Corner Izard Road and Everest Street Khandallah Fr Doug Shepherd Priests of the Parish Tel: 479 7777 Fr Peter Fitzgibbon Presbytery 3 Everest Street, Khandallah Sunday Mass Saturday Vigil 6pm Weekdays Monday 9am Liturgy of the Word with Holy Communion Mass Tuesday to Saturday at 9am Friday preceded by Exposition at 8.30am Reconciliation By appointment Parish Office St Benedict’s School Sunday 9am Monday, Thursday, Friday 9.30am to 3.30pm email [email protected] 50 Nicholson Road Tel: 479 6878 Tel: 479 7777 www.stbenedicts.org.nz 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time A 26th Oct nd 2 Nov 26 October 2014 First Reading Second Reading Gospel Exodus 22:20-26 1 Thessalonians 1:5-10 Matthew 22:34-40 First Reading Second Reading Gospel Isaiah 25:6-9 Romans 5:5-11 Matthew 11:25-30 Events in the Parish this week Tues 28 October 7.30pm 8pm Catholic Women’s League Annual General Meeting CWL Social Evening (see notice below) Church Foyer Wed 29 October 9.15am St Benedict’s School Rooms 6 & 11 attending Mass St Benedict’s Church Fri 31 October 9.15am St Benedict’s School attending Mass for All Saints’ Day St Benedict’s Church All Souls’ Day Remembrance Mass Each year our parish community gathers to remember and to pray for those who have been dear to us in life and who have gone before us to eternal life. It is a great consolation to us that the Church gives us this opportunity to remember and pray for our dead. This year All Souls’ Day is to be celebrated on a Sunday. The Grief and Loss Ministry invite parishioners attending the 9am Mass on 2nd November to bring a memento, photo, flower or candle to place at the foot of the altar in memory of their deceased family members. A Board in the foyer will display those members of our parish who celebrated their funeral Service at St Benedict’s Church during 2014. You are also invited to write the names of your family’s deceased on the pages provided in the foyer. These names will be remembered during all our November Masses and prayers. Morning tea will be served after Mass with particular hospitality offered to visitors outside the parish who have returned to mourn a family member who was farewelled from St Benedict’s in 2014. Clergy Support Parish Collection $458.84 $975.06 Thank you MONTH OF NOVEMBER During the month of November it is our custom to remember those whom God has called through the gates of death to eternal life. Pages are available in the foyer to record those family and friends whom you would like to pray for at each Mass celebrated in the Parish during November. A box is also available to collect specific requests for Masses to be said for their intentions. CWL ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING The CWL will hold its AGM on Tuesday 28 October in St Benedict’s Church Foyer, to be followed by the monthly social meeting. The AGM will commence at 7.30pm to conduct the business of the meeting, and members of the League are asked to arrive promptly for this time. The AGM will then be followed by a talk, commencing at 8pm, by Sam Walker, our parishioner; the talk is open to all women of the parish. Sam is a local artist who works from her Khandallah home studio. She paints all sorts of things, canvas, wood and perspex in bright colours and uses fabric, wool, wood, driftwood, metal, plastic, whatever can be found, to create lots of different artworks. In 2013 Sam started running kids art classes for 5-12yr olds from her home studio. She works alongside the kids to create awesome art rather than providing lessons on how to draw and paint. Sam believes everyone is creative; people may just forget how to be so! She will talk about her thoughts on creativity and it being part of our lives. After the talk there will be the usual delicious supper! A gold coin donation for our Mission Station in Lomary, Fiji, would be most welcome. The Lazarus Experience A healing weekend for separated and divorced Catholics. When: Friday 28 November to Sunday 30 November Where: Lower Hutt Contacts: Katrin 04 970 9385 or Eustie 04 550 9240 Facebook: Lazarus Experience Wellington Working Bees Over the next few months there are plans to undertake some minor maintenance work around the Church and Presbytery. A small group of Parishioners is currently planning the work programme and will be looking to put together some working bees to do the maintenance. All Parishioners, young and old, short and tall, are invited to participate in these bees. We plan to make it fun so whether you are a master builder, head of household maintenance or a Bunnings/Mitre 10 aisle browser, please come along and share in the fun with us as we make sure our assets stay in good condition. If you are interested, please pass on your details and availability on a Saturday over November/December to Margie