BRISBANE ORATORY IN FORMATION

PARISH OF ANNERLEY EKIBINPARISH OF ANNERLEY EKIBINPARISH OF ANNERLEY EKIBIN Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year C [OF] &

Fourteenth Sunday After Pentecost [EF] 20th/21st August, 2016

Readings for next Sunday

27th/28th August, 2016

1st : Sirach 3:17-20, 28-29

2nd: Hebrews 12: 18-19,

22-24

Gospel: Luke 14: 1, 7-14

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: annek@bne.catholic.net.au

Web: www.annerleyekibinparish.com www.facebook.com/ annerleyekibinparish

www.twitter.com/AnnerleyEkibin

Parish Priest : Fr Andrew Wise

Parish Team

Ms Shirley Sadler (Parish Secretary) Mrs Kathy Ducker (Finance Officer)

Miss Ria McIntyre

(Assistant Sacramental Co-ordinator)

Mr Richard O’Neil:0427 484 679

† Mary Immaculate Church

616 Ipswich Road, Annerley

† St John Fisher Church

17 Messines Ridge Road, Tarragindi

† St Elizabeth’s Chapel

61 Effingham Street, Ekibin

St Elizabeth’s Primary School

Phone 3848 0828

Mary Immaculate Primary School

Phone 3848 8965

Our Lady’s Secondary College

Phone: 3848 7462

St John Fisher Hall

17 Messines Ridge Road, Tarragindi

Phone 3848 1107 (Office hours)

Brisbane Oratory in Formation

Oratory House - 3392 9247

16 Ferndale Street, Annerley

http://brisbane-oratory.org/

Fr Adrian Sharp (Moderator),

Fr Paul Chandler

Fr Andrew Wise

Fr Scot Armstrong

Br Shawn Murphy

Br Tyson King

Br Conor Power Br Matthew Buckley

Frassati (Young Men)

David Powick (0409 711 786)

Flores Teresianes (Young Women)

Elise Hewitt (0400 204 995)

Frassati Youth (High School age)

Catherine McDowall (0431 117 139) frassatiyouthbrisbane@gmail.com

St Vincent de Paul Helpline

Phone: 3010 1096

Homeless Hotline: 1800 474 753

From the Parish Priest Dear Parishioners, I would like to draw your attention to yet another wonderful opportunity to grow in faith and a deeper understanding of the sacred liturgy of the Mass.

Part 2 of our Reflection from last week on the Assumption of Our Lady and Purity, by Deacon F.K. Bartels, follows.

Fr Andrew Wise Those who desire to receive the crown of purity from our Lord should not hesitate to fly to the Virgin Mary, Mother of God, whose tender love and concerned intercessory help is never withheld from her children. It is our Virgin Mother who will take us into her worthy hands, guide us toward her Son, and lower the glorious crown upon our heads. If we should state that the Virgin Mary is the greatest Christian who ever lived, we would be correct; yet such a statement does little to relate the indescribable beauty of her dedication to her Son, her eagerness to suffer for the will of God, her complete trust, and her total purity of heart which far surpasses our present understanding. There is simply no better model of human purity than our sweet Virgin Mother, who exists as Queen of Heaven, raised in heavenly glory above all the angels and saints. St. Bernard of Clairvaux writes of the Virgin Mother, "Let us honor [Mary] for the purity of her body, the holiness of her life. Let us marvel at her fruitful virginity, and venerate her divine Son. Let us extol her freedom from concupiscence in conceiving and from all pain in bearing. Let us proclaim her to be reverenced by the Angels, desired by the nations, foretold by the patriarchs and prophets, chosen out of all and preferred before all. Let us magnify her as a channel of grace, the mediatrix of salvation, the restorer of ages, and as exalted above the choirs of angels to the very heights of Heaven. "In Munificentissimus Deus Pope Pius XII taught that from all eternity God "regards Mary with a most favorable and unique affection." We should understand that as God regards Mary in such a way, he especially desires to grant her every prayer. If we seek purity, it is the Virgin Mary whose intercession will, through the love of her Son, win for us the graces of which we are in such urgent need. To Page 2

The Brisbane Oratory-in-Formation and Frassati Australia invite you to a talk by Fr. Uwe Michael Lang. Fr Lang is a priest of the Oratory in London, where he serves as the Parish Priest, and Lecturer in Church History at Heythrop College. He is a former staff member of the Congregation for Divine Worship, and Consulter to the Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff. He is the author of several books on

liturgy and other publications in patristic and liturgical studies.

