PARISH OF ST. THERESE, DENISTONE

Presbytery and Office

8 Inkerman Rd, Denistone 2114 Tel: 9809 2925, Fax 9809 5546

Website: www.sttherese.org.au

Parish Priest: Fr Roberto Castillo

Assistant Parish Priest: Fr Norvin Dias

Parish Secretary: Gayle White admin@sttherese.org.au

Office hours Tues-Fri 9am-3pm St Therese’s School

448 Blaxland Rd, Denistone 2114 (02) 9874 0412

School Principal: Mr Adam Nolan

MASS TIMES:

SATURDAY VIGIL: 6:00 pm

SUNDAY: 8:00 am and 9:30 am

MONDAY 9:00am Mass

TUESDAY 8am Mass

WEDNESDAY through to SATURDAY 9.00 am Mass.

FRIDAY: 9.00 am Mass.

Exposition & Benediction every Friday after Mass

RECONCILIATION Saturday 5pm – 5.45pm or by appointment.

Baptism: Every Sunday at 11am or 11.30am. Please contact Parish Office.

Marriage: By appointment.

Anointing of the sick: Please give names to Father Roberto Castillo or Father Norvin Dias

SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT 4

th / 5

th December 2015 (Year C)

ENTRANCE ANTIPHON:

O people of Sion, behold, the Lord will come to

save the nations, and the Lord will make the

glory of his voice heard in the joy of your heart.

FIRST READING: Baruch 5:1-9

A reading from the prophet Baruch

Jerusalem - God will show you splendour.

Jerusalem, take off your dress of sorrow and distress,

put on the beauty of the glory of God for ever,

wrap the cloak of the integrity of God around you,

put the diadem of the glory of the Eternal on your head:

since God means to show your splendour to every

nation under heaven,

since the name God gives you for ever will be,

'Peace through integrity, and honour through

devotedness'.

Arise, Jerusalem, stand on the heights

and turn your eyes to the east:

see your sons reassembled from west and east

at the command of the Holy One, jubilant that God has

remembered them.

Though they left you on foot, with enemies for an

escort, now God brings them back to you

like royal princes carried back in glory.

For God has decreed the flattening

of each high mountain, of the everlasting hills,

the filling of the valleys to make the ground level

so that Israel can walk in safety under the glory of God.

And the forests and every fragrant tree will provide

shade for Israel at the command of God;

for God will guide Israel in joy by the light of his glory

with his mercy and integrity for escort.

The word of the Lord.

Thanks be to God.

RESPONSORIAL PSALM: Ps 125

RESPONSE: The Lord has done great things

for us; we are filled with joy.

When the Lord delivered Zion from bondage,

it seemed like a dream.

Then was our mouth filled with laughter,

on our lips there were songs. Response.

The heathens themselves said:

'What marvels the Lord worked for them!'

What marvels the Lord worked for us!

Indeed we were glad. Response.

Deliver us, O Lord, from our bondage

as streams in dry land.

Those who are sowing in tears

will sing when they reap. Response.

They go out, they go out, full of tears

carrying seed for the sowing:

they come back, they come back, full of song,

carrying their sheaves. Response.

SECOND READING: Philippians 1:3-6. 8-11

A reading from the letter of St Paul to the

Philippians

Show yourself sinless and without blame in the

day of Christ.

Every time I pray for all of you, I pray with joy,

remembering how you have helped to spread the

Good News from the day you first heard it right up

to the present. I am quite certain that the One who

began this good work in you will see that it is

finished when the Day of Christ Jesus comes. God

knows how much I miss you all, loving you as

Christ Jesus loves you. My prayer is that your love

for each other may increase more and more and

never stop improving your knowledge and

deepening your perception so that you can always

recognise what is best. This will help you to become

pure and blameless, and prepare you for the Day of

Christ, when you will reach the perfect goodness

which Jesus Christ produces in us for the glory and

praise of God.

The word of the Lord.

Thanks be to God.

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION: Luke 3:4. 6

Alleluia, alleluia!

Prepare the way of the Lord, make straight his

paths:

all people shall see the salvation of God.

