3rd Sunday of Easter
19th April 2015
Still they are not quite sure. So,
another proof, a striking proof: “Do
you have anything here to eat?” They
do indeed; they have just broiled
some fish. And Luke says so simply,
“They offered him a piece; he took it
and ate it in front of them” (vv. 42-43).
Clergy:
Fr. Frank Lourigan PP
Fr. Robert Doohan
Residing at O.L.D. Presbytery
Ph 3355 1349
Rev. Peter McDade, Deacon
Pastoral Associate:
Mrs. Tracie Gallagher (Wed - Fri)
Phone: 3355 1665
[email protected]
On leave until 6th May
Sacramental Co-ordinator:
Mrs. Marie-Louise Singson
Monday & Tuesday mornings
[email protected]
Enqs. 3355 1665
Parish Secretary:
Mrs. Michelle Giuliani (Tues - Fri)
[email protected]
Finance Officer:
Mr. Tris van Twest
(Mon - Fri)
[email protected]
Assistant Secretary:
Mrs. Gail Bowley
Mon: am, Thurs: pm, & Fri. 8—4
Newsletter items to:
[email protected]
PARISH OFFICE
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Ph 3355 2667 Fax 3855 3455
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Hours: Mon 8am—1pm; Tues—Fri. 8am—4pm
Grovely Presbytery
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Mitchelton Presbytery
11 Suez Street, Mitchelton 4053
St William’s School
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Our Lady of Dolours School
2 Willcocks Street, Mitchelton 4053
Ph 3355 7763 Fax 3855 2641
Mt. Maria College
67—69 Osborne Rd. Mitchelton 4053
Ph 3550 3400
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Today’s Gospel is worth looking at
closely.
It begins with the two
disciples rushing back from Emmaus
and telling “the Eleven and their
companions what had happened on
the road, and how [Jesus] had been
made known to them in the breaking
of the bread” (Lk 24:33).
Then Jesus appears to all of these.
Notice how the appearance to the two
on the road to Emmaus and the new
appearance to the disciples gathered
together in Jerusalem are very
similar. In each case Jesus appears
and the disciples do not recognise
him; in each case he instructs them
by way of the Scriptures; in each
case there is a meal that Jesus
himself takes; and he departs from
them.
Luke’s account of Jesus’ appearance
to his followers in Jerusalem
reassures his readers that what the
Church was teaching about Jesus
was true. Well, it begins with doubt,
with fear: the people in that house
are terrified; they think they are
seeing a ghost. It may look like
Jesus, but it cannot be; they have
seen him die. And remember, there
had to be something different about
the risen Jesus, about his body that
could pass through closed doors.
So what does Jesus do, simply to
make it evident to his disciples that
he is the same person they had come
to know before Calvary?
First,
believe your senses: “Look at my
hands and my feet and see that it is
really I. Touch me and see; no ghost
has flesh and bones such as you see
that I have” (Lk 24:39).
Then, as with the disciples on the
read to Emmaus, Jesus gives them a
short course in Scripture: the Pentateuch, the Psalms, the prophets.
“He opened their minds to understand
the Scriptures,” made it clear to them
from the Word of God that he had to
die, had to rise, and that forgiveness
was to be “preached in his name to all
the
nations,
beginning
from
Jerusalem” (vv. 44-47).
And finally, a significant short
sentence: “You are witnesses of all
of this (v. 48). Not only have they
experienced all this; their task in the
Period of the Church is to testify to it.
Not only witness: bear witness! Not
only see; proclaim!
Not only
experience; let the world know what
you have experienced!
Your task and mine, our vocation in
virtue of our baptism, confirmation
and communion with Jesus is not
significantly different from that of
Jesus’ early disciples. Proclaim the
risen Jesus, bear witness to him, tell
the world what you have experienced!
At times with our lips, more frequently
by our lives.
St. William’s Parish Council has been
wrestling with what to be and think
and do as an evangelising parish.
One small project is to “sell our
product” better in the market place.
So watch for the “Catholic Tent” at
fetes and markets where our parish
groups can get a plug to display their
work and have people present to
answer questions and respond to
enquiries.
We have the best news to sell—”we
are witnesses to this!”
STOP PRESS: “There is movement at the station”, the word has come! Fr. Robert
Doohan has been asked to go as Parish Priest to Geebung, to begin there around May
23rd. All the best Robert and thanks for your ministry among us this last year and a bit.
Fr. Peter Gong, currently Upper Mt. Gravatt will come to us around the same time.
From mainland China and incardinated into Brisbane Archdiocese, he will eventually
serve the Chinese Catholic Community, but will have good experience among us of
Aussie Parish Life. We welcome him too. He will live at Mitchelton but serve all our
communities.
LITURGY TIMES
20th April — 26th April
Grovely
St William’s
Monday: 9.15am Mass
Wednesday: 6.15pm Silent Prayer before
the exposed Eucharist until
The Second Collection
amounted to $6709.00
We thank all who contributed
Counters this week:
1st Coll: John & Marie Rooney
2nd Coll: Brian & Pat McMackin
Tris van Twest
7.00pm Mass
Thursday: 9.00am Mass
Friday: 7.00am Mass
Saturday: 8.00am Mass
Anzac Day
Rosary will be prayed in the home
of Harry & Mary Moyler, 44 Matthau
Pl, McDowall at 7pm Tuesday.
