SERVING THE COMMUNITIES OF: St Carthage’s Cathedral, Lismore

Sat Vigil 5pm, Sun 9am & 5pm

Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday

8.10am and Friday 12.05pm

Carmelite Monastery Chapel,

Goonellabah Sun 7am

Mon - Fri 7am, Sat 8am

St Dympna’s Church, Dunoon

Sun 8.30am

PARISH OFFICE Acting Business Manager: Paul Crouch

Adm. Officer: Christine Byrne

Doyle House, 6 Leycester Street

Lismore, NSW 2480.

8.30am-4.00pm weekdays

P: 6626 0200

F: 6621 2301

E: admin@stcarthages.org.au

W: www.stcarthages.org.au

Postal Address

PO Box 2, Lismore, NSW 2480.

SCHOOLS St Carthage’s Primary School

Principal: Janelle Heffernan

Ph: 66215529

St John’s College, Woodlawn

Principal: Chris Comerford

Ph: 6626 2600

Trinity Catholic College

Principal: Br John Hilet FMS

Ph: 6627 6600

COMMUNITY CARE St Carthage’s Community Care

Care Services Manager: Iris Ritt

P: 1300 761 833

W: www.stccc.org.au

Bishop Gregory Homeming OCD

Bishop of Lismore

Parish Clergy

Fr Jim Griffin

Adm.

Fr Bing Monteagudo

Assistant Priest

Revd Mr Graeme Davis

Deacon

YOU ARE MOST

WELCOME

17th June 2018 - The 11th Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year B

Parish Bulletin St Carthage’s Cathedral Parish, Lismore

Growing our Garden

Mary likes to garden. She arranges her plants so they are easier to weed and water. She

has flowers in her front yard and a veggie patch in the back yard. She loves talking and

whispering to her plants as she believes this encourages them to grow. She enjoys

seeing them flourish and bloom and treats them like other living beings. She said the

most beautiful thing is watching them grow from little seedlings to big flowers and

vegetables.

Today’s gospel relates to Mary’s gardening experience. Both parables of the growing

seed are particularly down to earth. They make two essential points. The first is the

most important. The growth of the kingdom within us is God’s work; the work that is

vast and mysterious. God is the gardener, the sower, the farmer who makes us grow in

God’s mysterious ways. Vatican II teaches that God’s grace is at work in the heart of

all people but ‘in a way known only to God’ (Gaudium et spes, n.22).

Mark’s community, who had already seen the Church grow from being a marginal

Jewish movement into an international community, would have appreciated Jesus’

prophetic promise of God’s mysterious care.

If this is the focus of the first parable, the second one about the mustard seed is to

assure us of the impact that the kingdom will have in our lives. The smallest seed can

naturally produce a bush two or three-metres high. Ultimately, our growth leads to the

fulfilment of God’s will.

God enjoys watching us grow physically, mentally and spiritually. God enjoys the

process of growth. There may be weeds around us that trouble our growth: work

pressures, family problems and worries can get in our way. These may not be bad in

themselves, but the mystery of the kingdom lies elsewhere – in the powerful work of

the Spirit. Remember, God can even use our failures to accomplish something good.

God gives comfort in the midst of problems.

Mary cares for her plants by watering and weeding them. God does the same to us.

God weeds out our human failures and feeds us with God’s word and waters us with

abundant blessings. In God we live and move and have our being. We are being grown

by God always if only we would let God do it. God helps us grow. We are also called

to help others grow.

We need to remember that we are called to work the land which is our soul. God sows

the seed. We are confident that God will make it grow abundant and yield a harvest of

life and goodness. “And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we

will reap the benefits, if we do not give up.” (Gal 6:9). That is God’s kingdom!

Anthony Tran CSsR

© Redemptorists 2018

Dear Parishioners

I am pleased to announce the appointment of

Mr Paul Crouch as the Business Manager of

St Carthage’s Cathedral Parish.

We wish him well in his supportive tasks for the

wholesome welfare of our parish family.

Fr Bing Monteagudo

Acting Administrator

DISABLED PARKING

Designated disabled parking is available by driving

through the gates on the Dawson Street side of the

Cathedral. There is also ramp access via the main

carpark and as a courtesy we ask that only those

parishioners with mobility difficulties park along

the bricked wall to enable easy access.

PLANNED GIVING ENVELOPES

There are still a few boxes of Planned Giving

envelopes that have not been collected at the back of

the Cathedral. If you have not collected your

envelopes please do so as soon as possible.

