OUR MASS
The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary & Joseph
28th December 2014
Yr B/1
Weekly bulletin for the parish of St Agatha, Pennant Hills
Mon-Fri:
6.30am, 9.30am
Saturday:
8am, 6pm (Vigil)
Sunday: 7.30am, 9am, 10.30am, 6.00pm
Redfield College
Sunday 8.30am
TODAY'S READINGS
Entrance Antiphon:
OUR SACRAMENTS
The shepherds went in haste, and found Mary and Joseph and the
Infant lying in a manger.
First Reading: Genesis 15:1-6, 21:1-3
Reconciliation & Exposition: 8.30-9.30am Sat
Baptisms:
By appointment
Weddings:
By appointment
Anointing of The Sick: As requested
God promises the childless Abraham an heir and innumerable
descendants.
Responsorial Psalm Ps104:1-6, 8-9
OUR PARISH TEAM
The Lord remembers his covenant for ever.
Second Reading: Hebrews 11:8, 11-12, 17-19
Fr Paul Durkin
Fr Harry Kennedy
Fr Joseph Choi
Mal Weber
Tomasz Kukielka
Tina Muscat
Debbie Doughty
Parish Priest
Assistant Priest
Assistant Priest
Parish Secretary
Youth Minister
Catechist & Sacramental
Co-ordinator
Book Keeper
OUR PLACE
This stresses the faith of Abraham and Sarah, and how God’s promise
to them was fulfilled.
Gospel Acclamation:
Alleluia, Alleluia!
In the past God spoke to our fathers through the prophets; now he
speaks to us through his Son.
Alleluia!
Gospel: Luke 2:22-40
Office Hours: Mon-Fri 8.30am – 3pm
Phone:
9484 1427
Fax:
9484 0053
Website:
www.stagatha.org.au
Parish School:
9484 7200
E-Mail addresses:
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
Callahan Centre: 20 Boundary Road
Pennant Hills NSW 2120
Postal Address:
PO Box 127
Pennant Hills NSW 1715
Parish School : Kevin Bauer, Principal
9484 7200
School Email: [email protected]
CONVERSION
This tells us about the presentation of the child Jesus in the temple,
and also provides us with a glimpse of his life at Nazareth.
Bishop Peter on Family
At his Installation as Bishop of Broken Bay Bishop Peter said this in
his homily:
Families personalize our humanity, and evangelisation is always
personal. The ‘domestic Church’ – and the ‘school of the family’ – is
the original, and still the best place to learn about the gifts the
Church has to offer to the world and to our culture. I am always
someone in my family, even as the world will tend to treat me as a
mere something. Within a family we are loved unconditionally for
who we are rather than what we can do. So in a culture where
mum, dad and the kids are under real pressure to conform to
socially re-constructed arrangements, my hope is that you will join
with me in sharing with our neighbours the reason for the hope we
have in protecting and nurturing marriage and family life.
COMMUNITY
MISSION
St Agatha’s parish
Reflection:
Family life and Church life
In the end, family life and church life are part of the same thing; in both we
participate in God’s life. Among other things, this means that family life is not like
church life, it is part of it. To participate healthily in a family is to be part of a church.
The family is not secular while the church is divine, mundane while the church is
holy, and the place of ordinary life while the church is the place of worship.
To be in a family is to be in a church; perhaps the most important church many of us
will ever experience. Every family is meant to be a religious community and is meant
to do for us exactly what a religious community or church does for its members.
And what is that?
By abiding in family—by sitting down with each other around a kitchen table, by
sharing the frustration of balancing a cheque book, by celebrating each other’s joys
and sorrows and everyday life, by offering each other consolation and correction,
and by putting up with each other’s coughs, phobias, and sins—we experience
church. In both, family life and church, our lives break open beyond ourselves and
God can enter. (Fr. Ron Rolheiser)
Please pray for our recently deceased:
Colette MacKinnon, Cecelia Chan,
Sandra Hayne, Coie Gerrard, Katrina Dawson
Tori Johnson, John Moussa
And for those whose anniversaries that occur at
this time:
John Hennessy, Nicola Ann Rochford,
John & Gertrude Twohill, Joseph &
Marie Rochford, Patrick & Leah Sequeira
Please pray for the sick in our community:
Juliet Bowron, Max O’Connor,
John Swan, Aida Chan
SRE Ministry ( Catechists required)
Would you like to respond to the call of Jesus to build
His Church in an important ministry of sowing the seed
of faith to children in our state schools? I will be holding
a recruitment drive on the weekend of 17th/18th January
please call Tina on 94841427 if you are interested in
contributing to this ministry.
