BRISBANE ORATORY IN FORMATION

PARISH OF ANNERLEY EKIBINPARISH OF ANNERLEY EKIBINPARISH OF ANNERLEY EKIBIN Easter Sunday - Year A [OF] & [EF]

15th/16th April, 2017

Readings for next Sunday

22nd/23rd April, 2017

1st: Acts 2: 42-47

2nd: 1 Peter 1: 3-9

Gospel: John 20: 19-31

Parish Office

14 Ferndale Street, Annerley 4103

PO Box 3131, Tarragindi 4121.

Office Hours:- 9:00am - 1:00pm

Monday, Wednesday & Friday

Phone: 3848 1107

Fax: 3848 1855

Email: annek@bne.catholic.net.au

Web: www.annerleyekibinparish.com www.facebook.com/ annerleyekibinparish

www.twitter.com/AnnerleyEkibin

Parish Priest : Fr Andrew Wise

Parish Team

Ms Shirley Sadler (Parish Secretary) Mrs Kathy Ducker (Finance Officer)

Miss Ria McIntyre

Mrs Teresa Martin

(Assistant Sacramental Co-ordinators)

Mr Richard O’Neil:0427 484 679

† Mary Immaculate Church

616 Ipswich Road, Annerley

† St John Fisher Church

17 Messines Ridge Road, Tarragindi

† St Elizabeth’s Chapel

61 Effingham Street, Ekibin

St Elizabeth’s Primary School

Phone 3848 0828

Mary Immaculate Primary School

Phone 3848 8965

Our Lady’s Secondary College

Phone: 3848 7462

St John Fisher Hall

17 Messines Ridge Road, Tarragindi

Phone 3848 1107 (Office hours)

The Brisbane Oratory in Formation

Oratory House - 3392 9247

16 Ferndale Street, Annerley

http://brisbane-oratory.org/

Fr Adrian Sharp (Moderator)

Fr Andrew Wise

Fr Scot Armstrong

Br Shawn Murphy

Br Tyson King

Br Conor Power Br Matthew Buckley

Frassati (Young Men)

Dylan Shogren (0449 994 929)

Flores Teresianes (Young Women)

Elise Hewitt (0400 204 995)

Frassati Youth (High School age)

Abbie Powick (0477 055 778 ) frassatiyouthbrisbane@gmail.com

St Vincent de Paul Helpline

Phone: 3010 1096

Homeless Hotline: 1800 474 753

From the Parish Priest Dear Parishioners, Today we celebrate the great joy of our Lord’s resurrection from the dead in glorious victory over evil, sin and death. A victory Jesus wants to share with us forever. Through sharing His cross in faith, hope and love, we can come with Him through his resurrection to the Father’s eternal home above. Great is the mystery of our faith!

I would like to sincerely thank all those who have assisted in any way with our Holy Week ceremonies this year. A special thank you to our wonderful choirs and musicians, for the beautiful Easter flowers, and to our altar servers who under the leadership of Br Shawn have acquitted themselves with exemplary dedication, reverence and devotion in their service at the Altar during these holy days.

The Easter water will be blessed at the Easter Vigil. Please feel free to fill a small, suitably marked bottle with the blessed water anytime over the next couple of weeks.

Finally, I would like to take this opportunity, also on behalf of the whole Oratory community, to wish everyone a truly blessed and happy Easter in the company of family and friends. May the abundant graces and joy of the Risen Christ be yours now and always.

Our Easter Reflection below is about the place of the Resurrection as integral to our Christian faith. It is from Bishop Robert Barron, auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles and founder of Word on Fire Catholic Ministries.

Fr Andrew Wise The resurrection of Jesus from the dead is the be-all and the end-all of the Christian faith. If Jesus didn’t rise from the dead, all bishops, priests, and Christian ministers should go home and get honest jobs, and all the Christian faithful should leave their

churches immediately. As Paul himself put it: “If Jesus is not raised from the dead, our preaching is in vain and we are the most pitiable of men.”

It’s no good, of course, trying to explain the resurrection away or rationalize it as a myth, a symbol, or an inner subjective experience. None of that does justice to the novelty and sheer strangeness of the Biblical message.

