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God bless, Fr Bob
Dear Parishioners and Visitors to Holy Cross Parish
A few friends have said to me, “Why would you use up your annual leave by leading a parish pilgrimage?” Well, a number of reasons. For one, the Archdiocese determined two years ago that priests who led pilgrimages must do so from their annual leave. There was no other choice. Secondly, when you have experienced the Holy Land so much, there comes a deep longing to share it with others. Thirdly, when we have been blessed previously with connections in the Holy Land, it made sense that this was the opportune time. Fourthly (and blessedly without planning it this way), it came at the beginning of Lent when the many places of the Holy Land are mentioned in the Gospels. ‘Penitential’ means to come to a new realisation or conversion. In being penitential, we must move beyond the usual.
Certainly, a pilgrimage to the Holy Land moves us from the usual. The liturgical life of Lent moves us from the usual, as well as our actual Lenten practices. Lent is a pilgrimage. We are called to more commitment in our prayer life, fasting and almsgiving (acts of charity). When we come to mass during the Season of Lent, things are different. We ‘tone down’ our ‘Christian, triumphant tone.’ We accept, with Christ, that not everyone will like us or what we want to do and believe. No wonder we begin with ashes.
We don’t sing or say the Gloria. We say the ‘Confiteor’ where we symbolically strike our breasts as a sign of our despair that we long for life to be better.
This longing is expressed even as we prepare to hear the words of Christ in the Gospel where, we are not triumphant with ‘Alleluias’ but, acknowledge Christ’s reign, even in his weakest moments: “Glory and Praise to you O Christ.”
In our parish in this time of Lent, we also return to the Nicene Creed. This was once the required Creed of the mass and had been for many centuries. It was considered a more profound expression of the faith. It eventuated as the norm after some king decided to use it at his coronation and the Pope at the time, determined that it therefore become the creed of every mass. The Apostles’ Creed always existed in the Baptismal rites, the rosary and other prayer rituals and thankfully survived this period. It was due to the new Missal in 2011 that we restored the option for the Apostles’ Creed to be used in mass.
The Nicene Creed has unusual language, is more laborious and can also make us feel a little uneasy but, it is also a Lenten experience. It subjects us to an experience of penitence. It’s use in Lent is an opportunity to meet afresh the Apostles’ Creed – the creed of our Baptism - at the Easter celebration.
Holy Cross Parish Redcliffe City
Web: www.redcliffecatholicparish.com Postal Address: PO Box 22 Kippa-Ring Qld 4021
Office Hours: Mon - Thurs 8.45am - 3pm & Fri 8.45am - 11.30am
Phone: 3293 0800 Fax: 3293 0811
Email: [email protected]
WEEKDAY MASSES
Week beginning 9/3/2020
Monday 9am Mass HCC
Tuesday 9am Mass HCC
Wednesday 9am Mass SCCC
Thursday 9am Mass MQP
Friday No Mass
CHURCHES
HOLY CROSS CHURCH (HCC)
ANZAC AVE, KIPPA-RING
SAT - 6PM, SUN - 9AM & 5PM
*PLEASE NOTE CHILDREN’S LITURGY
IS IN RECESS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
MARY, QUEEN OF PEACE CHURCH (MQP)
VICTORIA AVE, WOODY POINT
SUN - 7.30AM
PARISH LEADERSHIP
PRIEST IN CHARGE: FR BOB HARWOOD EMAIL: [email protected]
PARISH ADMINISTRATION: PH - 07 3293 0800
PARISH MANAGER: LEANNE MENYWEATHER EMAIL: [email protected]
SAFEGUARDING OFFICER: LEANNE MENYWEATHER
ASSISTANT SG OFFICER: CATHY HICKEY
RECEPTION & SACRAMENTS: CHRIS JONES EMAIL: [email protected]
FINANCE: HELEN MANGANO
FACILITIES: MAX KUNDE
HOLY CROSS FUNERALS: PH - 07 3293 0555 MANAGER: PHILLIP NOVELLA
PARISH PASTORAL COUNCIL: ANNETTE PLUMMER
EMAIL: [email protected]
PARISH FINANCE COUNCIL: COR DE REGT
YOUTH COORDINATOR: EMAIL: [email protected]
HOLY COMMUNION TO THE SICK: SR JANETTE EMAIL: [email protected]
SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT (Yr A)
8 March 2020
EMERGENCY CONTACT - 3293 0777
Phone: 07 3293 0555 www.holycrossfunerals.com
Burial, Cremation, Church or Chapel
Pre-arrangements & Funeral Bonds
An Outreach of the Catholic Church
Holy Rollers Club: Congratulations to the Hannigan Family (Ticket No:65) who were the lucky winners of this week’s draw.
