Catholic Parishes Of North Mackay, Farleigh and Walkerston

P A R I S H O F F I C E S A N D S T A F F EMERGENCY CONTACT: for anointing the sick 0400 874 807

St Joseph’s Parish 21 Grendon Street North Mackay P O Box 3388 North Mackay, QLD 4740

Phone: 49574855 Fax: 49574208 Email: stjomky@bigpond.com

Parish Manager: ···················· Ken Kelly Parish Secretary: ················ Chris Haines Secretary Assistant: ············Sr Lila Galvin Care & Concern Co-ordinator: ····· Joy Gray Finance Secretary: ··········· Kerry Dempsey Office Hours: Monday to Friday: 9am - 12:00pm

St John’s Parish Anne Street, Walkerston P O Box 323 Walkerston QLD 4751 Phone: 49592241 Fax: 49668022 Email: saintjohnswalkerston@mcs.net.au

Parish Secretary: ················ Josie Battaia Office Hours: Tuesday & Friday: ················ 9am - 3pm

St Brigid’s Parish 961 Bruce Highway, Farleigh, QLD 4741 Bruce Highway Farleigh, CMB Farleigh, QLD 4741 Phone: 49598213 Fax: 49598382 Email: stbrigid.farleigh@bigpond.com

Parish Secretary: ··········· Veronica Tolcher Office Assistant: ················· Maria Axiak Office Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday: ························· 9am - 12:00pm

MASS TIMES

St Joseph’s North Mackay

Monday: ............................. Assumption 6:30am Mass Monday: ............................. Assumption 9:00am Mass Tuesday: ............................................... 6:30am Mass Wednesday: .......................................... 6:30am Mass Thursday: .. 6:30am Celebration of Word/Communion Thursday: ..... 8:00am Mass Emmanuel / HSC Chapel Friday: ............................................. 12:00noon Mass Saturday: ............................................. 6:00pm Mass Sunday: ............................................... 9:00am Mass Reconciliation: St Joseph’s: ....................... Saturday 11:00-11:30am

St Brendan’s Bucasia

Sunday: .............................................. 7:30am Mass

St Brigid’s Farleigh Monday:St Brigid’s Farleigh Assumption 6:00pm Mass Wednesday: ........... St Brigid’s Farleigh 6:30pm Mass Friday: ................... St Brigid’s Farleigh 9:30am Mass

Saturday: .............. St Brigid’s Farleigh 6:00pm Mass

Sunday: ........ Star of the Sea Seaforth 7:00am Mass Sunday: ............................. St Helen’s Calen 9:00am Celebration of Word/Communion Sunday: ........... St Peter’s Midge Point 9:15am Mass

Reconciliation: St Brigid’s ........................ Saturday 5:00pm—5:40pm Seaforth ........................ ½ hour before Sunday Mass Calen ............................ ½ hour before Sunday Mass Midge Pt ....................... ½ hour before Sunday Mass

St John’s Walkerston Monday: ............................. Assumption 9:00am Mass Monday: ............................ Assumption 6:00pm Mass Tuesday: .............................................. 9:00am Mass

Wednesday: .......................................... 9:00am Mass Thursday: ...................................................... No Mass Friday:................................................... 9:00am Mass Saturday: .............................. St John’s 6:00pm Mass Sunday: ............................. Holy Cross 7:30am Mass Reconciliation: St John’s: ............................. Saturday 5:15—5:45pm

Mater Hospital Chapel Wednesday:Celebration of Word/Communion 9:30am

Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year C

Sunday, 14 August 2016

Parish Priest and Administrator Associate Pastors Retired Priest Fr Stephen Hanly Fr Johnson Mathew Fr William Busuttin Fr John Tete

S e r v i n g T h e C h u r c h C o m m u n i t i e s O f

St Joseph’s Church, North Mackay St Brigid’s Church, Farleigh St John’s Church, Walkerston St Brendan’s Church, Bucasia St Helen’s Church, Calen Holy Cross Church, Eton

St Peter’s Church, Midge Point St Paul's Church, Glenden Star of the Sea Church, Seaforth Nebo Catholic Community Turrawulla Station

As disciples we commit ourselves to values and principles that are

not always cherished by others. We can be misunderstood for our beliefs, even ridiculed. Our lives may be a reproach to those who do not share our aspirations. There may be times when we must stand in opposition to others. All of this tends to alienate us. It could even place us at enmity with those whom we love. Yet, if we are genuinely committed, we realise that there is also a price to pay if we are not faithful. It is very difficult to live with ourselves when we disregard our deepest convictions and ignore the promptings of God that we experience within ourselves. As difficult as a life of faith may be, we know that it is the only way to live in this world.

