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ST . MARGARET MARY ’S PARISH MERRYLANDS

PARISH INFORMATION

PARISH OFFICE: 1-5 Chetwynd Rd, MERRYLANDS NSW 2160 Postal Address: PO Box 757, Merrylands. Tuesday - Friday: 9:30am - 3:30pm

Phone: 9637 2526 9637 2014 Fax: 9637 2442 Email: parish@stmm.org.au Website: stmm.org.au

PARISH GROUPS CO-ORDINATORS: Secretary: Denise Fernandes

Finance Committee: Reuben Dias

Parish Council:

Chair: Bella Reyes - 0419 228 160 Fr Janusz Pawlicha, OSPPE

Secretary: Cheryl Fortini Fundraising Committee:

Mike Jacobson - 0438 590 136

Catechists: Sonia Abi-Rached

Music : Kerry van der Linden - 0406 973 350

Sacraments: Christopher Barnes

Acolytes / RCIA : Peter Carroll - 0414 070 082

Readers: Gwen D’Silva

Youth groups: Pauline Teen: Fr Joseph / Rita Jacobson Pauline Youth: Fr Joseph

Legion of Mary: Merwyn D’Souza – 0478 109 569

Playgroup: Maryanne – 0416 116 707

St Vincent de Paul: 88619757

Bus to Berrima: Giovanna - 9682 1008

Our Parish is under the Pastoral Care of the Order of St Paul the First Hermit (known as the Pauline Fathers) who for more than 630 years are renowned

Custodians of the Miraculous Icon of Our Lady of Jasna Gora, Poland.

Parish Priest Fr Janusz Pawlicha

Assistant Priest

Fr Joseph Maria Buckley

Prayer: Holy Father-Pope Francis’ monthly intention : OCTOBER Evangelization – Holy Spirit That the breath of the Holy Spirit engender a new missionary “spring" in the church.

First Friday:

11am: Maltese Mass 7.00pm: Holy Mass, Stations of the Cross followed by Exposition

Adoration of the Most Blessed Sacrament: Thursdays-Eucharistic Adoration: 9.30 am-2.30pm 4th Sunday of the month: 1.00pm - 1.30pm– Divine Mercy Devotions 1st Friday of the month: approx. 8.30pm– midnight

Vespers– Sunday Evenings 5.15 pm - 5.45pm

RCIA sessions– Sunday mornings 9am Mass followed by Session 10 am –11am

Devotions:

Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Tuesday: after morning Mass Wednesday: 6:30pm before 7:00pm Mass

Veneration of the Holy Face of Jesus:

Tuesday: 7.30pm - 8.30pm

Divine Mercy Devotions 4th Sunday of the month: 1.00pm - 3.00pm, 3.00pm - Holy Mass

Baptisms: 1st & 3rd Sundays of the month

Reconciliation: Tues - Fri 8.30 - 8.55am Sat - 9am - 9.30am and 4.30pm-5.30pm (or by appointment)

Marriages: By appointment only (6 months required)

Sick Calls: 9637 2526– option 3 or 0412 625 187 - any time

THIS WEEK: 20 October 2019 Counting: Group G Church Cleaning: C Altar & general cleaning– Nada & Volunteers NEXT WEEK: 27 October 2019 Counting: Group H Church Cleaning: D Altar & general cleaning– Nada & Volunteers

WEEKEND MASSES: WEEKDAY MASSES:

Saturday: 6:00pm Vigil Monday: 9:15am

Sunday: 7:30am Tuesday: 9:00am & 7:00pm

9:00am Wednesday: 9:00am & 7:00pm

10:30am Thursday: 9:00am

6:00pm Friday: 9:00am & 7:00pm

Saturday: 8:30am

20TH OCTOBER 2019

ENTRANCE ANTIPHON

To you I call; for you will surely heed me, O God; turn your ear to me; hear my words. Guard me as the apple of your eye; in the shadow of your wings protect me.

FIRST READING Ex 17:8-13

A reading from the book of Exodus The Amalekites came and attacked Israel at Rephidim. Moses said to Joshua, ‘Pick out men for yourself, and tomorrow morning march out to engage Amalek. I, meanwhile, will stand on the hilltop, the staff of God in my hand.’ Joshua did as Moses told him and marched out to engage Amalek, while Moses and Aaron and Hur went up to the top of the hill. As long as Moses kept his arms raised, Israel had the ad-vantage; when he let his arms fall, the advantage went to Amalek. But Moses arms grew heavy, so they took a stone and put it under him and on this he sat, Aaron and Hur supporting his arms, one on one side, one on the other; and his arms remained firm till sunset. With the edge of the sword Joshua cut down Amalek and his people.

The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.