The Wisdom of Teresa
Jan 30 – Feb 1, 2015
Presenter: Fr Paul Maunder, OCD
Cost: $220 (concessions available)
Where: Mt Carmel Retreat Centre,
247 St Andrews Road, Varroville, NSW, 2566
Contact: 02 8795 3400,
email: [email protected]
www.carmeliteretreats.com.au
Divine Friendship: spiritual guidance in prayer,
holiness and mission from the writings of St Teresa of
Avila.
Baptism Congratulations!
Dominic & Amelia Ostowari
Noah Dumas
Nathaniel Goulding
Who were baptised last weekend
6.30am Morning Mass
The 6.30am Morning Mass at St Agatha’s will resume
on Tuesday 27th January, 2015.
Prayer Cards commemorating
Bishop Peter Comensoli's Installation
are available in the foyer.
Please keep Bishop Peter in your prayers.
New Zealand Community Service Workcamp –
Nairana Study Centre
Car Wash this Sunday after the morning Masses
to help raise funds for a service project in New
Zealand, $15 per car.
Please see flyer in church foyer for further details
Canisius Centre of Ignatian Spirituality
Ignatian Workshop – Wilkie Au & Noreen Cannon Au
Holistic Spirituality: God’s Unconditional Love and the
Healing of Shame 9am -5pm Wed 4 Feb-Fri 6 Feb 2015
Venue: Canisius Centre of Ignatian Spiritaulity, 102 Mona
Vale Rd Pymble
Workshop cost: $309 live-in and $183 live-out including
lunch & refreshments
Bookings & enquiries Ph: 02 9488 4524,
Email: [email protected]
Online: www.retreats.org.au
St Agatha’s parish
Parish Library
Please remember to return any books you have
borrowed from our small parish library in the
Church. You might like to consider reading
something from the library to help your
spiritual life. If you have suggestions for books
to purchase please email the parish office at
[email protected] or contact
Gloria McGrath on 9484 5854
St Vincent de Paul – Thank you
Thank you to all those who contributed so
generously to the St Vincent de Paul Christmas
Appeal and to the Christmas Hampers for various
charities.
Fr Paul & Jim Gimenez &
members of St Vincent de Paul
Would you consider Planned Giving: we need you!
As a parish community, we rely enormously on the contributions from Planned Giving. For some years
now, the St Agatha’s parishioners have committed to supporting a parish team who can provide for
the pastoral needs of our community. Along with staff wages, Planned Giving donations also help to
pay for repairs and maintenance of the Church, presbytery, meeting rooms and offices, liturgical
needs and resources for the pastoral and sacramental programs in the parish. We also need to plan for
future developments and projects. The parish owes a great debt of gratitude to all those who are so
faithful and generous in supporting its mission and works.
If you are not already contributing, can I invite you to consider this as a way of supporting your parish?
Please complete the planned giving form in the church foyer and place on collection plate during Mass
or contact the Parish Office on 9484 1427 or email: [email protected]
Thank you – Fr Paul
PATHWAYS OF ST PAUL
Join parishioners from Holy Innocents’ on a 20 day Pilgrimage to Greece and Turkey, departing
Monday 20th April 2015. Walk in the footsteps of St. Paul, visit the places where he lived, worked
and was imprisoned. Also visit island of Patmos, where St John wrote the book of Revelation,
Basilica of St John built over the tomb of "The Divine" Apostle and the "House of Mary" where it is
said Mary spent the later years of her life. For Itinerary Brochure and Booking Form please contact
Fr. Peter Krigovsky, [email protected], 02 9747-4291, or download from
www.holyinnocentscroydon.org.au/news-and-events/parish-pilgrimage
Start the New Year off with a bang! Spend a
weekend with your spouse at a Worldwide
Marriage Encounter Weekend. The peaceful
setting of this weekend enrichment is a great way to
rekindle the romance in your marriage.
