Upper Mt Gravatt Wishart Parish · Upper Mt Gravatt Wishart Parish PREGNANCY CRISIS INFOMATION...
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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 PASTORAL ASSOCIATE Mrs Trish Stapleton [email protected] PASTORAL MINISTERS VOLUNTEERS Mrs Debbie James E: [email protected] YOUTH & YOUNG PEOPLE E: yaya.umg @bne.catholic.net.au PARISH MANAGER Mignon Telford E: [email protected] PARISH OFFICE Michelle Baldi Lorraine Neagle Phone: (07) 3849 7158 Emergency: 3830 5178 Fax: (07) 3849 8742 E: [email protected] 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: 1800 846 643 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 24/25 February 2018 SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT/B READINGS: Genesis 22:1-2, 9-13, 15-18; Romans 8:31-34 GOSPEL: Mark 9:2-10 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. CICCA: Children’s Sacraments Parents of all children 7 years and older, are invited to register them for the Sacrament program. Step 1: Contact the parish office 3849 7158 and register your child who will receive a Mass card. Step 2: Come along with your child to any of the weekend parish Masses to enable your child to learn the ropes, feel confident in the church, participate in the liturgy as he/she is ready and begins to feel at home. Step 3: As Fr Pat gets to know you and your child he will write and invite you to take the next step. Step 4: Children are then enrolled in the Sacrament Program and will attend family centred activity sessions to prepare for the celebration of Confirmation and First Communion. Registration to reception of the Sacraments usually takes approximately 6 months. It is tailored individually for families and children. There are many children from approximately 14 different schools in our parish who are involved in our Parish Sacramental Journey. If any children are not yet baptised for any reason, please contact the parish office to speak to us. Both Fr Pat and I are happy to talk to you about the process and assist you in any way. May God’s Spirit guide and direct us on our journey. Trish Stapleton In The Laws of Our Fathers, Scott Turow has one of his characters, Seth Weissman, preach at a memorial service: ‘ … I have regarded for some years now the story of Abraham and Isaac a strange story, a grim tale of how a father would sacrifice his son to his own faith … What kind of a starting point is this for … all the Western faiths? … Why do we re-tell this story? Is it to remind us that every parent since has been better?’ ‘ … One of the thousand morals of the story of Abraham and Isaac is that … it is also a tale of survival and of mercy. In the end Abraham heard his God instruct him not to set his hand against his son … Isaac survived … He became a parent, blind to Jacob’s defects, but one who, pointedly, attempted no sacrifices of his own … ’ ‘So let us think of Isaac … the first son of the Western faiths – and think about the story that is told again and again. We hear it first as children, and repeat it throughout our lives. We tell it by way of apology. And warning. We tell it with some measure of hope. We tell it because we have all been the child, we have all been Isaac, and we know the part of the story that is never mentioned. For the Bible does not record Isaac’s responses. We do not know if he, like Jesus, asked, “Father, why have you forsaken me?” We do not know if he begged the way most of us would, for his life. We know only this: that he obeyed … That because he knew nothing else, he did as his father required. We know he allowed himself to be bound in rope. We know that he let his father lay him on the altar of pyramided firewood which together they had raised to God. We know he watched his father on the mountaintop raise the gleaming knife above his breastbone. We know … he was a child, the son of a man with a Big Idea, who in his longing and confusion, even in his final instant, could only look to his father with that eternal if foundering hope for love.’ May this story and our Eucharist give us hope that no matter what altar of sacrifice we feel sometimes laid upon, God does not abandon us in our need, and never wants us to sacrifice ourselves, or anyone else. Lent is about mercy and survival because true obedience to God, even in its demands for a hard love, ALWAYS leads to life. © Richard Leonard SJ LiturgyHelp.com
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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
PASTORAL ASSOCIATE Mrs Trish Stapleton [email protected]
PASTORAL MINISTERS VOLUNTEERS Mrs Debbie James E: [email protected]
YOUTH & YOUNG PEOPLE E: yaya.umg @bne.catholic.net.au
PARISH MANAGER Mignon Telford E: [email protected]
PARISH OFFICE Michelle Baldi Lorraine Neagle Phone: (07) 3849 7158 Emergency: 3830 5178 Fax: (07) 3849 8742 E: [email protected]
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: 1800 846 643
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 24/25 February 2018
SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT/B READINGS: Genesis 22:1-2, 9-13, 15-18; Romans 8:31-34
GOSPEL: Mark 9:2-10
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.