RESPONSORIAL PSALM

(R.) Our help is from the Lord, who made heaven and earth. 1. I lift up my eyes to the mountains:

from where shall come my help? My help shall come from the Lord who made heaven and earth. (R.)

2. May he never allow you to stumble! Let him sleep not, your guard. No, he sleeps not nor slumbers, Israel’s guard. (R.)

3. The Lord is your guard and your shade; at your right side he stands. By day the sun shall not smite you nor the moon in the night. (R.)

4. The Lord will guard you from evil, he will guard your soul. The Lord will guard your going and coming both now and for ever. (R.)

SECOND READING 2Tim 3:14 –4:2

A reading from the second letter of St Paul to Timothy

You must keep to what you have been taught and know to be true; remember who your teachers were, and how, ever since you were a child, you have known the holy scriptures – from these you can learn the wisdom that leads to salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. All scripture is inspired by God and can profitably be used for teaching, for refuting error, for guiding people’s lives and teaching them to be holy. This is how the man who is dedicated to God becomes fully equipped and ready for any good work. Before God and before Christ Jesus who is to be judge of the living and the dead, I put this duty to you, in the name of his Appearing and of his kingdom: proclaim the message and, welcome or unwelcome, insist on it. Refute falsehood, correct error, call to obedience – but do all with patience and with the intention of teaching.

The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION Alleluia, alleluia! The word of God is living and active; it probes the thoughts and motives of our heart. Alleluia!

GOSPEL Lk 18:1-8

A reading from the holy Gospel according to Luke

Jesus told his disciples a parable about the need to pray continually and never lose heart. ‘There was a judge in a certain town’ he said ‘who had neither fear of God nor respect for man. In the same town there was a widow who kept on coming to him and saying, “I want justice from you against my enemy!” For a long time he refused, but at last he said to himself, “Maybe I have neither fear of God nor re-spect for man, but since she keeps pestering me I must give this wid-ow her just rights, or she will persist in coming and worry me to death.”’And the Lord said, ‘You notice what the unjust judge has to say? Now will not God see justice done to his chosen who cry to him day and night even when he delays to help them? I promise you, he will see justice done to them, and done speedily. But when the Son of Man comes, will he find any faith on earth?’

The Gospel of the Lord.

Praise to you Lord Jesus Christ.

COMMUNION ANTIPHON Behold, the eyes of the Lord are on those who fear him, who hope in his merciful love, to rescue their souls from death, to keep them alive in famine.

MEDITATION: What can a shameless and unjust judge pitted against a crusty and

pestering woman teach us about justice and vindi-cation (to restore what is right and just) in the king-dom of God? Jesus tells a story that is all too true - a defenceless widow is taken advantaged of and refused her rights. Through sheer persistence she wears down an unscrupulous judge until he gives her justice. Persistence pays off, and that's espe-cially true for those who trust in God. Jesus illus-trates how God as our Judge and Vindicator is

much quicker to come to our defence and to bring us his justice, blessing, and help when we need it. But we can easily lose heart and forget to ask our heavenly Father for his grace and help.

Please remember to switch off your mobile phone

NEXT WEEK’S READINGS

27 OCTOBER 2019

30th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Year C: Sir 35:12-14,16-19; 2Tim 4:6-8; Lk 18:9-14

1st Friday adoration will commence from approx. 8:30pm - midnight

Every Friday (except 1st Friday of the month) Alliance of 2 Hearts will hosts the Adoration

Service after 7:00pm Mass until 10:00pm All are welcome.

27 OCTOBER 2019

1:00 – 1:30pm Silent Adoration 1:30 – 3:00pm Devotions 3:00 pm Special Holy Mass

All are welcome to come and pray with us.

HEALING MASS 25OCTOBER 2019

FRIDAY, 7:00pm—9:30pm

Shalom Group welcomes all to Margaret Mary’s Church To experience the healing touch of Jesus.

All are welcome.

