St Theresa’s Parish Plimmerton
Newsletter
Parish Priest
Church/Parish
Office
Father Bill Warwick, 4/10 James Street. Phone: 233 2080
e. [email protected]
St Theresa’s Church
210 St Andrews Road, Plimmerton p (04) 233 1279
e [email protected]
w www.plimmertoncatholic.org.nz
EUCHARIST & LITURGY IN OUR PARISH- ANY CHANGES FOR WEEK ARE LISTED IN PARISH EVENTS
Sunday Eucharist
Weekday Liturgy
Saturday - 6:00pm (Vigil)
Monday
Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday
Thursday
Reconciliation
By appointment
Parish Office
St Theresa’s School
Bishop Viard College
Mon, Tues, Thur, Fri
James Street, Plimmerton
20 Kenepuru Drive, Porirua
18 Mungavin Ave, Porirua
St Vincent de Paul Shop
Mission Statement
Sunday - 9:30 am
10 am Liturgy of the Word and Holy Communion
9:30 am Mass
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11 am (1 , 3 Whitby Resthome – 2 , 4 Harbourview Resthome
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5 if appl 9:30 am St Theresa’s Church)
Hours 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
p (04) 233 8093
p (04) 237 5248
p (04) 237 5968
Our Parish is a Eucharistic Community that aspires to express the compassion of Christ.
We invite you to walk with us. Naumai, haere mai.
33RD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
15-16 NOV 2014
Readings
16 Nov
First Reading
Second Reading
Gospel
23 Nov
First Reading
Second Reading
Gospel
Proverbs 31:10-13, 19-2-, 30-31
Thessalonians 5:1-6
Matthew 25:14-15, 19-21
Ezekiel 34:11-12, 15-17
Corinthians 15: 20-26, 28
Matthew 25:31-46
PARISH EVENTS THIS WEEK
Mon 17 – 10am Liturgy of the Word and Holy Communion and Adoration till 3.30pm
7pm - No Meditation this week
Tues 18 – No 9.30am Eucharist.
Priests and Lay Pastoral Leaders attending Formation Day.
Wed 19 – 9.30am Liturgy of the Word and Communion
(Fr. Bill attending Council of Priests’ meeting)
6pm Vigil for Cathy Egan in Main Church.
7.30pm Prayer Group meet in Hall.
Thurs 20 –8.50am Fr. Bill in Room 2 for prayers
11am Requiem Mass for Cathy Egan.( NO Eucharist at Whitby Rest home )
7.30pm RCIA meet in the upstairs lounge Parish Centre
Fri 21 – 9.50am SVDP meet in Abbott Room
Sat 22– 8.30am Contemplation in Day Chapel
are timeless, such as holding out a hand to the
THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK
poor, while other talents shift and change. The
You have been faithful in small
point is that all of us are gifted in varying ways and
things; come and join in your
degrees: none of us should begrudge anyone else
master's happiness
their talents, for fear that we overlook our own. We
We must be very careful that the
work wisely and well, looking forward to the
real point of today’s first reading is
masters return, when we can hand over to him not
not washed away in genuine
just what he gave us, but also the fruits that our
concerns over what one can and
labours have gained. Building, and cathedrals
cannot
say
about
the
and churches everywhere are not just
responsibilities of spouses. This is
meeting-places, but visible signs to the
not, in fact, a recipe for ‘the perfect wife’, but an
world of the Body of Christ in prayer
illustration, from one age, of the virtue of fully
employing the talents God gives us. Some things
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Those who are sick
NZ CATHOLIC The November 16-29 issue of NZ
Catholic is out now:
Ken Sampson
Josephine Butler
Fr John Heijnen. A.A.
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CATHY EGAN RIP – Cathy died peacefully on
Tuesday morning at home in Aotea. She had been
unwell these past few years but always brought joy
to all around her. Cathy was often seen sitting in
her wheelchair after lunch by the front entrance to
Summerset Aotea. Cathy’s background was in
teaching, Tertiary Chaplaincy, and Adult Formation
for both the Wellington and Palmerston North
Dioceses. She was also trained in supervision and
spiritual direction. We will miss Cathy but know she
is now at peace. Our sympathy and prayers to her
husband Alan Jamieson and the Egan family,
Aotea Summerset Community. Cathy’s vigil will be
held this Wednesday 19 Nov at 6pm in the Church.