CICCA: Children’s Sacraments Parents of all children 7 years and older, are invited to register them for the Sacrament program. Step 1: Contact the parish office 3849 7158 and register your child
who will receive a Mass card. Step 2: Come along with your child to any of the weekend parish Masses to enable
your child to learn the ropes, feel confident in the church, participate in the liturgy as he/she is ready and begins to feel at home.
Step 3: As Fr Pat gets to know you and your child he will write and invite you to take the next step.
Step 4: Children are then enrolled in the Sacrament Program and will attend family centred activity sessions to prepare for the celebration of Confirmation and First Communion. Registration to reception of the Sacraments usually takes approximately 6 months. It is tailored individually for families and children.
There are many children from approximately 14 different schools in our parish who are involved in our Parish Sacramental Journey. If any children are not yet baptised for any reason, please contact the parish office to speak to us. Both Fr Pat and I are happy to talk to you about the process and assist you in any way. May God’s Spirit guide and direct us on our journey. Trish Stapleton
In The Laws of Our Fathers, Scott Turow has one of his characters, Seth Weissman, preach at a memorial service:
‘ … I have regarded for some years now the story of Abraham and Isaac a strange story, a grim tale of how a father would sacrifice his son to his own faith … What kind of a starting point is this for … all the Western faiths? … Why do we re-tell this story? Is it to remind us that every parent since has been better?’
‘ … One of the thousand morals of the story of Abraham and Isaac is that … it is also a tale of survival and of mercy. In the end Abraham heard his God instruct him not to set his hand against his son … Isaac survived … He became a parent, blind to Jacob’s defects, but one who, pointedly, attempted no sacrifices of his own … ’
‘So let us think of Isaac … the first son of the Western faiths – and think about the story that is told again and again. We hear it first as children, and repeat it throughout our lives. We tell it by way of apology. And warning. We tell it with some measure of hope. We tell it because we have all been the child, we have all been Isaac, and we know the part of the story that is never mentioned. For the Bible does not record Isaac’s responses. We do not know if he, like Jesus, asked, “Father, why have you forsaken me?” We do not know if he begged the way most of us would, for his life. We know only this: that he obeyed … That because he knew nothing else, he did as his father required. We know he allowed himself to be bound in rope. We know that he let his father lay him on the altar of pyramided firewood which together they had raised to God. We know he watched his father on the mountaintop raise the gleaming knife above his breastbone. We know … he was a child, the son of a man with a Big Idea, who in his longing and confusion, even in his final instant, could only look to his father with that eternal if foundering hope for love.’
May this story and our Eucharist give us hope that no matter what altar of sacrifice we feel sometimes laid upon, God does not abandon us in our need, and never wants us to sacrifice ourselves, or anyone else. Lent is about mercy and survival because true obedience to God, even in its demands for a hard love, ALWAYS leads to life. © Richard Leonard SJ LiturgyHelp.com
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A Time of Prayer
and Reflection:
Blessed and Broken
A beautiful program this year. If you find the night time or early morning Lenten offerings too much, you may enjoy a relaxing air-conditioned environment at 10.30 am with Sr Rosaleen on Wednesdays in Lent, St Bernard’s Community Centre.
Stations of the
Cross
Every Friday in Lent 9.00 am St Martin’s Church EMP 7.00 pm St Bernard’s Church UMG
Faith 18
Pilgrimage in Hope
OUR JOURNEY IN HOPE
7 - 8.30 pm Thursdays in Lent
Hope in Our Common Home: March 1, Annerley Parish -
Jacqui Redmond, Global Catholic Climate Movement. Emphasis on
Laudato Si of Pope Francis
Hope in the Papacy of Pope Francis: March 8, Upper Mount Gravatt
Wishart Parish - Rev Anthony Mellor
Hope in the Generations: March 15, Salisbury Parish - Steven & Eloise Bird (Youth Workers). Images of God in the different
generations
Hope in the LORD: March 22,
Chrism Mass in the Cathedral.
For further details see flyers at our parish churches.
READERS ROSTER 3/4 March 2018
NEW ROSTERS NOW AVAILABLE Please arrive 20 mins before Mass
St Bernard’s: Luke Lim, Marj
McCrystal, Imogen Fitzpatrick;
Lyn Rebecchi, Jim McDougall,
Greg Marshall; Loretta Reedman,
Sean Szetoo, Joan Green; Josh
Planas, Paul Risitano, Liz Ryan.
