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FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT - YEAR B
3 December 2017
Sacred Heart
Catholic Parish
PARISH CHURCHES Church of the Sacred Heart
Murwillumbah Street, Murwillumbah
Our Lady of Perpetual Succour
River Street, South Murwillumbah
St. Brigid’s Church Broadway, Burringbar
St. Columba’s Church Convent Lane, Uki
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PARISH STAFF
Parish Priest
Fr. Anthony Lemon
Parish Manager
Mary-Ann Thackray
Parish Secretary
Beth Gorton
Pastoral Associate
Barbara Grant —————————————————
PARISH OFFICE
Monday to Friday 9.00am - 3.00pm Phone: 02 6672 1118
Website: www.shpmurwillumbah.com.au
Email: [email protected]
Mail: PO Box 45 Street: Queensland Road,
Murwillumbah NSW 2484
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PARISH SCHOOLS
Mt. St. Patrick College
Murwillumbah Street, Murwillumbah
Ph: 02 6672 2340 [email protected]
Principal: Mr. Paul Clohesy
Mt. St. Patrick Primary School
Mooball Street, Murwillumbah
Ph: 02 6672 1821
[email protected] Principal: Mr. Brendan Ryan
St. Joseph’s Primary School
Greville Street, South Murwillumbah
Ph: 02 6672 1867
Principal: Mr. Jason Clarke
Responding to need Jesus has promised that he will come
again in glory, says St Mark, but in the gospel, Jesus warns his followers not to
waste time or ignore their current responsibilities. Like the man traveling abroad, Jesus entrusts his affairs into the
hands of the Christian community, and will demand an account when he returns.
No one knows when the master will return, hence the warning to
stay awake and alert.
What Jesus is calling for, of course, is that we love one another, not just as a vague sentiment, but in real, practical responses to the
needs of people around us, especially people who are sick, hungry, destitute and oppressed: In the Bible’s code word, the poor.
Being alert means being conscious of what is happening to people, especially those in trouble or distress, or as Pope Francis keeps reminding us, the marginalised. They are the people who are overlooked or left out because of race, gender, nationality, religion,
disability or lack of opportunity and education.
But being aware is useless unless it prompts us to take whatever responsibility we can to help people personally and try to change
things socially. Jesus insists very strongly that we take responsibility: ‘When did we see you hungry, thirsty, naked, in prison?’ That was me you saw, he replies. God identifies with
people in distress.
From the start, Christians tried to respond to the cries of those around them. In more recent centuries, Christians have been at the
forefront in developing hospitals and schools, social reform movements and unions, promoting networks of collaboration internationally to end wars and secure peace, promote economic and social development and to safeguard the environment.
The Second Vatican Council stressed that such social concern is at the very heart of the gospel. Being alert means reading the ‘signs
of the times’ and not retreating to a religious bubble or ghetto. Cardinal Joseph Cardijn, the famous founder of the Young Christian Workers movement, urged everyone to keep their eyes and ears open to what is happening around them. His two key
words were ‘consciousness’ and ‘responsibility’, always interpreted in light of the scriptures.
Pope Francis has been deeply influenced by the famous Cardijn method of ‘See, Judge, Act’, and many of his documents reflect this, including his 2015 encyclical ‘Laudato Si’ and the Latin American bishops’ Aparecida Document of 2007, the writing of
which, as Cardinal Bergoglio, he helped supervise.
Cardijn’s is a method of empowerment for Christians to discern
how the Holy Spirit is present in their lives, and calls them into
action so everyone can lead a more loving, human and wholesome
life. So, Pope Francis is inviting us to join in this great dialogue or
conversation on how to restore our planet, remove unfair economic
and social inequalities, and build networks of solidarity to ensure
peace and security for coming generations.
Bruce Duncan CSsR © Redemptorists 2017
Reprinted from the Sunday Majellan with permission
ST. VINCENT DE PAUL MARY MACKILLOP
CONFERENCE meets each Wednesday
at Parish Meeting Centre. New members welcome.
“Come Grow With Us”.
Phone: Marie Donaghy 6672 2933
ROSARY STATUE Marion Roberts
COUNTERS:
03 Dec: P & L McMahon
10 Dec: U O’Grady & B Brodbeck
17 Dec: C & J Anderson
07 Jan: T & P Zambelli
14 Jan: J Morgan & L Green
21 Jan: G & K Bewes
28 Jan: P & R Marr
04 Feb: M & M Cooper
SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT - Yr B 9/10 December
Sacred Heart Murwillumbah
6.00am Saturday
Sacred Heart Murwillumbah 8.00am Sunday
Acolyte R Daley P Hyde
Altar Servers C Townsend B Lofts, S Reid
V O’Keefe, E Roach
Readers D Banner (C) R C Anderson R T Waugh P/F
B Gorton (C) R B Nolan R
F Wright P/F
Ministers of Communion
D & B Guinea (C) P & J Egan L Hosking
T & P Zambelli (C) P McMahon, P Sharp
J Schiller
Hospitality —————- M Zambelli & N Feltham
Procession of Gifts —————- Heanes/Dusi family
Children’s Liturgy —————- K Anderson
The Sacred Heart Church
‘Prayer Chapel’ is open for
private prayer on weekdays.
