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CATHOLIC CHURCH FRANCIS XAVIER
SAINT
ARMADALE Parish Office: 9399 2143 / 9399 4687 Address: 279 Forrest Road, Hilbert 6112
E-mail: [email protected] Planned Giving: [email protected] Website: Parish—https://sfxarmadale.org.au Hours: Monday—Friday, 9.00am to 4.00pm
22ND/23RD August 2020 21st SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME—YEAR A
CHURCHES • ST FRANCIS XAVIER: 279 Forrest Rd, Hilbert • ST KEVIN: Richardson St, Serpentine
PARISH TEAM Fr Mark Baumgarten - Parish Administrator Fr Matteo Verdi - Assistant Priest Deacon Patrick Moore (Stella Maris Seafarers’ Centre - 0414 703 408) Mrs Karen Daubney – Parish Secretary (Mon & Tue) Mrs Julie Bogoni - Parish Secretary (Wed & Fri) Ms Angelina Tang - Parish Secretary (Thurs) Mrs Helen Chew - Parish Finance Officer Ms Helen Lesniak - Chi Rho Coordinator
WEEKEND MASSES • ST FRANCIS XAVIER - Hilbert
Saturday: 6.30pm Vigil Mass Sunday: 7.30am, 9.30am, 6.00pm
• ST KEVIN - Serpentine Sunday: 9.00am
WEEKDAY MASSES • ST FRANCIS XAVIER - Hilbert
Monday & Thursday 8.00am Tuesday 7.00pm Wednesday & Friday 9.00am Saturday 8.00am
ADORATION Saturday 8.30am to 9.00am
RECONCILIATION • ST FRANCIS XAVIER - Hilbert Saturday 8.30am—9.00am & 5.30pm—6.15pm Sunday 5.30pm—6.00pm
• ST KEVIN– Serpentine
First Sunday of the Month after 9am Mass
BAPTISMS Available every Sunday at 11.00am. Baptism Preparation Meeting 1st Thursday of the month at 6pm. Please contact the parish office to make a booking.
MARRIAGES By appointment please ring our parish office.
SCHOENSTATT SHRINE 9 Talus Drive, Mt Richon Phone: 9399 2349 www.schoenstattwa.org.au Opening Hours: 7.00am - 8.00pm Mondays: 6.45pm Rosary Cenacle & Divine Mercy. 7.30pm - 8.30pm Silent adoration with Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament. Fridays: 10.00am Holy Mass, followed by Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament until 8.15pm.
XAVIER CATHOLIC SCHOOL 271 Forrest Rd, Hilbert WA 6112 Phone: 9391 7000 E-mail: [email protected]
SALVADO CATHOLIC COLLEGE 115 Abernethy Rd, Byford, WA 6122 Phone: 9526 4500 E-mail: [email protected]
ST JOHN BOSCO COLLEGE 170 Monticello Parkway, Piara Waters, WA 6112 Phone: 9234 9600
READINGS
1st Reading: Isaiah 22: 19-23
Thus says the Lord host to Shebna, the master of the palace: I dismiss you from your office, I remove you from your post, and the same day I call on my servant Eliakim son of Hillkiah. I invest him with your robe, gird him with your sash, entrust him with your authority; and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the House of Judah. I place the key of the House of David on his shoulder; should he open, no one shall close, should he close, no one shall open. I drive him like a peg into a firm place; he shall become a throne of glory for his father’s house.
Antiphon to the Psalm:
Lord, your love is eternal; do not forsake the work of your hands.
2nd Reading: Romans 11: 33-36
How rich are the depths of God—how deep his wisdom and knowledge—how impossible to penetrate his motives or understand his methods! Who could ever know the mind of the Lord? Who could ever be his counsellor? Who could ever give him anything or lend him anything? All that exists comes from him; all is by him and for him. To him be glory for ever! Amen.
Gospel: Matthew 16: 13-20
When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi he put this question to his disciples, ‘Who do people say the Son of Man is?’ And they said, ‘Some say he is John the Baptist, some Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.’ ‘But you,’ he said, ‘who do you say I am?’ Then Simon Peter spoke up,’ You are the Christ,’ he said, ‘the Son of the living God.’ Jesus replied, ‘Simon son of Jonah, you are a happy man! Because it was not flesh and blood that revealed this to you but my Father in heaven. So I now say to you: You are Peter and on this rock I will build my Church. And the gates of the underworld can never hold out against it. I will give you the keys to the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth shall be considered bound in heaven; whatever you loose on earth shall be considered loosed in heaven.’ Then he gave the disciples strict orders not to tell anyone he was the Christ.
