OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY PARISHOUR LADY OF THE ROSARY PARISHOUR LADY OF THE ROSARY PARISH

28th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B Cycle l 11 October 2015

Thank You!

A huge thank you to all the people who came together as our Parish Community on the occasion of Bishop Peter‟s official visitation to our Parish.

The volunteers who helped and the enthusiasm and cooperation of the many parish groups who met with him really showed the spirit that is alive and well in The Entrance.

Bishop Peter will be with us again this weekend to celebrate the great Sacrament of Confirmation for our young people. They are the hope of our future, and with such wonderful examples of faith that have gone before them we can truly look forward to the future with real trust. God‟s grace is bountiful - these days with Bishop Peter have underlined that reality here. Thank you!

Fr Stevens

The year of consecrated lifeThe year of consecrated lifeThe year of consecrated life Page

2

Quote

for the

Week

No person can live without joy.

That is why someone deprived

of spiritual joy goes after

carnal pleasures. St Thomas Aquinas

Consecrated Life - A Legacy in Catholic Education

schools, one is the only religious primary principal in the Sydney Archdiocese.

If you looked at a school staff photo of the 1920s to 1960s you might see nine teach-ers, all religious, these teaching a school of 400 students or more. Today, in a col-lege of 700 students and a staff, both teaching and ancillary, of eighty, you may or may not see one brother or sister.

In a way it has gone back to the way it was with most Catholic schools under the care of lay people. And that is surely the way it is meant to be. The sisters and brothers were there to fill the gap for close to one hundred years when it was needed in New South Wales and Australia. With the resources available to schools today, with the training received by teachers and ancillary staff, schools are places of great energy and spirit, direction and purpose. While the sisters and brothers have moved on, the women and men of our Catholic schools have taken the baton to teach and share the faith with both hands and with both heart and mind. In what we now call our Patrician-linked colleges of Sydney, the Patrician mission, spirituality, and charism, live on. But not only do they live on, in so many ways they are better celebrated and proclaimed. I know it is the same in all schools which were once Marist or Mercy, Josephite or De La Salle, Christian or Charity, ….

In this Year of Consecrated Life it is good to have some awareness of how many thousands of religious priests, sisters, and brothers, have contributed to the Catholic story in Australia. Here I have only mentioned a sample of those involved in the ministry of education, but in so many other very important ways has consecrat-ed life been integral to the well-being of our Church and our society.

If you would like to hear more we could do it at a twilight session, maybe in late October. Let Br Stephen know at 4332 4148 or stephensweetman@ patricianbrothers.com.

Br Stephen Sweetman

You may be surprised to know that we Patricians only ever owned one of the schools we established: Holy Cross College, Ryde. All the schools in country NSW, inner-Sydney, and the western suburbs, belonged to their respective dioceses. And in most cases not only did the schools belong to the diocese but also the monasteries the brothers called home.

It was not until the very late 1960s and early 70s that government money began to trickle back into non-government schools, and “trickle” is the operative word there. With this money the brothers and sisters could begin to build a few classrooms – just a few – and buy some desks and hire a few lay teachers to help them cope with the number of children needing a Catholic education, especially in the western suburbs of Sydney. Some brothers – and sisters – were teaching classes of one hundred and more. When I was in 3

rd and

4th Class at Patrician Brothers Liverpool in

the early 1960s I was just one of close to seventy wall-to-wall students. Roll call took forever, poor young Brother Senanus new to teaching and new to Australia had his hands full. But we survived and we learnt.

We Patricians reached our peak in the early 70s with around seventy brothers in Sydney and a few in Papua New Guinea. Of course we were small-fry in comparison to the Christian, Marist, and De La Salle Brothers: they were many hundreds, and the sisters many thousands.

By the late 1970s fewer and fewer young men and women were entering priesthood or religious life in the western world – how-ever, we Patricians were and are doing very well in India, Kenya, and Papua New Guinea. Over the years it became harder and harder to have brothers in our Patrician schools, and then it became harder and harder to have brothers as prin-cipals. By mid 2005 none of the Sydney schools founded by the Patrician Brothers had a brother as principal. Today we only have two brothers ministering full-time in

Sisters of the 60s

Modern School Staff with one Brother.

