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 Trish Stapleton pa.umg@bne.catholic.net.au

PASTORAL MINISTERS VOLUNTEERS Debbie James E: cv.umg@bne.catholic.net.au

YOUTH & YOUNG ADULTS Pauline Thomas 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: 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 18/19 August 2018

TWENTIETH SUNDAY IN ORD. TIME/B READINGS: Proverbs 9:1-6; Ephesians 5:15-20

GOSPEL: John 6:51-58

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.

You are what you eat...

This gospel passage continues the ‘Bread of Life’ discourse that we have been following through the Gospel of John for a few weeks now. It overlaps with the reading from last week with Jesus announcing that his flesh is the ‘bread of life’. Not surprisingly, the Jewish audience is horrified by the idea of eating human flesh. Jesus drives his point home further with his audience by also referring to the drinking of blood. In Jewish tradition, even to touch blood made a person ritually unclean. Any meat that was to be eaten had to be drained of blood, according to kosher rules. The words used by Jesus in this passage are so confronting that they cannot possibly be taken literally. It is a complete overstatement of the image to try to make sure that a literal interpretation is impossible.

When the gospel writer has Jesus speaking about eating his flesh and drinking his blood he is drawing on a very old image of eating and drinking as representing ‘absorbing’; or ‘comprehending’; or ‘understanding’ the message of the speaker. In this ancient understanding, to ‘eat the flesh’ of Jesus is to take into yourself and accept everything that Jesus stands for; everything that Jesus teaches; everything that Jesus believes. It is an act of faith. When we received Christ in the Eucharist, is this the depth of significance and purpose with which we take communion? Unmistakably, this passage points us to the Christian sacrament of Eucharist. The practice of sharing Eucharist as a memorial of Jesus was already well established in the Christian communities by the time this gospel was written and throughout this extended discourse on the ‘Bread of Life’ the author provides a direct link between the practice of Eucharist and the teachings of Jesus.

In a world that is obsessed with health and fitness and yet, ironically, also experiencing an ever-increasing overweight and obese population, what we eat has come under greater scrutiny than ever before. ‘You are what you eat’ has become a catchcry for healthy eating but Catholics have known the truth of this statement for centuries. When we participate in the Eucharist, we not only receive the body of Christ; we become the body of Christ. The people who make up the Church in the world are indeed the body of

Christ. In the words of St Teresa, ‘Christ has no body now but yours!’

Adapted © Liturgyhelp: Greg Suntner

Children’s Liturgy of the

Word [CLOW]

Children’s Liturgy of the Word, CLOW, is a vital minis-try in our parish and is celebrated at the 8.30 am Mass at St Catherine’s and 9.30 am Mass at St Bernard’s. Due to

the ‘circle of life’, we are in urgent need of leaders and assistants for 9.30 am Mass at St Bernard’s. If we get enough people it means you will only need to be on roster once a month. If you missed today’s 8.30 am meeting this Sunday 19 August and would like to find out more about this ministry please catch Trish before the 9.30 am Mass or email her on pa.umg@bne.catholic.net.au. Mums and/or Dads are welcome to at-tend and also be part of the ministry.

Join us TODAY, SUNDAY! 11.00 am St Catherine’s precinct.

ALL WELCOME!!

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Upper Mt Gravatt Wishart Parish THANK YOU!!!

Thank you to the Coordinators Sam and Elijah, the PPC and all the many volunteers and Liturgy Team who have contributed to our multicultural celebrations at all Masses this weekend and especially the celebration at St Catherine’s precinct. Have a wonderful weekend!

Welcome to all

New Parishioners

If you are new to our parish, please come and join us for drinks and nibbles in the parish house courtyard on Friday 31st August at 6.00 pm. We would love to meet you. For catering purposes, please call 3849 7158 to indicate the number of people wishing to attend.

our secondary

students

Thank you to the young people who have stepped up to sing on the first Sunday of each month at the 8.30 am Mass, St Catherine’s Church. We need a couple more young people to join Leanne and her group to share their talents. If you would like to be part of this group sms Trish 0417 008 025 or Leanne 0412 611 634 or come along to the church at 8 am and see how it fits for you.

AT HOME WITH

GOD’S PEOPLE:

You are welcome to join in the Small Group Sessions that are continuing in the Parish Meeting Room at 8.00 am on Sunday mornings as below: Sun 26th Aug: The Bible: the

Word of God Sun 16th Sept: The Bible: and

the Church Sun 14th Oct: The Sacraments/

Baptism/Confirmation Sun 28th Oct: Mary, Mother of

the Church.

