Fourth Sunday of Easter 25th / 26th April 2015 Parish Clergy Fr Kevin Flanagan PP Parish Office Fran Kernaghan Monday, Wednesday, Friday 9.00 am – 2.00 pm Phone: 60251516 Fax: 60404016 Web: http://sacredheartnorthalbury.com/ Mass Times SATURDAY VIGIL: 6.00 pm SUNDAY: 9.30 am WEEKDAYS: 9.30 am Monday, Wednesday, Friday (in the church) First Tuesday of the month: 11.00 am Mass at Mercy Place. RECONCILIATION SATURDAY: 4.45 PM-5.45 PM WEDDINGS—By appointment. Preparation course: 6051 0222 BAPTISMS—By appointment. Preparation Course: 0411 883 661 Prayer for ANZAC Day God of love and liberty, we bring our thanks this day for the peace and security we enjoy, which was won for us through the courage and devotion of those who gave their lives in time of war. We pray that their labour and sacrifice may not be in vain, but that their spirit may live on in us and in generations to come; that the liberty, truth and justice which they sought to preserve may be seen and known in all the nations upon earth. This we pray in the name of the one who gave his life for the sake of the world, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen We pray for those who have gone before us marked with the sign of faith especially: RECENTLY DECEASED: Bill McNamee, Errol Edmunds. ANNIVERSARIES: Ronald Murray, Myra Whitehead, John Hertzog, Mary Everston, Leslie Trezise, Frank Naughton, Lillian Magrath, Jenny Hawkins, Colin McNamee, John Browne, Petro Tymczuk, Raymond Buttel, Margaret Roach, Mary Doyle, Claude Zallocco, Harold Dexter, Willem Lautenbacher, Mary Driscoll, Peter Falvey, Jim Purcell, Hazel Joss, Edward Unger, Bernadette Stevens, Edmund Miles, Isobel Gibbs, Therese Doherty. Gather our loved ones into your arms. Quiet our doubt and anger and send us your healing grace. Through Christ our Lord. Rosters Sat / Sun: 25th / 26th April Ministry Vigil 9.30am Commentator Lector 1 Lector 2 Ed Brown Gordon Robison Karen Purtle Richard Parkinson Gavin Dykes Rosalie Martin Eucharistic Ministers Pauline Mulquiney Stephen O’Connor Mary Lefevre Joanne Dykes Fran Kernaghan Cantor Musicians Brian Waters Bernadette & Wendy Judy Foley Counters: Nardia Scarvell & Liz Simon Cleaning Group: Group 7 Sat /Sun: 2nd / 3rd May Ministry Vigil 9.30am Commentator Lector 1 Lector 2 Anthony Foley Pat Hickman Tony Smit Roy Thompson Nicola Hanzic Bede Hart Eucharistic Ministers Geoff Jervois Pat Hopkins Jeneice Harding Kevin Kennedy Pamela McIntosh Pauline Willis Cantor Musicians Judy Lindsay Judy Foley Marg & Ed Brown Val Hayes Counters: Desmond Lum & Jane Togher Cleaning Group: Group 1 Parish Council News Thank you so much to the hardworking 12 that turned up to clean inside the church. A job well done! Volunteers—Past and Present—Of Our Parish On Sunday 17 May 2015 after 9.30am Mass we will have a morning tea to acknowledge all who volunteer within our Parish. Please bring a plate to share. Everyone most welcome. Eucharistic Ministers & Lectors Roster Rosters are now available to be collected from table at side of church. Bringing Our Parish Together We are again asking people who need a lift or people who can give a lift to either the 6pm or 9.30am Masses. Sheets to put your names down are provided at church entrances. Project Compassion We will be sending Project Compassion monies to Caritas Australia at the end of April. Please hand in if you have not already done so Australian Catholic Bishops Pamphlets have been released from Australian Catholic Bishops Conference and are available in church foyer. Information on “Real care, love and compassion—the alternative to euthanasia” and “What is Marriage”. Please take a copy. Combined Alb/Wod Parishes Mission - Preparing for Pentecost Sacred Heart parish will host this Mission on Tuesday 5 May from 7pm. International lay Catholic missionaries Philip and Margaret Maloney are guest speakers. Personal and family prayer ministry will be available and supper provided afterwards. See flyer on noticeboards. Last Sunday Sr Cecil Perto was professed into the Filipino MACE Sisters community. Bishop Hanna, the principal celebrant, was accompanied by priests and religious in blessing Sr Cecil in her dedicated life. Afterwards a very joyous and plentiful meal was shared in the Sacred Heart hall. Music for Mother’s Day—Harp and High Tea Mary Buckley, our own parish musician/ singer, who plays the harp, will be performing at Adamshurst on Mother’s Day. Mary is studying for her Bachelor of Music and is raising funds for a study tour of Ireland. Time 2pm-4.30pm Sunday 10 May; Cost $25 or $20 conc. RSVP 1 May to 0448 125 016. For more info see flyer on noticeboards. Fire Ball - A Celebration of Life Fundraiser A Pentecost celebration get together and black tie night of great food and dancing. Holy Spirit Church Hall on Saturday 23 May. Tickets $59 or $55 conc. For enquiries phone 0421 457 313. Feastdays of the Week Tuesday 28th April—St Peter Chanel Wednesday 29th April—St Catherine of Siena St Catherine ranks high among the mystics and spiritual writers of the Church. In 1939, she and Francis of Assisi were declared co-patrons of Italy. Paul VI named her and Teresa of Avila doctors of the Church in 1970. Her spiritual testament is found in The Dialogue. Friday 1st May—St Joseph the Worker Saturday 2nd May—St Athanasius 4th Sunday of Easter —Year B Readings: Acts 4: 8-12; 1 John 3: 1-2; John 10: 11-18 Responsorial Psalm The stone rejected by the builders has become the cornerstone. Alleluia Verse: Alleluia, alleluia! I am the good shepherd, says the Lord; I know my sheep and mine know me.. Alleluia! Reflection on the Readings: Lost sheep are being carried on the Shepherd’s shoulders The Gospel reading of today's liturgy, ‘I AM the good shepherd’..., takes us deep into the mystery of what God has done for us in Jesus Christ – and, as we shall see, it tells us of how God's initiative in the Paschal Mystery was conceived in the depths of the Trinitarian Life itself. The Good Shepherd theme has had a great impact on Christian consciousness. One of the earliest and most repeated motifs of Christian art is the youthful shepherd carrying the lost sheep home on his shoulders. The image it suggests is so telling that it has featured prominently in the Church's preaching in every age. As so often happens with the best things in life, we tend to take this theme for granted. Today's text helps us to find a fresh appreciation of its implications. In it Jesus explains these implications by reference to the Paschal Mystery. He says that he is the “good” shepherd – in contrast to the unfaithful shepherds who have failed God's people, thinking only of their own interests - because, as he three times repeats, he “lays down his life” for them. He lays it down, he explains, “in order to take it up again.” In his Resurrection, he will be a source of life for them. And in this drama of his death and resurrection, he is carrying out and making clear to the human family what his Father wills for them – an enterprise so dear to the Father that he looks upon the Son's obedience with a renewed love. (From a homily on the Gospel by Fr John Thornhill sm) All music used in worship at Sacred Heart, North Albury, is used with permission. All rights reserved. Australian Agent: Word of Life Licence No 613