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St Patrick's Cathedral Parish, Parramatta Cathedral Office: 1 Marist Place Parramatta NSW 2150
Telephone 02 8839 8400 Web: http://www.stpatscathedral.com.au 3 & 4 DECEMBER 2016 SECOND SUNDAY of ADVENT - Year A
Bishop of Parramatta, Most Rev. Vincent Long Van Nguyen OFM Conv DD
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From the Dean’s Desk
Dear Friends in Christ,
Last week we celebrated the solemnity of the Blessed Trinity, where we were invited to
contemplate the very life of God – a God who is always present to us, a God of tenderness,
compassion, patience, forgiveness, justice and mercy. Today we celebrate the solemnity of the
Body and Blood of Christ. It is appropriate that this mystery is given a separate liturgical date,
because we can fail to appreciate the importance and significance of the Eucharist in our spiritual life if we see it
as an aspect of our lives that we celebrate and remember only on Holy Thursday at the Mass of the Lord’s
Supper.
The celebration of the Body and Blood of Christ brings us to the very life and core of our faith. The Eucharist is
indeed the one sacrament that the Church insists that we celebrate and participate in as frequently as possible –
even daily. Why? It is like a doctor telling a patient that they must receive the proper nourishment – both in
quality and quantity – as often as possible to ensure the best for their lives. In the Eucharist, the Church is telling
us that here we have a means of nourishing our spiritual lives.
Just as Moses in the first reading today reminds the Chosen People that as they take their first steps into the
Promised Land, they are not to forget what the Lord God has done for them: ‘Remember how the Lord your
God led you for forty years in the wilderness…made you feel hunger, he fed you with manna…to make
you understand that man does not live on bread alone…but on everything that comes from the mouth of
the Lord.’ [Deut 8:2-3].
In our busy lives, we can become complacent about the Eucharist, and fail to see it as the ‘source and summit
of the Christian life’. In the Eucharist, Jesus makes an incredible and life giving promise: ‘I am the living bread
which has come down from heaven. Anyone who eats this bread will live forever.’ [John 6:51]. In
partaking, faithfully of the Eucharist, we indeed have the life of Jesus within us. What a tremendous blessing and
promise! We must remember however, that our celebration of, and participation in, the Eucharist is not reduced
to simply ‘taking communion’. As richly significant and nourishing as this process is, the celebration of the
Eucharist reminds us that we are fed and nourished in two ways: sacramentally, through our partaking of the
Body and Blood of Christ and secondly, through the living word of God that is presented to us in the Scriptures.
Here the Church gives us a yearlong richness of God’s word in the readings we encounter at each Mass. They
prepare us for the sacramental reception of the Eucharist and they deepen our relationship with God. So it is
important that we are physically, spiritually and mentally present for both the Liturgy of the Word and the Liturgy
of the Eucharist.
As we celebrate this mystery – and as we give thanks for our young children in our Parish who will receive the
Eucharist for the first time this Sunday. May we recognise the great gift which Jesus gives us in this sacrament.
May it truly be the source of everlasting life for us.
Fr Robert Bossini, Dean and Parish Priest
Very Rev Robert Bossini PP Rev George Azhakath MSFS Rev Mr Willy Limjap Mili Lee Patricia Preca Donna Missio Bernard Kirkpatrick Chris Ohlsen Meg Gale Chris Lee & Mindy Mercado
St Patrick's Cathedral Parish, Parramatta Cathedral Office: 1 Marist Place Parramatta NSW 2150
Telephone 02 8839 8400 Web: http://www.stpatscathedral.com.au
17 & 18 June - The Most Holy BODY and BLOOD of CHRIST - Year A
LITURGICAL CALENDAR
June
Sun 18 The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Solemnity)
(9.30am Mass incorporating First Holy Communion recipients).
Readings: Deut 8:2-3, 14-16; 1 Cor 10:16-17; Jn 6:51-58
Wed 21 St Aloysius Gonzaga (Memorial)
Thur 22 Sts John Fisher & Thomas More (Memorial)
Fri 23 The Most SACRED HEART of Jesus (Solemnity)
Sat 24 The NATIVITY of ST JOHN THE BAPTIST (Solemnity)
Sun 25 12th Sunday in Ordinary time (Solemnity)
NON LITURGICAL EVENTS
June
Sat 17 Solemnity of Corpus Christi -
Eucharistic Adoration from 7.00pm through till Sunday 8.00am
Mon 19 RCIA - 7.00pm - Cathedral Hall
Parish Finance Council Meeting - 7.30pm - Parish House
Tues 20 Christian Meditation - 9.30am - Murphy House
Parish Pastoral Council Meeting - 7.00pm for 7.30pm start - Parish House
Wed 21 Playgroup - 9.30am - Cathedral Hall (term break - resume July 26)
Fri 23 Cenacle Prayer Group - 1.00pm - Blessed Sacrament Chapel
Sat 24 Formation - Being a Servant - Christian Service - 10am-1pm - Hall
Sun 25 Mamre House - Sale of Plants & Vegetables
Mon 26 RCIA - 7.00pm - Cathedral Hall
Tues 27 SVDP Meeting - 7.00pm - Murphy House
Thur 29 Novena to Mary Full of Grace - 7.00pm - Blessed Sacrament Chapel
Formation - Saturday 24 June Our next session is titled:
‘Being a Servant’ - Christian Service.
