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Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B 17 June 2012
Padre Pio Parish Glenmore Park
PARISH BULLETIN
PADRE PIO PARISH STAFF
“This is what the kingdom of God is like….”
If you ask most Christians what they imagine the kingdom of God is like there is a good chance that you will hear a description of heaven, perhaps outlining a clichéd image of angels playing harps clustered around a golden throne on which God is seated, a place somewhere up in the clouds out of sight. This is an understandable response. After all, these images certainly have their basis in the scriptures, most especially in the book of the Apocalypse and are a mainstay of popular culture.
Jesus never spoke of the kingdom of God this way. In fact, for Jesus the kingdom of God (also referred to as the kingdom of heaven depending on the Gospel being read) is not even a place and certainly not something that is concerned only with the afterlife. For Jesus the kingdom of God is something dynamic and which can exist in the here and now because it is within each of us. It is something that we as disciples of Jesus are called to bring into being.
How? Through our actions, actions motivated by God through the Holy Spirit. Whenever we live out Jesus’s command to love we are building the kingdom of God right here and now. Whenever we let the Word of God find a place within our hearts and do its work, we are building the kingdom. Jesus speaks to us today in two parables comparing the kingdom of God to seeds which appear to be small and lifeless yet when planted in fertile ground and given ideal growing conditions will produce something that is beneficial for others. If we allow the Word of God, the Eucharist, our prayer and the positive influence of those around us plant a seed in us and then nurture it appropriately we cannot help but be Christ’s loving presence in the world – and then the possibilities are endless!
To live out our mission to build God’s kingdom requires a willingness on our part to give of ourselves. Our work is never done; we can never sit back and say we’ve “done our bit.” The actions required of us however are not necessarily extraordinary ones, just everyday acts which, when undertaken in a Christlike manner, can have extraordinary effects.
How will you build God’s kingdom this week through an act of love? How will you show the face of Christ to another and plant a seed in them so that the kingdom can continue to be built into the future? A kingdom, not of harp-playing angels gathered around a golden throne but one right here on earth where justice, peace and love reign supreme and Christ’s presence is clearly evident to all humanity.
Blessings and prayers in the week ahead,
Fr Robert.
Lynn Young Catechists
Joanne Vallett
St Vincent de Paul
Rob McNeill Finance Committee
Michael Rooney Parish Council
Fr Robert Riedling Parish Priest
Trish Kelly Parish Secretary
WEEKEND MASS TIMES Saturday Vigil: 5.30pm
Sunday: 7.30am and 9:00am
WEEK DAY MASS TIMES Monday 7.00pm Communion Service & Novena to Padre Pio Tuesday 8.45am Mass Wednesday 7.00pm Mass and Perpetual Help Novena Thursday 8.45am Mass Friday 8.45am Mass Saturday 8.00am Mass
RECONCILIATION Following Friday & Saturday Masses
or by appointment
BAPTISMS Please contact the Parish Office
SACRAMENTAL PROGRAM ENQUIRIES Please contact the Parish Office
PASTORAL CARE Please contact the Parish Office.
PARISH ADDRESS 34-38 William Howell Drive Glenmore Park
Phone: 4737 9735 Fax: 4733 8245 Website: www.padrepio.org.au Email: [email protected]
OFFICE HOURS 8.30am to Midday
12.30pm to 3.00pm Monday to Friday
BETHANY PRIMARY SCHOOL Principal
Mr Ted Langford Assistant Principal Mrs Jenny Bellenger
Religious Education Coordinator Mrs Melanie Elmer
CAROLINE CHISHOLM COLLEGE Principal
Ms Christine Howe Assistant Principal
Mr Greg King Religious Education Coordinator
Ms Bernadette Murray
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Sr Helen Pastoral Associate
In keeping with the Privacy Act, names cannot be published in our
Parish Bulletin without the permission of the persons themselves or
their next of kin.
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
A reading from the holy Gospel according to Mark Jesus said to the crowd, ‘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.
Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
COMMUNION ANTIPHON:
There is one thing I ask of the Lord, only this do I seek: to live in the house of the Lord all the days of my life.
Next week
The Nativity of St John The Baptist Is: 49: 1-6; Acts 13:22-26; Lk 1:57-66,80
Entrance Antiphon O Lord, hear my voice, for I have called to you; be my help. Do not abandon or forsake me, O God, my Saviour!
First Reading Ezekiel 17:22-24
A reading from the prophet Ezekiel 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.
Thanks be to God.
Responsorial Psalm:
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 A reading from the second letter of St Paul to the Corinthians 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.
Thanks be to God.
