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Unconditional Love

I think that every emotionally healthy person wants to love and to be loved. We want people to love us as we are. We want to feel accepted no matter what we may say or do. When we make a mistake, we want to be forgiven and we don't want to experience rejection. We want to be loved unconditionally.

A problem comes though when we do not reciprocate unconditional love. For example, there will never be real love expressed between two people if both individuals are seeking to have their needs met. How can two people make a relationship work if both define love as, "if you love me then you will do what I want"?

There is only one person who can truly love unconditionally. His name is Jesus. The Bible says that God demonstrated the meaning of love to us in this that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Jesus laid down His life for us as the ultimate act of unconditional love. He accepts us for who we are, for what we have done, and even for what we have neglected to do. But, now He is asking us to accept Him unconditionally as well. He wants us to accept His love by giving to Him our heart, mind, soul, and strength. He wants all of us. When we give ourselves over completely to Jesus then we are "fully known, fully accepted, fully loved, fully valued, and fully celebrated."

Jesus will never leave you, quit on you, belittle you, or even condemn you. Did you know that the Bible says that Jesus did not come into the world to condemn the world but to save the world? He came to show you what love is. Once we experience His love, we must step forward quickly to embrace it. The Bible provides an excellent description of unconditional love and gives us a pattern to follow. What is real love? Here is an example, "Love is patient, love is kind and is not jealous; love does not brag and is not arrogant, Love rejoices with the truth. Love believes and endures all things. Love never fails."

The longing of your heart to be loved unconditionally can be fulfilled only through Jesus Christ. You must admit your sin, believe in Jesus, and follow His ways. If you do, you will experience unconditional love. Once you have experienced love unconditionally, you are then able to know how to love as well. Fr. Dantus Thottathil —————————————————————————————— This Week’s Readings: 1Kg 19: 4-8; Eph 4: 30—5: 2; Jn 6: 41-51 Next Week’s Readings: Prov 9: 1-6; Eph 5: 15-20; Jn 6: 51-58

St Mary’s Catholic Parish Ipswich Ministering to the Church of : St Mary’s, Elizabeth Street, Ipswich Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal, Robertson Road, Eastern Heights St Brigid’s Matthew Street, Rosewood

Parish Ministers Very Rev Fr Peter Dillon P.P

Fr Chukwudi Chinaka Fr John Hong

Fr Dantus Thottathil

Pastoral Associate Mrs Bernadette McAndrew

Office Staff Mrs Janelle Van De Weyer

Mrs Kathy Lund

Office Hours Monday to Friday 8.00am - 3.30pm

Phone 3281 2133

Mass Times 3281 0707

Fax 38123911

Mailing Address PO Box 23

Ipswich Qld 4305

Email Ipswich@bne.catholic.net.au

Web www.stmarysipswich.org.au

St Mary’s Primary School

Phone: 3281 1998 Principal: Mr Michael Quinn

St Mary’s College Phone: 34325444

Acting Principal: Judith Finan

CONFIRMATION AND HOLY COMMUNION: Approximately 80 children will complete their Sacraments of Initiation with the celebration of Confirmation on Thursday 13

th August and their First Holy Communion on the weekend of the 15

th and 16

th

August. There will be two celebrations for Confirmation because of the large numbers, the first one at 5.30pm and the second at 7pm. Bishop Oudeman will preside at the celebrations and St Mary’s Primary school choir will lead the music. Please feel welcome to join in the celebrations, especially if you have been praying for one of the children. The children and their families

will return on the weekend to St Mary’s AND St Brigid’s to celebrate their First Holy Communion. We look forward to

celebrating this important step with the children and we ask that you continue to pray for them and their families.

FEAST OF THE ASSUMPTION: There will be a Mass celebrated in St Mary’s at 11.00am for the Feast of the Assumption which is Saturday 15

th August. Please note there will be no Benediction on this day. The feast day is one of the Holy Days of

obligation. A Vigil Mass will be celebrated at Sacred Heart Church Booval on Friday 14th August at 7pm.

LITURGY WORKSHOPS: As a follow-up to the Liturgy workshops facilitated by Evangelisation Brisbane we invite all Readers of the Word to attend a workshop. There will be two opportunities to attend the workshop – Thursday 27

th August

6.30pm to 8.30pm and Saturday 29th August 10.00am to 12.00 Both sessions will be held in St Mary’s Church. The

workshops will provide the opportunity for current readers to clarify any questions they may have about their ministry. However, in addition we would like to encourage anyone who would like to participate in this ministry to come along to one of the sessions. It would be helpful if you could phone the parish office on 3281 2133 to let us know that you will be attending.

