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Welcome to

St Joan of Arc Parish Haberfield

Ministers Clergy Parish Secretary Parish School Principal

Every baptised Fr Frank Furfaro Office Phone: 9798 6657 Mr Bernard Carey

and confirmed Tuesday, Wednesday Office Phone: 9798 9780

member of the 9.30am - 2.30pm

Parish Community St Joan of Arc Villa

Gerry Renouf

Phone: 9799 8753

GO FORTH….

• Telling the Good News

• Sharing in the breaking of Bread

• Enriching the community through our

talents, treasure and time

• Transforming the community by

prayer and action

NEW PARISHIONERS are invited to register in person at the Presbytery after Sunday Masses.

WE ARE DELIGHTED TO WELCOME YOU.

1909 - 2009

Catholic Presbytery

97 Dalhousie Street

Haberfield NSW 2045

Phone: 9798 6657

Fax: 9799 4275

Email:

admin@stjoanofarc.org.au

Web:

stjoanofarc.org.au

We invite you to share in the Sacraments of:

EUCHARIST:

Saturday Vigil: …………………………………………………………..5.00pm

Sunday Mass: ..……………………………………………..9.00am & 6.00pm

Tuesday (Preferred day and time for 1 month & 1 year of

anniversary of death Masses - must be booked)……………… 7.00pm

Wednesday, Thursday …………………………………………………….9.00am

Friday ………………………………………………………………...9.15am

RECONCILIATION

Saturday 4:30pm

BAPTISM

Celebrated on the SECOND Saturday and the FOURTH Sunday of the month at

11.00am MARRIAGE Arrangements for a wedding must be made at least four months in advance. Attendance at

a Pre-Marriage Course is encouraged. ANOINTING OF THE SICK We are pleased to administer the Sacrament of the Sick to those in need. The Eucharist

will also be brought to those who are ill or housebound upon request. Please notify the

Presbytery if members of your family or other parishioners are in need of the Eucharist.

5th October, 2014

ST MARY OF THE CROSS MacKILLOP

PRAY FOR US

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NEW PARISHIONERS

We extend a warm welcome to new Parishioners at St Joan of Arc.

If you would like to be listed on the Parish Roll, or be a part of the

Planned Giving Program, please complete the following:

PARISH ROLL AND PLANNED GIVING

Please complete this form and place it in the collection basket.

Please indicate:

I wish to contribute to the Parish on a regular basis

I wish to be listed on the Parish Roll

Please circle your choice:

Automatic Payment (credit card/ direct debit)

Weekly Envelopes

Mr/Mrs/Miss/Ms________________________________________

Address: ______________________________________________

_____________________________ PCode: ________________

Phone: ____________________ Mob: ______________________

Fax: _________________________________________________

Email: ________________________________________________

ALL PLANNED GIVING IS NOW 100% TAX DEDUCTIBLE

MINISTERS ALWAYS NEEDED

Readers, Ministers of Eucharist, Acolytes, Altar Servers and Church

Wardens are always needed for Sunday Mass. Training and

information will be provided and you will be rostered at a mutually

agreed time. If you would like to be part of our Ministry here at St

Joan of Arc, Haberfield call into the Sacristy after Mass and ask for a

Ministry sheet.

THE MASS

At the Last Supper, on the night he was betrayed, Jesus instituted the

Eucharist, or the Mass, to perpetuate the sacrifice of the Cross

throughout the ages until he should come again.

The Mass is an act of thanksgiving to God for his saving work; it is a

sacred meal which nourishes us spiritually and anticipates the

heavenly banquet, and it is a holy sacrifice, making present the one

true sacrifice of Christ our Saviour. Catholics believe that Jesus

Christ is truly present at the Mass; in the assembly gathered as the

Body of Christ, through his Word made present in the scripture, but

supremely under the appearance of bread and wine.

In the Eucharist the body and blood, soul and divinity of Jesus Christ

is wholly and entirely present. Strengthened by this sacred food, we

go forth to build up the Body of Christ in this world, and to bring his

healing and salvation to all peoples.

Please give generously to

EACH COLLECTION AT SUNDAY MASS

Many people are giving today the same amount

as they gave five or ten years ago.

THE SECOND COLLECTION (LOOSE MONEY)

* Insurance, garden and general maintenance, electricity and

telephone, computor and printing charges, teaching aids and general

Church needs.

Has my offering to each Collection

kept pace with the rate of inflation?