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Reflections from POPE FRANCIS
WEEKLY CALENDAR Monday, 24 August 07.00pm - SVDP meeting
Tuesday, 25 August 04.00pm - Chi Rho Classes 04.30pm - First Communion Workshop
Wednesday, 26 August 08.30am - Rosary 06.00pm - Legion of Mary 07.30pm - KSC meeting
Thursday, 27 August 04.30pm - First Communion Workshop 06.00pm - First Communion Workshop #2
Friday, 28 August
PRAY FOR THE SICK Please pray for all those in our Parish ‘Book of the Sick’. You are welcome to add names to this book in the church foyer and cross out names when our prayers are no longer needed.
DEATH & ANNIVERSARY Prayers this week will be offered for… Miranda Leong, Wil Ashby, Laurie Farina, Bernie
Newsham, Camille Inlao all our dearly departed, those recently deceased and those who have their anniver-saries around this time. May all our dearly departed rest in the Lord’s peace.
SAFEGUARDING PROJECT Our Parish Safeguarding Officers: AMANDA BOWEN 0407 577 435 ANN BOND 0438 765 010
Email: [email protected] We share a commitment to safeguard our
children and make our Church safe for everyone.
Dear brothers and sisters, This Sunday’s Gospel (above) takes us back to a key juncture along Jesus’ journey with his disciples: the moment in which he wants to assess the extent of their faith in him. The Master expects from his own a lofty response different from that of public opinion. And indeed, such an answer gushes forth from the heart of Simon, called Peter: “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God” (v. 16). Simon Peter finds on his lips words greater than he, words that do not spring from his natural faculties. Perhaps he did not attend elementary school, and [yet] he is capable of saying these words, stronger than he! But they are inspired by the Heavenly Father (cf. v. 17), who reveals Jesus’ true identity to the first of the Twelve: he is the Messiah, the Son sent by God to save mankind. And from this answer, Jesus under-stands that, thanks to the faith given by the Father, there is a solid foundation upon which he can build his community, his Church. Thus, he says to Simon: You, Simon, “you are Peter” — that is, stone, rock — “and on this rock I will build my Church” (v. 18).
With us too, today, Jesus wants to continue building his Church, this house with solid foundations but where cracks are not lacking, and which is in constant need of repair. The Church always needs to be reformed, repaired. We certainly do not feel like rocks, but only like small stones. However, no small stone is useless; indeed, in Jesus’ hands the smallest stone becomes precious, because he picks it up, gazes at it with great tenderness, fashions it with his Spirit, and positions it in the right place that he had always had in mind and where it can be more useful to the whole structure. Each of us is a small stone, but in Jesus’ hands participates in the building of the Church. And all of us, as small as we are, are rendered “living stones” because when Jesus takes his stone in hand, he makes it his own; he infuses it with life, full of life, full of life from the Holy Spirit, full of life from his love. And thus we have a place and a mission in the Church: she is a community of life, made up of very many stones, all different, which form a single edifice as a sign of fraternity and communion.
Moreover, today’s Gospel reminds us that Jesus also wanted Peter as a visible centre of communion for his Church — he too, is not a great stone; he is a small stone, but taken up by Jesus, he becomes the centre of communion — in Peter and in those who would succeed him in the same responsibility of primacy, who since the beginning have been identified as the Bishops of Rome, the city where Peter and Paul bore witness in blood.
Let us entrust ourselves to Mary, Queen of the Apostles, Mother of the Church. She was in the Upper Room next to Peter when the Holy Spirit descended upon the Apostles and spurred them to go out to proclaim to all that Jesus is Lord. Today may our Mother sustain us and accompany us through her intercession, so that we may fully realize that unity and that communion for which Christ and the Apostles prayed and gave their lives.
AGM: A message to all Parish Groups and Counselors, please be reminded that our Annual General Meeting is coming up soon in early November. Each group leader and parish counselors are to start preparing their annual reports.
SUNDAY MORNING TEA: The Sunday morning tea which follows the 9.30am Mass is something many parishioners look forward to each week. Catching up over a cuppa and a chat is so very important especially for our senior parishioners! We are looking for some lovely people to help set up and/or serve morning tea. People work in teams and are rostered only once every couple of months. We especially require assistance with setting up the chairs and tables prior to the Mass. This could be done by someone who attends either the 7.30am or 9.30am Mass. If you can help, please contact Julie at the parish office, 9399 2143 or Olive on 0433 758 144.
SOCIAL JUSTICE WEEKEND: Next weekend we will be celebrating our annual Social Justice Weekend. The topic for this year is To Live Life to the Full: Mental Health in Australia.
48HR ROSARY BOUQUET: Everyone is invited to pray a rosary in honour of Our Lady’s Birthday. Please add your name to an hourly timeslot from 6pm Saturday 5 September to 6pm Monday 7 September. Sign up sheet is in the foyer.