Faced with the cost of discipleship we are brought to the realisation

that, by ourselves, we do not have the necessary resources. We need assistance. Like Jeremiah, we might find that this aid will come from places we may have never expected. The real support and assistance that we get is from Jesus who came to set the world and our hearts on fire. Paul assures us that there is a vast throng cheering us on as we run the race of discipleship. They are not merely spectators; they have already run or are still running their own race. We are not alone in our commitment, in our struggle. There are many witnesses, many examples for us to follow. Reflection by Dianne Bergant CSS

HOLY DAYS OF OBLIGATION for Australia and New Zealand are 15 August (Assumption) and 25 December (Christmas). In Australia, bishops and parish priests are bound to offer a Mass pro populo for the people entrusted to their pastoral care. The importance of a day in the liturgical calendar is determined by its rank (solemnity, feast, memorial). A Holy Day is simply a solemnity celebrated like a Sunday (with obligation). [ORDO 2013]

PLEASE REMEMBER TO PRAY FOR RECENTLY DECEASED: Mick Nixon, Cliff Diamond, Jack Hogan, Joe Bartollo, Elaine Hogan, John Martin, Josephine (Clair) Grott, Doreen Townson, Therese Delanty.

ANNIVERSARY: Mary Domenica Kliese, Ken Griffin, Alex Eales, Heidy Arandio Gonzalez, Des Popp, Mary Batros, Dina De Paoli, John Borg, Stephen Kunkel, John Bugeja, Peter Butt, Karen Hermann.

oREMEMBRANCE MASS: Sam Balzan Vella, Joe Zammit, Patricia Batros, John Martin, Sam Schembri, Sam Deguara, Frank Deguara, Andrew & Carmela Camilleri, Sam & Carmela Deguara, Chris Hutchinson, John Hutchinson, Salvatore & Teresa Zammit, Sam & Doris Sciberras.

PRAYERS FOR THE SICK: Maria Michaels, Mary Stark, Warren Williams, Trudy Crowley, Joan Aguis, Pat Young, Rex Winfield, Karen Doughty, Ruth Atkinson, Barry Riddel, Louis Sant (Syd), Alfred Agustin, Mona O’Brien, Julie Rowen, Olive Descerne, Barry Waddington, Gail Fallis, Amanda Chetcuti, Jim Hanks, all the sick of the parish.

N O T I C E S F O R S T J O S E P H ’ S P A R I S H N O R T H M A C K A Y A N D N O R T H E R N B E A C H E S

GENERAL PARIS H DI NNER THI S FRI DAY

ONLY 5 DAYS TO GO!!!

19 AUGUST 2016 Held at Silverbird Chinese Restaurant,

Wood Street, Mackay, 7:00pm for 7:30pm

Menu: Australian Roasts ~ Chinese Food ~ Filipino Food. Entertainment ~ Singing by Cecila Hyde

and Mini Cent Sale.

Donations of Grocery Items towards the Mini Cent Sale would be greatly appreciated and can be dropped off at Parish Offices or placed in the basket provided at St Joseph’s,

St Brendan’s and St Brigid’s Churches.

STILL SOME TICKETS AVAILABLE Phone Parish Offices

St Joseph’s 4957 4855 or St Brigid’s 4959 8213

WORKSHOPS AT ST JOSEPH’S CHURCH NORTH MACKAY Proclaimers of the Word: Tuesday 23 August 2pm and 7pm

Extra Ordinary Ministers of Communion: Wednesday 24 August 2pm and 7pm

Lay Led Liturgies: Thursday 25 August 2pm and 7pm. We require some volunteers to be trained and educated in the three above mentioned ministries of the church, so that even in the absence of priest, we can assemble together as a community of faith to worship God and to sustain the fellowship of one another.

TAIZE PRAYER SERVICE

This coming November there will be a Taizé prayer service lead by Erica Marshall, to begin our Advent journey. The date for the Taize Prayer Service is Friday 18th November, 7:00PM at St Joseph’s Church, North Mackay.

DATE CLAIMER

St John’s Parish Fair Saturday 5th November 2016.

