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Bulletin 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B — 7 November 2021
Parish Office: 36 Harbour St, Wollongong NSW 2500 Office Hours: Monday to Friday 9.00am — 1.00pm Parish Contact Details: 02 4211 0500 | [email protected] | lumenchristi.org.au Hospital Chaplain: 0475 815 506 | Privacy policy: www.privacy.lumenchristi.org.au
INCORPORATING THE PARISHES OF ⧫ Cathedral of St Francis Xavier, Wollongong ⧫ Co-Cathedral of St John Vianney, Fairy Meadow
⧫ Mater Dolorosa, Balgownie ⧫ St Brigid’s, Gwynneville
KEEPERS OF THE MEMORY OF GOD
Dear Parishioners,
Next Saturday, 13th November, Catechists from Lumen Christi will join Bishop Brian Mascord at St Francis Xavier Cathedral to attend the Annual Catechist Mass and Awards presentation.
I warmly acknowledge the dedicated work of our volunteer catechists. Lumen Christi Parishes are blessed to have catechists teaching in ten schools. By doing this, our catechists impart the knowledge and love of Christ to the Catholic children in our local government schools.
Very special congratulations go to those who will be receiving awards at the Catechist Mass:
Ms Patricia Calabro 25 Years Mary Mackillop Medallion Ms Susanne Cole 10 Years Bishop’s Citation Mrs Melinda Mueller 20 Years Papal Blessing Mrs Julia Walsh 20 Years Papal Blessing & Diploma of Catechesis Mrs Jo Clark 10 Years Bishops Citation
Our Catechists are witnesses to faith in Christ and keepers of the memory of God. By their prayerful presence they evoke the memory of the Word in each of the children in our State Schools. It is a memory of Christ’s goodness and mercy and his teaching about how we can live together as God’s people. It is a living memory that personally connects us to the communion of saints and the hope of eternal blessedness in God.
The model for Catechists is Jesus, who revealed the Father’s kingdom by making himself present to us and speaking about the truth and love of God for us. The aim of this revelation is to draw us into communion with God and each other as God’s family.
Can you help our Catechists and reach out to our children in the State schools? The Diocesan SRE team provide training, guidance and materials to get you started. Go to: www.ccdwollongong.com/join-the-team for more information or contact our Catechist Co-Ordinator, Cathy Zamroz, on 4211 0506 or email: [email protected]
May God bless all our Catechists for witnessing to the beauty of Christ’s life, death and resurrection!
Fr Bernard Gordon
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In our parishes & around the diocese LUMEN CHRISTI CATHOLIC PARISHES
LUMEN CHRISTI CALENDAR NOV — DEC 2021
Sun, 7 Nov: World Mission Sunday Appeal Thu, 11 Nov: Remembrance Day Sun, 14 Nov: World Day of the Poor Mon, 15 Nov: Anniversary: Rome announced the new Catholic Diocese of Wollongong in (1951)! Sun, 21 Nov: Christ the King Sun, 28 Nov: 1st Sunday of Advent Year C Fri, 3 Dec: Feast of St Francis Xavier Sun, 5 Dec: 2nd Sunday of Advent Year C Fri, 7 Dec: Baptism Class, SFX Cathedral 10am Wed, 8 Dec: Pastoral Council Meeting Sun, 12 Dec: 3rd Sunday of Advent Year C Sun, 19 Dec: 4th Sunday of Advent Year C Sat, 25 Dec: The Nativity of the Lord
IN THE CELEBRATION OF THE HOLY EUCHARIST WE PRAY FOR ALL OUR DEPARTED RELATIVES, FRIENDS AND BENEFACTORS …
Sr Eileen Brown (SGS), Ron Mascord, Frank & Mary Gray, Leo Boyle, Leo Fry, Rose Mercieca, Betty Bloye, Jim Bates, Maureen Gray, John Hayes, Steve Winder, Deceased members of our parish, John B Davis, Francis Joseph O’Donnell, Tom & Joan Mackie, Rhonda Reynolds, Frances Clifford, Joshua Pead, Brian Tuxworth, Catherine Tuxworth, Doris Hogan, Isabel Marques, Manuel Rebelo, Rita Penzo, Paula Dingli.
