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Willunga Catholic Parish Welcome to

Mary of Galilee, Aldinga; St Peter’s, Normanville; St Joseph’s, Willunga(Part of the Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island Cluster of Catholic Parishes)

FIRST READINGJonah 3:1-5, 10The word of the Lord was addressed to Jonah: ‘Up!’ he said ‘Go to Nineveh, the great city, and preach to them as I told you to.’ Jonah set out and went to Nineveh in obedience to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was a city great beyond compare: it took three days to cross it. Jonah went on into the city, making a day’s journey. He preached in these words, ‘Only forty days more and Nineveh is going to be destroyed.’ And the people of Nineveh believed in God; they proclaimed a fast and put on sackcloth, from the greatest to the least. God saw their efforts to renounce their evil behaviour. And God relented: he did not inflict on them the disaster which he had threatened.

RESPONSORIAL PSALMPs 24:4-9Teach me your ways, O Lord.

SECOND READING1 Corinthians 7:29-31Brothers: our time is growing short. Those who have wives should live as though they had none, and those who mourn should live as though they had nothing to mourn for; those who are enjoying life should live as though there were nothing to laugh about; those whose life is buying things should live as though they had nothing of their own; and those who have to deal with the world should not become engrossed in it. I say this because the world as we know it is passing away.

GOSPEL ACCLAMATIONMk 1:15Alleluia, alleluia!The kingdom of God is near: believe the Good News. Alleluia!

GOSPELMark 1:14-20After John had been arrested, Jesus went into Galilee. (Continued page 4)

WILLUNGA CATHOLIC PARISH CENTRE12 St Judes Street (PO Box 14)WILLUNGA SA 5172Phone: 8556 2132 (diverts to Noarlunga Office outside Willunga Office hours)Email: admin@willungaparish.org.auWeb: www.willungaparish.org.au

OFFICE HOURSTuesday: 10.00am - 12.00noon Friday: 9.00am - 11.00am(If you need to contact the Parish Office outside these hours, please contact 0447 421 948 or 0488 287 552)

NOARLUNGA DOWNS CATHOLIC PRESBYTERYPhone: 8382 1717

PARISH TEAM CONTACTS• Fr Josy Sebastian (Parish Priest -

8382 1717; emergency 0452 524 169)

• Fr Roy John (Assistant Priest - 8382 1717)

• Fr Tom Gleeson (Resident Priest -8557 1072)

• Sr Margaret Ann (Parish worker - 0488 287 552)

• Geraldine and Steve Robinson (Finance - Tuesday am)

• Gael Maloney (Parish Office - Friday am; Newsletter - articles due Wednesday bahloo2@bigpond.com, 0447 421 948)

PARISH PASTORAL COUNCILPeter Laffan (phone 8556 3915)

MASS CENTRES• Mary of Galilee, cnr Quinliven and

How Roads, ALDINGA - Galilee • St Peter’s, Cape Jervis Road,

NORMANVILLE• St Joseph’s, St Judes St,

WILLUNGA

MASS TIMES• SATURDAY EVENING 5.30pm

Aldinga Beach (Mary of Galilee)

• FIRST, THIRD, FIFTH SUNDAYS 8.30am Willunga (St Joseph's)10.30am Normanville (St Peter’s)

• SECOND, FOURTH SUNDAYS 8.30am Normanville (St Peter’s 10.30am Willunga (St Joseph's)

THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME - YEAR B Vol 16 : No 09

BAPTISMS AND MARRIAGESPlease contact the Parish Office

RECONCILIATION• Aldinga: Saturday 5.00 - 5.20pm• Normanville: Second and fourth

Sundays at 8.10am• Willunga: to be organisedReconciliation always available at St Luke’s, Noarlunga every Saturday at 9.00am.

ROSARY10.00am before 10.30am Masses at Normanville. 9.30am on Fridays in the Chapel at Galilee, Aldinga.

QUIET PRAYEREach day at Willunga for 30 minutes at 7.00am and 5.00pm. All welcome.

