Planned Giving Program Request Form Your contribution to the Planned Giving Program of the Parish is your appreciation for the Parish. At the end of the Financial Year you will receive a Receipt for your contri-butions which will enable you to claim 25% Tax deduction. To join the Planned Giving Program fill this form, tear this part off and place it in the Sunday Collection plate (or contact Parish Office 9649 7030)

Your Name: …………………………………………………………………………

Address: …………………………………………………………………………….

Telephone No ………………………… Email ……………………………...…

Yes, please organise a set of envelopes. YES/NO Tax deduction Yes, please organise automatic credit card deductions. (An authority form

will be sent for completion)

Parish Priest Rev Fr Eduardo de Pedro Orilla priest@stjoachimsparish.org

Assistant Priest (p/t): Rev Fr Emmanuel Lubega

Parish Secretary : Catherine Chia

office@stjoachimsparish.org

Bookkeeper / Accounts : Esther Esber

eesber@tpg.com.au

Youth Co-ordinator: Teresa Winata

youth@stjoachimsparish.org

Liturgy Co-ordinator: John Fenech Sacramental Co-ordinator: Sr Nory Ordiz, CM

RCIA Co-ordinator: Anne Hay

Children’s Liturgy : Patricia Balatbat

School Principal: Mrs Carolyn Parsell Phone: 9646 1310 Fax: 9646 2139

Family Educator: Marianna Sanavio

RE Co-ordinator: Jeanelle Richards

Parish Pastoral Council : Geoff Barrett

Finance Committee : Vladimir Lesic

Parish Building Comm: Joseph Nguyen

Safeguarding Support: Eve Marquez

Plenary Council

Ambassadors: Rhonda &Tony Tanti

CCD Co-ordinators:

Lidcombe - Teresa Azzi

Newington - Jill Hohnen

WE COME TOGETHER TO ENCOUNTER GOD, WELCOMING ONE ANOTHER JOYFULLY IN ACTIVE SERVICE

3rd Sunday of Easter (C) THEME: Joy of the Resurrection 5th May 2019

Rosters 4th May 2019 11th May 2019

Altar Society NUSPAS Bernadette

Church Cleaner ARC ARC

This Week : 04/05 May 2019 Week 1

Ministry Sat 5pm Sun 10am Sun 5 pm Sun 8am

Music Groups Sacred Heart Family Mass

Musicians

Sts Joachim &

Anne Congregation

Readers Mick G St Joachim’s

students Mabel / Rob Fred / Ruby

Ministers of Holy

Communion Tea/Petronella Janey / Lynh Teresa/Alda Steven/Francisca

Acolytes John Yuve Mick M Peter

Altar Servers Eaven / Alison/

Nicholas S

Colin/ Ariel/

Kayla Monica Gabriel

Next Week: 11/12 May 2019 Week 2

Ministry Sat 5pm Sun 10am Sun 5pm Sun 8am

Music Groups David & Co St Augustine David & Co Congregation

Readers Louella / Diane Candice/Anne Joy/ Sandra Edna / Pat B

Ministers of Holy

Communion Mick G Latu/Bernadette Alda Anne / Aivi

Acolytes John Vincent / Carolyn Mick M Peter

Altar Servers Samantha /

Jessica

Natasha/ Nynia/

Nicholas / Caitlin Thashalia

Gabriel

OFFICE HOURS: TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, & THURSDAY only 09:30am to 03:30pm PLEASE RING or EMAIL the Parish Office for anything … Mass Intentions—drop in the mailbox or collection baskets. Weddings: minimum 6 months notice.

Baptisms: held only on 2nd & 4th Sunday of each month. Berala on the Park 3rd Friday @11am / Canberra Nursing Home - 4th Friday @ 11am If anyone needs Holy Communion /Home Visits please contact the office to make arrangements.