PLEASE BE AS GENEROUS AS POSSIBLE

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. Please

specify on your Mass Envelope your intention to include the person’s name in this

Bulletin or contact the Parish Office on 9798 6657

CELEBRATION OF THE SACRAMENTS 2014

BAPTISMS - October, 2014 We welcome these children into God’s family

and our parish community

Chloe Danao, Tate Bargwanna, Leon Gonalez, Alessandro

Morsello, Christian Guarrera, Marcel Wojcik

WEDDINGS - October, 2014 And the two shall become one

Bradley Smithers & Catherine Wong

RESPONSES TO THE MASS

5th October, 2014

Entrance Antiphon: Within your will, O Lord, all things are

established, and there is none that can resist your will. For you

have made all things, the heaven and the earth, and all that is

held within the circle of heaven; you are the Lord of all. Responsorial Psalm: The vineyard of the Lord is the House

of Israel. Gospel Acclamation: Alleluia, alleluia! I call you friends, says

the Lord, because I have made known to you everything I have

learnt from my Father. Alleluia! Communion Antiphon: Though many, we are one bread, one

body, for we all partake of the one Bread and one Chalice. Scripture Readings for next week: Isaiah 25:6-10,

Philippians 4:12-14, 19-20, Matthew 22:1-14 Scripture Readers for next week:

Saturday Vigil: Anna Attard, Sr Elizabeth Crilley

Sunday 9.00am: Kate Svoboda, Anna-Maria Stephens

Sunday 6.00pm: Belinda De Francesco Ministers of Communion for next week:

Saturday Vigil: Enrica Bova, Natalie Devenish

Sunday 9.00am: Amanda Gahan, Beatrice Bastone

Sunday 6.00pm: Viv Fezzuoglio, Carmel McKeough

LORD, WE PRAY WELCOME HOME THOSE WHO HAVE DIED Recently Deceased: John Dening, Vincenzo Leto, Mark Doyle,

Naomi Fox, Rueben Gheller, Antonio Toscano, Matilde Kisner,

Lorenzo Orsi, Cardinal Clancy, Rosaria Panebianco, Maria

Costa, Pasquale Scognamiglio, Orazio Grasso, Luiga Cristiano,

Carmela Trovato, Mary Pye, Giuseppe Signarelli Rest in Peace: Nicola Lattari, Alfred Calleja, Gerardo Blasi,

Giovanni De Cataldo, Ted Constant, Angelo Licciardello,

Gaspare D’Onofrio, Carlo Aversa, Filippa Previte, Francesco

Licastro, Olimpia & Domenico Spardaro, Mario Bastone, Molly

& Michael Molloy, Giuseppe Gullotta, Antonina Gullotta, Bruna

Prevedello, Jack McEnally, Lattari & Aversa families, deceased

members of the Pace family, Mons White, John Huie, Pietrina &

Francesco Natoli, Carmel Natoli, Maria Pia Natoli-Perez, Mons

Dino Fragiacomo In your love and concern please pray for the following ill

members of our community: John Phillips, J Robilliard, Jerry

Andre, Mark Ingham, Tony Attard, Donna Neeley, Adeline

Ashing, John & Anne Simington, Rina Martinello, Annelise

Buda, Giovanni Luci, Pasquale Ramirra, Stephan Ferenc,

Giancarlo Budda, Mario Bianco, Tony Sulfaro Special Intentions: Huie & Ashing Families

The Sacraments of First Reconciliation, First Holy Communion for

St Joan of Arc Parish young people:

Children attending St Joan of Arc School

First Reconciliation: Wednesday, 15th October, 2014 at 7pm

Children attending Schools other than St Joan of Arc School

First Communion: Sunday, 23rd November, 2014 at 10.30am.

Reflection

“This is the heir.”

In many walks of life we are told, “If you don’t use it, you lose it.”

this can range from our language skills, our muscle tone, to musical

skills and sports skills. The concept of “brain training” has become

popular, to help us stave off dementia or other ailments. There is, of

course, some truth in this saying, in order to develop our bodies and

minds we know we need to use them. In order to learn a skill we

know we need to practise it repeatedly, to really integrate the skill

into our life.

In the ancient world the Greeks thought this applied to moral virtues

as well. For them, people could be taught to be virtuous. By

exercising the virtues they became a part of the person. They

developed the theory of the cardinal virtues: prudence,

temperateness, fortitude and justice. Training in the virtues was

arduous, and if you didn’t use them, you lost them. They could not

be turned off and on like a tap: they had to become a part of your

character.

The same could be said of all our talents and skills. If we do not

nurture them, then they can wither and die. We may even lose the

idea that the virtues, or our own talents, are important at all. On a

supernatural level, too, if we don’t use the virtues of faith, hope and

charity, we can lose them.

