The Most Holy Trinity - 27 May 2018 -Year B

A reading from the book of Deuteronomy (4:32-34. 39-40)

Moses said to the people: „Put this question to the ages that are past, that went before you, from the time God created man on earth: Was there ever a word so majestic, from one end of heaven to the other? Was anything ever heard? Did ever a people hear the voice of the living God speaking from the heart of the fire, as you heard it, and remain alive? Has any god ventured to take to himself one nation from the midst of another by ordeals, signs, wonders, war with mighty hand and outstretched arm, by fearsome terrors - all this that the Lord your God did for you before your eyes in Egypt?

„Understand this today, therefore, and take it to heart: The Lord is God indeed, in heaven above as on earth beneath, he and no other. Keep his laws and commandments as I give them to you today so that you and your children may prosper and live long in the land that the Lord your God gives you for ever.‟ The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God Responsorial Psalm ( Ps 32:4-6. 9. 18-20. 22. R v.12) R Happy the people the Lord has chosen to be his own.

The word of the Lord is faithful and all his works to be trusted. The Lord loves justice and right and fills the earth with his love. R By his word the heavens were made, by the breath of his mouth all the stars. He spoke: and they came to be. He commanded; they sprang into being. R The Lord looks on those who revere him, on those who hope in his love, to rescue their souls from death, to keep them alive in famine. R Our soul is waiting for the Lord. The Lord is our help and our shield. May your love be upon us, O Lord, as we place all our hope in you. R

A reading from the letter of St Paul to the Romans (8:14-17)

Everyone moved by the Spirit is a son of God. The spirit you received is not the spirit of slaves bringing fear into your lives again; it is the spirit of sons, and it makes us cry out, „Abba, Father!‟ The Spirit himself and our spirit bear united witness that we are children of God. And if we are children we are heirs as well: heirs of God and coheirs with Christ, sharing his sufferings so as to share his glory. The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God Gospel Acclamation

Alleluia, alleluia! Glory to the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit: to God who is, who was, and who is to come. Alleluia! A reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew (28:16-20)

The eleven disciples set out for Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had arranged to meet them. When they saw him they fell down before him, though some hesitated. Jesus came up and spoke to them. He said, „All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go, therefore, make disciples of all the nations; baptise them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teach them to observe all the commands I gave you. And know that I am with you always; yes, to the end of time.‟ The Gospel of the Lord Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ

Holy Family Catholic Parish Menai Holy Family Catholic Parish Menai Holy Family Catholic Parish Menai Alfords Point Bangor Barden Ridge Illawong Lucas heights Menai Woronora West

1D Anzac Road, Bangor NSW 2234

Parish Priest: Rev. Mani Malana msfs

Email: pastor@holyfamilymenai.org.au

Assistant Priest: Rev. Daniele Russo

Email: daniele.russo@sydneycatholic.org

‘Living and Sharing the Christian Life as a Growing Parish Family’

P 02 9543 2677 F 02 9543 8503 W holyfamilymenai.org.au E menaihfp@bigpond.net.au

We fly to your protection, O, Holy Mother of the Church!

All are invited to participate in this year‟s Walk With Christ Eucharistic Procession on the Feast of Corpus Christi, Sunday 3 June 2018.

Participants will gather at the corner of Pitt St and Martin Place in the CBD at 2:30pm. The procession will follow the Blessed Sacrament through the Sydney CBD, finishing at the St Mary‟s Cathedral Forecourt with Adoration and Benediction. If you are unable to join us for the Procession, you are more than welcome to join us for Adoration and Benediction from approximately 3:30pm in the St Mary‟s Cathedral Forecourt. The event will conclude at approximately 4:30pm.

The procession will help mark the 200th anniversary of a little known, but most heroic and faith-filled time in the history of the Australian Church. In 1818, the Government forcibly removed the only Catholic priest in Australia, Fr Jeremiah O‟Flynn, from Sydney. Fr O‟Flynn‟s last pastoral act was to leave the Blessed Sacrament reserved in a faithful Catholic‟s home so that the colonists and prisoners could come to adore Christ present there. For two years, the Blessed Sacrament, in this lay Sydney home, was the source and centre of worship and consolation for the priestless Catholics of the Australian colony.

The Book of Life can be found on the table in the Church foyer to write your prayer intentions that will be offered at the end of the procession.

