Parish of St Edward the Confessor If you are new

to the Parish or

are visiting,

Welcome! We are glad you have come to

share Eucharist with us today. Please leave

your details with the Parish Office so that Fr Marce and a member of our Parish Pastoral Council can reach out to you with a formal

welcome. Thank you.

CHURCH

104 Chatswood Road, Daisy Hill, Qld, 4127

Parish Priest Fr. Marce Singson

Parish Office Secretary: Cheryl McCaffery

Phone: 3299 2000 Email: daisyhill@bne.catholic.net.au

Parish Website: www.stedwardsdaisyhill.org.au

Office Hours 9.00am – 2.00pm on Monday,

Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.

Pastoral Council, Chairperson Mr Steven Richardson

Mobile: 0401 696 696

Finance Council, Chairperson Mr Ravi Raveendrakumar -

Phone :3208 9560

St. Edwards Care and Concern

Mrs. Laura Ferrall - Coordinator

Mobile 0422 954 946

Parish Safeguarding Children Representative

John Wood Mobile: 0408 296 422 (Assisted by) Cheryl McCaffery

Mobile: 0432 171 924

Columbarium Manager John Guiton

Phone: 3299 5233

Parish SVDP

President: Mrs. Maureen Thornton

Phone:3290 1959 SVDP HELPLINE: 5561 4702

St. Edwards Primary, School Principal

Rick Sheehan Phone: 3208 0922

St. Edwards OSHC Mrs Jyotsna Chauhan

Phone: 3208 9470

Daisy Hill & Southside Family Day Care

Phone: 3208 0463

15th - 16th April 2017

Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord

What inspires our life at the deepest

level is also what is most difficult to

express. Such is the case of our faith

experience in the Risen Christ. For

the unbelievers, the resurrection of

Christ is something which exists

only in the beliefs of Christians. For

the Christian, the resurrection of Jesus is a fact having more solidity than

even the most convincingly proved historical fact. How can the Christian

express his faith to the believer or even, more simply, to the rightful

demands of his own reason?

The one who believes in the resurrection of Christ is reduced to adopt the

attitude of the apostles. This, with the help of the language and the way of

thinking proper to them, testify that they have known Jesus before his death

and that they have seen him alive once again. They testify, that is, they state

that they have seen and experienced.

The how of the event escapes them. How did Jesus pass from death to life,

how can he show himself alive in conditions which are no longer those

before his death? The apostles say nothing about this. But their firmness is

absolute as to the statement of fact. And so the faith of today’s Christian

affirms the death and the resurrection of Jesus, but it is unable to answer the

questions which would demand to explain the how of this resurrection.

And yet, the Christians experiences in his life the presence and the action of

the risen Christ, and this experience of faith transforms his life. He can

testify to it, he cannot explain it. It is a mystery, but one which enables a

person to live fully alive!

HAPPY EASTER TO ALL!

TO LIVE FULLY ALIVE!

By: Fr. Marce Singson

BAPTISM We welcome into our Christian community:

Xyben Jandos Castro

Baptism is 7 days a week. Please

phone the parish office for

information regarding Baptism.

WE REMEMBER

In our prayers all who have died recently,

Ronald Paterson

Paul Wilson

and those whose anniversaries are in this month:

Names of recently deceased or anniversaries for the deceased will be displayed for a period of 3 weeks only. For privacy reasons these inserts will only be accepted from a family member. Thank you.

PLEASE PRAY

For all our Sick parishioners and family members:

If you would like our community to remember you or a family member in our prayers please complete the information in the register on the table at the back of the Church. These will be displayed for 3

weeks only. Thank you

LIVING THE SPIRIT OF EASTER

The Easter season—beginning on Easter Sunday and continuing for 50

days—is an opportunity for us to cultivate a spirit that defines who we are

as Christians. So what does living the spirit of the Easter season mean in

practical terms? Here are three concrete suggestions.

Live with Joy

Joy is a deep-down gladness that cannot be taken away, even in the midst

of sorrow. The Passion and Resurrection of Jesus teach us that suffering is

transformed through faith in the Risen Christ. With this faith, we are able to

hold on to an enduring sense of joy even in the midst of the sadness we

experience from the loss of a loved one, a failure to achieve an important

goal, or a setback during recovery from an illness.

Live without Fear

The Resurrection teaches us that God can overcome anything, even death.

When the Risen Christ appears to the women at the tomb and later to his

disciples, his first words are “Do not be afraid!” (Mt 28:5,10) These words

speak to our hearts, helping us cope with the fear from the loss of a job, a

serious illness, or a crumbling relationship. Our faith allows us to trust that

God can overcome our most serious problems.

Live with New Eyes

Easter means to live with a sense of newness. Just as the return of spring

lifts our spirits and makes us feel like the whole world is new, the

Resurrection of Jesus makes “all things new.” (Rev. 21:5) The Easter spirit

is a spirit of renewal that enables us to show up at work with a positive

attitude, to renew relationships that have been taken for granted, and to

express appreciation and affection to those closest to us. It means to see the

world through new eyes—God´s eyes.

We can use these 50 days to cultivate an Easter spirit that enables us to be

truly Christian: embracing joy, living without fear, and seeing the world

again—as if for the first time.

