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Dear Parishioners, It is now official! The Church at Our Lady of Lourdes Sunnybank will be Blessed and Reopened by Archbishop Coleridge on Friday, 16th December at 7.00pm. This is exciting news as we will be able to celebrate Christmas in our refurbished Church. We are gathering a choir to sing for the reopening, if you would like to be a part of the choir please leave a message for Sister Stella at the Parish Office early this week. Our Welcoming Committee is already working on ideas for the reopening. Something to look forward to before Christmas. We had a meeting of architects and builders early in the week and they are still very confident that they will be able to hand over officially the Church to the Parish early in December. This week the frames for the doors and windows are being fitted, most of the tiles on the floor are being laid and the cement for our much anticipated new Bapistry has been poured. Once the church is handed over to the Parish in early December, we will need to bring all the Church furniture and fittings back into the Church. There is still much work to do before Friday, 16th December. Please continue to pray that everything goes smoothly. You will notice in the newsletter, the Wish List items for the refurbished Church. Anyone wishing to give any items on the Wish List or to give towards the Buy the Cubic Metre Campaign are encouraged to do so as soon as possible. All donations will be recognised either by a small plaque on the item donated or the name of the giver will be printed on the glass beside the side doors of the Church. We need to finalise these names very soon. As always, I am very appreciative of all those who give in any way towards our final goal of a wonderful refurbished Church. This weekend we will take up a collection for the street kids of Papua New Guinea. A short video will be played towards the end of Mass to show where the donations are going. Last weekend the gates for the entry of Our Lady of Lourdes School were closed at some of the Masses. In future, if you notice the gates are closed, please feel free to open them and park in the area in front of the school administration block. The gates will normally be open every weekend for parking for our Masses - the only exception normally being for the school Fete. The parishes Friendship Group will meet this Wednesday to celebrate Remembrance Day. A member of the RSL will be present to help us remember those who fought for our freedom and peace. During the week Fr Ladu, Fr Dom and I, attended the 75th Anniversary Celebrations of our Seminary at Banyo. The three of us have attended the Seminary at Banyo as we studied for the Priesthood. Please continue to pray for our Seminarians and also pray for vocations to the Priesthood. Question - How many Holy Days of Obligation are there in Australia? Answer – two! The two Holy Days of Obligation in Australia are the Assumption, 15th August and Christmas Day, 25th December. In each country in the world the Bishops conference decides how many Holy Days of Obligation are celebrated in the country. In many countries overseas, there are other days which are celebrated as Holy Days of Obligation.
God Bless, Fr Dan
This week’s diary
Monday, 7th November 8.15 am Morning Prayer - S/bank 8.30 am Mass - Sunnybank
Tuesday, 8th November 8.15 am Morning Prayer S/bank 8.30 am Mass - Sunnybank 9.00 am Bible Study - S/bank 7.00 pm Adoration
Wednesday , 9th November The Dedication of the Lateran
Basilica 8.15 am Morning Prayer S/bank 8.30 am Mass - Sunnybank 9.00 am Rosary - Sunnybank 6.30 pm Mass - Acacia Ridge Thursday, 10th November St Leo the Great 8.45 am Morning Prayer - S/bank 9.00 am Mass - Sunnybank 9.00 am Mass - Acacia Ridge 7.30 pm Meditation - S/Bank
Friday, 11th November St Martin of Tours 8.15 am Morning Prayer - S/bank 8.30 am Mass - Sunnybank 9.00 am Adoration and
Benediction - S/bank 9.45 am Legion of Mary - Media 6.30 pm Mass - Acacia Ridge
Saturday, 12th November St Josaphat 8.30am Mass - Acacia Ridge 10.30am Novena & Benediction -
Sunnybank 11.00am Reconciliation - S/bank 3.00 pm Charismatic Prayer
Group (Spanish) - S/bank 5.00 pm Reconciliation - S/bank 6.00 pm Mass - Sunnybank 6.00 pm Mass - Acacia Ridge
Sunday, 13th November 6.30 am Mass - Sunnybank 8.00 am Mass - Sunnybank 9.00 am Mass - Acacia Ridge 9.15 am Mass - Sunnybank 10.30am Mass - Sunnybank 6.00pm Mass - S/bank Youth
Priests
Fr Dan Ryan (Parish Priest: Sunnybank) Fr Terence Nueva (Parish Priest: Acacia Ridge - 3277 2252 / 3274 5513 Email: [email protected]) (Hall Office)
Fr Ladu Yanga (Associate Pastor) Fr Dominic Orih (Associate Pastor)
Parish Office (adjacent to OLOL Church, Sunnybank)
Monday to Thursday, 8.30 am - 4.00 pm; Friday 9.00am - 4pm. Ph: 3345 3766 Fax: 3344 3343, Mass Times: 3345 1831
Post: PO Box 32, Sunnybank, QLD 4109.
