heart of Jesus, stretched upon the Cross, and from the exploding flames of His merciful Heart, will flow down upon me power and strength to keep fighting. — Diary, 906

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BAPTISM WELCOME To Amalia Garcia, Isabelle Coakley, Oliver D’Cruz and Ava Sheraton, who were baptised here last weekend. We pray that their faith will be an important and integral part of their lives.

PAUL, APOSTLE OF CHRIST Want to see a great movie these holidays?

Look no further than taking the whole

family to see a movie called Paul, Apostle

of Christ. This is currently playing in many

cinemas and has received rave reviews.

The more we encourage the movie makers

that we support movies like this, the more

likely they are to make more!!

ANZAC DAY

DAWN MASS

St Paul the Apostle Church Winston Hills

WEDNESDAY

25th APRIL 2018

6.00am

commemorating the landing at Gallipoli and acknowledging

all our valiant people that served in past

and present wars

LEST WE FORGET

Please note the Wednesday morning Mass at 9.10am will be celebrated as usual

24 HOUR

EUCHARISTIC ADORATION Friday 4 May to Saturday 5 May

Starting at 9:10am with Mass on Friday, our Lord will be exposed

for 24 hours and concluding with Mass at 9am on Saturday

Come ... spend some time with Him

"Truly, Truly, I am the Door of the Sheep ... the thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I

come that they may have life, and have it abundantly" (Jn. 10:1-7,10).

A little boy went off to summer camp for the first time. His mother very carefully packed his

bag containing a two-week supply of clothing and other necessaries. When he came home from

camp, he was wearing three blue ribbons he had earned. His mother asked him about the

ribbons and he told her that one was for "showing the most improvement in swimming." The

second was for "showing excellence in handicrafts." "What about the third ribbon?" the mother

asked. He said, "Oh, that's for having the neatest packed bag when we were ready to leave to

come home." Knowing her little boy, the mother was astonished. She said, "Billy, I'm so proud

of you!" he said, "It was easy, mum. I never unpacked it."

The mother had gone to all that trouble packing the bag and the boy goes around for two weeks

wearing the same grubby clothes, never unpacking the bag at all. God has packed the bag for

us. He has provided for all our needs. He has provided abundant life for us. It's all there, but we

never unpack the bag and we go around for weeks and months and years, some of us, in the

same grubby clothes.

The bag is packed. God wants you to have wholeness of life, fullness of life, abundant life.

This is Gospel! John is telling us today that Christ is the Door into this abundant life with God.

First Reading: Peter knows that Jesus has the power to heal us.

What thanks can I give to Jesus for my healing (whether spiritual, physical

or emotional)?

Second Reading: John recognises that we are all God’s children. How might this awareness change the way I deal with a difficult person at

home or at work or at school this week?

Gospel: Jesus knows our uniqueness just like a shepherd knows his sheep.

How does it change me to know that Jesus loves me the way I am, and that

he can help me be the person God wants me to be?

CATHOLICISM SERIES We are about to embark on a new series

“The Fire of His love & Word made

Flesh, True Bread of Heaven”.

Presented in DVD by Bishop Robert

Barron, these will resume at 7pm Friday

May 11th in our Conference Room.

Come, invite family and friends!

This is a free event and please register

your interest on the form in the church

entrance. You may either: contact the Parish office on 9639 6516

SMS Lourdes Zaballa on 0434 252 601 email: council@stpaultheapostleparish.org

GOOD SHEPHERD - 22 APRIL

Today is the World Day of Vocations and Good

Shepherd Sunday which is being celebrated in

Catholic parishes across Western Sydney and the

Blue Mountains. The Catholic Church invites you to

pray for those you might know whom God may be

calling to a priestly vocation (including Brett Murry

from our parish) and would benefit from your

prayers.

WINDOW CLEANERS WANTED

We are in need of windows cleaners for our

church, usually just once a month on a

Saturday or even less if the number of

volunteers increases. Please place your name

and phone number on the sheet provided at the

back of the Church. Many thanks

WE ARE PROUD OF OUR ALTAR SERVERS Last week we welcomed and installed 17 new

Altar Servers and awarded a further seven with

the Guild of St Stephen medal for their

service. All other available Altar Servers were

present and received a blessing. We ask you to

continue to pray for these children and

acknowledge their commitment and time.