If you have not received your pack or would like

to be added to the Planned Giving Program please

fill in a green gifting card available from the table

at the entrance to the Cathedral and place on the

collection plate or contact the Parish office on

66260200, Mon-Fri 8:30am-4:00pm.

VOX CALDERA CHAMBER CHOIR

The Vox Caldera Chamber Choir presents “Into The

Light”, a program of Choral music by Monteverdi,

Poulenc, Mahler and Gjeilo. This performance will

take place next Sunday, 24 June in St Carthage’s

Cathedral at 2pm. Tickets are $25, $20 concession,

children free and are available at the door. All are

most welcome to attend this event.

SAVE THE DATE

24 June - Vox Caldera Chamber Choir - Cathedral 2pm

27 June -Friends of Carmel meeting and morning tea 10am

JULY - Watch this space for the opening of the Catholic Book and Gift Shop

31 July - Trinity Catholic College Information evenings for current Year 8 and current

Year 10 students

PILGRIMAGE JOURNEYS FOR 2018

Journey with Jesus, accompanied by Father Peter

Slack. Visiting the Dead Sea/Bethlehem/ Nazareth/

Cana/ Sea of Galilee/ Caesarea Philippi/ Mt Tabor/

Mt Carmel/ Haifa/ Caesarea Maritima/ Jerusalem/

Masda/ Jericho. Departing 6 September 2018 for 16

days - Please contact St Mary’s Parish, Casino for

more information 02 6662 1025.

Lands of St Paul, accompanied by Bishop

Geoffrey Jarrett DD. Visiting Athens/ Ancient

Corinth/ Meteora/ Philippi/ Thessaloniki/ Island of

Patmos/ Ephesus. Departs 17 September 2018 for 10

nights - Please contact St Carthage’s Parish for

further information on 02 66260200.

THE LOFT, STUDENT ACCOMMODATION

Few rooms still available for Mid-Year 2018 intake.

Affordable accommodation for tertiary students and

apprentices in Brisbane.

A project of St Paschal’s Church, Wavell Heights.

Current tenants attend QUT, UQ, ACU and TAFE in

Brisbane.

If rooms are available, we will also consider short

term stay for students doing placements at hospital or

at TAFE.

For further details or inspection, please contact

0468 515130 or (07) 33590239

or email: theloftsa38@yahoo.com

LITURGY ROSTER – for 24th June - The Nativity of John the Baptist

THIS WEEK’S MASS TIMES

TAKE SOME TIME

Please remember in your prayers; THOSE WHO ARE SICK: Bernadette Anemaat, Victor Castillo, Norma Quiblat, Roso Aboc, Mary

Mason, Joan Pace, Paul Beer, Merril Savage, Elvie Wallbank, Patrick Cree, Kevin Spice,

Elizabeth Harding, Dianna Williams, Loy Callaghan, Gloria Bills, Br Mark Murphy, Gerard

Byrne, Barb Smith, Paul Smith, Peter & Betty Albertini, Theresa Furlong.

THOSE WHO ARE RECENTLY DECEASED: Sr Margaret Seer rsm (Sr Benedicta), Ray Tarlinton, Mollie

Carpenter, Imogen Hitchings, Keith Giumelli, Warlita Quiblat.

THOSE WHOSE ANNIVERSARIES ARE AT THIS TIME: June Baker, Ted Clifford, Olga McGrath, Anna

Hamilton, Tim Spillane, Gladys Flynn, Jim and Regina Bazzo, Terry Bell, Margaret Foody.

OTHER INTENTIONS FOR THE DECEASED: Barbara Hoult and for all Holy Souls.

SATURDAY 5.00pm SUNDAY 9.00am SUNDAY 5.00pm

Reader 1 Cathy Donnelly Russell Shearman Jesse Smith

Reader 2 Annette O’Connor Barry McKendry Amanda Egan

Extra Ordinary Brian Bingham Marg Doolan Janette McFadden

Minister:

Servers: Annabel, Natalie, Macy Michael Alexandra, Tammy

CATHOLIC PAPERS

The Catholic Leader - $2.50 and

Catholic Weekly - $2.00 are

available at the back of the Church.

There are always excellent articles in each of these

papers and some news about the Lismore Diocese

occurs once a month in the Leader.