Web: www.olol.com.au Email: [email protected]
Deanery website: http://www.parishes.bne.catholic.net.au/south/
Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time: 6th November 2016
Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, Sunnybank & Our Lady of Fatima Parish, Acacia Ridge
Acacia Ridge, Algester, Archerfield, Calamvale, Coopers Plains, Kuraby, Macgregor, Parkinson, Robertson, Runcorn, Stretton, Sunnybank, Sunnybank Hills
Our Lady of Lourdes Church, 121 Mains Road, Sunnybank Our Lady of Fatima Church, 350 Mortimer Road, Acacia Ridge
Next Sunday - Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time: Malachi 3: 19-20; 2 Thessalonians 3: 7-12; Luke 21: 5-19
Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time: Year C
Introduction: Sunday, the Lord’s Day, brings us together to profess and renew our faith and our hope in the saving death and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth. And because of his resurrection, we believe in our own future resurrection. We humbly thank God for the gift of faith.
First Reading: 2 Maccabees 7: 1-2, 9-14 These verses from the second Book of Maccabees contain one of the earliest expressions to be found in the Old Testament of faith in a personal resurrection from the dead.
Second Reading: 2 Thessalonians 2: 16 – 3: 5 Paul urges the Christians of Thessalonica to pray that the message he proclaims may be listened to and received with honour. He prays that the Lord may turn their hearts to the love of God.
Gospel: Luke 20: 27-38 In responding to the Saddeucees, who did not believe in the resurrection of the dead, Jesus leaves his hearers in no doubt as to the accuracy of the faith some of them already profess in their individual resurrection from death.
‘THE JOY OF LOVE’ FROM POPE FRANCIS You and Your Wife
9. Let us cross the threshold of this tranquil home, with its family sitting around the festive table. At the centre we see the father and mother, a couple with their personal story of love. They embody the primordial divine plan clearly spoken of by Christ himself: “Have you not read that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female?” (Mt 19:4). We hear an echo of the command found in the Book of Genesis: “Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and cleave to his wife, and they shall become one flesh” (Gen 2: 24).
10. The majestic early chapters of Genesis present the human couple in its deepest reality. Those first pages of the Bible make a number of very clear statements. The first, which Jesus paraphrases, says that “God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them” (1: 27). It is striking that the “image of God” here refers to the couple, “male and female”. Does this mean that sex is a property of God himself, or that God has a divine female companion, as some ancient religions held? Naturally, the answer is no. We know how clearly the Bible rejects as idolatrous such beliefs, found among the Canaanites of the Holy Land. God’s transcendence is preserved, yet inasmuch as he is also the Creator, the
fruitfulness of the human couple is a living and effective “image”, a visible sign of his creative act. [Amoris Laetitia]
OLOL and OLOF Men’s Barbeque Breakfast There will be no Men’s breakfast for November, December, or January but will resume in February 2017. Men who have supported the breakfast during 2016 but do not have email facilities, please contact Les or Carol on 3273 7883 for details on the Beer and Pizza night. Have a happy and holy Christmas and New Year.
