Sixth Sunday of Easter
9th / 10th 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
A Prayer for all Mothers,
Thank you, Lord, that you fill a mother’s heart
with love,
That you have instilled in her very being the
need to protect her children if at all possible,
Thank you for giving her the gift of nurturing
her children, of teaching them, of comforting
them,
for feeding them and making a safe place for
them.
For guiding them to be all that God has created
them to be.
Fill every mother with love, wisdom and
endurance,
with strength and patience and joy.
Give them ability to forgive again and again.
Enable her to rely on You and call upon You,
because You will give her all she needs.
In Your precious and all powerful name, Amen
We pray for those who have gone before us marked with the sign of
faith especially:
RECENTLY DECEASED: Doris Hartley, Margaret Watts, Sr Mary MacDonald.
ANNIVERSARIES: Joseph Connors, Mollie & Roy Jones, Edward O’Keefe, Maurice Slattery,
Arthur Stout, Robert Garland, Michael King, Alan Carter, Ern Gaudry, Frederick Serbinek,
Des Cornford, Nicholas Heaton-Harris, Molly Davis, Betty Russell, Matthew Blomeley, Rita
Murray, Robert Millea, John Barber, Frederick Maher, Brian Cooper, Therese Chandler,
Dominik Vildovas, Norman Clear, Noreen Roach, Peter Maher, David Purvey, Lorraine
Vogel, Joe Vuga, Margaret Maynard.
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: 9th /10th May
Ministry
Vigil
9.30am
Commentator
Lector 1
Lector 2
Virginia Mitsch
Barbara Godde
Karen Purtle
Terry Hillman
Anne Duck
Colleen Day
Eucharistic Ministers
Kaye Deanshaw
Noelene Cruise
Mary Lefevre
Marie Pennay
Jim Deanshaw
Cantor
Musicians
John Van Lint
Mary Minchin
Counters: Peter Toner
Timo Van Kerke Oerle
Cleaning Group: Group 2
Sat /Sun 16th / 17th May
Ministry
Vigil
9.30am
Commentator
Lector 1
Lector 2
Cassandra Jones
Ed Brown
Kellie Gordes
Bede Hart
Michael Stephenson
Leanne Michael
Eucharistic Ministers
Stephen O’Connor
Jeneice Harding
Trish Parkinson
Joanne Dykes
Dianne Treacy
Cantor
Musicians
Brian Waters
Judy Foley
Anne McIntyre
Val Hayes
Counters: Brian & Carmel Butts
Cleaning Group: Group 3
Mothers Day Cards
Special Blessing cards for Mothers Day are
available at the entrances to the Church or a
member of the Parish Council will hand them
out.
National Volunteers Week 11th—17th May
An invitation is extended to all volunteers in
our parish to morning tea in the Church hall
after the 9.30am Mass on Sunday 17 May. To
coincide with National Volunteers Week we
acknowledge all volunteers within our Parish.
Please bring a plate to share. Everyone most
welcome.
CHOIR: Calling on Cantors and choir members
to sing at the First Communion Mass on Saturday 30th May at 6pm.
Practice will be on Thursday 28th May at 7pm.
Contact Judy 6043 2766 or Val 6025 5904.
The CWA of NSW—Jindera Branch
On Sunday 24th May the CWA are sharing in
our liturgy at the 9.30am Mass. Each year they
choose a different location to come together
and this year we will be hosting them with
morning tea in the hall. Please bring a plate to
share and join in. If you would like more information about the CWA please call Marie on
6025 2070 or 0488 946 803. Please see flyer
on noticeboard at back of church.
Vinnies Winter Appeal
Envelopes for financial assistance to purchase
blankets this winter are available on church
pews and at church entrances. Please consider
being a part of this assistance. Thank you.
Nepal Earthquake Appeal—Letter from Trish Ryan
I am overwhelmed by the support and generosity
of all those fabulous people from Sacred Heart
parish who have donated so readily to help the
people of Nepal. The amount of $3,308.00 is truly
very generous and will provide funds to allow the
humanitarian work of Siddhi Hospital to continue.
Meg’s Children Australia works very closely with
the Siddhi memorial Hospital. The founder, a gentle man by the name of Shyamm Dhoubadhel established this hospital in memory of his small son
who was killed nearby in the early 90s. In those
days there was no hospital or ambulance, so
Shyamm and his wife set about rectifying that situation. The hospital caters mainly for women and
children, but now of course have opened their
doors to everyone who may need their help. I
have had an email from Shyamm today citing the
dire need for things such as tents, blankets, mobile toilets, sleeping bags etc. They are also sending mobile medical teams into remote areas
where the need is greatest.
Nepal is one of the poorest countries in Asia, it
was struggling before the earthquake and now I
suspect the need to care for orphaned children
will be even greater, so Meg’s work will continue.
Again, thank you to all who donated so generously.
Trish Ryan
Eucharistic Ministers & Lectors Roster
Rosters are now available to be collected from table at side of church.
Feastdays of the Week
Wednesday 13th May—Our Lady of Fatima
Our Lady of Fátima is a title referring to the Virgin Mary, based on apparitions reported to be
experienced by three shepherd children at Fátima. The three children were Lúcia Santos and her
cousins Jacinta and Francisco Marto.
Thursday 14th May—St Matthias
The first act of the apostles after the Ascension of Jesus was to find a replacement for Judas. Clement
of Alexandria says that Matthias, like all the other apostles, was not chosen by Jesus for what he
already was, but for what Jesus foresaw he would become. He was elected not because he was
worthy but because he would become worthy. Jesus chooses all of us in the same way. What
does Jesus want you to become?
6th Sunday of Easter —Year B
Readings: Acts 10: 25-26, 34-35, 44-48; 1 John 4: 7-10; John 15: 9-17
Responsorial Psalm
The Lord has revealed to the nations his saving power.
Alleluia Verse: Alleluia, alleluia!
All who love me will keep my words,
and my Father will love them and we will come to them.
Alleluia!
Reflection on the Readings:
Seek security in the Son, not in stuff
“Today’s Gospel continues from last week’s and is part of the ‘Last Discourse’ in John’s
Gospel. John sets this just before Jesus’ Passion and has crafted it to form a summary of
Jesus’ teaching and commissioning of his disciples.
“He urges them to stay in his love by keeping his commandments. In the light of the
events to come, he speaks paradoxically of joy. His words seem kindly and reassuring and yet within them are the realities of his death and an uncertain future for the
disciples. Their security will come, not from material things, but from the knowledge
that, in loving one another, they remain in the love of Jesus and the Father. This love is
so great that it will lead Jesus to lay down his life for them - and for us.
“Jesus again emphasises that the relationship between those first disciples and himself
has moved beyond master and servants - they are vine and branches - they are now
friends. This distinction sets Jesus’ ministry apart from the norm of the day - and in
many instances in our day - where the teacher and the student maintain a professional
distance.
“In Jesus, all authority is found - but it is not an aloof authority
- but one which is not afraid to draw people into friendship and
which will happily take a bowl and wash the feet of those some
would call his inferiors. (From a reflection on the Gospel by Catherine
McElhinney and Kathryn Turner)
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