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First Sunday of Lent (Year A) - 5 th March 2017
PA R I S H N E W S L E T T E R N o o s a D i s t r i c t C a t h o l i c P a r i s h
is a Par ish of the Cathol ic Archdiocese o f Br isbane and incorporates the Communi t ies of :
Sacred Heart 63 Maple Street, Cooroy, St Patrick 1 Church Street, Pomona, St Thomas More Ben Lexcen Drive, Sunshine Beach,
Our Lady of Perpetual Succour 5 Moorindil Street, Tewantin.
Parish Pastoral and Administrative Offices:
Office Hours: 8am - 12 noon & 1pm - 4pm Monday - Friday
Address: 5 Moorindil Street, Tewantin Postal Address: PO Box 111, Tewantin 4565
Phone: 5447 1188 Fax: 5442 4517 Mass Times line: 5442 4518
PARISH EMERGENCY NUMBER: 0438 705 447 Parish Email: [email protected]
Archdiocesan website: www.brisbanecatholic.org.au
Facebook: www.facebook.com/noosacatholic
Archbishop’s Lenten Pastoral Message
LEARNING TO LAMENT Dear brothers and sisters,
On Ash Wednesday we heard the prophet’s words: “Come back to me with all your heart,
fasting, weeping, mourning” (Joel 2:12) – words which echo one of the key themes of Scripture,
the theme of lament. Ancient Israel had to make sense of the blood, sweat and tears that so often
marked their history; they had to learn to lament. So too do we personally and the Church as a whole. In a sense
the Church is always in crisis, always under judgement – not only the judgement of the tribunals of this world but
the judgement of God. That’s why we need to learn anew the art of lamentation which the Bible wants to teach us –
especially perhaps in these days of Lent. That’s part of what it means to come back to God with all our heart.
For the Bible, lament is firstly a refusal of silence before God – at a time when silence may seem the only
possible response. Lament gathers up the most powerful emotions – rage, shame, sorrow, depression, frustration,
bewilderment, all of which can be part of our response to whatever crisis we may face. What are we to do with all
the negativity? The Bible says: Acknowledge it, give it a voice and let that voice be heard by God. It says that,
even in a time of crisis, a time of break-down, we approach a God who is personal, accessible and attentive to our
cry. This isn’t a God who is absent or who looks the other way but a God who is present and wants us to speak,
even in the most negative ways. God wants our rage, our shame, our sorrow and so on; so we submit them all to
him – not for his sake but for ours.
God also wants to hear our most anguishing spiritual and theological questions, which at times we hardly
dare formulate. Where is God in the midst of the mess? Is there a future to hope in? Is there healing for wounds
that seem incurable? Has the Church lost touch with the real Jesus? Does love really have the last word? Are
justice and peace a mirage? These and many others are the questions God wants us to acknowledge, the questions
God wants to hear, especially through the Lenten season. Putting them to God is part of what it means to come
back to him with all our heart.
But that’s not the end of the story. Biblical faith goes further, because lament leads to petition. The God
who listens to our cry wants us to ask him for what we most need. We submit our need to a God who we believe
won’t be indifferent, a God who will respond and who wants us to work with him to build the future. Lament is a
dialogue between God and us that, step by step, grows more intense; without that dialogue there is no future of the
kind Scripture promises and we desire.
As we let go of our rage, our shame, our sorrow, entrusting them to God, the first glimmerings of real hope
appear. Another future becomes imaginable, and biblical lament always looks to the future, as the Church must do
at this time. We may not be able to sing the praises of God in a time of crisis, be it personal or communal, but
lament always contains the promise that praise will come again. Lament believes that even from a crisis with all its
negativity the time will come, by God’s grace and our hard work, when weeping and mourning will finally cease,
and we – all of us – will be able to say with the Song of Songs, “the winter is past, the rain is over and gone, flowers
appear on the earth and the time for singing has come” (2:11-12). So may it be as we move through the desert of
Lent towards the garden of Easter.
+ Mark Coleridge
Lent 2017
PLEASE PRAY FOR THE SICK: Heavenly Father, we ask your blessing upon Kenneth Choyce, Glyn
Woodward, Jim Rodgers, Brian McIvor, Frank O’Neill, Jan Penny, Jean McMillan, Josie Mason, Kay
Middleton, Elise Whiley, Ken Kipping, Barbara Channon, Renoo Pinnell, Pat Hayes, Ken Smith,
Ignacia Dela Cruz, Tina Tañedo, Kate Colham, Amanda Murray-Salter, Chris Leach, Jack Frey, Dean
Shurte, Corey Henry, Lucinda Summers, George and Nola Horrigan, Helen Thompson, Kay McIntyre,
Elisabeth Bell, David Barson, Joyce McIvor, Christina Hendrikson, Kevin and Betty McKeown, John
Ian Hall, Thelma Conway, Jasmine Lamb, Monica Carroll, Gab Carter, Claire Taylor, Ingrid Valk, Bob
Burgess, Trish Goossens, Des Manning, Max Shearer, Kath Colbran, Maria Kolesaric and all the sick
of the Parish.
DECEASED: Remember in your prayers Paul McEwan, Josie Thompson, Denis Dack and Gaye Greer,
who died recently and Elizabeth McCourt, Jim Tracy and Denise Townley-Jones whose anniversaries
occur at this time.
Counting Roster: This Week: J Smith, T Cuskelly, P Smith, Bill Miller.
Next Week: M McEwan, J Harrison, A Stead, F Harrison.
