St. Paul’s Parish
30TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
YEAR A
26 OCTOBER 2014
Incorporating the Communities/Churches of Moss Vale, Berrima,
Bundanoon, Burrawang, Robertson, Sutton Forest and Penrose Park
Mission Statement
As a unique Parish, with vibrant station
churches, we of St Paul’s Parish strive to be an
active, welcoming, compassionate, Catholic
Community, with Christ as our model.
As Eucharistic people, we seek to grow in our
faith, sharing our talents with each other and
spreading God’s teachings through word,
action and example.
PARISH PRIEST
Fr Jaroslaw Zan, OSPPE
Presbytery: 24 Garrett St. Moss Vale
OFFICE HOURS
9.00am to 1.00pm Monday, Thursday & Friday
12 noon to 5pm Wednesday
Phone: 4868 1931 Fax:4869 3586
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.stpaulsmossvale.org.au
Pauline Fathers:4878 9192
SUNDAY MASS TIMES
CHILDREN’S MASS
St Paul’s Moss Vale
Saturday Vigil - 6.00 pm
Sunday
- 9.30 am
St Peter’s Burrawang
1st, 3rd, 5th Sunday - 8.00 am
2nd, 4th Sunday
- 5.00 pm
St Brigid’s Bundanoon
2nd, 4th Sunday
- 8.00 am
1st, 3rd, 5th Sunday - 5.00 pm
St Francis Xavier Berrima
1st Sunday of the month - 11am
Penrose Park Monastery
Sunday - 9am and 11am English
10am Polish
2nd Sunday of each Month
WEEKDAY M ASS TIMES
St Paul’s Mon Wed Thurs Fri - 8.00 am
NO MASS TUESDAY
St Paul’s College Saturday - 8.00am
Penrose Park Monastery 11am Daily
Sunday 26 October
Sunday 1 November
D & D Healy
J & H Fairfax
K Lambourne, L Harrison
B & S Wilson
St Brigid‟s 8am/5pm
P Balk, P Scalan
B Lane, K Perkins
St Peter‟s 8am/5pm
M Cronin
D Virtue
Offertory: 6pm Vigil
T & C Saker
J Simpson, A Pearson
J MacKay, M Norris
A Breen, M D‟Adam
St Brigid‟s 8am/5pm
Gilbert Family
S Marr/ C Gill
St Peter‟s 8am/5pm
L Cronin
E & G McRae
ROSTERS
Readers: 6pm Vigil
9.30 am
9.30am
Flowers St Paul‟s
Church Clean St Paul‟s
St Brigid‟s
Counters:
Children’s Liturgy
PRAY FOR OUR PARISH:
RECONCILIATION
St Paul’s Moss Vale
Saturday 5 - 5.30 pm
After Weekday Masses & on request
St Peter’s Burrawang
2nd Sunday after 5.00 pm Mass
St Brigid’s Bundanoon
1st Sunday after 5.00 pm Mass
EXPOSITION AND ADORATION OF THE
BLESSED SACRAMENT
St Paul’s Moss Vale
Following Friday morning Mass at 8 am
NOVENA TO OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP
Following Wednesday morning Mass 8 am
BAPTISMS—BY APPOINTMENT
There is one preparation meeting held on
the last Thursday of each month at 6.30pm
for those wishing to enroll in the Sacrament
of Baptism. Baptisms held on 1st Sunday at
Berrima, & 3rd Sunday at St Paul‟s Moss
Vale.
CATHOLIC WOMEN’S LEAGUE
Meeting 9.30am on 2nd Thurs of each
month from Feb to Nov. All welcome.
PRAYER FOR VOCATIONS
Loving God, you call all who believe in
you to grow perfect in love by following
A Strode, A Dulhunty
St Paul‟s International Students
in the footsteps of Christ your Son. Call
E Petersen
E Petersen
from among us more men and women
who will serve you as religious. By their
L McPherson, B & A Whyte
J Gerada, K Donnan
way of life, may they provide a conT Grainger
Jo Cuttriss
vincing sign of your Kingdom for the
Wladyslawa Peszko, Beverly Burns, Carl Church and the whole world.
Dietz, Lady Hilary Goodman,
Richard We ask this in Jesus' name. Amen.
A Strode, A Dulhunty
Z Williams
Zaranski, Johnny D‟Adam, Chris Cudmore,
Frank Finlayson, Franciszek Janowski,
Jozefa Kossakowska, John McCarthy,
Robert Johnson, Elizabeth Dromgold,
Ronald Manaton, Shirley Wilks, Jim Avery, ,
Barry Ellsmore, Colin McCue, Harry Clout,
Tom Gill, Hyde, Tilden, Conroy, Poidevin,
Murphy, Dromgold, Dwyer, Halls, Lawler,
Saker & Allport families and for all the Holy
Aged Care & Sick in the Parish: SomeSouls & for the deceased members of the
times people would like a visitor from the
Friends of the Suffering Souls.