THE FEAST OF CORPUS CHRISTI - All are invited to participate in a Walk With Christ Eucharistic Procession on the Feast of Corpus Christi at Holy Family Parish. On Sunday 3 June 2018 we will begin at the conclusion of 10am Mass, a procession with the Blessed Sacrament starting from the Church, processing up in to Aquinas College grounds and Holy Family car park, finishing back at the Church with Benediction.

ST VINCENT de PAUL

WINTER APPEAL

9th AND 10thJUNE

TOGETHER WE CAN DO HEROIC THINGS.

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PLEASE make a donation to our

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'Mary Mother of the Church'. The announcement came in a decree issued March 3, 2018, by the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments. “The joyous veneration given to the Mother of God by the contemporary Church, in light of reflection on the mystery of Christ and on his nature, cannot ignore the figure of a woman (cf. Gal 4:4), the Virgin Mary, who is both the Mother of Christ and Mother of the Church.,” according to the decree. “This celebration will help us to remember that growth in the Christian life must be anchored to the Mystery of the Cross, to the oblation of Christ in the Eucharistic Banquet and to the Mother of the Redeemer and Mother of the Redeemed, the Virgin who makes her offering to God.” The “Notification” from the Church‟s Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments clarified that the new Obligatory Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church, must be celebrated in the Ordinary form of the Roman Rite beginning in 2018. The new feast is to be observed on the Monday following Pentecost.

POSITION AVAILABLE - Club Central Menai is looking for a courtesy bus driver to fill regular shifts on a Thursday, Friday and

Saturday evening. To be considered we need you to have your RSA/RCG certificate as well as be over 25yrs of age for insurance purposes. This position would suit a mature minded person looking for steady regular work on an ongoing basis. The ability to smile and deliver great customer service is our main focus. Standard drivers licence is all that is required (12 seater van). Enquiries can be made at Club Central reception or careers@icc.org.au

Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney 2020 Plenary Council Planning. Please see the Message from Archbishop Anthony Fisher (copies available in the Church foyer)

Plenary Council You Tube Channel a. Promotional Video [75 secs]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exNXH2YcB8Y b. Archbishop Timothy‟s Invitation [5:19secs]

https://www.youtube.com/watch/v=rRVY7 uYCM4 c. Introduction to the Plenary Council [9:20secs]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezdk5ez3EcM

PRAYERS OF INTERCESSION

Celebrant: Through the grace of the Son, we learn of the love of the Father, and are drawn into the fellowship of the Holy Spirit. Through the Son, we come to the Father with prayers inspired by the Spirit.

Reader: For the holy Catholic Church, that we may be one in our faith in the Triune God, let us pray to the Lord. All: Lord, hear our prayer.

Reader: For this world, that it may be saved through the Son sent by the Father, let us pray to the Lord. All: Lord, hear our prayer.

Reader: For the children receiving the Sacrament of Confirmation this weekend, that the Holy Spirit will strengthen their faith and bring them closer to the fullness of God‟s everlasting love., let us pray to the Lord. All: Lord, hear our prayer.

Reader: In this month of May let us pray for the intercession of Mary our Mother for all those on our sick list: All: Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee, blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen.

Reader: For the dead, that they may rejoice for ever in the glorious life of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, especially Raymond McInerney, Vernon Fonseca, George Farrugia and Fortunato Lustre whose anniversaries occur at this time, let us pray to the Lord. All: Lord, hear our prayer.

Celebrant: Eternal Father, receive the prayers of this people, filled with the Holy Spirit, offering, in him, your only Son, who lives and reigns for ever and ever. All: Amen.

Our sick fellow parishioners, relatives and friends need your prayers: Lorraine Cloney, Marie Isbester, Neville “Snow” Denning, Barbara King, Paul Tyson, Joyce Vella, Fr Denis Foley, Anne Hay, Mary Farrugia, Simone Hoeflich, Joan Sprod, Peter Atkinson, Lily Mifsud, Marie Gonsalvez, Pauline Taylor, Tom McEnearney, Natalie Lynch, Gail Tait, Fr Bill Hannon, Susan Herald, Peter Harris, Phillipe Mouwad and all who suffer from illness.

Youth Group

will be on this

Sunday 27 May at

6pm.