Soubirous Place Trivia Night
Friday, 18th November 2016 at 7.00pm for 7.30pm start Fr Aspinall Hall, 4 Klumpp Road, Upper Mt Gravatt
Cost: $10 each or $25 a family Please RSVP by Tuesday, 15th Nov. to Brigid or Emma on 3344 3481 to book your table. Please bring a plate for
supper. Tea and coffee provided. Come and join the fun!
SUNNYBANK SOCIAL JUSTICE COMMUNITY PLEASE HELP THE STREET KIDS IN LAE, PNG
This weekend we are conducting out annual appeal to help Fr Arnold in Lae to educate large numbers of children to give them a chance in life and to prevent them from falling into a life of crime and corruption. This year, because of the generosity of parish members, Father Arnold has been able to educate almost 100 children and to provide them with a safe and secure environment. He has also been able to organise a health care program for the needy children in the city. Pope Francis has said, ‘The world needs Christians to witness God’s mercy through service to the poorest. In putting ourselves at the service of the neediest, we will experience that we are united: it is God’s mercy that unites us.’ Our Lady of Fatima Parish, Our Lady of Lourdes School and St Thomas More College are also assisting in the project. Collectors will be outside the Church at all Masses this weekend to accept donations. Father Arnold thanks you for your generosity in the past and we hope that our support will allow him to continue his great work in the future.
Mission trip to Indonesia with Fr Nev Yun Join Fr Nev on a 2 week mission trip to Indonesia to visit Missionaries of the Poor in the town of Labuan Bajo, Flores. Travel dates are planned for late April to early May 2017. This is a wonderful opportunity to visit the mission and serve as volunteers by assisting the brothers in the daily work of caring for disabled residents. You will also share in the daily life of the community including daily Mass, hours of prayer, meals and lots of music ! It will be an immersion experience and a way of giving your time, energy and skills. You can also visit nearby national parks to see Komodo dragons, the largest lizards in the world and go snorkelling in some amazing coral reefs. To find out more and to register your interest please contact Lou-is Lamuri on 0412 073 965 or [email protected]
PERMANENT PART TIME DISABILITY SUPPORT WORKER Sunnybank, Coopers Plains and Runcorn areas
Would you like to make a difference?
S.A.I.L (Supported Accommodation and Independent Living) supports people with disabilities, providing them assistance to live independently in the community. Duties include assisting clients with personal care, (showering, toileting, dressing, feeding) and light domestic duties (cooking, cleaning, laundry etc). Permanent part time, shifts are 2–3hours: generally 7:30-9:30am and 6:00-8:00pm slots. Ability to work alternate weekends is necessary. As training is provided, experience or qualifications in the Disability Sector is not essential. Applicants must have a driver’s licence, own transport and telephone. A mandatory Criminal History screening will be conducted. To apply please contact Marina Ene on (07) 3323 2100 after 9.00 am weekdays or email your resume to [email protected]
Congratulations to the winners of Our Lady’s Raffle Drawn by Fr Dan on Saturday, 29th October 2016
Joseph Chiu Helena Lee YN Tze Ling Chung Anne Carroll John Morris Lucy Ling Annie Lin Jon Scott Betty & Steven Grace Fie Li Kevin Chang Jessie Juan Phil Bowman Jenny Rho Grace Chew Paul Chu Tina Chung Joseph Chiu Modesta Newton Hillary Collins
Vincent Mascarenhas (Bonus Prize)
Your Prayers Are Asked For:
recently deceased: Lolita Zaragosa, Anna Nguyen Thi Diu and Paul, Felicidad Javier Salen, Juliete Tuscano, Patricia Moran, Chua Joo Goh, Leslie Bain, Terry O’Dea.
those with anniversaries & others who have died: Benito Palombo, Jim George, Baby Isaac, Wayne Hayward, Belle Wilson, Vera and John Palmieri, Derrick Chase-Currier, Benito Palombo, Tasilina Beltran, Tomas Beltran, Maria Nga Trinh, Giuse Amy Nguyen, Ana Powell, Jozo Ivesic, Daniel, Michael, Bernard & Olive Woods, Yvonne Stranks, Maria Rietberg, Guy & Gladwyn Catchlove, Owen Jones, Boyce & Betty Catchlove, Thomas & Rosanna Collins.