Parish. We have pastoral carers who offer
this ministry of visitation. Contact the Parish
Office.
Sick: Kevin, Kaye, Phil, Kathy, Kylie, Emily,
Errol, Edna, Maree, Harley, Kaye, Elaine,
Bruce Shepherd, Murial Dromgold, Marilyn,
Anthony, Joan Hahn, Julia, John, Catherine, Anne, Stuart, Mike, Nicole, Brian,
Peter, Elizabeth, Jacqui Mack, Janet
Laverty, Bridget, Paula, Margaret, Keith,
and all on the Intercessory Prayer List.
Deceased: Dennis O‟Neill, Cecilia & John
McPherson, Jack Simpson, Anthony
Vaughan, Robert Cooper, Chris Kelly,
Wladyslaw Peszko, John Riordan, Patrick
Kirton, Trevor Sommer, Edna Finlayson,
Gail Edwards, Mrs Pawlicha, Edna Miller,
Susan Buckley, Tom Hammerton, George &
MAY THEY REST IN PEACE. AMEN
We welcome new
parishioners to our
Parish and would
love to get to know
you. Please make
yourself known to one
of the greeters at the
door or Fr Jarek.
If you would to join the Intercessory
Prayer list contact Sue or Brian
48841205 or [email protected]
PARISH NEWS .....
MISSION SUNDAY 2014
NOVEMBER M ASSES
Wed 29 Oct: Sacristans meeting
Tues 4 Nov: PPC meeting 5pm
Sat 8 Nov: P & F Spring Ball
Sun 9 Nov: Scripture Mass at 5pm Burrawang
Wed 12 Nov: Altar Serving training
4.15pm
Thurs 13 Nov: CWL meeting & AGM
Jamaica is a nation deeply troubled by 9.30am
violence and crime. With the second- Thurs 13 Nov: Stewardship 3.30pm
highest rate of gun-killings anywhere in Fri 21 Nov: First Reconciliation 7pm
the world, communities across Jamaica
St PAUL’S SCHOOL NEWS...
live in constant fear. By supporting the
P & F SPRING BALL: Saturday 8
Catholic Mission World Mission Appeal
November. Please contact school
today or by becoming a „Friends in Faith‟
if you wish to purchase tickets.
partner with a monthly gift, you are helping the youth of Jamaica, and throughout Raffle tickets to support the P & F will be
the world, grow up to be fully alive, and sold after the 9.30am Mass on Sunday 9
achieve their dreams of a positive and November.
hope-filled future. Please give generously.
OUTSIDE OUR PARISH ...
SACRISTAN MEETING/TRAINING
Masses during the
month of November
will be offered for our
deceased relatives,
friends, parishioners
and all the Holy
Souls. If you would
like to add your intentions please fill in a November Mass
envelope and give to Father or place on
the 2nd collection plate.
Sat November 1: ALL SAINTS 8am
Mass at St Paul‟s International College
Sunday November 2: ALL SOULS
‘All Souls Day commemorates the faithful
departed, those baptised Christians in
purgatory. Purgatory still exists in Church
teaching – it is “the state of those who die
in God‟s friendship, assured of their eternal salvation, but who still have need of
purification to enter into the happiness of
A further meeting will be held on
heaven”. (Compendium of the CateWednesday 29 October at 10am
chism, n. 210). The day purposely folST PAUL’S ALTAR SERVERS ROSTER
lows All Saints Day in order to shift the
focus from those in heaven to those in
25 Oct 6pm: Baxter, Alexis, Matilda
purgatory.‟
26 Oct 9.30am: Caitlin, Ashleigh, Erin
1 Nov 6pm: Luka, Grace, Holly
Mass will be at St Patrick’s Sutton For2 Nov 9.30am: Taylah, Chloe, Hayden
est on Monday 3 November at 8.30am
followed by Blessing of the Graves.
Altar Server Training dates are as folPLEASE NOTE: THERE WILL BE NO 8AM lows: 12 November, 26 November & 10
December. Parents are encouraged to
MASS ON MONDAY 3 NOVEMBER AT
MOSS VALE.
attend these meetings if they are able.
Blessing of Graves:
Berrima 2 Nov 12.30pm
Bundanoon 2 Nov after 5pm Mass
Moss Vale 6 Nov after 8am Mass
Burrawang 9 Nov after 5pm Mass
CALLING FOR HELP
We are calling for parishioners who are
willing to go on the roster for Flowers for
the Altar & cleaning of St Pauls Moss
Vale. To date, we have no one to do the
flowers for the weekend of 29/30 NovemLIGHT OF TORAH
ber. As previously mentioned we have a
Our meetings are held in the small group of parishioners at the moParish Meeting room on ment, however are hoping to increase
Wednesdays at 9.30am All their numbers. You do not have to be a
welcome.
florist to assist. Please contact the Parish
Office if you would like to assist.
