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11 th May, 2014 Fourth Sunday of Easter Acts 2:14, 36-41; 1Pet 2:20-25; Jn10:1-10 You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide”- John 15:16 A mother is a person who seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five people, promptly announces she never did care for pie. -Tenneva Jordan. Prayerful wishes to all mothers on this special day! Here is a prayer of a Mother! Dear Lord, it's such a hectic day, With little time to stop and pray, For Life's been anything but calm, Since You called me to be a mom - Running errands, matching socks, Building dreams with matching blocks, Cooking, cleaning and finding shoes And other stuff that children lose, Fitting lids on bottled bugs, Wiping tears and giving hugs, A stack of last week's mail to read - So where's the quiet time I need? Yet, when I steal a moment, Lord, just at the sink or ironing board, To ask the blessings of Your grace, I see then, in my small one's face, That You have blessed me all the while - And I stoop to kiss... That precious smile. Source Unknown. Today is also the Good Shepherd Sunday (Vocation Sunday). Let me give you the reflections of Fr Donal Neary S.J. as the food for our prayer and action. We talk about the shortage of vocations. We wonder about a time when hundreds joined every year. This brings sup all sorts of questions about the future of the church. Today, Vocations Sunday is not about priesthood only, or religious life. The first big moment of vocation is baptism. The anointing of chrism is the anointing of vocation. “Wherever there is life, fervour and a desire to bring Christ to others, genuine vocations will arise” (Pope Francis) The baptismal vocation is for Witness, Love and Service. This will be expressed in ways in which people take on their baptism. In married life, single life – within the single life, religious life, priesthood. 5 Witness – to our faith, the love of God. To the life and the values of Jesus in our lives. Teaching is not itself a vocation for example but the way we teach is a way of living out our vocation. Love – the ordinary relationships of life. In the special promise of marriage, in family and in friendship. Any love is a sharing in the love of God and a sharing of the love of God. In the moments of unselfish love in any relationship we are living out the vocation. When you love, you are doing God’s will! Service – the wider world. Love of the poorer world, here and elsewhere. A way of welcoming the stranger. Christian love doesn’t always mean knowing a person. We want to make the lives of all deserving of the name human. Lord, be with me as I offer myself in partnership with you to work in your world. Congratulations to the children who receive Jesus in the Sacrament of the Eucharist for the first time. I appreciate the parents and the Sacramental Team of the parish and all the group leaders who prepared the children for this significant celebration. Next Sunday is the country fair …. Our community celebration – May I request the parishioners to actively participate in all the events and make the Fair a PARISH TEAM Parish Priest: Rev Vincent Savarimuthu Pastoral Associate: Sr Anna Conway Parish Secretary: Maria Hodgkinson JP Office Hours: Tues - Fri 9am - 4.00 pm Phone: 9654 2260 Fax: 9654 2261 e-mail: [email protected] Web Site: www.stmadeleine.org.au Address Parish House: 28 Annangrove Rd Kenthurst NSW 2156 St Mads Primary School Phone: 9654 6751 Principal: Jeanette Black Marian College Phone: 9654 6700 Principal: Lynn Bard St Vincent de Paul 1800 606 724 Playgroup –Tue 9.30am Children’s Liturgy 10am Mass during Term Parish Services Weekend Masses: Saturday 5.30pm Sunday 8:00 am 10:00 am and 5.30pm Weekday Masses: Tuesday 9:15 am Wednesday 9:15 am Thursday 9:15 am Friday 12 noon First Friday of the month 8.25am at Marian College for the students Prayer Group: Wednesdays after the 9.15 am Mass Baptisms & Weddings: By appointment Reconciliation: Saturday 5.00pm
Transcript of You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that...
11th May, 2014 Fourth Sunday of Easter
Acts 2:14, 36-41; 1Pet 2:20-25; Jn10:1-10
You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed
you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit
should abide”- John 15:16
A mother is a person who seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five people,
promptly announces she never did care for pie. -Tenneva Jordan.