MASS TIMES 16th - 22nd April 2017

Sunday,

16 April

8.30am Mass

6.00pm Mass

Easter Sunday

of the

Resurrection

of the Lord

Monday,

17 April

NO MASS

Tuesday,

18 April

NO MASS

Wednesday,

19 April

7.00pm Mass

Adoration

Thursday,

20 April

7.30am Mass

Friday,

21 April

7.00am Rosary

7.30am Mass

Saturday

22 April

7.30am Mass

5.30pm

Reconciliation

6.00pm Mass

Senior Group Update Mass : 09th May 2017 at 9.00 am

At this Mass Father also will have an Anointing Of

The Sick. Join us for morning tea afterwards in the

hospitality area.

Friday 21st April 2017

Lunch at The Club Hotel Waterford,

Cnr Kingston & Loganlea Roads,

Waterford.

Meeting at the Church at 11.45am

Pay on the day for your delicious

lunch.

Book by calling Noelene by Wednesday 19 April 2017.

Noelene 3208 5304 or 0409 261 639

Parish Hospitality Teams

Join us and the Parish Community for a

cuppa and refreshments in the covered

area at the side of the Church.

22.04.2017 @ 6.00pm Mass

Neville & Anita Peres’s Team

23.04.2017 @ 8.30am Mass

Denise Love’s Team

23.04.2017 @ 6.00pm Mass

Cheryl McCaffery’s Team

Church Ministers’ Rosters for next weekend 22nd - 23rd April 2017

If you are new to the Parish or are visiting, Welcome! We are glad you have come to share Eucharist with us today. Please leave your details with the parish office (3299.2000) so that

Fr. Marce and a member of our Parish Pastoral Council can reach out to you with a formal welcome. Thank you

We here at the Parish of St Edward the Confessor, as part of the Archdiocese of Brisbane MUST ABIDE BY AND ADHERE TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE PRIVACY ACT AND THE AUSTRALIAN

PRIVACY PRINCIPLES. Archdiocesan Website www.bne.catholic.net.au or www.stewardsdaisyhill.org.au

We are also compelled to adhere to the Policy of the Safeguarding Children & Vulnerable Adults https://brisbanecatholic.org.au/support/safeguard/

Children's Liturgy takes place during the Sunday

8.30am Mass fortnightly during the school term only.

Term 2 dates are: 23 April, 14 and 28 May

11 June

We can use your postage stamps from your mail The Salesian Missions use the old stamps that are passed

on to them to raise funds. This goes towards Salesian

Education and relief work in developing nations. Yes, the Post

man does not have to stop by often, but on that rare occasion he

does, and on that envelope, if there is a stamp, can you please

pass this on to us, instead of throwing it in the bin? A small

gesture, lending a big helping hand. We have placed a collection

box for stamps in the parish office.

Saturday 6.00pm Sunday 8.30am Sunday 6.00pm

Holy Mass Coordinators Jim & Fay Denise Love Ica Medina

Parish Choirs Voices of Praise Couples for Christ Australia El Shaddai

Overhead Projectionist Volunteer Volunteer Volunteer

Proclaimers of the Word: 1 Camille Sonido Jess Gregorio Dilu McCaffery

Proclaimers of the Word: 2 Dylan Peres Viano Taschke Christian Goubaud

Communion Ministers Neville Peres Rose George Len Redoblado

Anita Peres Joseph Weerasinghe Miriam Silva

Eve Douglas Brian Ridder Butch Redoblado

Marj Weerasinghe Sandra Seneviratne

Rachel Porio Denise Clancy

Ray Hughes

Laura Ferrall

Altar Servers Candice Wessling Ugala Isbon Isabelle McCaffery

Jonathan Wessling Natalia Isbon Ella O’Brien

Children’s Liturgy Iona D’Mello & Jayne Neylan

Many ask why the Society is called St

Vincent de Paul. The answer is that

Ozanam and his friends named the

Society after the patron Saint of

Charitable Societies, St Vincent de

Paul (1581-1660). Vincent was born

in the small southern French town of Pouy ( later

renamed St Vincent de Paul in his honour) and was

ordained a priest in France in 1600 at the age of 19.

As a young man he ministered to wealthy and

powerful. However an appointment as chaplain to a

poor parish, and to galley prisoners, inspired a

vocation to work with those most powerless and

marginalised. Vincent urged his followers to bring

God’s justice and love to people who were unable to

live a full human life. His contributions to the

education of priests and services for the poor shaped

our church’s role in the modern world. At the age of

79 Vincent de Paul died in Paris in 1660, 173 years

before the founding of the Saint Vincent de Paul

Society.

EASTER EGGS

From early times, the egg symbolized

fertility and new life.

The exchange of eggs was a springtime

custom in some cultures. The ancient

Persians would color eggs red before

distributing them. In other countries,

eggs were wrapped in gold leaf or were colored by boiling

them with the leaves or petals of certain flowers before they

were given away.

In the second century, Christians began

using eggs as a symbol of Christ’s

resurrection. Just as a chick breaks out of

the shell of the egg in order to live, so

Christ “broke out” of the tomb in his

resurrection on Easter morning.