Where: Cathedral Hall
Time: 10.00am - 1.00pm
Presented by: Ms Mili Lee
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SUNDAY
6.00pm Saturday Vigil Mass
7.30am Morning Prayer
8.00am Mass
9.30am Mass
11.00am Solemn Mass with Cathedral Choir
6.00pm Mass
MONDAY TO FRIDAY
6.30am Morning Prayer
6.45am Mass
11.15am Exposition
11.15am Sacrament of Penance (till 12.20pm)
Rosary after Angelus at midday
12.30pm Mass
5.15pm Evening Prayer of the Church
SATURDAY
7.30am Morning Prayer
8.00am Mass
9.30am Mass in ExtraOrdinary Form
Latin
8.30am Sacrament of Penance (till 9am)
5.00pm Sacrament of Penance (till 5:30pm)
PUBLIC HOLIDAYS Mass at 8.00am (No Adoration or Confession)
St Vincent de Paul Society
Family Assistance - 1800 606 724
Credo Ministries Facebook: Credo Young Adults Email: credostpats@gmail.com
Playgroup Facebook: Parramatta St Pat’s Playgroup
Legion of Mary - every Saturday at 9.45am at
Murphy House.
For the sick: Jess arranz, Hanna Doueihi, Bill Jeffery, Margaret & Lisa Farrelly, Breda Jackman, John Farrelly, Mick Lenihan, Marian Tuffley, Filomena Nubla
Special Intentions: Vincent, Mara Senjak, Henry Brown, Alex De Montas, Isabelle Louise Batley, Diane Ashton, Rev Nithiya Sagayaraj, Song Jia Lan, Xu Guo Dong,
For those recently deceased: Jeff Adams, Noel Barnes, N’Kou Marie Therese, N Saywessn Paul August Marie, Fr Maurice McNamara, Ni Jong Yu, amada Dizow,
Godofredo O. Peteza, Emery Burgess, Sang Hai Wong, Emery Burgess, Derek Beamish, Pet Banga Herrera, Neville Wilson, Norma Glanville, Marie Melide
Deceased: Maximena Manlangit, Juan Montesco, Benjamina DeVera Geminiano, Victorio Gavilla, YT Hsu, Bernard Muggeridge, Sr Noni Ball, Sunandar Wrjaya, Nancy &
Robsima, Karam Karam, James Vuong, Victorio Gavilla, Y.T. & Deanna Hsu, Francisco & Rustica Manalo, Elizabeth & Lawrence Fernandes, Grimaldo Guiptous, Pat Rea
Anniversary: Deanna Hsu Juan, Paul & Antonette Elogious, Juliet Noronha, Barbera Kierdal, Gilert & Spencer, , Jean Davoren, Delfin Aaracin, Maria Anh, Thong,
Claudette, Fovad, Kozal, Maria, Madeline, Basha, Emil, Augustyn Sobolevski, Samual Appathurai, Betty Royan, Annie Ellich, Mar iyanayagm, Josephin, Edward, Morin,
Norma Swain, Edridges Sequeira, Caridad Trias-Buenvenida, Andre Lito Cabrido, Marie Tuoi, Paul Phuoc, Philomena Martis, Anthony Martis, Joseph Teuma
Perpetuals: Vimal & Kavitha, Van & Phong Tran, Kaddis family, Marcus Milly, Abel Moses, Anna & Frank Grainda, Norm Hector, Frank Agostino, Bernadette Melhen and
Sally Boujandy Jack Barrett, Ann O’Brien, Ian Sanders, Don Andrews, Bill & Alice Kendall , Allan Kendall, Maria Patterson & Ellen Bancan, Sally & Frank Martlew,
Giuseppina & Giovanni Rechichi, Maurice DeNiese, Fr Bray, Mary Coady, Mary & Jack White, Vincent & Rebecca Vella, Vincent Huang, Townsend, Walter Townsend,
Watson Lee, Lucy D’Mello, Ferris Grugeon, McInherny, White, McWilliam and McGuckin families, Mary Abela, Royan & Andrews Families,Sally & Frank Martlew, Robert
Andrews, Sylvester Family, Rogan Family, Adcock, McMillan families, Gabrielle Baker, Paula Cowling, Sherwood Family, McDermott & Starr families, Repose of the Souls
in Purgatory, Deceased Parishioners of St Patrick’s and St Monica’s.
