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No. 7 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A 16 February 2020
Mary Mother of the Church Catholic Parish St Bernadette’s Church
89 Bond St, Ivanhoe
Mother of God Church
56 Wilfred Rd, Ivanhoe East
Mary Immaculate Church
4 Waverley Ave, Ivanhoe
St Bernadette’s Primary School Principal: Kathryn Lowe 53 Stanley St, Ivanhoe West 3079 Phone: 9499 3914
I V A N H O E P A R I S H P R I M A R Y S C H O O L S
Mary Immaculate Primary School Principal: Veronica Antrim 9 Rockbeare Grove, Ivanhoe 3079 Phone: 9497 1827
Many people think of prophets as fortune-tellers who predict the future. In reality, they are much more like social critics or op-ed writers. They challenge political and religious leaders and their people to do what God wants them to do. They frequently attack political and economic elites for not taking care of the poor. They even criticize foreign entanglements and wars. And they frequent-ly do it with harsh words.
Isaiah spoke in this tradition. In last Sunday's reading (Isaiah's 58: 7-10), he has the Lord telling the people and their leaders, "Share your bread with the hungry, shelter the oppressed and the home-less; clothe the naked ... ."
Despite this exhortation thousands of Australian households are food insecure; thousands are homeless; and rather than wel-coming to the "oppressed" we lock up those seeking asylum and refuge in off shore detention centres.
Isaiah goes on to say, "remove from your midst oppression, false accusation and malicious speech." Racism, sexism and homopho-bia still oppress whole categories of people. And as for "false ac-cusation and malicious speech," good luck on that one in our cur-rent political climate.
The teaching of the prophets and the gospels is summed up for Christians in the seven corporal works of mercy: Feed the hungry, give drink to the thirsty, clothe the naked, shelter the homeless, visit the sick, visit the imprisoned and bury the dead.
Many preachers focus on these as individual or church responsibil-ities. That is true, for "They will know that you are Christians by your love."
But the prophets also spoke to political leaders. Taking care of the hungry, the homeless, the oppressed, is not just an individual
As a Catholic Community we respect the Wurrundjeri people, traditional custodians of the land upon which our parish resides, and commit ourselves to reconciliation and justice for all in our community and nation.
Inclusiveness Hospitality Service Mission
Prophets are social critics not fortune-tellers One of the challenges of preachers is that they must preach each Sunday on the Scripture readings in the Lectionary rather than simply use their favourite passages of the Bible. This protects congregations from hearing the same homilies over and over again or only hearing the preacher’s favourite scriptural passages. It also keeps preachers honest by confronting them with a full spectrum of Scripture readings. I had to wonder what conservative preachers did with last Sunday’s reading from the Prophet Isaiah.
sunday mass times
Saturday 6.00pm St. Bernadette’s Sunday 9.00am Mary Immaculate 10.30am Mother of God
weekday mass times
Tuesday 9.15am Mother of God Wednesday 9.15am Mary Immaculate Thursday 9.15am Mary Immaculate Friday 9.15am St. Bernadette’s
Sacrament of reconciliation
Every Saturday 5.00pm - 5.20pm at Mary Immaculate 5.30pm - 5.50pm at St. Bernadette’s
or weekdays by appointment with Parish Priest
Parish Office: 4 Waverley Ave, Ivanhoe 3079 Phone: 9499 1515 Fax: 9499 9959 Email: [email protected] Website: www.ivanhoecatholics.com
Parish Priest: Fr. Bill Edebohls Residence: 63 Wilfred Rd, Ivanhoe East Phone: 0427 879 733 Email: [email protected]
