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St Mary’s Catholic Parish Warwick
PARISH OFFICE
PO BOX 118, WARWICK.
81 Percy Street, Warwick.
Hours: Mon-Fri 9am-5pm
Phone: (07) 4661 1033
Fax: (07) 4661 4232
Email:
[email protected]
Website:
www.stmarysparishwarwick.org.au
St Mary’s
Catholic
Parish
Parish Priest
Fr Franco Filipetto
Semi-retired Priest
Fr Terry Hickling
4661 8227
Parish Administration
Officer
Kathleen Cuskelly
Administration Support
Officer
Mary-anne Loudon
PARISH SCHOOLS
St Mary’s Kindergarten
Director:
Marie Sullivan
Phone: 4667 1075
[email protected]
St Mary’s (Primary)
Principal:
Mrs Michelle Campbell
Phone: 4661 1872
[email protected]
Assumption College
Principal:
Mr Peter Moloney
Phone: 4660 4000
[email protected]
EMBRACING THE COMMUNITIES OF:
St Mary’s, Warwick, Our Lady of Dolours, Greymare,
Immaculate Heart of Mary, Gladfield and Our Lady of Fatima,
Karara
25th/26th October 2014
30th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Loving one another, without exception
‘Love your enemies’, these words were addressed to a people
whose traditions urged them to care for their own; but saw no
place for good will and generosity to foreigners in general whom they looked upon as rivals and enemies. Old Israel had
been taken into covenant with the living God, shown in the
Exodus to be the champion of the poor and oppressed.
Through the covenant they were called to identify with the
ways of God. In fact, their traditions – as today’s reading from
the book of Exodus makes clear – were remarkable compared
with the outlook of other peoples of their time. As they began
to learn what identification with God’s ways involved; they
recognised that they must care for the powerless - the poor,
widows and orphans, the strangers who had settled among
them. But they still had much to learn - their good will was not
extended to all of God’s children without exception. In
advocating this as the ideal as his New Law of love, Jesus was
not abolishing the old Law, but bringing it to ‘fulfilment’. The
ideal held up by Jesus as the fulfilment of the Law was clear: ‘I
say this to you, love your enemies and pray for those who
persecute you; so that you will be children of your Father in
heaven’ (Mt 5:44).
From a sermon by Fr John Thornhill SM
Thank you
Kev Stephens and family wish to thank everyone for their kind
expressions of sympathy and for their prayers following the loss of Betty.
Your thoughtfulness and support are sincerely appreciated
LITURGY TIMES
PLEASE PRAY FOR
THIS WEEK
25TH/26TH OCTOBER
RECENTLY DECEASED: Anne Holmes, Venesia Cooper, Kev Thumpkin
MASSES
St Mary’s
Vigil 6pm
Sunday 8:30am
Nolan, Mary Bourke, Lorna Bradfield, Ned & May Nolan, Elizabeth Cantwell, Leo Cantwell, Sylvester & Maria
Canavan, Rev Frs Thomas Murphy, Michael Mahon, Roger Burke & Edmund O’Donnell, Helario Gallardo,
Benigna Gallardo, Feleciano Gallardo, Matea Llanto, Juana Gallardo, Bacella Abordonado, Thomas John
Carr, Flo & Henry Smith, Basil Byrne, Paul Brewer, Ronald Gilham, Neta-Frances Spencer, Kev Peters, Teodora Yee Villar, Tom Crawford, William Dunne, Ellen Catherine Ryan, Mary O’Brien, Vic Mednis, Thomas, Monica & Murray Ryan and all relatives and friends.
