BRISBANE ORATORY IN FORMATION

PARISH OF ANNERLEY EKIBINPARISH OF ANNERLEY EKIBINPARISH OF ANNERLEY EKIBIN Fourth Sunday of Advent - Year A [OF] & [EF]

17th/18th December, 2016

Readings for next Sunday

24th/25th December, 2016

1st: Isaiah 52: 7-10

2nd: Hebrews 1: 1-6

Gospel: John 1: 1-18

Parish Office

14 Ferndale Street, Annerley 4103

PO Box 3131, Tarragindi 4121.

Office Hours:- 9:00am - 1:00pm

Monday, Wednesday & Friday

Phone: 3848 1107

Fax: 3848 1855

Email: annek@bne.catholic.net.au

Web: www.annerleyekibinparish.com www.facebook.com/ annerleyekibinparish

www.twitter.com/AnnerleyEkibin

Parish Priest : Fr Andrew Wise

Parish Team

Ms Shirley Sadler (Parish Secretary) Mrs Kathy Ducker (Finance Officer)

Miss Ria McIntyre

(Assistant Sacramental Co-ordinator)

Mr Richard O’Neil:0427 484 679

† Mary Immaculate Church

616 Ipswich Road, Annerley

† St John Fisher Church

17 Messines Ridge Road, Tarragindi

† St Elizabeth’s Chapel

61 Effingham Street, Ekibin

St Elizabeth’s Primary School

Phone 3848 0828

Mary Immaculate Primary School

Phone 3848 8965

Our Lady’s Secondary College

Phone: 3848 7462

St John Fisher Hall

17 Messines Ridge Road, Tarragindi

Phone 3848 1107 (Office hours)

Brisbane Oratory in Formation

Oratory House - 3392 9247

16 Ferndale Street, Annerley

http://brisbane-oratory.org/

Fr Adrian Sharp (Moderator)

Fr Andrew Wise

Fr Scot Armstrong

Br Shawn Murphy

Br Tyson King

Br Conor Power Br Matthew Buckley

Frassati (Young Men)

David Powick (0409 711 786)

Flores Teresianes (Young Women)

Elise Hewitt (0400 204 995)

Frassati Youth (High School age)

Abbie Powick (0477 055 778 ) frassatiyouthbrisbane@gmail.com

St Vincent de Paul Helpline

Phone: 3010 1096

Homeless Hotline: 1800 474 753

From the Parish Priest Dear Parishioners, Christmas is now fast approaching and our joyful expectation deepens by the day at the imminent celebration of our Saviour’s birth and His coming to us with the gifts of His grace and love.

Our Christmas Mass times have been well advertised in the parish. Christmas falls on a Sunday this year, so if you normally come to the 5:00pm Sunday Mass at Mary Immaculate church, please be aware that this regular Mass will not be celebrated next Sunday only. New Year’s Day will also be a Sunday this year and will be the Solemnity of Mary the Mother of God. This is Our Lady’s most exulted title that points to the divinity of her Son. Masses will be as usual that weekend with the addition of a Midnight Mass on New Year’s Eve in Mary Immaculate Church. This will be a Missa cantata in the Extraordinary Form. Please note that the Holy Hours at St Elizabeth’s Chapel on Thursdays and in Mary Immaculate church on Fridays go into recess after December 22 and 23 respectively until February 2nd and 3rd.

Also, the 9:00am Mary Immaculate Extraordinary Form Mass on Sunday will be a Low Mass with hymns after January 1st until January 29th.

Our Reflection for this week, on the coming of Christ, follows.

Fr Andrew Wise Preparing for Christ Catechism of the Catholic Church, paragraph 522-524: The coming of God’s Son to earth is an event of such immensity that God willed to prepare for it over centuries. He makes everything converge on Christ: all the rituals and sacrifices, figures and symbols of the “First Covenant”. He announces him through the mouths of the prophets who succeeded one another in Israel. Moreover, he awakens in the hearts of the pagans a dim expectation of this coming.

St John the Baptist is the Lord’s immediate precursor or forerunner, sent to prepare his way. “Prophet of the Most High”, John surpasses all the prophets, of whom he is the last. He inaugurates the Gospel, already from his mother’s womb welcomes the coming of Christ, and rejoices in being “the friend of the bridegroom”, whom he points out as “the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world”.

