Mar 01 2015 - Catholic Parish of St Jerome Punchbowl

YOUR PRAYERS ARE REQUESTED FOR:
Recently Deceased: Mick Comensoli, Chris Ryan, John Vella, Sr Malaki Deeb, Michael Mansour , Chahine Chahine
Deceased: Noel Barsenbach, Caterina & Pasqualie Sergi, Fr Ron Hardon, Phero Nguyen, Joseph Assad, Yousef & Nabiha Dagher, Sarkis &
Ramza Assaf
Anniversary: Dan Day, Melhem Saliba, Annie Camage, John Lee, Victoria Fuentes, Teodore Tarongoy, Angela Tarongoy
Sick: Bishop Geoff Robinson, John Sato, John, Alice Lasta, Eric Azeez, Peter Zic, Eileen O’Rouke, John, Mini Curtis, Felicidad Mallari, Patricia
Costello
Special Intention: Edite Aguiar Conceicao
Mass intentions MUST be received NO LATER than Wednesday afternoon for publication in the following Sunday’s Bulletin.
REMINDER OF LENTEN OBLIGATIONS:
The obligations with regard to abstinence and fasting during
Lent are as follows:
 Abstinence from meat, and fasting are to be observed
on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday.
 All those who have completed their 18th year and have
not yet begun their 60th year are bound to FAST.
All those who have completed their 14th year are bound to
ABSTAIN from meat.
REMAINING STATIONS OF THE CROSS DURING LENT
13th March
9.30am
27th March
9.30am
WORLD DAY OF PRAYER: This year our parish
will be the host for the Ecumenical gathering with
other faith traditions from our local area for the
annual World Day of Prayer. The prayer has been
prepared by the People of the Bahamas. This year’s theme is:
“Do you know what I have done for you?”. NEXT Friday 6th
March 2015 at 10.00am in St Jerome’s Catholic Church,
followed by morning tea in the Parish Hall.
HEALING MASS: Friday, 6th March at St Therese Catholic
Church, Lakemba
Rosary:
7.00pm
Reconciliation
7.00-8.00pm
Mass:
8.00pm
Celebrant: Fr Hugh Thomas CssR
FIRST PENACE: Please keep in your prayers the
following children who are preparing to receive
their First Penance: Jefferson, Stephanie,
Zedrik, Rosemary, Josiana, Erica, Natasha,
Helen, Lily, Mia, Jason, Juliette, Jescar,
Ethan.T, Ethan.P, Jody, Nathan, Bradley & Thomas.
These children will receive their First Penance on Saturday
21st March 2015
BUS TRIP TO THE
BLOWHOLE AT
KIAMA
SUNDAY 8TH MARCH
Payment THIS weekend 28 Feb/1st March
Please see Nancy at the back of the Church
after Mass for payment
WHAT’S HAPPENING IN MARCH 2015
1st
2nd Sunday of Lent
4th
First Penance - Session 3
7.00pm
5th
Parish Pastoral Council Meeting
7.00pm
6th
World Day of Prayer at St Jerome's
10.00am
8th
3rd Sunday of Lent
Bus Trip to the Kiama Blowhole
First Penance - Session 4
8.00am
9.45am
11th
First Penance - Session 5
7.00pm
13th
Stations of the Cross
9.30am
15th
4th Sunday of Lent
First Penance - Session 6
9.45am
17th
St Patrick, bishop
First Penance - Session 7
Memorial
7.00pm
19th
St Joseph, Husband of Mary
Solemnity
21st
Celebration of First Penance
9.30am/5.00pm
22nd 5th Sunday of Lent
25th
Annunciation of the Lord
Solemnity
27th
Stations of the Cross
9.30am
HOLY WEEK BEGINS
29th
Palm Sunday - Blessing of Palms at all Masses
30th
Monday of Holy Week
31st
Tuesday of Holy Week
INVITATION TO REFLECTION on a Wednesday evening, 7.30 –
9.00pm, from now to Holy Week. Time for silent meditation and
the opportunity to share thoughts in a group. Pope Francis’ The
Joy of the Gospel will provide the text for each evening. No prereading required. Texts provided. Attendance free and welcome
on any evening. At the Grail Centre, 22 McHatton St, North
Sydney. Tel: 9955 3053. Email: grailsydney@ozemail.com.au
POSSIBLE BUS TRIP TO SINGLETON to visit the old historical
convent. This Heritage Tour consists of an introductory film followed by
a walking tour taking in the heritage room, museum, convent, chapel,
chancel and gardens and, if time permits, the Sisters' historic
cemetery. Commentary from trained volunteer guides. Cost will be
$52.00 per person (includes morning or afternoon tea, lunch, tour and
bus trip) If interested place your name on the sheet at the back of the
church and depending on numbers. This will be the last weekend to
put your names on the sheet.
