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13th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C 29/30 June 2019
St Brigid’s Marrickville In the Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney, Australia
One Family, Alive in Christ Est 1886. Under the Pastoral Care of the Passionists since 1887
392 Marrickville Rd (PO Box 237), Marrickville NSW 2204 Tel: 02 8577 5670 Fax: 02 8577 5679
Email: [email protected] Web: www.stbrigid.org.au FaceBook: St Brigid’s Marrickville
Administrator: Fr Erick Niyiragira CP ([email protected])
Sr Elena Daton CP ([email protected]) Sr Elenita Flores CP ([email protected]),
Fr Thomas Nguyen CP ([email protected] Fr Dominic Samamba CP([email protected])
Deacon Tony Simbel CP ([email protected]) Deacon Christopher Roehrig ([email protected])
Sue King (SRE Co-ordinator/Safeguarding) [email protected]
Parish Secretary: Ms Terrey Trethowan (9.30am - 4pm)
We stand at the Crossroads of life for many people
PUTTING GOD FIRST I was once talking with a man who was tiling a bathroom in the house where I was living at the time. He does a lot of work for Christians and a lot of work for Muslims. He claims that Christians and Muslims have this much in common: 'Some are fully dedicated,' he said, 'some are half-dedicated, some a bit dedicated, and others not the least bit dedicated.' His words remind me of the message of Jesus in the gospel today. Luke, our story-teller, speaks of Jesus beginning his final journey, his journey to the city of Jerusalem where he will suffer and die, and his journey beyond Je-rusalem, when he is destined 'to be taken up to heaven'. Luke tells us that 'Jesus resolutely took the road for Jeru-salem...', or, as another translation puts it, '[Jesus] set his face to go to Jerusalem'. Luke is emphasizing the single-minded determination of Jesus, his total dedication to God’s plan for his life. Even though reaching Jerusalem will bring him rejection, betrayal and death, Jesus keeps his focus on full fidelity to his mission. As Jesus walks along the road with his first disci-ples, the question comes up concerning how much dedi-cation Jesus expects his followers to have. Is there to be one standard, the highest standard, for Jesus personally, and a lesser standard, an easier standard, for people like you and me? Jesus answers that there is one standard, one standard only, both for him and for us. That standard is total dedication to God, and total dedication to the peo-ple to whom God sends us. What he expects of us comes through his three replies to three would-be followers. One person says to him in a burst of enthusiasm: 'I will follow you wherever you go.' Jesus answers with the plain facts: 'Foxes have their dens, and birds have their nests. But my friends and I have no home.' In other words, you cannot follow me and at the same time live a completely comfortable and hassle-free life. Jesus says to another person: 'Come and join my company of friends.' The man hesitates: 'I have to go back for my father's funeral. Let me do that first.' This was required by Jewish law and is surely a reasonable request. But Jesus insists: 'There's something more im-portant than a funeral - even your father's funeral. That’s
to keep moving and keep telling the good news of God's love and God's ways.' A third person says: 'I'll come and join your com-pany of friends, sir, but let me first say good-bye to my family.' ' That too is a reasonable request. But you cannot plough a straight line in the ground unless you keep your focus on what you are doing. So Jesus says to him: 'Nobody who starts ploughing and then keeps looking back at the field behind is living in God's way.' The seeming exaggeration and unreasonableness of Jesus in these situations emphasizes one point. It’s simply this. The greatest love of our life has to be God and the things God wants of us. Ask any religious sister, brother or priest just how many times they have been asked to live somewhere else to do a new and challenging ministry there, and you may be sur-prised to hear just how many times this has happened. The amazing thing is how happy, peaceful and contented we have been when we burnt our bridges behind us and did what we were asked to do, instead of digging in and doing our own thing. Of course, there are other loves in our lives besides God, legitimate loves - our homes, e.g., our families, our friends, our work, our hobbies, our sport and our leisure. But in the words that Jesus is using to make his point, he insists that God alone, God's will alone, and God's plans alone, must have first place in our lives. Everything and everyone else must be secondary and subordinate. Where does this teaching of Jesus leave us? It challeng-es us to renew our commitment to God and to the people God has given us as our responsibility, and to do so during this Eu-charist. We know from experience just how easy it is to make promises and to undertake commitments, but how difficult it is to go on living and working without turning back or taking back what we have promised. I remember the words of the writer Michael Quoist about this: ‘Only God is faithful’, he says, ‘our fidelity lies in the the struggle to be faithful amid all our infidelities.’ The teaching and example of Jesus encourages us not to rely on our own strength, but to put all our trust in the power and good-ness of God. While it is true that Jesus the man ‘set his face to go to Jerusalem’ he did so only because he was relying on the power and support of God. All of us here have taken on big responsibilities to God and others, whether we are married, single, parents, priests or religious. What sort of line have we been ploughing? Has it been straight, or has it been going round in circles?
