Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
What makes a good leader? It’s a much asked question these days. To judge by the groaning shelves of bookshops many are still venturing answers to it. Is it a gift, a charism, that some people have and others don’t? Is it an art that can be acquired? The debate goes on.
Within the Church there’s plenty of talk about servant-leadership. Those who are ordained to ministry or entrusted with high office can hardly forget what Jesus had to say about himself: “ … the Son of Man himself did not come to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many” (Mk 10:45). This saying of Jesus may seem to call Christian leaders to be lowly, unobtrusive and self-effacing. But Jesus was not of these things. He was powerful, provocative and prophetic, never a person to be ignored or overlooked. yet he was truly a servant – a servant-leader whose whole being was on fire with passion for the reign of god.
This is the key to his servant-leadership – his complete freedom from self-interest. The authority that impressed the crowds time and again was the authority of his authenticity. Like the tunic taken from him on Calvary, his life was seamless, it was all of a piece. If we are to emulate him, we may need to prayerfully take to heart the words addressed to deacons when they are ordained: “Believe what you read, teach what you believe, and practice what you teach”.
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The Pastoral Council warmly invites all
Parishioners to join in the celebration of
Fr Peter’s Twenty-Five Years
of Priesthood.
The Jubilee Mass will be celebrated at
10.00am on Sunday 9th October.
We hope to see you at this special Mass and at
the morning tea which will be held after Mass at
the back of the Church. Please bring a plate to
share. ALSO if anyone has a patio umbrella that
we could borrow for the day it would be greatly
appreciated. ______________________________________________
Annual Parish Dinner
Date: 5th November Place: Doubleview Bowling Club
Cost: Adults – $40 pp Children 6 – 12 years – $20 (under 6 free!)
To ensure your place at the dinner, and to assist with catering, could you please put your name down as soon as possible. There will be an opportunity to do so after each Mass this weekend.
Look for: Helen Murray at 6 pm Doris Zambonetti at 8 am Julie Prior at 10 am
27th
Sunday in Ord. Time
1st / 2nd October 2016 Vol. 34 No. 43
Paul and Sonia Tanham are
celebrating their 60th wedding
anniversary on the 19th August.
They came to the Holy Rosary
Parish in 1966 with four children
and two more children were born
while they lived in Woodlands. All
of their six children and seven of
their grandchildren have been
educated in Holy Rosary school,
Siena, Marist Brothers and now
Newman College. Paul and Sonia
have been part of the Holy Rosary
Parish for the past 48 years and
they have seen many changes over
the years including the building of
the church. They look forward to
many more years at the church
and in the area.
FATHER PETER’S
JUBILEE MASS
Prayers for the sick
Barbara Antonetti, Aiden Blechynden, Marie Boccardo, Justin Boylan, Kit Doran,
Rebecca Fry, Andre Della Franca, Megan Garner, Ron Harland, Barbara Hickey,
Barry Johnston, David Kenny, Norm & Elsie Macaulay,
Fr Aquinas McComb OP, Joan Meade, Fr. Bernie Maxwell OP, Rebekah Rowe, Henry Porter, Alice Ralph, Ken Ryan,
Anne Tan, Julie-Anne Taylor, Jenny Zorich
To Be Remembered
Fred Borg, Catherine & Jim Cummings, Vincenzo De Luca, Jan Kordyl, Kath Lamond,
David Lindsay, Fr Eamon McKenna, Les Myszka, Peter O’Dea,
Petronila & Januario Pereira, Domenico Siciliano, Ken Tondut, Bill Walters
“May they rest in peace.”
A reading from the holy Gospel according to Luke
The apostles said to the Lord, ‘Increase our faith.’ The Lord replied, ‘Were your faith the size of a mustard seed you could say to this mulberry tree, “Be uprooted and planted in the sea,” and it would obey you.