In today’s parable, the tenants in the vineyard, while they have not

lost the ability to recognise the heir, have lost any interest in the

importance of that fact. They have ceased to care about the

consequences of their actions. They have become so brutalised that

they do not realise that their own future well-being is tied up with

cooperating with, and respecting, the heir. As the first letter of John

says, “the sensual body, the lustful eye, pride in possessions”, have

done their work on the tenants, and they have lost whatever virtue

they originally might have had. To put it another way, they have a

dead faith, they’ve given up on hope, and they have absolutely zero

charity.

Jesus uses this parable to warn how the saviour, “the heir”, will be

rejected by the very people who recognise him. That people should

reject the one sent to them is part of what St Paul calls, “the mystery

of iniquity”. Jesus also points out that many people will receive

him; that they will recognise him as the cornerstone rejected by the

builders, but which is now the keystone of the temple. So the

Gospel reading combines two of the most important images for the

people of God, vineyard and temple, and shows how Christ is the

fulfilment of them both.

How then do we avoid becoming like the wicked tenants of the

vineyard? Surely it is by practising the virtues, both cardinal and

theological? We can only do this if we maintain a humble attitude to

the Lord and pray for his help. As we practise the virtues they

become a part of who we are. With regard to the virtue of faith we

can say, “Lord, I believe, help my unbelief.” As the virtue of faith

comes to the aid of our intellect, perhaps we could match it with

what St Paul says in the second reading, “fill your minds with

everything that is true “. We could match the virtue of hope with St

Paul’s advice to ask God for things “with prayer and thanksgiving”,

since prayer is the expression of memory and hope. We could match

up our charity with his counsel to “Keep doing all the things that

you learnt from me.” The virtue of charity comes to the aid of our

will, so that we can will and work for that which God has prepared

for us. If we use the virtues, then we won’t lose the virtues.

This is not always easy. Bad habits, temptations and weariness all

interfere with our attempts to be faithful servants and good stewards

of the gifts that God has given us. But Christ is always at hand in

prayer and the sacraments to come to our help, to raise us up when

we fall. Our Lady, the refuge of sinners and help of Christians,

prays for us continually, so that when “the heir” comes, we will be

ready to receive him joyfully.

The Living Word

menALIVE WEEKEND

What are you doing on the 25/26 October? Could you benefit from

a weekend, featuring talks, personal testimonies, opportunities for

discussion, and space to reflect? Since menALIVE commenced in

2003, thousands of Catholic men have been encouraged and inspired

at weekends across Australia. Now, a menALIVE weekend is being

organised in the School Hall of St Ambrose, Concord West,

conducted by experienced leaders from MAT. Enquiries, phone

Steven Lia (0412 667 657), Kevin Smith (0470 284 590).

ST VINCENT de PAUL CLOTHING DRIVE

St Vincent de Paul Society Haberfield Conference will be holding a

CLOTHING DRIVE on Saturday October 25th. Parishioners will

find bags on the table in the Church entrance from this weekend and

are asked to WRITE NAME, ADDRESS & PH. NO. on the list on

the table. Bags will be collected from 7.30a.m. outside front doors

on the date, i.e. Saturday 25th October 2014. Clothing collected

will help those in need in our region by being given directly to

people or by being sold in the SVDP shops to raise funds.

WEEKLY ENVELOPES

Thank you to all who contribute to our Planned Giving Programme.

Just a reminder to write the cash amount you are donating in the

box on the front of the envelope.

If you give by direct debit please write dd or cc for credit card

givers.

Many thanks as this will help our counters who give generously of

their time to more efficiently process the envelopes.

The 2015 Columban Calendars are now on sale from the St Vincent

De Paul Society - cost $8 each. They are beautiful to hang in your

own home or make the perfect gift for Christmas.

COLUMBAN CALENDERS

NEW ARCHBISHOP OF SYDNEY APPOINTED

The Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney is

delighted that His Holiness, Pope Francis,

has appointed Most Rev Anthony Fisher

OP, currently the Bishop of Parramatta

Diocese, as the ninth Archbishop of

Sydney.

The Liturgical Reception and Mass of

Installation for the Most Rev Anthony

Fisher OP will take place on the evening of

Wednesday, 12th November 2014 at St

Mary’s Cathedral.

ONLY 3 LEFT

If you would like a lovely souvenir of the Canonisation of John

Paul II and John XXIII you can buy a copy from the Piety Stall -

only $10 each.

WORK HEALTH & SAFETY

Everyone has a part to play to ensure the health & safety of others

– if you are concerned about anything you see around the Church,

you can discuss this with Fr Frank after Mass, or complete a hazard

report form available from the Piety Stall in the Work Health &

Safety booklet as soon as possible.