Weekend date: 6-8 March at Mt Carmel Retreat
Centre, Varroville, NSW
To apply contact Ardell & Bill Sharpe
tel. 02 4283 3435 or [email protected]
www.wwme.org.au
www.facebook.com/WWMEasternUnit
Parish Office hours
Please note that the parish office hours
will be reduced during January;
Monday – Friday 9am -12noon, team
members will be here to assist you
during these times.
Fr Paul away
I have been invited to go as Chaplain to 40 catholic
school teachers on pilgrimage to the Holy Land.
I will be away from 4th – 27th January.
Fr Brian Maloney will assist with weekend Masses.
The parish will be in the care of Fr Harry,
supported by Fr Joseph and the parish team.
I shall remember you all in
prayer in the Holy Land.
Fr Paul
St Agatha’s parish
This Week’s Parish Ministers:
Feast of the Holy Family 28th December 2014
Redfield
College
Mass Times
6.00pm
7.30am
9.00am
10.30am
6.00pm
8.30am
Celebrant
Fr Harry
Fr Joseph
Fr Dennis
Fr Harry
Fr Paul
Fr Paul
Readers
G Hall
J Gracie
D Ferdinands
R De Souza
L Rossi
M Smith
J Patchell
C Patchell
N Prakash
V Logan
A Hughes
Wardens
1. D Scott
1A. V Frizza
2. C Alexander
3.F Doughty
4. L Rizk
Communion
C Shaw
S Messina
Altar Servers
J Doowage
D Doowage
P Woolnough
G Da Silva
N Rossi
M Rossi
Ray & Ronnie
Quiet
Group 4
Shirley Reay
Narelle
Macken
Moniek
Borsovsky
Tony &
Georgette
Mouyat
10 Station St
Thornleigh
Ph: 9484 6850
5. J Pace
N Guerlin
S De Silva
C Grace
J Grace
V Ashton
D Bower
V Logan
E Logan
N Pangilinan
C Pangilinan
Preparation
Music
Childrens’
Liturgy
Welcomers
Money
Counters
4th & 11th
January
Pat McGirr (c)
Jane McGirr
John Caruana
John & Joan Corbett
Rosary Statue
30 Dec 8pm
Jean
Paul Newton
Janine Minogue
Shirley Reay
Altar Society
4 January
Kath Woodside
Leila Pacheco
Bart Pacheco
Kay Cadick
This Week’s Parish Ministers: The Epiphany of the Lord 4th January 2015
Mass Times
6.00pm
7.30am
9.00am
10.30am
Elaine &
choir
Floral
Ministry for
January
Kay Mulders
Redfield
College
6.00pm
8.30am
Celebrant
Readers
C Underwood
M Boldt
A Woods
K Holst
B Gristi
A M Whenman
A Dumas
C Man Yan
M Del Galleago
R Houwing
1. L Song
1A. E Spencer
K Holst
2. N Tomasovic
3. T Cheung
4. S Zeaiter
M Khoury
M Wiggins
J Wiggins
E Minihan
M Sylvester
5. R Panandam
T De Silva
N Fongalland
K Notohamiprodjo
J Notohamiprodjo
K Kustandi
K Moseley
D Anderson
A Parsons
A Raffel
M Del Gallego
J Jenson
J Jenson
S Chan
J Stillone
Pearl & Venitia
Mark Berry
Placido Family
Marje Johnston
9 Handley Ave
Thornleigh
Ph: 9484 5421
Altar Society
11 January
Kath Parker
Joan McHugh
Barbara
Crawford
A Hughes
Wardens
Communion
M Mockler
Altar Servers
A Kennaugh
S Kennaugh
D Kennaugh
J Hanna
G Da Silva
Ray & Ronnie
N
Mascarenhas
Pat McGirr (c)
Jane McGirr
John Caruana
John & Joan Corbett
Rosary Statue
6 January 8pm
Preparation
Music
Childrens’
Liturgy
Elaine &
choir
Welcomers
Money
Counters
4th & 11th
January
Floral
Ministry for
January
Kay Mulders