Killarney
Sunday 8am
SICK: Rick Waterworth (Bris), Carmel Ryan, Margaret Aldridge (Bris), Bridge Murphy, Margaret Morris, Den-
LAY LITURGIES
Yangan
Saturday 6pm
Gladfield
Sunday 9:30am
WEEKDAY LITURGIES
Monday Mass 9am
Tuesday NO Liturgy of
The Word
Wednesday Mass 7am
Thursday Mass 9am
ANNIVERSARIES: Thomas & Mary McMahon, Michael Quinn, Cecil & Rose Dettori, Jim & Monica
is McEniery (Bris), Mike Keim, Alison Towler (Emerald), Bianca Muir, Lucas Hermeston (NSW), Sue Moffatt &
son, Robert (Millmerran), Mila Jacob (Hobart), Judy Robertson, Lou Rowan, Denise Tracey (Gold Coast), Sylvie
Gray, Marion O’Leary, Del Franchina, Michael Dawson, Morris Condon, Yolande Miller, Louise Henricksen,
Billy Johnson (Bris), Pippa Harth (Dalby), Cheryl Bushell (Benn), John Henry, Marie Gillespie, Narcise Talara,
Colin King, Kellie Keir (T’ville), Peter Roche (Tas), Jessica Ryan, Terry O’Shea, Terry Hollindale, Amanda Webb,
Phil Gant, Anne Barnier (Buderim), Jess Scanlan (Ballina), Doug Christensen, Anne Gant & residents of Akooramak and The Oaks, patients at the Warwick Hospital and all those who receive Home Communion.
ROSTERS
THIS WEEKEND
25th/26th October 2014
NEXT WEEKEND
1st/2nd November
Ministries
Vigil 6pm
8:30am
Vigil 6pm
8:30am
Bell Ringers
Kevin Seaby
Barry Scanlan
Paul Scerri
Marty & Sue
Harris
Welcomers at
Church Doors
Wayne Watt &
family
Margaret Lawton &
Shirley Owens
Pauline Stewart &
Kaye Shepherd
Leo & Theresa
Barrett
Readers
Cheryl Collins WR
Trish Seaby
Nick Nolan
Pam Eather WR
Mary Goyne
Jill Hume
Joanne McNally
WR
Rob Dawson
Kelly Reardon
Marianne Jordan
WR
Nina Lynch-Doyle
Sr Margaret
Murphy
Prayer of the
Faithful
Anne Standing
Marianne Jordan
Michael Dwan
Shirley Owens
Gifts
Laquintah,
Chantae & Jamie
Hetherington
Millie Mullins & family
Lynette & Mary
Noble
Mary Connolly
Des & Cheryl
Cantwell
Ministers of
Communion
Peter & Michelle Campbell
Caroline Abood
Bette McConville
Michael Ryan
Mary Jacobsen
Maureen O’Dea
Des Collins
John & Val Rose
Ian & Helen Kelly
Lisa Watt
Marie Hallman
Tony Hagley
Bernice Furness
Theresa Barrett
Bob Keogh
Bryan O’Mara
Val Gray
PowerPoint
Brittney Benn
Nathaniel Ryan
Sam Mcnally
Camille Diaz
Musicians
Debbie, Regina & Jessica
Michael, Rey, Ingrid &
Kathleen.
Ingrid & Kathleen
Val, Michael &
Rey
Friday Mass 12noon
Saturday Mass 9am
FEAST DAYS
Tues Sts Simon & Jude
Sat All Saints
NEXT WEEK
1ST/2ND NOVEMBER
MASSES
St Mary’s
Vigil 6pm
Sunday 8:30am
Yangan
Saturday 6pm
Greymare
Mass 10am
LAY LITURGIES
Killarney
Sunday 8am
Gladfield
Sunday 9:30am
Reconciliation
St Mary’s
Saturday 9:40am
Morning Tea at
Assisi Place
Lyn & Mary
Noble
Kajewski family
Children’s Liturgy
Mary-Anne Driver
Merril Ryan &
Arlene Diaz
Altar Servers
Cameron Watt
Christopher Watt
Matthew Watt
OTHER ROSTERS
Mackenzie Ganly
Tori Abood
Harriet Plummer
Juliana Cox
THIS WEEK
Mitchell Scheiwe
Joe McNally
Henry Reardon
Ben Willett
Nathaniel Ryan
Andrew Willett
NEXT WEEK
Akooramak
Nea McGinness & Mary Bourke
Shirley Owens & Marcia Hughes
Home Communion
Shirley Owens & Gloria McKechnie
Phil Cresswell & Maria Ryan
Bus Drivers & Carers
Des & Kerri Collins 4661 5336
Tom Lawton 4667 1390
Money Counters
Group 1 - John Connolly
Group 2 - Maurie Hynes 4661 2061
PRAYER & LITURGY
Rosary is prayed before each weekday Mass in St Mary’s Church.
