24th July - Surfers Paradise Catholic Parish

Surfers Paradise Catholic Parish
ONE PARISH
three churches
Sacred Heart
50 Fairway Drive,
Clear Island Waters
St Vincent’s
40 Hamilton Avenue,
Surfers Paradise
Stella Maris
254 Hedges Avenue,
Broadbeach
PASTORAL
Very Reverend
Fr Tim Harris
Parish Priest & Dean
of South Coast Deanery
Fr Nicholas Okafor
Associate Pastor
Fr Regimon Gervasis
MCBS Associate Pastor
Helen Goldsmith
Pastoral Ministry
Coordinator
PARISH STAFF
Sonya Slater
Parish Manager
Marylou Ayres
Parish Secretary
Pat Kelly
Parish Assistant
Angela Williams
Atrium Coordinator
SCHOOLS
St Vincent’s School
Clear Island Waters
Phone: 5572 1746
P: Kerry Rowlands
St Kevin’s School
Benowa
Phone: 5539 4522
P: Peter Anderson
St Kevin’s Kindergarten
Phone: 5564 5910
Director: Michelle Nelson
St Michael’s College
Merrimac
Phone: 5530 2722
P: Michael Nayler
SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR C
23rd / 24th July 2016
Dear Parishioners and Visitors,
OUR PARISH WELCOMES BRENDAN GORMLEY, SEMINARIAN
My name is Brendan Gormley and I am a seminarian for the
Archdiocese of Brisbane. I was born and raised in Townsville, one
of five children. My working career was mainly in banking and
finance as a lending officer and later as a self-employed mortgage
broker. I also spent a number of years working in a Brisbane
parish as a Pastoral Ministry Coordinator. I spent three years in
the seminary a number of years ago and during that time attained
a bachelor’s degree in theology from Notre Dame University.
I left the archdiocesan seminary to discern a possible vocation to religious life, including
with the Discalced Carmelites. During that time, and ever since, I was reasonably sure I
had a vocation to the priesthood, but whether it was as a diocesan/parish priest or to a
more contemplative life in a religious community was something I needed to work
through with the guidance of others. Immediately prior to re-entering seminary
formation I was working in a microfinance program with the St Vincent de Paul Society.
For the past two years I have been a seminarian at the Pontifical Beda College in Rome.
The college caters specifically for men over thirty years of age from English-speaking
countries wishing to train for the priesthood. There are currently forty-eight students in
residence from thirteen countries, of which eight students are from Australia. The Beda is
like a mini-United Nations. It is a privilege to be living in Rome and immersed in a culture
so steeped in faith and history. The college I reside at is directly across the road from the
Basilica of St Paul’s, where the remains of Saint Paul himself are kept and continue to
draw countless pilgrims and tourists alike. I am grateful for this opportunity I have been
given to live and study in the heart of our Church.
As anyone who has done it will know, living in an overseas country is not without its
challenges. However I am trying to make the most of my time in the special place that
Rome truly is. As far as I can tell, Italians have four major passions, all beginning with “F”:
Faith, Food, Fashion, Football. I suspect that the order of priority among these four
varies greatly from person to person!
I am back home in Brisbane for a month-long parish placement here at Surfers Paradise
followed by some time off before returning to Rome to continue studies. All going well I
will be ordained to the Diaconate next year, in Rome. In my spare time I am (or at least
used to be before leaving Australia) a sports junkie and will have a go at just about
anything. Before moving to Italy I used to play golf, indoor cricket and tennis.
Unfortunately I’m not much into soccer, which is not ideal for someone living in Rome
because the three main sports played and televised in Italy are soccer, soccer and soccer.
I would like to thank Father Tim and the entire parish for allowing me to be with you
during this time. I look forward to meeting as many of you as possible and experiencing
more of what it means to be involved in ministry.
Please pray for me as I will for you all.
Blessings, Brendan
17TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY
TIME - YEAR C
REFLECTION: The readings we
proclaim today continue to teach
us about the theory and practice
of prayer. Abraham’s prayer of
bargaining with God is typical of
beginners – earnest but not yet
enlightened. Abraham challenges
God to consider an alternative to
total destruction. God reveals
himself as not a tyrannical God,
meting
out
rewards
and
punishment, but God who cares
for all and actively seeks a way
out of death for us.