POSSIBLE PARISH TRIVIA NIGHT to be held sometime in the
middle of the year. Are you interested ?? If you are please place or
name on the sheet at the back of the Church under your preferred day
and time This your the last week weekend to put your name down..
ROSTER FOR 8th March 2015
Thank you to all those you assist with the various ministries for our liturgical celebrations.
Counters: Group D
Church Cleaning: B
Flowers: Victoria Breda,
Saturday 6.00pm
Sunday 8.00am
Sunday 10.00am
Acolyte
Brian Robertson
Ellis Vu Doan
Michael Reaiche
Reader and
Commentator
Willy Enriquez (R)
Sara Cincotta (C)
Rhonda Nasser (R)
Catherine Gray (C)
Maria Winterstein (R)
Alyson Younes (C)
Extra-ordinary
Ministers of
Communion
Stefanie Breda
Sharon Magann
Marie Sorouni
Dung Doan
Jacinta Fata-Too
Edna Rumore
Eva Tarchichi
Jackie Vella
Music Ministry
William Fernandes
Ipod (Vu Doan Family)
ipod (Younes Family)
Greeters
Barry Camage
Any Volunteers Please!
Christina & Lilian Vella
LITURGIES THIS WEEK DURING LENT
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
3rd March
4th March
5th March
6th March
7th March
Mass
Mass
Mass
Mass
Mass
Reconciliations
CUPPA AFTER MASS: NEXT weekend 7th/8th
March after all Masses, refreshments will be served
in the Parish Hall. It is also an opportunity to catch up
with fellow parishioners over a cuppa or even a cold drink!
OUR CONDOLENSCES are given to Jackie
Lorenzatto, our parish secretary, who’s father
Chahine Chahine died last Sunday. May the Lord
gently take Chahine into his loving arms. May he rest
in peace.
Xt3 2015 DIGITAL LENT CALENDAR AND APP. Let social media
help your journey through Lent. The Xt3 digital Lent Calendar and
App is now available with videos, reflections and podcasts. Visit
www.xt3.com/lent or download the free App by searching for “xt3
Lent” in the Google Play or App store.
VISITING ROME? STAY AT DOMUS AUSTRALIA. Domus Australia
is a 32 room guest house established by the Australian Catholic
Church, welcoming travellers to Rome seeking comfortable
accommodation and an ideal base from which to explore historical
and cultural sites of the Eternal City. Centrally located with a
magnificently restored Chapel featuring daily Mass in English, Domus
Australia is the perfect oasis in the heart of Rome for Aussie pilgrims.
Enquiries:reservations@domusaustralia.org or
www.domusaustralia.org.
EASTER CHOCOLATE RAFFLE
1 Ticket for $2.00
3 Tickets for $5.00
Drawn Saturday 22nd March at the 6.00pm Mass
Tickets available after Sunday Masses at the back of the
Church from NEXT WEEKEND
8.00am
9.00am
9.00am
9.00am
9.00am
9.20am & 5.30pm
Gospel Reflection by Greg Sunter
Like so many other important events in the Bible, the events
of this week’s gospel occur on a high mountaintop.
Mountaintops were places of special and dramatic encounter
with God and the disciples’ experience of the transfiguration
is clearly no exception! In this instance, the disciples
suddenly see Jesus’ power fully revealed but they fail to
fully understand what is going on. One might think how
much more obvious could God be about trying to reveal
Jesus’ identity to the disciples, but still they don’t really
catch on. Peter thinks he has caught on to the message.
When the great prophets Elijah and Moses appear beside
Jesus, Peter understands Jesus to be part of the line of
prophets in the Hebrew tradition. He believes he has had a
great insight and is so impressed that he wants to remain on
the mountaintop – setting up tents in honour of Jesus, Elijah
and Moses. In essence, Peter has still only partially
understood who Jesus is. He thinks he is the Messiah, but a
Messiah in the same mould as the prophets of old, a prophet
of the old tradition. He has not understood that Jesus is
breaking that mould and creating a new vision, a new
tradition – one that is endorsed by the voice of God on the
mountaintop.
Rather than allowing the disciples to set up tents and remain
in the ‘high’ of this experience, Jesus immediately leads the
boys back down the mountain. This is perhaps the greatest
message of this passage: that life is not lived on the
mountaintop but back down in the valley. Although the
mountaintop experience may have provided some new
insight and new energy, it is back down in the valley that the
world waits; that the real work needs to be done; that the
sick and the poor are crying out for God’s love and
mercy.