on 479 7777. Vigil for Life Regular Vigils for Life are organised to pray for the mothers who have had abortions; all those affected by or involved in abortion and for the preborn babies. The philosophy is one of love and support and never condemnation or blame. Please join us if you are able, or please pray where you are for those involved. Thank you. The next Vigil for Life will be held on Friday, 21st November at St Anne's Church, Emmett Street, Newtown. It begins with Mass celebrated by Archbishop Dew at 7pm, a rosary walk to pray outside Wellington Hospital, the site of 2,252 abortions in 2013, and concludes after Adoration back at St Anne’s at 9pm. NB The NZ frozen embryos 10 years and older scheduled to be discarded from 22nd November and their parents will also be remembered at this Mass. Organised by Family Life International - an organisation that “exists to restore respect for the sanctity of life from the moment of conception through to natural death." www.fli.org.nz or tel: 237 8343 Liturgy Committee Meeting There will be a meeting of the Liturgy Committee on Tuesday evening, November 4th, at 7.30pm in the Presbytery. Any parishioners who would like to attend would be most welcome. For more details please contact Father Doug on 479 7777. First Friday Morning Tea All parishioners are warmly invited to morning tea in the foyer of St Benedict’s on Friday 7 November following Exposition at 8.30am and Mass at 9am. Hospitality: volunteers would be appreciated. Theology on Tap, Sunday 26 October, 6.30pm upstairs at Hotel Bristol. This month we have Karen Holland, lay pastoral leader from St Anne's parish in Newtown, speaking on the topic "just don't forget... you're not a Priest". We hope to see you there! Engaged Encounter is a weekend experience for couples intending to be married. The next weekend is 21-23 November. Weekends are held at the Home of Compassion, Island Bay. For more details go to the website at http://www.ceewellington.org.nz or phone Kate & Simon Olsen on 801 6192, or email [email protected] Family is the domestic Church. It will be our privilege to have Archbishop John Dew be present with us at St Gerard's Church on Friday 31 October at 7:30pm to share about the importance and power of family prayer in the context of Evangelisation. Come with your entire family as we join together in worship for the revival and restoration of families. ICPE Mission NZ, St. Gerard's Monastery, 75 Hawker Street, Mount Victoria. Tel: 801 7797 www.icpe.org The Catholic Institute of Aotearoa NZ is holding an open lecture in Wellington to be held at St Joseph's Church, 30 Ellice Street, Mt Victoria, on Sunday 2 November at 6.30pm, following Sunday Eucharist at 5pm. Rev Dr Gerard Hall sm will speak with a talk on Mary the First Disciple: a Welcome to the Seasons for Growth Parent Programme – pathway for mission. Refreshments will be provided and all are welcome. For any enquiries, either email to of- The Parents Programme has been developed to complement the very successful Seasons for Growth programme for [email protected] or contact Melania on (04) 819 8380. children and young people. This programme provides an opportunity for parents to better understand the experience Holy Hour You are invited to a Holy Hour on Tuesday 28 Octo- of separation and divorce from a child’s or young person’s perspective and to explore ideas and strategies they may ber beginning at 7.30pm in the Cathedral chapel to wish to consider as they support their children to transition pray for vocations to priesthood/religious life. This through family change. It helps parents consider the experiHoly Hour will include prayers, scripture, times of sience of separation or divorce from a child’s or young perlence and conclude with Benediction followed by supper. son’s perspective. If you would like to attend the programme Taizé Community Visit to Wellington or know of someone who would benefit from it, the details of The Taizé community, founded in 1940, has a passion for the two-session programme are: dates: Tuesdays 11th and nourishing the spirituality of young people, and Taizé has 18th November, 2014 ; time: 6:30 - 8:30pm.; venue: Cathobecome a significant gathering place for young men and lic Centre, Hill Street; cost: $20 (covers the cost of the jourwomen from all over the world. Their distinctive form of mu- nal) For further details and to enrol please email Esther sic is profound, and yet simple and accessible, and seems to Saldanha at [email protected] or phone 04 strike a chord with young people. Brothers Alois, Matthew 496 5182. Last date for registration: 6th November and Ghishlan of Taizé will be in Wellington from 9 – 10 FebSuzanne Aubert Tertiary Scholarship Grant ruary 2015. North Island enquiries [email protected] This scholarship is available