Part of the new world

The Modern Teacher

Patricians 1966

Page 3 THE MONTH OF THE MOSTHE MONTH OF THE MOSTHE MONTH OF THE MOST HOLY ROSARYT HOLY ROSARYT HOLY ROSARY

Catechist Regional Mass The Annual Catechist Mass is on Tuesday 13 October at 7pm at Our Lady Star of the Sea Church 165 Serpentine Road Terrigal. We congratulate all of our Catechists!

Annual Charity Race Day It‟s on again! Thursday 29 October from 12 noon at the Entertainment Grounds, Gosford. Tickets $80 include entry to the race track, race book, buffet luncheon and all day beverages. Bookings: 9847 0726.

Secular Franciscans Meeting All are welcome to join us on Thursday 15 October in the Muldoon Room at 1pm. Enquiries: Mareah 4976 1117.

Please Note

Feast of Our Lady of Fatima We will celebrate this great feast at 9am Mass on Tuesday 13 October.

Parish Morning Tea The Pelican Blue Family Group is hosting our morning tea next Sunday 18 October at the canteen after 9:30am Mass. All are welcome to come along for a hot cuppa!

Parish Christmas Concert Preparations are well under way for the Parish Christmas Concert on 4 December. Entertainment plus extracts from South Pacific performed by both Church Choirs. Anyone is welcome to come to rehearsals Tuesdays from 4pm in the Muldoon Room.

Directory for Masses with Children

ways of exercising liturgical ministry with children. Saturday 17 October 9:30am-11:30am in the Parish Centre. RSVP by Wednesday 14 October to 4332 9825.

Join Fr Vince Casey exploring the Directo-ry for Masses with children, its principals and application. Share with and hear from Fr Vince and other participants‟ creative

Young People - You’re Invited

Come and join our Youth Group! For high school ages and above. Saturday 24 Octo-ber 7-9pm, after the 6pm Mass, in the Muldoon Room. Meet other young people

and share faith, friendship and fun. You will learn more about your Catholic faith. Followed by a free pizza dinner! For more info call the parish office on 4332 2216.

Visitation Team

The parish Visitation Team would like to make you aware that we are available to visit, on a regular basis, those at home who are sick, lonely, incapacitated, etc.,

for a chit-chat and companionship.

Should you know of anyone who fits this category and would welcome a visit, please contact the parish office.

Secular Franciscans

Who is St Francis of Assisi? What is his message for us today? What can we learn from this beautiful, humble, holy and simple man of God?

Francis was born about 1182 and was named John when his father, Pietro Bernadone, was away in France buying new cloth for his store in Assisi. But when Pietro returned, he immediately changed the boy‟s name to Francesco (the French-man). As a youth, Francis was a fun-loving active boy who was very popular amongst the youth of the town. He was very ambi-tious and wanted to impress the girls by becoming a knight. His father was delight-ed with his son and gave him everything he wanted. Francis went to war in 1202 but ended up in a dungeon, a prisoner of war. About a year later his father paid the ransom for the release of his son who was seriously ill. Two years later Francis had

recovered and decided to seek a knight-hood by going to war again. It was at this time that God intervened and challenged him by saying, „Who is it better to serve? The servant or the master?‟ So Francis returned home as he was directed by a vision. In the spring of 1205 Jesus spoke to him again, „Go, repair my house which, as you see, if falling into ruin.‟ Francis soon realised it was the spiritual Church that needed rebuilding and this became his mission. He was soon joined by local youth who admired him, thus the Francis-can movement began.

If you wish to enquire or are curious about our simple way of life please feel free to contact Lui and Georgette Bruni of the Secular Franciscans here at The Entrance parish on 4388 9510.

For the children there is a great website on St Francis of Assisi: www.fsa.asn.au/

Mass for

Mentally Ill

& Divine

Mercy

There will be candles to light for

those who have lost their life as a result of mental illness.

Sunday 18 October 2pm followed by

light refreshments.

Confirmation

Day

We congratulate all the Confirmation Candidates who will be receiving

the Sacrament of Confirmation this

Sunday. Blessings to you and your

families.

Bible Café

Join us for a new series Acts of God

with scripture scholar Frances Hogan Wednesdays

10:30-11:30am & 7-8pm in the

Muldoon Room.

Mass of the

Angels

Remembering our Babies. There will

be a candle lighting of remembrance.

Thursday 15 October 7pm. All welcome!