In his talk, "Signs of the Holy One: Why the way we worship matters", Fr Lang will address crucial questions concerning the sacred liturgy. His point of departure is the fact that the Church’s public worship speaks through a variety of “languages” other than language in the linguistic sense. Gesture, motion, architecture, art, and music are not just incidental, but integral to the liturgy. They are symbolic expressions of the sacred, and open our hearts and minds to the presence of the Holy One, who is Christ Himself.

We hope that this talk will provide an opportunity to help enrich people's understanding of the liturgy and help bring about a deeper participation in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass.

EVENT DETAILS Topic: Signs of the Holy One: why the way we worship matters When: Monday 29 August Time: Mass begins at 7:00pm, the talk at approximately 8:00pm Venue: Mary Immaculate Church (Mass) & Marymac Centre (Talk) Address: 616 Ipswich Rd, Annerley QLD 4103 The talk is free of any charge.

PARISH DATE CLAIMERS Wednesday 31st August Parish Pastoral Council meets at the Parish Office at 7:30pm. Tuesday 8th November Final Anointing Mass for 2016 at Mary Immaculate Church at 10:00am. Monday 14th November Josephites Association Meeting at 10:00am at St Fabian’s, Yeerongpilly. Please contact Jay on 3848 8923 or Claire on 3848 3998. Friday 25th November Elizabethan Social Club Sausage Sizzle & Christmas Gift Stall commencing at 10:00am at SJF Hall. Cost $7.00. Bookings Joan on 3848 3251 or Philomena on 3349 2809.

WE PRAY FOR: Those who are recently deceased: Mary Stasny REES,

Patricia Marie PHARR, Salvatore (Sam) SIPALA, James BASSOS, Marjorie Joan BOND, Father Ruben NADALICH, SSP, Patrick & Mary BROPHY (Cairns), Maria SZKUDLARSKI, John McKEATEN and Eileen AXEN.

Those who are sick: Esther ADENEY, Theresa BAGLEY, Gabrielle BENTLEY, Monique BENTLEY Neil BETTS, Ksenia BORODIN, Stewart BOYD, Jeremy CARROLL, Robyn CLEMENTS, Jim CLIFFORD, Hilary COLLINS, Rina COOK, Rochelle COWARD, Marietta CRUZADO, Diane ELLIS, Rowena ENNIS, David FARRELL, Jane FARRELL, Madge FARRELL, Joan FLEW, Mary FORRESTER, Anne FRANETTOVICH, John FRANK, Gwen GAIR, Helen GIAQUINTA, Dulcey HARVEY (Ingham), Jan HEGARTY, Peter HEGARTY, Keith HOGG, Marlene JOHNSTON, Dominic KENNEDY, Robyn KINNES, Ryan MacGARY-WALSH, Des MALLON, Cherril MALONEY, Bernard McALARY, Marie MITCHELL, Harry MOHR, Kathryn MORRIS, Robyn O’DWYER, Bernie O’HARA, Valerie & Kevin ORTON, Ron ROFE, Joan ROONEY, Julie ROWEN (Mackay) Dorothy RYAN, Nick SHANAHAN (Jnr), Florence SNELL, Mary STUART, Heather TERRILL, Charlie WINTER, Fr John WORTHINGTON SM, Gary WYLIE, Josephine & Bill WRIGHT and Matthew ZEMEK and Marlene ZIERVOGEL.

All the faithful departed.

COLLECTIONS LAST WEEKEND $3,203.40

ELECTRONIC CONTRIBUTIONS AVE. FOR WEEK $2,015.00

Thank you from a grateful Parish

Upcoming Events - mark your diaries now!

Fr Uwe Michael Lang Talk, Monday, 29th August. Mass at 7:00pm, Talk follows. Please see front page notice. Oratorio Concert on Saturday, 10th September in Mary Immaculate Church at 7:00pm. Supper will follow in the Marymac Centre. More information to come. All welcome!

In the Mood Dance on Sunday, 2nd October at the Marymac Centre from 6:00pm. All you dance-goers save the date! More information to come as the date approaches. A portion of the proceeds will be going to the Brisbane Oratory.

Brisbane Bush Bash Dance on Saturday, 8th October at the Marymac Centre. Save this date, too, all you dance-goers. More details to come.