Priest in Residence: Fr. Ki Seun (Joseph) Youn, Korean Catholic Community Residence: 89 Bond St, Ivanhoe Phone: 9440 9515 Email: [email protected]
Parish Secretary: Mrs Ruth Villani Temporary Office Hours: 10am - 12 noon Monday & Friday
Bookings: Please contact Parish Office: 9499 1515 for Sacramental enrolments or appointments for Marriage Our Parish is committed to the safety, wellbeing & dignity of all children. If you have any concerns or wish to report any issues please contact one of our Parish Child Safety Officers: Clare Bellio (0417 369 264); Lucy Dal Pozzo (0402 192 889)
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PARISH WEEKLY CALENDAR 2020
Saturday 15 February (Feria) 5.00pm Reconciliation at Mary Immaculate 5.30pm Reconciliation at St Bernadette’s 6.00pm Vigil Mass at St. Bernadette’s
Sunday 16 February (6th Sunday in Ordinary Time) 9.00am Mass & Baptism at Mary Immaculate 10.30am Mass at Mother of God
Monday 17 February (Feria)
Tuesday 18 February (Feria) 9.15am Mass at Mother of God 4.15pm Meditation at Mary Immaculate Hall
Wednesday 19 February (Feria) 9.15am Mass at Mary Immaculate 8.00pm Parish Finance Committee
Thursday 20 February (Feria) 9.15am Mass at Mary Immaculate 10.00am Liturgy Group at Parish Office
Friday 21 February (Feria) 9.15am Mass at St Bernadette’s (with Grade 5/6D)
Saturday 22 February (Chair of St Peter) 5.00pm Reconciliation at Mary Immaculate 5.30pm Reconciliation at St Bernadette’s 6.00pm Family Mass at St Bernadette’s (Yr. 1&2)
Sunday 23 February (7th Sunday in Ordinary Time) 9.00am Family Mass at Mary Immaculate (Yr.P&6) 10.00am 1st Reconciliation Catechism Class MOG 10.30am Mass at Mother of God 6.00pm Seminar with Vice Chancellor of Bethlehem University St. Bernadette’s Cunningham Centre
LOOKING AHEAD
Tuesday 25 February 6.30pm: 1st Reconciliation Family Workshop
Wednesay 26 February (ASH WEDNESDAY) 9.15am Mass at Mary Immaculate 10.30am Mass at St. Bernadette’s 7.30pm Mass at Mother of God
MASS ROSTERS
THIS WEEKEND 15 - 16 Feb
NEXT WEEK 22 - 23 Feb
Counting Team
Team 4 C. Dixon H. Pidutti J. Pidutti T. Tee
Team 1 N. Benton S. Kelly T. Talbot M. Gilbo A. Barro
6pm St Bernadette’s Flowers
Sacristan Multimedia
Lector Special Ministers
Trish & Agnes J. Gray S. Moorhen J. Gray T. Nibali T. van Lint T. Bui
Sarina & Patrina J. Gray F. Callinan St B. School T. Nibali L. Gleeson T. Gleeson
9am Mary Immaculate Co-ordinator
Multimedia Leader Lector
Special Ministers
J. Costa E. Ballao M. McIntosh F. Tosolini M. Gilbo A. Rizzo M. Ryan
E. Craven M. Gilbo M. Napolitano M. I. School V. Antrim F. Tosolini D. Todaro Ranganie W. E. Ballao
10.30am Mother of God Altar Society
Sacristan Lector
Special Ministers
V. Mancini A. Patterson T. Barker R. Beltrame G. Crawford P. De Silva
A. Maloney P. Verrocchi I. Chiera B. Dolzan A. Maloney A. Patterson
Last Weekend’s Collections [please note that we have only one collection at mass therefore it is important that you place your offerings for both parish and presbytery into the one collection taken up at the offertory]
PARISH Collection Envelopes: $963 PRESBYTERY Collection Envelopes: $414 Direct Debit & Credit Cards: $1,061 Direct Debit & Credit Cards: $231 Loose cash: $362 Loose cash: $362
Total (Parish Account) $2,386 Total (Presbytery Account) $1,007
PRAYERS OF THE COMMUNITY Sick & In Need: Ruth Villani, Carmel Garonzi, Patricia Robb, Timothy McCormack, Margaret Canty Baptism: Hamish Birtley Death: Gabriel Antolos, Fr. Ellis Jones RIP Anniversaries: Berardino Renzella, Anne & Thomas Talbot
Names on sick list remain for nine weeks (a Novena) un-less otherwise advised. For privacy reasons people must give their permission before their names can be included.