PLEASE PRAY FOR ALL WHO ARE SICK …
Fr Chris Riley, Christine Bulters, Matthew Johnson, Jack Beach, Mary Thompson, Lordna Omiping, Dr Madeleine Cincotta, Elenka Egan, Dr John Frey, Johnny Dimise, Francisco Santos, Ada Raynor, Denise Mastro, Jadon Kalp, Amanda Dennis, Tara Conklin, Jamie Chitwood, Karl Llorin, Rita Basti, Angela & Rohan, Sue Freestone, Ardell Sharpe, Joseph Scalia, Lilia Pelino, Don Alanis, Jacquie Brady, Lyn Griffin, Edna Wilson, Brian Brennan, Bill Keirse, Jessica Sparks, Pat Carr, Bruce Creenaune, Tri Vu’s mum, Catherine Cox, Frances McMahon, Joan O’Dowd, Margaret Bartley, Jan Newman.
STAFF Most Reverend Brian G Mascord, Diocesan Bishop & Parish Priest Very Reverend Bernard L Gordon, Vicar General & Administrator Reverend Anthony Crook RAN, Priest at the Cathedral Reverend Anthony Ha, Vietnamese Chaplain Mr Kevin Galea, General Manager Mrs Cathy Zamroz, Pastoral Associate Mrs Leanne Burlin, Secretary Mrs Patricia Di Leva, Administration Assistant Executives of the Finance & Pastoral Council Ms Lisa de Paiva, Pastoral Council Chair Ms Gabi Tobin Finance Council Chair
MASS TIMETABLE WOLLONGONG Monday Mass: 7am Tuesday Mass: 7am Wednesday Mass: 7am Confessions: 11:30am Mass: 12.10pm Thursday Mass: 7am Friday Mass: 7am Adoration: 11:30am Confessions: 11:30am Mass 12.10pm Sunday Mass: 7am, 10.30am & 5pm
GWYNNEVILLE Thursday Mass: 9.30am Saturday Mass: 5.30pm Sunday Mass: 9am
FAIRY MEADOW Tuesday Mass: 9.30am Thursday Mass: 9.30am (Italian); Mass: 5.30pm Sunday Mass: 8.30am Mass: 10am (Italian) Mass: 4.30pm (Vietnamese)
BALGOWNIE Sunday Mass: 10am SACRAMENTS
• Baptisms: By appointment only (contact the parish office during office hours for details)
• Marriages: A preliminary appointment needs to be made at least 6 months prior to Wedding Date (No Sunday weddings)
• For Pastoral and Sacramental needs, please contact the parish office during office hours
LINKS
• Mass on Demand: livestream.lumenchristi.org.au
• Mass Intentions: lumenchristi.org.au/massintention
• Census Form: lumenchristi.org.au/census
• Online Donations: lumenchristi.org.au/donate
• Online Payments: lumenchristi.org.au/payment
• Join Planned Giving: lumenchristi.org.au/support
• COVID-19 Updates: lumenchristi.org.au/covid-19
COVID-19 ROADMAP: PARISH OFFICE
The parish office will remain CLOSED for face to face meetings until NSW has reached the 90%+ vaccination rate. Staff are ready to receive your phone calls if you need help in any other way.
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In our parishes & around the diocese LUMEN CHRISTI CATHOLIC PARISHES
For more information on our Columbarium please visit: lumenchristi.org.au/columbarium
DAILY ADVENT AND CHRISTMAS REFLECTIONS 2021
To purchase your copy please go to: www.lumenchristi.org.au/shop for a special price of $3.00 each. Orders are now available.
