St Bernard’s Church 4 Klumpp Rd., U M G.

St Martin’s Church Cnr Logan & Chester Rds

Eight Mile Plns, Bne.

St Catherine’s Church 388 Newnham Rd., Wishart.

PARISH PRIEST Fr Patrick Molony

ASSOCIATE PASTOR Fr Stephen Kumyangi

PRIEST IN RESIDENCE Fr Hyacinth Udah

GREENSLOPES HOSPITAL CHAPLAIN

Fr Quintin Culpeper

PASTORAL ASSOCIATE Mrs Trish Stapleton pa.umg@bne.catholic.net.au

PASTORAL MINISTERS VOLUNTEERS Mrs Bronwyn Dunks E: cv.umg@bne.catholic.net.au

YOUTH & YOUNG PEOPLE Edwin Pereira E: yaya.umg @bne.catholic.net.au

PARISH MANAGER Mignon Telford E: umg@bne.catholic.net.au

PARISH OFFICE Michelle Baldi Lorraine Neagle Phone: (07) 3849 7158 Emergency: 3830 5178 Fax: (07) 3849 8742 E: sec.umg@bne.catholic.net.au Website:http://umgwcatholic.org.au/ F: Like us: http://www facebook.com/umgwparish

DEANERY www.parishes.bne.catholic.

net.au/south/index.html

ST VINCENT DE PAUL Welfare: 3010 1096

ST BERNARD’S SCHOOL 1823 Logan Rd., U M G Phone: 3849 4800

ST CATHERINE’S SCHOOL 388 Newnham Rd., Wishart Phone: 3349 7188

CLAIRVAUX MACKILLOP COLLEGE

24 Klumpp Rd., U M G Phone: 3347 9200

NEWSLETTER 22/23 April 2017

SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER/A READINGS: Acts 2:42-47; 1 St Peter 1:3-9

GOSPEL: John 20:19-31

Upper Mt Gravatt Wishart Parish

Guided by the Holy Spirit, we aim to be an evangelising, faith-filled parish whose members care for one another and are welcoming and inclusive.

It's not Jesus Thomas doubts, it's the disciples.....

The gospel story about doubting Thomas has to be one of the most misunderstood episodes in the New Testament.

If you're like me, for years we have been consoled by Thomas doubting that Jesus had been raised from the dead. Thomas'

doubts were in Jesus, we have been led to believe. But let's read the story very carefully. It's not Jesus Thomas doubts, it's the disciples. In fact when Jesus appears to them seven days later, Thomas has the opportunity to share in the experience of the Risen Lord and like the others he immediately confesses Easter faith.

There are three elements in this story that should give us great comfort. The first is that Thomas doubts the early Church, and not just in regard to a minor issue of discipline or procedure. He doubts the central Christian message: that God raised Jesus from the dead. Some of us, too, at various times in our lives, can have doubts about all sorts of things in our faith. There are very few Catholics who get through life without asking some serious questions of God, about Jesus, the Spirit and the Church. These questions are good in themselves. They are necessary for a mature, adult faith. What we need to ensure is that we sincerely want answers to the questions we ask and not just use them to justify our wandering away from our faith. Thomas is the patron saint of all of us who sometimes struggle to believe what everyone else in the church seems to accept. And he is also the patron saint of those of us who seek the courage and patience to wait for the answers.

The second consoling fact to this story concerns the earliest Church. Even though they were filled with the presence of the Risen Lord and though Thomas refuses to believe their witness, they remain faithful to him in his doubts. We know this because he is still with them a week later. They didn't expel him from the group or excommunicate him, they held on to him in the hope that he would experience the Lord for himself.

This story was written for people like us who do not have access to the historical Jesus. The birth of the Church is an ongoing act of God's creation in every generation. It takes time, and people will be at different stages at different moments. Our fidelity to one another on the long journey of faith is only surpassed by our Crucified God who does not give up on us, no matter how many questions we ask or how much we doubt.