Parish Office: Please be aware the Parish Office will be closed on Monday 9 March from 10am until midday for Fire Evacuation Training and Thursday 12 March for staff to attend the Assembly of Catholic Professionals Luncheon.
Rosters for Communion Ministers and Readers: If you have any changes to make for the April/May Roster that is due out shortly please notify the Parish Office by Friday 20 March. Please note the Easter Services will be on a separate Roster.
MQP Hospitality: Following 7.30am Mass at MQP next Sunday 15 March please stay and join us for a cuppa to share in some hospitality with your fellow parishioners.
Stations of the Cross: During Lent, Stations of the Cross will be held on Monday morning, following 9am Mass at HCC and Friday evening, 7pm at MQP. All welcome.
Project Compassion Envelopes: Please take a set of available Envelopes and give generously this Lenten season.
RCIA: Last Sunday the Catechumens and Canditates who are participating in our current Journey to Easter visited St Stephen’s Cathedral for the RITE OF ELECTION. At this Liturgy they made their commitment to continue their Journey to Easter, when they will receive the Sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation and Eucharist. Parishioners are asked to keep Danny, Casey, Twyla and Alda in their prayers during these weeks of preparation.
Wednesday 11 March Sacrament of Penance Enrolments close, 3pm
Catholic Charismatic Renewal Group - 6.30pm, HCF Function Room Thursday 12 March Cards and Games Social Morning - 9.30am HCC Meeting Room (via Parish Office)
Friday 13 March Parish Trivia Night - 6.30pm, Parish Hall
Sunday 15 March Penance Sacrament Rite of Enrolment - 9am Mass, HCC
Saturday 21 March Parish Women’s Breakfast - 7am, Parish Hall
Saturday 28 March First Holy Communion Enrolment Information Session - 10.30am, HCC Wednesday 1 April First Holy Communion Enrolment Information Session - 6.30pm, HCC
Wednesday 13 May Aging Wisely Seminar - 9.30am to 2.30pm, HCC
Wednesday 20 May Aging Wisely Seminar - 9.30am to 2.30pm, MQP
SVdP Easter Raffle tickets sales will be held over the weekends of 28/29 March & 4/5 April.
More details to come
DATE CLAIMERS PARISH NEWS
Holy Cross Parish Fundraiser
TRIVIA NIGHT
DON’T MISS OUT!!
GET YOUR TEAM
TOGETHER NOW!!
Don’t forget to pick a team name.
Ask about pre-ordering Pizza’s when you book.
Drinks on sale/Licenced - Strictly NO BYO.
Bring your loose change on the night for raffles, numbers board and the cheeky chance to buy an answer or two.
WHEN: THIS Friday 13 March
WHERE: Parish Hall, Woody Point TIME: 6.30pm for 6.45pm start COST: $15 per head / $120 Table of 8
Bookings Essential
Tickets on sale from Parish Office - get in quick!!!
Ticket sales close Tuesday 10 March
Please contact the Parish Office if you are able to help in any way with this event!!!
WOMEN’S BREAKFAST Parishioners and Guests are invited to...
Come along for a thought provoking look into why we behave the way we behave to get the results we get in life with Guest Speaker:
Sean Gordon OAM
· Member of the Holy Cross PPC · Founder & CEO of SchoolAid · Life Member of the Australian Primary Principals Association · Executive Coach – Growth Mindset · Co-Founder of Tukkr · Husband & Father
So many people are “stuck” with poor health, unsatisfactory relationships, money worries, career or business challenges that seem to cycle year on year.
Sean reckons most people know what to do. They just don’t do what they know!
Crossing your ‘Knowing : Doing Gap’ might be easier than you think!
Saturday 21 March - 7am to 9am Parish Hall, Woody Point
Cost $10.