ST PATRICK’S SUTTON FOREST
The Sutton Forest Cemetery Trust would PARISH BBQ
like to thank all who helped with the
Working Bee last Saturday at St Patrick‟s
Our sincere thanks, Michael McCue
FOUND
Parish BBQ next Saturday
1 November after the Vigil
Mass. BYO salads and
desserts to share.
PET’S RAFFLE LAST SUNDAY
A red dog lead was found outside the
school, if you have lost one contact the Thankyou to all who supported the raffle
school. Thank you
and congratulations to Lynne Harrison on
winning the prize.
MASSES HELD AT AGED CARE HOMES
BLESSING OF CARS
Mass is celebrated on the last Thursday
of the month at Warrigal Care Bunda- There will be a blessing of cars on the
noon at 3pm and on the fourth Wednes- weekend of November 15 / 16, this will
day of the month at Harbison Moss Vale occur after all Masses on this weekend.
at 2pm. Parishioners are most welcome
THANK YOU
to attend either of these Masses.
Next Mass this Thursday 30 October at Thank you to Patrick Edwards for the
Warrigal, Bundanoon.
excellent job he did of upgrading the
lights at St Paul‟s Church.
PARISH DIARY DATES.......
ENCOUNTER EVENING – WHAT ARE
YOU LOOKING FOR?
Are you questioning where God is calling
you in your life? Are you seeking a deeper
encounter with Jesus Christ? Come along
to this reflective evening, chat with others
on the journey – married, single, ordained, religious – and spend time in
prayer and discernment. “The Venue”, 18
Cawley Street, Bellambi. Wed 29 October, 7.00pm to 9.30pm (includes dinner).
Who‟s invited: Young men and women
wanting to deepen their relationship with
God and explore where they are going in
life. Cost: Free. RSVP: Jenny Raposio/
[email protected]/4222 2411
Mt Carmel Retreat Centre Varroville.
1 Nov: day retreat: Love and Beauty, St
Teresa‟s poetry, a resource to bring love
and beauty to our life of faith today. 9304pm $20 BYO lunch. ALSO
14-16 Nov: Teresian Themes, explore
Themes in St Teresa‟s writings - friendship with Christ and growth in prayer.
Cost $220 (Concessions available)
Sat 6 Dec: „Inspire Retreat‟ presented by
The Catholic Guy Team Venue: Centenary Hall, Holy Cross College, Ryde Cost:
$45 singles or $65 couples More info: brochures in foyers.
Date Claimers:
Caritas Australia 50th Anniversary Mass
Tues 12pm on 18 November at Wollongong Cathedral followed by light luncheon
at Xavier Centre.
18-20 May 2015: One Heart Many Voices
Conference - details in foyer
FROM BISHOP PETER
A copy of a letter of thanks from Bishop
Peter Ingham, DD is in the foyer of all
churches for anyone who would like to
read it.
30TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR A
ENTRANCE ANTIPHON
26 October 2014
which is coming.
The word of the Lord
Let the hearts that seek the Lord rejoice;
turn to the Lord and his strength;
constantly seek his face.
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
RESPONSORIAL PSALM
REFLECTION
The second text is from the opening
paragraphs of Pope Benedict XVI’s 2005
encyclical letter Deus Caritas Est (God is
Love), and sums up beautifully the
message of today’s Scripture readings:
Being Christian is not the result of an
ethical choice or a lofty idea, but the
encounter with an event, a person, which
gives life a new horizon and a decisive
direction” In acknowledging the centrality
of love, Christian faith has retained the
core of Israel‟s faith, while at the same
time giving it new depth and breadth. The
pious Jew prayed daily the words of the
Book of Deuteronomy which expressed
the heart of his existence: “Hear, O
Israel: the Lord our God is one Lord, and
you shall love the Lord your God with all
your heart, and with all your soul and with
all your might” (6:4-5). Jesus united into a
single precept this commandment of love
for God and the commandment of love
for neighbor found in the Book of
Leviticus: “You shall love your neighbor
as yourself” (19:18; cf. Mk 12:29-31).
Since God has first loved us (cf. 1 Jn
4:10), love is now no longer a mere
“command”; it is the response to the gift
of love with which God draws near to us.
Jn 14:23
Alleluia, alleluia! All who love me will
FIRST READING
keep my words, and my Father will love
Exodus 22:20-26 them and we will come to them. Alleluia!
