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Parish Priest: Fr Ossie Lewis Email: [email protected]
Parish Contact Details: 45 Thelma Street Como 6152 Ph: (08) 9450 5921 Email: [email protected] / [email protected] Web: www.holyfamily.com.au Office hours: Mon-Fri 9.30am-12.30pm
In his memoir Unscripted, NBC sportscaster Ernie Johnson Jr., writes about playing junior baseball, a league for eight-year-olds. Young Ernie's team was leading by a couple of runs when the batter of the opposing team threw a fastball that bounced over Ernie's head and cleared the fence. Scoring two and tying the game. But before the game could continue, the ball had to be retrieved. Two outfielders took it upon themselves to climb the fence and get the ball. The other members of the team sprinted toward the fence to help them find it.
As it, turns out "the ball had come to rest in plain sight about ten feet past the fence. Our two missing outfielders had seen it. But they had also discovered a blackberry bramble. It was filled with ripe and, apparently delicious, blackberries." While their coach was trying to explain to his infielders how to handle the next play, our leftfielder and centerfielder were stretching their skinny arms through the bramble, deftly avoiding the menacing thorns, rejoicing in their discovery, and testifying to another reason this game is our national pastime. "I have no memory of how that game turned out. But a game that features a blackberry delay struck a chord... 'the blackberry moment.'"
A lifetime later, that story has become for Ernie Johnson "central to my perspective on work, relaxation - shoot, life. It's a kind of parable about not being afraid to step away from the game . . . to appreciate the unexpected, unscripted moment. We're all so focused on sticking to the script from one day to the next, one meeting to the next, one sales call to the next, that we blow right by the unscripted moments that can profoundly impact not just our lives but also the lives of those with whom we share the planet, the workplace, or a home."
In today's Gospel, Jesus calls us to embrace our own "blackberry moments," to seek out our own "deserted" places and times where and when we allow ourselves to reconnect with the love and peace of God.
We all need "desert" times and places to escape the demands of our calendars and things-to-do lists in order to re-centre our lives in the compassion and grace of God, to hear again the voice of Christ the Shepherd calling us to lives of joyful gratitude and fulfilling service.
MASSES Weekend Saturday: Mass at 6pm Sunday: Mass at 8.30am & 10.00am Weekday See Holy Family Diary (inside cover)
RECONCILIATION Saturday 5.30 to 5.45pm or by appointment BAPTISM 2nd and 4th Saturdays of the month MARRIAGE By appointment
"Come away by yourselves to a deserted place and rest a while ..." Mark 6:30-34 (53:56)
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CRAFT GROUP BEANIE SALE The ladies from the Craft Group will be selling their hand knitted beanies for $10 & $15 TODAY.
HOLY FAMILY DIARY 23 July - 29 July 2018
Monday 23 July
• No Mass
Tuesday 24 July
• 8.30am Holy Rosary
• 9am Mass
Wednesday 25 July
• 8.30am Holy Rosary
• 9am Mass
• 9.30am Craft Group - MtgRm1
• 7.30pm ICYO Rehearsal
Thursday 26 July
• 8.30am Holy Rosary
• 9am Mass
• 9.30am-3.30pm Adoration
• 6.30pm Vigil Mass Choir Rehearsal
Friday 27 July
• 7pm Mass
• 7.30pm Sto Padre Pio Prayer Group
Saturday 28 July
• 4.45pm 1st Eucharist Class Meeting Room 1
• 4.45pm Confirmation Class Meeting Room 2
• 5.40pm Holy Rosary - Church
• 6pm Mass
• 7pm Youth Games Night
Sunday 29 July 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time
• 8.10am Holy Rosary - Church
• 8.30am Mass
• Children’s Liturgy
• 9.40am Holy Rosary - Church
• 10am Mass
• Children’s Liturgy
Contact details for the above parishioners are available from the Church Office Mon-Fri 9.30am-12.30pm
Parish Pastoral Council Chair: Marie Tiley Finance Committee Chair: Leon Hanrahan Maintenance Committee: Jim Phillips Grounds Committee: Colin Howarth Social Team Coordinator: Marie Tiley Archivist: Lucia Steeman
MINISTRY TEAM Parish Priest: Fr Ossie Lewis
Resident Priest: Fr Greg Carroll
Parish Pastoral Assistants: Nola Smith & Tony Pires Sacristan: Joseph Muttupulle Office Staff: Cecilia Bray & Joanne Zappia
Safeguarding Officers: Breda Pires & Jim Phillips
Liturgy Committee Chair: Nola Smith Adult Faith Formation: Tony Pires Sacramental Preparation: Mark Ferroa Sacred Environment: Megan Phillips Holy Family Care: Maggie Doyle St Vincent de Paul Society: Mike Cosson
This weekend we offer all Masses for
Bulletin Sponsor “Mr V Mowing” For all your gardening and lawn care needs, contact Vivien Richards.