Her Requiem Mass will be celebrated on Thurs 20
Nov at 11am. Bishop Peter Cullinane will be the
presider.
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Defence Force battles to find Catholic
chaplains.
Vocation “speed-dating” a hit at college.
Final bell for principal after 38 years as
head.
A privilege is not a human right
PASSIONIST FAMILY GROUPS
Co-ordinators – next meeting Tues
25th Nov at Curry under the canopies,
Porirua
Funseekers & GRaSSroots – 16 Nov 4.30pm
“Pentanque & Pizza” at Karehana Bay Reserve,
access off Cluny Road beach end or off Airlie Rd.
KAOS – Sunday 16 Nov, 2 pm, Karahana Park
Petanque Court, Cluny Road.
ANDY’S ANGELS - A reminder about the card
night at Yvonne and Brendon’s on Sat 22nd Nov at
7pm at 7 Pukemere Way Pukerua Bay.
The Joy of Ministry
Thank you to all who attended Sue
Devereux’s presentation on Thurs
evening on the Joy of Ministry.
MANA MISSION
We will begin collecting for the
annual Christmas Raffle
this weekend. A box will be in
the foyer. Don’t miss out on
your ticket for this raffle, $2 per
ticket, we have some at the
office.
RCIA – meets this Thurs evening at
7.30pm in the Upstairs lounge of the
Parish Centre.
ROSTERS FOR CHRISTMAS: A
reminder to all who serve in ministry
to let us know if you are available for
the Christmas Masses at 7pm,
midnight and 9.30am on Christmas
morning. Altar servers contact Noemi Thomas,
Proclaimers of the Word Commentators, POF,
Audrey Hinder, Offertory and Ministers of
Communion contact Joss at the office please by
the end of this week.
THE PARISH BOOK OF LIFE: is displayed in
front of the altar during the month of
November.
2015 SACRAMENTAL PROGRAMME is
open for enrolment. Please contact
Annemaree Deed for information either via
[email protected] or 2341641.
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ON SALE NOW - $10 EACH
COLUMBAN CALANDARS
to help with our interesting work please call and
chat with Bill Jorgensen phone 237 4511
HEALING SERVICE – 4 Dec at
7.30pm at St. Bernadette’s
Naenae. See notice board for
more information
SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL
PORCH CHRISTMAS PARTY 29
Dec 2pm at 1 Ribbonwood Tce,
Ranui Heights Please bring a plate
– all welcome.
SECRETARY NEEDED – Our
SVDP needs a new Secretary. Meetings are every
2nd Fri around 10am for about ½ hour. You don’t
need to be a member of SVDP to do this. Let Jan
know if you are interested 234 7882 – great
working conditions and no pay, who could ask for
more.
CHRISTIAN
MEDITATION.
There will be a day of reflection
and meditation on Saturday 29th
November at the Home of Compassion, Island Bay
from 10 am - 3pm. Please bring lunch and a
donation.
Any
enquiries
to
[email protected] or
phone (04) 2989370
Te Ngakau Tapu Parish
Church Garage Sale/Gala. Sat
VIGIL FOR LIFE – Fri 21 Nov 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 9 pm.
22 Nov 2014, 10am – 2.00pm, 4 Kenepuru Drive,
Porirua (next to Bishop Viard College They are
looking for books, furniture, clothes etc Please
contact: Sarah Sarah: 027-497-8098 or Pera
Symon 027 224-7224. They can pick up – Thank
You and God Bless
A
CHRISTMAS
GARDEN
PARTY at the Chilean Embassy
residence will be held on
Thursday 20th November at
6.30pm. 104 Park Road, Belmont. There will be
food, wine and entertainment including 'Live Visual
Art' , barbershop, jazz and more. Tickets $25
(door sales available). All proceeds go to the work
of Greenstone Doors Charitable Trust. For more
info
contact
Wendy
0272549222
or
[email protected]
ADVENT DAY OF RECOLLECTION
Offered by Fr. Gerard Whiteford SM
Sat 29th Nov 10am - 3pm at “Anam
Cara”, 150 Rangiuru Road; Otaki.