May this Eucharist give us confidence enough to hold on to each other in good times and bad so that we can all continue to experience his presence and have life in his name.

Adapted from Richard Leonard SJ LiturgyHelp.com

ANZAC DAY

Mass 8.00 am

Tuesday 25 April 2017

St Bernard’s Church, Upper Mt Gravatt

All are invited to celebrate Mass in remembrance of all who have gone before us and fought for our freedom in

the many wars past and present.

Lest we Forget

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BAPTISMS Congratulations to Gemma Linda Ryan, daughter of Leigh & Carla;

and Gemma Ly Ciccotelli, daughter of John & Lisa. They will be baptised this Sunday in St Bernard's Church.

We also congratulate Leila Lam & Maggie Mei Lam Addison, daughters of Roger & Tatijana. They will be baptised this Sunday at St Martin’s Church.

READERS ROSTER

29/30 April 2017

Please arrive 15 mins before

Mass

St Bernard’s: Denise child, Betty

Breakspear, Mbachu Juliet;

Nathalie Dudson, Jim McDougall,

Irene Lam; Sally O’Brien, Lisa

Bates, Brad Correia; Christina

Stewart, Paul Risitano, Pauline

Thomas.

St Martin’s: Maree Courtnay,

Mary Campisi, Diane Broe.

St Catherine’s: Brian Rayfield,

Mary Cusack, Darryl Petersen;

Paul Robertson, Celine George,

Joan Ballenger.

Upper Mt Gravatt Wishart Parish Congratulations

To our 8 candidates who were fully initiated into the Catholic Church at Easter!

Lynne, Roberto and Tatijana who have travelled the catechumenate journey and now have been Baptised, Confirmed and shared Eucharist with us for the first time on Saturday night.

Rani, Melissa and Tom who, as baptised Christians, were received in to the Catholic Church and who also shared Eucharist with us for the first time this weekend.

Anita and Leigh who completed their Sacraments of Initiation through Confirmation and First Communion.

Please keep them in your prayers as they embark on a new phase of their journey.

A most worthy

cause...

THE PEOPLE OF SOUTH

SUDAN NEED OUR HELP

Members of the Lifelong Learning/Social Justice Group have been deeply moved by the account of Father Stephen’s recent visit to his homeland in South Sudan, and the plight of the people there. Their needs are enormous suffering violence and atrocities and now a famine. If you missed the retiring collection at Easter it is not too late to contribute. Please hand into the parish office or write on an envelope and place on the collection plate.

Beth McDonnell for UMGW Social Justice/Lifelong Learning Group

CICCA: Sacraments

for Children

Christian Initiation of Children of Catechetical age [Sacrament program for children] offers a year round registration. Children are prepared formally to receive the sacraments of Confirmation and First Communion. If your child is approximately 7 years of age call the parish office 3849 7158 to register and the process will be explained to you. These families will be made welcome at Mass and kept in our prayers during this special time.

SAVE THE

DATE!!

We are so blessed in our parish to have so many people who do so much to help the smooth running of all our Ministries. To thank you for all the wonderful work you do, the parish will be holding a Volunteers ‘Thank You Lunch’ in the Aspinall Centre, Sunday 7 May 11 am to 2 pm. If you have given extra time to our communities by enhancing our liturgies, our gardens, our church communities, looked after financial matters and assisted parishioners and others in need, then mark this date on your calendar. It should be a wonderful afternoon. For catering purposes RSVP by Tuesday 2 May 2017.

STATIONS OF THE

CROSS

Thank you to all involved on Good Friday at St Catherine’s Stations of the Cross. It was heartening to see the teamwork, commitment, creativity, enthusiasm and willingness on display. A moving and wonderful display of faith.

Project

compassion

Thank you to all who have contributed to the Project Compassion Appeal 2017.

This appeal is an extraordinary, ongoing demonstration of the faith, love and generosity of caring supporters, all in the name of justice and peace. It is the lifeblood of Caritas Australia and without it we could not do the work we do. Please finalise your donations this weekend. Receipts will be posted as soon as possible.