Mass Schedule at St Joachim

Children’s Liturgy 2019 Possums Koalas Kangas

05 May Pat B Anh-Thu Lupi 12 May Pat B Frank B Carolyn

LET US PRAY FOR:

Recently Returned to the Father : Caterina Lorizzio, August Crisostomo

Death Anniversary: Marjorie & Agnes (Nessie) Keating, Esperanza & Perfecto Olarte, Paula Leal, Valeriano La Rosa, Lourdes Angeles, Alfredo Juinio Sr, Edgardo Samson

In Loving Memory of: deceased members of the Keating family, Mary Willis, Dominic Wang, Maria Huang, Jimmy & Winnie Acton, Giovanni & Giuseppa Maiolo, Mercedes Sales, Rui Alex-andre Costa

NB: Please let the Parish Office know when circumstances change

Sick & Infirmed: Bishop G. Robinson, Madeline Mitchell, Leila Mitchell, Val Jenkins, Sr Joan Harrison rsj, Eileen Kenny, Zahra Bourke, Frances Reid, Fiona Sutherland, Bernadette Dries-sen, Leo Driessen, Zachary Marsh, Michael Tucker, Antonio Bartolotta, Ruth Mary Daly, Ivanka Cesjar, Norman Gomes, Bernadette Gregory, Blazenka, Julia Obias, Cristina Olvina, Lui Jimenez, Necefora Gutiera, John K Empap, Fatima A.M. Liza, Denis Ljubas, Bernice Rathman, Joseph Azar, Aurelia de Pedro Sucgang, Rico Valdez, Rosa M Bio, Florence Querol, Carly Pollifrone, Kate Verrills, Anthony E Gonzales

Birthdays: Rene La Rosa

Holy Rosary: The next Rosary gathering will be hosted by Mabel at 3/278 Park Rd, Berala on 7th May 2019 @7.30pm. Please call Daisy on 0433 544 431 if you would like to

host the next Rosary. Alternatively you can write your details on the sheet placed before our Lady’s altar.

St Joachim’s Catholic Parish

Phone: 9649 7030 2 Mills Street, Lidcombe 2141 NSW, Australia Fax: 9646 1125

Parish website: www.stjoachimsparish.org

Heartbeats from your priest Fr Eduardo

We are still in the season of the full joy of the Resur-rection, and our scripture readings lead us to a deepening of our faith and an understanding of this great mystery.

Word of God in a nutshell: Jesus’ disciples were grieving and shocked at the death of Jesus especial-ly Peter who was ridden with guilt for denying Jesus 3x. When dawn came, they were filled with joy when the risen Christ appeared, shared a meal with them and Peter was forgiven. The risen Christ

comes to us in the Eucharist bringing nourishment, forgiveness and joy.

Challenge: Do you recognize Jesus only after signs and miracles, or do you see Him in the simple acts of life, such as sharing a meal?

On Friday 26 April 2019, St Joachim’s Catholic Par-ish, Lidcombe, hosted a Prayer Service, with mem-bers of the Muslim community, to show our support for Christians in Sri Lanka. Fr Eduardo offered pray-ers for the victims and spoke of these attacks occur-ring when Christians were celebrating the most im-portant event in their calendar. Visitors to this ser-vice included two Imams from the Australian National Imams Council who quoted various parts of the Quran that spoke of respecting life and the right of others to follow their beliefs; and representatives of

the Sri Lanka Islamic Council and Cumberland Council who spoke of the need for tolerance and respect for each other. Geoff Barrett, on behalf of the Auburn Interfaith Network, spoke of the need for solidarity in faith groups putting aside differences to focus on the need to stand beside innocent victims of these types of atrocities.

ROOM for RENT in Lidcombe —Walk to station and church. Nice and clean room. Rental is $170/week. For info call 0403 430 930

Sun 05/05

8:00am Mass 10:00am Family Mass 5:00pm Mass

Mon 06/05 9:00am Mass / Rosary

Tues 07/05 9:00am Mass / Rosary

Wed 08/05

6:00pm Transfer of Bl Sac / Rosary 6:30pm Novena 7:00pm Mass 7:30pm Legion of Mary

Thurs 09/05 9:00am Mass / Rosary

Fri 10/05 9:30am Mother’s Day Mass

Sat 11/05 4:00pm Confessions 5:00pm Vigil Mass

134 Years of Pastoral Care

1885 – 2019

Fashion Parade on Tuesday the 14th May at Our Lady's Nurses for the Poor (Brown Sisters).

