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St Anthony’s Parish Picton
Bargo – Balmoral – Buxton – Couridjah –
Douglas Park – Lakesland – Menangle –
Picton – Pheasants Nest – Tahmoor –
Thirlmere – Wilton – Yanderra
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Parish Priest : Father John Ho
20 Stratford Road, Tahmoor NSW 2573.
Parish Bulletin
SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME —YEAR B
ENTRANCE ANTIPHON:
Be my protector, O God, a mighty stronghold! Lead me, guide me, for the
sake of your name.
FIRST READING: Leviticus 13:1-2, 44-46
A reading from the book of Leviticus
As long as he is unclean, he must live alone, outside the camp.
RESPONSORIAL PSALM:
I turn to you, Lord, in time of trouble, and you fill me with the joy of salvation.
SECOND READING Corinthians 10:31—11:1
A reading from the first letter of St Paul to the Corinthians
Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ.
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION:
Alleluia, alleluia!
A great prophet has appeared among us;
God has visited his people.
Alleluia!
Sunday 15 February 2015
WEEKEND MASS TIMES:
St Anthony’s Church - Tahmoor
Saturday Vigil - 6.00 pm
Sunday - 7.30am & 9.30am
WEEKDAY MASS TIMES:
Tuesday5.30 pm—Tahmoor
Wednesday- 8.00am—Tahmoor
10.00 am—School Hall, Picton
7.00 pm—Tahmoor
ASH WEDNESDAY
Thursday8.00 am—Tahmoor
10.30 am—Queen Victoria Hospital
Friday9.30 am—Picton
Reconciliation (Confession)
Saturday 5.15– 5.45 pm Tahmoor and before
Sunday masses
GOSPEL: Mark 1:40-45
The leprosy left him and he was cured.
Adoration: Tuesday
1st Tuesday
4.30pm—5.15pm
9.00am—9.45am
COMMUNION ANTIPHON:
They ate and had their fill, and what they craved the Lord gave them; they
were not disappointed in what they craved.
St Patrick’s Church—Menangle
6.00 pm Mass on the First Sunday of the month.
NEXT WEEKS READINGS:
FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT—YEAR B
Gen 9:8-15; 1 Pet 3:18-22; Mk 1:12-15
Second Saturday of the Month
Arabic Mass—4.00 pm Tahmoor
LIVING LITURGY
OFFICE HOURS
Tuesday - Friday
9.00a.m. - 3.00p.m.
Parish Phone 4683 2230
Fr John’s Mobile 0408 671920
Parish Fax: 4683 2248
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.stanthonyspicton.org.au
Facebook: www.facebook.com/Pictonparish
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The healing for which I
need to ask Jesus is …
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What Jesus wills for me
STEWARDSHIP CORNER
is …
What I will for others is … In today’s second reading, St.
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One way I reach out to
outcasts is …
Paul urges the Corinthians to “do
all for the glory of God.” If we
follow that advice in everything
we do, we cannot help but be good
stewards!
9.30 am next week:
D & T Ingrey & R Tirk
OUR PARISH WELCOMES : Bobby Nolan, Noah Kostopoulos,
As Members of St Anthony’s Parish, we share the Louis Phillips, Thomas & Oliver Kearns who will be welcomed
responsibility of building up the spiritual and ma- into the Parish this weekend, and all our visitors and new
terial welfare of our community by promoting parishioners.
VISION STATEMENT:
God’s values of love, justice and peace and extending this message of goodwill beyond our im- DIARY DATES:
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Tuesday 17 February, AIM meeting, 7.30 pm in the
mediate boundaries.
demountable.
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Thursday 19 February, Parish Finance Committee
PRAY WITH THE POPE IN FEBRUARY
meeting, 7.30 pm in the demountable
We pray that prisoners, especially the young, 
Saturday 21 February, Youth Mass and Commismay be able to rebuild live of dignity. We alsioning of Staff of St Anthony’s parish School
so pray that married people who are separated may find welcome and support in the
Christian community. Amen
FOLLOW POPE FRANCIS:
“Jesus is not a figure from the past: he continues now
and always to light the way for us.” Pope Francis
WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR? God is calling. Do I have
space to listen to the call placed in my heart? Seek time
and space to pray. Share your hopes with others, deepen
God’s call. Need guidance? Contact Fr Richard Healey, VoRECENTLY DECEASED: Bill Whiteman ( Fr Vince Whiteman’s cations Director, on 0401 621 591,
brother), Fr Peter Mai Dao Hien, Claris Burley, Fouad [email protected].