Tickets on sale at all Masses this weekend.
Cooked breakfast with the opportunity for great fellowship!
Raffle tickets on sale for Breakfast Attendees - 3 for $5
2020 Sacrament of Penance
For those families who attended the Enrolment Information Session for the Sacrament of Penance please ensure enrolments are returned to the Parish Office along with cash payment by THIS Wednesday 11 March, 3pm.
EASTER RAFFLE - Date Claimer Ticket sales will be the weekends of
March 14/15th and 21/22
$1 per ticket.
Charity - “Give a Child a Chance” (Enabling vulnerable Children to attend school as equals to their peers)
STEWARDSHIP AWARENESS
Second Sunday of Lent
“Go forth from the land of your kinsfolk and from your father’s house to a land that I will show you.” Genesis 12:1
God calls all of us to leave behind our old ways and to follow Him, placing our complete trust in Him. Some of the old ways that we may have to struggle to leave behind might be materialism, selfishness, and greed. Yet God promises to show us a new land and a better way to live. Remember what St Theresa of Calcutta said, “God does not call us to be successful, God calls us to be faithful.”
Southern Cross Catholic College
Principal: Chris Campbell Phone: 3480 3600 Visit: www.sccc.qld.edu.au
Email: [email protected]
Scarborough Secondary Campus - 3480 3600 Email: [email protected]
Scarborough Primary Campus - 3480 3670 Email: [email protected]
Woody Point Campus - 3883 1988 Email: [email protected]
Kippa Ring Campus - 3204 7300 Email: [email protected]
PRAYER BLANKET
We pray that through this Lenten season we will come together as the Body of Christ
to be a powerful influence of Justice and Mercy in our world.
STOPline - Safeguarding Children & Vulnerable Adults
STOPline is an external service provided for the Archdiocese to receive confidential disclosures. Disclosures can be made anonymously.
P: 1300 304 550 / E: [email protected]
Second Sunday of Lent 8th March 2020
Twenty-seven-year-old Phany was a struggling farmer and was forced to leave her daughter to take up construction work in the city. Her life has been transformed since joining a Caritas supported program, learning crop growing skills and better water management, to combat drought.
Please donate to Project Compassion 2020 and help mothers like Phany continue to uplift their communities, and provide food for their families. Let’s Go Further, Together.
You can donate through Parish boxes and envelopes, by visiting www.caritas.org.au/projectcompassion
or phoning 1800 024 413.
CWL Connecting
NEXT Trip (end of April)
There are 2 x suggestions - (both on the Sunshine Coast)
The information leaflet is near the WHITE Suggestion Box at each Church. Please have a browse to see if any interest you. If you are able to “indicate” (not a booking) which trip and “day of the week” would work best for you, please do so and then put the leaflet into the WHITE Suggestion Box. GOOD FRIDAY
“Stations of the Cross”
We are now preparing for the re-enactment of “The Stations of the Cross”.
This celebration will be held at the Holy Cross Church, Kippa Ring, on Good Friday, 10
th April
at 10am.
We are requiring both male and female volunteers to participate in this event in speaking and non speaking roles, as well as the loan of some props.
There will be rehearsals aimed to suit the volunteers, in order to provide the necessary solemnity for such a significant event in the Church’s liturgical calendar.
Any inquiries please call Trish Andrew on 0419 968 859.
Holy Cross Parish Singing Practise
Practise for LENT & HOLY WEEK will be held weekly on Saturday morning, 9am
at Mary, Queen of Peach Church
New members always welcome!
HOLY WEEK & EASTER SERVICES
Holy Thursday – 9 April
7pm: HCC - Mass of the Lord’s Supper
Good Friday – 10 April 10am: HCC - Stations of the Cross
3pm: HCC - Lord’s Passion
Saturday Easter Vigil – 11 April
7pm: HCC
Easter Sunday – 12 April
7.30am at MQP / 9am at HCC
There will be NO EVENING MASS on Easter Sunday
Holy Cross Parish Redcliffe City
Chrism Mass - Archbishop Mark Coleridge invites you to the Annual Chrism Mass to be held in the Cathedral of St Stephen on Thursday 2
nd April
2020 commencing at 7pm. This is a celebration for the entire Archdiocese and all are welcome.