PRAYER REQUESTS

Peter Newman

Tony Ostojic

Shelly Barnes

Shirley Forno

Fiona Khoury

Annie Ingram

Teresa Saad

Doreen Dias

George & Mary Spiteri

Christopher Oldham

Simon Khoury

Gervais

Sonia & Pierre Abi–Rached

Therese Nicolas

Luca Jerkovic

Susan Pace

Branko Soric

Theresa Durand

Joanna Essey

Desfosses

Adam Borcuik

Rose Abdo

Jocelyn Santos

Willie & Tereza Cutajar

Andrew Tawil

Giovanna Prestipino

Alice Said

Youssef Tawil

Peter Van Tilburg

Nicole Ratnakumar

Sakaria Frank Mausio

Diab Baysari

Mario & Tereza Cutajar

Mary Essey

Greg Stephen

Father, pour out Your Spirit upon the people of this parish so

that inspired by Your word, nourished at Your table and

graced by Your empowering love, our lives may be devoted to

the service of our brothers and sisters and the building up of

Your Kingdom. May our parish community truly be, for this

place and time, the Body of Christ Your Son, through whom

we make this prayer. Amen

A boy asked his Dad, "Dad, how big is God?" Looking up at the sky his father saw a plane and asked his son, "How big is that plane?" The boy responded, " It's small, Dad! You can hardly even see it!" Then the father took his son to an airport hanger. Standing in front of one of the planes, the father asked, "And now, how big is the plane?" The boy responded, " Oh Daddy, this plane is enormous." At this point, the father said to him, *"That's how it is with God. How big He is depends on the distance between you and Him. The closer you are to Him, the bigger he is in your life"*

EUCHARISTIC ADORATION THURSDAYS 9.30am to 2.30pm

The Lord invites us to take some time out of our busy lives to spend some time with Him in quiet adoration, prayer and reflection. If you can spare 1/2 hour or

more, the Blessed Sacrament is exposed after morning Mass every Thursday until 2.30pm. ALL ARE WELCOME

Pauline Teen October 25th - Cancelled due to preparations for the Multicultural Festival. All welcome to come help set up the hall from 5pm. Thank you.

(formerly International Food Festival) Saturday, 26 October 2019

(after Blessings of our new Stations Of The Cross at 6pm Vigil Mass) VENUE: Our newly refurbished Parish Hall

Doors open at 6:30pm, Grace at approx. 7:30pm

Highlights of the Festival:

All-you-can-eat Buffet — delicious cuisines from around the world.

Entertaining cultural performances

$5 and $2 Raffle draws. Prizes include $350 voucher from Michelle Portelli Cakes, 4 X Garmin Smartwatches with warran-ties, Tonka Mighty Motorised Vehicle & Big Rig set, 4-stroke lawnmower, boy’s 24” bicycle, fashion sunglasses, beauty products, electronics, appliances, homewares, toys and much more!

Lucky Door & Lucky Seat Prizes

Adults and children’s coin-tosses

Bottled water, soft drinks & ice creams on sale

Barista coffee on sale; instant coffee & tea by donation

TICKETS: Adults – $15 Children (3-12years) – $5 Infants (under 3years) – free “Entrance Tickets & Raffles will be on sale at this weekend’s Masses and at the door —Buy now to avoid the queue”.

All proceeds will go to St. Margaret Mary’s Parish

Please note: Car parking near the Hall will be restricted.

Feast of

PARISH MORNING TEA

Sunday - 20 October 2019

Where : Pastoral Centre Time : following 10.30am Mass

This week: : Croatian Prayer Group Next week: Divine Mercy

ALL ARE WELCOME

SACRAMENTAL PROGRAM 2019

SACRAMENT OF CONFIRMATION

Preparation Lessons: Sundays after 10:30am Mass in the Parish Hall

Session 1 : 20 October 2019 Session 2 : 27 October 2019 Session 3 : 03 November 2019 Session 4 : 10 November 2019

Confirmation Rehearsal : Monday 11 November at 7pm

CONFIRMATION CELEBRATION: Wednesday - 13 November 2019 at 7:00 pm Mass

Enrolment forms are available at The Parish Office or from your child’s Scripture teacher (SRE) at school.

Any queries, please contact Christopher Barnes on Wednesday (10:00 am –12:00pm) at the Parish office

or email:stmm.sacraments@outlook.com

Inaugural Parish Movie Night Saturday 16 November 2019

Come join us in the Pastoral Centre to watch a film every 3rd Saturday of the Month after the 6pm even-ing Mass. The film for November is St. Barbara, convent and martyr of the early church. Rated M.

Volunteers needed to help on the night, see Fr. Joseph Maria

During the month of October, there will be recitation of The Holy Rosary and Exposition of the Blessed

Sacrament at the end of every Morning Mass.

The Rosary is a prayerful exercise comprised of both medi-tation and vocal prayer. While praying the prayers of the Rosary, meditation focuses on the lives of Jesus and Mary. There are four mysteries of the Rosary: Joyful, Luminous, Sorrowful and Glorious. PLEASE REMEMBER OCTOBER IS THE MONTH OF THE ROSARY.

MARY’S ROSARY CHAIN INC. will be giving out free Rosary cards and beads after all weekend Masses. A short announcement will be given to encourage devotion to Our Blessed Mother for the month of the Holy Rosary.

The Multicultural Festival Committee requests our generous Parishioners to kindly cook and supply their cultural dishes so that their could be a variety of food on the day of the Festival. Please contact Gwen D’Silva (0439 439 325) before 22 October 2019.