THIS WEEK IN THE PARISH 4 - 10 DECEMBER
CHURCH CLEANING SANCTUARY & ALTAR Sacred Heart Church: 3 & 10 Dec: B Gorton, M Reynolds, M Trevithick
OLPS Church, Sth M’bah
December: MA Thackray
Monday 9.00am Rosary and Prayers - Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Church
Tuesday 4.15pm - 5.15pm Adoration - Sacred Heart Church
5.30pm Mass - Sacred Heart Church
6.00pm Rosary - Sacred Heart Church
Wednesday 9.15am Mass of Thanksgiving - St Joseph’s Primary - OLPS, Sth M’bah
12noon - 1.00pm Reconciliation - Sacred Heart Church
Thursday 8.30am Mass - Sacred Heart Church
10.30am Requiem Mass - Sacred Heart Church for Mary Todd
4.00pm Christmas Carnival ‘Evaluation’ Meeting - see note page 3
Friday THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
10:00am Communion Service - M’bah Nursing Home - C Dennis
10:00am Mass - Heritage Lodge - Fr Anthony
12.15pm Mass - Sacred Heart Church
2.45pm - 3.45pm Adoration - Sacred Heart Church
7.00 - 8.00pm Reconciliation - Sacred Heart Church
Saturday 9.00am Anointing Mass - Sacred Heart Church Followed by Legion of Mary Annual Retreat Day - Parish Hall
6.00pm Vigil Mass - Sacred Heart Church
Sunday SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT - Year B
8:00am Mass - Sacred Heart Church
9.00am Parish Cuppa in Parish Hall
10.00am Mass - Our Lady of Perpetual Succour, South Murwillumbah
11.00am Cuppa at South (see note page 3)
12noon Baptisms
PARISH “CUPPA” Sunday 10th December
with BRL Family Group
Readings next week: (Year B) SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT Is 40:1-5, 9-11; 2 Pet 3:8-14; Mk 1:1-8
RECENTLY DECEASED: Mary Todd, Greg Halpin, Chris Alexander, Anne Egan, Ken Gilmore, Robert Anderson, Sr. Berenice Twohill.
ANNIVERSARIES: Allan Sharp, David & Nan Kidd, Les & Gladys Cook.
NOTICE BOARD
CALENDAR
~DECEMBER ~ 12 MSPPS Infants Presentation 12 St Joseph’s Primary Yr 6 Graduation Mass - OLPS, Sth M’bah 12 Baptism Preparation 13 9am Mass - Greenhills Lodge 13 St Joseph’s Primary Presentation 14 MSPPS Yr 6 Graduation Mass 17 THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT - YR B 10am Mass - St Brigid’s, Burringbar 19 II Rite of Reconciliation - Kingscliff 21 Finance Council Meeting 24 FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT - YR B No 10am Mass
24 Christmas Eve
25 The NATIVITY of the LORD
(Christmas)
31 The HOLY FAMILY of Jesus, Mary &
Joseph
PLEASE PRAY FOR: SACRAMENTS
RECONCILIATION - Sacred Heart: Saturday : 5.30pm - 5.50pm
Sunday: 7.30am - 7.50am
BAPTISMS: Sacred Heart Church - 12.00pm
2nd and 4th Sundays of each month
(At least four weeks notice required)
Baptism Preparation Evening:
7.00pm Parish Administration Centre
on 2nd Tuesday of each month.
Next Evening - Tuesday 12th December
2018 JOSEPHITE CALENDARS
- On sale in the Sacred Heart Church or
at the Parish Office. ($8.00 each)
CHOSEN - 2017 Daily Advent &
Christmas Reflections Chosen is a beautifully presented resource containing short daily reflections during Advent until the Baptism of the Lord (8 January 2018). Spiritually rich, yet easily readable daily reflections. Only $4.00 each - available from the Church or Parish Office.
Christmas Carnival ‘Evaluation’ Meeting
Thursday 7 December
4.00pm in Parish Administration Centre
‘MASS OF ANOINTING’ 9.00am Saturday 9th December
Sacred Heart Church
The Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick is a prayer of healing
which may be celebrated individually and communally, and may
be received more than once.
ALL PARISHIONERS ARE WELCOME.
LEGION OF MARY ANNUAL REUNION DAY SATURDAY 9TH DECEMBER
commencing with 9am Mass of Anointing in Sacred Heart
Church followed by Rosary, prayers & morning tea
in the Parish Hall. Guest speaker: Wilber Tobe - his journey to
the priesthood. All parishioners are warmly invited to attend. Please bring a plate to share.