Cost $10 - tea and coffee provided - please bring
your own lunch. Please register by phoning Anam
Cara 06 364 7544.
Building a positive culture of life: Do you have a
positive culture of life? John Kleinsman, Director of
the Nathaniel Centre, speaks and leads a
discussion on to this topic at 8pm on 27 November
at Connolly Hall, Hill St, Wellington. For more
details see http://tawacatholic.org..nz/ksc or Page
5 of the November Wel-Com .
Holy Hour. You are invited to a
Holy Hour on Tues 18 Nov at 7.30
pm in the Cathedral chapel to pray
for vocations to priesthood and
religious life. . Some of the young
men who will be entering the
seminary next year will join us for this Holy
Hour, the last for the year.
THE LAZARUS EXPERIENCE – A healing
weekend for separated and divorced Catholics. Fri
Nov 28 to Sun Nov 30 in Lower Hutt. Contact
Katrin 04 970 9385 brochures on notice Board.
Open
Home
Foundation
International
Thanks for the opportunity last
weekend to talk about our support
for impoverished children in 5 overseas
countries. Please keep the children in your
prayers. If you would like to donate, please make
one off payments or set up an automatic payment
to
ANZ
Wellington
01
0505
0602787
83. Donations are tax deductible. If you would like
Do you have young children or know
people with young children who are
thinking of attending St Theresa's
Catholic School in the future? Now is
the time to ensure they are on the
pre-enrolment list. It really helps the school for
planning purposes if they know how many are
coming and when so please get in contact with the
school office at [email protected] or
233-8093 to make an appointment with the
principal Zita Smith.
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LOST or MISPLACED – the remote
for the overhead projector in the Hall.
This is usually in the office but if
someone has borrowed it and not
returned it, could you please let Jocelyn know.
would be very much appreciated. A young police
woman who served in Timor-Leste, (her family are
part of Holy Family Parish) is organising this, she
is now working over there for another group. If you
can help in any way please drop off books in a box
in foyer in church / or at Kayren and Laurie’s place
2 Airlie Rd Plimmerton
Collecting Books for Timor-Leste:
there is no Central Public Library,
Esperanza’s vision is to create one in
Central Timor. If you have any
books, of any type suitable for a library, to be used
by a range of ages etc, your donation of books
Emmaus New Year's Retreat. See the notice
board for details
Service Rosters for Nov 22nd/23rd (Christ The King)
Mass Time:
6:00 pm
9:30 am
Sacristan
Greeters
Data Projectionist
Welcomer /Prayers of
Faithful
Gina Rollandi
Maureen & Ruth Dobbs
Jasmin Matchett
Rachel Blackaby
David & Kylie Duncan
Phoebe McClean
Robyn Teppett
Liz Wootton
Lachlan Beasley
Toi Royal
Isabella Barber
Liana Reiher
Annemaree Deed
Sharon Lewin
Blank Family
Tracey Williams
Richard Gibbs
Sef Truyens
Dorothy Gibbs
Sue Gibbs
Altar Servers
Children’s Liturgy
Proclaimer of The Word
Offertory Procession
Extra-Ordinary
Ministers of Holy
Communion
Catherine Gibbs
Elizabeth Valsenti & Mary Jones
Mary Cruz
Fae Johnson
Mary-Anne McKennie
Patricia Williams
Leo Maher
Communion to the Sick
Hospitality
Flowers
Church Cleaning
Isobel & Mike Whooley
Dorothy Gibbs/Dianne
Patterson
Ursula
Leggett/Francenne
Caldwell
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Altar Society
Claire Gordon
Rosary Statue (wk fm)
Nualla & Garry
Calderwood