It comes down finally to this: if Jesus was not raised from death, Christianity is a fraud and a joke; if he did rise from death, then Christianity is the fullness of God’s revelation, and Jesus must be the absolute centre of our lives. There is no third option. Zenit.org 27-03-2016

PARISH DATE CLAIMERS

Saturday 29th April/ Mary Immaculate Primary School Centenary Celebrations. Please contact the

Sunday 30th April school for details on 3848 8965 or go to https://www.trybooking.com/book/event?

eid=268305 to buy tickets for weekend events. Watch this Newsletter!

Monday 8th May Josephites Associates Meeting at 10:00am at Majellan House, Yeerongpilly. Please phone Jay on 3848 8923 or Claire on 3848 3998 for further information. Friday 19th May Elizabethan Social Club Devonshire Morning Tea and Bring & Take. Cost $7.00. Bookings: Joan on 3848 3251 or Philomena on 3349 2809. Saturday 20th May Baptism Preparation for Parents at 9:00am in the Music Room (under MI church). Please contact the Parish Office to book.

WE PRAY FOR: Those who are recently deceased: Peter THORNTHWAITE, Beverley HASSON, Noel TENNISON (Castlemaine, Victoria), Fr Dan MOORE (Ireland) Tiernan McCANN (Ireland), Mary BERRY, Helen O’NEILL, Margaret (Joan) DRUERY, Sean McCANN (Ireland), Mary Ann VAN DER WEIDE and Neil BETTS. Those who are sick: Luke ADENEY, Baby CHARLIE, Helen BAILEY, Ksenia BORODIN, Rex BOWEN, Joan BRAMMER, Peter BROPHY, John BROPHY, Shannon EMSLIE, Jane FARRELL, Tereza FERENC, Joan FLEW, Anne FRANETTOVICH, Gwen GAIR, Bronte GREER, Judy HARRIS, Marlene JOHNSTON, Brian McMAHON, Marie MITCHELL, Valerie & Kevin ORTON, Ron ROFE, Joan ROONEY, Rosa Maria SANTOS, Matt VASIL, Charlie WINTER, Josephine & Bill WRIGHT and Matthew ZEMEK.

All the faithful departed.

COLLECTIONS LAST WEEKEND: $2,176.05 ELECTRONIC CONTRIBUTIONS AVERAGE FOR WEEK: $2,077.40. Thank you from a grateful Parish.

Jeff Cavins exciting Timeline Bible Study continues at the Little King’s Movement for the Disabled, 31/33 O’Keefe Street, Wooloongabba. Bible Study begins after prayers in the Chapel: 7 pm for 7:15 start. For more details phone Mystical Rose Praesidium 0473 208 086

THE ORATORY WINTER BALL, Saturday 22 July 2017, 6:30pm, Portside Wharf, Hamilton. Please see notice below. Early-bird ticket prices close at the end of this month, so don’t miss out. More information from Father Adrian, 0427 109 054, sharpa@bne.catholic.net.au

DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY 2017 AT THE

BRISBANE ORATORY: 23rd APRIL

Holy Hour, including confessions, commences at 3:00pm

with the Chaplet of Mercy at Mary Immaculate church on

Divine Mercy Sunday, with Benediction at 3:45pm.

Vespers [EF] follows at 4:00pm for those who wish to stay.

EASTER

OFFERINGS

Easter offerings

may be given on

the collection plate at Mass

anytime over the next few

weekends. Thank you for your

generosity to our Parish and the

Brisbane Oratory in Formation.

Parish Diary & Mass Times: 17th - 23rd April

Monday 17th April

6:00am Mass [OF+] SE

7:00pm Mass [EF] MI Tuesday 18th April

6:00am Mass [OF+] SE

7:00am Mass [EF] MI

9:00am Mass [OF+] MI

Wednesday 19th April

6:30am Mass [OF] SJF

9:00am Mass [EF] MI

Thursday 20th April 6:00am Mass [OF+] SE 7:00am Mass [OF+] MI 9:00am Mass [EF] MI Friday 21st April