CHRISTMAS MASS ROSTER Volunteers are needed for the Christmas Mass liturgy roster - please add your name & your ministry, to the sheet on the Mass that you are available - located on ta-ble near the Church entrance.
Rosary & Prayers for God’s
Precious Infants and the Unborn
Child - 9.00am Monday 4th Dec at
Our Lady of Perpetual Succour
Church, South Murwillumbah
Pregnancy Help Line: 1300 139 313
CUPPA AT SOUTH - There will be a Cuppa following the
10am Mass Sunday 10th December at Our Lady of Perpetual
Succour Church, South Murwillumbah. All welcome.
Please bring a small plate to share.
YEAR OF YOUTH The Australian Bishops have identified the liturgical year of 2018, beginning on the First Sunday of Advent, as a national Year of Youth. The Year of Youth invites the church into dialogue about the
importance and life-giving presence of young people in the Church and society.
It calls for dialogue and active engagement focussed on reconnection
and renewal of a new generation of young people in the life of the Church. The Year of Youth aims:
prayerfully discern the Australian Bishops vision with young people, Anointed and Sent;
authentic and personal behaviour by Church leaders in the
challenges and success in young peoples lives; acknowledging the Holy Spirit at work in the lives of young
people, and young people acting upon the Holy Spirit in the life of the Church; and
upholding the dignity of young people, ensuring a safe environment from physical, emotional & physical harm.
INVEST WITH PEACE OF MIND www.dif.org.au Phone 1800 802 516 Paying 2.15%
Agents: Egan Simpson Solicitors: 15 Prince Street, Murwillumbah.
FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT - Year B
RESPONSORIAL PSALM: (Ps: 85) R. Come, O Lord, and set us free.
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION:
Alleluia, Alleluia! Lord, show us your mercy and love, and grant us you salvation. Alleluia!
Dear Friends,
For the society in which we live Christmas is upon us, Christmas is everywhere. It will all end abruptly on the evening of the 25th of December. Then for many the great march to summer holidays is on. Everybody will be thinking New Years Eve and associated parties. Then a week or two later it’s back to work. It is at this time of year that our faith is most counter cultural, we completely stand against what is going on around us. We begin Advent this weekend and we watch, wait and prepare to celebrate the moment when Jesus was born in this human world in a common stable to very ordinary young parents. Yet most extraordinary in so many other ways. We won’t sing about or celebrate anything to do with Christmas until the 25th of December and then we will celebrate the Season of Christmas for two weeks. The rest of the world will have moved on.
The struggle to stay focused on our faith journey is very hard, but the time spent in preparation for Christmas is well worth it. We move very deliberately from the secular to the sacred even when everybody else is going in the other direction. When we focus on the Advent message we begin to deepen our relationship with God and the Holy Family in a very profound way. Mary reminds us of simplicity, the value of family, love and nurture. Joseph teaches and reminds of gentle determination in the face of difficulties, he also reminds us of the deep love of a father for his family. Jesus reminds us that he came to live among us to teach us to live simply, well and to above all love God and neighbour.
A tall order at this time of year, St Ignatius of Loyala teaches us that time spent in prayer and quiet can change the direction of our lives. We will find ourselves waiting in lines or queues many times in the next few weeks. That could be an opportunity to have a quick chat to God and ask him for the grace to celebrate and honour his Son’s birth into this world. We might be surprised just how many opportunities present themselves. A prayer for the lost, the lonely and the unwanted won’t go astray either.
Finally my deepest and heartfelt thanks for a wonderful Christmas Carnival. It was a very fitting way to begin Advent. The Tableau is our gift as Catholics to the wider community of Murwillumbah.
May God bless you richly and gently as you and your families journey towards the holy feast of Christmas.
Anthony Lemon Parish Priest
Christmas Carnival & Nativity Tableau
Last Saturday evening we witnessed the presentation of the real Christmas story at the 2017 Christmas Carnival & Nativity Tableau. A huge THANK YOU to everyone who worked so hard or contributed to making the 2017 Christmas Carnival & Nativity Tableau such a great success. THANK YOU also to all who supported this very special annual event.
Carnival Raffle Results are on the Church noticeboard.
CHRISTMAS MASS TIMES
CHRISTMAS EVE VIGIL Sunday 24th December
7.00pm - Sacred Heart Church
CHRISTMAS DAY Monday 25th December
8.00am - Sacred Heart Church
Reconciliation Times for Advent I Rite of Reconciliation
In Sacred Heart Church Wednesday: 6, 13, & 20 December 12noon - 1pm Friday: 8, 15 & 22 December 7pm - 8pm
II Rite of Reconciliation
Tuesday 19 December - Kingscliff - 6.30pm
