ANNERLEY EKIBIN CATHOLIC PARISH NEWSLETTER
Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year B
31st Jan / 1st February, 2015
Readings for next Sunday
7th/8th February
1st : Job 7/1-4, 6-7
2nd: 1 Corinthians 9/16-19,
22-23
Gospel: Mark 1/29-39
Parish Office
14 Ferndale Street, Annerley 4103
PO Box 3131, Tarragindi 4121.
Office Hours:-9:00am - 1:00pm
Monday, Wednesday & Friday
Phone:
3848 1107
Fax:
3848 1855
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.annerleyekibinparish.com
www.facebook.com/annerleyekibinparish
www.twitter.com/AnnerleyEkibin
Deanery Website:
parishes.bne.catholic.net.au/south
Parish Clergy
Fr Paul Chandler (Associate Pastor)
Fr Adrian Sharp (Parish Priest) - 0427 109 054
Parish Team
Mrs Kathy Ducker (Parish Finance Officer)
Mr Richard O’Neil — 0427 484 679
Ms Shirley Sadler (Parish Secretary)
Mrs Selina Venier (Sacramental Journey for
Families) 0409 735 462
† Mary Immaculate Church
616 Ipswich Road, Annerley
† St John Fisher Church
17 Messines Ridge Road, Tarragindi
† St Elizabeth’s Chapel
61 Effingham Street, Ekibin
† Sisters of Saint Joseph
& Saint Mary of the Cross Chapel
16 Ferndale Street, Annerley
Phone 3848 1635
St Elizabeth’s Primary School
Mr Matthew Edwards (Principal)
Phone 3848 0828
Outside School Hours Care
Phone 3255 9468
Maddison Goodchild (Co-Ordinator)
Mary Immaculate Primary School
Phone 3848 8965
Mrs Helen Camden (Principal)
Outside School Hours Care
Phone 3392 6291
Mr Alwyn Wenting (Co-Ordinator)
Our Lady’s Secondary College
Phone: 3848 7462
Mrs Paula Goodwin (Principal)
St John Fisher Hall
17 Messines Ridge Road, Tarragindi
Phone 3848 1107 (Office hours)
Brisbane Oratory in Formation
Casa San Girolamo
42 Ferndale Street, Annerley
Phone 3392 9247
http://brisbane-oratory.org/
Fr Scot Armstrong
Fr Paul Chandler (Moderator)
Fr Adrian Sharp
Fr Andrew Wise
Br Francis King
Br Shawn Murphy
St Vincent de Paul Helpline
Phone: 3010 1096
From the Parish Priest
If anyone would like to host a Lenten reflection/
discussion group, there are a couple of resources to
assist. Please contact Shirley in the parish office for
more information.
The workshop to provide training in
safeguarding children and vulnerable adults is this
Wednesday evening, from 6:30pm in the hall at
Saint John Fisher. Those who should be in
attendance are: pastoral councillors, leaders of
Children’s Church and Children’s Liturgy of the
Word; sacristans who deal with altar servers;
leaders of the youth group; those who visit the sick
and/or elderly in their homes or in aged care
facilities. Please advise the parish office of your
intention to attend, for catering purposes. We have
also been advised that this training will be offered
on Wednesday 11th February at 9.15am in the
Aspinall Centre, 4 Klumpp Rd, Upper Mt Gravatt.
Visitors from other parishes are most welcome. If
you attend this session, could you please advise our
parish office as we are meant to keep a register of
all those who have done this important training.
Since the 1st of February falls on a Sunday, and
the same occurs again in March, meaning that the
Saturday and Sunday of the same weekend fall on
different weeks of the month, it poses a few
challenges for our scheduling for Masses and the
priests’ roster. Long story short: keep an eye on the
diary on page four.
Just so that you are aware, my work schedule
for the time being is as follows: Monday is my free
day, Tuesdays and Wednesdays are my parish
days, and Thursdays and Fridays I will be working
at the Tribunal Office in the City. Weekends, of
course, I am here in the parish. Now that
Father Paul has been appointed Associate Pastor
for Annerley Ekibin parish, I have asked him to look
after the Liturgy Committee and associated matters,
and also the preparation of parents who have
infants to be baptized. We welcome Father Paul
back this weekend.
From this weekend at Mary Immaculate, those
approaching to receive Holy Communion are asked
to fill the front pew on either side. At the 7:30am
and 5:00pm Masses, which are always Ordinary
Form Masses, the communicant has the following
choices which they are free to make: to receive
Communion in the hand or on the tongue, and to
receive Communion standing or kneeling (and any
combination of those). At Masses which are the
Extraordinary Form (i.e. the 1962 Order of Mass or
the Old Rite / Traditional Latin Mass) Communion is
only to be received on the tongue, and the
communicant is to kneel unless this is physically
impossible. Therefore, at the 9:00am Mass, and the
Monday 7:00pm and Saturday 8:00am Masses, the
liturgical norms apply depending on which Form of
the Mass is being celebrated.