Being baptised followers of Jesus, we are commit-ted people, and so we cannot walk away or run away from our responsibilities and simply become another ‘drop out’ or ‘drop kick’. For, as the saying goes, 'when the going gets tough, the tough get going'. So let me recommend that in our Holy Communion, our close sharing with Jesus about all that concerns him and all that concerns us, we remember that it was through communion with God that Jesus 'set his face to go to Jerusalem'. Words of Mother Teresa of Calcutta are connected to this. ‘God doesn’t ask us to be successful,’ she says, ‘only to be faithful.’ May I also recommend that through our mutual love and support, we encourage one another to be more faithful to our different responsibilities and commitments than we are already? Isn’t that what St Paul is saying in his words to us in our Second Reading: ‘Serve one another in works of love’?
Social Justice/Refugee Week: Movie Night “The Staging Post”
Wednesday 3 July 2019 in the Annexe at 7.00pm
Join us for this
incredible story of hope in the face of
overwhelming odds.
Directed by Jolyon Hoff.
FREE
ALL WELCOME!
THIS weekend, at all masses we will be selling raffle tickets to win this beautiful, hand-crafted rug. ALL money raised will go to Asylum Seekers Centre, Newtown. Thank you for your ongoing support .
Congratulations! To Helen Cahill who received an award for service to the Community of Inner West Sydney in the recent Queen’s Birthday list. Helen was a very involved volunteer at St Brigid’s assisting with the RCIA and organist from 1991-1997. Prior to that, Helen was organist at St Michael’s Stanmore and currently is organist at St Joseph’s New-town.
Piety Store Large collection of Rosary beads, wall rosaries, fin-ger and bracelet rosaries now available. Also, a varie-ty of Communion, Confirmation, Baptism, Birthday and Holy cards.
Reunions 40 Year School Reunion Ex-students of Bethlehem College, Ashfield, Year 12 of 1979 and Year 10 1977 are invited to attend the 40 Year Reunion on Saturday 10 August 2019. Please contact Eliza at [email protected] for further details.
Earlwood Saints Rugby League Club Reunion A-Grade Teams from 1986-1990 are invited to attend the Newtown Jest vs Wests Magpies match at Henson Park at 12.45pm on Saturday August 24 followed by a gathering at the Earlwood Hotel. Seeking players including PA, Misi and “Big Billy (all great singers!) Further details: Steve Skinner on 0422 203 990.
Message from the Archdiocese of Sydney. Child sexual abuse is a crime. The appropriate peo-ple to deal with crimes are the police. If you—or anyone you know– have been abused, please contact the police. Alternatively, you can contact the Safe-guarding and Ministerial Integrity Office on [email protected] OR 9390 5810. You may also want to speak to your Parish Priest who will be able to provide support and guid-ance. The Archdiocese has a legal obligation to re-port crimes to the police.
Information Directory
St Brigid’s Primary School
9558 6926 Casimir Catholic College
9558 2888
Baptisms Preparation: 1st Sundays 10am-11.30am Presentation: 2nd Sunday 9am/ 10.30amMasses Baptisms: 3rd & 4th Sundays at 12 noon
Marriages Saturday: 10am—3.00pm
Preferably 6 months notice Contact: Parish Secretary 8577 5670
Pastoral Ministry Contacts:
Adult Sacraments Sr Elena Bereavement Ministry: Sr Elenita Care of Sick & Aged Sr Elena CCD in State Schools Sue King Children’s Sacraments Sr Elenita Ecumenical & Interfaith Jim Yeo Family Groups Contact: Adrienne Harverson Finance C’tee : Hamish Flett Justice & Peace Network Peter Jennings Liturgical Ministries Fr Erick, Sr Elena Maintenance C’tee: Michael Daher/Pongia Fenukitau Men’s Club: Arthur Kassis; John Skinner, Mick Ward Parish Safeguarding Support: Sue King Pastoral Council Co-chairs Peter Jennings, Arthur Kassis. Youth Ministry: Jenny Solo
We Remember Recently Deceased: Carolina Correia; Jose Gomes; Bartolomeo Randazzo; Maria Tropea.. Anniversaries: Hannah Doueihi; Madalena Pham; Elaine Downing; Percy Walsh; Fale Von Dingledge; Carrying Severe Illness: Gerard Mithen; Gerard Watts; Rocco Tropea; Stella Pace; Aurore El Tabar; Lena Buck; Mary Harb.