CATECHESIS OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD: If you would like to find out more about this religious formation for young children we invite you to contact Bernadette McAndrew at the Parish office. We are seeking expressions of interest from adults who enjoy breaking open the Word of God with young children and who would be interested in assisting other catechists who volunteer their time to work with the children in this ministry. Please phone Bernadette at the Parish office on 3281 2133.

Monday 10th August - St Lawrence 7.00a.m. St Joseph’s North Ipswich 7.00p.m. Mater Dei Sadliers Crossing

Tuesday 11th August - St Clare 9.00a.m. St Mary’s Woodend 9.00a.m. Immaculate Heart of Mary Leichhardt

Wednesday 12th August - Weekday, Ordinary Time 19 9.00a.m. St Mary’s Woodend 9.30a.m. St Brigid’s Rosewood

Thursday 13th August - Weekday, Ordinary Time 19 9.00a.m. St Mary’s Woodend 9.00a.m. St Joseph’s North Ipswich

Friday 14th August - St Maximilian Mary Kolbe 8.30a.m. Sacrament of Reconciliation Eastern Heights 9.00a.m. Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Eastern Heights 9.00a.m. Immaculate Heart of Mary Leichhardt

Celebrations for this Week

RECENTLY DECEASED: Maurice Kinnane, Bill Gorring,Katheen O’Brien, Alfred Leggatt, Victor Ruhle, Eileen OKeeffe, Michael Twomey, Audrey Moore.

ANNIVERSARIES: Mel Meier, Mary Winifred Person, Irene Mehegan, John Mehegan, Peter Leadbetter, Roman Czernia, Kevin Wilson, Vince Smith, Arthur Strasburg, Michael Whalley, Charles Mayo, Kevin Gleeson, Dick Mayo, Patrick(Bren) Doyle, Tom Kelly, Bernie Ryan, Mervyn Smolenski, Bill O’Connell, Margaret O’Connell, James Ahearn, Patrick Buckley, Austin Elliott, Phil, Annie, Cassie, Sean and Austin Hobbs, Neil Ryan, Aileen Burns, John and Carmel Pearl.

FOR THOSE WHO ARE SICK: Rel. & Friends of Clayton Family, Antonio Lipanovic, Paul McKean, Mary Kane, Craig Hannam, Liam Martin, Denise O’Brien, Doris Lawson, Holly Burns, Patricia Bopf, Victoria Versace, Sandra Harle, Michael Williams, Marie Tonner, Pat Bryant, Michelle Waldron, Debbie Waldron, Ellen Chalk, Michelle Steward, Michelle Lui, Mae Kahler, Rebecca Mellifont, Gabrielle Madden, Cath Wood, Esme Couper, Dorothy Leatham, Merryl(Paddy) Gleeson, John Trewick.

PRAYERFULLY REMEMBERED: Relatives & friends of Clayton family, Neal Crozier, Daphne O’Dea, Nola Doyle, Daphne Broom, Jeanette Zammit, Michael Stack, Bernadette Berrell, John Berrell, Robert Best, Keiran Broad, Johnny Williams, Thomas Garvin, George and Mary Williams, Frank and Kathleen Nolan, Nolan, Devitt and Mawn families, Bill Butler, Michael and Marie Sheahan, Bernie Ryan, members of Crowe and McCann families, Reg Range, John Williams(Senior), Brian Rashleigh, Kev Kerwick, Louis Re, Jim Mulkerin, relatives and friends of the Stack and Kelleher Families, Melchor Saldana, Hughes and Bell families, relatives and friends of the Gordon and Roach families, Range and Stack families, Dennis and Dawn Kelleher, Denise Bopf, Fr Ronald Bopf, Ron Smith, Kenneth McGrath, Kathleen Kiernan, Ana Vela Lisas, Florencia Camangon, Jemelyn Vela, Luis Vela, Anselmo Vela, Rita Reeves Roche.

BAPTISMS: St. Mary’s Parish would like to welcome Violet Schultz, Georgia Francis, Harry Daley and Elijah Cullinan who were baptised into our community last weekend.