Going before Jesus “in the spirit and power of Elijah”, John bears witness to Christ in his preaching, by his Baptism of conversion, and through his martyrdom. When the Church celebrates the liturgy of Advent each year, she makes present this ancient expectancy of the Messiah, for by sharing in the long preparation for the Saviour’s first coming, the faithful renew their ardent desire for his second coming. By celebrating the precursor’s birth and martyrdom, the Church unites herself to his desire: “He must increase, but I must decrease.”

Christmas Timetable 2016 Saturday 24th December 8:15am Mass (last Advent Mass) Mary Immaculate Confessions after Mass, as well as before, as usual. Christmas Eve 24th December 5:30pm: Vigil [OF] St John Fisher church 7:30pm: Vigil [OF] St John Fisher church 6:00pm: 1st Vespers of Christmas [EF] Mary Immaculate church 8:00pm: Vigil [Solemn OF+] Mary Immaculate church 11:30pm: Carols Mary Immaculate church Midnight: [Solemn High Mass EF] Mary Immaculate church Christmas Day 25th December 7:30am: Mass [OF] Mary Immaculate church 9:00am: Mass [EF, Sung] Mary Immaculate church No evening Mass Mary Immaculate church

PARISH DATE CLAIMERS Saturday 17th December Christmas Oratorio at Mary Immaculate Church. Please see notice below. Friday 27th January Elizabethan Social Club Australia Day Function & AGM. Pies, peas, etc., from 10:00am. $7.00. Bookings: Joan on 3848 3251 or Philomena on 3349 2809.

WE PRAY FOR: Those who are recently deceased: Joan FINCH, Tony DRUERY,

Vincent BLISS, Corazon SALAO and Rina COOK.

Those who are sick: Esther ADENEY, Luke ADENEY, Theresa BAGLEY, Gabrielle BENTLEY, Monique BENTLEY Neil BETTS, Ksenia BORODIN, Rex BOWEN, Stewart BOYD, Joan BRAMMER, Noelene BURGESS, Jeremy CARROLL, Robyn CLEMENTS, Jim CLIFFORD, Hilary COLLINS, Rochelle COWARD, Marietta CRUZADO, Diane ELLIS, Rowena ENNIS, David FARRELL, Jane FARRELL, Madge FARRELL, Tereza FERENC, Joan FLEW, Mary FORRESTER, Anne FRANETTOVICH, John FRANK, Gwen GAIR, Helen GIAQUINTA, Dulcey HARVEY (Ingham), Jan HEGARTY, Peter HEGARTY, Keith HOGG, Marlene JOHNSTON, Dominic KENNEDY, Robyn KINNES, Ryan MacGARY-WALSH, Cherril MALONEY, Bernard McALARY, Marie McMAHON SGS, Marie MITCHELL, Harry MOHR, Kathryn MORRIS, Robyn O’DWYER, Valerie & Kevin ORTON, Brian QUARRY, Ron ROFE, Joan ROONEY, Dorothy RYAN, Nick SHANAHAN (Jnr), Florence SNELL, Mary STUART, Heather TERRILL, Charlie WINTER, Fr John WORTHINGTON SM, Gary WYLIE, Josephine & Bill WRIGHT and Matthew ZEMEK .

All the faithful departed.

COLLECTIONS LAST WEEKEND: $2,294.40 ELECTRONIC CONTRIBUTIONS AVE. FOR WEEK

$1,988.05 Thank you from a grateful Parish

Mary Immaculate School Centenary

Mary Immaculate School, Annerley is about to turn

100! On April 30th, 2017, the school will officially

commemorate its 100th birthday. We are inviting all

past students, parents, and staff to join with us in

celebrating this momentous event. Save the dates of

Saturday, April 29th and Sunday 30th April, 2017. We

would love for as many as possible to join us in

celebrating on this weekend with an “Under the Stars”

late afternoon/evening event on Saturday 29th April

with guest of honour, Mr Hugh Lunn. On Sunday 30th

April, Archbishop Mark Coleridge will celebrate a

Thanksgiving Mass in honour of our Centenary.