Please pray for the following sick relatives and friends of our parishioners:
Brian Chesters, Dot Wilken; Roberta Muldoon and Monica Khoury (both sisters of Mary Jones); Shane Reeves, Penny Gale, Vicki Gale; Kerry Kime; Ana Repic; Gemma Ciantar; Sally Filewood; Sean Mullins; Pauline Sammut (Rebecca Muscat’s mother); Abbey Sutcliffe; Walter Corrigan, Bernard Atkinson, Michelle Jones, Frank Ingegneri, Brooke Ryman-Mangion; Mary & Pasquale Zammit (parents of Grace), Penny Paul (sister in law of Annissa Nilsson); Val Nixon.
Recently Deceased: Margaret Gulli (Mother of Michael Gulli)
Anniversary: Carmelo Favorito (father of Connie Katris)
Prayers Offered to Perpetual Help: All Parishioners’ intentions.
Saint of the Day St Thomas More - Friday 22nd
St. Thomas More, Martyr (Patron of Lawyers) St. Thomas More was born at London in 1478. After a thorough grounding in religion and the classics, he entered Oxford to study law. Upon leaving the university he embarked on a legal career which took him to Parliament. In 1505, he married his beloved Jane Colt who bore him four children, and when she died at a young age, he married a widow, Alice Middleton, to be a mother for his young children. A wit and a reformer, this learned man numbered Bishops and scholars among his friends, and by 1516 wrote his world-famous book "Utopia". He attracted the attention of Henry VIII who appointed him to a succession of high posts and missions, and finally made him Lord Chancellor in 1529. However, he resigned in 1532, at the height of his career and reputation, when Henry persisted in holding his own opinions regarding marriage and the supremacy of the Pope. The rest of his life was spent in writing mostly in defence of the Church. In 1534, with his close friend, St. John Fisher, he refused to render allegiance to the King as the Head of the Church of England and was confined to the Tower. Fifteen months later, and nine days after St. John Fisher's execution, he was tried and convicted of treason. He told the court that he could not go against his conscience and wished his judges that "we may yet hereafter in heaven merrily all meet together to everlasting salvation." And on the scaffold, he told the crowd of spectators that he was dying as "the King's good servant-but God's first." He was beheaded on July 6, 1535. His feast day is June 22nd.
PARISH NEWS PADRE PIO ANNUAL DINNER DANCE SATURDAY 7 JULY 2012 7.30pm. Our annual Dinner dance will be held at St Marys Band Club this year. Tickets are $60 each. As well as supporting your Parish you can enjoy a 3 course meal, 2 bottles wine per table, music and dancing. Additional beverages are at extra cost. There will be a raffle and lucky balloon prizes. DONATION OF PRIZES: We are asking for prize donations to help make this a successful event. Some ideas: small gift cards, ladies and men’s toiletries, bottles of wine or spirits, chocolates, candles, new household electrical items (small or large) and jewellery. If you are able to assist us please place items in the baskets at the front of the church or contact the parish office. TICKETS are now on sale at the welcome table after Mass. You can also email Leanne Bailey at [email protected] to organise tickets. Payment can be made by cash, cheque or credit card. TICKET SALES NEED TO BE FINALISED BY JUNE 24TH. No tickets will be available at the door.
SAFETY ISSUES? The Parish has a responsibility to ensure that your place of worship is free from physical or mental dangers. If you believe there are any hazards to you or to anyone else’s safety in the Parish grounds, please contact your Parish Safety Coordinator on [email protected]
ST VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY Glenmore Park Conference would like to sincerely thank everyone who supported our blanket drive last weekend. With your purchases we are able to provide blankets for over 200 homeless people within our region. We are still collecting further accessories during the month of June for our Winter Appeal and any donations would be greatly appreciated.
PARISH DIARY
What’s Happening in the Parish
June
Saturday 16th Puttin’ on the Ritz 7pm Sunday 17th Bethany School Year 3 Grade Mass 9am Tuesday 19th Pastoral Planning Meeting (see information in Bulletin) Wednesday 20th Finance Committee Meeting Thursday 21st Acolyte’s Meeting Friday 22nd Pastoral Care Team Meeting Saturday 23rd Enrolment Mass for First Holy Communion - 5.30pm Sunday 24th Enrolment Mass for First Holy Communion - 9am Monday 25th Social Committee Meeting Tuesday 26th Baptism Preparation Evening Friday 29th Bethany School Mass for Grandparents Day 9am
July
Wednesday 4th SMB Saturday 7th Dinner Dance Thursday 19th Baptism Preparation Saturday 21st Scripture Teachers Meeting 9.30am Saturday 21st Youth Mass 5.30pm & Winter Sleep-out Sunday 22nd Bethany School Kindergarten Mass Tuesday 24th First Holy Communion Information evening 7.30pm Wednesday 25th Social Committee Meeting Thursday 26th First Holy Communion Information evening 7.30pm Friday 27th Pastoral Care Team Meeting Sunday 29th Padre Markets 10am-2pm
“FAITH IN OUR FUTURE”: OUR DIOCESAN PASTORAL PLANNING PROCESS HAS BEGUN!