Prayerful wishes to all mothers on this special day! Here is a prayer of a Mother!
Dear Lord, it's such a hectic day, With little time to stop and pray, For Life's been
anything but calm, Since You called me to be a mom - Running errands, matching
socks, Building dreams with matching blocks, Cooking, cleaning and finding shoes
And other stuff that children lose, Fitting lids on bottled bugs, Wiping tears and
giving hugs, A stack of last week's mail to read - So where's the quiet time I
need? Yet, when I steal a moment, Lord, just at the sink or ironing board, To ask
the blessings of Your grace, I see then, in my small one's face, That You have
blessed me all the while - And I stoop to kiss... That precious smile. Source
Unknown.
Today is also the Good Shepherd Sunday (Vocation Sunday). Let me give you the
reflections of Fr Donal Neary S.J. as the food for our prayer and action.
We talk about the shortage of vocations. We wonder about a time when hundreds
joined every year. This brings sup all sorts of questions about the future of the
church. Today, Vocations Sunday is not about priesthood only, or religious life.
The first big moment of vocation is baptism. The anointing of chrism is the
anointing of vocation. “Wherever there is life, fervour and a desire to bring Christ
to others, genuine vocations will arise” (Pope Francis)
The baptismal vocation is for Witness, Love and Service. This will be expressed in
ways in which people take on their baptism. In married life, single life – within the
single life, religious life, priesthood. 5
Witness – to our faith, the love of God. To the life and the values of Jesus in our
lives. Teaching is not itself a vocation for example but the way we teach is a way
of living out our vocation.
Love – the ordinary relationships of life. In the special promise of marriage, in
family and in friendship. Any love is a sharing in the love of God and a sharing
of the love of God. In the moments of unselfish love in any relationship we are
living out the vocation. When you love, you are doing God’s will!
Service – the wider world. Love of the poorer world, here and elsewhere. A
way of welcoming the stranger. Christian love doesn’t always mean knowing
a person. We want to make the lives of all deserving of the name human.
Lord, be with me as I offer myself in partnership with you to work in your world.
Congratulations to the children who receive Jesus in the Sacrament of the
Eucharist for the first time. I appreciate the parents and the Sacramental Team
of the parish and all the group leaders who prepared the children for this
significant celebration.
Next Sunday is the country fair …. Our community celebration – May I request
the parishioners to actively participate in all the events and make the Fair a
PARISH TEAM
Parish Priest: Rev Vincent Savarimuthu
Pastoral Associate:
Sr Anna Conway
Parish Secretary:
Maria Hodgkinson JP
Office Hours:
Tues - Fri 9am - 4.00 pm
Phone: 9654 2260
Fax: 9654 2261
e-mail:
Web Site:
www.stmadeleine.org.au
Address
Parish House:
28 Annangrove Rd
Kenthurst NSW 2156
St Mads Primary School
Phone: 9654 6751
Principal: Jeanette Black
Marian College
Phone: 9654 6700
Principal: Lynn Bard
St Vincent de Paul
1800 606 724
Playgroup –Tue 9.30am
Children’s Liturgy
10am Mass during Term
Parish Services
Weekend Masses:
Saturday 5.30pm
Sunday 8:00 am 10:00 am and
5.30pm
Weekday Masses: Tuesday 9:15 am
Wednesday 9:15 am
Thursday 9:15 am
Friday 12 noon
First Friday of the month 8.25am at
Marian College for the students
Prayer Group: Wednesdays after
the 9.15 am Mass
Baptisms & Weddings:
By appointment
Reconciliation:
Saturday 5.00pm
great success! We need volunteers for setting up various stalls on Friday and Saturday and to regulate the parking on
Sunday. Come on board! We are all one in Christ! We are united as a big family of God and we need to celebrate this
truth and grow in the sense of belonging to one another. May this country fair be an instrument of sharing our faith and
love with our brethren and let it be an occasion for the growth of our community.