6:30am Mass [OF] SE

9:00am Mass [EF] MI

7:30pm Holy Hour MI

Saturday 22nd April 8:15am Mass [EF] MI Second Sunday of Easter

5:30pm Vigil [OF+] MI

5:30pm Vigil [OF] SJF

Sunday 23rd April 7:30am Mass [OF] MI 8:30am Mass [OF] SJF 9:00am Mass [EF] MI 5:00pm Mass [OF+] MI OF = Ordinary Form | OF+ = Ad orientem | EF = Extraordinary Form]

MI = Mary Immaculate SE = St Elizabeth’s SJF = St John Fisher

CONFESSION TIMES: Mon 6:45pm (MI) Wed 9:40am - 10:00am (MI) Thu 9:40am - 10:00am (MI Fri 9:40am - 10:00am (MI) Fri 7:30pm - 8:30pm (During Holy Hour) Sat 7:15am - 8:00am (MI) Sat 4:45pm - 5:15pm (MI) Sat 5:15pm by request (SJF) Sun During 9:00am Mass where possible (MI) The Angelus and the Rosary are prayed half an hour before the early Masses, Monday to Friday, at SE & SJF.

All night Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament takes place each Thursday at St Elizabeth’s Chapel beginning at 6:00pm and ending at 6:45am on Fridays.

Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament takes place on Saturdays from 7:15am - 8:00am at Mary Immaculate Church.

Rosters for next week

MASS INTENTIONS Holy Saturday, 15th April, 5:30pm Easter Vigil at MI (AS): For the Oratory and the Parish community 5:30pm Easter Vigil at MI (AW): For the People of the Parish: Pro populo Easter Sunday, 16th April, 7:30am Mass at MI: For a Special Intention 8:30am Mass at SJF: For the repose of the soul of Cecil Shorthouse, anniversary 9:00am Mass at MI: For the Benefactors of the Brisbane Oratory in Formation, living and deceased Monday, 17th April, 6:00am Mass at SE: For the Pope and the Bishops Tuesday, 18th April, 6:00am Mass at SE: For a Special Intention 9:00am Mass at MI: For the Special Intentions of the Brisbane Oratory Seminarians

St Gregory’s Latin Mass Community: Easter Sunday: Wilston 7:30am

Wednesday, 19th April, 6:30am Mass at SJF: For the Intentions of the Donor 9:00am Mass at MI: For a Special Intention Thursday, 20th April, 6:00am Mass at SE: For the Repose of the Soul of Noah William Timothy Roe, recently deceased 9:00am Mass at MI: For Shannon Emslie, for healing from ill health Friday, 21st April, 6:30am Mass at SE: For the Repose of the Soul of Beverley Hasson, recently deceased Saturday, 22nd April, Private: For the Repose of the Souls of Francis and Anne Nguyen, anniversaries 8:15am Mass at MI: For the Holy Spirit to guide new members to join the Oratory choirs 5:30pm Vigil at SJF: For the spiritual blessing of all Brisbane Oratory altar servers Sunday, 23rd April, 7:30am Mass at MI: For Merry Mathew, Birthday 8:30am Mass at SJF: For the People of the Parish: Pro populo 9:00am Mass at MI: For a Special Intention

PLEASE NOTE:

Weekday Mass omitted for this week:

No Masses have been omitted for this week

The Parish Statue of Our Lady has been circulating within the Parish in recent months. If you would like the Statue in your home for one or two weeks, please contact the Mystical Rose Legion of Mary Praesidium on 0412 938 596.

PLEASE ALSO PRAY FOR OUR

BRISBANE ARCHDIOCESE

SEMINARIANS The 2017 Prayer Calendar for our

Seminarians and Priests remains

available in both churches and

St Elizabeth’s Chapel.

Pick up your copy today.

Rosters for next week

MINISTERS OF THE WORD

Sat (SJF) 5:30pm Kevin Rowen, Barbara Nicolaides

Sun (MI) 7.30am Judy Harris, Marie Melski

Sun (SJF) 8:30am Vince Kartelo

Sun (MI) 5.00pm John Butterworth

EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS OF HOLY COMMUNION

Sat (SJF) 5:30pm: Bert Jacobs, John Lesina, Prem Nair, Kevin Rowen, Valmai Winter

Sun (MI) 7:30am: Bertha Clark, Joan Coghlan, Paul Coghlan, Ester Evangelista, Charles Grugan, Kathleen Grugan

Sun (SJF) 8:30am: Peter Menagh

Sun (MI) 5:00pm: Liam Herbert (also available as a reserve.