St Martin’s: Robyn Otto, Andrea
Otto, Carol Fuhrmeister.
St Catherine’s: Darryl Petersen,
Maria Cabalse, Sam Leonard;
Veronica Kirn, Lisa Quinlivan,
Epifanio Pereira.
Upper Mt Gravatt Wishart Parish
UNI STUDENTS
WELCOME
Uni students are invited to a BBQ in
the Parish Office Courtyard, 4 Klumpp Rd., Upper Mt Gravatt
Friday 2 March 5.00 pm to 7.00 pm
Meet other local students who are just beginning on this new journey in their life or are continuing with their tertiary education. RSVP Debbie by 28/2/18. See posters at our churches.
Mens Breakfast
“Come Hungry, Get Fed” Sat. 10 March, 7.30 am
Aspinall Centre, Upper Mt Gravatt $10 pay at the door. Fellowship-Guest speaker-Lucky Door-Joke of the Day-Raffle! Bacon, Eggs, Tomato, Sausage, Baked Beans, Toast, Jam, Coffee, Tea, Juice. RSVP by Wed. 7 March to Robert 0419 675 838 or [email protected].
BAPTISMS Congratulations to Isaac Smith, son of Brett & Melissa; M i l a n a T o l o ,
daughter of Ivica & Youko; Hunter, Eli & Kai Pimpinella children of Andrew & Jillian. They will be baptised this Sunday in St Bernard’s Church.
Please take home a Project Compassion box and/or a set of donation envelopes and support Caritas Australia this Lenten
season as we celebrate 50 years of Project Compassion.
Rattanak is a skilled young barber, living an independent life in rural Cambodia. But it wasn’t always that way. As a child he contracted polio and also became deaf. Like many people who are deaf or hard of hearing, Rattanak faced isolation at home, with a lack of opportunity to escape poverty. His sister discovered the Deaf Development Program (DDP), run by Caritas Australia partner, Maryknoll Cambodia. It provides sign language, job training and interpreting services to people aged 16 and over who are deaf or hard of hearing and aims to raise awareness about deafness in the hearing community. So far, it’s helped over 430 deaf or hard of hearing people with their education and more than 200 people to find jobs. It has also trained more than 300 people without deafness as sign language interpreters. Rattanak graduated from its education program in 2010, returning the following year to train as a barber. The DDP then helped him to set up his shop in his parent’s house in the village. Having emerged from his isolated world at home, Rattanak is now running a successful business, supporting himself and his wife...and now a baby.
Congratulations!
This Sunday we celebrate
Holly Lee’s full initiation through
Baptism, Confirmation and First Holy
Communion.
Holly has been faithfully journeying
towards this special day for herself,
Rick and all her family who have
supported her. Please keep her in your
prayers at this very special time.
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Upper Mt Gravatt Wishart Parish
PREGNANCY CRISIS
INFOMATION NIGHT PCI is a charity that provides
impoverished pregnant women with
emergency housing, material and
emotional support. If you’d like to
volunteer or learn more about us come
along on Wednesday 18 April 7pm,
14 Ferndale St., Annerley. Children and
families welcome. RSVP: COB Friday
13th April 2018. Ph. 1300 777 777 or E:
[email protected]. DIVINE MERCY RETREAT Saturday 10 March, 9 am to 5 pm,
Marian Valley, Our Lady Help of
Christians Shrine, 2541 Beechmont Rd.,
Witheren. Guest speaker John Canavan,
from Melbourne. Cost $25 (includes
lunch). Register: Andre 0467 042 961.
CLAIRVAUX MACKILLOP COLLEGE
COLLEGE TOUR DAYS Friday 2 March, 9.00am – 11.00am
Presentation in the Auditorium
followed by the College tour
with our Student Leaders.
There is an opportunity to
meet with our Principal and
members of the Leadership Team.
Bookings recommended.
To book a space, please contact our
Enrolment Secretary – ph. 3347 9223 or
email: [email protected].
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S
DAY EVENING EVENT Wednesday 7 March, 6 – 9 pm
Clairvaux MacKillop College
An evening of reflection celebrating the
inextinguishable spirit of hope that
women bring to the World through their
dreams and vision. Tickets - $20 pp
RSVP by Friday 2 March by calling
3347 9200. Complimentary selection of
savoury finger food. Refreshments and
sweet treats are available.
CHANEL COLLEGE 60TH ANNIVERSARY REUNION for
students of the Marist Fathers era (1958-
1970). For details send your email
address to [email protected] or
to PO Box 3069, Geelong West 3218.