REFLECTION GROUPSWillunga Thursday Group meets weekly to reflect on Gospel for the following Sunday. Parish House, 7.00pm. Fr Tom (8557 1072)

FIRST FRIDAY MASSESFirst Friday Mass: Willunga at 9.00am; Normanville at 6.00pm

FAMILY MASSESAldinga: 2nd Saturday - 5.30pm

CATHOLIC SCHOOLSGalilee Learning Centre 8557 9000St John the Apostle 8382 2064All Saints Primary 8327 0020Cardijn College 8392 9500Marcellin Tech College 8186 9700

PLAYGROUPMonday mornings 9.00am - 10.30am in Shared Space, Stage 1, Galilee School, Aldinga. Co-ordinator - Melanie Wilson (8557 9000)

ST VINCENT DE PAULMeetings held twice monthly - every second Monday of month and the Monday, two weeks later, both at 10am. Meetings are held at the Galilee Community Room, How Rd, Aldinga. Contact: svdp.aldinga@gmail.com

GALILEE HOUSEKEEPING TEAMFeel free to contact any member of the committee about issues in the Aldinga community - Fr Tony (8382 1717), David Manders (8556 5667), Francoise or Ken Creevey (8557 6287), Mario Bacchin (8323 9909), Judy Driscoll (8557 7068).

GALILEE OP SHOP How Road, Aldinga. Open Mon, Wed, Thur, Fri 9.00am - 3.00pmPhone: 0451 830 929

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REGULARWEEKDAY MASSES

(or COMMUNION SERVICES)Mon No Masses in Willunga

Parish 9.00am - NoarlungaTue 9.15am - AldingaWed 9.00am - WillungaThur 9.00am - WillungaFri 9.00am - Willunga 1st Fri 6.00pm - Normanville (followed by shared meal)

AUSTRALIA DAY MASS - WILLUNGA PARISH

Mass will be held at St Joseph’s, Willunga on Australia Day (26th January) at 9.00am.

AUSTRALIA DAY MASS - CATHEDRAL

Friday, January 26 at 9.00am in St Francis Xavier’s CathedralFor more than 60 years a special celebration of the Eucharist has been held in St Francis Xavier’s Cathedral to celebrate Australia Day. All are welcome to join us on this special occasion.

Australia Day is the day to reflect on what it means to be Australian, to celebrate contemporary Australia and to acknowledge our history.

On Australia Day we celebrate all the things we love about Australia: land, sense of fair go, lifestyle, democracy, the freedoms we enjoy but particularly our people.Australia Day is about acknowledg-ing and celebrating the contribution that every Australian makes to our contemporary and dynamic nation.From our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people - who have been here for more than 65,000 years - to those who have lived here for generations, to those who have come from all corners of the globe to call our country home.

Australia Day Council website

ST PETER’S CHOIRBelow is a list of proposed Choir practice dates for 2018. Please note we are starting at 9.30am this year.Many thanks for your great singing!Thursdays commencing 9.30am:1 February, 1 Mar (includes Easter hymns), 5 Apr, 3 May, 31 May, 28 Jun, 26 Jul, 30 Aug, 27 Sep, 25 Oct, 29 Nov (includes Christmas hymns)

Judy Millington 0419 145 347

ANNUAL CLERGY - LAITY GOLF DAY and DINNER

The 2018 Clergy-Laity Golf Day will be held at West Lakes Golf Club on Monday, March 19. Please contact Russell Boyd for more information (0417 852 869 or rjboyd@internode.on.net)

BACKGROUND ON THE GOSPEL READING

Today we begin a continuous reading of Mark’s Gospel that will carry us through this segment of the liturgical season of Ordinary Time. Remember that in Cycle B of the Lectionary, most of the Gospel readings are taken from the Gospel according to Mark.

The Gospel of Mark does not begin with a narrative about Jesus’ birth. Instead Mark begins by reporting on the preaching of John the Baptist. John is described as the voice in the wilderness sent to prepare the way of the Lord. Immediately after describing the work of John the Baptist, Mark reports on Jesus’ baptism and his temptation in the desert. Jesus’ public ministry begins after the arrest of John the Baptist.

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PLEASE KEEP THESE PEOPLE IN YOUR PRAYERS

Sick: Anne Murphy, Tom and Yvonne O’Brien, Tim Parkinson, James Kelly, Melba Sequeira, Jeff Field, Peta McCance, Chris Lane Anniversary: John Parkinson

WHAT’S ONJan 26 Australia DayJan 29 First day School Term 1Feb 1 Parish Liturgy CommitteeFeb 1 St Peter’s choir practiceFeb 14 Ash WednesdayFeb 15 Parish Finance Council Feb 18 First Sunday of LentFeb 25 Second Sunday of LentMar 1 St Peter’s choir practiceMar 4 Third Sunday of LentMar 11 Fourth Sunday of LentMar 18 Fifth Sunday of LentMar 19 Clergy-Laity Golf DayMar 25 Palm SundayMar 29 Thursday of the Lord’s SupperMar 30 Good FridayMar 31 Holy SaturdayApr 1 Easter SundayApr 5 St Peter’s choir practiceApr 13 Last day School Term 1May 3 St Peter’s choir practiceMay 31 St Peter’s choir practiceJun 28 St Peter’s choir practiceJul 26 St Peter’s choir practiceAug 30 St Peter’s choir practiceAug 15 Assumption of MarySep 27 St Peter’s choir practiceOct 25 St Peter’s choir practiceNov 1 All Saints’ DayNov 29 St Peter’s choir practiceDec 8 Feast - Immaculate Conception

COLLECTIONS13/14 January, 2018

First collection $794.00Envelopes $552.00Unpledged $476.00

Thank you for your support - it is much appreciated.