stani, Botros & Mario Azzi, Barbara McCann
ANNIVERSARY: Brendan Debono, Jean Newell
ANZAC 100 YEARS – Our Relatives who served
MEMORIAL: Bernadette (Bernarda) Blazic
PRAY FOR THE SICK: Bishop Geoffrey Robinson, Ian Mac- MASS: To commemorate ANZAC 100 YEARS, Fr John will
namara, Stephanie Macnamara, Barba Asplet, Fr David Cat- celebrate Mass at 6.00 am at Picton church on the 25th
teral, Alma Reynolds, Barry Smith, Jim Matthews, Elizabeth April 2015. The Mass will finish in good time for people to
Linsell,
join the shire’s procession at 7.00am. The weekend Masses
at Tahmoor will also include commemorations for ANZAC
GREETERS:
THIS WEEK
NEXT WEEK
DAY.
Vigil:
G Mason
Youth
PHOTOS: The Liturgy Committee is inviting any family who
Ashleigh & A Ferrara
Youth
had relatives, male and/or female serving in any of the
7.30 am
S Porter
J Coughlan
wars, in whatever capacity, (e.g. medical/nurses) to bring
9.30 am
A & D Ingrey
K & J Knight
along a copy of a photo of your relative(s) with name, where
and when they served, if they died in the war, and their relaREADERS: THIS WEEK
NEXT WEEK
tionship to you, for a display. Finished size: A5 (i.e. half an
Vigil:
M Campbell
Youth
ordinary A4 sheet of paper.) Please see SAMPLE on foyer
T Monro-King
Youth
whiteboard. A box for all entries is on the table under the
7.30 am
J Coughlan
D Turvey
whiteboard. The box will be cleared after each Mass. Dead9.30 am
A Van Dantzig
T Hancock
line for contributions: Sunday March 8th, so we have time to
A Ingrey
TBA
prepare the items for display. If you do not have a photo,
please give us names and details to be included. A separate
EXTRAORDINARY MINISTER
page for each relative please. If you need help to get your
THIS WEEK
NEXT WEEK
photo copied please contact Cathy Boughton at the parish
Vigil:
M Chaumont
A Buckley
office.
M Cronin
G Mason
MEMORABILIA: If you have some special memorabilia which
M Cronin
B Nolan
might be used in the display, please see the whiteboard for
7.30 am
S Cichocki
L Amato
further details.
P Coughlan
A Cordingley
Queries: See whiteboard for contact persons.
9.30 am
A Vannan
A Vannan
Thank you. Sr Cathy Dulhunty
P Wyatt
A Cox
S Spiteri
N Maxfield
GRIEF SUPPORT MINISTRY – A small group of Parishioners
CLEANERS WEEK COMMENCE: 15.2.15
WEEK COMMENCE: 22.2.15
have been visiting local people who have recently lost a
C Morris & B Kiss
M Azzi & M Wright
close family member for some time. Fr John would like to
form a Ministry to do this with a few more people involved,
FLOWERS THIS WEEK 14.2.15
NEXT WEEK 21.2.15
and invites everyone who is interested in contributing their
E Stevens
NO FLOWERS DURING LENT time to this very important work to a meeting in the Demountable on Thursday 26th February at 7.00 pm to discuss
SACRISTY WEEK COMMENCE: 15.2.15 WEEK COMMENCE 22.2.15
this further. For more information please speak with Fr
M Gilbert
G Dobson
John after Mass, or just come along to the meeting.
PRAY FOR THE FAITHFUL DEPARTED:
Lord grant them eternal peace & joy and to their families
and friends strength and comfort
CHILDREN’S LITURGY: This Week—
MORNING TEA 7.30 am next week:
J & J Maher
HOUSEBOUND PARISHIONERS & COMMUNION If you have
a car and 15 to 20 minutes after the 7.30 am or 9.30 am
Masses on Sundays, your help is needed to take Holy Communion to sick & housebound people in our parish. Fr John
will assist and commission you as a Eucharistic Minister for
the sick, and will introduce you to your designated housebound person. Please give this matter your serious consideration as the need is great. The custom of taking Communion from the Sunday Mass to the sick goes back to the very
early Church.
