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St Mary’s Catholic Parish Warwick
EMBRACING THE COMMUNITIES OF:
PARISH OFFICE
PO BOX 118, WARWICK.
81 Percy Street, Warwick.
Hours: Mon-Fri 9am-5pm
St Mary’s, Warwick, Our Lady of Dolours, Greymare,
Immaculate Heart of Mary, Gladfield and Our Lady of Fatima,
Karara
29th/30th November 2014
Phone: (07) 4661 1033
First Sunday of Advent
Fax: (07) 4661 4232
Email:
[email protected]
Be ready for the Lord’s return
“Many
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
of the readings of Advent are from the final chapters of the Book
of Isaiah (40-66). These chapters, coming from the time of the Exile, are
filled with a renewed hope and confidence in the great future God has
promised. Today's magnificent text is typical: 'You are our Father, our
Redeemer … tear open the heavens and come down … we are the clay,
you are the potter, we are all the work of your hand.'
“One of the insistent themes of the prophets of Israel was 'The Day of
Yahweh', when God was to come to rule the earth. Writing to the Corinthians, Paul affirms the Saviour's sharing in the fullness of divine authority, calling this final day, 'the day of our Lord Jesus Christ'. He tells his
people that, in this present time of 'waiting', they should look forward to
the Saviour's coming with confidence.
“During the coming year, our gospel readings will be from Mark. Today's reading recalls a parable of Jesus, urging constant readiness for his
return. We have no way of knowing how the end will come upon us. But
the first 'Coming' of the Saviour – as truly one of us, born like us and
sharing in what we all experience – makes it clear that we can look forward to the final 'Coming' with confidence.”
_ By Fr John Thornhill, SM
http://www.theemmausseries.com/badvent01.html
[email protected]
Assumption College
Principal:
Mr Peter Moloney
Phone: 4660 4000
[email protected]
Welcome to the St Mary’s Parish Family Jacob!
LITURGY TIMES
PLEASE PRAY FOR
THIS WEEK
29TH/30TH NOVEMBER
RECENTLY DECEASED: Brian Mullins, Teodulfo MacQuilan (Philippines)
MASSES
St Mary’s
Vigil 6pm
Sunday 8:30am
Stephen & Margaret O’Shea, James & Edna Mullins, Keith Lyons, Lauraine Bourke, Alan Peel, Gregorio Villar,
Antioco Villar Jr, Wilma Crawford, Peter & Margaret Bourke, Francis & Johanna Barrett, Raymund Cleary, Ned
Murphy, Ven. A/Deacon Leo Hayes, Rev Frs William McGovern, Cornelius Cahalane, Charles Daly, Francis
Leonard, Peter Murphy, John Dowd & William McCormack, Harold Booth, Don McGinness, Thomas & Mary
McMahon, Michael Quinn, Cecil & Rose Dettori, Jim & Monica Nolan, Mary Bourke, Lorna Bradfield, Ned & May
Nolan, Elizabeth Cantwell, Leo Cantwell, Sylvester & Maria Canavan, and all relatives and friends.
LAY LITURGIES
Yangan
Saturday 6pm
Killarney
Sunday 8am
Gladfield
Sunday 9:30am
WEEKDAY LITURGIES
Monday Mass 9am
Tuesday Liturgy of The
Word 5:30pm
Leader 1: Mary Goyne
Leader 2: Rob Dawson
Reader: Ian Kelly
Gospel & Reflection:
Bernice Furness
ANNIVERSARIES: Ton Dunn, Thomas & Pearl Hemmings, William & Bridget Mahony, Thomas Mahony,
SICK: Wendy Taylor, John Baxter (Gympie), Elliot Plummer, Michael Willett, Kev O’Shea, Heidi Haferkamp,
Annette Carey, Rick Waterworth (Bris), Carmel Ryan, Margaret Aldridge (Bris), Bridge Murphy, Margaret Morris,
Denis McEniery (Bris), Mike Keim, Alison Towler (Emerald), Bianca Muir, Lucas Hermeston (NSW), Sue Moffatt &
son, Robert (Millmerran), 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.
