Parish of BURRA GLADSTONE JAMESTOWN

Fr. Brian Mathews, Fr. Arthur Hackett, Sr. Kerry Keenan Parish Email: stjames.cath.jamestown@outlook.com

THIRTY-THIRD SUNDAY ORDINARY TIME YEAR C 17th November 2019 Ph: (08) 8664 1056

ROSTERS FOR NEXT WEEKEND 24th NOVEMBER

JAMESTOWN GLADSTONE BURRA

SATURDAY VIGIL 7pm SUNDAY 9:00 am SUNDAY 9:30 am SUNDAY 11:00 am

WELCOMER Michael & Sharon James, Susanne Redden Family

Servers Callan, Georgia & Austin Maisie, Oliver Wilson, Bree Kitschke

Readers Peter Moore Pat Stacey Maureen Nugent Rosie Catt

Communion Michelle Miller John Voumard Andrew Kitto James Fahey & Vol.

Linen Michelle Noonan Thea Smith

Counting Today Team 3 Church Care: Terry Higgins

Church Cleaning: Bernie Simpson & Judy Walkington Burra Offertory Gifts: Rosie Catt & Volunteer

Parish Stewardship 10-11-19

Jamestown Gladstone Burra

Planned giving 881 .75 80.00

Loose plate 27.40 4.70 203.75

First collection 365.55 113.60 113.85

Electronic month of October 3235.00

COMING EVENTS

22nd November

Burra Nursing Home Ecumenical

Prayer—All welcome

29th November

Catholic Women’s League Christ-

mas Lunch

30th November

No Saturday Night Mass in Jame-

stown

Vigil Mass in Burra 6 pm

Vigil Mass Gladstone 7pm

1st December

9am Mass Jamestown

Jamestown Pageant Service

24th December

6pm Christmas Mass BURRA

7pm Christmas Mass Gladstone

9pm Christmas Mass Jamestown

25th December

9am Christmas Mass Jamestown

9:30am Christmas Mass Gladstone

WELCOME Fr. Kieran

Welcome to Fr. Kieran Gill sj who has kindly filled in for me this weekend while I am away to do a friends wedding in Adelaide. Kieran spent a few weeks with me in Coober Pedy in 2018 and I am sure you will en-joy his company this weekend. Thank you Kieran we appreciate your generosity in coming to Jamestown.

COLUMBAN CALENDARS

Calendars are available for sale for $10.00 each on the table at the back of the church. Please place payment for them on the second collection. Thank you.

SINGING PRACTISE AT ST. JAMES

THURSDAYS 5:30 PM TIL 6:30 PM IN THE CHURCH

All welcome to come along and have a bit of fun and sing along. Each first Thursday of the month we all go out for dinner together.

RAFFLE TICKETS FOR SALE

Port Pirie outback Pilgrims, are raising funds to send a small group of young people to Perth

for the Australian Catholic Youth Festival. If you would like to buy a ticket they are available on the

back table in the church. Prizes: First- Painting, Second– Sevenhill wine. Tickets $5-00 each.

Catholic Women’s League Christmas Lunch

Commercial Hotel on Friday 29th November at 12:00 noon. Choice of 2 main courses & 2 sweets.

All ladies welcome. Please put your names on the list at the back of the church.

November Mass offerings: Pat Dowling & Family, John Malone, Michael & Trish Noonan, Thel-

ma & Jack Chigwidden, Theresa McCarthy, Maureen Sanders, Tom & Kit Malone, Michael

Shane & Family, Brian, Patric & Peter Goodfellow, Des Larsson, Mart Griffin,

Week day Masses

Mon No Mass, Tuesday 10 am Belalie Lodge, Wed No Mass, Thur 9:30am, Fri 9:30am.

THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK

Find happiness in making others happy.

St. Mary of the Cross MacKillop.

Shakespeare for Cats

Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry

look; He thinks too much: such men

are dangerous

Julius Caesar, ACT I, SCENE II.

Safe Environments for children and young people

Through their eyes

Beyond your work or volunteer role you are not required by law to notify.

This becomes a moral and ethical decision.

Safe Environments 2018 reference guide FAQ’s

Stewardship Reflection

“…Rather, we wanted to present ourselves as a model for you, so that you might imitate us.” 2 THESSALONIANS 3:9

Most people who live a grateful and generous lifestyle don’t go around brag-ging about it. But through their actions and words, others do take notice. They notice because of the joy and peace that results and other people de-sire this in their own life. Know that the way you live your life may be the only interaction others have with our Catholic faith.

To the point

We began the church year with a gospel much like this one speaking of

wars and calamities but with the reassurance also that “when these

signs begin to happen, stand erect and raise your heads because your

redemption is at hand. Again, Jesus gives us comfort in the middle of

prophecies of wars, insurrections, earthquakes, famines, fires,

droughts, and plagues when, in today’s gospel, he tells the disciples,

“Do not be terrified.” Although the material world may be passing

away, there is a firm foundation underfoot, the compassionate care of

God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

Connecting the Gospel to experience

At times in the life of faith we will need to remember the words of the

prophets. In our broken world nations continue to war with each oth-

er, and each year brings its share of natural and manmade disasters.

However, as people of faith, we look for the light shinning in the dark-

ness, the light that will purify our world from evil and heal us in justice.