Mothers’ Prayers Group meets on Thursdays at 9:30 in Church (Maria 4661 2158)
Choir Practice Saturday 1st November after 9am Mass (not 25th Oct)
1st Saturday 1st November 20 mysteries of the Rosary to be said at 7:50am before
mass.
MAGAZINES
Catholic Leader $2 Improvements to marriage and seminary preparation major
focus for synod on family
Horizons Winter edition
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Aust Catholics Magazine—Christmas Edition]
The Far East Magazine
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available on tables at doors
Social Justice Statement & Prayer Cards
]
Trends—Social Justice Newsletter
November Mass Envelopes available on tables at doors.
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PARISH GROUPS
MEETINGS AT THE
PARISH CENTRE
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS
meets on Wednesdays at
7pm in Room 1.
CHARISMATIC
PRAYER GROUP meets on
Mondays in Room 1 at
9:45am.
PARISH EVENTS
Date Claimer: Parish Christmas Party rescheduled to Saturday 15th Nov ‘14
after 6pm Mass. Please bring a salad or sweets to share. The Parish will supply the
barbecue. Last year’s Christmas Party was a success despite the storm. Please join us to
get to know each other and foster community in our parish.
St Mary’s Parish Ladies please note change of date and time for November
meeting, now being held on 3rd November at 1pm at the Parish Centre.
Marriage Encounter 31 Oct-2 Nov: Worldwide Marriage Encounter weekend for
married couples. Santa Teresa Spirituality Centre, Ormiston. Bookings contact Tamara
or Scott Menteith 4634 3559 or email [email protected], website www.wwme.org.au.
Columban Calendars 2015 available at Parish Office for $7 each.
Annual Mission Month Appeal envelopes on the end of the seats.
Planned Giving Statements for each Quarter will not be printed unless specifically
asked for. If you would like a PGP Statement for the first Quarter 2014/15, please
contact the Parish Office.
A Memorial Mass, to remember those of our Parish Community who died between
November 2013 and November 2014, will be celebrated on 12th November at 7pm.
Catholics, wanting a church funeral, are advised to make their wishes known, in
advance, to surviving relatives to avoid confusion at the time of death.
A Liturgy Group Workshop will be conducted by John Briffa on Sunday 23rd
November at 10am at the Parish Centre. All interested parishioners are welcome.
Communion If you know of an elderly/invalid parishioner who is no longer able to
attend Mass but would like to receive Communion, please advise Parish Office.
Mass for Warwick Lay Carmelites will be celebrated by Fr Paul Gurr, O’Carm, on
Tuesday 28th October at 10:30am at the Parish Centre. Everybody is most welcome.
There will be no Lay-led Liturgy that day.
Social Cards Monday 27th Oct at 7:30pm at Sthn Cross Bowls Club. All welcome.
SVDP Bus Trip for November is on last Sunday 30th Nov.
Meals on Wheels St Mary’s turn this week.
SCHOOL EVENTS
St Mary’s Kindergarten Open Days for 2015 Enrolments: Tuesday 28th Oct
(9am-11:30am) and/or Thursday 30th Oct (9am-11:30am)
DIOCESAN EVENTS
Hospital Ministry & Pastoral Care—Applications for this course in 2015 are
invited. Those living more than 1 hr from T’mba can access the training via video-link.