Alleluia!

GOSPEL: Luke 3:1- 6

A reading from the Gospel according to Luke

All people shall see the salvation of God.

In the fifteenth year of Tiberius Caesar's reign, when

Pontius Pilate was governor of Judaea, Herod

tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of the

lands of Ituraea and Trachonitis, Lysanias tetrarch of

Abilene, during the pontificate of Annas and

Caiaphas, the word of God came to John son of

Zechariah, in the wilderness. He went through the

whole Jordan district proclaiming a baptism of

repentance for the forgiveness of sins, as it is written

in the book of the sayings of the prophet Isaiah:

A voice cries in the wilderness:

Prepare a way for the Lord,

make his paths straight.

Every valley will be filled in,

every mountain and hill be laid low,

winding ways will be straightened

and rough roads made smooth.

And all mankind shall see the salvation of God.

The Gospel of the Lord.

Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

COMMUNION ANTIPHON:

Behold, our Lord will come with power and will

enlighten the eyes of his servants.

READINGS FOR NEXT WEEK:

Zeph 3: 14 -18; Phil 4: 4 - 7; Lk 3: 10 - 18.

Commemoration of the Faithful Departed Saint Therese – Denistone

NOVEMBER 2015 Soonil Choi & Anna Balok Song Family, Luke Dobo Choi &

Magdalena Choonja Sung Family

~ For the eternal rest of Bertha & Jack O’Grady

~ Margaret & Hubert Hogan, & all the deceased members of the

Hogan & Mott Families

~ For the eternal rest of Mervyn Holland

~ For Joseph Davies and the Davies and the Woulfe Families

~ Braovic Katu I Lvu, Braovic Luku, Pavec Katu I Luku, Bozo,

Vesna, Jozo, Anda Smajo & Ana Ivan Braovic

For Noreen Duke and the Duke, Newton and Wilson Families

~ For Peg Burg who died recently, Les, Mary Kayrooz, Dom

Morabito, Milda, Albert, William Kayrooz, The Joseph and the

Cahill Families & Ursula Salten Reich who died recently

~ For the eternal rest of the Mangano & Arena Families

~ Joseph & Mary Rayan, Patrick & Noline Thuering, Nilanthi &

Ramya Naganathan, Louise Banks & Vishnavi Janakam

~ Giuseppa, Pietro Valenti, M Rosa & Frewks Mazzaferro

~ Watson Mashate Chiware, Elizabeth Chamisa, Perpetual Mavis

Mashate, Stanislous Tamangira, Elizabeth Domeka,

Knowledge Chikoro, Venanua Chikoro

PARKING reminder. Please keep the

disabled parking spaces near the front of

the church free for those who need to

use them – the elderly who are fragile

and the disabled. Please respect the sign

and those that need to be considered.

‘A CUPPA’ THIS SUNDAY AFTER THE 9.30am

MASS. Everyone is very welcome.

This will be our last morning tea for

the year and they will resume in

February 2016. Come and meet others.

Catholic Women's League CHRISTMAS HAMPER RAFFLE. Tickets on sale after Mass. The raffle will be drawn on Friday the 11th December.

NEW ROSTERS ARE AVAILABLE

FROM THE SACRISTY.

FEAST OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION AND THE HOLY YEAR OF MERCY.

The Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (Holy Year) will be a major event in our Catholic Church, held from the Feast of the Immaculate Conception (December 8), 2015 to the Feast of Christ the King (November 20), 2016. Pope Francis wishes that this year be a living experience of the closeness of the Father whose tenderness is almost tangible so that the faith of every believer may be strengthened. Pope Francis wishes that be a genuine experience of God’s mercy which comes to meet each person in the Face of the Father who welcomes and forgives, forgetting completely the sin committed.

So on this 8th of December we will begin this great Holy Year of Mercy with the feast of the Immaculate Conception on Tuesday Morning. The Mass will be at 9 am. Please note the time change for our usual Tuesday morning mass for this week only.

ADVENT-CHRISTMAS GIVING TREE: As usual please buy your gifts according to the star and bring it back to the church unwrapped. Please place it under the tree no later than the weekend of the 20th December.

