to 5.15pm (concludes with a light meal at 5.15pm and Mass at 6.30pm.) Hosted by Bishop Patrick Dunn & Diocesan Presenters. St. Mark’s Parish, Pakuranga Rd. Registrations essential. Register by Monday 3 November at [email protected] or call (09) 576 7959. More information on noticeboard. In celebration of Eucharist and in your own personal prayer, please remember: Recently Deceased: Roger Hoe, Val Mutch, Brian Maynard, Henk Leenderts, Liz Hilton Others who have died: John Bos (4th Ann), Anna Yeoh (2nd Ann), Maurice Murray (4th Ann), Bert Brydon (13th Ann), Edith Hayden (18th Ann), Jennifer Pritchard (31st Ann) Gordon Carne (1st Ann), Allan McNeilage (17th Ann) For the sick: Maureen Stephens; Mick Neenan; Florence Ho, Pat Hamlet, Lynette Castle, Joan Schischka, Kristen Smith, Joseph Ross, Joan Wass, Marie Traue, Joan Arnott, Warren Holt, Scott Pirie, Peggy Smyth, Josephine Aoun, Lisette Wesseling, Lovest Reynolds, Agnes Duffy, Sarah Dwyer, Heidi McGowan, John Clapham, Jack Roux, Cassie Moody, Peter & Margaret Honnan, Shirley Moore, Carla Enright, Cade Lucinsky, Dr. Vipul Upadhyay, Virginia Keith, Brian Dodd, Francis McNabney, Sebastion Bell, Rosie Rowan, Bert Woolcott, David Maguire, Ilona Demjen, Thomas Chant, Delia Morris, Nola Goosman, Jane Millard, Eileen Waldmeyer, Dang, Lydia Schweder, Phil Kemble, Ferdinand Sombrero, Nola Wolfe, Glenn Wedlock, Hercille Kirchner, Louise Noble-Campbell, Katie Murray, Joan Carne, Caroline Egan, Toni Egan, Maura Poots, Priscilla Stuart, Betty Vodanovich Please contact the Parish Office to add or remove names in the prayer list. Thank you. CLEANING: Julie & Tyrone Kippen, Candice Simmers, Eithne Ness FLOWERS: Eunice Tam, Cecilia Wong LAWNS: Ron Reichardt, Warren & Richard Holt CHILDREN’S LITURGY: Rebecca Lehrke, Jacqui Carston, Sam Gallen, Calling Back: Gabrielle Wood BEACHLANDS: Co-Ordinator: Brenda Saunders Hall Preparation: O’Neill & Jowers-Wilding Our Lady Star of The Sea Catholic Church, Howick ROSTER 8/9 NOVEMBER 2014 READERS 5.00: Kathy McNabney, Viktoria Jowers-Wilding 6.30: Bridget Danbrook, Kevin McCormick 8.00: Pamela & Julian Glynn 9.30: Carole Brajkovich, Kusthuri Pillay 5.30: Steve Lincoln, Paul Wahl EUCHARIST 5.00: John Clapham, Bryan Tutty 6.30: Benedict & Margaret Chiu, Helen Henkin, Allan Danbrook, Mike Giddey, Paul Kay, Cynthia Keenan, Joseph Koshy 8.00: Emily Goh, Helen & Paul Gleeson, Jeannette & David Wylie, Charles Hurst, Debbie Jenkins, Peta Lindstrom 9.30: John Downie, Kevin Commins, Margaret De Haast, Sam Gallen, Giulia Hall, Margaret & Janusz Gorski, Juliana Hughes 5.30: Mike & Thomas Fairweather, Marc Futter, Dominic Gorski, Anthony Mukhtar GIFTS 6.30: Betty Nobbs, Rex O’Brien 8.00: Colin & Annette Bisman 9.30: Harris Family 5.30: Fairweather Family COLLECTORS 6.30: Bob Whitley, Johanes Gouw 8.00: Clair Kent, Julie Tan-Cheang 9.30: Carol & Rato Brajkovich 5.30: Matthew & Kieran Henkin GREETERS 6.30: Trish & Noel Vaughan 8.00: Ann & Rob Redmond 9.30: Helen & Mike Hammond 5.30: Fairweather Family ALTAR SERVERS 6.30: Clarissa & Sean Gouw, Elias Falanitule 8.00: Anna George, Casey & Sofia Dela Cruz 9.30: Liam Crowe, Todd Griffin, Matthew Mascarenhas 5.30: William Fairweather, Ben Sutherland, Kian Quiding DATA PROJECTOR 6.30: Maya Ranzinger 8.00: John Cole 9.30: Denise Mendoca 5.30 Colleen Rodriguez ANNOUNCERS 6.30pm: Betty Nobbs 8.00: Gerard Fletcher 9.30: Mike Currey MUSIC 6.30: Tony Bryce 8.00: Organ 9.30: Choir 5.30: Cherie Aronsen COUNTING: Johanes Gouw, Cedric Pillay Office & Parish Centre: 18 Par khill Road, PO Box 38-276, Howick Church: Cor ner of Picton & Par k Hill Roads Parish Priest: Fr Tony Dunn Parish Secretary: Linda Van Heer den Office Hours: Mon - Fri: 10.00am -12.30pm; 1.00pm - 3.00pm Phone: 534-8710 Email:[email protected] Fax: 535 7563 Web address: www.howickcatholic.org.nz