those who are unwell: Elwyn Brown, Matt Russell, Helen, Armando Apostol, Diego Barake, Esmeralda Agnes, Carlos Moran.
the Continuing Sick: Tereza Ferenc, Terry Barrett, Brian Mann, Natalie Taylor, Russell Allan, Denis Cooney, Maxine Brady, Trevor Muller, Jason Carroll, Sonia Martinezvallez, Romulo Umali, Oscar Mata, Mary Dixon, Beverley Armstrong, Peggy Ayre, Isabella, Elvie Agoncillo, Anthony Clark, John Callaby, Dean, Jan Fooks, Mary and George Goode, Betty Grace, Kathleen Horne, Norma Ives, Stephen Ives, Win Murray, Carmel Malley, Jenny Reed, Mary Timbol, Istvan Vadasi, Alice O’Grady, Keith Higlett, Dennis Vandenberg, Merle Huston, Kathleen Horne, Stephen Jillet, Catherine Miller, Annaleese Stewart, Patricia Edwards, Sylvester Sii, Marie Vlieg, Maryann Larcher, Kathleen Barrett.
$500,000
$450,000
$350,000
$300,000
$250,000
$416,464
$150,000
Reshaping
the
Future
Sunnybank
$200,000
$100,000
$25,000
$50,000
$200.000
$300,000
Buy A CUBIC METRE for $100 756ubic metres already given ($76,300)
CATHOLIC CHARISMATIC PRAYER GROUP
Our Lady of Lourdes, Avocado Room, Paloma,
Saturdays, 1.30– 3.00pm
Meeting dates: 12th /26th Nov. 3rd /17th Dec.
$350,000
$400,000
SINGLES AND SOLOS BRUNCH
This group is for single and solo people of middle age who meet on the first Sunday of the month. Our next gathering is on Sunday, 6th Nov, at the Sunnybank Community & Sports Club, 470 McCullough St, Sunnybank. Meet inside Fresco’s
Café & Lounge Bar 10.30am.
Sacrament of Reconciliation If your child missed enrolling for the Sacrament of Reconciliation this year 2016, there will be another opportunity to receive this Sacrament in the first term of 2017. Only children who are in Year 4, 5 or 6 in 2017 are eligible. These children will join with the other children who received Reconciliation this year, and who will make their Confirmation and Eucharist later in 2017.
If you wish to register, please ring the Parish Office on 3345 3766 for an appointment with Sr Stella. Interviews for enrolment start 12
th
October 2016. Enrolments close 19th Jan. 2017.
ANNUAL PNG STREET KIDS APPEAL The Parish Social Justice Committee invites you to contribute to the Appeal which raised $4,500 last year. This Sunday 4th / 5th Nov. there will be a powerpoint after each Mass and the Appeal will take place after each Mass.
Our Lady of Lourdes Church Wish List
Stain Glass Refurbishment - Good Shepherd 1 $4,000
Stain Glass Refurbishment - Tom Hegerty 1 $5,000
Frosted / Etched with Scripture Glass Door
Reconciliation Rooms
2 ??
Hospitality Room - Fridge 1 $1,200
Oven 1 $ 700
Urn Stainless Steel 2 $ 200
Chalices 2 ??
Data Projector 1 $7,000
Television for extra viewing of the Mass 1 $3,500
Microphone for Altar wireless 1 $2,000
Microphone for Lectern 1 $ 700
Microphone for Priests Lectern with slimline stand 1 $1,400
Speakers 6 $2,000
Cameras for web online streaming Masses 2 $4,000
Foundation Stone – 1963 refurbished 1 $1,000
Foundation Stone – 2016 new 1 $2,000
Electronic Sign displaying Mass times 1 $27,000
Aria Angels Term 4 Brisbane South Deanery Term 4 Dates are as follows: Wed: 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd November Time: 9.00am for 9.30am start - 11.00am Place: Our Lady of Lourdes, Sunnybank Cost: $6.00 Contact Anne Scott on 0419 642 490 or Parish Office on 3345 5766.