The first YOUTH MASS of 2015 @ St, Anthony’s Parish
Church , Tahmoor/Picton will be @ 6-00pm Vigil Mass on
Saturday February 21st
Come along and join in the celebration with a great choir
–Huge band and all the students /parishioners that
make this so SPECIAL. Refreshments will be served after
Mass
THE CREED Until the end of June we will have the
Apostles’ Creed at Mass, and from July to the end of December the Nicene Creed. The aim is to help us all memorise both creeds for those occasions when we do not have
words up on the screen.
PASCHAL PRECEPT; Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are
days of abstinence from meat for everyone over 14 years
of age, as well as days of fast for those bound to fast
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All who have completed their 18th year and have not
yet begun their 60th year are bound to fast.
All who have completed their 14th year are bound to
abstain from meat on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday.
Pastors, teachers, parents are to ensure that those
who, by reason of their age, are not bound by the
laws of fasting and abstinence from meat, are taught
the true meaning of penance.
INFORMATION DAY FOR YEAR 7 ENROLMENTS FOR 2016 AT
JOHN THERRY CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL ROSEMEADOW
Date: Saturday 14 February 2015 Time: 10.00am to 2.00pm
with an information session at 10.30am in the school hall
Where: John Therry Catholic High School Demetrius Road
Rosemeadow.
For further information regarding enrolment please contact
the school Secretary, Mrs Josephine Geer, on 4645 8100 or
visit our website www.jtchsdow.catholic.edu.au or email the
school at jtchsdow.catholic.edu.au
POPE FRANCIS – SEEKING GOD
Reflecting on: Genesis chapter 2: “God said, 'Let us
make man in our own image…” & Mark chapter 7:
“And Jesus said to them, ‘How ingeniously you get
round the commandment of God in order to preserve
your own tradition!’
“Christians who are just sitting, staying still, will not truly
see the face of God. They have not seen it. They may say,
‘God is like this and that’ but they don't really know. To
move forward, you need that restlessness, that God Himself has planted in our hearts. It moves us forward as we
seek God…Those who never set out on this journey, will
never know the image of God, will never find the face of
God. Sedentary Christians, lethargic Christians will not
know the face of God: They do not know Him. They say:
‘God is like this...’, but those who are lethargic do not know
Him. You need a certain restlessness to set out on this
path, the same restlessness that God placed in each of our
hearts and that brings us forward in search of Him”.
“In the Gospel, Jesus meets people who are afraid to set
out on the path (in search of their identity) and who content themselves with a caricature of God. It is a fake ID.
These lethargic people have silenced the restlessness of
their heart, they depict God with commandments and forget God: ‘You, by neglecting the commandment of God,
CLERGY APPOINTMENTS: Bishop Peter has appointed
observe the tradition of men', and in doing so they turn
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Fr Graham Schmitzer as Administrator of the Parish of away from God, they do not journey towards God and when
Unanderra, effective 17 February 2015.
they are insecure, they invent or make up another com
Fr Richard Healey as Priest-in-Charge of the Parish of
mandment…Today the liturgy invites us to reflect on these
Corrimal, effective 17 February 2015.
two texts, which are two identity cards, which we all have.
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Fr Joseph Nguyen OFM Conv has been appointed to the The Lord has made us this way. One tells us: ‘Set out on
Parish of Camden as Assistant Priest.
the path and you will discover your identity, because you
are the image of God, you are made in the likeness of God.
ENROLMENT—ST ANTHONY’S PICTON—Enrolment packagGet up and seek God’. And the other: ‘No, do not worry:
es for Kindergarten 2016 will be available from the school
fulfil all these commandments, and this is God. This is the
office from this Monday 17 February. If you have a child
face of God’. May the Lord give us all the grace of courage
who will commence school next year please collect an apto always set out on the path, to seek the Lord's face, the
plication package from the school office. Completed appliface that one day we will see, but which we must seek
cations should be returned to school by Friday 27 March
2015. Should you know of any new families who might be here on Earth”. Rome 10/02/2015
considering enrolment for next year would you please pass
on this information. For any enquiries please phone the
school on 46771689.
LAST WEEKEND:
MAGDALENE CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL YEAR 7, 2016 Open
Day/Information Evening - Monday 9 March 2015. School
Tours running every half hour from 3pm to 6pm. Formal information session (including talks by school Leadership Team)
from 7pm to 8pm in the CAPA block. Enrolment packages
will be available for collection on this evening at the information session, and thereafter from the School Office.
1st COLLECTION
2nd COLLECTION
CODE:
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further info.
Phone: 4683 2230