Beachlands Mass Centre: Beachlands Community Hall 49 Wakelin Rd, Beachlands 2 November 2014, All Souls Day Masses for Sunday Saturday: Sunday: Beachlands Howick Howick 5.00pm 6.30pm 8.00am 9.30am 5.30pm Weekday Masses Mon, Tue, Thur & Fri: 9.15am Mass Wednesday: 9.00am Mass Saturday: 8.00am Mass Reconciliation - Rite I Saturday: After 8.00am Mass 1st Friday : After 9.15am Mass Weekly Rosary: Weekdays after Mass Novena: Our Lady of Perpetual Help Wednesdays after 9.00am Monthly 1st Friday: Adoration 10.00am - 3.30pm 1st Sunday: Divine Mercy 2.50pm 3rd Friday: Healing Mass 9.15am In Parish Centre: St Vincent de Paul Committee: Meeting every first Wednesday at 10.00am (downstairs). Food bank open every Wednesday after 9.00am Mass. Need help? Please contact: David on 273 8859 or Patsy on 534 3940 Interested in becoming a Catholic? An enquiry group meets every 2nd & 4th Tuesday at 7.30pm in the Parish Centre or contact the parish office. THIS WEEK’S READINGS Is. 25:6-9; Ps. 26; Rom. 5:5-11; Matt. 11:25-30 NEXT WEEK’S READINGS Wis. 6:12-16; Ps. 63; 1 Thess. 4:13-18; Matt. 25:1-13 PARISH NOTICES Fit For Mission This weeks Fit For Mission quote from the Diocese: “In all places and circumstances Christians are called to hear the cry of the poor. Sometimes we prove hard of heart and mind. We are forgetful, distracted carried away by the limitless possibilities for consumption offered by contemporary society.” How do you connect with the poor? What did you buy this week that you didn’t actually need? Could you live more simply so that others can simply live? MONTH OF HOLY SOULS November is the month we remember our deceased family and friends. Names of family and friends may be placed in the book of remembrance which will be in the church during the month of November. Please print name clearly and include date of death if possible. The book of remembrance will come up with the offertory procession at each Mass and be placed in front of the altar during the month of November. A cross will also be placed in the sanctuary during November where you will find two baskets of pebbles. You are invited to write the names of your deceased loved ones on the pebbles and at the end of the month they will be placed in the graveyard. BLESSING OF THE GRAVES The blessing of the graves will take place today, Sunday 2nd November at 3pm. You are all welcome to join the parish for this time of prayer. SOLEMN MASS The 9.30am Mass on Sunday 9th November will be a Solemn Mass for the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica. Pastor’s Column.... Many years ago now there was a delightful BBC interview called “Carry on sweeping the corridors.” It was an interview with a young mother who was dying with cancer. As part of the interview she was asked whether she had any regrets about her life. She paused and said that she had two regrets: never having prayed enough, never having loved enough. Catholic tradition talks of the souls in purgatory being a place of fire and purification. I think it would be truer to say that it is a place of regrets, a place of tears. It was Dr. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, who after working for years assisting people dying and transitioning from this world to the next, described our life journey as a school in which we all have lessons to learn and the most important is that of unconditional love. The first lesson is to answer the question: who am I? Many respond to that question by identifying with their body, thoughts, emotions, relationships, possessions, roles etc. The school of love invites us to dis-identify from all these, realising that each of us is a centre of awareness and a centre of choice. The process of disidentification can be done willingly or unwillingly. If I fight and struggle against