Parish Office Hours From 13th February until further notice the Parish Office will only be open on
while Ruth is on leave. You may phone or email the Office at any hour to leave a message.
Material for Newsletter Please submit any items for the newsletter by 5pm Wednesdays.
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Retirement on the Horizon Our Parish Secretary, Ruth Villani, has given notice that after more than 15 years as Parish Secretary she will re-tire on 3rd July 2020.
Appointed by Fr. John Cunningham in 2004, Ruth has served the Parish faithfully and has seen off three Parish Priests and is working on her fourth. This is not the time to eulogize Ruth for the way she has lived out her special vocation within the Parish - there will be time for that come July. But as Ruth prepares for a handover within the Parish Office, and also prepares more personally for her transition to retirement, I would ask you to remember her in your prayers in the months ahead. Change comes with all sorts of challenges for all of us as individuals but as St. John Henry Newman reminds us change helps us move towards perfection.
Visitor from Bethlehem University Come and hear Brother Peter Bray FSC (Vice Chancellor of Bethlehem University) speak about life in Bethlehem and the amazing ministry of the only Catholic University in Palestine and its challenge to educate a new generation of young Christian and Muslim leaders in a land ravaged by injustice, occupation and oppression. Sunday 23rd Feb-ruary, 6.00pm at The Cunningham Centre (opposite St. Bernadette’s School) 53 Stanley St, Ivanhoe. Please RSVP to Parish Office by tomorrow (Monday) 9499 1515 or [email protected] All Welcome!
Parish Climate Action Group
Our group will continue to challenge the parish commu-nity with the teaching of Pope Francis’ Laudato Si with its description of climate and environmental degrada-tion, its causes, the consequent injustices to the poor and future generations and the call to action to heal the earth - to heal God’s creation. On April 29th we will be holding a public seminar featuring Mark Delaney, author of ‘Low Carbon and Loving It’. Mark’s work is guided by his ethical and Christian perspective and he has attract-ed media attention for his views and his work as a faith-based activist.
“A true ecological approach always becomes a social approach; it must integrate questions of justice in de-bates on the environment, so as to hear both the cry of the earth and the cry of the poor.” - Laudato Si
Tip of the week: Are there any groups that you can join to help build our common home? Tree-planting or weed-ing groups and clean-up groups might be a start.
The Australian Response to Religious Climate Change (ARRCC) or Transition Banyule, which has an Ivanhoe branch, might appeal ([email protected])
ASH WEDNESDAY - FEBRUARY 26th [Day of Fasting & Abstinence]
Masses 9.15am Mary Immaculate Church
10.30am St. Bernadette’s Church
7.30pm Mother of God Church
Stations of the Cross
Fridays during Lent
9.45am St. Bernadette’s Church Each Friday in Lent after the 9.15am Mass
7.30pm Mary Immaculate Church Each Friday in Lent
Children’s Religious Formation
Sessions for 3-6 year old children. Catechesis of the Good Shepherd is a weekly religious formation program for 3-6 year old children. “The Atrium” is a unique hands-on envi-ronment filled with sensorially rich materials for the chil-dren’s faith formation. The materials are focused on scrip-ture and liturgy and based on the Montessori Method of Education. Sessions run on Thursday mornings at St Pius X in Heidelberg West. Contact Julie 0404 658 701.
New Playgroup
Where: Mary Immaculate Primary School 9 Rockbeare Grove Ivanhoe When: Wednesdays 9.00am - 10.45am Bring along a nut free snack for your child. Suits children 0 - 4 years Term fees: $10 per week for one child Playgroup only runs during school term Contact: Liz Shearer Phone 0411 345 664 or email [email protected]
Sacramental Preparation 2020 Children wishing to be prepared for the Sacraments of 1st Communion or Confirmation should collect an Infor-mation Pack and Registration Form from the Parish Office. Please get your registration forms into the Parish Office as soon as possible. Closing dates for registration:
1st Reconciliation (Registrations closed) 1st Communion March 2nd Confirmation June 1st
1st Reading Sirach 15:15-20
A reading from the book of Sirach
If you choose, you can keep the com-mandments, and to act faithfully is a matter of your own choice.