ROSTERS: 3 June 2018 - The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi) (1st weekend)

5:30 pm 8:30am 10am

Welcomers: Volunteer Needed Ferraro Family Ortiz Family

Acolytes: Christopher Fetherston Justin Coupland Peter Ross

Altar Servers: 1A 2A 3A

Musicians: Sue/Jeff Low & Youth Choir

Volunteer Needed Cheryl Ross

Readers: Sharon Bissell

& Simon Bradstock Maryanne Trainor

& Lauren Shanahan Celina Fonseca & Peter Harris

Eucharistic Ministers: Anick Bradstock

& Alan Fagerstrom Veronica Leva

& Diane Marsden Pauline Barton

& Yvonne Harris

Gifts: Bradstock Family Di-Nola Family Cawley/Tait Family

Wardens: Charlie Zammit George Szymura Frank Fonseca

Computer Operators: Christopher Hamilton Volunteer Needed Martin Nicol

Piety Stall: Volunteer Needed Priscilla Celina

PowerPoint Preparer Emma Gioiello Emma Gioiello Emma Gioiello

Counters: John Burt & Team

Children’s Liturgy: Fran Bonanno

Barden Lodge Aged Care: Margaret & Mark Phillips

Sir Thomas Mitchell Aged Care: Volunteer Needed

Church Cleaning: Marie Collins, Ross Stubbs, Stan & Dianna Gawlowski Church Gardens Maintenance: Volunteers Needed

Congratulations to the families of the following children who will be Baptised this weekend:

Olivia Koenig, Cruz Shean, Harper Shean & Lachlan Wallis

We had a very good family time in the „International Fall Food Fest‟ last Saturday with Bishop Richard Umbers. It was a successful fun night celebrating the multiculturalism with 18 different countries‟ unique

dishes. Thanks to Cheryl, Bronwyn, Aquinas College staff and students and all who helped with the hall arrangement, food supply and the donations to meet the expenses of the day.

Last weekend and this weekend 116 of our boys and girls received the Sacrament of Confirmation from Monsignor Kerry Bayada and Bishop Terry Brady. We thank Kathy, Terri, Diana, Roslyn and Louise for the hard work put in to make the event a great success. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ At every mass in this weekend our Parish Finance members will give a presentation of the financial situation of our parish.

Thank you to all who kindly donated to Project Compassion, Holy Family Parish raised $5,135.15

Congratulations to our 2018 Confirmands and their Families

Saturday 26 May 3pm

Mia Apomayta Luke Bertolissio Jack Braiding Christian Castellan Olivia Cheal Kai Crawley Kiara D‟Alfonso Eugene Doherty Alicia Donney Keira Donney Eva Ellis Nayah Goncalves Andrea Gowing Ayden Gutierrez Jordan Hyem Marcus Khoury Elia Kitas Anna L‟Aimable Isabella Lo Russo Alice Mackenzie

Hamish Maguire Sam Mayes

Cameron Morel Kiana Naitaka Logan Noyes

Oliver Parkinson Romeo Pozzolungo

Joshua Riches Zali Rossiter

Jacinta Saliba Brandon Samuel

Jordan Senior Lachlan Shirey Luke Sinicropi

Jordan Sinikoski Ruby Smith

Erin Southall Ashlee Talbot

Sienna Taunton Marcus Wongoemar

We welcome Most Rev Terence John Gerard Brady who will confer the Sacrament of Confirmation this Saturday 26 May 2018. He was born on 19 April 1947 in Rose Bay and grew up in Oatley. He was ordained an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Sydney on 16 November 2007. Bishop Brady worked as a social worker with South Sydney Council before commencing his studies for the priesthood at St Patrick‟s College, Manly. He was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Sydney on 20 August 1983 by Archbishop Edward Clancy. Bishop Brady served in the parishes of Liverpool, Strathfield, Kingsgrove, Clifton Gardens, Mosman and Neutral Bay. At present he looks after the parishes of Balmain and Rozelle. He has maintained a strong commitment to social justice through a long connection with the St Vincent de Paul Society, especially serving the homeless through the Matthew Talbot Hostel, and for the last seven years as the Director of Catholic Mission for the Archdiocese. In May 2012 the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference elected Bishop Brady to chair the restructured Bishops Commission for Pastoral Life which will be responsible for defending the rights of migrants and refugees, the pastoral care of prisoners, prison chaplains and people with disabilities.