Ordination of Bishop-Elect Anthony Randazzo
The Archdiocese of Sydney will be streaming the Ordination of Bishop
-Elect Anthony Randazzo live from St Mary’s Cathedral, Sydney on
Wednesday 24th August from 7pm. As attendance to the Ordination will
be by invitation only, the Parish is offering to stream this occasion live in
the Parish Hospitality Centre. Phone the Parish Office. (5572 5433).
17TH SUNDAY IN ORD TIME
READINGS: 17th Sunday Ord Time; Genesis 18: 20-32; Colossians 2: 12-14; Luke11: 1-13
FEASTS: Mon 25th St James, apostle; Tues 26th Sts Joachim and Anne, parents of Blessed
Virgin Mary; 29th St Martha
NEXT WEEK: 18th Sunday Ord Time; Eccl1:2, 2:21-23; Col 3:1-5, 9-11; Luke 12:13-21
PRAYER IN THE YEAR OF MERCY
During this Year of Mercy we look for ways to show mercy and
to enact, through physical, ordinary lives, God’s compassion
for those who suffer and forgiveness for those who have
caused harm. We do this from a foundation of prayer and a
close relationship with Jesus who is the model of behaviour
and attitudes we want to manifest in ourselves.
Jesus taught his disciples, good Jewish men who prayed five
times a day, the Our Father, which is the template of all Christian prayer. Jesus’ way of
praying is more important than the words he taught us. We are personally familiar
with God (“our Father”). We reverence him (“who art in heaven,” “hallowed be thy
name”). We share God’s desires (“thy kingdom come,” “thy will be done”). We ask for
what we need (“give us this day our daily bread”). We beg our Father’s protection
(“deliver us from evil”).
These elements of prayer cover the whole range of human conversation: sharing
experience, saying thank you, asking for help, crying out in pain, begging forgiveness,
expressing love, spending time together. It means engaging God in the interactions
that take place all day, every day.
Luke’s
gospel
draws
our
attention to Jesus as a man of
prayer and through him we learn
not just the prayer of asking for
things but the prayer of union
and communion with God; the
kind of prayer that Jesus himself
prayed. Jesus doesn’t suggest we
leave the prayer of asking
behind. The Lord’s Prayer keeps
on asking for daily bread,
forgiveness and deliverance from
trial. It is the prayer of
thanksgiving, of repentance for
our sins and intercession for the
needs of others that becomes Personal interaction is the opportunity to express mercy and experience the grace of
God. It is to live the Lord’s Prayer in all your undertakings every day. In this Year of
more prominent.
mercy I invite you to ask God for the opportunity and wisdom to express mercy the
When Jesus says ‘ask and you
way that Jesus taught us.
will receive’ he refers to asking
YEAR OF MERCY – HOLY DOOR, SACRED HEART CHURCH
for things of importance.
Come and make a pilgrimage to the Holy Door. The Holy Door of Sacred Heart Church
Likewise, ‘seek and you will find’
remains wide open from 8am to 5pm daily.
and ‘knock’ on the door. He
Special Reconciliation times for the Jubilee Year are
wants us to understand it’s not
Fridays 10 – 11.30am and 5 – 6.30pm
the words and phrases we use in
A
Pilgrimage
Prayer leaflet is available at the door.
personal prayer or perfect
Blessings, Helen
grammar that makes the
difference. Our heavenly Father
knows infinitely better than we Prayer: Choose one line of the Lord’s Prayer that feels like your prayer for the
do what is good for us and has day, speak it aloud and silently pray the line through the day.
already given it. The image in
Paul’s letter to the Colossians PLANNED GIVING ENVELOPES for the 2016 - 2017 Financial Year are now
pictures God, in all his available in our three Churches. If you can’t locate yours they may have been
generosity, mercifully reaching sent to one of the other Churches. Please give us a
out to his children, cancelling a call and we will send them on to whichever Church
debt owed to him and giving us you will be attending. If you contribute via direct
what we cannot possibly grasp.
debits there will be an envelope for you with your
Though we have many needs,
many prayers we address to God,
God has only one prayer for us,
Jesus Christ. We can ask for
nothing greater or more
satisfying.
receipt and a Financial Statement from the Parish.