Good luck to all art union ticket holders. The
early-bird draw for $200 takes place this Tuesday.
It’s not too late to be in this draw—return an
application form today, or visit the parish office on
Monday morning. One ticket ($25) gets you in all
draws throughout the year, and you can win more
than once. There are monthly prize draws from now
until November, and tickets can be purchased up to
and including the Monday before the November
draw.
Due to several other events, the all-night vigil of
Eucharist Exposition at Saint Elizabeth’s will
recommence on Thursday 19th February (and not
the 12th, as previously advertised).
Father Adrian Sharp
[email protected] | 0427 109 054
Sacramental Journey for Families
A BIG THANK YOU AND ASKING PARISHIONERS FOR THEIR PRAYERS ...
Thank you to the Sacramental families who have come along this weekend and during the
school holidays to recommence the "official" journey towards the Sacraments of Confirmation
and First Holy Communion in our parish this year - it has been such a joy to meet you for our
"Recap and Church Tour" session. This weekend you will be given "Take My Hand" sessions
numbers 3 and 4, to be completed with numbers 1 and 2 (given out previously) by your first
group session on the weekend of 14/15 February. Everyone should know their group time by
now.
To all parishioners I ask your continue prayers for our Sacramental families as they journey
through this sacred time of preparation.
With thanks and God's continued blessings, Selina, Sacramental Co-ordinator
0409 735 462
[email protected]
P.S. Children, you also received a Missal this weekend, so be sure to put it in a safe place
and use it every time you come to Mass!
Wednesday 4th February
Wednesday 11th February
Monday 9th February
Saturday 14th February
Tuesday 17th February
Wednesday 18th February
Thursday 19th February
Saturday 21st February
Sunday 1st March
Saturday 23rd May
Tuesday 26th May
Wednesday 5th August
Saturday 21st November
PARISH DATE CLAIMERS
Safeguarding Children & Vulnerable Adults Workshop, 6:30pm, SJF Hall
Parish Pastoral Council meets in the Parish Office at 6:30pm.
Josephites Meeting, commencing with Mass at 10:00am. Mary MacKillop Centre,
16 Ferndale Street, Annerley. Further information: Claire Irwin on 3848 3998.
Archbishop’s Meeting with Parishioners, Marymac Centre, 9:30am
Anointing Mass & Morning Tea at 10:00am, Marymac Centre
ASH WEDNESDAY - Day of fast and abstinence
All night Exposition and Adoration recommences at Saint Elizabeth’s Chapel
Baptism Preparation for Parents at 10:00am at St John Fisher Hall.
Farewell for the Sisters of St Joseph, 7:30am Mass, Mary Immaculate
Brisbane Oratory Fundraising “Vallicella” Dinner
Mass for the Feast of Saint Philip Neri, Mary Immaculate Church
Marriage Anniversary Mass at 7:00pm, Mary Immaculate Church.
November Remembrance Mass at 10:00am, Mary Immaculate Church.
Encounter Mission and Development, Encounter Love and Justice, Encounter humble volunteers,
Encounter faith, Encounter God. Palms Australia will be conducting a guided tour of the
communities in which their global volunteers are working in East Timor from April 6 - 18. There are
limited places. Enquires need to be processed by February 28th so call 02 9518 9551 or register
interest online: www.palms.org.au/Encounters
TAIZE Brisbane - 8th February, 2015
Cathedral of St Stephen, 249 Elizabeth Street, Brisbane
This event is for everyone who enjoys music, prayer and silence.
2.30pm: Young Adult (16-35) Workshop 1 "Taize: Becoming Salt of the Earth" in the Francis Rush Centre
2.30pm: Workshop 2 - "Come and Sing" learning songs for the prayer, in St Stephen's Chapel
4pm:
Evening prayer in the Cathedral of St Stephen
6pm:
Light mean and hospitality
All are welcome to be a part of the worldwide celebration! For more details visit 222.facebook.com/taizebrisbane
Aria Angels Term 1 Brisbane South Deanery
Aria Angels aims to celebrate the small pleasures, nurture holistic development, imagine the possibilities and create
meaningful relationships. Children learn their faith as they learn to walk, talk, create and explore. This program is
offered for children between birth and 5 years. Parents and grandparents/caregivers join the children in music,
movement, art, craft, morning tea and prayer. While children are singing and dancing, crawling and talking they are
cultivating their social, emotional, physical and intellectual development.
Term 1 Dates are as follows:
Wednesdays, 11 February, 18 February, 25 February, 4 March, 11 March, 18 March, and 25 March.