Presentation of the scroll of names will be made at the 12.10pm Mass at St Mary’s Cathedral on 8 September. All information can be found at www.legionofmarywa.org
PARISH NEWS BAPTISM: We welcome in to God’s family through the waters of Baptism this weekend:
Noah Cruz Dalglish, son of Bradley and Cassie Dalglish.
Cooper William Beinke, son of Beau and Emily Beinke.
CHOIR: Do you love singing? Our 9:30am morning choir is looking for new members, please contact the Parish office for more information.
CONFIRMATION COMMITMENT MASS: We welcome at all Masses this weekend, students from the parish Chi Rho programme, Salvado Catholic College, St John Bosco College and Xavier Catholic School as they make their commitment to prepare to receive the Sacrament of Confirmation (hopefully) later this year. Please keep these young people and their families in your prayer.
ST KEVIN’S: A warm welcome and a big thank you to Fr Sharbel Hayward, who will be celebrating Mass at St Kevin’s this Sunday.
RECONCILIATION: A reminder that reconciliation is available in the parish: Saturday: 8:30am to 9am and 5:30pm to 6:15pm Sunday: 5:30pm to 6:pm ..and at other times by appointment with Fr Mark or Fr Matteo.
SOCIAL DISTANCING: A friendly reminder that we still need to adhere to the Phase 4 COVID restrictions, and that the parish potentially faces significant penalties for non-compliance. Please continue to maintain a safe social distance of 1.5 metres between members of differing households. Use the hand sanitizer and stay home if you are un-well.
BULLETIN REMINDER: We are not allowed to reuse our bulletins— please either take your copy home or dispose of them in the recycling boxes provided.
SLIDE OPERATORS: If you are able to assist with operating the slides at the 9.30am Mass, please call Carol on 0409 826 145.
OUR LADY OF FATIMA FIESTA: You are cordially invited to attend the Our Lady of Fatima Fiesta sponsored by the Our Lady of Fatima Prayer Group.
Commencing with our daily 9 days/nights novena which starts on Thursday, 3 September at the Schoenstatt Shrine, 9 Talus Drive, Mount Richon from 7:00pm daily.
Please note that on our first night novena on Thursday, 3 September, Mass will be celebrated at 6:00pm (prior to the novena) by Fr Mark from our parish.
Our Lady of Fatima Fiesta will be celebrated by Fr Benny on Saturday, 12 September with Holy Mass at 3:00pm in honour to Our Lady of Fatima at the Schoenstatt Shrine followed by an AGAPE at Emilie House, 9 Talus Drive, Mt Richon. Please bring a plate of food to share.
Join us for our next Campus Tour at Lumen Christi College!
Come along and explore our wonderful campus, meet members of our Student Leadership Team, and speak with members of staff at our next College Tour on Thursday, 10 September. Everyone is welcome! If you are thinking of enrolling at our College, a tour is a great way to get a feel for our school and discover all of the rich opportunities and variety of programs available to our students. RSVPs are essential via our website – please visit www.lumen.wa.edu.au/enrolments/college-tours
Karen Prendergast, Principal
ARCHDIOCESAN NEWS
WORLDWIDE MARRIAGE ENCOUNTER: Rekindle your love for one another away from everyday distractions. What better way to celebrate the gift of your unique love than to make time to focus on each other and your marriage. Consider attending a WORLDWIDE MARRIAGE ENCOUNTER weekend to renew those feelings you had during your first few years together. We invite you to join us on a Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend 19-20 September 2020 (live out) to be held at Bateman or 6-8 November 2020 (live in) to be held at Atrium Resort in Mandurah. For more information or booking contact: Valerie & Brendon on 0424 220 625 email [email protected]
www.wwme.org.au
MEETING JESUS IN THE SACRAMENTS: A JOURNEY WITH POPE FRANCIS - Tuesdays from 25 August to 15 September, 10am to 12pm, Newman Siena Centre (Clune Lecture Theatre). Sacraments are portals through which the Lord brings all the power and grace that flow from his death and resurrection. Each sacrament opens us to a personal encounter with Jesus. In this course, the richness of the Sacra-ments will be explored through the eyes, mind and heart of Pope Francis. CEWA Ongoing Renewal: this course has been approved for Knowledge Cost: $35. Presenter: Dr Carmel Suart - Director of Office of Christian Initiation. Further info or to register, visit http://cfe.org.au/courses-and-events/, email [email protected], or call 08 9241 5221.
ARCHDIOCESAN MARRIAGE ANNIVERSARY CERTIFICATES: All parishioners celebrating a special milestone wedding anniversary this year (25, 30, 40, 50+ years) are invited to register for a certificate of blessing from Archbishop Timo-thy and Bishop Don. Couples can register for a milestone anniversary certificate at: https://clmf.brushfire.com/2020marriagecertificate/ All certificate requests MUST be received before September 2, 2020.