‘Which of you, with a servant ploughing or minding sheep, would say to him when he returned from the fields, “Come and have your meal immediately?” Would he not be more likely to say “Get my super laid; make yourself tidy and wait on me while I eat and drink. You can eat and drink yourself afterwards”? Must he be grateful to the servant for doing what he was told? So with you: when you have done all you have been told to do, say, “We are merely servants: we have done no more than our duty.”
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Commentary on the Gospel Jesus never exploits his powers in order to impress
an audience with wonder-working phenomena. He
explicitly repudiates this kind of action when
tempted by Satan to change stones into bread, so he
can hardly be encouraging his disciples to literally
move mulberry trees or mountains. Rather he is
daring them to let go of their fearful and sceptical
mindsets and enter into the realm of divine power
where all things are possible to God.
The second and longer part of the reading sounds
harsh. It sounds as if Jesus is almost
contemptuously relegating his disciples to the role of
slaves. What he has to say here needs to be
interpreted in the light of other teaching. Didn’t
Jesus tell a story about a master who when he finds
his servants ready for him turns around and serves
them instead (12:37)? And later on doesn’t he talk
about himself as one who serves (22:37)? It is more
likely that these sayings of Jesus were retained in the
gospel as a warning to Christian leaders not to get
caught up in their own self-importance. Leadership,
for Jesus, is always a service, not a prize.
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Financial Statements
Financial Statements for the 2015/2016 financial year are on the notice board on the south side of
the church.
Rosary Care Short Term Assistance
(Brochure available on notice board) Phone: Doris – 0428 441 566
or Catherine – 0410 019556
Adult Faith Enrichment Opportunities:
The Centre for Faith Enrichment has a
great variety of short courses and one-off
events on offer at several locations
throughout Perth and online (very user
friendly and no need to travel!). No prior
learning is required, the environment is
always relaxed and friendly, and there are
no exams or assignments. For more
information, visit www.cfe.org.au or call
9241 5221 for a Term Four brochure.
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B.J. Hickey Biblical Foundation
Scholarships: Applications are now invited for
scholarships from the B.J. Hickey Biblical
Foundation. The scholarships are for
biblical studies of any length at any level,
locally or overseas (such as Jerusalem or
Rome). You don’t need to be an academic
– just someone with a desire to know the
Scriptures better and to help others with
that knowledge. Applications close on
Friday, 11th November 2016. For more
information, visit www.cfe.org.au and
click on “The Biblical Foundation”. _____________________________________________
Parish Dinner
We need donations of ‘goodies’ to make hampers and for ‘prizes’ – Wine, chocolates, or any other suitable items would be most appreciated.
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Piety Stall
The Piety Stall will be closing on 16th October. The Columban Calendars for the year 2017, following their arrival,
will be available at the front of the Church”
There will be baskets at each of the entrances to the church next week where you can leave your items.
The Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults
RCIA is a process for those who are not Catholic and would like to know more about our faith and practice. It is also for Catholics who have been baptised but not received the Sacraments of Reconciliation, Eucharist and Confirmation and may wish to continue their faith journey.
Meetings will commence on Tuesday 25th
October in the Parish Office at 7.30-9.00pm. For further information, please ring the Pastoral Associate, Kaye Shervington, on 0411 123 441.
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This weekend we welcome
William O’Leary
into our faith community.