From Page 1: She is indeed a "channel of grace" as St. Bernard wrote. Pius XII tells us that when the fullness of time came, God put the wondrous plan of his "providence into effect in such a way that all the privileges and prerogatives he had granted to her in his sovereign generosity were to shine forth in her in a kind of perfect harmony" (MD, 3). The Virgin Mother's privileges are truly sublime wonders. As St. Luke records in his gospel, the angel Gabriel first addressed Mary with these words: "Hail, favored one! The Lord is with you." Though Mary "was greatly troubled at what was said and pondered what sort of greeting this might be," Gabriel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God" (see Lk 1:26-30). The Council of Trent declared that a "special privilege from God" was "given to the Blessed Virgin." In 1854 Pope Pius IX decreed in Ineffabilis Deus the dogma of the Immaculate Conception: "The most Blessed Virgin Mary was, from the first moment of her conception, by a singular grace and privilege of almighty God and by virtue of the merits of Jesus Christ, Savior of the human race, preserved immune from all stain of original sin." St. Thomas Aquinas taught that the fullness of grace which Mary received implied confirmation in grace and therefore sinlessness (S. th. III 27, 5 ad 2). Pius XII decreed in Mystici Corporis that Mary "was immune from all sin, personal or inherited." The Virgin Mary remained free from every personal sin her whole life, and is a model of supreme purity. Through her unique relationship of union and love with her Son as his Mother, the Virgin Mary shines with a light of purity of far greater brilliance than the stars in the heavens. We truly have a Mother whose love is unwaveringly pure, and who unceasingly cares for her children in their every time of need. "Jesus is Mary's only son, but her spiritual motherhood extends to all men whom indeed he came to save: The Son whom she brought forth is he whom God placed as the first-born among many brethren, that is, the faithful in whose generation and formation she co-operates with a mother's love"

NILS: No Interest Loans

Interest Free Loans for low income families and

individuals are available from the St. Vincent de Paul

Society for the purchase of essential household goods

such as fridge, washing machine, TV or bed; also

health and educational aids.

Loans are usually between $200 - $1200, with a

repayment period 12 to 24 months.

Further enquiries from members of St. Vincent de Paul

at the Church, or ring Paul Coghlan on 3848 9845.

ANNERLEY CONFERENCE of the ST VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY

Pope Francis in 2013, when returning from the World Youth Day in Rio de Janiero told reporters /'This is the Season

of Mercy " and so was commenced the concept of "The Year of Mercy ". The concept of Mercy is not new and many

of the Saints have written on the importance of mercy. The Jesuit priest, Fr James Keenan, explains that mercy is best

understood as being prepared to enter into the chaos of others. In the St Vincent de Paul Society we see first hand the "chaos"

that inflicts misery on so many in our community whether it be simply a shortage of food or clothing, the inability to pay for

needed medication, lack of money to pay energy bills especially in winter or even sometimes just plain loneliness.

While our Conference is fortunate to be healthy in numbers, we always welcome new members . It helps us in renewal and you

bring great energy to our work, Membership is open to all regardless of gender, age, race or creed.

If you are interested please see one of the members who are at the church entrance or phone Paul Coghlan, our President, on

3848 9845 .

Parish Diary & Mass Times: 22nd - 28th August

Monday 22nd August

6:00am Mass [OF+] SE

7:00pm Mass [EF] MI Sung

Tuesday 23rd August

6:00am Mass [OF+] SE

7:00am Mass [EF] MI

9:00am Mass [OF] MI School, Years 1 & 2

Wednesday 24th August

6:30am Mass [OF] SJF

9:00am Mass [EF] MI

Thursday 25th August

6:00am Mass [OF+] SE

7:00am Mass [OF+] MI

9:00am Mass [EF] MI

Friday 26th August

6:30am Mass [OF] SE

9:00am Mass [EF] MI

7:30pm Holy Hour MI

Saturday 27th August

8:15am Mass [EF] MI

22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time

5:30pm Vigil [OF+] MI

5:30pm Vigil [OF] SJF

Sunday 28th August

7:30am Mass [OF] MI 9:00am Mass [EF] MI 9:00am Mass [OF] SJF

5:00pm Mass [OF+] MI

OF = Ordinary Form | OF+ = Ad orientem | EF = Extraordinary Form]

MI = Mary Immaculate SE = St Elizabeth’s SJF = St John Fisher

CONFESSION TIMES:

Mon 6:45pm (MI) Wed 9:40am - 10:00am (MI) Thu 9:40am - 10:00am (MI Fri 9:40am - 10:00am (MI) Fri 7:30pm - 8:30pm (During Holy Hour) Sat 7:15am - 8:00am (MI) Sat 4:45pm - 5:15pm (MI) Sat 5:15pm by request (SJF)

Sun During 9:00am Mass where possible (MI)

The Angelus and the Rosary are prayed half an hour before the early Masses, Monday to Friday, at SE & SJF.