Contact T’mba Hospital on 4616 6415 for more details. Closes 31st October 2014.
COMMUNITY EVENTS
Fr Joe McKey Archives/Museum Visits may be arranged by 4661 3497.
Christmas Downunder Ecumenical Christian themed event over 4 half-days (17-20
Dec) offers free activities to local families to bring the story of the birth of Jesus into the
world of Santa and shopping. Contact Mary-anne ([email protected]) or 0428
841 164, Donna ([email protected]) or 0415 439 311 or 4661 3442 if you can or
wish to assist. Your help would be most appreciated.
Affordable accommodation is available for Tertiary Students, Apprentices and other Young Working People at The Loft, 38 Ferguson Road, Wavell Heights, Brisbane. For more information, please see our website: www.theloftsa.com.au.
Expression of Interest—Brass Players The Salvation Army Warwick is looking for
people who play a brass instrument and would be interested in joining with the Salvo
band for the Allora Creekside Carols under the Stars 2014 on Saturday 6th Dec.
Participants can be of any age but need to have some playing experience. If you are
interested or would like more information, please contact Adam on 0407 126 658 or
CHRISTIAN MEDITATION
GROUP meets on Fridays
from 9-10am.
FATHERS’ PRAYERS
GROUP
meets on Tuesdays in Room
10 from 6pm. All welcome!
Ph 4661 3133
LAY CARMELITES
meet on 2nd Friday of each
month at 9am
Pam Eather 4661 3917
LITTLE TREASURES PLAY
GROUP
Wednesdays at 9:30am in
Rooms 1 & 2 (during school
terms)
MEN ALIVE GROUP
meets in Room 2 on
Thursdays at 7-8pm.
Contact 4661 3133.
MOTHERS’ PRAYERS
GROUPS
meet on Tuesdays in Room
3 at 6pm (Pauline 4661
7293) and
Fridays in Room 3 at 10am
(Maree 4661 7345).
PARISH LADIES
meet on 1st Tuesday of each
month at 9:30am in Room
1.
New members are warmly
invited to join this group.
Contact Rita 4661 8144 or
Shirley 4661 2470
PRAYER FOR
Prayer for Peace in Sudan
Lord Jesus, you said to us, “I leave you peace.
My peace I give you.”
Look upon your sisters and brothers in Sudan
and send your Spirit to guide them continually.
Give them the wisdom they need to forge a future
where all will know your true peace.
You call all of us out of slavery, oppression, and
persecution so that we may have life in
REFLECTION
This is the final encounter between Jesus and his enemies in
Matthew’s Gospel. They are seeking to expose his lack of professional knowledge of the Scriptures or to trap him into giving more weight to one of the Ten Commandments, which
are viewed as equally important. Jesus cuts the ground from
under them. No one could argue with his answer!
But if the dual command of love was present in the Jewish
Law, what new thing did Jesus bring? His originality places
love of God and love of neighbour together. It is not possible
to love God and despise people. God and the human situation
are intimately interwoven. This is shown most perfectly in
the person of Jesus himself—Son of Man and Son of God;
fully human and fully divine. Followers of Jesus must also
embody the dual commandment of love.
 Do you struggle with achieving this balance? Is it
easier to love God and ignore those around you or
are you drawn to people but find it difficult to be
truly attentive to God?
abundance.
Grant us peace with one another. Give peace
among ethnic groups.
We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.
First Reading
Exodus 22:20-26
If you are harsh with the widow or the orphan, my
anger will rage against you.
Responsorial Psalm
Psalm 17:2-4,47,51.R.v.2
I love you, Lord, my strength.
Second Reading
Thessalonians 1:5-10
You turned away from idols to serve God and await
his Son.
Gospel Acclamation
John 14:23
All who love me will keep my words,
and my Father will love them and we will come to
them.
Gospel
Matthew 22:34-40
You shall love the Lord your God and your neighbour
as yourself.
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