If you are interested in joining in the Planned Giving
Program please phone us at the Parish Office and we
can arrange for you to receive Envelopes or give you
Bank Forms to complete for your Direct Debits.
PARISH MINISTRY and GROUPS and OTHER NEWS
ATRIUM – CATECHESIS OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD
Would you like to play a meaningful role in the faith journey
of your child or grandchild?
Catechesis of the Good Shepherd provides an
exciting and interactive way of handing on the faith
using Montessori-inspired materials. Your child will
be captivated.
Located in the building between
Sacred Heart Church and Casey Hall,
50 Fairway Drive, Clear Island
Waters, the Atrium is specifically designed
for this engaging form of faith development.
*90 minute sessions held once a week during term time.*
*Baptism preparation for children aged 3 to 8 years.*
Play a real role in your child’s faith journey!
For further information, please email Angela Williams at
atrium.surfers@bne.catholic.net.au
Or phone Surfers Paradise Catholic Parish Office on 5572 5433
https://www.facebook.com/Catechesis-of-the-Good-ShepherdTibor-and-Vera-Endrody-Atrium
Veniré is a ministry that provides an opportunity for young people
across the Gold Coast to get connected with other young people
who share the same faith, inviting them to find their identity in
Christ; empowering them to know, to love, and to serve the Lord.
28th –
Veniré at Surfers Paradise Parish
If you would like any more information about these events or to
come along to any of them, RSVP and message us via our
Facebook page
www.facebook.com/venireyouth
LIBRARY NEWS: There is no excuse for elder abuse is the
ST. VINCENT DE PAUL ANNUAL WINTER APPEAL will
take place in our Parish over this weekend .
The theme of this year’s appeal is “rethink homelessness”. Homelessness is impacting on all parts of our
society but particularly affecting women. So more than
ever, Vinnies needs your help as our dedicated volunteers
continue their work.
A Special Collection will be taken up before the end of Mass
QUO VADIS WEEKEND
Dates: 26th – 28th August 2016 at Holy Spirit Seminary
Cost: $50 (or donation) Registration closes: 29th July 2016
Contact Adam Burns, burnsa@bne.catholic.net.au
title of an awareness campaign, which was brought to our
attention by a Library borrower. Check out our display about this
important topic including; “How to Honour Your Aging Parents”,
“Dementias”, “May I Walk You Home” and books about family
relationships. We also have obtained a supply of little cards with
information and help lines. Please feel free to take several to
distribute to your clubs and friends. It is an important message
which deserves to be given widely to our community.
Workshops on Catholic Worship Book II for all parish/school
musicians & liturgists. Catholic Worship Book II is much more
than a hymn book. It includes all the music for Mass, other
Sacraments, RCIA, Liturgy of the Hours and Adoration as well as a
wide variety of hymnody. All music has been assessed as theologically, liturgically and musically appropriate. It has notes on music in
the Mass, guitar chords for recently composed hymns, many
Australian works and items for children.
Monday 25th July 10am-12noon St Benedict’s, 2 Wallaby Drive,
Mudgeeraba. ENQUIRIES: Elizabeth Harrington
MULTICULTURAL MASS 2016 - SUN 28 AUGUST, 2.30PM
harringtone@liturgybrisbane.net.au; 3224 3322
Cathedral of St Stephen, 249 Elizabeth St, Brisbane. Further
information at the Centre for Multicultural Pastoral Care
Children’s IRISH DANCING CLASS Monday
3324 3451 or you can email to cmpc@bne.catholic.net.au
3.30pm to 4.30pm in Casey Hall, CIW. Age 3+
Or check the website at www.multiculturalcare.org.au
For information call Linda on 0407 370 047.