Please support our sponsors.
WEDDING
ANNIVERSARIES JULY 2018
We congratulate the following parishioners celebrating wedding anniversaries this month: Joan & Evans Barnabas Gwen & Bill Woodruff Kiki & Nancy Susanto Peter & Heather Jordan Bernard & Joanne Sloan Christina & Hasan Sidi Nola & Raymond Smith Belson & Anna Yong Lee & Katrina Bolden Anthony & Cheri-Rosalyn Tan Joe Powers & Kate Roff Colin & Therese Howarth
God bless you on your special day
MASS INTENTIONS 6.00pm: Mr V Mowing, John Kar Seng Chan, Edgar Tirado, Macario Atienza Snr, Yvonne DeSilva
8.30am: Mr V Mowing, Maisie Ferdinands 10.00am: Mr V Mowing, William (Bill) Good If you would like a weekend Mass offered for your intentions, please complete a Mass Intention envelope and leave it with Fr Ossie, Pastoral Assistants or Office Staff the WEEK PRIOR to the Mass being offered.
YEAR OF YOUTH 2018 Focus on Families (June-July) Useful tips to help parents engage in the Year of Youth and encourage your children to deepen their faith.
7. SHARE YOUR FAITH Share your faith and/or conversion with your children as well as the daily ways you see God working in your life
PARISH HISTORY - BOOKLETS We have a number of booklets from the Blessing & Opening of Holy Family Church, Presbytery, Parish Hall & Administration Centre 2003 and Holy Family Golden Jubilee 2009. They are available in the foyer while stocks last.
PLENARY COUNCIL PRAYER Come, Holy Spirit of Pentecost. Come, Holy Spirit of the great South Land.
O God, bless and unite all your people in Australia and guide us on the pilgrim way of the Plenary Council.
Give us the grace to see your face in one another and to recognise Jesus, our companion on the road.
Give us the courage to tell our stories and to speak boldly of your truth.
Give us ears to listen humbly to each other and a discerning heart to hear what you are saying.
Lead your Church into a hope-filled future, that we may live the joy of the Gospel.
Through Jesus Christ our Lord, bread for the journey from age to age. Amen.
Our Lady Help of Christians, pray for us. St Mary MacKillop, pray for us.
NEED AN EMERGENCY MEAL? Do you know anyone who is unwell or has a sick family member and is need of a few emergency meals?
HOLY FAMILY CARE CAN HELP Please do not hesitate to contact the Parish Office if you or someone you know requires temporary support from Holy Family
Call: 9450 5921
PARISH COUNCIL AGM 11am Sunday 16 September
What do you think God is asking of us in Australia today?
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NEXT SUNDAY’S READINGS
16th Sunday in Ord Time Yr B
Jeremiah 23:1-6 Psalm 22
Ephesians 2:13-18 Mark 6:30-34
WE THANK THE FOLLOWING MINISTERS FOR THEIR SERVICE THIS WEEKEND
21/22 July Saturday 6.00pm Sunday 8.30am Sunday 10.00am
Acolytes David Pereira Bill Staude Tony Bray
Altar Servers MC C S1 S2 S3
Ben Bianchini Jedsen Monk Preston Pereira Xavier Bianchini Sienna Monk
David Ho Holly Smith Esther Muttupulle Mike Muttupulle Will Shanahan
Aaron Richard Cameron Richards K Don Shenahan K Don Shannel MC
Commentators Readers
Theresa Miller Marina Pavey Frank Giannini
Ralph Newton Tshung Cheng Claire Noonan
Pascale Ng Colette Shack Juliana Koh
Extra-Ordinary Ministers of the Eucharist
Virginia Scanlan Anne Quinn Osborne D’Souza Graeme Johnson
Alison Purvis Marie Tiley Shajy Vadukoot Paddy Embry
Tony Pires Vicky Ha Cecilia Bray Pascale Ng
Children’s Sunday Liturgy Trish Candeias
Sacred Environment Megan Phillips
Ministers please check your roster for next week. They are available on the Parish Notice Board or at www.holyfamily.com.au
PRAYING OUR EXPERIENCES This is about recognising and inviting God in our everyday through directed contemplative gathering, followed by personal reflection time.
