The Lord appeared to Abraham at the Oak of Mamre while he was sitting by the entrance of the tent during the hottest part of the day. He looked up, and there he saw three men standing near him. As soon as he saw them he ran from the entrance of the tent to meet them, and bowed to the ground. ‘My lord,’ he said, ‘I beg you, if I find favour with you, kindly do not pass your servant by. A little water shall be brought; you shall wash your feet and lie down under the tree. Let me fetch a little bread and you shall refresh yourselves before going further. That is why you have come in your servant’s direction.’ They replied, ‘Do as you say.’

Abraham hastened to the tent to find Sarah. ‘Hurry,’ he said, ‘knead three bushels of flour and make loaves.’ Then running to the cattle Abraham took a fine and tender calf and gave it to the servant, who hurried to prepare it. Then taking cream, milk and the calf he had prepared, he laid all before them, and they ate while he remained standing near them under the tree.

‘Where is your wife Sarah?’ they asked him. ‘She is in the tent,’ he replied. Then his guest said, ‘I shall visit you again next year without fail and your wife will then have a son.’

(R.) The just will live in the presence of the Lord.

Lord, who shall dwell on your holy mountain? He who walks without fault; he who acts with justice and speaks the truth from his heart; he who does not slander with his tongue. (R.)

He who does no wrong to his brother, who casts no slur on his neighbour, who holds the godless in disdain, but honours those who fear the Lord. (R.)

He who keeps his pledge, come what may; who takes no interest on a loan and accepts no bribes against the innocent. Such a man will stand firm for ever. (R.)

It makes me happy to suffer for you, as I am suffering now, and in my body to do what I can to make up all that has still to be undergone by Christ for the sake of his body, the Church. I became the servant of the Church when God made me responsible for delivering God’s message to you, the message which was a mystery hidden for generations and centuries and has now been revealed to his saints. It was God’s purpose to reveal

it to them and to show all the rich glory of this mystery to pagans. The mystery is Christ among you, your hope of glory: this is the Christ we proclaim, this is the wisdom in which we thoroughly train everyone and instruct everyone, to make them all perfect in Christ.

Alleluia, alleluia! Happy are they who have kept the word with a generous heart and yield a harvest through perseverance. Alleluia!

Jesus came to a village, and a woman named Martha welcomed him into her house. She had a sister called Mary, who sat down at the Lord’s feet and listened to him speaking. Now Martha who was distracted with all the serving said, ‘Lord, do you not care that my sister is leaving me to do the serving all by myself? Please tell her to help me.’ But the Lord answered: ‘Martha, Martha,’ he said, ‘you worry and fret about so many things, and yet few are needed, indeed only one. It is Mary who has chosen the better part; it is not to be taken from her.’

The scriptural quotations are taken from the Jerusalem Bible, published and copyright 1966, 1967 and 1968 by Darton Longman and Todd Ltd

and Doubleday & Co Inc, and used by permission of the publishers. The English translation of the Psalm Responses, Alleluia and Gospel Verses, and Lenten Gospel Acclamations from the Lectionary for Mass © 1997,

1981, 1968, International Committee on English in the Liturgy.

“May we think of freedom not as the right to do as we please but as the opportunity to do what is right.” —Peter Marshall

• The Catholic Church is the third largest non-Government employer in Australia: at least 221,000, of which 165,750 are women (75%): Wesfarmers, Woolworths, the Catholic Church, Federal Public Service, BHP, Rio Tinto, NAB, CBA, Westpac and ANZ.

• 758,000 school children are in the Catholic sector.

• There are 1,710 schools: 1,239 primary schools; 350 secondary schools; 95 primary/ secondary schools combined; 17 special schools.

• Catholic schools employ 87,000 staff: 55, 287 lay teachers and specialist staff; 70% of all teachers and 45% of all Principals are women; 26,348 general staff; 365 Religious.

• There are at least 3,645 volunteer catechists in Australia.

• Australian Catholic University is the fastest growing, truly national university with 33,100 students, producing the largest nursing and teaching graduates in Australia.

• Notre Dame Australia (12,125 students) keeps winning the Kullari NAIDOC Award for the most successful University in Indigenous graduations.

• 70 hospitals – 10,500 beds (12% of all hospital beds).

• The Catholic Church is the second

biggest provider of aged beds after Blue Care: 23,200 residential aged care beds in 550 facilities.

• 5,393 retirement and independent living units and serviced apartments.

• 8 dedicated hospices with palliative care services.

• 20% of all medical research is done through St Vincent’s or Mercy Healthcare Research Institutes.