All night Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament takes place each Thursday at St Elizabeth’s Chapel beginning at 6:00pm and ending at 6:45am on Fridays.

Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament takes place on Saturdays from 7:15am - 8:00am at Mary Immaculate Church.

Rosters for next week

MASS INTENTIONS

Saturday, 20th August, Private: For all Souls in purgatory, especially deceased members of F.O.S.S. 8:15am Mass at MI: For the Repose of the Soul of John Patrick McMahon, recently deceased 5:30pm Vigil at MI: For Thomas Mathai, 11th Anniversary of Death Sunday, 21st August, 7:30am Mass at MI: Mass of Thanksgiving from Brian McMahon 9:00am Mass at MI: For the People of the Parish: Pro populo 9:00am Mass at SJF: For the Benefactors of the Brisbane Oratory in Formation, living and deceased 5:00pm Mass at MI: For all Souls in purgatory, especially deceased members of F.O.S.S. Monday, 22nd August, 6:00am Mass at SE: For the Repose of the Soul of Margaret (Peg) Quinn, recently deceased Tuesday, 23rd August, 6:00am Mass at SE: For the Repose of the Souls of Ellen, Peter & Tony Hansen 9:00am Mass at MI: For Suzanne Seipel, for a Personal Intention

St Gregory’s Latin Mass Community Fourteenth Sunday After Pentecost: Wilston 7:30am

Wednesday, 24th August, 6:30am Mass at SJF: For all Souls in purgatory, especially deceased members of F.O.S.S. 9:00am Mass at MI: For Cameron, Natalya & Juliette Seipal, to grow in the Catholic faith and never leave it Thursday, 25th August, 6:00am Mass at SE: For all souls in purgatory, especially deceased members of F.O.S.S. Friday, 26th August, 6:30am Mass at SE: For all souls in purgatory, especially deceased members of F.O.S.S. Saturday, 27th August, Private: For the Repose of the Soul of Patrick O’Halloran Sunday, 28th August, 7:30am Mass at St Columba’s, Wilston: For all Souls in purgatory, especially deceased members of F.O.S.S. 9:00am Mass at SJF: For the People of the Parish: Pro populo

Brisbane Oratory Music

Please contact Ronan if you would like to audition for the mixed choir, the schola or the children's choir (5yrs - 15yrs). Lessons in sacred music are also offered.

'The musical tradition of the universal Church is a

treasure of inestimable value, greater even than that of

any other art. The main reason for this pre-eminence is

that, as sacred song united to the words, it forms a

necessary or integral part of the solemn

liturgy.' (Vatican II, Sacrosanctum Concilium

(Pope St. John XXIII, 1963)

Contact: Ronan Reilly, Director of Brisbane Oratory Music, brisbaneoratorymusic@gmail.com, 0402613963

Rosters for next week

MINISTERS OF THE WORD

Sat (SJF) 5:30pm Kevin Rowen, Barbara Nicolaides

Sun (MI) 7.30am Judy Harris, Marie Melski

Sun (SJF)9.00am Vince Kartelo

Sun (MI) 5.00pm John Butterworth

EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS OF HOLY COMMUNION

Sat (SJF) 6:00pm: Bert Jacobs, John Lesina, Prem Nair, Kevin Rowen, Valmai Winter

Sun (MI) 7:30am: Bertha Clark, Joan Coghlan, Paul Coghlan, Ester Evangelista, Charles Grugan, Kathleen Grugan

Sun (SJF) 9:00am: Peter Menagh

Sun (MI) 5:00pm: Liam Herbert (also available as a reserve.