MON 7am: Mass - Carmelite Monastery

18 June 9am: Mass - Mary’s Grange

TUE 7am: Mass - Carmelite Monastery

19 June 8:10am: Mass - Cathedral

WED 7am: Mass - Carmelite Monastery

20 June 8:10am: Mass - Cathedral

12:00pm: Mass - St Vincent’s Hospital

THURS 7am: Mass - Carmelite Monastery

21 June 8:10am: Mass - Cathedral

FRI 7am: Mass - Carmelite Monastery

22 June 10:30am: Mass - St Joseph’s

12:05pm: Mass - Cathedral

3.00pm: Adoration - St Mary’s Chapel

SAT 8am: Mass - Carmelite Monastery

23 June 5pm: Vigil Mass - Cathedral

SUN The Nativity of John the Baptist

24 June 7am: Mass - Carmelite Monastery

8:30am: Mass - Dunoon

9am: Mass - Cathedral

5pm: Mass - Cathedral

CONFESSION Saturdays 12-12:30pm - Cathedral

“Although the life of a person is in a land full of thorns and

weeds, there is always a space in which the good seed can

grow. You have to trust God” Pope Francis

COLLECTION TOTALS - Weekend June 10th

First collection - $ 1134.25

Second collection - $ 955.00

Loose - $ 287.70

The next Friends of Carmel

meeting and morning tea will be

held Wednesday 27th June at the

Carmelite Monastery, 10am. Come

and support the Carmelite Sisters.

All welcome. For enquiries please ring Narelle on

66241973.

PAYS 2.15%

INVEST WITH PEACE OF MIND!

Head office: 10 Orion St, Lismore,

1800 802 516.

FIRST READING

Ezekiel 17:22-24

The Lord says this:

‘From the top of the cedar,

from the highest branch I will

take a shoot and plant it

myself on a very high

mountain. I will plant it on the

high mountain of Israel.

It will sprout branches and

bear fruit, and become a noble

cedar. Every kind of bird will

live beneath it, every winged

creature rest in the shade of its

branches. And every tree of

the field will learn that I, the

Lord, am the one who stunts

tall trees and makes the low

ones grow, who withers green

trees and makes the withered

green.

I, the Lord, have spoken, and I

will do it.’

The Word of the Lord.

Response: Thanks be to

God.

RESPONSORIAL PSALM

Ps 91:2-3. 13-16. R. see v.2

(R.) Lord, it is good to give

thanks to you.

It is good to give thanks to the

Lord to make music to your

name, O Most High, to

proclaim your love in the

morning and your truth in the

watches of the night.(R.)

The just will flourish like the

palm tree and grow like

a Lebanon cedar. (R.)

Planted in the house of the

Lord they will flourish in the

courts of our God, still bearing

fruit when they are old, still

full of sap, still green, to

proclaim that the Lord is just.

In him, my rock, there is no

wrong. (R.)

SECOND READING

2 Corinthians 5:6-10

We are always full of

confidence when we

remember that to live in the

body means to be exiled from

the Lord, going as we do by

faith and not by sight – we are

full of confidence, I say, and

actually want to be exiled

from the body and make our

home with the Lord. Whether

we are living in the body or

exiled from it, we are intent on

pleasing him. For all the truth

about us will be brought out in

the law court of Christ, and

each of us will get what he

deserves for the things he did

in the body, good or bad.

The Word of the Lord.

Response: Thanks be to

God.

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION

Alleluia, alleluia!

The seed is the word of God,

Christ is the sower; all who

come to him will live for ever.

Alleluia!

GOSPEL

Mark 4:26-34

Jesus said to the crowds, ‘This

is what the kingdom of God is

like. A man throws seed on the

land. Night and day, while he

sleeps, when he is awake, the

seed is sprouting and growing;

how, he does not know. Of its

own accord the land produces

first the shoot, then the ear,

then the full grain in the ear.

And when the crop is ready, he

loses no time; he starts to reap

because the harvest has come.’

He also said, ‘What can we

say the kingdom of God is

like? What parable can we find

for it? It is like a mustard seed

which at the time of its sowing

in the soil is the smallest of all

the seeds on earth; yet once it

is sown it grows into the

biggest shrub of them all and

puts out big branches so that

the birds of the air can shelter

in its shade.’

Using many parables like

these, he spoke the word to

them, so far as they were

capable of understanding it.

He would not speak to them

except in parables, but he

explained everything to his

disciples when they were

alone.

The Gospel of the Lord.

Response: Praise to you

Lord Jesus Christ.

NEXT WEEK’S READINGS

Isaiah 49:1-6

Acts 13:22-26

Luke 1:57-60, 80