Saturday 15th August - The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary 11.00a.m. Feast of the Assumption St Mary’s No Benediction 5.00 - 5.30p.m. Sacrament of Reconciliation St Mary’s 5.30p.m. Sacrament of Reconciliation Leichhardt Vigil 5.00p.m. St Boniface Marburg 5.30p.m. Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Eastern Heights 6.00p.m. St Mary’s Woodend 6.00p.m. Immaculate Heart of Mary Leichhardt Sunday 16th August - 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time 7.30a.m. St Joseph’s North Ipswich 8.00a.m. St Mary’s Woodend 8.00a.m. St Brigid’s Rosewood 9.30a.m. Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Eastern Heights 9.30a.m. St Joseph’s North Ipswich 6.00p.m. St Mary’s Woodend

Remember in your Prayers

MEN’S BREAKFAST: It is confirmed – Archbishop Mark Coleridge will be the guest speaker at the Men’s breakfast to be held in St Mary’s Hall on the 19

th September,

commencing at 8am. The cost of the breakfast will be $10 per head and we guarantee a great brekky for this very special price. However, we need you to phone St Mary’s Parish Office by the 15

th September so we are able to cater

sufficiently for the numbers. Look forward to seeing a large contingent of men from the Ipswich parishes.

CHILDREN’S LITURGY OF THE WORD: There is a slight change to the dates for Children’s Liturgy. We will now offer children’s Liturgy of the Word on the 2

nd Sunday morning of

the month at the 8am Mass, as well as the 2nd

Saturday of

the month at the evening Mass at 6pm. There will be NO Children’s Liturgy on the 3

rd Sunday morning at the 8am

Mass only at the 6pm Sunday Mass. The dates for August are as follows:

TALKABOUT: The Talkabout team is preparing the next issue. To keep people informed of parish activities we need your contributions. Please email articles, news and photographs to Michelle at mjbw65@hotmail.com or leave at the Parish Office. Articles by 14th August would be appreciated. Thank You

DATE CLAIMERS: Parish Pastoral Visit by Archbishop Mark Coleridge

18th/19

th September.

St Mary’s and St Edmund’s Class of 1985 30th Reunion and Class of 1983 — Year 10. Saturday 3rd

October 2015 in Ipswich. For more information email be.around2015@gmail.com

PIETY STORE: If you are looking for gifts for Baptism, Confirmation and Holy Communion there are new items available in the piety store. A table of gifts specific to Confirmation and Holy Communion has been set up just inside the front door of St Mary’s Church.

AUSTRALIAN CHRISTIAN MEDITATION COMMUNITY QLD invites you to join us for a Community Day of Meditation and Reflection “HEALING SELF, HEALING THE ENVIRONMENT” Saturday, 15 August 2015, 9.30am – 2.30pm at Holy Spirit School Hall, 36 Villiers Street, New Farm. FURTHER QUERIES: Pauline Peters. paulinepeters2@gmail.com; 0451 977 669

DISCERNMENT WEEKEND: Vocation Brisbane is offering a discernment weekend to young men considering the calling to priesthood. The Quo Vadis weekend provides men with an experience of seminary life, input and formation from the Vocations team and time for personal discernment and reflection. Details: Quo Vadis Discernment Weekend 28-30 August Venue: Holy Spirit Seminary, Banyo Contact burnsa@bne.catholic.net.au or 1300 133 544.

VOLUNTEER SINGERS NEEDED!! We will be holding an ecumenical choral arrangement of blended medleys about key moments of the Bible from Old Testament to New Testament. So if you can sing and would like a musical challenge, practices will be held on weekends at various parishes (TBA) across different Christian churches from August - November. Final concert will be held at St Mary’s Catholic Church, Ipswich on Sunday 22

nd November 2015

from 12-2:30pm. First practice session: Sunday 9th August

11:30am-1:30pm at St Mary’s Catholic Church. Choir members will be given sheet music and CDs to practice with. Contact Sabrina on sabrdes@hotmail.com or 0412 060 103 A/H.

ROSEWOOD PARISH

Mass St Brigid's every Sunday at 8am

3rd Saturday of the month 5pm Mass Marburg

CHANGE OF DATE: 2nd Sunday of August Childrens' Liturgy at 8am Mass

Contact number for Rosewood Parish: 54641419 or phone St Mary’s Parish: 3281 2133

Month Date Mass and Venue

August 16th

23rd

6.00 @ St Mary’s

9.30am @OLMM

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