Time: 9am for 9.30am start - 11am
Place: Our Lady of Lourdes 121 Mains Rd Sunnybank.
Cost $6.00.
For further information contact Anne Scott on 0419 642 490
“They were astounded at his teaching, for he taught them as one having authority...”
Just as the crowds were amazed by the authority with which Jesus cured the sick and the
possessed (see today’s Gospel from Mark 1:21-28), so you can experience, first-hand, the
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for October. For a FREE information sheet about this trip, please contact our office, during
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Rosters for next week
MINISTERS OF THE WORD
Sat (SJF) 6.00pm Kay Holmes, Madonna Fogarty
Sun (MI) 7.30am Michael Cooper, Sol Dobinson
Sun (SJF)9.00am Deidre Vokes, Dianne Shanahan
Sun (MI) 5.00pm
THE CATHOLIC LEADER
Australia’s leading Catholic Newspaper
In this week’s issue:

Nigerian priests in Brisbane speak of their concern abour
Boko Haram violence in their homeland, as a bishop there
calls for the West to send military forces to defeat the
militants.

Bishops’ migrant and refugee advocate calls for truth about
Manus Island detention centre.
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Missionary says keeping refugees on Nauru ‘devoid of logic,
fairness and compassion.’

Real Talk expands into state schools with presentations on
sexuality.
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Young pro-lifers on walk from Brisbane to Melbourne asked
to leave shopping centre because their campaign shirts
deemed ‘offensive’.

Byron and Francine Pirola write on what commitment in a
relationship is all about.
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Papal astronomers promote harmony of science and faith.
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Toowoomba family brings its inspiring music to the world,
with almost 500,000 having viewed its YouTube channel.
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Chance to win Fr Rob Galea’s latest album.
Maggie Soares, Ken Meissner
EXT MINISTERS OF HOLY COMMUNION
Sat (SJF) 6.00pm Bert Jacobs, John Lesina
Sun (MI) 7.30am Charles Grugan, Kathleen Grugan,
Bernadette Nelmes
Sun (SJF)9.00am Peter Menagh
Sun (MI) 5.00pm
Terese Shephard, Ester Evangelista
MUSIC MINISTRY
Sat (SJF) 6.00pm Organist - Clare Stevens
Sun (MI) 7.30am
Sun (SJF)9.00am Organist - Linda Triasmono
Sun (MI) 5.00pm Organist - Marilyn Meissner
ALTAR SERVERS
Sat (SJF) 6.00pm Ned Stevens, Noah Stevens
Sun (MI) 7.30am Dennies Kwaku
Sun (SJF) 9.00am Thomas Bergin, William Bergin,
Benjamin Curran, Oliver O’Callaghan
Sun (MI) 5.00pm
CHILDREN’S CHURCH
Sun (SJF) 9.00am
CHILDREN’S LITURGY OF THE WORD
Sun (SJF) 9.00am Anthony Smallhorn
Assistant: Claire Smallhorn
SETTING UP FOR MASS
Sat (SJF) 6.00pm
Sun (MI) 7.30am
Mabel Saah
Sun (SJF)9.00am
Sun (MI) 5.00pm
Terese Shephard
OPENING CHURCH
Sat (SJF) 6.00pm
Sun (MI)
7.30am Mabel Saah
Sun (SJF) 9.00am
Sun (MI) 5.00pm Terese Shepard
COUNTERS
Monday, 2nd February, 2015
Bernie O’Hara
CHURCH CARE
Sacristy (SJF)
Sacristy (SEC) Maria Monro
Sanctuary & Sacristy (MI) Mabel Saah
Church Cleaning (MI) Noel Everding
Laundry (SJF)
Laundry (SJF) Valmai Winter
(Altar Cloths)
Laundry (MI)
Mabel Saah
Laundry (SE)
Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year B
A Vocation View: Let us not get
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Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year B
31st January/1st February, 2015
LITURGY
Gloria
1st Reading: Deuteronomy 18/15-20
Responsorial Psalm: 94
(Spoken by all)
Come, ring out our joy to the Lord;
hail the rock who saves us.
Let us come before him, giving thanks,
with songs let us hail the Lord.
Come in, let us kneel and bend low;
let us kneel before the God who made us
for he is our God and we
the people who belong to his pasture,
the flock that is led by his hand.
O that today you would listen to his voice!
'Harden not your hearts as at Meribah,
as on that day at Massah in the desert
when your fathers put me to the test;
when they tried me, though they saw my work.'
2nd Reading: 1 Corinthians 7/32-35
Gospel Acclamation: Sung
Gospel Acclamation: (if not sung)
Alleluia, alleluia!