BAPTISM Congratulations to Kody Kareko, son of

Jessica & George; Corey Kareko, son of Jessica & George; and Alayah Coleman, daughter of Stephen & Jessica. They will be baptised this weekend at St Bernard’s.

READERS ROSTER

26 August 2018

NEW EUCHARIST MINISTERS &

READERS ROSTERS AVAILABLE

Please arrive 15 mins before Mass.

St Bernard’s: Kay Goldfarb, John

Cassidy, Joseph Cosico; Irene Lam,

Pauline Huxley, Lyn Rebecchi;

Carol Wilson, James Chow, Anne

George; Pauline Thomas, Liz Ryan,

Robert Baldi.

St Martin’s: Renata Tsiamis, Jacob

& Jasmine Cheruvankalayil.

St Catherine’s: Joanne Blanchfield,

Maria Cabalse, Mary Cusack; Clare

Jones, Blythe Bishop, Rae Hurrell.

What do you think

God is asking of us

in Australia, at this

time?

Welcome to the Plenary Council’s first stage of preparation – Listening and Dialogue. This f irst stage of preparation will continue until Ash Wednesday 2019. Together, we are on a journey of listening to God by listening to one another. All people are invited to engage in Listening and Dialogue Encounters – which are an open and inclusive experience of listening, dialogue and d i s c e r n m e n t about the future of the Catholic C h u r c h i n Australia. The Listening and Dialogue Encounter is an opportunity to get together a group of friends, family or colleagues and spend some time thinking and talking about your experiences of faith, life and the Church. Everyone is invited to respond to the question: What do you think God is asking of us in Australia at this time?

Social Justice Statement

2018–19

A Place to Call Home:

Making a home for everyone in our land

We celebrate Social Justice Sunday on 30 September. This year, the Australian Bishops’ Social Justice Statement is titled: ‘A Place to Call Home: Making a home for everyone in our land’. The Statement challenges us all to confront Australia’s growing rate of homelessness and unaffordable housing.

The Scriptural basis of this year’s Statement is Jesus’ parable of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:30–35), about the outsider who stops to help a man in desperate need, takes him to safety and pays for his care. The Statement examines the extent of Australia’s homelessness and housing crisis. It emphasises that secure housing is a human right and an uncontestable public good, affirmed by both Catholic teaching and the Declaration of Human Rights. In concluding, it issues a challenge to government, to Church and community and to us as individuals to bring about change and reform. The Statement will be launched during September. Copies of it will be available in each of the churches. Additionally, the Statement will be available for download on the Australian Catholic Social Justice Council (www.socialjustice.catholic.org.au) from the week of the launch.

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Upper Mt Gravatt Wishart Parish

2018 YEAR OF YOUTH In acknowledgement of the Church’s

Year of the Youth, Branch 1 of the

Knights of the Southern Cross is hosting

a talk by Teresa McGrath, Youth

Project Consultant with the Archdiocese

of Brisbane, on the subject of YOUTH

in the Church, Thursday 6 t h

September at 7.30 pm in St Michael’s

Church Hall, 250 Banks Street,

Dorrington. Stuart Beavis 0408 321 582

or bsb_himself@optusnet.com.au to

advise of numbers attending.

ARTS, SPIRITUALITY, CARE FOR OUR COMMON HOME

Workshop on the Care of Creation

Saturday 1 Sept. 8.30 am to 3 pm

Santa Teresa, Ormiston.

Contemplate iconic style art, listen to

stories, reflect on Scripture, and pray in

service of care for our common home.

Registration by Fri. 24 August. Enq:

peterandhelen190@hotmail.com or

P: 3286 1494.

IGNITE CONFERENCE Thursday 27 Sept to Sunday 30 Sept

Grab your tickets for

Ignite Conference 2018 today.

Follow the link below or head to

www.igniteconference.com.au/register.

Registrations close September 7.

Individual cost $290.

D i s c o u n t s a r e

available for: groups

10+; families $265 per person; and for

some regional areas (those who need to

travel a significant distance). Contact

our office for more details.

G O L D E N W E D D I N G ANNIVERSARY MASS Couples celebrating their Golden

Wedding Anniversary, together with

their family and friends are invited to

Mass to be celebrated by Archbishop

Mark Coleridge at the Cathedral of St

Stephen, 249 Elizabeth Street, Brisbane

on Saturday 6 October @ 10.00 am.

Light refreshments in the Hanly Room

will follow the Mass.

For catering RSVP by Friday 28th

September 2018. T: 3324 3030.