• The Catholic Church is the largest welfare provider outside the Government: 51 member organisations; 12, 600 employees; 500 different services; 1.1 million clients were cared for in 2018.

• SVDP is the largest and most extensive volunteer welfare network in the country with 18,209 members and 30,910 volunteers.

• Largest provider of trained personnel for developing countries, and then Australian Volunteers Abroad and Care Australia.

• Caritas Australia raised $30m for the poor in 2018.

• Catholic Mission raised $12m for the poor in 2018, of which $4.1m was spent on Aboriginal health, welfare and education.

• There are 1321 parishes, serving 5.26m Catholics of which 578,000 Catholics worship every Sunday (11%), which means we could fill the

The Church: a hospital for sinners, a training school for saints.

Saturday 6.00pm Sunday 8.30am Sunday 7.00pm

Sunday 7.00am

Sunday 10.00am

Sunday 10.00am

Monday 5.30pm St Patrick’s St Mary Magdalene

Tuesday 5.30pm St Patriçk’s Benediction at 5.15pm

Wednesday 9.00am St Patrick’s w/ Lourdes 5.30pm St Patrick’s

Thursday 8.40am St Teresa’s 5.30pm St Patrick’s St James

Friday 7.00am St Patrick’s St Joachim & St Anne

Saturday 8.00am St Paul’s

Tuesday 9am-Noon in St Paul’s Chapel.

11.00am & 5.00pm Saturdays

Parish Contacts

Parish Priest: Fr Damian McGrath

Priest in Placement: Fr Shilbin Kurian Deacon: Rev Emene Kelemete

Parish Secretaries: Julie Nowak & Marcella Cantatore (also RE Co-ordinator)

Bookkeeper/Compliance Officer: Beth Ingegneri Pastoral Care: Sr Nina Barra Senior Adult Ministry : Santina Cross

PO Box 375, Ingham Q 4850 4776 2600 parishoffice@inghamcatholic.com

www.inghamcatholic.com facebook.com/inghamcatholic

Office Hours: 9am to 12pm Monday to Friday, 1pm to 3pm Monday to Thursday

contributes to the cost of cleaning the church and of its maintenance. Your contributions are not only greatly appreciated, they are vitally essential to keeping the church clean and open!

The annual Bishop’s Appeal for Diocesan Ministries is now on. This appeal directly assists the diocese operate vital ministries. These include: Chaplaincy services to prisons and hospitals, Promotion of Social Justice and Multicultural Ministry, Catholic Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ministry, Ecumenical and Interfaith activities, Youth Ministry initiatives, Faith education and formation for Adults and liturgical training and Vocations awareness.

Information envelopes are available in your parish now. Please support this appeal to allow Bishop Tim to continue this great work in the Diocese.

Flyer available - https://drive.google.com/open?id=181MnmvNfDARIKeQEfGeemZDBg_3tE4wk.

National Theme for Discernment #6 – How is God calling us to be a Christ-centered Church that is Open to conversion, Renewal and Reform? This National Theme for Discernment is inspired by the voices of the People of God who expressed a desire to do things differently in response to Christ and the experience of our people, accepting that faithfulness to tradition requires change that is both personal and communal. Find out more at www.plenarycouncil.catholic.org.au

MCG almost six times every Sunday with Mass-goers. 92,334 are 13 – 18 year olds. In 1996 there were 764,310 Mass-goers, we are losing an average of 6,087 per year.

• 3,100 priests in Australia; average age: 69.2.

• Worldwide numbers are booming. There are 1.2 billion Catholics in the world.

• Martyrs are still dying for the faith we hold and the justice we live.

Compiled by Rev Dr Richard Leonard SJ.

In December, 15 Gilroy Santa Maria students will be travelling to Perth for the Australian Catholic Youth Festival. Students are raffling a Weber BBQ to help with the cost of travelling to this event at the Ingham, St Teresa's and St Peter's masses this weekend and over the next two weekends. Thank you for your kind donations.

Raffle: 1 in 200 chance to win $2500. Ticket price: $25 Winner drawn: Saturday 10th August 2019 Tickets available at the parish office.

All current Year 6 students in the district are invited to Year 7 Transition Days at Gilroy Santa Maria College. These days are Thu 25 July, Thu 8 Aug, Thu 22 Aug—Time 8.30am to 11.30am. You are asked to please meet at the school office. Morning tea will be provided. Students are to wear your school uniform. A courtesy bus will return students to their respective schools. For further information contact the school on 4776 2888.