Come as you Are…

Questions and all!

Do you feel a stirring to know more about the Catholic

Faith?

We welcome questions and enquiries from all who seek:

those who have not been baptised,

those baptised into another Christian Faith,

those who seek to know more about their Catholic Faith and yet have to complete full initiation through Confirmation or First

Holy Communion.

You are invited to attend an information session at 7.00 pm on Tuesday

16 May in St Bernard’s Community Centre.

For all enquiries please call Trish Ph: 3849 7158.

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Upper Mt Gravatt Wishart Parish

Place: Our Lady of Lourdes 121 Mains

Rd Sunnybank. Cost $7.00.

Info: Anne Scott 0419 642 490 or

Sunnybank Parish 33455766

DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY You are invited to Divine Mercy Sunday

this Sunday 23 April at Nazareth House,

Wynnum North. Reconciliation and

Exposition 1.30 pm. Rosary 2 pm.

Chaplet of Divine Mercy 3 pm followed

by Benediction and Blessing of Divine

Images. Mass at 3.30 pm.

FABER RETREATS Pentecost on Mt Coot-tha

with Min Wullems Sunday 4 June,

5 am - 7 am. Join us in the early

morning darkness on Mt Coot-tha for a

morning of prayer and reflection in the

Ignatian tradition at Pentecost. This is an

opportunity to focus our prayer and

actions towards a deeper connection to

God. Meet at 5 am in darkness and pray

and ponder as we watch the dawn

approach, as the sun comes up over

Moreton Bay.

ST JOSEPH’S GREGORY TERRACE - MASS & M/TEA All past Terrace mothers are cordially

invited to attend this year’s Past

Mothers’ Mass and Morning Tea on

Sunday 28 May at 10.00 am, in the

Chapel of the Holy Family, Gregory

Terrace followed by morning tea in the

Founders’ Room. Cost $20 plus booking

fee. Book www.terrace.qld.edu.au/events

or E: Marianneeadie16@gmail.com or

0410 720 067 for more information.

GET FIT, DE-STRESS Every Wednesday starting 19 April,

10.15 - 11.15 am after school assembly,

St Bernard’s Community Centre. First

class $5. Why not come and try. Join an

easy going movement/dance group. It’s

fun, open for anyone who wants to feel

energised happy and healthy. Facebook -

fb.me/hbmovedance or contact Mary -

hbmd.mf@gmail.com.

MACKAY & SURROUNDS 7 DAY TOUR - 3-9 August, 2017 Tony Toohey, a parishioner of St

Joachim’s, Holland Park, has arranged

this tour for retirees and their friends and

has room for either you and/or your

WE PRAY FOR THOSE WHO HAVE DIED Especially Val Wintour, Romano

T r e v i s a n ( h u s b a n d o f V a l ) ,

Maureen Ransom, Aloise Krauth,

Margaret Lock, Peter McConville, Ray

O’Dowd, Peter McCoola, Margaret

Schleehauf, Dolores Beltran, Moira

McNamara, Rodney Byrne, Margaret

Smith, Betty Clare, Erika Felfer, Angela

Seeto, Joan Burcher and Andrew ‘Joy’

Peries who have died recently, also

Mary Gavin, Isave Loan Le, Dr Hilary

& Cleta Desouza, Bernard D’Souza,

Lyle Johnson, Jill Horrocks, Peter

Lillis, Rita Galea, Simon Tinh, Laura

Sim, Charles & Scott Sullivan, whom

we remember at this time.

BESIDE RESTFUL WATERS Our April Southside Charismatic Mass

is on next Wednesday 26 April

commencing at 6.30 pm with Prayer

Ministry; 7.00 pm Praise, Worship &

Benediction. Mass 7.35 pm. Anointing

of Sick after Homily. Join us for

Supper & Fellowship afterwards. Fr.

