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St Bernard’s Church 4 Klumpp Rd., U.M.G.
St Martin’s Church Cnr Logan & Chester Rds
Eight Mile Plns, Bne.
St Catherine’s Church 388 Newnham Rd., Wishart.
PARISH PRIEST Fr Patrick Molony
ASSOCIATE PASTOR Fr Stephen Kumyangi
PASTORAL ASSOCIATE Trish Stapleton [email protected]
PASTORAL MINISTERS LOCAL SAFEGUARDING REP. E: [email protected]
YOUTH & YOUNG ADULTS Pauline Thomas E: yaya.umg @bne.catholic.net.au
PARISH MANAGER Debbie James E: [email protected]
PARISH OFFICE Michelle Baldi Lorraine Neagle Phone: (07) 3849 7158 Emergency: 3830 5178 Fax: (07) 3849 8742 E: [email protected]
Website:http://umgwcatholic.org.au/ F: Like us: http://www facebook.com/umgwparish
DEANERY www.parishes.bne.catholic.
net.au/south/index.html
ST VINCENT DE PAUL Welfare: 1800 846 643
ST BERNARD’S SCHOOL 1823 Logan Rd., U M G Phone: 3849 4800
ST CATHERINE’S SCHOOL 388 Newnham Rd., Wishart Phone: 3349 7188
CLAIRVAUX MACKILLOP COLLEGE
24 Klumpp Rd., U M G Phone: 3347 9200
NEWSLETTER 10/11 August 2019
19th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME C READINGS: Wis 18:6-9; Heb 11:1-2, 8-19
Upper Mt Gravatt Wishart Parish
Guided by the Holy Spirit, we aim to be an evangelising, faith-filled parish whose members care for one another and are welcoming and inclusive.
Adapted © Liturgyhelp: Greg Sunter
‘Lord, do you mean this parable for us, or for everyone?’ This week’s gospel passage carries with it the expectation of the late 1st Century as the early Christians awaited the triumphant return of the Christ (sometimes called the Second Coming or the Parousia). This is a familiar theme through the gospels and, in fact, across the gospels we can see that the communities were beginning to face the realisation that the promised return was taking longer than they had expected. In the gospel of Mark, it is clear that
the community expects the Parousia at any moment, while by the time of the writing of the gospel of Luke, 10 or 15 years later, we can see that the language has taken on an aspect of uncertainty about the timing – it could be sooner or it could be later (‘It may be in the second watch he comes, or in the third…’).
The Greek word parousia means ‘presence’ or ‘arrival’. In ancient times the word was usually associated with the formal visit of a king or a ruler. The parousia of a king was a significant and sometimes formidable event. In the writings of the New Testament, the word is used for the return of Christ, the drawing to a close of salvation history and the full establishment of the kingdom of God. The earliest Christians expected to see the Parousia in their own lifetimes. The realisation that this was not to be the case led to a rethinking about living a Christian life.
Peter asks Jesus very specifically, ‘Lord, do you mean this parable for us, or for everyone?’ Frustratingly for Peter (and for the audience), Jesus doesn’t give the direct question a direct answer, he answers the question with another story. Throughout the gospels, this is a constant tactic used by Jesus. He almost never gives a question a straightforward answer. By doing this, he invites the questioner to reflect on their own question and their purpose in asking it in the first place. He also cleverly avoids being tied down to a yes/no answer when a matter is not that simple.
Jesus responds to Peter’s questioning the gospel in a roundabout way by speaking about a steward acting either faithfully and with wisdom or alternatively irresponsibly and recklessly. A steward is one who stands in the place of the master during the master’s absence – taking on the duties, responsibilities and authority of the master. That’s exactly what Christian people are called to do: become stewards who act in the place of Jesus as we await his return. As the prayer of St Teresa of Avila says, Christ has no body now on earth but yours.
Our parish of
Upper Mt Gravatt
Wishart
contributed to
these ideas.
We can contribute
to the ongoing
discussion through
discernment and
prayer.
May the Holy Spirit
guide and direct us
every step of the
way.
The future of our
church depends on
it.
Can you see your ideas in this snapshot? For more info go to:
https://plenarycouncil.catholic.org.au/themes/about-the-themes/
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Upper Mt Gravatt Wishart Parish
Come and See!
What has Jesus got to do
with it?
Monday 12 August,
7.00pm in St Bernard’s
Community Centre, 4 Klumpp Rd,
Upper Mt Gravatt.