Collection 07/08/2016

Givers: .................................................. 126 Direct Debits:................................ $1315.00 Envelopes: ..................................... $2327.45 Loose: ........................................... $1010.50 ........................................... Total: $4652.95

DATE CLAIMERS — ST JOSEPH’S CHURCH

ANOINTING MASS

Wednesday 24 August 9:30am at St Joseph’s Church.

FIRST SATURDAY DEVOTIONS Saturday 3 September 7:00am Mass followed by Holy Hour before the

Blessed Sacrament.

SACRED HEART SODALITY Tuesday 6 September 2016, 6:30am Mass at St Joseph’s Church.

CATHOLIC WOMEN’S LEAGUE Next Meeting will be 19 August 9:00am in the Parish Centre.

The Catholic Diocese of Rockhampton abides strictly with the principles and procedures of Towards Healing. The Diocese is committed to healing for victims by providing a sensitive and compassionate response to complaints. Contact the Response Coordinator Melissa Davey Ph 1800 830113. email: profstdsrock@dfs.org.au

NORFAIR IS ON AGAIN THIS YEAR Friday, 11 November 2016

PLANNED GIVING ENVELOPES

Several Planned giving Envelopes for the new Financial Year have not yet been collected and are available from the table under the notice board at back of St Joseph’s Church.

Parishioner with Planned Giving Envelope No 26, please contact Kerry at the parish office as we don’t have your name, which is required for our recording purposes.

TAX RECEIPTS Planned Giving Tax Statements will be available from ST JOSEPH’S AND ST BRENDAN’S CHURCHES

SACRAMENTAL PROCESS 2016 / 2017

ST JOSEPH’S CATHOLIC PARISH OF NORTH MACKAY & NORTHERN BEACHES

Initiation of the Sacraments of School Aged Children (8yrs) Reconciliation (First Confession), Confirmation, First Eucharist

INFORMATION SESSION

DATE: Thursday 18 August 2016 VENUE: St Joseph’s School Hall, Canberra Street, North Mackay. TIME: 7.00 pm

[Parking available behind St Joseph’s Church & St Joseph’s Parish Centre Car Park, 21 – 23 Grendon Street North Mackay.

For further details, contact Parish Office 4957 4855 Monday to Friday 9:00am – 12:00pm.

SATURDAY MORNING GARDENING TEAM The gardens and lawns at St. Joseph’s are looking great, but require regular attention, to maintain them in a presentable state. Volunteers are requested to join a group on Saturday mornings to help with this worthy task. No equipment required, just a couple of hours of your time. Come along, meet some fellow parishioners, have a yarn, and join in. Contact Ken at the Parish Office for further information. Ph 4957 4855

Holy Spirit College In One Spirit… we welcome · we nurture · we excel

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* Next P&F Association Meeting will be held Wednesday 17 August at 5:30pm at the College. All welcome!

* School Review & Improvement (S,R&I) is taking place at Holy Spirit College at this time. Currently, S,R&I occurs on a 5-yearly cycle in Catholic Schools in the Diocese of Rockhampton. The final phase of our HSC-2016 cycle will take place early next term, with the visit of the External Validation Team from Tuesday 18 to Friday 21 October.

* The Year 9 Camp will run from Wednesday 17 August to Friday 19 August and is being held at Rowallan Park. The Year 9 Camp is held to enhance the well-being of students and provide opportunities to extend individuals in new environments. This outdoor education camp aims to help students develop group cooperation, trust, communication skills, and problem-solving skills. Students are looking forward to a fun-filled time.

* This year, the Mackay Festival of Fashion will be held on Saturday 20 August 2016 at the MECC. HSC has 18 entries and 28 students involved in several categories and we wish them all the best.

Best Wishes! John Lyons, Principal

Thought for the Week “Change your thoughts and you change your world.” - Norman Vincent Peale

MAKING CONNECTIONS Reflect this week on the things which divide your family or friends. Try to overcome those divisions and work to re-establish harmony.

N O T I C E S F O R S T B R I G I D ’ S P A R I S H F A R L E I G H , S E A F O T H , C A L E N , M I D G E P T

NOTICES

NORTHSIDE OF THE RIVER FELLOWSHIP GATHERING St Joseph’s Branch Catholic Women’s League invite parishioners of St Joseph’s & St Brendan’s to join them at St Joseph’s Church Grendon St. North Mackay for a wonderful evening of fun and fellowship with their Ecumenical friends on

Thursday 1st September 2016 at 7.00pm. Theme for the evening will be “The Voice.” Light supper to follow in the Parish Centre.