St Stephen's School - 2017 VACANCIES We currently have limited positions available for Prep and other year levels for 2017. Please contact our school office for further details.
OUR LADY OF LOURDES/ACACIA RIDGE FRIENDSHIP GROUP Next Wednesday, 9 November we will have a representative from the R.S.L. for our Remembrance Day celebrations. Bookings also open for our Christmas Lunch at the Sunnybank Community and Sports Club from 11.00am to 2.00pm. Cost is - $15.00 for members and $25.00 for non-members. Reminder – we are still starting the meeting at 9.30am for everyone’s convenience. Hope to see you there! Enquiries to: Frances McKenzie - 3344 6728 or Haji Kelly – 3273 1802
PARISH STAFF & CONTACTS
Pastoral Associate Stella Noskoff rsj
Parish Manager Karrin Halliday
Secretary
Michelle DeAmbrosis [email protected]
Accounts
Tam Nguyen [email protected]
Caring Coordinator Bernadette Christian
Unite Youth/Young Adults Coordinators
Steven & Eloise Bird 0403 182 617
Sunnybank Parish
Groundsperson Natalie Langer
Housekeepers: Therese Prygiel Louise Weston
Paloma Reception Centre
3345 3766
Centacare - Sunnybank Aged Care
Community Program Manager Jennifer Vanarey
3216 9554
OLOL School, Sunnybank
Principal - Mark Badke 3345 0700
OLOL OSHC
Co-ordinator - Sarubh Malviya 3344 3064
OLOF School, Acacia Ridge Principal - Damian Gambley
3275 1152
St Stephen’s School, Algester Principal - Phil Manitta
3711 4911
St Stephen's OSHC Co-ordinator - Victoria Hickling
3711 9291 [email protected]
St Thomas More College, Sunnybank
Principal - Peter Elmore 3323 4600
Soubirous Place
Coordinator - Sr Brigid Courtney RSM
3344 3481
The Final EDGE for 2016 will be
on Friday the 18th of November
7-9pm in Paloma!
It promises to be a fun-filled
night! Don’t miss it!!
EDGE is a youth group for those in grade
6-8, new people are ALWAYS welcomed.
It is a place where young people can grow
up together. Have fun, make friends,
learn about the faith in a fun and relevant
way and explore issues that impact them.
BBQ this weekend after the YMM! Just a donation for a sausage and bread
and $1.00 for a drink. All proceeds raised goes towards Unite Youth and
Young Adult Ministry. Please Note: With the impending birth of the newest Bird Baby the BBQ will not be on for the next few weeks. Sorry for any
inconvenience.
Youth and Young
Adult Ministry
Roster for the Next Youth Ministered
Mass Sunday 13th November
MUSICIANS: K. O’Kelly, P. Avinante, M. Primacio, S. Gomez
SINGERS: C. Tran, N. Tran, L. Sharrock, I. Sharrock
READERS: S. Eastgate, M. Holani, G. King
OFFERTORY: K. Hall, M. McKendry
ALTAR SERVERS: K. O’Kelly, S. Lamuri, D. Do
SPECIAL MINISTERS: M. McKendry, L. Kadell, C. Ranatunga, J. Frassetto, K. Mann,
S. Robb, S. Leaso
BBQ: No BBQ
The next Life Nite, on Sunday the 13th
of November, we will take the time to
honour our year 12’s. We will be having
a sit down dinner during the night. If
you are in grade 9-12 you are welcome to
join us. Please just let us know that you
are coming for catering purposes. LifeNite is a youth group for those in grade 9-12, new
people are ALWAYS welcome. It is a place where young people can come together create lifelong
friendships, have fun and learn about how the faith can be relevant in your life! It’s a place where the
tough questions can be asked and real answers are given!
THIS SUNDAY Those in year 12 up to about 35 years old are welcome!!
Are you on the Youth Ministry Roster? Will you be away over December-February?
Please let us know ASAP for the next roster =)