11.00am—12 noon
Reconciliation
Next Weekend Masses
Kids Church Bags:
To help little ones (preschoolers) to feel part of our
community, kids brightly
coloured bags are available
on the trolley at the front
door.
Saturday: 6.00pm Sunday Mass
Sunday: 6:30am, 8.00am, 9.30am
5:30pm
Mitchelton
Our Lady of Dolours
Monday: 8.30am Mass
Tuesday: 8.30am Mass
Feel free to use one and simply return at
the end of Mass.
Friday: 8.30am Mass
Saturday: 8.30am Mass
Anzac Day
Next Weekend Masses
Saturday: 4.30pm Sunday Mass
Sunday: 8:00am Mass
Samford
Sacred Heart
Thursday: 7.00pm Mass followed by
Reconciliation upon request
Next Weekend Mass
Sunday: 8.00am Mass
Every so often we learn of people
confined to home for quite a while or
who even transfer to permanent care in
hospice or nursing home – when we
could or should have brought the
sacraments.
Do let us know at the
office if family members
are so confined.
Readings for this Week
3rd Sunday of Easter (Yr B)
Acts 3:13-15, 17-19
1 Jn 2:1-5
Lk 24:35-48
Next Week’s Readings
4th Sunday of Easter (Yr B)
Wednesday Evenings
St. William’s Church
Acts 4:8-12
1 Jn 3:1-2
Jn 10:11-18
All welcome to a Fair
Trade Morning Cuppa,
Sunday 26 April
- after 9.30am Mass at St William's
Grovely and;
- after 8.00am Mass at Samford
We often drink tea & coffee and eat
chocolate without giving a lot of thought
to who produces it and what they get
paid for their labour. For us in Brisbane
to buy fair trade products like coffee or
chocolate means farmers in Africa, Timor
Lesté and elsewhere, receive fair prices
and are able to operate sustainably and
reinvest in their communities. We, the
tea/coffee aficionados, the chocolate
lovers, have the opportunity to help
alleviate poverty rather than perpetuate
systems that exploit and oppress
communities.
Leading up to Fair Trade Fortnight, 8–22
May, The Social Justice Group is
promoting fair trade by selling/serving
coffee, tea and selling chocolate. A gold
coin donation would be appreciated.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Try buying fair trade not
just throughout Fair Trade
Fortnight, but as often as
you can:
Where to buy fair trade? Oxfam Shop
and The Good Shepherd Trading Circle
in Paddington both sell fairtrade goods.
Local supermarkets sell fairtrade coffee
and chocolate, as do many local cafés.
Check out http://search.fairtrade.com.au/
to find out more locations.
Find out more about Fair Trade Fortnight:
https://fairtrade.com.au/page/getinvolved
https://powerofyou.org.au/
Wednesday afternoon
6.15pm - 7.00pm
Come for 10 minutes.. stay longer
The presence of the Blessed Sacrament
encourages a prayerful spirit of praise.
Saturday 25th April
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St. William’s
8.00am
Our Lady of Dolours
8.30am
They shall not grow old, as
we that are left grow old,
Age shall not weary them nor
the years condemn,
At the going down of the sun
and in the morning,
We shall remember them.
Mitchelton & Grovely - Samford
Baptism:
We joyfully announce the baptism of
Harrison Bolger, Harrison Patricks & Levi
Newton and welcome them into our faith
community.
Church Shop:
Church shop items will be available for
sale next Sunday, 4th Sunday of Easter,
26th April. They will include items for
prayer partners before the First
Communion celebrations.
Fair Trade Morning Cuppa:
All welcome Sunday 26 April after
8.00am Mass. For full information see
Social Justice article in column on left.
Prayer Group –
Come for as long as you can!
9 - 10am Tuesday at Sacred Heart
Church, Samford
1st half hour – Rosary and Chaplet;
2nd half-hour – Adoration.
Meditation Prayer: John Main way.
We recommenced our meditation prayer
on Friday, 10th April.
Everyone welcome—9am start on
Fridays.
Recently:
Mary (May) Paddison (Mary Bowden’s
mother), Dino Maroni, Giovanni
Marcoionni, Michael Duffy, Kerry
Gardiner, Lina Yang, Rita Bennett,
Margaret O’Keefe,
Br. F. Paul Hannigan, Br. Brian Sorensen.
May Paddison’s funeral will be celebrated
11am Monday at St. William’s Church.
Our prayers and sympathy are with her
daughter, Mary, and the family.
Anniversaries:
Baby Marnie, Kevin Branch, Marie Jones,
Des Fox, Maurice Baker, Denis Timms,
Marguerite Ruiz-Flor, Gordon Fahey.
You may have heard that
Pope Francis has declared
next year as a
Year of Jubilee.