REMEMBRANCE GARDEN
The purpose of our remembrance garden is to honour all
those who have given so selflessly in the service of our
country: members of our armed services, those who died
in wars, ambulance officers, police officers, and all front
line workers. We will also pray for families who have to
cope with the loss of loved ones. The Remembrance
Garden and commemorative plaque will be placed around
the flag pole in front of the Lumen Christi office
The memorial garden will be blessed on Thursday
11th November 2021 at 9.30am. It will be livestreamed
on: www.livestream.lumenchristi.org.au
Please donate to this beautiful garden:
Direct Deposit:
BSB: 066 711
Account #: 001794
Ref: [YOUR NAME] Remembrance
Credit Card:
Go to: lumenchristi.org.au/remembrance
Cheques are accepted payable to St Francis Xavier
SO FAR WE HAVE RAISED $2,380.00
Thank you very much for any help you can give!
Fr Bernard Gordon
CATHOLIC MISSION APPEAL — 7 NOVEMBER
This Sunday 7th November our parish will be holding the annual Catholic World Mission Church Appeal. This year we are invited to support Catholic Mission to help support the Kindergarten Centre run by the Good Shepherd Sisters in Thailand. Envelopes will be provided at the doors of our churches. Please fill in the details on one of the envelopes and drop it into the normal parish collections or at the collection boxes at the doors of the church. Thank you for your support!
CATHEDRAL BOOKS & GIFTS
Cathedral Books and Gifts will re-open on Wednesday, 1st December. For all enquiries please contact the Manager, Wendy Douglas on 0438 244 860.
NOVEMBER MASSES FOR THE HOLY SOULS
If you would like Mass offered for your deceased relatives, friends, and benefactors, please print their names clearly on an envelope so that it can be entered accurately into the Books of the Deceased. Envelopes are available at each of our church doors, at the Lumen Christi Office or at: lumenchristi.org.au/NovemberMass
Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. May they rest in peace. Amen. And may the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.
flow must be the other way if we are to be authentic Christians.
We could pause a moment to pray that, imitating the ear-liest Christian communities, our parish practises true con-cern for the marginalised and vulnerable, ensuring that they have all the necessities of life in all its dimensions.
© Fr Michael Tate; [email protected]
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TECHNOLOGY SKILLS WORKSHOPS
Early next year, CatholicCare and the Being Connected network are teaming up to facilitate small group sessions aimed at assisting older Australians to improve their digital skills and knowledge. Sessions will be held in three parish centres — Wollongong, Shoalhaven, and Macarthur. We are also seeking mentors who have digital or technology skills to assist with this program.
For more information contact Jane Hollier, Parish and Community Liaison Officer on: 0417 018 152 or email: [email protected]
REMEMBRANCE DAY—11 NOVEMBER
Remembrance Day is a memorial day observed in Commonwealth member states since the end of the First World War to honour armed forces members who have died in the line of duty. Mr Neil Dwyer has published a article called “Down the road to history: Remembering the end of the Great War of 1914-18” Please collect a copy of this great article. Thank you Neil!
PRAYER SEMINARS TO EXPERIENCE DIFFERENT PRAYER STYLES – ALL WELCOME
There has been an overwhelming response to the Prayer Seminar series that runs each Tuesday evening, 7pm - 8:30pm via Zoom. Prayer Seminars are hosted by the CCD Team but are open to anyone and everyone in the Diocese to attend. Each week a different presenter will lead us in a style of prayer that is meaningful to them.
You are welcome to come to any or all of the seminars. Registering does not require you to attend every seminar. Follow the link to register for Prayer Seminars: https://www.dow.org.au/events Please register before the day of the seminar to ensure you receive your zoom link on time.
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Entrance Antiphon
Cf. Ps 87:3
Let my prayer come into your presence. Incline your ear to my cry for help, O Lord.
First Reading
1 Kgs 17:10-16
A reading from the first book of the Kings
The widow made a little scone from her flour meal and brought it to Elijah.
Elijah the Prophet went off to Sidon. And when he reached the city gate, there was a widow gathering sticks; addressing her he said, ‘Please bring a little water in a vessel for me to drink.’ She was setting off to bring it when he called after her. ‘Please’ he said, ‘bring me a scrap of bread in your hand.’ ‘As the Lord your God lives’, she replied, ‘I have no baked bread, but only a handful of meal in a jar and a little oil in a jug; I am just gathering a stick or two to go and prepare this for myself and my son to eat, and then we shall die.’ But Elijah said to her, ‘Do not be afraid, go and do as you have said; but first make a little scone of it for me and bring it to me, and then make some for yourself and for your son. For thus the Lord speaks, the God of Israel:
“Jar of meal shall not be spent, jug of oil shall not be emptied, before the day when the Lord sends rain on the face of the earth.”’