• If you would like to make little things count, teach Maths to children.

• I was going to start an Apathy Anonymous group, but why bother.

• A lot of people cry when they cut onions, but the trick is not to form an emotional bond.

• I was trying not to wake anyone up the other night, so I put some French pancakes on my feet and crêped up the stairs.

ROSTERS

ALDINGAWelcomeCommentatorReaders

Eucharistic Ministers

NORMANVILLEWelcomeCommentator/PrayersReaderEucharistic MinisterChurch Cleaning

WILLUNGAWelcomeCommentaryFirst ReaderSecond ReaderEucharistic Ministers

Church CleaningCountingChurch Linen

Saturday, 20 JanuaryRose SuldaChris SandowAngela TrembathBrianna McIvorJudy DriscollJudy Sward

Sunday, 21 JanuaryEna HarveyJoan FogartyPark FogartyTrish BohnsackPam Kelly, Mary Kennedy

Sunday, 21 JanuaryLaurie CesterGael MaloneyMarie CesterIan La RondeMary FitzpatrickSteve MaglieriRebecca PaceP Hounslow, A BeachPauleen Hounslow

Saturday, 27 JanuaryKate MandersMichelle CormackRosemary ChamberlainRachel BishopDavid MandersBrian Younie

Sunday, 28 JanuaryPat HardyTrish BohnsackPeter BohnsackLyn WyldPam Kelly, Mary Kennedy

Sunday, 28 JanuaryMarie AndrewsJohn HounslowSue ThompsonPauleen HounslowMargaret GuleyJim SmithRebecca PaceP Hounslow, A BeachMarie Cester

Mark wants his readers to understand the important connection between the end of the ministry of John the Baptist and the beginning of Jesus’ own ministry.As we learn at the beginning of today’s Gospel reading, Jesus preaches the Kingdom of God in continuity with the preaching of John the Baptist. Like John the Baptist, Jesus’ pronouncement of the kingdom is a call to repentance. Yet Jesus’ preaching is greater than John’s. Jesus begins the time of fulfillment; the Kingdom of God is already here. This will be demonstrated again and again, both in Jesus’ words and in the actions that follow. Jesus’ healings and forgiveness of sins are signs of the Kingdom of God that he announces in his teaching.In contrast to last week’s Gospel, in Mark’s Gospel Jesus takes the initiative in calling his first disciples. As mentioned last week, it was more typical of first-century rabbinical schools for students to seek out rabbis, asking to be their

disciples. In Mark’s Gospel, Jesus breaks with this tradition and invites his disciples to learn from him. Jesus is said to have first called four fishermen—Simon, Andrew, James, and John. Simon and Andrew are brothers. Jesus promises that he will make them “fishers of men.” James and John are also brothers. Mark does not report Jesus' words of invitation to them, but he does report that they left their fishing immediately; their father, Zebedee, was left behind in the boat.Mark’s Gospel is told with a great sense of urgency and immediacy. Jesus is a person of action, and events occur in rapid succession. We see this in today’s Gospel. Time is of the essence; the fishermen immediately put aside their livelihood to become Jesus’ disciples. The Kingdom of God is here and now. The time of fulfilment is at hand. How might our lives be different if we more fully shared this sense of the immediacy of God’s kingdom?

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different. Compare this gospel to last week’s reading.

• Simon and Andrew, James and John lived in the town of Capernaum on the northern shore of the Sea of Galilee. Look at a map of Palestine. Most Bibles include one.

EXPLORING THE WORDThis week we return to the Gospel of Mark which will be the main source of readings through the weeks of Ordinary Time this year. Mark’s Gospel was the first of the accounts of Jesus’ ministry to be written down. It is widely accepted that it was written about 65–70AD for a community in Rome where Christians were undergoing persecution because of their faith. Because of this setting, Mark often recalls stories which give great hope to people and encourage them to stay firm in their faith in the face of opposition. In this gospel, the disciples do not make excuses or delay. They simply leave everything to follow Jesus. They are immediately drawn to the words and person of Jesus; nothing else is as important as the Kingdom of God and the One who preaches it.