A reminder that the second collection at St Patrick’s

S t Mary of Magdala was a disciple of Christ who was healed by him

when he cast out seven devils. She stood at the foot of the cross as Jesus died, and went to the tomb to anoint his body on the morning of Easter Sunday. She was the first witness to Jesus’ resurrection when she found his tomb empty. In St Mark’s Gospel, it is Mary Magdalene to whom the risen Jesus first appears and further to this, in St John’s

account, Jesus gives her a message to pass on to his brethren. Since the time of Pope Gregory the Great, a tradition in the Western church arose that identified Mary Magdalene as the unnamed sinner who anointed Christ’s feet, and Mary of Bethany, the sister of Martha and Lazarus. But since 1969 the new Roman calendar has rejected this belief entirely.

Feast Day: July 22

Question:

July 22 is the feast of Mary Magdalene. I've heard a lot of stories about her, but who was she really?

Answer:

Mary Magdalene has been the subject of speculation and scholarship over the last 2,000 years. Mary Magdalene makes her first named appearance in Luke 8:2. She is one of several women following Jesus. Luke specifically mentions that Mary had previously been delivered from demonic possession. Whatever her life looked like before she met Jesus, it wasn't good! Because of this association with being a repentant sinner, Mary Magdalene has been associated with other similar stories in the Gospel, such as the woman caught in adultery or the woman who bathes Jesus' feet with her tears.

Mary Magdalene shows up again by name at the end of the Gospels, when she stands with the Blessed Virgin Mary at the foot of the Cross. Mary is also present in the garden of the resurrection. She is one of the woman who goes to bring spices to Jesus' tomb, where they find the stone rolled away. Mary stays in the garden weeping, believing his body has been stolen. Jesus approaches her and calls her by name, and she becomes the first witness to the resurrection! While many of the details of Mary Magdalene's life have been lost to time, she is an example of powerful conversion, deep faith, and intimate love for Christ.

Please Pray For: Gregory Swarbrick, Elena Vincenzi, Andrea Lyon (died this week), Vennero Altadonna, Makda Cerutti, Ross Bonanno, Bruna Orsetto, Claudio Tognini, Diane Pavetto, Marian La Rosa (annivs at this time), Attilio Candosin, Janice Day, Dec’d members Sartoresi & Vella families, Smiler Cerutti, Vittorio & Maria Cantoni, Carlo & Maria Magoni, Elliott Francis Mathiesen, Stephen Fortini, Salvatore Di Bella, Duilio De Zolt, Ross Contarino, Delia Manassero, Dec’d members Perticato family, Dec’d members Navoni family, Flaviano & Giovanna Antoniutti, Dec’d members Battistel, Maloney & Pallanza families, Giovanni Orsetto, Attilio Bertolini, Anita Libera, Baldo Fanti

Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord. Let perpetual light shine upon them.

May they rest in peace. Amen. May their souls

and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.

Counters This Week:

J Leonardi S Cosentino M & L Castles

Counters Next Week:

R Doherty P & A Costanzo D Carey

Altar Servers 27/28 July: Sat 6pm: Roman Grotelli Justin Roveglia

Sun 8.30am: Denae Condon Ruby McPherson

Sun 7pm: Luke Kinbacher

Children’s Liturgy Sat 27 July 6.00pm

Russell Andrews David Pelleri

Organists 27/28 July : Sat 6pm: P Harris/P Cavallaro/Video Sun 8.30am: M Vitale/Video Sun 7pm: L Di Bella/Video

Commentators & Prayer of the Faithful 27/28 July: Sat 6.00pm: Anne Kemp Sun 8.30am: Lorraine Pietrobon Sun 7.00pm: Rosalind Guerra

Readers 27/28 July:

Halifax: Santina Cross Ella Cross

Canossa: C/1 Mark Spina 2/3 Mari-V Wherry

Sat 6pm: 1 Josephine Di Bartolo 2 David Duffy

Sun 8.30am: 1 Lidia Marbelli 2 Marlies Maussen

Sun 7pm: 1 Jeanette Cockburn 2 Sarina Di Bella

Abergowrie: Nicole Nixon

Special Ministers 27/28 July: Halifax: Mary Cavaliere Santina Cross

Canossa: Volunteers Please

Sat 6pm: Mario Deambrogio Grace Di Bella

Rosemary Di Prima

Sun 8.30am: Madeliene D’Urso Carmel Fazio Viv Garrigon

Sun 7pm: Elvie Giandomenico Mary Girgenti

Volunteer Please

Abergowrie: Linda McClelland

May the Lord’s healing hand rest upon them

Please keep in your prayers: William Bosworth, Patrick Leonardi,

Bernie Viklund, Paul McLennan, Aley Kunnathumadappallil,

Jack Dumbleton.

Welcome to a new child of God: Liam Nathanial Drew

baptised this Sunday at St Patrick’s