Embracing the worshipping communities of
CHILDERS * BIGGENDEN * GIN GIN * MT.PERRY * WOODGATE
Fr. Sunny Mathew CMI - CHILDERS 4126 1256
PO Box 45, CHILDERS QLD 4660
FAX 41263716
Parish Office 4126 1256; Secretary Jenny Faulkner; For urgent matters contact Fr Sunny 0428 235 783
St Joseph’s Primary School: Principal Mr John Hinton – Ph 4126 1866
St Vincent de Paul – Ph 4126 1822
PARISH WEBSITE: www.childerscatholic.com Email: [email protected]
3rd JULY 2015
14 TH Sunday in ordinary time
SACRED HEART CHILDERS
WEEKDAY MASS
MON, WED, FRI - 9.00 am
ADORATION & ROSARY
Wednesday
8.00-9.00am
SATURDAY VIGIL 6.00 pm
SUNDAY
6.30 am
Reconciliation: Sat. 5.00 pm
ST PATRICK’S MT. PERRY
1st SUNDAY OF MONTH 10.30 am
ST MICHAEL’S GIN GIN
MASS TIMES
SUNDAY - 8.30am
TUESDAY - 5.00pm
ROSARY - Friday 9.00am
WOODGATE BEACH
SUNDAY 6.15pm
YEAR B
ST PETER’S BIGGENDEN
SUNDAY 10.30 am
1st Sunday
LITURGY OF THE WORD and COMMUNION
Rosary before Mass 10.05am
Feast Day this week
St. Benedict – 11th June
Please pray for those who are ill in our families and communities especially: Martyn Jones, Elizabeth Rayner,
Ray D’Cruz, Atillio Pilla, Elsa Marano, Anne Sutherland, Veronica Mary Saunders, Sonia Corfield,
Raymond Corfield, and Phyllis Gilbert.
Please contact the Office and let them know if someone is well again and their name can be taken off the list.
Please also pray for our brothers and sisters who have departed this life recently especially, and for those whose anniversaries
we remember at this time including: Aileen Moloney and Janet Caughey
MESSAGE FOR THE WEEK:
He went on loving them
Years ago, there was a popular cartoon series shown in the theatres, called ‘Looney Tunes’. One of the favourite characters
in the series was a romantic person called Pepe Le Pew. Pepe was always falling in love with someone, but because of his
unpleasant odour, Pepe’s love was always rejected. But that didn’t stop Pepe. He went on loving, no matter how many
times he was rejected. Pepe never gave up on people or love. Pepe was a lot like Jesus. Jesus never gave up on people
either. He went on loving them, no matter how many times he was rejected. We can see the same thing in today’s gospel.
It is really sad to hear about the attitude of Jesus’ home town people to their famous neighbour. On the other side, it is the
usual story of how familiarity can breed contempt. They know Jesus and his relatives. He is a carpenter, and son of Mary,
and they cannot allow him to represent, a world that is so much larger than their little town. This is a strange mixture of pride
and envy, and we can see the same thing happening around us at this present time.
Jesus was amazed at their lack of faith. Jesus could not work more miracles there in his own home town because they
could not permit it. He wanted to perform more miracles for his country people but they couldn’t open themselves to a world
beyond their own safe little village. These people of Nazareth represent all of us, during the times when we want to make
ourselves appear important and the centre of attention amongst others. We fear the uncontrollable world where God’s gifts
are to be found, and so we tend to reject anything that we cannot understand, or any other things which are beyond us.
Faith gives us the courage to trust the world of God’s promises and to open ourselves to these wonderful and uncontrollable
realities.
Faith; when truly present in our lives, puts us in touch with God’s love and thus allows us to share the experience of Jesus
who left Nazareth in order to embrace the whole world. The ordinary world of ours is full of God’s presence and God’s
promise. We need to open our eyes and hearts to understand it. Today’s readings give us the warning that, as Christians
who accept the call of Jesus and seek to follow him, we also may face indifference and hostility, hardship and
persecution, insults and rejection. St Paul knew this, and his words are: “ God chose what is weak in the world
to shame the strong”. God can work wonders through us, if we really trust in his miraculous power.
May God Bless us all.