WE PRAY FOR THOSE
WHO HAVE DIED Especially Alan Cloughley, Terry
Cramer, Barbara Kerrigan, Mark
Druery, Paul Lancaster, Betty Legg and
Norah Grainger, who have died
recently, also Cathy Obstoj, Danny
Coglan, Rose Kehoe, Brian Lawton,
Barbara McAuliffe, Joseph & Elizabeth
Nguyen, Hana Paglar, Patrick Greaney,
Rita Galea, Simon Tinh, Laura Sim,
Gus Sim, Keith Bradford, John
Robertson, Penny Clarke and Kerry
Cooke whom we remember.
EASTER CHOIR
PRACTICE Practice for the Easter ceremonies
begins Tuesday 27 Feb. 7 pm, St
Bernard’s Church. All interested
singers and musicians are warmly
invited to attend.
AUSTRALIAN CATHOLICS Please feel free to take a copy of the
Autumn Edition of the ‘Australian
Catholics’ Magazine. Prophetic voices:
Planting the Seeds of God’s Kingdom.
Sponsored by St Bernard’s SVdP.
BESIDE RESTFUL
WATERS PRAYER GROUP Charismatic Healing Mass, Wednesday
28 February. 6.45 pm Reconciliation,
Praise & Worship; Mass 7.30 pm, St
Bernard’s Church. Anointing of the
Sick after the homily. Supper and
Fellowship. Maureen 3172 9248.
SENIOR SOCIAL CLUB
MASS All are invited to Mass on Thursday
1 March, 10 am, St Bernard’s
Church. Morning tea to follow in the
church courtyard. Hosted by the Senior
Social Club.
WORLD DAY OF PRAYER Friday 2 March 10.30 am
St Mark’s Uniting Church ,
Springfield Street, Mt
Gravatt. Country: Suriname. Theme:
‘God’s Creation is Good’.
CHRISM MASS
Archbishop Mark Coleridge invites you
to the annual Chrism Mass, Thursday
22 March @ 7.00 pm, The Cathedral
of St Stephen. A celebration for the
entire Archdiocese.
SETON COLLEGE Open Morning, Thursday
8 March, 9 am-10.30 am
Seton College is a small co-ed high
school Yrs 7-12, embracing the Catholic
ethos and diversity. School wide
vocational focus within the National
Curriculum. Work experience one day
a week, work placements, traineeships,
V E T c o u r s e s , s c h o o l b a s e d
apprenticeships and TAFE Qld options.
Phone 3291 5333. W: seton.qld.edu.au.
IONA PASSION PLAY Easter Passion Play turns 60
IPAC, Iona College, Lindum.
Matinees: Sat. March 24 & Sun
March 25 at 2.00 pm.
Evenings: Sat. March 24 & Good
Friday March 30 at 7.00 pm.
Tickets Early Bird $15-$19. At the door
$20-$22. Children (5-14) $7. Children
under 5 free. Group discounts available.
P:3333 1993. E: [email protected].
POSITION VACANT Administration Officer 37.5 hrs a
week. Applications are open for a
position at Catholic Psychiatric Pastoral
Care for a spiritually mature person
who is an efficient office administrator
and able to relate and converse with a
range of professionals, volunteers,
pastoral carers and with people
suffering from a mental health issue.
W:https://brisbanecatholic.org.au/ and
to careers.
CATHOLIC LEADER ‘Desperate. Nothing short of
desperate ...’ is the way a Central Qld
Catholic describes the plight of farming
communities battling severe drought
Baby’s healing leads mother to
Church and a new faith journey at
the Easter Vigil
Australian bishops speak out in
defence of religious freedom.
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2nd SUNDAY OF LENT/B - 25 February 2018 ♫ PROCESSIONAL: TRANSFORM US
1. Transform us as you, transfigured, stood apart on Tabor’s height.
Lead us up our sacred mountains, search us with revealing light.
Lift us from where we have fallen, full of questions, filled with
fright.
2. Transform us as you, transfigured, once spoke with those holy ones.
We, surrounded by the witness of those saints whose work is done,
live in this world as your Body, chosen daughters chosen sons.
3. Transform us as you, transfigured, would not stay within a
shrine. Keep us from our great temptation - time and truth we
quickly bind, lead us down those daily pathways where our love is
not confined. Text: Dunstan D © 1993 GIA Pub. Tune: Picardy harmony Proulx, Richard © 1896 GIA Pub
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FIRST READING: Genesis 22:1-2, 9-13, 15-18 RESP. PSALM: I WILL WALK IN THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD Response: I will walk in the presence of the Lord in the land of the living.