Contacts: Di Ahmat 29551662 Therese Sturgeon 49421188.

Mackay Maltese Club Our Lady of Victories Festa Celebrations Festa Mass Friday 9th September, 7pm St Francis of Assisi, 2 Dupuy St, Mackay Refreshments Afterwards, Bring a plate. Festa Luncheon Sunday 11th September, 12pm Mackay Grande Suites, 9 Gregory Street, Mackay Buffet Lunch $35.00 Bookings call Rose Borg: 4953 5415 or 0418 788 363

Cherish Life Qld Mackay Branch Meeting - Monday 22 August 2016 - 7pm Mackay Christian College Senior Campus

9 Quarry Street, North Mackay

ABORTION LAWS A private members bill has been introduced in Qld State Parliament to legalise abortion in Qld. It will allow abortion up to birth and deny medical professionals a right to a conscientious objection. If you want to object to this Law please contact your Local State Member about this matter via Letter or Email.

MISSION STATEMENT

We, the Catholic community of North Mackay and Farleigh called by Baptism, strengthened by the Sacraments and nourished by the Word, are

committed to witness Christ’s mission in the world. We seek to be an active community that reaches out to the diverse peoples of this region.

INVITATION

St Patrick’s College P & F / Board invite you to join with us as we thank and honour Eamon Hannan, Edna Galvin and Lesley Fraser to celebrate their many years of loyal service to the St Patrick’s College community. This will take the form of a Cocktail Party on Saturday 1 October 2016 commencing at 6:30 pm at St Patrick’s College. Tickets are available from the college office at a cost $35 and includes complimentary champagne on arrival and finger food. Tickets need to be purchased by 16 September 2016 for catering purposes.

Please phone the college on 4944 7200 for ticket enquiries. All welcome to attend.

Quote ‘Prayer, as the act of turning toward God, is not just an application of energies to one task among many. It fulfils the whole purpose of one’s being. We were made for prayer; it is the most human and personal thing we do.’

Fr Michael Casey OCD, Toward God

RESPONSORIAL PSALM Lord, come to my aid!

BULLETIN NOTICES ST BRIGID’S PARISH

to be submitted to St Brigid’s Parish Office by 9.30am on Wednesday. Prefer by email to

stbrigid.farleigh@bigpond.com. Phone messages may be left, if email is not available.

Recently Deceased: Sam Schembri Deceased: Joe Danastas, Steven Danastas, Vinny Borg, John Borg, Collette Quatromani Anniversary: Robert Danastas, Allan Danastas, Stephen Fox, Emmanuel Grech, Ron Deguara, Steven Deguara Sick: : Erin Le Masorier, Eric Jackson, Karen Banning, Frank & Mary Armstrong, and all the sick in the Parish.

THOUGHTS TO PONDER ON TODAY’S GOSPEL READING LUKE 12:49-53.

DID YOU KNOW?

This text paints a different picture from the gentle, compassionate Jesus of popular belief. It is just one example of Jesus displaying human emotion and passion for his cause.

[The Summit]

Parish Spirituality

‘Haste is our enemy’

‘Haste is our enemy. It puts us under stress, raises our blood pressure, makes us impatient, and, most seriously of all, blinds us to the needs of others. The more in a hurry we are, the less likely we are to stop and help someone else in need. Haste and hurry, perhaps more than anything else, prevent us from being good Samaritans. Our struggle to give proper time to family, prayer, and helping others has mainly to do with time. We're invariably too busy, too pressured, too hurried, too-driven, to stop and help‘ It's no accident that virtually all of the classical spiritual writers warn about the dangers of overwork. Indeed, the dangers of haste and hurry are already written into the very first page of scripture where God invites us to make sure to keep proper Sabbath. When we are in a hurry we see little beyond our own agenda.’

Fr Ron Rolheiser OMI Full text at: http://www.ronrolheiser.com/

NEW PARISHIONER CONTACT FORM

Family Name:

Other Names:

Address:

Home Phone:

Mobile:

Email:

To commence Parish Planned Giving

Please place this completed form on the collection plate, or contact the Parish Office on St Joseph’s 49574855, St Brigid’s 49598213 for further information.