Fr Vince THIS WEEK’S MINISTERS 11th May, 2014
5.30 8am 10am 5.30pm
Welcomers Karen Forest Kay and Archie
Brooks Firkins Family Harb Family
Acolyte Vince Luca Neil John Luke Martin John Harb
Readers Stephen
Kinchington
Catherine Diekman,
Bill Dowers Ann & Mark Lee Richard Romano
Eucharistic
Ministers Colleen Dunlop
Louise Johnston, Pat
Lynch
Sandra Tabone, Trish
Takahashi
Patrick Brush, Maria
Aiossa
Junior
Ministers
Sarah Grima, Abbey
Bernadello
Jack McNeil, Patrick
Wright, Nicholas
Diekman
Adam & Courtney
Parslow, Michelle Duncan
Musicians Joan & David Richard & Matt Merle & Doug Youth Group
NEXT WEEK’S MINISTERS 18h May, 2014
5.30pm 8am 10am 5.30pm
Welcomers Judith Gauci Maria Fry Bob & Maureen Burke Rick Gangemi
Acolyte Len Gauci Mark Wright Phillys Hannah Sam Ursino
Readers Pat Waters, Robert
Gerometta
Eileen Sherlock,
Junainah Lynch
Rosanna Ceroli, Sally
Coppini Gael Carpani
Eucharistic
Ministers
Berenice Hart-
Gerometta, Judith
Gauci
Nuri Wardrop,
Lorraine Ewer Meg & Greg Thomas
Lesley Gangemi, Warren
O’Neil
Junior
Ministers
Christian Ellis,
Costa Tsagaris, Jack
Daley
Patrick Wright, Jack
McNeil, Nicholas
Diekman
Rosie & Maryanna Coppini Sam Summerhays
Musicians Joan & David Bobby & Matt Youth Group
Bankers Peter Balnaves Children’s Liturgy
Flowers Nick Ceroli
Arranged by: Rita Vumbaca
Counters Steve and Maria Fry Altar Linen Pat Waters
We remember in our prayers:
Rosina and Giuseppe Ferlito, Ben Dieudonne, John Studdy, Ken Beuan, Herman Estacio, Emerita Estacio,
Nino Bandiera, Immacolata Dominel, Maria Luisa
Papandrea, Salvatore Marando
May they rest in peace
Please pray for the sick
Elizabeth-Kingston Ray, Christine Wilson, Peter
Lippman, Grant Booth, Elenora, Kieran, Antoinette,
Charles Vencyel, Joe, Christy Sherlock, Maisie Hughes,
Dawn, Mary, Liana, Lian, Jim, Tony, Paul Lippman
This Week DWF May Appeal
Tuesday 13th May – Choir Practice 7.30pm
Parish News Sacramental Program
The Sacrament of First Communion will be celebrated this
weekend. We ask you to keep the children and the parents
in your prayers at this very special time.
DWF Appeal We continue our DWF May Appeal this weekend. We
appreciate your contributions to this appeal which supports
the many aid agencies of our Diocese. Our May quota is
$7,400 and donations are tax deductible.
Kenthurst Country Fair Sunday 18th May
Fun for the whole family from 10am-4.30pm: animal farm,
pony rides, rides for all ages, show bags, face painting,
café, pizza, pancakes, yummy gluten-free food and much
more! If you have items for White Elephant, Books and
Craft Stalls, please bring them to Mass on Sundays leading
up to the Fair and leave them outside the St Joseph’s
Centre. These will be collected after Mass and placed
inside the hall. For more information, please phone Mick
Parslow on 0418601531 or the parish office.
St Madeleine’s Confirmation Program 2014 The St Madeleine’s Confirmation Program starts with
enrolment within Mass May 30th/June 1st. The letter and
enrolment form can be found on our website
http://stmadeleine.org.au/ and some copies in the Church
foyer. Confirmation will be celebrated in the parish August
27th and 29th. For more information contact Sue Martin
0432-716-577 [email protected]
Baptisms The next Baptismal Preparation session will be held on
Saturday 7th June at 3pm. We hope this arrangement will
suit many parents and it will give them an opportunity to
present their children to the community the same evening
in the Eucharistic Celebration.