E: cathedral@bne.catholic.net.au

WE PRAY FOR THOSE WHO HAVE DIED Especially Hedley Keith, Melba

Downes, Annette Finlay, Beryl Timms,

Maria Brunetti (wife of Luigi), Roslyn

Fischer (Nee Gomm), Fr Peter Cryan

odc, Mary & Frank Ryan and Monica

Druery, who have died recently, also

Ati Lolda, Claude Stevenson, Peter

Quinn, Michael Hade, Carlo Iocco,

Neville Lilly, Laura Sim, Gus Sim,

Hilary & Cleta de Souza, Bernard &

Lily D’Souza, Rita Galea, Simon Tinh,

Charles & Scott Sullivan, Tammy

Rushton, Clare Morgan, Harry Stewart,

Alec Snashall, Cathie Sammon, Frank

Melit and George Davidson whom we

remember.

PARISH YOUNG SINGERS A reminder to our Parish Young Singers

that music practice will be at 9 am next

Sunday 26 August for the 9.30 am

Mass.

B E S I D E R E S T F U L WATERS Southside Charismatic Healing Mass,

Wednesday 22 August. Celebrant: Fr

L e o n a r d U z u e g b u . 6 . 4 5 p m

Reconciliation, Praise & Worship.

7.30 pm Mass. Supper & fellowship.

Contact Maureen 0403 002 199.

SENIOR SOCIAL CLUB The next seniors coach trip will be on

Wednesday 22 August to North

Stradbroke Island. The coach will leave

St Catherine’s bus

stop at 7.30 am

(PLEASE NOTE

early start time). Cost is $45 per

passenger with a visit to the Historical

Museum at Dunwich, a visit to the

Headland Park at Point Lookout and a

buffet lunch at the Amity Community

Club. Bookings to Ros 3349 9218.

ARCHDIOCESAN MULTICULTURAL MASS

Sunday 26 August, 2.30 pm

Cathedral of St Stephen.

Welcoming, protecting, promoting and

integrating Migrants and Refugees. His

Holiness, Pope Francis’ message for the

103rd World Day of Migrants and

Refugees

Main celebrant: Most Rev Mark

Coleridge. All are invited to attend.

21st SUNDAY IN ORD. TIME/B - 26 August 2018

READINGS: Joshua 24:1-2, 15-18; Ephesians 5:21-32. GOSPEL: John 6:60-69.

ALL SAINTS ARTS CONFERENCE 2018

Sat. 25 August 8.45 am to 3.30 pm

All Saints, 4 Faheys Road East,

Albany Creek.

At “FAITH” you will develop your

creative gifts for use in teaching and

liturgy. Discover ways that the arts

enhance religious celebration and

education. $70 p/person. P: 3264 8283

Register allsaintsartsconference.com.au.

or E: albanyck@bne.catholic.net.au.

Approved by BCE as 5 hours PD.

HOPE PILGRIMAGE -

PORTUGAL, SPAIN, FRANCE &

ITALY. Fr Stephen from Highett

Parish would like to invite you for a 17

-day pilgrimage 7 October 2018.

Features Avila, Fatima, Santiago,

Medjugorje, Lourdes, Milan, Padua,

Assisi and Rome for $7200. CALL

NOW, $500 discount. Includes return

airfares, transfers, 4 star hotels,

breakfasts & dinners. For enquiries

03 8513 0680 or 1300 721 561 or email

us pilgrimage@magiholidays.com.au.

Rosies searching for Brisbane

northside site to set up outreach

St Agatha’s ‘a sign of hope’ at war’s

end

Entrusting the Archdiocese of

Brisbane to St Mary of the Cross

Catholics praying for Deputy

Premier Jackie Trad’s change of

heart on abortion

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MASS TIMES 20– 26 August 2018

St Bernard’s: Tues: 9.15 am Wed. 7.30 pm - Charismatic Mass Thurs. 7.00 am Fri. 8.00 am Sat. 5.00 pm - Vigil 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 Sun. 8.30 am

RECONCILIATION St Bernard’s - Saturday 4.15 pm

DENOTES CHANGE

THIS WEEK Mon. 20 Aug. - St Bernard

HeartFIT - 11.30 am, Aspinall Centre. SVDP Meeting - 5 pm, St C’s Community Centre.

Tues. 21 Aug. - St Pius X Craft Group - 10 am, St B’s Community Centre. Finance Meeting - 7 pm parish office.