Please phone 0417 727 480)

COUNTERS

Monday, 22nd August, 2016

Pat Brophy, Bernie O’Hara

CHURCH CARE

Sacristy (SEC) Maria Monro

Sanctuary & Sacristy (MI) Mabel Saah, Alicia Cooke

Church Cleaning (MI)

Laundry (MI) Mabel Saah

Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year C

20th/21st August, 2016

SUNDAY MASS READINGS

First Reading: Isaiah 66:18-21

The Lord says this: I am coming to gather the nations of every language. They shall come to witness my glory. I will give them a sign and send some of their survivors to the nations: to Tarshish, Put, Lud, Moshech, Rosh, Tubal, and Javan, to the distant islands that have never heard of me or seen my glory. They will proclaim my glory to the nations. As an offering to the Lord they will bring all your brothers, on horses, in chariots, in litters, on mules, on dromedaries, from all the nations to my holy mountain in Jerusalem, says the Lord, like Israelites bringing oblations in clean vessels to the Temple of the Lord. And of some of them I will make priests and Levites, says the Lord.

The Word of the Lord

Response: Thanks be to God

Responsorial Psalm 116

(Said by all)

O praise the Lord, all you nations, acclaim him all you peoples! Strong is his love for us; he is faithful for ever.

Second Reading: Hebrews 12: 5-7, 11-13

Have you forgotten that encouraging text in which you are addressed as sons? My son, when the Lord corrects you, do not treat it lightly; but do not get discouraged when he reprimands you. For the Lord trains the ones that he loves and he punishes all those that he acknowledges as his sons. Suffering is part of your training; God is treating you as his sons. Has there ever been any son whose father did not train him? Of course, any punishment is most painful at the time, and far from pleasant; but later, in those on whom it has been used, it bears fruit in peace and goodness. So hold up your limp arms and steady your trembling knees and smooth out the path you tread; then the injured limb will not be wrenched, it will grow strong again.

The Word of the Lord

Response: Thanks be to God

Gospel Acclamation:

Alleluia, alleluia! I am the way, the truth, and the life, says the Lord; no one comes to the Father, except through me. Alleluia!

Gospel: Luke 13: 22-30

Through towns and villages he went teaching, making his way to Jerusalem. Someone said to him, `Sir, will there be only a few saved?' He said to them, `Try your best to enter by the narrow door, because I tell you, many will try to enter and not succeed. `Once the master of the house has got up and locked the door, you may find yourself knocking on the door, saying, "Lord, open to us" but he will answer, "I do not know where you come from." Then you will find yourself saying, "We once ate and drank in your company; you taught in our streets" but he will reply:

"I do not know where you come from. Away from me, all you wicked men!" Then there will be weeping and grinding of teeth, when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, and yourselves turned outside. And men from east and west, from north and south, will come to take their places at the feast in the kingdom of God. Yes, there are those now last who will be first, and those now first who will be last.'

The Gospel of the Lord.

Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

Memorial Acclamation: Number Three Save us, Saviour of the world, for by your Cross and Resurrection you have set us free.

ARE YOU A NEW PARISHIONER?

OR ARE YOU FROM ELSEWHERE IN BRISBANE BUT

REGULARLY ATTEND MASS HERE AND WOULD LIKE

TO BE REGISTERED AS A FRIEND OF THE BRISBANE

ORATORY? If so, please fill in the form below and place it

on the collection plate or mail to our Parish Office:

P.O. Box 3131, Tarragindi. 4121.

□ I am a new parishioner

□ I am from elsewhere but would like to be

registered as a friend of the Brisbane Oratory

Name…………………………………………………………

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RCIA : for adults wishing to become Catholic

Our next few RCIA sessions are planned as follows:

August 24: Session 19, Catholic devotions

August 31: Session 20, Moral Action

September 7: Session 21, Baptism and Confirmation

The RCIA group meets at the Parish Office at Annerley at

7:30pm. For more information, please phone 3848 1107.

DO YOU HAVE ANY SPARE WOOL?

Now that the cold weather has set in, the nursing homes really

appreciate receiving knee rugs for their residents. One of our

parishioners will gladly crotchet rugs, so long as she has a supply

of wool. If you have any spare wool, please leave it at the back

of the Church or contact Marie Melski on 3848 0338.

Thanks to your

generosity 55

retired priests

a r e b e i n g

s u p p o r t e d

through the Catholic Campaign and the Priests’ Foundation,

one of our vital Catholic agencies. In the coming decade a

large number of priests will celebrate their 75th birthday - and

become eligible for retirement. Your contributions will go a

long way toward providing for the increasing demand on

these critical services. Be part of God’s mission of mercy -

give to the Catholic Campaign on 10th/11th September.