THIS WEEKEND
29th/30th November
ROSTERS
NEXT WEEKEND
6th/7th December
Ministries
Vigil 6pm
8:30am
Vigil 6pm
8:30am
Bell Ringers
Paul Scerri
Marty & Sue Harris
Brian Collins
Mal Brownlie
Welcomers at
Church Doors
Walsh Family
Leo & Theresa Barrett
Rob Dawson
Mary Bourke
Margaret Lawton
Shirley Owens
Readers
Sharon Young WR
Justin Walsh
Michelle Campbell
Sr Margaret Murphy
WR
Shirley Peel
Maureen Dunn
Justin Walsh WR
Karine Preston
Ian Kelly
Pam Eather WR
Marianne Jorden
Michael Gaffney
Thursday Mass 9am; Mass
& Anointing at The Oaks
10:30am
Prayer of the
Faithful
Peter Campbell
Mary-Jane Cook
Antony Faa
Sarah Elliott
Gifts
Mary & Brian Bourke
Anne McDonnell &
Buckley Family
Anne King &
Margaret Trahair
Leo & Theresa
Barrett
Friday Graduation Mass for
St Mary’s School 10:30am
Ministers of
Communion
Judy & Gerry
Morrisey
Marie Hallman
Michael Dwan
Tony Hagley
Penny Doyle
John Telfer
John Forkan
Paul & Monica Maher
Lynette & Mary
Noble
Richard Tartan
Maree Ryan
Pauline Stewart
Mary Jacobsen
Maureen O’Dea
Des Collins
John & Valerie
Rose
PowerPoint
Sam McNally
Joe Willett
Chloe Thorne
Nathaniel Ryan
Musicians
Ingrid & Kathleen
Val, Michael & Rey
Ingrid & Kathleen
Val, Michael & Rey
Wednesday Mass 7am
Saturday Mass 9am
FEAST DAYS
Wed St Francis Xavier
NEXT WEEK
6TH/7TH DECEMBER
MASSES
St Mary’s
Vigil 6pm
Sunday 8:30am
Yangan
Saturday 6pm
Greymare
Sunday 10am
LAY LITURGIES
Killarney
Sunday 8am
Gladfield
Sunday 9:30am
Reconciliation
St Mary’s
Saturday 9:40am
Morning Tea at
Assisi Place
Mary Goyne &
Lesley Grayson
Children’s Liturgy
Rowena O’Dea &
Leonie McMahon
Altar Servers
Mitchell Scheiwe
Joe McNally
Henry Reardon
Ben Pickering
Chris Diaz
Bernice Furness &
Trish Seaby
Zia Thorne
Samantha Joyce
MacKenzie Ganly
Tori Abood
Harriet Plummer
Juliana Cox
OTHER ROSTERS
THIS WEEK
NEXT WEEK
Akooramak
Maree Ryan & Gloria Litster
Bernice Furness & Judith Ting
Home Communion
Shirley Owens & Marie Dwan
Fr Franco & Shirley Peel
Bus Drivers & Carers
Des & Kerri Collins 4661 5336
Des & Kerri Collins 4661 5336
Money Counters
Group 6 - Vince Hemmings 4661 5528
Group 1-John Connolly
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)
Christmas Mass Rosters Will you be around for Christmas. Roster sheets are on the
tables near the doors. Please add your name to relevant ministries. Thank you.
MAGAZINES
Catholic Leader $2 Talking point: Terry Lees on preparing for Christmas
Horizons Winter edition
]
Aust Catholics Magazine—Christmas Edition
] available on tables
Trends—Social Justice Newsletter
] at doors
Little Blue Books Reflections on Advent/Christmas Season]
PARISH EVENTS
Date Claimer: St Mary’s Celtfest 2015 Friday 20th/Saturday 21st March
St Mary’s Parish Ladies Christmas Lunch Christian College 8th Dec at 12noon.
$28 p/p for Buffet to be paid with booking by 1st Dec. Phone 4667 1919 or 4661 8144.
Mass & Anointing Wed 10th Dec. at 9am followed by cuppa in St Mary’s Hall. A
plate of ‘goodies’ to share for Morning Tea would be appreciated.
SVDP Bus Trip this Sunday 30th Nov.
SVDP Christmas Appeal Envelopes on Church pews. Please give generously.