Mass Texts: Sunday 13 (Yr C)
First Reading: 1 Kings 19:16. 19-21 Response: Lord, it is you who are my por-tion. Second Reading: Galatians 5:1. 13-18 Gospel: Luke 9: 51-62 Intercessions Response: Lord, graciously hear us.
Mass Texts: Sunday 14 (Yr C)
First Reading: Isaiah 66: 10-14 Response: Cry out with joy to God, all the earth. Second Reading: Galatians 6: 14-18 Gospel: Luke 10: 1-12. 17-20 Intercessions Response: Lord, graciously
hear us
Liturgical Timetable
Mon—Fri: Mass at 6.45am followed by adoration until 8.45am. Benediction at 8.45am followed by Mass at 9.00am. (Communion service at 9.00am Monday)
Public Hols: Mass 9.00am only
Saturday: Mass 7.30 am; Reconciliation 9-10 am; Marriages 10-3 pm; Reconciliation 4-4.45 pm; Mass:5 pm; & 6.30 pm (Vietnamese) Sunday: Mass at 7.30 am, 9 am, 10 .30am (multilingual); 4.30pm (Viet); and 6pm.
Ministry of Care & Support to Aged and Infirm
Mass is celebrated monthly in all the Nursing Homes in Marrickville. Communion is taken to sick residents in Nursing Homes & in their homes on a weekly basis, either by Ministers of Care or family members.
Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick is offered after Masses on First Fridays
Parish Collections
Counters: This week (24/6): Jim’s Team Counters: Next Week (31/6): Jim/Lalo/Maree
24/6/19 1st (Passionists): $ 2nd (Parish): $ 4,932 Cash & Envelopes: $ 3,740 Credit Cards: $ 1,192
17/6/19 1st (Passionists) : $ 1,300 2nd (Parish): $ 3,867
Calendar
June 2019
29-30 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time Holy Father’s Appeal ( Peter’s Pence) : ALL masses
July 2019 3 Social Justice Gathering: 7pm in Annexe 5 Term 2 ends 6-7 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Sunday ‘Month’s Mind’: Fr John Pearce CP 7 Baptism Preparation : 10am in Annexe 8 Passionist Chapter begins in Melbourne 13-14 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time Catholic Mission (Propagation of the Faith) Appeal: ALL Masses 20-21 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time 22 Term 3 begins 23 Parish Pastoral Council
Sunday Mass Ministries: Sunday 13 and 14 Yr C
Lectors/Commentators Communion
29/30 June 6/7 July 29/30 June 6/7 July 29/30 June 6/7 July
5 pm Sat
Accredited Readers/
Commentators Please
Volunteer this week
Karen Whitby Robert Whitby
Accredited Ministers
Please Volunteer this week
Carmel Cloran Paul Cloran Kelelia Apikotoa
Leon Tupola Gary Tupola Walsh Mafi
Leon Tupola Gary Tupola Walsh Mafi
7.30am Sun
Carolan Ibbotson Janice Schubach
Francis Seufale Margaret Bar-rett
Michael Dillon Michael Dillon
9 am Sun
Peter Jennings Sue King
Frank Cowell Joanne McGrath John McGrath Trish Ferguson
Thomas Georges Gia Mihas Amelia Da Costa Luke Nguyen
Thomas Georges Gia Mihas Amelia Da Costa Luke Nguyen
10.30 am Sun
Maria Barlow-Sawaszenko Angie Chiapoco
Kate Johnston Mely Siasat Elvie Chiapoco Theresa James
Geoffrey Lean Aldrick De Vera Alfred De Vera
Albert Naticchia Anthony Naticchia
6 pm Sun
Arthur Kassis John Skinner
Paige Bullen Fergus Bullen Ivy Bullen Therese Skinner
Tony Hayek Tony Hayek
Our 58 Candi-dates Bishop Peter and Sabine Walton, School Captain A packed church
A big ‘Thank You’ to Bishop Peter Ingham who helped us cele-brate 58 Confirmations in a meaningful and prayerful mass. Thank You also to Sr Elenita and her Sacramental Team– Mary Ters, Romayne Cloran, Claudia Maroun, Heidi Kuglin, Trish Ferguson, - and to Dec Christopher, Fr Dominic and Fr Thomas. Once again our choir and musicians outdid themselves and with the help of many volunteers from school and parish, the children celebrated a very special event which they will remember all their lives.
CONFIRMATION 23 June 2019