Place: 35 Dudley Street, Coogee. Time: 11.30 for 12 Noon. $15 include light lunch. Bookings: 96656331 by the 10th May Raffles Tickets will also be available for sale

Safeguarding Office - Archdiocese of Sydney Abuse is a crime. The appropriate people to deal with a crime are the police. If you – or anyone you know – have been abused, please contact the police. Alter-natively, you can contact the Safeguarding and Ministerial Integrity Office at (02) 9390 5810 or safeguardingenquiries@sydneycatholic.org. You may also want to speak to your Parish Priest who will be able to provide support and guidance.

The Archdiocese has a legal obligation to report crimes to the police .

Tribunal of the Catholic Church Reaching out to all who have experienced a mar-riage breakdown and question the validity of their first marriage as understood by the Church. Enquiries: Ph (02) 6239 9813 Email: tribunal@cg.org.au

A Day of Prayer will be held at St Martha’s for our wounded Church. St Martha’s Parish will hold a prayer day for our universal Church on Sat-urday 11 May 2019 after the 9:10am Mass. The hours of the Divine Office will be prayed through-out the day and continue until 4:00pm with a short reflection before and after lunch (light refresh-ments will be served in the parish hall). The Litur-gy of the Hours, also known as the Divine Office, or the work of God is the daily prayer of the Uni-versal Church – marking the hours of each day and sanctifying the day of prayer. We are Church, we need to uphold our Church in prayer at this difficult and sad time and everyone is invited to attend for all or part of the day . Counselling available with no waitlist Several highly qualified relationship counselling professionals have just joined our CatholicCare team in Fairfield, Liverpool, Bankstown, Lewisham and Sydney CBD. They offer services in family law, post-separation, parenting, domestic and family violence. Call CCareline on 13 18 19 to find out more

Marian Pilgrimage 2020 visiting France, Spain, Portugal & Italy.

If interested, please see Fr Eduardo or Catherine (Parish Secretary), or Olive Tree Travel

1300550830 or 038488 9696 for an application form.

Deposit should be made by 15 May ‘19.

Full payment should be made

by 5 November ‘19

May is the month of our di-vine mother, the Blessed Virgin Mary. She is your mother and mine, in fact everyone’s mother. If you have not been praying the Rosary daily, it is best to make a resolution to do so in the month of May.

Marian Pilgrimage 5—21 Jan 2020 led by Fr Eduardo Orilla

Charitable Works Fund Pastoral Appeal - 4/5 May The Charitable Works Fund (CWF) Pastoral Appeal will

run this weekend and we need your help. The work of CWF’s benefiting agencies represents our Christian values of mercy, social justice and compassion (visit www.cwf.org.au to find out more), giving your gift the power to change lives for the better. Appeal envelopes are provid-ed. Donations over $2 are Tax Deductible.

The Sydney Archdiocese Committee, of the World Apostolate of Fatima invite you to our May Cele-bration in St. Mary's Cathedral on Saturday the 11th of May, to Honor our Lady and intercede for peace in the World and the welfare of Austral-ia. To commence at 11.30 with entrance proces-sion (in the Cathedral) with the Pilgrim Virgin Stat-ue of Our Lady of Fatima (with the Immaculate Heart) Rosary, Litany of Loreto & Act of Consecra-tion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary followed by Holy Mass at Noon. Knowing the frailty of our World we look forward to you joining us in Pray-er. Further enquiries please contact us on - 0403578994

Prepare to reach beyond…

Communities in Myanmar, PNG, Samoa, Timor Leste, Kiribati and Kenya seek volunteers to men-tor locals and build capacity. These assignments are not quick fixes. Overseas Catholic communi-ties are inviting you to immerse yourself for 1 to 2 years. If you have teaching, medical, business, admin or trade skills, you can give opportunity by sharing them with our global family! Come for Global Mission Info: Sunday May 26th @ 10:30am in Aquinas Acade-my, 141 Harrington Street, The Rocks, SYDNEY

Catholic Cemeteries & Crematoria invite you for a special Mothers Day Mass on Saturday 11th May being held at Rookwood Catholic Ceme-tery @12 noon in Mary Mother of Mercy chapel, Liverpool Cemetery @ 10.30am in the Chapel of Reflection, and Kemps Creek Cemetery @10.30am in The Pavilion. Light refreshments will be served following Mass. ALL ARE WEL-COME. For further information please contact us on 1300 114 997 or email at events@catholiccemeteries.com.au