Don’t forget our WORKING BEE

next weekend as your help to prepare

the Church and grounds for

Christmas would be appreciated. So

come & work as a community on

Saturday 12th

Dec at 8.30am.

SYRIAN REFUGEE APPEAL: If you wish to

donate please use the envelopes from the paper table.

ST VINCENT DE PAUL CHRISTMAS CARDS and

COLUMBAN CALENDARS are on sale at the front of

the Church. A pack of 10 cards costs $6.50 and the

calendars cost $9 each. Please put money in the tin

provided.

A NEW SIGN FOR THE CHURCH: We are still receiving donations. Thanks to everyone who has made a donations. This week we have received another $800. If you want to help please speak with Fr Roberto.

OTHERS NEWS: If you want to know

what is happening within the deanery and the diocese

please check the notice boards at the Church entrances.

THIS WEEK 5 / 6 DECEMBER 2015

2ND SUNDAY OF ADVENT SATURDAY 6.00PM SUNDAY 8.00AM SUNDAY 9.30AM

Acolytes D D'MELLO A PERERA J RAPER (M&C)

Minister of HC J KEYSER S LOWER (M&H) G HOGAN

Minister of HC VOLUNTEER Kr PERERA (M&H) VOLUNTEER

Readers V PERERA A STANTON VOLUNTEER

Wardens L SEETO J DUFFY VOLUNTEER

Offertory VOLUNTEER FAMILY VOLUNTEER FAMILY SHEEKA FAMILY

Projection J. MCLEOD NIL P. TREACY

Altar Servers GROUP 1: Robert Morfuni

Natasha Vithana No rostered group GROUP 5: Brittany and Jessica Khoury, Rebecca Dearing, Katherine Spencer

Welcomers S CHAMISA D BRENNAN

Counters Group 6: C BRERETON F SLADE S RATH

Altar Flowers J KEYSER DECEMBER ALTAR LINEN: MIRA SAVIC

NEXT WEEK 12 / 13 DEC 2015

3RD SUNDAY OF ADVENT SATURDAY 6.00PM SUNDAY 8.00AM SUNDAY 9.30AM

Acolytes T DABBAH D ELLIS (M&H) K GLEESON

Minister of HC VOLUNTEER S LOWER (M&H) J MORABITO (M&C)

Minister of HC VOLUNTEER Kr PERERA Ka PERERA

Readers B CLARK P TREACY N BRIERLEY

Wardens VOLUNTEER N MORRIS K HOLDEN

Offertory DABBAH FAMILY VOLUNTEER FAMILY D BRENNAN

Projection T. MORFUNI NIL NIL

Altar Servers

GROUP 2: Nicole and Nichelle Parakelem and

Emily Smith No rostered group VOLUNTEER NEEDED

Welcomers A CHAN D BRENNAN

Counters Group 7: P TREACY S DIMICHIEL (M PEARCE) P BRODERICK

Altar Flowers K PERERA / S CHAMISA DECEMBER ALTAR LINEN: MIRA SAVIC

Don’t forget to checkout our new website at www.sttherese.org.au

CHRISTMAS MASSES AT ST THERESE:

Christmas Eve Thursday 24th

December:

Family Mass: 6.00pm & Mass: 9.00pm

Christmas Day Friday 25th

December:

Mass: 8.00am & 9.30am

RECONCILIATION for Christmas is available in our area: St Therese, Denistone weekdays from the 21

st to 24

th December

inclusive after the 9am Mass.

Holy Spirit Church, Nth Ryde on the 15th

December at 7pm

St Charles Borromeo, Ryde on the 16th

December 2015 at 7.30pm.

PARISH NEWS & NOTICES: Please remember in your prayers all who have died recently. We also pray for all who have anniversaries at this time especially Bill HANDOVER and his parents. May the Lord grant eternal rest to all.

CHARITABLE WORKS FUND (CWF) APPEAL was held last weekend. We still need a further $1,000.00 to meet our quota. So if you missed the opportunity to make a

donation please use the envelopes from the paper table.