CONGRATULATIONS Today at the 9.30am Mass, 51 children from the Cathedral parish will receive the Sacrament of the Eucharist for the very first time. We congratulate these children and their parents on this important occasion. May they always be strengthened by the Body and Blood of our Lord.
You are invited to ‘Opening Night’ 6.00pm - Projection images on Chapel begin (run till
10pm) - free entry
Organ recital /concert in Cathedral (by donation)
Shroud of Turin (replica) on display in hall (from 6pm)
BBQ & drinks available ($2.50/1.00)
Coffee Van
Food Truck Make sure you are a part of this historical event - not to be missed.
Note: If you are able to help on the BBQ please contact the office.
Bishop Kevin Manning (Emeritus) For those who are not aware, Bishop Kevin has not been well and spent a couple of weeks at Westmead Hospital. He is now well on the road to recovery and is recuperating at St Catherine’s Aged Care Facility, 51 Gormans Hill Rd Bathurst. We hope that Bishop will eventually make his way back to the Diocese of Parramatta. In the interim, if you are travelling out west and wish to call in, he will be delighted to see some familiar faces.
Cloister Café closed on June 18 due to
children’s First Holy Communion
Novena to Mary Full of Grace
At our next gathering we will focus on praying
the Rosary’s Mysteries of Light.
Date: Thursday, 29th June
Venue: Blessed Sacrament Chapel
Time: 7.00pm - 8.00pm
PLEASE JOIN US TO CELEBRATE THE
CENTENARY OF OUR LADY’S
APPARITIONS AT FATIMA.
CREDO MINISTRIES Connecting with our Youth - credostpats@gmail.com
WANTED for the NEXT ST PAT’S MATTERS
Tying in with Mother’s Day celebrations: write a special tribute to your Mum.
Thoughts/reasons for taking part in the May 13th procession of Our Lady of Fatima from Our Lady of Lebanon to St Pat’s.
If you took photos of the procession on May 13th send them to us for publication.
Been to Fatima? Share the reasons why you went and how the experience affected you.
Anyone involved in ministry: let fellow parishioners in on how and why you became involved.
On 18th June, children in our parish will make their First Holy Communion. We’d love parents and children to write about what this special sacramental means to them.
Long time parishioners: share your memories of ‘Old St Pat’s’.
Email submissions to M Polizzi: balmap5@bigpond.com or leave at the parish office in an envelope marked “for St Pat’s Matters”.
Deadline: 14th July 2017. Enquiries: Marian Polizzi
02 9630 4019 or 0418 978730
Mamre House
‘To be a place of promise where individuals are enabled to realise their potential and contribute to the community’. (Vision statement)
Representatives from Mamre House wish to sell their home grown
vegetables and plants after all Masses on Sunday 25 June (near
Cloister Café). Please come along and support the wonderful work
of the Sisters of Mercy, helping people at grass roots level. For
more information go to:-
http://www.parramattamercy.org.au/ministry/partnerships/mamre
EAST AFRICA FOOD CRISIS APPEAL 2017 23 million people are currently on the brink of famine in South Sudan and other areas of East Africa. Caritas Australia and their partners are delivering life-saving food and water to countries most in need including South Sudan, Kenya and Malawi.
This major crisis has been driven by large scale droughts, compounded by climate change, inflation and the ongoing conflict in some countries. Urgent assistance is needed now, to respond to those experiencing severe drought and food insecurity.
The global Caritas network is providing emergency assistance to the people who are the most affected. Local and international Caritas partner agencies are on the ground providing water and food items such as beans, sugar, salt, oil and maize flour.
Please donate to the East Africa Emergency Appeal 2017 and help Caritas Australia continue to provide humanitarian assistance to the people of Africa. You can donate online www.caritas.org.au/africa or phoning 1800 024 413 or by envelopes provided.
Junior Credo: EDGE Yrs 4-6 Every Friday in school terms-5pm
Teen Credo High School Students 2nd & 4th Sun. of the month - 4pm
Credo St Pats 18-35 Years of Age 1st Fri of the month - 6.30pm 30 June - 9 July
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