FRANCISCAN GATHERING “THE LORD GAVE ME BROTHERS”
Next Fraternity Meeting, Wednesday 27th July, 12.30 to
3.30pm, Infant Saviour Church, Park Road, Burleigh
Heads. All welcome.
Sr. Clara Condon.
You are invited to attend the Solemnity of Saint Mary of the
Cross MacKillop celebrated by Archbishop Mark Coleridge
on Monday, 8th August 2016 at 10am Cathedral of St
Stephen.
RSVP
by
1
August
2016
by
email
to
rsvp@bne.catholic.net.au or call 3324 3200.
PRAYING THE ROSARY: The
statue of Our
Lady will be at the home of Deborah
Chapman of Mudgeeraba for the week of
Monday 25th July 2016. Please phone
Maxine or Pat Sela on 5539 9539 and invite Our
Lady to your home for a week. All you have to
do is to say the Rosary to Our Lady. It is not
necessary to invite people to your home. If you are unable to
collect the statue due to lack of transport we can deliver
the statue to you.
Thankyou, Pat & Maxine Sela.
COFFEE CULTURE CAFÉ
The Bold and Beautiful Friendship Group will meet at 12
7.30am to 3.30pm Mon to Fri
noon for lunch at Nobby's Surf Life Savings Club - 25A
Catering Options are available for your
function. 0435 721 258
Albatross Ave, on Thursday 28th July 2016. Lift and parking
available. All Welcome. (Leona 55387070)
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
9.00am
9am
9.00am
9.00am
SACRED
HEART
SACRED
HEART STELLA MARIS
STELLA MARIS
ST VINCENT’S Anointing
Next Anointing
Mass
Mass 11am
11am
on on
August
2nd2nd
August
7am
7.00am
ST VINCENT’S
SUNDAY
NORMAL
MASS
TIMES
SUNDAY
MASS TIMES
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
9.00am
9.00am
STELLA MARIS
7AM ST7.00am
VINCENT’S
ST VINCENT’S
9AM SACRED
9.00amHEART
STELLA MARIS
SACRED
HEART
Year
of Mercy
Reconciliations
Reconciliation
10am—11.30am
10-11.30
& 5-6.30
5.00pm—6.30pm
SATURDAY
RECONCILIATION
RECONCILIATIONS
4.15pm
STELLA MARIS
4.15pm Stella Maris
5.00pm
SACRED
HEART
5.00pm Sacred
Heart
5.15pm St
5.15pm
STVincent’s
VINCENT’S
STELLA
MARISSaturday
CHURCH evening
Saturday
5.00pm
andSunday
Sunday7.00am
7.00am&and
8.30am
STELLA MARIS
CHURCH
5.00pm
AND
8.30am
SACRED
HEART
CHURCH
Saturday
6.00pm
and
Sunday
9.00am
and
6.00pm
SACRED HEART CHURCH Saturday evening 6.00pm AND Sunday 9.00am & 6.00pm
ST VINCENT’S
Saturday
6.00pm
and Sunday
Sunday 8.00am
8.00am &
and
10.00am
ST VINCENT’S
CHURCH CHURCH
Saturday evening
6.00pm
AND
10.00am
MIGRANT CHAPLAINS / COMMUNITIES:
Polish: Sunday 11.30am Sacred Heart Church
Fr Bernard Bednarz 5504 6297
Italian: Sunday 4.00pm Sacred Heart Church
Fr Michele Cagna CS 0432110468—Pastoral Support
Felicia 5571 0858 — General Info.
Filipino: Next Mass in our Parish is on 2nd October at
12noon in Casey Hall. Fr Terence Nueva 3277 2252
Hispanic: 1st & 3rd Sundays 5—7pm St Vincent’s Church
Fr Ignacio Gutierrez 0481 118 521
Email: paterignacio@yahoo.com
Maronite Rite: Saturday 7.15pm Sacred Heart
Phone: 3394 4994 St Maroun’s Church, Brisbane.
Art & Craft: Wed 9am-12.30pm Parish Hospitality Centre
Book Club: 3rd Tues 12noon. Parish Hospitality Centre
Bridge: Monday 12.30pm. Parish Hospitality Centre.