Fr. Sunny
BAPTISM CONGRATULATIONS
Last weekend The Gin Gin parish community welcomed
through the Sacrament of Baptism, Mason Widmark.,
Son of Jayson & Gabriella We extend Gods richest
blessings to Mason’s family, and Godparents.
CWL. MEETING
Catholic Women’s League ladies will meet on
Wednesday 8 July 2015, following Mass and morning
tea. All welcome.
PARISH RECONCILIATION PROGRAM
Sacred Heart Parish will be running a Reconciliation
program next term for students who are currently in Year
Two, and intend on making the Sacraments of First
Communion and Confirmation in 2016.
If you wish for your child to be enrolled and participate in
the Reconciliation program in Term Three, please contact
Lauren Robba via email [email protected] or Fr
Sunny
at
the
Parish
Office:
email
[email protected]
Once the parish has been notified of the number of
participants, dates and times for this program will be
decided and communicated to families.
CHILDERS MULTICULTURAL MASS
Parishioners and visitors are invited to attend the Multicultural
Mass which will be held at 6.00pm on Saturday evening 25th
July 2015. Prayers will be said in various languages.
The Parish Open Day will be held in conjunction with the
Childers Multicultural Festival being held on the weekend of
Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th July 2015.
The Parish Open Day will be on Sunday 26th July between
9.00am and 12 mid-day, and volunteer parishioners are
required to assist with enquiries and information on the day
Please phone Denise on 41262 985 (after hours), or 4130 4650
(work), to offer your assistance. Thank you.
RCIA QUEENSLAND CONFERENCE
For priests, pastoral ministers, RCIA teams, catechists
and sponsors. This is an opportunity to return to basics The ABC of the RCIA.
Date: Friday evening 7th August (including dinner) to
Sunday 9th August (concluding with lunch)
Venue: The prayerful and peaceful environment of Santa
Teresa Spirituality Centre, 267 Wellington St, Ormiston,
overlooking Moreton Bay
For conference brochure, to register online, and read
more about the Santa Teresa Spirituality centre:
www.bne.catholic.net.au/rciaqld
THE JOURNEY CATHOLIC RADIO PROGRAM
This week on The Journey, Sam Clear shares some of his
story whilst walking the famous Camino pilgrimage route
in Santiago, and Fr Dave Callaghan reminds us that Sin is
a symptom of the disease of our hearts which only Jesus
can heal. We also hear from Sr Hilda Scott OSB, Trish
McCarthy and Bruce Downes “The Catholic Guy”. Go to
www.jcr.org.au to subscribe or to www.itunes.jcr.org.au
where you can listen anytime.
NEXT WEEKS ROSTERS – 11th/12th JULY 2015
CHILDERS:
Saturday: Greeters/Offertory: B & M Cochrane
Readers: P Russo, N Fresta, S Freeman
Ministers of Communion: D Rapkins, C Gelsomino
Monitor: D Rapkins
Sunday: Greeters/Offertory: T Mammino, D French
Readers: H Bonanno, B Larter, A Russo
Ministers of Communion: Alf Bonanno, B McKenzie
Monitor: S Jones
Linen: Sharon Russo
GIN GIN: Greeters: Zwynenberg Family
Readers: Carmel & Jessica Prayers of Faithfull: Lorraine
Ministers of Communion: Terry & Nathan
Music: Gail Flowers:
Date Claimer - St. Patrick’s Church Gympie
Thursday 23rd July 2015 at 8.00pm
The Chamber Philharmonia Cologne Concert will perform
Classical music from Vivaldi, Bach, Mozart. For Bookings
please Phone 07 5408 2556. Other bookings can be
made at: http://whatsoningympie.com.au , Gympie Civic
Centre and at St. Patrick’s Church one hour prior to the
concert from 7pm (cash sales only)
Bishop Michael McCarthy invites you to the
Jubilee Celebrations of Presbyteral Ordination of
Rev Fr Peter Green (60 years); Rev Fr Terry
Stallard (50 years); Rev Fr Don White (25 years).
The Jubilee Celebrations will be held on –
Friday 21st August 2015 at St. Joseph’s Cathedral
Rockhampton for 10.00am Mass to be followed
by refreshments in the Cathedral Grounds.
“Let your light SHINE before others that they may see your
good deeds and glorify your Father in Heaven”
Matthew 5: 16