You are invited to come and see what
the Catholic Faith has to offer you.
Maybe you just want to know more?
How? When? Where? Why? Who?
What? Bring a friend!
Register your name by calling the
Parish office or just turn up.
Multicultural
Sunday
We will celebrate who we
are, and where come from, at all
Masses NEXT WEEKEND 17/18
August. Please come in your national
dress and prepare to say the Our
Father in your own language. If you
are a Reader and can read in a
language other than english, please
contact mass coordinators or the
parish office asap.
The following week all are invited to
the Archdiocesan Multicultural
Mass on Sunday 25 August,
2.30pm, at the Cathedral of St
Stephen.
Music Ministers
Do you play keyboard, piano,
or organ? Are you willing to
share your talents with the
community? Not sure what to do? You
will be given liturgical support and
won’t be thrown in at the deep end.
Call the parish office if you would like
to find out more about the music
ministry.
One God Many
Voices
Abrahamic Faiths Concert,
Thursday 29 August, 7pm for 7.30
pm, Griffith Uni, Nathan
Campus (Bldg N35), Centre
for Interfaith and Cultural
Dialogue. Annual evening of Jewish,
Christian & Muslim Sacred Voices and
Music, Free entry. All welcome.
RSVP 20/8/19 to 3735 7052 or E:
READERS ROSTER - 17/18 August 2019
St Bernard’s: Denis Fitzpatrick, Amanda Fitzpatrick, Linda Goh; Jim McDougall, Pauline Huxley, Greg Marshall; Dick Allen, Shelley Allen, Anne George; Cheryl Mirhan, Josh Planas, Dinah Planas. St Martin’s: Diane Broe, Carol Fuhrmeister, Kathlyn McCarthy. St Catherine’s: Celine George, Mary Cusack, Darryl Petersen.
The Assumption of the
Blessed Virgin Mary Holy Day of Obligation
Wed 14th August: 6.00 pm Vigil Mass St Catherine’s Thursday 15th August: Solemnity Mass 7.00 am St Bernard’s Solemnity Mass 9.30 am St Martin’s
All Saints Arts
Conference!
Saturday 31st August 2019
8.50 am - 3.30 pm
$70 per person/$60 Early Bird; Lunch Optional $16.50 pp
Book http://www.trybooking.com/BEEWS
Pray, Sing, Play:
a Workshop for
Cantors and
Musician
accompanists
All who Cantor, individuals or
small groups, or accompanists are asked
to attend a workshop on Saturday 14th
September at 9.00 am -10.30 am in St
Catherine’s Church.
Brisbane Assembly
2019
Through a process of ‘Listening &
Discernment’ let us continue the Plenary
journey with the Archdiocese of Brisbane
and help develop the agenda for the
Plenary Council in 2020. You are invited:
4-5 October, Edmund Performing Arts
Complex, St Laurence’s College South
Brisbane.
Registration is now open. Adults $50;
Concession $35. For more information
visit www.archbne.org/brisbaneassembly.
Trish is happy to answer any questions
you may have.
Come seek his
face!
The Acts of the Apostles ALL are welcome!
7.00pm This Tuesday 13 August
RSVP Pauline 0417 708 549 or just turn up.
VOLUNTEER
REQUIRED
We are urgently seeking a
volunteer who can temporarily
provide transport for two
parishioners to the 9.30am
mass at St Bernard’s Church.
The period is for the Sundays
of 1 September to 6 October
inclusive. If you would like to
help, but are not currently
registered as a volunteer in
this parish, could you please
contact the parish office asap
to complete the relevant pa-
perwork. Phone 3849 7158 or
E:
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Upper Mt Gravatt Wishart Parish
20th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME/C 18 August 2019
READINGS: Jer 38:4-6. 8-10 Heb 12:1-4 GOSPEL: Lk 12:49-53
WE PRAY FOR THOSE WHO HAVE DIED Especially Agatha Waniganayake, Fr Peter Schultz, Benvenuta Fanara, who have died recently. Also Giusep-pina Brunetti, Carlo Iocco, Neville Lilly, Gus Sim, Brian Lawton, Rita Galea, Simon Tinh, Laura Sim, Ngo-Kha, Charles & Scott Sullivan, Tony Fernandes, Lily & Bernard D’Souza, Alex Tosh, Claude Stevenson, Fr
Kevin Aspinall, Peter Quinn, Bryan
Harvey, Warren Gould, Helen Gilbert, William Simpson Snr., Daniel Dwyer, Dr Hilary & Cleta Desouza, Gert Cramb, Ena Carson, Terry Campbell, Nicholas Vallianos, Don Blundell, Pauline Fenton, Trevor Hawkins, Dennis Webb, Beryl Timms, Eileen Armstrong, Vic Paull, whom we re-member.