Following Mass we will be having a Sunday Roast

lunch on the school oval. Again you are most welcome

to join us. Both events will be ticketed. Watch this

space for more details.

We are also asking if you have any memorabilia:

photos, newsletters, etc., please email me, Leanne

Delaney at ldelaney@bne.catholic.edu.au or call the

school on 07 38488965. We are also trying to

discover the oldest living student of Mary Immaculate,

if you think you know who this might be, please

contact at the email address above.

SUNG VESPERS on SUNDAYS: Every second and

fourth Sunday of the month Vespers, the evening

portion of the Divine Office, is sung in MI church at 4pm in the Extraordinary Form.

Christmas Cards and Columban Calendars are still available at the St Vincent de Paul Piety Stalls at both St John Fisher and Mary Immaculate Churches. Keep Christ in Christmas this year for all your family members and friends.

Leaving a Legacy. Have you a desire to leave a legacy… to make a difference in the lives of your family and friends, and in our communities. A gift in your Will,

also known as a bequest, can make a difference in people’s lives and can be a significant way for you to personally advance the good work of the Church. To find out more, contact the parish office or go to: https://catholicfoundation.org.au/articles/donate-perpetual-fund/, choose ‘designation’ and select Annerley Ekibin Parish and/or Brisbane Oratory in Formation.

Living expenses for a child in

an orphanage

What price can we put on not

only keeping a child alive but

also ensuring that he or she

has a chance to thrive?

Chances are that we would be

willing to spend a lot more $48. However, that’s all it takes

with a contribution through Catholic Mission’s Life Giving Gifts

catalogue. Your gift will cover the cost of caring for one child in

an orphanage for one month, including accommodation, food,

medicines, proper sanitation and education. Visit

www.catholicmission.org.au/gifts to find out how your gift of

$48 can transform a life.

David McGovern, Director, Brisbane Archdiocese

Christmas Offering envelopes can be given on any collection plate or through the Parish Office any time over the next

few weeks. If you would like to make an offering, but do not have a printed envelope, please clearly mark a plain envelope

and return as above. Thank you for your kind generosity to our Parish and the Brisbane Oratory in Formation

For Christmas Masses: One Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion is required for each of the Vigil Masses at

St John Fisher, as is one Reader for the 7:30pm Vigil. We also need collectors for both SJF Vigils. For Mary Immaculate we need one regular collector to co-ordinate collections and other experienced collectors for each of the following: 8:00pm Vigil, Midnight Mass and 9:00am Christmas Day Mass. Please contact the Parish Office if you can assist.

“They shall obtain joy and gladness and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.” Isaiah 35: 1-10

Prayer: God, guide our feet on your Holy Way

that our hearts may be filled with joy in you.

Parish Diary & Mass Times: 19th - 25th December

Monday 19th December

6:00am Mass [OF+] SE

7:00pm Mass [EF] MI Tuesday 20th December

6:00am Mass [OF+] SE

7:00am Mass [EF] MI

9:30am Mass [OF+] MI Funeral Mass

Wednesday 21st December

6:30am Mass [OF] SJF

9:00am Mass [EF] MI

Thursday 22nd December

6:00am Mass [OF+] SE

7:00am Mass [OF+] MI

9:00am Mass [EF] MI

Friday 23rd December

6:30am Mass [OF] SE

9:00am Mass [EF] MI

7:30pm Holy Hour MI

Saturday 24th December

8:15am Mass [EF] MI

The Nativity of the Lord

5:30pm Vigil [OF] SJF

7:30pm Vigil [OF] SJF

8:00pm Vigil [Solemn OF+] MI

Midnight Mass MI

[Solemn High EF]

Sunday 25th December 7:30am Mass [OF] MI 9:00am Mass [EF, Sung] MI

5:00pm NO MASS MI

OF = Ordinary Form | OF+ = Ad orientem | EF = Extraordinary Form]

MI = Mary Immaculate SE = St Elizabeth’s SJF = St John Fisher

CONFESSION TIMES: Mon 6:45pm (MI) Wed 9:40am - 10:00am (MI) Thu 9:40am - 10:00am (MI Fri 9:40am - 10:00am (MI) Fri 7:30pm - 8:30pm (During Holy Hour) Sat 7:15am - 8:00am (MI) Sat 4:45pm - 5:15pm (MI) Sat 5:15pm by request (SJF)

Sun During 9:00am Mass where possible (MI)

The Angelus and the Rosary are prayed half an hour before the early Masses, Monday to Friday, at SE & SJF.