THIS WEEK’S READINGS(22 - 28 January)

• Monday, 22: Weekday, Ord Time 3 (2 Sam 5:1-7, 10; Mk 3:22-30)

• Tuesday, 23: Weekday, Ord Time 3 (2 Sam 6:12-15, 17-19; Mk 3:31-35)

• Wednesday, 24: St Francis de Sales (2 Sam 7:4-17; Mk 4:1-20)

• Thursday, 25: The Conversion of St Paul (Acts 22:3-16; Mk 16:15-18)

• Friday, 26: Australia Day (Is 32:15-18; 1 Cor 12:4-11; Mt 5:2-12)

• Saturday, 27: Weekday, Ord Time 3 (2 Sam 12:1-7, 10-17; Mk 4:35-41)

• Sunday 28: FOURTH SUNDAY in ORDINARY TIME (Deut 18:15-20; 1 Cor 7:32-35; Mk 1:21-28)

REGULAR MASS TIMES INOUR CLUSTER CHURCHES

ALDINGA Mary of Galilee, the First Disciple

cnr Quinliven and How RoadsSaturday 5.30pmTuesday 9.15am

GOOLWASt John the Apostle, 10-14 Gardiner St

Sunday 9.00amWednesday 9.30am

KINGSCOTE Our Lady of Perpetual Help, cnr Todd and Giles Streets

Sunday 9.30am

NOARLUNGASt Luke, the Evangelist,

cnr Honeypot Rd and Goldsmith DveSaturday 6.00pmSunday 9.00am

1st, 3rd Sundays 11am (Spanish Mass)2nd Sunday 2.00pm (Filipino Mass)

Sunday (Youth Mass) 5.30pmMonday 9.00amTuesday 9.00am

Tuesday 1st week 9.00am and 9.45am(later Mass followed by Tuesday Chats)

Wednesday 7.30pmThursday 9.00am (St John’s School)

Friday 10.00am

NORMANVILLESt Peter, Cape Jervis Road

1st, 3rd, 5th Sundays 10.30am2nd, 4th Sundays 8.30am

1st Friday 6.00pm

PARNDANA2nd, 4th Sunday 3.00pm

PENNESHAWSt Columba, North Terrace

(shared with Anglicans)1st Sunday 2.00pm

SEAFORDSeaford Ecumenical Mission,

Grand BvdSunday 10.45am

Wednesday 9.00am

VICTOR HARBORSt Joan of Arc, 30 Seaview Road

Saturday 6.00pmSunday 11.00amTuesday 9.00amThursday 9.00am

Friday (other than 1st) 9.00am1st Friday 11.30am

WILLUNGASt Joseph, 12 St Judes Street1st, 3rd, 5th Sundays 8.30am

2nd, 4th Sundays 10.30amWednesday 9.00amThursday 9.00am

Friday 9.00am

There he proclaimed the Good News from God. ‘The time has come’ he said ‘and the kingdom of God is close at hand. Repent, and believe the Good News.’

As he was walking along by the Sea of Galilee he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting a net in the lake – for they were fishermen. And Jesus said to them, ‘Follow me and I will make you into fishers of men.’ And at once they left their nets and followed him.

Going on a little further, he saw James son of Zebedee and his brother John; they too were in their boat, mending their nets. He called them at once and, leaving their father Zebedee in the boat with the men he employed, they went after him.

SHARING THE TRADITIONThe first disciples to be called by Jesus offer us a model of how we are expected to be followers of Christ. A disciple is one who takes another as teacher and model. As disciples, we must not only believe in the teachings of Jesus but allow them to influence how we live our lives. We are called to ‘profess our faith, bear witness to it and spread it’

DID YOU KNOW?• John the Baptist was arrested and

ultimately killed by Herod Antipas, son of Herod the Great, who ruled over the region of Galilee. John had been highly critical of the behaviour of Antipas in marrying Herodias who was his niece and the former wife of his brother.

• The Sea of Galilee is also known as Lake Tiberias and Lake of Gennesaret. It is the largest freshwater lake in Israel, and is approximately 53 km in circumference, 21 km long and 13 km wide.

• Each gospel account of the calling of the disciples is slightly

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PASTORAL CAREIf you (or someone you know) is house-bound, in hospital or in residential care and

would appreciate a visit from a Priest or someone from the Parish, please let us know. Contact: Noarlunga/Seaford (8382 1717), Willunga (0488 287 552),

Victor Harbor/Goolwa (8552 1084), Kangaroo Island (0418 819 078).