within the Archdiocese to asMISSIONZ ENVELOPES sist students with their tertiary education. Apply in writing Missionz envelopes (for those not on planned giving) are for application form to: Sisters of Compassion, PO Box now available. There is no time limit on the Appeal, so 1474, Wellington. Closing date – 3 November 2014 please use them to make a donation if you wish. PRAYER INTENTIONS Please remember in your prayers Pat Hobbs, Frieda Allardice, Sister Mary Gordon, Eugene Crosby, Mary Cummins, Marie de Joux, Therese Walsh, Tabea Squire, Alex Lines, Jim Webber, and David Shroff. Prayers are also requested for those who have died recently, especially Karla Du Toit, Maura Bourke (mother of Rena Day) and Maria Costa (mother of Caterina Costa, one of our organists) and for all those whose anniversaries occur at this time. The Parish Prayer Group is always available to pray for your special intentions. A list of contact phone numbers is on the church notice board. Ministries Monthly Masses : YOUNG CHURCH M3 2nd November at Sacred Heart Cathedral at 7pm Come and celebrate with the Archdiocese of Wellington Young Church Masses are for all—teenagers, young adults, families or the young at heart! Please bring a plate to share for supper following Mass. For more information contact: [email protected] or 04 496 1731 183 Waterloo Road Lower Hutt. 7:30pm—8:30pm, followed by nibbles and drinks. RSVP or any questions, please contact Jim Nicolle: phone 027-5058421; email: [email protected] Kathy Pollitt is an American feminist writer and columnist who recently published a book: "Pro: Reclaiming Abortion Rights". She suggests that the stigmatism of abortion leads to its criminalisation. Pro-life Christians would argue that it is the realisation that abortion ends a human life, and society's recognition of its responsibility to protect the vulnerable, that justifies the criminalisation of abortion. For pro-life information, visit www.voiceforlife.org.nz or phone (09)4430995. Long term foster care needed The Open Home Foundation is a Christian child and family support service. We are seeking a loving home to provide long term care for a 10 year old boy. Can you help? He is able-bodied and physically active; he has a moderate intellectual disability and is in a mainstream class; he has behaviour needs that require a thoughtful and patient parenting style. As an Open Home Foundation foster parent you will receive: Board payments, full training, respite care, 24 hour support, additional specialised support. For an application pack or further details, please contact: Phillip Larking or Cath Berryman on ph: 04 566 3990 HEARTS AFLAME The theme of Hearts Aflame 2015 is ‘I thirst’ reflecting on Psalm 63: “earnestly I seek you, my soul thirsts for you, my flesh yearns for you”. It will held at Nga Tawa Diocesan Girls’ School in Marton from Friday 2 January to Sunday 11 January 2015. Anyone aged 18—35 years may attend. Looking for a positive alternative to Halloween? For more information, please contact the team on 022 188 Onslow Anglicans are organising a Light Party for the 2774 or [email protected] The North Wellington Pastoral Area invites you to their Annual CHRISTMAS DINNER AND DANCE 2014 to be held at the Khandallah Town Hall, Ganges Road, on Saturday 13 December at 7.30pm for 8pm sharp. Live 5 piece band: Jones Deviation Buffet dinner. BYO drinks. Spot Prizes Attire: Formal (Theme—Christmas Celebration). Cost*: $30 adults, $15 age 11—15 years, $10 age 6—10 years. Contact: Jackie Miranda 478 8044, Nirmala D’Mello 477 0288, Cindy Davidson 973 8058, Denzil D’Mello 934 0786/021 179 2924 * Proceeds to St Andrew’s Parish, Newlands "Supporting Families Caring for Children" The Open Home Foundation is currently seeking a Respite and Family Services Social Worker to join our Wellington Service Centre (permanent, 30 hours). The successful applicant will primarily co-ordinate respite services for children with disabilities. The successful applicant will ideally have: Experience working with children/ young people with physical and/ or intellectual disability and their families; a passion for working in the disability sector and with children/young people; a qualification in social work or a related field; strong administrative skills and robust assessment practices; some experience in working in multidisciplinary teams; strong empathy with the organisation's Christian and bi-cultural values. For an application pack or further details, please contact: Open Home Foundation p: 04 566 3990 e:[email protected] w: www.ohf.org.nz whole family to be held on Friday 31 October from 5pm— 6.30pm at the Onslow Anglicans’ Church Hall, 35 Box Hill, Khandallah. Games, sausage sizzle, bouncy castle, cakes & slices, candy floss and much more. Come dressed as your favourite