CRAFT STALL 17 & 18 August after mass, St Catherine’s Church, Wishart. Come and browse the lovely items made by our members. Purchase gifts for relatives, friends and your-self. Profits to SVdP Wishart & UMG, and Rosies support of the homeless.
BOWEN HILLS PARISH - EKKA PARKING SPECIAL Cheap parking for Ekka (10 minute walk), Our Lady of Victories Parish. Entry via 29 Cintra Road, Bowen Hills. Enquiries/bookings, please email your preferred date, name, mobile and rego to: [email protected] Book now! Limited spaces available. $20 per day (direct deposits only - by noon day after booking). Entry from 8:30am, exit by 10pm. Available dates: Monday 12 August—Thursday 15 August inclusive.
DIVINE MERCY HEALING NOVENA A Novena to the Divine Mercy continues every Friday at St Bernard’s church after 8am Mass, ending 11 October. All welcome. Jesus said to St Faustina, ‘By this Novena (of Chaplets) I will grant every possible grace to souls’. (Diary 796).
SENIORS BUS TRIPS Ipswich Railway Workshops
Museum Wednesday 28 August 2019
Trip departs St Catherine’s 8am Enjoy morning tea and a stroll through the Japanese Garden at Queens Park in Ipswich, followed by a tour of the Railway Museum. The Workshops are long established in North Ipswich. Lunch in the Strand Hotel North Ipswich. Bookings & enquiries: Ros & Arthur Phone: 3349 9218 E: [email protected]
Schulte’s Paddock to Plate Experience
Thursday 5 September 2019 Trip departs St Bernard’s 8.30am Schulte’s Meat Tavern and delicates-sen in the beautiful Lockyer Valley offers an extensive range of meats, gluten free smallgoods, mettwurst, local and imported cheeses and local continental dry goods. Plus more goodies. Then on to Laidley to have lunch at the National Hotel. Bookings & enquiries: Sue Moriarty Phone: 3349 8198 or 0488 498 198.
CATHOLIC LEADER Brisbane Eritrean Catholic family
finds peace in multicultural Aus-
tralia;
Parramatta Bishop Vincent Long
shares his views on migration at a three-day national conference in
Brisbane;
Panellists at the 7th
Annual Aus-
tralian Catholic University Solidar-ity Dinner discuss the path of soli-darity and a hope-filled future for
Indigenous Australians.
POSITION VACANT Our Lady of Graces Parish invites applications for the part time position of Parish Secretary, 30 hours per week. The successful applicant will demonstrate a willingness to work within the Mission and Vision of the Catholic Church. Specific responsibili-ties include: day-to-day running of the parish office, reception & general of-fice duties, routine financial duties, weekly newsletter, liturgical booklets, data entry, routine correspondence, maintain parish registers, diary man-agement, photocopying and filing. For additional information and a posi-tion description contact James Herd on 3324 3331 or email [email protected]. To apply, please email your current resume and a covering letter to James Herd, [email protected]. Applications close 28 August 2019.
FIELDS OF COMPASSION An August Spirituality workshop spon-sored by The Grail in Australia. Based on the writings of Judy Cannato and others. See noticeboards for further information. Facilitator: Elizabeth Lee. Sunday 18 August, 9.30am - 3pm. Venue: Freda Bage Room, The Women’s College, College Road, Qld University, St Lucia. Morning & afternoon tea provided. BYO lunch. Come for the whole day or just till lunch. Easy public transport access. Suggested contribution: $25. Contact [email protected] (0422 953 228) or [email protected] (0407 738 582).
SCALLYWAGS OPEN DAY We are turning 25! Open day Satur-day 17 August, 1–5pm. 53 Klumpp Road, UMG. BBQ with proceeds to Logan Underwood Lions Club. Face painting, cakes, raffles, art, coffee van. Plenty of kids activities including free footy workshops for 3-5 year olds with Mt Gravatt Hawks, Physi Kids, and Happy Feet Fitness. All welcome!