Stephen Kumyangi will be our

Celebrant. Contact Maureen 3172 9248.

SENIORS BUS TRIP The Tramway Museum at Ferny

Grove and lunch at Gaythorne RSL.

Wednesday 26 April. Tour, lunch and

morning tea included $45. Bus leaves

St Catherine’s at 8.00 am. Bookings

Maureen 3343 3144. Stamps for the

Columban Mission can be left in the

box at St Catherine’s.

THANK YOU FOR THE SEWING MACHINES Thank you to all those parishioners who

were able to donate a sewing machine

to the Development Centre in Gariuai,

East Timor. They will be put to good

use. Your assistance is very much

appreciated.

ARIA ANGELS BNE SOUTH DEANERY Children learn their faith as

they learn to walk, talk, create

and explore. This program is offered for

children between birth and 5 years.

Parents and grandparents/caregivers

join the children in music, movement,

art, craft, morning tea and prayer.

Term 2 Dates are as follows:

Wednesdays 26 April - 14 June.

Time: 9am for 9.30am start - 11am.

friends to join them. This tour has been

arranged by Mackay Tourism and we

will see and be visiting many

interesting places. The price is $1572

per person twin share. The single

supplement is $520. Return Mackay

airfares, are in addition to the above.

Please contact Tony 3349 4308 or

email, aajtuy@optusnet.com.au for

further details and an itinerary.

JAZZY CHATS CONCERT Come along to St Catherine’s Hall, 388

Newnham Rd., Wishart,

this Sunday 23 April, at 2

pm. This stage band has a

repertoire covering a wide range of

music. Entry paper donation eg. $10.

Lucky door prize and afternoon tea.

All parishioners are welcome to come

and enjoy.

CHORAL CLASSICS The Queensland Choir presents ‘Choral

Classics’ conducted by Kevin Power.

Saturday 29 April, 7.30 pm, SunPAC

Performing Arts Centre, 470

McCullough Road, Sunnybank.

Contains a tribute to the men and

women of Australia who served their

country at war and whom we remember

this ANZAC week. Tickets $40/$35/

$15. Bookings 3323 9650 or

www.sunpac.net.au.

CATHOLIC LEADER Young woman tells how a life-and-

death experience inspired her to

join hundreds of others who

became Catholics in Bne at Easter

Two hairdressers take scissors to

the streets offering free haircuts to

the homeless on Bne’s northside.

Rockhampton bishop speaks out

about greater environmental

protection for Great Barrier Reef.

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SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER/A - 23 April 2017 ♫ PROCESSIONAL: ALLELUIA, ALLELUIA, GIVE THANKS

Refrain: Alleluia, alleluia, give thanks to the risen Lord.

Alleluia, alleluia, give praise to his Name.

1. Jesus is Lord of all the earth.

He is the King of creation. (Refrain)

2. Spread the good news o’er all the earth:

Jesus has died and has risen. (Refrain)

4. God has proclaimed this gracious gift:

Life eternal for all who believe. (Refrain) © WOL Int. Fishel, Donald COP Lic 1326E

FIRST READING: Acts 2:42-47 RESP. PSALM: GIVE THANKS TO THE LORD Response: Give thanks to the Lord for he is good,

his love is everlasting.

1. Let the sons of Israel say: ‘His love has no end.’ Let the sons of Aaron say: ‘His love has no end.’ Let those who fear the Lord say: ‘His love has no end’. R/

2. I was thrust, thrust down and falling but the Lord was my helper. The Lord is my strength, and my song; he was my saviour. There are shouts of joy and victory in the tents of the just. R/

3. The stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. This is the work of the Lord, a marvel in our eyes. This day was made by the Lord; we rejoice and are glad. R/

© WOL Int. Smith CD WIL Ps 117 Lic 1326E SECOND READING: 1 St Peter 1:3-9 ♫ LENTEN GOSPEL ACCLAMATION: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia. You believe in me Thomas, because you have seen me; happy those who have not seen me but still believe. Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia. © WOL Int. Mason P WIL Lic. 1326E GOSPEL: John 20:19-31 ♫ COMMUNION HYMN: BREAD BROKEN, WINE SHARED

Chorus: Bread broken, wine shared; Jesus, here, taking our lives,

opening our hearts, making us whole, setting our loving free.