superhero, angel or positive character. No scary costumes allowed. Free Community event Seeing your life through the lens of the gospels Matthew 22:34-40 You may feel some sympathy with the Jews struggling to cope with 613 laws and wondering which were the important ones. But have you ever felt overwhelmed by the rules and regulations of your own tradition? And have you ever been blessed by meeting someone, or reading something, that was able to cut through all the layers and point out to you what is essential in life? Who was that person? What did s/he say or do? Is there some phrase or text that encapsulates such wisdom for you? If you were asked what is most important in life, what would your answer be? Recall the experiences and relationships you have had. Which are the ones that you treasure most? What has particularly enriched your life? How would you encourage another person who asked you how s/he could live a full life? John Byrne osa THE DEEP END • Selfless Saints Various figures down through the ages have become synonymous with selfless love – Mother Teresa of Calcutta, Oscar Romero, St Damian of Molokai, St Don Bosco, St Maximilian Kolbe... the list goes on. They were people who gave up everything to help others, often suffering greatly themselves in the process. They were those rare human beings who truly lived out the familiar, yet challenging instruction to ‘love your neighbour as yourself’. Are you a Saint Bernard’s College Old Boy? I recently came across the story of St Josephine Margaret The Old Boys’ Association is being re-established and all Bakhita of Sudan, who was kidnapped as a young woman Saint Bernard’s Old Boys are invited to the Saint Bernard’s and spent many years as a slave. Asked once ‘What College Old Boys’ Association Inaugural AGM, Thursday would you do, if you were to meet your captors?’, she 30 October 2014, at Saint Bernard’s College Staffroom, responded: ‘If I were to meet those who kidnapped me, and even those who tortured me, I would kneel and kiss their hands. For, if these things had not happened, I would not have been a Christian and a religious today.’ During illness in her later years, when a visitor would ask how she was, she would reply ‘As the Master desires’. Her words display a deep understanding of the two greatest commandments, to love God with all your heart, and to love your neighbour as yourself. The God who speaks in today’s First Reading is a God ‘full of pity’ who hears the cry of the poor and vulnerable. Many of the saints down through the ages echoed this love in their service of others. Reading about the lives of the saints might no longer be fashionable, but there is so much we can learn. Tríona Doherty LifeTeen Summer Camp The first LifeTeen Summer Camp for the Catholic Youth of New Zealand will be held at Forest Lakes in Otaki from January 20th—24th 2015. If there are any young people of high school age (13—18 years old) who would be interested, please contact Thomas Dravitzki on 027 384 0088 or visit the website www.wellington.lifeteen.org.nz Mass Time Greeters Children’s Liturgy Proclaimers of the Word Prayers of the faithful Offertory Procession Eucharistic Ministers Altar Servers Malvina Major/Homebound Hospitality Counters Linen Church Cleaning Children’s Corner In today’s Gospel, Jesus gives us a very definite instruction. Read over the Gospel and put this instruction into your own words. Have a look at the word cloud from tagxedo (below). Choose eight words and write a poem or a prayer with them that tells us about love. How do you love God during your day? How can you love God more during your day? From the Archdiocesan Justice Peace and Development Commission: The twin pillars of our faith are: love of God and love of neighbour; and the four pillars of Social Justice are: see, think, judge, act. Our love for God is expressed in the way we love our neighbour. Today’s liturgy challenges us to a serious examination of our charity or love for one another. We are called to see issues – racism, poverty etc.; think – strategies that will be effective; judge – i.e. pray for guidance; act – personal or group actions to get involved, changed attitudes and so on. Where do I stand in the light of these principles? Roster for November 1/2 6pm P & R Radomski 9am Jo-Anne Carley Marie Crooke, Pat Helm Terry Marks, Jo Grant one of the readers Witkowski Family Radomski Family Witkowski Family Tony de Joux, Peter & Robyn RaJohn Witkowski, Eugene Crosby, Judith Marks, domski Jo-Anne Carley, Vera Sullivan Henry McIntyre, Caitlin & Catherine Grace & Caoimhe Tulloch Ramoo Jo-Anne Carley, Vera Sullivan, Eugene Crosby, Christine Patete Sullivan Family Margaret Fowler, Beverley Telfar Maria Stewart McGrail Family, Karen Wilkinson
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