All night Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament takes place each Thursday at St Elizabeth’s Chapel beginning at 6:00pm and ending at 6:45am on Fridays.

Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament takes place on Saturdays from 7:15am - 8:00am at Mary Immaculate Church.

Rosters for next week

MASS INTENTIONS Saturday, 17th December, 5:30pm Vigil at SJF: For the People of the Parish: Pro populo Sunday, 18th December, 8:30am Mass at SJF: For the Special Intentions of the priests and seminarians of the Brisbane Oratory in Formation 5:00pm Mass at MI: For the Benefactors of the Brisbane Oratory in Formation, living and deceased Monday, 19th December, 6:00am Mass at SE: For the Intentions of the Donor Tuesday, 20th December, 6:00am Mass at SE: For the Intentions of the Donor Wednesday, 21st December, 6:30am Mass at SJF: For a Special Intention 9:00am Mass at MI: For Cameron Emslie, Conversion Thursday, 22nd December, 6:00am Mass at SE: For the Holy Souls 9:00am Mass at MI: For Tony Druery, recently deceased Friday, 23rd December, 6:30am Mass at SE: For the Intentions of the Donor 9:00am Mass at MI: For the Holy Souls

St Gregory’s Latin Mass Community: Fourth Sunday of Advent: Wilston 7:30am

Saturday, 24th December, 5:30pm Vigil at SJF: For the Holy Souls 7:30pm Vigil at SJF: For the Holy Souls Sunday, 25th December, 7:30am Mass at MI: For the Holy Souls 9:00am Mass at MI: For the People of the Parish: Pro populo

PLEASE NOTE:

Weekday Mass Omitted For This Week:

Tuesday, 20th December, 9:00am Mass at MI

See schedule opposite for Funeral Mass

St Elizabeth’s Chapel Adoration will finish for the year after Thursday, 22nd December and

resume on Thursday, February 2nd 2017.

Holy Hour will finish for the year after Friday, 23rd December and resume on Friday 3rd February 2017.

Volunteers Needed: More Ministers of the Word are urgently required for the 7:30am Sunday Mass at Mary Immaculate Church. Please contact the Parish Office on 3848 1107 if you can help.

Calling All Carol Singers for St John Fisher

Christmas Vigil Masses

Can you hold a tune? Would

you like to join us in song as we celebrate the joy of Christ’s

birth at SJF Church this year?

Singers for both the 5:30pm & 7:30pm Vigil are

needed. Please arrive in time to begin Carols 15

minutes before Mass.

Rosters for next week

MINISTERS OF THE WORD

Sat (SJF) 5:30pm Kevin Rowen, Barbara Nicolaides

Sun (MI) 7.30am Judy Harris, Marie Melski

Sun (SJF)9.00am Vince Kartelo

Sun (MI) 5.00pm John Butterworth

EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS OF HOLY COMMUNION

Sat (SJF) 6:00pm: Bert Jacobs, John Lesina, Prem Nair,

Kevin Rowen, Valmai Winter

Sun (MI) 7:30am: Bertha Clark, Joan Coghlan,

Paul Coghlan, Ester Evangelista,

Charles Grugan, Kathleen Grugan

Sun (SJF) 9:00am: Peter Menagh

Sun (MI) 5:00pm: Liam Herbert (also available as a reserve.

Please phone 0417 727 480) COUNTERS

Monday, 19th December, 2016

Pat Brophy, Bernie O’Hara

CHURCH CARE

Sacristy (SEC) Maria Monro

Sanctuary & Sacristy (MI) Mabel Saah

Laundry (MI) Mabel Saah

Fourth Sunday of Advent - Year A: 17th/18th December, 2016

ADVENT WREATH PRAYERS: Fourth Candle Celebrant: O DAWN OF THE EAST, brightness of light eternal, and Sun of Justice:

Response: COME, and enlighten those who sit in

darkness and in the shadow of death.