1. I trusted, even when I said: ‘I am sorely afflicted.’ O precious in the eyes of the Lord is the death of his faithful. R/
2. Your servant, Lord, your servant am I; you have loosened my bonds. A thanksgiving sacrifice I make: I will call on the Lord’s name. R/
3. My vows to the Lord I will fulfil before all his people, in the courts of the house of the Lord, in your midst, O Jerusalem. R/
Text: English translation of Psalm Responses from lectionary for Mass © 1997.. Music: Smith, Colin D © 1995 Revised 2016Willow Pub. ONE LICENSE #A-641326.
SECOND READING: Romans 8:31-34 ♫ GOSPEL ACC: Praise and honour to you, Lord Jesus Christ. Praise and honour to you, Lord Jesus Christ. From the shining cloud the Father’s voice is heard; this is my beloved Son, hear him; from the shining cloud the voice is heard; This is my beloved Son. Praise and honour to you, Lord Jesus Christ. Praise and honour to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
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GOSPEL: Mark 9:2-10
♫ COMMUNION: BREAD BROKEN, WINE SHARED
Ch: 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. W&M: Horner, Robyn© 1994 Willow Pub. ONE LICENSE #A-641326
♫ SONG OF PRAISE: Instrumental ♫ RECESSIONAL: O RAISE YOUR EYES 1. O raise your eyes on high and see, there stands our sov’reign
Lord; his glory is this day revealed, his word a two-edged sword.
2. We glimpse the splendour and the pow’r of him who conquered death, the Christ in whom the universe knows God’s creating breath.
4. The prophets stand and with great joy give witness as they gaze; the Father with a sign has sealed our trust, our hope, our praise.
5. This glory that today our eyes have glimpsed of God’s own Son will help us ever sing with love of Three who are but One. Text : Wright, Ralph Ampleforth Abbey Trustees. Tune: Tallis ordinal; Tallis, Thomas. ONE
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MASS TIMES 26 February - 4 March 2018
St Bernard’s:
Tues: 9.15 am
Wed. 7.30 pm – Charismatic Mass
Thurs. 7.00 am
10.00 am - Senior Social Club Mass
Fri. 8.00 am
Sat. 5.00 pm - Vigil Mass
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. 6.15 pm - Vigil Mass
Sun. 8.30 am
RECONCILIATION St Bernard’s - Sat. 4.15 pm
DENOTES CHANGE
THIS WEEK Mon. 26 February 2018
HeartFIT - 11.30 am, St B’s Community Centre.
SVDP Meeting - 5 pm, St C’s Community Centre.
Italian Mass - 10 am St Bernard’s Church
followed by lunch in the Aspinall Centre.
Tues. 27 February 2018 Craft Group - 10 am, St B’s Community Centre.
YAYA Lenten Program - 7 pm, St B’s Comm. Ctre.
Easter Choir Practice - 7 pm, St Bernard’s Church.
Wednesday 28 February 2018
Seniors Bus Trip - Leaves St C’s at 8.00 am.
Blessed & Broken - 10.30 am, St B’s Comm Ctre.
Beside Restful Waters - 7.00 pm Praise and
Worship; Mass 7.30 pm, St Bernard’s Church.
SVdP Meeting - 5 pm, Aspinall Ctre, Room 1.
Thurs. 1 March 2018
Play Group - 9.15 am, St B’s Community Centre.
Senior Social Club Mass - 10 am, St Bernard’s
Church. All invited.
Bethany Meeting - 10 am, parish office.
Liturgy Meeting - 4.15 pm, parish office.
Faith 18 - 7.00 pm, Annerley Parish.
Friday 2 March 2018
Play Group - 9.30 am, St Catherine’s Hall.
Mass - 8 am St Bernard’s; 9.30 am St Martin’s.
Stations of the Cross: 9 am St Martin’s; 7 pm St
Bernard’s.
HeartFIT: - 10 am, Aspinall Centre.
Uni Students BBQ - 5 pm, St Bernard’s
presbytery courtyard.
Upper Mt Gravatt Wishart Parish
3rd SUNDAY OF LENT/B - 4 March 2018
READINGS: Exodus 20:1-17; 1 Corinthians 1:22-25 GOSPEL: John 2:13-25.