Bishop Anthony Fisher OP has initiated a process of pastoral planning for our future as a Diocese and invites you to share your faith and vision.
Our consultation session will be held this Tuesday 19th June in the Bethany Primary School Hall, from 7:30-9:30pm. It will be a chance to listen to one another, share your thoughts and offer suggestions at this important time in our life as a Diocese.
If you will be attending this Planning Process evening would you please leave your name and phone number at the sign up sheet at the welcome table.
WELCOME This weekend we welcome to our 9am Mass our Year 3 Students and families from Bethany School together with their teachers, Miss Kirsty Reynolds, Mrs. Mary Lyons and Mrs. Melanie Daignault.
OUR LADY OF FATIMA ROSARY PRAYER GROUP will be held at the home of Roland & Zon Lupisan June 19 @ 7 pm. Address: 61 Kukundi Drive Glenmore Park 0414866754. Please join the group to pray the Holy Rosary and receive the blessing from our Blessed Virgin Mary. Families that pray together stay together.
CRAFT GROUP continues each Thursday in the meeting room after the morning Mass. All welcome.
SACRAMENTAL PROGRAMME The 2012 First Holy Communion Programme will commence with an enrolment Mass on Saturday 23rd June at 5.30pm Or Sunday 24th June at 9am. Parents of children in Year 3 and above, are invited to collect an enrolment package from the welcome table. If you have any queries regarding the First Holy Communion Programme, please contact the Parish Office.
SCHOENSTATT GIRLS’ CAMP: 8-11 JULY Girls aged 9-13 are invited to a three-day camp at Mt Schoenstatt. Program includes discussions, prayer and singing, craft, outdoor and fun activities. Time: from 4pm on Sunday 8 July to 4pm on Wednesday 11 July. Venue: Mt Schoenstatt, 230 Fairlight Rd, Mulgoa. Cost: $120 (includes food and accommodation). RSVP: 28 June 2012 (registration form and deposit required). Inquiries: Sr M Luka, [email protected]
PADRE'S MARKETS will be held on Sunday, 29 July between 10am & 2pm. Crafts, Homemade Gifts, Cakes, BBQ and much more will be on sale. You can reserve a space for your own stall for only $20. If you would like to book a stall please contact Lynn Young 0418765933 [email protected]. EVERYONE IS WELCOME to come along and enjoy this parish event.
VOCATIONS REFLECTION AFTERNOON AND DINNER WITH BISHOP ANTHONY FISHER OP An invitation is extended to all young men who feel God may be calling them to the priesthood to attend a reflection afternoon and dinner. We have the pleasure of our very own Bishop Anthony Fisher joining us for the afternoon. Date: Sunday 24th June Location: Our Lady of the Angels Parish Rouse Hill, 1 Wellgate Ave Kellyville. Time: Starts 2pm and concludes with dinner at 6pm Any interested young men are welcome to come along. They do not have to be thinking of joining next year, maybe just wondering... Contact Fr Warren Edwards (Vocations Director) regarding attendance for catering purposes on 0409 172 700 or [email protected]
We invite members of the parish to take advantage of our legal
services specialising in:
Ph: 02 47315899
www.batemanbattersby.com.au
Parish Collections 9 and 10 June 2012
First Collection (the priests)
Second Collection (Parish Admin & Church
Building) Total Target
$967.05
Envelopes $ 1610.90 Coins $ 858.25 Credit Cards $ 929.07 Direct Credits $ 151.15
$3,549.37
$5,000.00
(shortfall of $1,450.63)
Church Building $ 287,563.35
Church Furnishings $ 261,505.56
Church Bell Tower $ 88,279.31
Stained Glass Window $ 15,783.51
Parish Bus $ 13,292.75
Parish Sign $ 2,262.20
Fundraising as at 1st April 2012
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23/24 June
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Edgar Pitargue
Senior Server Albert Yuzon Andrew Rooney
AALT CWA MWA
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JJO EPY GZA
Welcomer Bebs Perez Terri Patos Paula Harris
Children's
Liturgy Rose Cavallaro
Liz Bulle
Mass
Coordinator Matthew Topp Lynn Young David Baker
Commentator Mary Kelly Greg Beacroft Melanie Elmer
Reader Leanne Bodel Marilou Pugoy
Chris Hersey Annette Morris
Beaulah Frankson Eric Ruiz
Music Choir Mitchell/
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Extraordinary
Minister of
Eucharist
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Michael Rooney Noelene Bangel Maria Cimafranca Cristina Pitargue
Hospitality Mary Catania Evelyn Smith
Piety Stall Rebecca Draskovic Mary Marsh Toni Gulli
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