Theme: Re-thinking Mary MacKillop - Her response to God’s call in her responses to the world around her.
Mary MacKillop Centre, 16 York St, South Perth. Parking available Friday 27 July from 10.30am-12noon and repeated from 7pm-8.30pm. RSVP: Tues 24 July on 9334 0999 [email protected]
THE POWER OF PRAYER Please keep the following people in your prayers this week:
Nell Caulfield, William (Bill) Good, Cecilia, Mary & Isabelle Johnson, Vincent Scanlan, Carmella Scurria, Bill Wagner, Maisie Ferdinando, Jessica, Rev Graeme Varvelle, Joe Caruso, Ken & Ellery Saver, Irene.
If you know someone who has asked for prayers please add their name to the list in the church foyer. Names will be highlighted in the next Parish Bulletin & remembered in the Prayers of the Faithful in the Sunday Masses. The following week those names will be placed permanently on the Notice Board.
Liturgy of the Word 16th Sunday in Ord Time Yr B
RESPONSORIAL PSALM The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want.
SECOND READING Ephesians 2:13-18
In Christ Jesus, you that used to be so far apart from us have been brought very close, by the blood of Christ. For he is the peace between us, and has made the two into one and broken down the barrier which used to keep them apart, actually destroying in his own person the hostility caused by the rules and decrees of the Law. This was to create one single New Man in himself out of the two of them and by restoring peace through the cross, to unite them both in a single Body and reconcile them with God. In his own person he killed the hostility. Later he came to bring the good news of peace, peace to you who were far
away and peace to those who were near at hand. Through him, both of us have in the one Spirit our way to come to the Father.
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION Alleluia, alleluia! My sheep listen to my voice, says the Lord; I know them, and they follow me. Alleluia!
GOSPEL Mark 6:30-34
The apostles rejoined Jesus and told him all they had done and taught. Then he said to them, "You must come away to some lonely place all by yourselves and rest for a while"; for there were so many coming and going that the apostles had no time even to eat. So they went off in a boat to a lonely place where they could be by themselves. But people saw them going, and many could guess where; and from every town they all hurried to the place on foot and reached it before them. So as he stepped ashore he saw a large crowd; and he took pity on them because they were like sheep without a shepherd, and he set himself to teach them at some length.
FIRST READING Jeremiah 23:1-6
"Doom for the shepherds who allow the flock of my pasture to be destroyed and scattered - it is the Lord who speaks! This, therefore, is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says about the shepherd in charge of my people: You have let my flock be scattered and go wandering and have not taken care of them. Right, I will take care of you for your misdeeds - it is the Lord who speaks! But the remnant of my flock I myself will gather from all the countries where I have dispersed them, and will bring them back to their pastures: they shall be fruitful and increase in numbers. I will raise up shepherds to look after them and pasture them; no fear, no terror for them any more; not one shall be lost - it is the Lord who speaks! "See, the days are coming - it is the Lord who speaks - when I will raise a virtuous Branch for David, who will reign as true king and be wise, practising honesty and integrity in the land. In his days Judah will be saved and Israel dwell in confidence. And this is the name he will be called: The Lord-our-integrity."
2018 YEAR OF YOUTH CHILD PROTECTION WEEK BREAKFAST Tuesday 4 September 7.30am-9am Duxton Hotel, St George’s Tce Perth
THE PROPHETS OF ISRAEL & THEIR RELEVANCE FOR TODAY Informative & reflective evening on an introduction to Hebrew prophecy that are mentioned in the Old Testament. 7pm Wed 1st August @ Westcourt OR 6pm Sun 5th August @ St Pius X Hall HEALING & DELIVERANCE
Healing talk presented by Catholic Lay Preacher Johnson Sequeira on Friday 17 August from 7.30pm-10pm at Holy Family Parish, Como
A DAY WITH OUR LADY St Denis Church, Joondanna from 9.30am-2.30pm on Saturday 4th August
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Saturday 28 July 2018 7pm, after the Youth Mass Snacks provided
LET US PRAY The Good Shepherd takes care of all my needs: He leads me to lush green meadows and crystal clear pools. He guides and protects me, and I grow strong in his care. When night falls, I am not afraid, for he is always beside me to protect me from harm. When he calls, I will follow, knowing that his love for me will last forever.
If you have or know anyone who has photo’s of Holy Cross please contact Michael on [email protected] If you have a story to share about the past at Holy Family OR Holy Cross Parishes please complete and return the questionnaire by Sunday 29 July.
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