St Vincent de Paul Bus provided by SVDP Society with help of volunteer driverscarers for anyone who needs transport to 8.30am Sunday Masses. Seats are available
on the bus for pick- up and return. If you wish to use the bus, contact Parish Office and
add your name and pick-up point to the list.
Christmas Eve Mass Christmas time is near and Fr Franco would love the children
to act out the Christmas story at this Mass on 24th December at 6pm. We are also
looking for families to sing, share the readings, carry in the offertory, be altar servers
and welcomers. It is traditional for all children to dress as someone from the Christmas
Story - angels, shepherds, wise-men, inn-keeper, cows, sheep etc. If you wish to join us
please contact Sharon Young 0429 921 200 or Ingrid Kern 0408 558 966.
SCHOOL EVENTS
ASSUMPTION COLLEGE has vacancies for 1 Administration School Officer
Position (38hrs p/wk) from 12 January 2015 . The successful applicant would be
knowledgeable and supportive of Catholic education and ethos, and have demonstrated
abilities to work in a busy and demanding office environment, with responsibility for
student First Aid needs. 2 X Teacher Aides (30hrs p/wk each) Part-time, from 19
January 2015 to 05 December 2015. Employment will be in accordance with Catholic
Employing Authority Single Enterprise Collective Agreement Diocesan Schools of
Queensland – School Officers Award. Applications to include a full resume with
qualifications and experience, details of three referees from whom confidential
professional information may be obtained. Selection criteria, suitability declaration and
employment collection notice can be accessed on Tmba Catholic Education website
http://www.twb.catholic.edu.au/Employment/Pages/default.aspx. Applications
closing COB Monday 1 December 2014 must be addressed to The Principal, PO Box
347, WARWICK QLD 4370 [email protected]
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 f 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.
SPRED Community will celebrate their annual Thanksgiving Mass with the parishioners of St Anthony’s Parish at 8:30am on Sunday 30th November, 2014. All are
invited to join the SPRED Community for Morning Tea after mass. For further information please phone the SPRED Centre on 46328427.
International Day of People with Disability
(IDPwD) 3rd December 2014 is a United Nations
sanctioned day that aims to promote an understanding
of people with disability and encourage support for
their dignity, rights and well-being and facilitate their
full inclusion into the community.
A SERVICE OF REMEMBRANCE & HOPE Monday 1st December 2014 7pm
at St Mary’s Catholic Church. For many, this Christmas will bring sadness,
because of the absence of one with whom they expected to share this tradition.
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.
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 meets
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 Rain
Almighty and everlasting God, you have given us this
earth to care for and delight in. Look with
mercy on our need for rain for our parched land. We
pray that life-giving rain will soon fall. We pray for
those suffering from the severity of this drought—
people working on the land, and those in business
who depend on farming and grazing for their livelihoods. Father, help them to know your love and care,
and to bring their burdens to you.
Guide all those who are seeking to provide help and
REFLECTION
During Advent, in each year of the three-year cycle, the
theme of the first week looks to the end times—the
eschaton—with an emphasis on the second coming of Jesus
and the need to be ready.
In the early Church, there was an expectation that Jesus
would return quickly. In their post-Easter faith, believers
knew that Jesus had been taken up to heaven at the Ascension (a man travelling abroad as mentioned in this Gospel)
and that he was remaining with God until the time came for
him to return in triumph. For Mark, it is now the Church
that waits and must remain always ready to greet the master on his return. The waiting theme of Advent is established: we await the birth of the child and we await the fulfilment of human history at the end of times when Jesus
comes again.
 Are you fully open to the possibilities that each
moment offers?
 What ‘unexpected’ things may hinder being attentive?
bring healing in the midst of so much pain. We ask
these things through Jesus Christ Our Lord.
Amen.
First Reading
Isaiah 63:16-17;64:1, 3-8
Oh that you would tear the heavens apart and come
down.
Responsorial Psalm
Psalm 79:2-3,15-16,18-19.R.v.4
Lord, make us turn to you, let us see your face and we
shall be saved.
Second Reading
Corinthians 1:3-9
The revelation we looked for, Christ Jesus our Lord.
Gospel Acclamation
Psalm 84:8
Lord, show us your mercy and love,
and grant us your salvation.
Gospel
Mark 13:33-37
Stay awake! You never know when the Lord will
come.
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