2016 Social Justice Statement:
Perth Launch Heralds Personal Story
Described as a text that will touch the heart of every person in our society, the Australian Catholic Bishops’ 2016-2017 Social Justice Statement has been launched locally in Perth by Auxiliary Bishop Don Sproxton. A Place at the Table: Social Justice in an Ageing Society was launched on Tuesday, 20 September in front of an audience of both young and older faces at the Redemptorist Monastery in North Perth, following the national launch earlier this month. The statement highlights the ageing of our population – rightly described as ‘the great success story of human development’ – and the need to support and value older people in Australian life, while fighting the ‘throw-away’ culture that threatens their sanctity and dignity. By Rachel Curry [For full article go to therecord.com.au]
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Kids’ Corner
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ROSTERS: 27th
Sunday in Ordinary Time
1st / 2
nd October
28th
Sunday in Ordinary Time
8th
/ 9th
October
Readers:
Saturday 6:00 pm Sunday 8:00 am Sunday 10:00 am
Sonia & Grace Thomas Damien Giumelli & Mike Berry Marian Bishopp & Laurie Conroy
Liz Crowe Miranda Hickey & Laraine Penberthy Sr Myrtle & Colleen Harland
Acolytes:
Saturday 6:00 pm Sunday 8:00 am Sunday 10:00 am
Peter Gillett Pat Kirwan & Kevin Susai Brian Gotts & Laurie Smith
Michael Gillooly Peter Gillett & Gordon Kendall Pat Kirwan & Kevin Susai
EMHCs:
Saturday 6:00 pm Sunday 8:00 am Sunday 10:00 am
Teresa & Bern Willett Anne Bucat, Elizabeth Re, Anne Taylor Glenda Gotts, John Hayes, Joan Trew
Teresa & Bern Willett, Tony Wong Anne Bucat, Paul Slyth, Anne Taylor Pat Cullinane, Claudette De Silva, Elizabeth Susai
Power Point:
Saturday 6:00 pm Sunday 8:00 am Sunday 10:00 am
Nicole Drinkwater Margaret Lobo
Sr Imelda Doris Zambonetti Simon Wong
Music:
Saturday 6:00 pm Sunday 8:00 am Sunday 10:00 am
Carmel Charlton Lexi Wilkinson Julie Prior
Andy Sambuaga Lexi Wilkinson Julie Prior
Counters: Dan Byrne, Eddie Fernandez, John Hartigan Peter & Susanne Whyte, Trish Gibson, Judy Clear
Altar Society: Doris & Lucy Zambonetti (7th
October) Helen Murray, Trish Burns, Julie Prior Pat Cullinane (14
th October)
Children’s Liturgy: No children’s Liturgy No children’s Liturgy
Pilgrim Statue: Joyce Wong Claire Lee
ROSTERS:
Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
Entrance Antiphon Within your will, O Lord, all things are established, and there is none that can resist your will. For you have made all things, the heaven and the earth, and all that is held within the circle of heaven; you are the Lord of all.
First reading: Habakkuk 1:2-3; 2:2-4
(The just will live by faithfulness.)
Responsorial Psalm: If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts.
Second Reading: 2 Timothy 1:6-8, 13-14 (Never be ashamed of witnessing the Lord
Gospel Acclamation: Alleluia, alleluia! The word of the Lord stands forever; it is the
word given to you, the Good News. Alleluia!
Gospel: Luke 17:5-9
(If you had faith!) ________________________________________________
Next Week
Exodus 17:8-13 2 Timothy 3:14 – 4:2
Luke 18:1-8
Prayers for the sick
Barbara Antonetti, Aiden Blechynden, Marie Boccardo, Justin Boylan, Kit Doran,
Rebecca Fry, Andre Della Franca, Megan Garner, Ron Harland, Barbara Hickey, Barry Johnston, David Kenny, Evonne Le Broy, Ray Marinko,
Joan Meade, Norm & Elsie Macaulay, Fr Aquinas McComb OP, Fr. Bernie Maxwell OP,
Rebekah Rowe, Henry Porter, Alice Ralph, Ken Ryan, Anthony Samy, Anne Tan,
Julie-Anne Taylor, Di, Watts, Jenny Zorich
Recently Deceased
Amelia Longo
To Be Remembered
Brian Canny, Sr Catherine Brophey OP, Cathorne Family, Peter Dillon, Dominic Errichetti,
Joseph R Ferguson, Terry Hatherly, Enid Kendall, John Drohn, Elise Marinko,
Iole Poli, Maria Weeks, Kath & B ill Whyte, Abbot Placid Spearritt OSB (Abbot of New Norcia)
“May they rest in peace.”