1. Take all our dreams, all that we are, all we could ever be.

Lord of all life, we want to be Yours, we take bread and eat.

2. Open our minds, open our hearts, let love set us free within.

Lord of all life, we want to be Yours, we pour wine and drink.

3. Make us alive, filled with Your hope, living what’s really true.

Lord of all life, we want to be Yours, we know this is You. © Word of Life Int. Horner Robyn WIL Lic. 1326

SONG OF PRAISE: LORD I BELIEVE Ref: Lord, I believe and trust in you; In you the world’s true light.

Though long the struggle and dark the night along the way of faith and love. By your grace, Lord, I believe; Help, then my unbelief.

1. From age to age, across the years, the life of faith keeps on; The Spirit moves each heart and mind the truth to search, the truth to find, the truth that sets us free, the light that shines and lights our way. (Refrain)

2. For faith, the rock on which we stand, seeks out your guiding

hand. What ever darkness comes at night, faith has the eyes to

see the light, and ears to hear your voice, and moves with joy to Christ’s embrace. (Refrain)

© Word of Life Int. Willcock C/Kelly A Lic. 1326

♫ RECESSIONAL HYMN: WE WALK BY FAITH

1. We walk by faith, and not by sight: No gracious words we hear

Of him who spoke as none e’er spoke, But we believe him near.

2. We may not touch his hands and side, Nor follow where he trod;

Yet in his promise we rejoice, And cry “My Lord and God!”

MASS TIMES 24-30 April 2017

St Bernard’s:

Tues. 8.00 am - Anzac Day

Wed. 7.35 pm - Charismatic Mass

Thurs. 7.00 am

Fri. 8.00 am

Fri. 1.00 pm - Funeral - Val Wintour

Sat. 6.15 pm

Sun. 7.00 am, 9.30 am, 6.15 pm

St Martin’s:

Fri. 9.30 am

Sunday 8.00 am

St Catherine’s:

Mon. 9.15 am Wed. 7.00 am

Sat. 6.00 pm

Sun. 8.30 am

RECONCILIATION St Bernard’s - Sat. 5.15 pm

St Catherine’s - Sat. 5.00 pm

DENOTES CHANGE

THIS WEEK Mon. 24 April 2017

Italian Group - Bus trip to Tweed Heads.

Leaves St Bernard’s 9.00 am.

HeartFIT: 11 am, St Catherine’s Hall.

SVDP Meeting - 5 pm, St Catherine’s Community

Centre.

Tues. 25 April 2017

Anzac Day - Mass 8.00 am, St Bernard’s Church.

Craft Group - Public holiday. Resumes next week.

Wed. 26 April - St Mark

Beside Restful Waters - Praise & worship 7 pm;

Mass 7.35 pm St Bernard’s Church.

SVdP meeting - 5 pm Aspinall Centre, Room 1.

Thurs. 27 April 2017

Play Group - 9.15 am St B’s Community Centre .

Friday 28 April - St Peter Chanel

Funeral Mass - For Val Wintour, 1 pm St

Bernard’s Church.

Play Group - St Catherine’s Hall, 9.30 am.

HeartFIT: - 10 am, St Bernard’s Aspinall Centre.

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3. Help then, O Lord, our unbelief, and may our

faith abound; To call on you when you are

near, and seek where you are found.

4. That when our life of faith is done in realms of

clearer light, we may behold you as you are in

full and endless sight. (Repeat Vs. 1) © WOL Int. Haugen, Marty GIA Lic. 1326

THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER/A– 30 April 2017 READINGS: Acts 2:14, 22-33; 1 St Peter 1:17-21 GOSPEL: Luke 24:13-35.