A people in darkness have seen a great light:
a radiant dawn shines on those lost in death.
Alleluia!
Gospel: Mark 1/21-28
Profession of Faith: Creed
Holy Holy
Memorial Acclamation:
Number Two
When we eat this Bread and drink this Cup,
we proclaim your death, O Lord, until you
come again.
Lamb of God
Congratulations to Francesca Doig and
Matthew Crouch, married at
Mary Immaculate Church on Saturday,
31st January 2015. Best wishes!
Parish Diary & Mass Times
February 2nd - 8th, 2015
Weekday Mass times and venues sometimes need to change - please check
your current Newsletter for times & places
Monday 2nd February
6:30am
Angelus & Rosary
7:00am
Mass [OF]
7:00pm
Mass [OF+]
Tuesday 3rd February
9:00am
Mass [OF]
PRESENTATION OF THE LORD
Saint Elizabeth
Saint Elizabeth
Mary Immaculate
St Blaise / St Ansgar
Mary Immaculate
Wednesday 4th February
Weekday, Ordinary Time 4
6:00pm
Mass [OF]
Saint John Fisher
6:30pm, Safeguarding Children & Vulnerable Adults Workshop, SJF Hall
Thursday 5th February
7:00am
Mass [OF]
7:30-8:00am Confessions
St Agatha
Mary Immaculate
Mary Immaculate
Friday 6th February
6:30am
Angelus & Rosary
7:00am
Mass [OF]
St Paul Miki & Companions
Saint Elizabeth
Saint Elizabeth
Saturday 7th February
Our Lady’s Saturday
7:15-7:45am Exposition & Confessions, Mary Immaculate
7:30am
Rosary
Mary Immaculate
8:00am
Mass [EF]
Mary Immaculate (St Romuald)
Vigil for the 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time (B)
5:15-5:45pm Exposition & Confessions, Saint John Fisher
6:00pm
Mass [OF]
Saint John Fisher
Sunday 8th February
5th Sunday in Ordinary Time (B)
7:30am
Mass [OF]
Mary Immaculate
8:15-8:45am Exposition & Confessions, Saint John Fisher
9:00am
Mass [OF]
Saint John Fisher
9:00am
Sung Mass [OF+]
Mary Immaculate
5:00pm
Mass [OF]
Mary Immaculate
[OF = Ordinary Form | + = Ad orientem | EF = Extraordinary Form]
WE PRAY FOR
Those who are sick: Kath ADAMS, Lorna ANSELL, Theresa BAGLEY,
Z. BASSETT,
Gabrielle BENTLEY, Stewart BOYD, John BROPHY,
Jeremy CARROLL, Robyn CLEMENTS, Hilary COLLINS, Rina COOK,
Rochelle COWARD, Marietta CRUZADO, Diane ELLIS, Rowena ENNIS,
Jane FARRELL, Madge FARRELL, Joan FLEW, Mary FORRESTER,
Anne FRANETTOVICH, John FRANK, Gwen GAIR, Helen GIAQUINTA,
Dulcey HARVEY (Ingham), John HASTINGS, Jan HEGARTY,
Peter
HEGARTY,
Patricia
JACOBS,
Marlene
JOHNSTON,
Dominic KENNEDY, Robyn KINNES, Ryan MacGARY-WALSH,
Cherril
MALONEY,
Eileen
MATTHEWS,
Bernard
McALARY,
Monica McCOY, Betty McINERNEY, Yaeko MINO, Patrick MURPHY
(Senior), Robyn O’DWYER, Valerie & Kevin ORTON, Joan ROONEY,
Julie ROWEN (Mackay), Dorothy RYAN, Nick SHANAHAN (Jnr),
Kelvin SNELL, Mary STUART, Joan TATHEM, Heather TERRILL,
Nell
THOMSEN,
Clare
WALSH,
Maureen
WARD,
Fr John WORTHINGTON SM, Josephine and Bill WRIGHT and
Matthew ZEMEK.
Please pray especially for Father Dan Moore, retired former
Parish Priest of Rockonia (Holy Family), in the
Rockhampton Diocese, who is seriously ill.
Those who are recently deceased: Janine WHARTON (Southport),
Shirley REEVE, Wally FRANGI, Olga CLARKE, Veronica BRADY,
Tim HOWES, Father Gerard MULHOLLAND SVD, Dominic FERRERO,
Sr Marion O’SHANNESSY RSJ, Thomas COUSINS, Barry HAYES,
Dennis GREENE, Mary Freda RIDLEY, Sr Sheila EDWARDS RSJ,
Sr Henrica JANS RSJ, Carmel BLUNT, Sr Alice Mary O’NEILL RSJ,
Eileen CULLEN, Grace TURNBULL and Michael HENDERSON.
All the faithful departed.