SPCL: Meeting 1.00pm 1st Tue. Hospitality Centre
Friendship Day 3rd Thurs 10am-1.30pm PH: 5562 1260
Parish Choir Practice: 8.30am 1st and last Saturdays SH
Playgroup: Wednesdays 9.30am Casey Hall, Fairway Drive,
Clear Island Waters - Sarah 0410 701 515
Playgroup is Volunteer Based— Each parent needs to sign
an attendee sheet at each session.
Yoga: Tuesday 10.45am $10/Session.
Zumba Gold: Friday 9.15am Casey Hall. Beginners and
Intermediate Levels. Susana Pozzi 0421 607 397
Pilates: Monday, Tuesday sessions. Casey Hall. Phone
Nicole 0420 301 379 or at nicolecalvinopilates@gmail.com
RECENTLY DECEASED: William Sammut,
Thomas Laidlaw, Brian Vincent Murphy
(Bris), Tom Nicholson, George Mamo,
Florys Nofonofo, Pauline Stackhouse,
Ananias Torrecampo (Canada), May
Tracey.
ANNIVERSARIES: Bryan John Suter,
Dr Roger Bullen, Wayne Rillstone,
Edmund O’Brien, Edward Blackshaw,
Terry Burke, Hugh, Roy & Clyde
Saunders, Eftim Orloff, Fr Frank Shortis
(O.Carm),
Roma
Foley
O’Brien,
Archbishop Frank Rush, Anthony &
Granville Cardoza, Harry & Richard
Letchiman.
FOR MORE PARISH GROUPS, PLEASE REFER TO OUR WEBSITE
Baptisms: Please contact the Parish Office 5572 5433 to register.
Marriages: Contact Parish Office 5572 5433 (Min 6mths notice required)
Benediction: 1st Friday 7.30am St Vincent’s Church, Surfers Paradise
Children’s Liturgy of the Word: Weekly at 9am Mass Sacred Heart Church.
Stella Maris Church 8.30am Mass 2nd Sunday of each month.
Christian Meditation: Tuesday 10am (Youth Room) Pam Egberts
0428090703 and on Tuesday 6pm (Youth Room) Contact Parish Office
CCA: Phone Butch & Mini 0424 583 168/9
Exposition:
Monday & Friday 6am St Vincent’s Church, Surfers Paradise
Tuesday 9.30am Sacred Heart Church, Clear Island Waters
Thursday 9.45am St Vincent’s Church, Surfers Paradise
Friday 7pm Sacred Heart Church, (1st Friday 7pm to 7am)
Carmelite Spirituality: 3rd Sunday of each month 10.30am PHC, CIW
Contact: Norm Harding 0421 125 575.
Rosary: Sunday 7.15am St Vincent’s Church
Monday & Friday 6.25am St Vincent’s Church
Tuesday & Friday 8.25am Sacred Heart Church, before Mass
Wednesday 8.25am Stella Maris Church, before 9.00am Mass
Youth Led Mass: Sunday 6pm Sacred Heart. Next Date 28th August
THOSE WHO ARE SICK: Daphne Lewis,
Sharon Murphy (Syd), Michelle Coyle,
Alvon Beutel, Colleen O’Shannassy
(Colac, Victoria), Fr John Milliken PP of
Stanmore, Henriette Bennik, Fadoul
Kazzi, Kathryn Geldard, Pat Burton,
Farrell, Marian Komorowski (Poland),
Fr Dom Cremesco SVS, Mary Kerr,
Conor Cosgrave, Anne Weston, Mary
Hayes (Melb), Diep Armstrong, Dolly
Roberts & Gerald Theron (Cape
Town), Joan Wienand, Ron Cadd,
Valda Martin, Andreas Lunandi, Kate Bernadine Lewis (Capetown SA),
Needham, Ian Finlayson, Gus Reeves, Sophia Wisniewska (Poland).
Annette Anning, Monica Bailey, Sage
Amor (Canada), Brian Elsmore, Emile Have you thought about leaving a legacy?
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Ashby, David Weldon, Dorelle Muller, For further information
call the parish
Michael Kearney, Mike and Barbara
office 5572 5433.
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