The Lord said to Moses, 'Tell the sons of
GOSPEL
Israel this, "You must not molest the
stranger or oppress him, for you lived as
Matthew 22:34-40
strangers in the land of Egypt, You must When the Pharisees heard that Jesus
not be harsh with the widow, or with the had silenced the Sadducees they got
orphan; if you are harsh with them, they together and, to disconcert him, one of
will surely cry out to me, and be sure I them put a question, `Master, which is
shall hear their cry; my anger will flare the greatest commandment of the Law?‟
and I shall kill you with the sword, your Jesus said, `You must love the Lord your
own wives will be widows, your own God with all your heart, with all your soul,
children orphans. "If you lend money to and with all your mind. This is the
any of my people, to any poor man greatest and the first commandment. The
among you, you must not play the usurer second resembles it: you must love your
with him: you must not demand interest neighbour as yourself. On these two
from him.
commandments hang the whole Law,
"If you take another's cloak as a pledge, and the Prophets also.‟
you must give it back to him before The Gospel of the Lord
sunset. It is all the covering he has; it is LITURGY NOTES
the cloak he wraps his body in; what else
Sunday Preface: VI
would he sleep in? If he cries to me, I will
Eucharistic Prayer: II
listen, for I am full of pity." '
Acclamation: When we eat this Bread...
Fr. Thomas Rosica, CSB
The word of the Lord.
Ps 17:2-4. 47.51. R. v.2
R. I love you, Lord, my strength.
1. I love you, Lord, my strength, my rock,
my fortress, my saviour. My God is the
rock where I take refuge; my shield, my
mighty help, my stronghold. The Lord is
worthy of all praise: when I call I am
saved from my foes. (R)
2. Long life to the Lord, my rock! Praised
be the God who saves me. He has given
great victories to his king and shown his
love for his anointed. (R)
SECOND READING
Thessalonians 1:5-10
You observed the sort of life we lived
when we were with you, which was for
your instruction, and you were led to
become imitators of us, and of the Lord;
and it was with the joy of the Holy Spirit
that you took to the gospel, in spite of the
great opposition all round you. This has
made you the great example to all
believers in Macedonia and Achaia since
it was from you that the word of the Lord
started to spread – and not only
throughout Macedonia and Achaia, for
the news of your faith in God has spread
everywhere. We do not need to tell other
people about it: other people tell us how
we started the work among you, how you
broke with idolatry when you were
converted to God and became servants
of the real, living God; and how you are
now waiting for Jesus, his Son, whom he
raised from the dead, to come from
heaven to save us from the retribution
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In light of today‟s
Scripture readings,
let us reflect on two
Pope’s Prayer Intentions for October
texts this week. The
first is #42 from
Lumen Gentium, the
Universal: That the Lord
Dogmatic
may grant peace to those
Constitution on the
parts of the world most batChurch of the Second Vatican Council.
tered by war and violence.
God is love, and he who abides in love, For Evangelization: That World Misabides in God and God in Him”. But, God sion Day may rekindle in every believer
pours out his love into our hearts through zeal for carrying the Gospel into all the
the Holy Spirit, Who has been given to world.
us; thus the first and most necessary gift
is love, by which we love God above all
PRAYER FOR PRIESTS
things and our neighbor because of God. O my God, help those priests who
Indeed, in order that love, as good seed are faithful to remain faithful; to
may grow and bring forth fruit in the soul, those who are falling, stretch forth
each one of the faithful must willingly Your Divine Hand that they may
grasp it as their support.
hear the Word of God and accept His
In the great ocean of Your mercy, lift those
Will, and must complete what God has poor unfortunate ones who have fallen, that
begun by their own actions with the help being engulfed therein Thy Great Loving
of God‟s grace. These actions consist in Heart. Amen.
the use of the sacraments and in a Precious Blood of Jesus protect them!
special way the Eucharist, frequent Saint John Vianney, pray for them.
participation in the sacred action of the
PRAYER TO ST MICHAEL
Liturgy, application of oneself to prayer,
self-abnegation, lively fraternal service
Saint
Michael
the
Archangel,
and the constant exercise of all the
defend us in the battle; keep us safe
virtues. For charity, as the bond of
from the wickedness and snares of
perfection and the fullness of the law,
the devil. May God restrain him, we
humbly pray, and You, O prince
rules over all the means of attaining
of the heavenly host, by the power
holiness and gives life to these same
means. It is charity which guides us to of God, cast into hell Satan and all the other
our final end. It is the love of God and the evil spirits who wander through the world seeklove of one‟s neighbor which points out ing the ruin of souls. Amen. Pope Leo XIII
Readings taken from The Sunday Missal, Jerusalem Bible
the true disciple of Christ.
Fill in the missing words to complete the story.
love
second
God
answered
yourself
teacher
heart
first
test
commandment
2 Spaces available
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