Serving the Catholic Community of The Entrance and extending the Kingdom of God

PARISH PRIEST & DEAN Fr Bill Stevens ASSISTANT PRIEST Fr Shaju John OSH Office Hours Monday-Friday 9.30-5.00pm Postal Address PO Box 189 THE ENTRANCE 2261 Street Address 239-243 The Entrance Rd Tel 4332 2216 Fax 4333 5344 Email info@ourladyoftherosary.org.au Website www.ourladyoftherosary.org.au

Emergencies: If you need a priest in an emergency and cannot reach the parish number call 1300PRIEST (1300 774 378).

PROPERTY MANAGER Michael de la Motte Tel 4334 7600 (BH)

GIFT CENTRE Sunday 9:00am - 9:30am & 10:30am - 11:00am Tuesday-Friday 9:30am - 1:30pm Tel/Fax 4332 5997

OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY PRIMARY SCHOOL Tel 4332 5594 Fax 4334 5599 ST PETER’S CATHOLIC COLLEGE Tel 4351 2344 Fax 4351 2965

THE ENTRANCE PARISH DIOCESE OF BROKEN BAY

Mass & Devotions in Ordinary Time

Liturgy of the Hours Saturday 8:40am

Rosary Monday-Thursday 8:35am Friday 11:20am Saturday 9:30am

Cenacle Wednesday 9:30am

Christian Meditation Group Friday 10:30am Muldoon Room

Sunday Masses Saturday Vigil 6:00pm Sunday 8:00am & 9:30am

Weekday Masses Monday -Thursday 9:00am Friday 11:45am

Saturday 9:00am

Sacrament of Reconciliation Saturday 9:30am & 5:00pm

Our Lady of the Rosary

GIFT

CENTRE

For all your devotional needs...

Keep Us In Your Prayers

Recently Deceased: Michael Hanley, Ann O‟Neill, Pam Taylor.

Anniversaries: Herbert Moore, Michael Tierney, Michael Fletcher.

Remembrances: Bruce Parry, Beryl White, Nora O‟Leary, Jean Workman, Col McLaurin, Dorothy Cribb, Gloria Shackleton, Jean Beaton, Bruce Evers, Mary & Joe Pace, Noeleen Corrigan, Maurice Cramsie, William Hall, Charlie Vella, Charles Magri & all the Holy Souls.

Families: Bouchet.

Sick: Beato Bajaro, Stella Parton, Michel Bouchet, Murdoch Paterson-Barrie, Heather McIntyre, Charlie Borg, Charlie Falzon,

Tim Parsons, Michelle Clements, Derek Hanley, Sebastian Stewart, Frank White, Frank Fallon, Vicki Hennessey, Peg Senogles, John Verhoeven Snr, Patricia O‟Brien, Dorothy Patterson, Brian Crowe, Mary Hughes, Antoinette Grech, Sue Batten, Sue MacSween, Elaine Keyte, Lisa Hennessey, Brian & Valerie Staggs, Zoe Kidd, Jenny Carter, Linda Read, Christopher Forster, Delma Clarke, Debbie Simonds, Jenny Rist.

Confirmation Day: We pray for the children who are being Confirmed this Sunday and for their families.

Congratulations Newly Baptised: Mila Gabriel & Grace Merry.

28th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B Weekdays Cycle I

This Week’s Readings: Wisdom 7:7-11 Hebrews 4:12-13 Mark 10:17-30

Entrance Antiphon

If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities, Lord, who could stand? But with you is found forgiveness, O God of Israel.

Responsorial Psalm

Fill us with your love, O Lord, and we will sing for joy!

Gospel Acclamation

Alleluia, alleluia!

Happy the poor in spirit;

the kingdom of heaven is theirs!

Alleluia!

Communion Antiphon

The rich suffer want and go hungry, but those who seek the Lord lack no blessing.

The Gift Centre has a wide variety of gifts and cards for all occasions including Baptisms, Confirmations, Eucharist and more! All are welcome to come in for a browse. We are open after the Sunday Masses for your convenience. You‟ll find the Gift Centre behind the Church carpark, corner of Ashton and Copnor Avenues.

Open:

Sunday 9am-9:30am & 10:30-11am

Tuesday-Friday 9:30am-1:30pm Phone/Fax 4332 5997

Pearly

Gates