Wed. 22 Aug. - Queenship of Mary Seniors Bus Trip - To Stradbroke Island, leaves St Catherine’s 7.30 am (NOTE early departure). SVdP Meeting - 5 pm, Aspinall Centre, Rm 1. Beside Restful Waters - Praise & Worship 6.45 pm; Mass 7.30 pm.

Thurs. 23 August 2018 Play Group - 9.15 am, St B’s Community Centre. Seniors Bus Trip - To Garden Centres, Bus leaves St Bernard’s 8.30 am.

Friday 24 Aug. St Bartholomew Mass - 8 am St Bernard’s; 9.30 am St Martin’s. Play Group - 9.30 am, Fr Rosenskjar Hall. HeartFIT - 10 am, Aspinall Centre.

Upper Mt Gravatt Wishart Parish 20th SUNDAY IN ORD. TIME/B - 18/19 Aug. 2018

♫ PROCESSIONAL: ALL ARE WELCOME

1. Let us build a house where love can dwell and all can safely live, a

place where saints and children tell how hearts learn to forgive.

Built of hopes and dreams and visions, rock of faith and vault of

grace; here the love of Christ shall end divisions: All are welcome,

all are welcome, all are welcome in this place.

2. Let us build a house where prophets speak, and words are strong

and true, where all God’s children dare to seek to dream God’s

reign anew. Here the cross shall stand as witness and as symbol of

God’s grace; here as one we claim the faith of Jesus: All are wel-

come, all are welcome, all are welcome in this place.

3. Let us build a house where love is found in water, wine and wheat: a

banquet hall on holy ground, where peace and justice meet. Here

the love of God, through Jesus, is revealed in time and space; as we

share in Christ the feast that frees us: All are welcome, all are wel-

come, all are welcome in this place. Text & Music : Haugen, Marty © 1994 GIA Publications ONE LICENSE #A-641326

FIRST READING: Proverbs 9:1-6

RESP. PSALM: TASTE AND SEE THE GOODNESS

Response: Taste and see the goodness of the Lord.

1. I will bless the Lord at all times, his praise always on my lips; in the Lord

my soul shall make its boast. The humble shall hear and be glad. R/

2. Revere the Lord, you his saints. They lack nothing, those who revere

him. Strong lions suffer want and go hungry but those who seek the

Lord lack no blessing. R/

3. Come, children, and hear me that I may teach you the fear of the Lord.

Who is he who longs for life and many days to enjoy his prosperity. R/

4. Then keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking deceit.

Turn aside from evil and do good; seek and strive after peace. R/ T: Ps. 33 Resp., the English translation of Psalm responses from lectionary for Mass © 1997.

The Grail. Music: © Colin Smith Willow Pub. . ONE LICENSE #A-641326.

SECOND READING: Ephesians 5:15-20

♫ GOSPEL ACCLAM: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia. All

who eat my flesh and drink my blood; live in me and I in them,

says the Lord, Alleluia. Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia. Text: Excerpts from the English Translation of The Roman Missal © 2010

ICEL. Music: Mason, Paul © 2004 Willow Pub. ONE LICENSE #A-641326

GOSPEL: John 6:51-58

5. ♫ COMMUNION: 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. W&M: Horner, R © 1994 Willow Pub. ONE LICENSE #A-641326

♫ SONG OF PRAISE: WE ARE MANY PARTS Refrain: We are many parts, we are all one body,

and the gifts we have we are given to share,

may the Spirit of Love make us One indeed,

One, the Love that we share, One, our hope in despair,

One, the Cross that we bear.

1. God of all, we look to you, we would be your servants true,

let us be your love to all the world. (Refrain)

3. All you seekers great and small, seek the greatest gift of all,

if you love, then you will know the Lord. (Refrain) Text: 1 Cor 12, 13. Music : Haugen, Marty © 1986 GIA Publications ONE LICENSE #A-641326

♫ RECESSIONAL: WE ARE CALLED

1. Come! Live in the light! Shine with the joy and

the love of the Lord! We are called to be light

for the kingdom, to live in the freedom of the

city of God!

Chorus: We are called to act with justice,

we are called to love tenderly,

we are called to serve one another,

to walk humbly with God!

2. Come! Open your heart!

Show your mercy to all those in fear!

We are called to be hope for the hopeless

so hatred and blindness will be no more! (Ch.)

3. Sing! Sing a new song!

Sing of that great day when all will be one!

God will reign, and we'll walk with each other

As sisters and brothers united in love. (Ch.) T & M: Haas, David © 1988 GIA Pub. ONE LICENSE #A-641326