Diocesan News
Celebrating Early Years of Marriage Couples are invited to attend a special Mass on 18th May
at St Patrick’s Cathedral in Parramatta at 11am. This Mass
will recognise, celebrate and be offered for couples
celebrating wedding anniversaries between one and 20
years. Those celebrating their 1st, 5th, 10th, 15th or 20th
wedding anniversaries will be given a commemorative
certificate. Couples and their families are invited to a light
lunch in the parish hall afterwards. Book with your parish
office or contact Lyn Keane at CatholicCare Parramatta tel
(02) 9933 0222.
Christian Meditation: 18 May You are invited to a Christian Meditation Introduction &
Renewal Day at St Benedict's Monastery. Arrive 10am for
10.30am. Program includes presentations, Introduction to
Christian meditation. Concludes about 3pm. BYO picnic
lunch. Tea & coffee provided. Books & CDs for sale.
Monastery is at 121 Arcadia Rd, Arcadia, (02) 9653 1159.
Theology on Tap: 20 May Young adults aged 18-35 are invited to this public
conversation on ‘The Pope, the Church and the Modern
World’ with Bishop Anthony Fisher OP and Catholic
philosopher Prof John Finnis. They will be chatting about
some of the most controversial and topical issues facing
Catholics all around the world. From 6.30-8.30pm at the
Commercial Hotel, 2 Hassall St, Parramatta.
No age range for clergy & religious.
Details: www.TheologyOnTap.com.au
Faith at the Fiddler: 29 May
A forum for young people aged 18-35 to gather together to
discuss issues of faith and spirituality in the friendly and
warm atmosphere of Sydney’s most famous pub. An
initiative of the Diocese of Parramatta and Catholic
Education Parramatta. Speaker: Miranda Devine. Topic:
‘Communicating Virtue – How young people are hungry
for meaning in an amoral age’. From 5pm-7pm at The
Mean Fiddler, cnr Commercial & Windsor Rds, Rouse
Hill. Details: Steven Buhagiar – Catholic Education,
Parramatta, [email protected].
Reflection Day The Parents Representative Council, Parramatta Diocese
will be holding a Reflection Day at Edmund Rice Retreat
Centre, Mulgoa on Sunday 18 May 2014, 9.30am to
2.30pm. A relaxing Day is planned with a Presentation by
Fr Richard Leonard - The World in our Face: How do
people of Faith download the Best and Leave the
Rest? Cost is $20/person and includes tea & coffee on
arrival, lunch and mass. Please email
[email protected] for registration. Parents,
grandparents & carers welcome.
OLMC Parramatta Open Morning Tour Discover rich tradition and cutting edge education at
OLMC Parramatta during an Open Morning Tour on
May 19. In this special 125th anniversary year, join us
for a tour of the College before enjoying a ‘comfortable
cup of tea’ with the College Leadership Team.
The College is now enrolling for 2015 and 2016.
Visit www.olmc.nsw.edu.au or phone 8838 1263 to
reserve your place or obtain further information.
Pentecost Catechesis for Young Adults Bishop Peter Comensoli is inviting the young adults
(aged 18-35) of the Archdiocese to join him for the
annual Pentecost Catechesis on the topic of ‘Human
Rights and Religious Freedom in Australia’ on Friday 6
June at St John’s College within the University of
Sydney. An optional Holy Hour will take place in the
College Chapel at 5:30, dinner at 6:30pm, the Bishop’s
presentation at 7:30pm and concluding with dessert, tea
& coffee around 9:00pm. All young adults are welcome
but space is limited and registration is essential by 1
June. Please send your RSVP to
[email protected] or call
Catholic Youth Services on 9764 4357
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