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MASS TIMES 12-18 August 2019
Monday, 12 August 2019: 9.15 am St Catherine’s
Tuesday, 13 August 2019: 9.15 am St Bernard’s
Wednesday 14 August 2019: 7.00 am St Catherine’s Assumption vigil: 6.00 pm St Catherine’s
Thursday 15 August 2019: Holy Day of Obligation The Assumption: 7.00 am St Bernard’s 9.30 am St Martin’s
Friday 16 August 2019: 8.00 am St Bernard’s 9.30 am St Martin’s
Saturday 17 August 2019: [19th Sun Ord Yr C] 5.00 pm Sunday Vigil St Bernard’s 6.15 pm Sunday Vigil St Catherine’s
Sunday 18 August 2019: [20th Sun Ord Yr C] 7.00 am St Bernard’s 8.00 am St Martin’s 8.30 am St Catherine’s 9.30 am St Bernard’s 6.15 pm St Bernard’s
RECONCILIATION St Bernard’s - Saturday 4.15 pm
THIS WEEK Mon. 12 August 2019
HeartFIT - 11.30 am, Aspinall Ctre RCIA Enquiry - 7 pm, St B’s Comm Centre
Tues. 13 August 2019 Craft Group - 10 am, St B’s Comm Centre Acts of the Apostles - 7 pm, St B’s Comm Centre
Wed. 14 August 2019 Public Holiday - Office closed. SVdP Meet- 5pm, Aspinall Room 1 NO Beside Restful Waters
Thurs. 15 August 2019 Play Group - 9.15 am, St B’s Comm Centre.
Friday 16 August 2019 Play Group - 9.30 am, Fr Rosenskjar Hall HeartFIT - 10 am, Aspinall Centre YAYA - 7 pm, Aspinall Centre
All Music is used with permission and reported weekly to
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Upper Mt Gravatt Wishart Parish
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ENTRANCE PROCESSION: Mercy From the Heart of God Text Monica O’Brien & Music: Gina Ogilvey ©2015, Willow Publishing Australia
1. God of mercy and compassion 2. Let forgiveness be our passion Draw us deeply to your heart, Reaching out with hands of peace Lead us to a place of healing, Turning from the chains that bind us
where we’ll never be apart. Finding freedom and release. Ref.
Refrain: Mercy, ever flowing, freely given. 3. May our mission be of mercy Mercy, Welcome all without reserve mercy from the heart of God. As one heart we stand for justice Mercy from the heart of God. With compassion called to serve.
Ref.
RESPONSORIAL PSALM: Psalm 32
Music © 1995, Colin Smith, Revised 2016 Willow Publishing Pty. Ltd. Text: Excerpts from the English translation of Psalm responses from lectionary for Mass © 1997.
Response: Happy the people the Lord has chosen to be his own.
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION: Text: Excerpts from the English Translation of The
Roman Missal © 2010 ICEL. Music: Mason, Paul © 2004 Willow Pub.
Alleluia, alleluia! Alleluia, alleluia!
Be watchful and ready: You know not when,
you know not when the Son of Man is coming, alleluia!
Alleluia, alleluia! Alleluia, alleluia!
COMMUNION: Bread Broken, Wine Shared Text & Music: Robyn Horner © 1994, Willow Connection, Aus. ONE LICENSE #A-641326
Refrain: Bread broken, wine shared; Jesus here, taking our lives, Opening our hearts, Making us whole, Setting our loving free.
1. Take all our dreams, all that we are, All we could ever be. Lord of all life, we want to be yours,
We take bread and eat. Refrain
2. Open our minds, open our hearts Let love set us free within. Lord of all life, we want to be yours,
We pour wine and drink. Refrain
3. Make us alive, filled with your hope, living what’s really true. Lord of all life, we want to be yours,
We know this is you. Refrain
SONG OF PRAISE: In The Lord, I’ll Be Ever Thankful Text & Music: Jacques Berthier, © Ateliers et Presses de Taizé.
In the Lord, I’ll be ever thankful, In the Lord I will rejoice! Look to God, do not be afraid, Lift up your voices, the Lord is near.
Lift up your voices, the Lord is near. Repeat Mantra x 3
RECESSION: We Walk By Faith Text & Music: Marty Haugen, © 1984 GIA Publications.
1. We walk by faith, and not by sight: no gracious words we hear
Of him who spoke as none e’er spoke: but we believe him near.
3. Help then, O Lord, our unbelief, and may our faith abound;
to call on you when you are near, and seek where you are found:
4. That when our life of faith is done in realms of clearer light we may behold you as you are, in full and endless sight. Repeat 1
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