Celebrant: KING OF THE GENTILES and their desired One, the Cornerstone that makes both one:

Response: COME, and deliver man, whom you formed our of the dust of the earth.

Celebrant: O EMMANUEL, God with us, Our King and Lawgiver, the expected of the nations and their Saviour:

Response: COME to save us, O Lord our God. Amen

SUNDAY MASS READINGS

First Reading: Isaiah 7:10-14 The Lord spoke to Ahaz and said, `Ask the Lord your God for a sign for yourself coming either from the depths of Sheol or from the heights above.' `No,' Ahaz answered `I will not put the Lord to the test.' Then Isaiah said: `Listen now, House of David: are you not satisfied with trying the patience of men without trying the patience of my God, too? The Lord himself, therefore, will give you a sign. It is this: the maiden is with child and will soon give birth to a son whom she will call Emmanuel, a name which means "God-is-with-us.”'

The Word of the Lord

Response: Thanks be to God

Responsorial Psalm 23

(Said by all)

The Lord's is the earth and its fullness, the world and all its peoples. It is he who set it on the seas; on the waters he made it firm.

Who shall climb the mountain of the Lord? Who shall stand in his holy place? The man with clean hands and pure heart who desires not worthless things.

He shall receive blessings from the Lord and reward from the God who saves him. Such are the men who seek him, seek the face of the God of Jacob. Second Reading: Romans 1:1-7 From Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus who has been called to be an apostle, and specially chosen to preach the Good News that God promised long ago through his prophets in the scriptures. This news is about the Son of God who, according to the human nature he took, was a descendant of David: it is about Jesus Christ our Lord who, in the order of the spirit, the spirit of holiness that was in him, was proclaimed Son of God in all his power through his resurrection from the dead. Through him we received grace and our apostolic mission to preach the obedience of faith to all pagan nations in honour of his name. You are one of these nations, and by his call belong to Jesus Christ. To you all, then, who are God's beloved in Rome, called to be saints, may God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ send grace and peace. The Word of the Lord

Response: Thanks be to God

Gospel Acclamation:

Alleluia, alleluia! A virgin will give birth to a son; his name will be Emmanuel: God is with us. Alleluia!

Gospel: Matthew 1:18-24 This is how Jesus Christ came to be born. His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph; but before they came to live together she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit. Her husband Joseph, being a man of honour and wanting to spare her publicity, decided to divorce her informally. He had made up his mind to do this when the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, `Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because she has conceived what is in her by the Holy Spirit. She will give birth to a son and you must name him Jesus, because he is the one who is to save his people from their sins.' Now all this took place to fulfil the words spoken by the Lord through the prophet: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son and they will call him Emmanuel, a name which means `God-is-with-us'.

When Joseph woke up he did what the angel of the Lord had told him to do: he took his wife to his home.

The Gospel of the Lord.

Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

Memorial Acclamation: Number Two

When we eat this Bread and drink this Cup, we proclaim your Death, O Lord, until you come again.

ARE YOU A NEW PARISHIONER?

OR ARE YOU FROM ELSEWHERE IN BRISBANE BUT

REGULARLY ATTEND MASS HERE AND WOULD LIKE

TO BE REGISTERED AS A FRIEND OF THE BRISBANE

ORATORY? If so, please fill in the form below and place it

on the collection plate or mail to our Parish Office:

P.O. Box 3131, Tarragindi. 4121.

□ I am a new parishioner

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registered as a friend of the Brisbane Oratory

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Brisbane Oratory Music: Please contact Ronan if you would

like to audition for the mixed choir, the schola or the children's

choir (5yrs - 15yrs). Lessons in sacred music are also offered.

‘With zeal and patience, pastors of souls must promote the liturgical instruction of the faithful, and also their actual participation in the liturgy both internally and externally…By so doing, pastors will be fulfilling one of the chief duties of a faithful dispenser of the mysteries of God; and in this matter they must lead their flock not only in word but also by example.’ (Vatican II, Sacrosanctum Concilium, 1963) Contact: Ronan Reilly, Director of Brisbane Oratory

Music: brisbaneoratorymusic@gmail.com

Phone: 0402 613 963