this unfolding, I suffer and letting go and letting be, becomes more and more a grief filled process. If we don’t complete this process on earth, we complete it in purgatory - a school of love in which I discover who I am and my capacity to receive the gift of being and the gift of Being - God, Himself. Never having prayed enough, never having loved enough is the refrain of purgatory. The lovely thing is that we can assist our loved ones there through our prayer, our sacrifices and above all holding them up in prayer at the Eucharistic sacrifice. It was the recently beatified Pope Paul VI who encouraged us especially to be mindful of our dead, to talk to them, to pray for them and ask them to pray for us. On All Souls the veil between the visible and invisible world grows very thin, may we be attentive, and respond to the pleas of our dead for prayer and mindfulness. God Bless you all, Father Tony SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL CHRISTMAS CARDS These are still available from the parish office during office hours. Retirement It is with fondness and deep respect that we announce the retirement at the end of this year of Marie Dawson, our Director of Religious Studies. Marie has been a wonderful member of staff for the past 28 years, commencing at Our Lady Star of the Sea in 1986 whilst the school was still sited in Granger Road. Marie’s role is paramount to the Catholic Special Character of our school … leading religious education, integrating catholic teaching with other curriculum areas, providing opportunities for staff professional development and spiritual formation, promoting and nurturing communal spirituality and ensuring that our school is a faith community endeavouring to spread the Good News by word and witness. Over the years, Marie has shared a wealth of faith, knowledge and experience, love and witness to staff, students and families alike. Her dedication, commitment and service to catholic education is exemplary. We look forward to honouring Marie at a Community Farewell, Friday 5th December at 1.20p.m. Further details to follow. Sacramental Programme Begins Father Tony will bless the children in the parish Sacramental programme at the beginning of the Sunday 5:30pm mass. For the rest of the mass time the children will then go out with the programme leaders to work in small groups. At the end of mass parents are asked to wait on the parish centre deck for their children. With the carpark being such a busy space children will not be dismissed without an adult present to collect them. Thank you for your support with this. Detta Fairweather Coordinator CATHOLIC WOMEN’S LEAGUE RAFFLE The Catholic Women’s League is having a raffle on Saturday and Sunday 22nd, 23rd November. There will be several prizes, one of which will be a Christmas Basket. Members of the league are asked to help provide something for this. If you are able to help with a contribution, please contact Betty on 534 6666 or give your contribution to one of the committee members before Friday 21st November. LITURGY & DATA PROJECTOR ROSTERS The rosters for the next three months are about to be prepared. If you are going to be away or would like to come off the roster please contact Helen Henkin by Monday 17th November on 537 3423 or email [email protected] NZ Catholic available in the foyer. Cost $4 COMMUNITY NOTICES ...YOUTH ACTION... Remembering Parihaka Join the Justice and Peace Group as we remember the non-violent civil resistance of Maori Christians at Parihaka to government confiscation of their tribal lands in 1880. Theirs is an important example of Christian non-violence as humanity continues to struggle today with violence and war. www.caritas.org.nz/resources/remembering-parihaka 7:30pm - 9pm Monday 10th November at St Marks Pakuranga. All