READINGS FOR NEXT SUNDAY Twenty-First Sunday In Ordinary Time Year C

Isaiah 66:18-21; Ps 116. R. Mk 16:15; Hebrews 12:5-7, 11-13. Luke 13:22-30.

The imperative to clothe the naked is spoken of in both the Old and New Testament. The prophet Isaiah exhorts us: “When you see

the naked, clothe them” (Is 58:7). In the Letter of St. James we read: ““What good is it if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him? If a brother or sister has nothing to wear and has no food for the day, and one of you says to them, "Go in peace, keep warm, and eat well," but you do not give them the necessities of the body, what good is it? So also faith of itself, if it does not have works, is dead” (James 2:14-16). One of the saints most emblematic of Christian charity is St. Martin of Tours, the Roman soldier who saw a poor man shivering in the cold and cut his cloak in two to share it with the beggar. Clothing provides for two basic human needs: protection and dignity.

We probably do not see people very often who are literally shivering in the cold, but many poor and homeless people rely on

charitable organizations for their clothing. One very direct way to carry out this work of mercy is to go through our own closets a couple of times a year and donate some of the clothing crammed into our closets. Better yet, perhaps we could develop the habit when shopping to buy some new clothing to give away – if you were in the position of someone who had to go to a thrift shop, wouldn’t it be a treat to find something new there? There is a social dimension to this work, too: often our “bargains” are paid for by the sweat of people laboring in inhuman conditions here and abroad. We have a moral responsibility to take a peek behind the stylish logo of popular clothing and shoes and if we find that the item has been produced at the cost of the human dignity of those who made it, we should boycott that product and let the manufacturer know why.

Clothing is not only necessary for protection; we need it to maintain our human dignity. Contrast two scenes in the Gospel: when the

prodigal son returns home, the father gives him his best robe, shoes on his feet, and a ring. These items symbolize the young man’s dignity as the father’s son, and show that his position has been restored to him. By contrast, in the Stations of the Cross we meditate on the stripping of Jesus; this act of humiliation was inflicted on him several times during his Passion. To take away his clothing was to steal from him any standing in the human community, and to humiliate him profoundly.

This work of mercy also challenges to confront the crime of sexual exploitation in our society, and in particular the plague of

pornography. This multi-billion dollar industry is founded on the heinous act of stripping men, women, and even children of their basic human dignity. If it is a virtue to clothe the naked, it is a sin to strip the clothed.

In the first book of the Bible, God made garments to clothe Adam and Eve (Gen 3:21). In the last book of the Bible we are given a

vision of the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband (cf. Rev 21:2). When the moment of glory comes, may we be among those who saw the Lord in our sisters and brothers, and clothed him (cf. Matt 25:38).

Text & Image from the Diocese of Oakland Jubilee of Mercy Webpage.

Used with permission.

The paradox of peace and fire

‘No doubt Luke knows that his readers would be startled by today’s reading. But he sees these statements of Jesus as important for the Church community of his time, that was facing great difficulties: not only from persecution on the part of outsiders, but also from internal disputes. ‘The whole story of the Scriptures leaves us in no doubt that evil, or “sin”, is real. God’s designs for the human family have been continually frustrated by selfishness and destructiveness.

‘The very words Luke quotes invite us to understand the paradoxical truth of what he is saying. The “fire” he brings can symbolise destruction or purification. When we recall Luke’s account of the message preached by John the Baptiser, that the one who came after him would “baptise with the Holy Spirit and with fire” (3:16), and we link this with reference to the ordeal that awaits him in Jerusalem as a “baptism”, we can conclude that his is a purifying fire. His standing up to the forces of violence and destructiveness in opposition to him are to be a healing and reconciliation for a world unable to overcome its divisions and antagonisms. The true disciples of Jesus have understood the paradox: “God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself.”(2 Corinthians 5:19).’ Excerpt from a commentary by Fr John Thornhill sm

What does the Immaculate Conception mean?

God freely chose Mary from all eternity to be the Mother of his Son. In order to carry out her mission, she herself was conceived immaculate. This means that, thanks to the grace of God and in anticipation of the merits of Jesus Christ, Mary was preserved from original sin from the first instant of her conception.

Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, n.96 From Catholic Enquiry Centre http://www.catholicenquiry.com

PRAYER

O God, who have prepared for those who love your good things

which no eye can see, fill our hearts, we prayer,

with the warmth of your love, so that,

loving you in all things and above all things, we may attain your

promises, which surpass

every human desire. Amen.