Please phone 0417 727 480)

COUNTERS

Tuesday, 18th April, 2017

Pat Brophy, Bernie O’Hara

CHURCH CARE

Sacristy (SEC) Maria Monro

Sanctuary & Sacristy (MI) Mabel Saah

Laundry (MI) Mabel Saah

Easter Sunday - Year A: 15th/16th April, 2017

MASS READINGS

First Reading: Acts 10:34.37-43

Peter addressed Cornelius and his household: You must have heard about the recent happenings in Judaea; about Jesus of Nazareth and how he began in Galilee, after John had been preaching baptism. God had anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with power, and because God was with him, Jesus went about doing good and curing all who had fallen into the power of the devil. Now I, and those with me, can witness to everything he did throughout the countryside of Judaea and in Jerusalem itself: and also to the fact that they killed him by hanging him on a tree, yet three days afterwards God raised him to life and allowed him to be seen, not by the whole people but only by certain witnesses God had chosen beforehand. Now we are those witnesses - we have eaten and drunk with him after his resurrection from the dead - and he has ordered us to proclaim this to his people and to tell them that God has appointed him to judge everyone, alive or dead. It is to him that all the prophets bear this witness: that all who believe in Jesus will have their sins forgiven through his name.'

The Word of the Lord

Response: Thanks be to God

Responsorial Psalm 117

(Said by all)

Give thanks to the Lord for he is good, For his love has no end. Let the sons of Israel say: ‘His love has no end.’

The Lord’s right hand has triumphed; His right hand raised me up. I shall not die, I shall live And recount his deeds.

The stone which the builders rejected Has become the corner stone. This is the work of the Lord, A marvel in our eyes.

Second Reading: Colossians 3:1-4 Since you have been brought back to true life with Christ, you must look for the things that are in heaven, where Christ is, sitting at God's right hand. Let your thoughts be on heavenly things, not on the things that are on the earth, because you have died, and now the life you have is hidden with Christ in God. But when Christ is revealed - and he is your life - you too will be revealed in all your glory with him.

The Word of the Lord

Response: Thanks be to God

Gospel Acclamation:

Alleluia, alleluia! Christ ahs become our paschal sacrifice; let us feast with joy in the Lord. Alleluia!

Gospel: John 20:1-9

It was very early on the first day of the week and still dark, when Mary of Magdala came to the tomb. She saw that the stone had been moved away from the tomb and came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved. 'They have taken the Lord out of the tomb' she said 'and we don't know where they have put him.' So Peter set out with the other disciple to go to the tomb. They ran together, but the other disciple, running faster than Peter, reached the tomb first; he bent down and saw the linen cloths lying on the ground, but did not go in. Simon Peter who was following now came up, went right into the tomb, saw the linen cloths on the ground, and also the cloth that had been over his head; this was not with the linen cloths but rolled up in a place by itself. Then the other disciple who had reached the tomb first also went in; he saw and he believed. Till this moment they had failed to understand the teaching of scripture, that he must rise from the dead.

Memorial Acclamation: Number One:

We proclaim your Death, O Lord, and profess your Resurrection until you come again.

ARE YOU A NEW PARISHIONER?

OR ARE YOU FROM ELSEWHERE IN BRISBANE BUT

REGULARLY ATTEND MASS HERE AND WOULD LIKE

TO BE REGISTERED AS A FRIEND OF THE BRISBANE

ORATORY? If so, please fill in the form below and place it

on the collection plate or mail to our Parish Office:

P.O. Box 3131, Tarragindi. 4121.

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Project Compassion 2017: Please return your

Project Compassion envelopes and boxes to the collection

plate at your earliest convenience.

C a r i t a s Au s t ra l i a n e e d s y o u r

Project Compassion Lenten donations to

help support our most vulnerable

neighbours and help them build a better

future for our common home. Thank you for your generosity.