welcome. Joint Good Shepherd College / The Catholic Institute public lecture to be held at St Columba Centre, Vermont Street, Ponsonby, on Monday, 3 November at 7.00pm. Dr Gerard Hall sm, Head of Theology at Australian Catholic University, Brisbane, will talk on Mary the First Disciple: a pathway for mission. Free parking, Koha appreciated, refreshments provided Catholic Young Professional’s Inaugural Ball A Night in Paris. You are invited to a formal evening of dinner, dancing, music and mingling! Saturday 22nd November 2014, Parnell Jubilee Hall, 7pm – midnight. Ticket cost: $50 single or $90 double (bring some friends!) Register via http://tinyurl.com/cypball2014 or email us at [email protected] Christian Meditation - John Main Seminar The NZ Community for Christian meditation is hosting the annual John Main Seminar, an international event, this January at Waikato University, beginning with a Silent Retreat led by Fr Laurence Freeman OSB, the director of the World Community for Christian Meditation, and followed by the seminar led by Professor David Tacey, Professor of Literature at La Trobe University, Melbourne. Dates: Silent Retreat Jan. 12-15. Seminar January 15-18 2015. Post-seminar pilgrimage to the Hokianga January 19-21 2015. For further information call St Mary's Parish, Papakura 299 6056 or visit www.johnmainseminar2015.com. This is a special event for the Church in New Zealand. Registration forms in the foyer. National Dominican Laity Gathering, Auckland, 21-23 November 2014. All laity with links to the Dominican family are welcome to join us for all or part of this weekend. For information and registration go to www.dominicans.org.nz or ring Susan Healy on (09) 817 6464. Mass Of Remembrance With Bishop Patrick Dunn Friday 21st November at 7:00pm, St Mary’s 117 Onewa Hi All You should have received an email during the week with all the details of Saturday 8th Nov. Youth Group Families BBQ & Bonfire Night. The next Youth Leaders Meeting will be after Uni exams have finished, so hope you can all make it along. Youth Contacts: Fran and Steve on 530 8911 [email protected] Recent Papal Tweets: Pope Francis@Pontifex ‘If faith is to be strong and healthy, it must be constantly nourished by the Word of God.’ ‘The family is where we are formed as people. Every family is a brick in the building of society.’ Diocesan Activity: A ‘Soul Group Movie Night’ is on at Imax Event Cinemas, Queen Street, Tues 4th Nov at 7 pm. Join the Facebook event http://on.fb.me/1wCjc7D Check out the noticeboard for upcoming ’Diocesan Youth Events’ or go to www.akyouth.org.nz to keep up to date. Rd, Northcote. For all mothers, fathers and family members who have suffered the loss of a baby through miscarriage, still-birth or abortion. Also remembered at this Mass will be the frozen embryos from IVF programs, due to be discarded from November 22nd this year. For more information on the frozen embryos, visit Family Life International website www.fli.org.nz/prolifeevents or call Mark on 629 4361. “Abby Johnson” a former Planned Parenthood clinic director turned pro-life advocate will be sharing her powerful conversion story from being immersed in the abortion industry to being an influential life advocate. Be inspired and also get an inside view of what really drives the antilife agenda. Fr Jeremy Palman and Mrs Michelle Kaufman will also be speaking at the mini-conference on December 6th 2014 2pm – 5pm at the Bruce Mason Centre in Takapuna. FREE entry although collection taken. Refreshments served. For further info see www.fli.org.nz or phone 08003675433 DRC Youth. Inviting all youth to join us for a time of Praise and Worship and Fellowship. Friday 14th November. St Mary’s Church, Avondale 7.00 to 8.30p.m. Baptised & Fit for Mission. Sunday 9 November 1.00pm