The Lord has placed before you fire and water; stretch out your hand for whichever you choose. Before each person are life and death, and which-ever we choose will be given.
For great is the wisdom of the Lord; he is mighty in power and sees every-thing; his eyes are on those who fear him, and he knows every human ac-tion. He has not commanded anyone to be wicked, and he has not given anyone permission to sin.
The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God
Responsorial Psalm
R. Happy are they who follow the law of the Lord!
They are happy whose life is blame-less, who follow God's law! They are happy those who do his will, seeking him with all their hearts. R.
You have laid down your precepts to be obeyed with care. May my foot-steps be firm to obey your statutes. R.
Bless your servant and I shall live and obey your word. Open my eyes that I may consider the wonders of your law. R.
Teach me the demands of your stat-utes and I will keep them to the end. Train me to observe your law, to keep it with my heart. R.
2nd Reading 1 Corinthians 2:6-10
A reading from the first letter of Paul to the Corinthians
My brothers and sisters, among the mature we do speak wisdom, though it is not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are doomed to perish. But we speak God's wisdom, secret and hidden, which God decreed before the ages for our glory. None of the rulers of this age understood this; for if they
had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
As it is written, "What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the human heart conceived what God has pre-pared for those who love him." These things God has revealed to us through the Spirit; for the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God.
The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God
Gospel Acclamation Alleluia, alleluia! Blessed are you, Father, Lord of heav-en and earth; you have revealed to little ones the mysteries of the king-dom. Alleluia!
Gospel Matthew 5:17-37
A reading from the holy Gospel ac-cording to Matthew. + Glory to you, O Lord.
On the mountain, Jesus gathered his disciples around him and he taught them, saying: "Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets; I have come not to abolish but to fulfil. For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. "You have heard that it was said to those of ancient times, 'You shall not mur-der'; and 'whoever murders shall be liable to judgment.' But I say to you that if you are angry with a brother or sister, you will be liable to judg-ment; and if you insult a brother or sister, you will be liable to the coun-cil; and if you say, 'You fool,' you will be liable to the hell of fire.
"So when you are offering your gift at the altar, if you remember that your brother or sister has something against you, leave your gift there be-fore the altar and go; first be recon-ciled to your brother or sister, and then come and offer your gift.
"You have heard that it was said, 'You shall not commit adultery.' But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lust has already com-mitted adultery with her in his heart.
"Again, you have heard that it was said to those of ancient times, 'You shall not swear falsely, but carry out the vows you have made to the Lord.' But I say to you: Do not swear at all.
Let your word be 'Yes,' if 'Yes' or 'No,' if 'No'; anything more than this comes from the evil one."
The Gospel of the Lord:
Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
Prayers of the Faithful
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Our readings are from the New Revised Standard Version © 1989 Division of Chris-tian Education of the National Council of Churches (USA). Used by permission.
Next Week’s Readings
7th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A 1st Reading: Leviticus 19:1-2, 17-18
2nd Reading: 1 Corinthians 3:16-23
Gospel: Matthew 5:38-48
mandate, it is a civic responsibility. The prophets threatened dire conse-quences to the nation if it failed in its responsibility. The marketplace cannot solve all problems. There is a legitimate role for government in caring for the poor and marginal-ized.
The new breed of Christian funda-mentalists (beloved by many of our politicians) preaching what they call “the prosperity gospel” promise indi-vidual success and wealth but the prophets tell us to not worry about ourselves but to take care of those in need. St. Paul warned the Corin-thians about eloquent preachers who were undermining the work of Christ.
Rather we should listen to Jesus, who said, "your light must shine be-fore others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your heaven-ly Father."
[Fr. Thomas Reese (adapted for an Aus-tralian rather than the original American audience. Fr. Thomas is a columnist for Religion News Service and author of Inside the Vatican: The Politics and Organization of the Catholic Church.]