The jubilee, called the Holy Year of
Mercy, will begin on this year's feast of
the Immaculate Conception (Dec. 8) and it
will close on Nov. 20, 2016, the feast of
Christ the King.
Note, once again, the Pope’s heavy
emphasis on the importance of MERCY,
both from God to us and from us to others.
Remember – it was the theme of this
year’s Lent program as we prepared for
the coming of peace, joy and hope as
Jesus rose from the dead. Alleluia! Good
News.
On the AFE website, www.stwilliamsafe.com you will find a link to an article
which is a summary of Pope Francis’
proclamation of the “Holy Year of Mercy”,
issued recently.
Please let us know when your loved one’s
name may be removed from the list)
We pray for:
Camille Anderson, Antoinette Brennan,
Marie Courtney, Noelene Ellis,
Dennis Farrell, Joyce Flynn, Paul Hayes,
Margaret Lally, Mary-Lou McCallum,
Rebecca Mellifont, Bernadette Morgan,
Jessie Neill, Lorraine Tottenham,
Katelin Yarde.
Collections:
1st: Coll.
$ 327.50
2nd Coll.
$1159.45
True, it is a long summary but is much
better than reading right through the
original document of 9500 words. So
many of the phrases here are just what we
have come to expect of Pope Francis’s
refreshing ideas since he became Pope.
He sees the concept of “mercy” as right at
the heart of what Jesus refers to so often
as “The Kingdom of God”.
Speaking of “The Kingdom of God”, Kevin
Treston will talk on this topic in May, at a
date to be finalised.
Just what does this phrase actually mean?
Watch this space.
Counters:
This week: Group B—Phillip
Zabarauskas
Next week: Group C—Michael Saide
The last workshop for the Confirmation and First Communion families will be held on:
Family Rosary:
This week: Kathy & Dermot
O’Moore
Next week: Annette & Ken Garbe
Parish Council:
Meeting Monday night at 6pm
April 21
4:30-6:30
for
Group 1
St William’s Church
April 23
4:30-6:30
for
Group 2
St William’s Church
Please do make sure you attend this workshop as this is the last
commitment for the program before the celebration.
WE’VE STARTED: Phil Kelly and his building team have begun work on
the under presbytery gathering space. So far the space has been cleared
and removed. Some excavation will happen next and eventually lead to
10m x 10m space for our gathering.
As it is a building site, we need take watchful care as the Church and school is
approached. The toilet under the presbytery is currently in use but not for long. There
is a toilet and wash basin in the sacristy behind the sanctuary and access can be made
along the back verandah via side door of the church (near Reconciliation Chapel) and
then into the sacristy. N.B. Could sacristans ensure that the door is unlocked when
the Church is being used (and lock it after community use). Parking on site will not be
possible during construction—12 weeks is allowed for, 8 weeks is hoped for.
Thank you for your patience.
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We welcome back school staff and
students this Monday for the
beginning of second term
Mitchelton & Grovely - Samford
On April 26 the Verse-for-Vinnies
Concert at St Williams Church Complex
at 67 Dawson Parade will feature Jack
Drake and Noel Stallard.
Jack is a product of the bush who has
lived the life he writes about. He recites
his own work and traditional favourites.
Noel will present five Anzac Tribute
poems.
The concert starts at 1.30pm and the
home-made afternoon tea is included in
the cost of $15.
This is your opportunity to enjoy samples
of our Australian poetry and to alleviate
the hardship of those struggling in our
community.
SISTER PARISH 50 YEAR
ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS
As mentioned in a previous Bulletin there
is an open Invitation to Parishioners of St
Williams to travel to Timor Leste to help
celebrate this milestone. Celebrations
start on 15th of August for two weeks
and we are hoping for a Delegation from
St Williams to attend.
If you are interested please contact
Group members Michael (0407785940)
or Sarah (0466306897) or email
[email protected]
om
See you there.
Noel & Ann
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Around the Archdiocese
• ANZAC Day Mass Cathedral of St
Stephen - Saturday 25 April at 8.00am.
All are welcome to celebrate the 100th
anniversary of this solemn day in the life
of our Country through the Annual
ANZAC Day Mass which will be
celebrated
by
Archbishop
Mark
Coleridge at the Cathedral of St
Stephen. On this day we welcome many
veterans and their families
as well as dignitaries
from government and
defence services.
The car park will be
open until 1.00pm to
allow people to attend
the Civic Ceremony.
• Live Marist Dinner: An invitation to
young men 18-35 to attend a dinner
being held at the Marish Centre
Brisbane. During the dinner the Brothers
will share how they see their vocation
today, as well as speak about some
exciting new projects for Brothers and
Young Adults into the future. Our Live
Marist dinner will be an opportunity to
celebrate our life as Christian men and
explore future possibilities for mission
and service.
Come and join us! Wednesday 29th
April (arrive 7pm) at Marist Centre
Ashgrove (entry via 82 Moola Rd then
first turn on right to Centre).
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[email protected] or call
Br Greg McDonald on 0407 492 022
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