The woman went and did as Elijah told her and they ate the food, she, himself and her son. The jar of meal was not spent nor the jug of oil emptied, just as the Lord had foretold through Elijah.
Responsorial Psalm
Ps 145:7-10. R.v.2
(R.) Praise the Lord, my soul!
or
(R.) Alleluia!
1. It is the Lord who keeps faith forever who is just to those who are oppressed. It is he who gives bread to the hungry, the Lord who sets prisoners free. (R.)
2. It is the Lord who gives sight to the blind, who raises up those who are bowed down. It is the Lord who loves the just, the Lord who protects the stranger. (R.)
3. The Lord upholds the widow and orphan but thwarts the path of the wicked. The Lord will reign for ever, Zion’s God, from age to age. (R.)
Second Reading
Heb 9:24-28
A reading from the letter to the Hebrews
Christ offered himself only once to take the faults of many on himself.
It is not as though Christ had entered a man-made sanc-tuary which was only modelled on the real one; but it was heaven itself, so that he could appear in the actual pres-ence of God on our behalf. And he does not have to offer himself again and again, like the high priest going into the sanctuary year after year with the blood that is not his
own, or else he would have had to suffer over and over again since the world began. Instead of that, he has made his appearance once and for all, now at the end of the last age, to do away with sin by sacrificing himself. Since men only die once, and after that comes judgement, so Christ, too, offers himself only once to take the faults of many on himself, and when he appears a second time, it will not be to deal with sin but to reward with salvation those who are waiting for him.
Gospel Acclamation
Mt 5:3
Alleluia, alleluia! Happy the poor in spirit; the kingdom of heaven is theirs. Alleluia!
Gospel
Mk 12:41-44
A reading from the holy Gospel according to Mark
This poor widow has put more in than all who contributed.
Jesus sat down opposite the treasury and watched the people putting money into the treasury, and many of the rich put in a great deal. A poor widow came and put in two small coins, the equivalent of a penny. Then he called to his disciples and said to them, ‘I tell you solemnly, this poor widow has put more in than all who have contribut-ed to the treasury; for they have all put in money they had over, but she from the little she had has put in everything she possessed, all she had to live on.’
Communion Antiphon
Cf. Ps 22:1-2
The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want. Fresh and green are the pastures where he gives me re-
pose, near restful waters he leads me.
REFLECTION by Fr Michael Tate:
The Widow’s Mite
This is the most commonly misunderstood passage in the Gospels. It is usually read in a ‘pat on the back’ tone of voice, commending the widow for her generosity. But it should be read with the tone of white hot anger which Je-sus had displayed against the money dealers whom he ex-pelled from the temple only days earlier.
This vulnerable widow was exploited and brainwashed by the scribes and temple authorities so that she gave ‘all she had to live on’. She was left destitute, unable to afford the necessities of life.
On the contrary, Jesus wanted to create a band of followers who would look after widows and orphans. Look at Acts 4:32-37 to see that in operation. In fact, deacons were cre-ated in the early Church precisely to care for non-Jewish widows.
The message for the Church from this Gospel story is that it must never exploit the religious fervour of the poor to build up its own resources. Pope Francis is emphasising that the (Continued on page 3)
© The scriptural quotations are taken from the Jerusalem Bible, published and copyright 1966, 1967 and 1968 by Darton Longman and Todd Ltd and Doubleday & Co Inc, and used by permission of the publishers. The English translation of the Psalm Responses, the Alleluia and Gospel Verses, and the Lenten Gospel Acclamations, and the Titles, Summaries, and Conclusion of the Readings, from the Lectionary for Mass © 1997, 1981, 1968, International Committee on English in the Liturgy, Inc. All rights reserved. The prayers are from the English Translation of the Roman Missal © 2010 Interna-tional Committee on English in the Liturgy Inc. (ICEL). All rights reserved.
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