WEEKLY DIARY
Monday 6th March Monday of the 1st week of Lent
Parish Office hours 8am - Noon and 1pm - 4pm
8.30am MASS, OLPS, Tewantin
9.00am Holy Hour for Vocations, OLPS
10.30am Ozcare Communion Service
3.30pm Baptism Prep Mtg, Parish Office,
Tewantin
Tuesday 7th March Tuesday of the 1st week of Lent
Parish Office hours 8am - Noon and 1pm - 4pm
8.00am Rosary, Cooroy
8.30am MASS, Cooroy and Morning Tea
9.00am Confessions, Cooroy
9.00am Lenten Group after 8.30am Mass,
Cooroy
10am Lenten Group, Tewantin Church
Wednesday 8th March Wednesday of the 1st week of Lent
Parish Office hours 8am - Noon and 1pm - 4pm
9.30am Carramar Comm Service
10.00am Year 5 Penance Service, STM
10.30am Meditation, OLPS
5.30pm MASS at St Patrick’s
7.00pm RCIA Meeting, Parish Office,
Tewantin
Thursday 9th March Thursday of the 1st week of Lent
Parish Office hours 8am - Noon and 1pm - 4pm
8.00am Rosary, OLPS, Tewantin
8.30am MASS, OLPS, Tewantin
9.00am Confessions, OLPS
9.00am Divine Mercy, OLPS
6.00pm Alpha Deanery Workshop, Parish
Hall Tewantin
Friday 10th March Friday of the 1st week of Lent
Parish Office hours 8am - Noon and 1pm - 4pm
8.00am Stations of the Cross, OLPS
8.30am MASS at OLPS, Tewantin
9.00am Novena, OLPS, Tewantin
9.30am Noosa Res Care Comm Service
and Anointing
9.30am STCC Inaugural Mass for 2017,
STCC
1.30pm Lenten Group, Cooroy
3.00pm Wedding, OLPS
Saturday 11th March Saturday of the 1st week of Lent
Confessions 4.30pm - 4.50pm, Tewantin
5.00pm Vigil Mass, Tewantin
Confessions 5.00pm - 5.20pm, Cooroy
5.30pm Vigil Mass, Cooroy
Sunday 12th March 2nd Sunday of Lent
7.00am Mass, Tewantin
Confessions 7.30am - 7.45am Pomona
8.00am Mass, Pomona Morning tea after 8am Mass, Pomona
Lenten Group meeting after Morning Tea, Mtg Rm
8.30am Mass, Sunshine Beach
Confessions after 8.30am Mass STM
Morning Tea, STM
9.45am Baptism, STM
10.00am Mass, Tewantin
11.15am Baptism, OLPS
5.30pm Mass, Sunshine Beach
Rite of
Christian
Baptism
We welcome into our faith community
Sophie Boz who receives the Sacrament of Baptism at Sunshine Beach Church
and Emily Grace McFarland who receives the Sacrament of Baptism
at Tewantin Church this weekend.
May the spirit of god always live in their life.
Roster Availability - April/May 2017
Please advise the Parish Office if you are unavailable for the Mass Rosters and/or other rosters for the months of April/May 2017.
Please contact us by phone 5447 1188 or email [email protected] by 17th March 2017. Thank you.
Rite of
Christian
Funeral
Pray for the Soul of Paul McEwan, whose Funeral Service
was held on 2nd March, Josie Thompson, whose Funeral Mass was held on 3rd March and David Glassock, whose Funeral Service was held on 4th March.
May they rest in peace.
IMPORTANT NOTICE
VOLUNTEER PARISH SAFEGUARDING TRAINING
St Joseph’s Parish, Nambour will be hosting a Combined Safeguarding
Training Program for both Face-to-Face Initial and Refresher
Training Session, facilitated by Troy Tornabene, on Saturday 25th
March, at 9:30am in the Ryan Room (adjacent to parish office).
It is a mandatory requirement for all parish volunteers and staff to undertake
Safeguarding Training. All volunteers in all Ministries and existing volunteers, who
minister to children/vulnerable adults, and those who hold coordinator positions are
required to complete this combined training session, the initial training will commence an
hour earlier than the refresher group:
Initial Safeguarding Training Session 10am-1pm
Refresher Training Session 11am-1pm
Participants to arrive 10 mins prior to session commencing.
Please note the refresher group are those who attended the initial training session in 2014.
If you have never attended a training session you will be required from the 10am start. The
Parish Office has a list of those who attended the initial training session.
This training covers areas such as: harm and abuse; grooming; safeguarding practices
within the parish to protect both adults and children. It also explains the process of
managing concerns, suspicions; allegations and disclosures of harm. I thank the Nambour
Parish for extending the invitation to our parish volunteers. Noosa Parish will be
organizing training sessions later this year but I encourage you to take advantage of this
opportunity to meet your obligations as a volunteer. Please notify the Noosa Parish office
(5447 1188) of your intention to attend by Friday 17th March.
Jenny Noakes, Safeguarding Representative.
PARISH INFORMATION
Parish Office Phone 5447 1188
Parish Priest
Rev Fr Jason Middleton Email: [email protected]
Phone: 5447 1188
Associate Pastor:
Rev Fr Domenico Muscari
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 5447 1188
Manager, Parish Services
Mr Michael Finch
Email: [email protected]
Mobile: 0418 778 295
Parish Assistant
Mrs Maria Higginson
Email: [email protected]
Parish Secretary/Receptionist
Mrs Elaine Stephenson
Email: [email protected]
Parish Safeguarding Children and Vulnerable
Adults Representative
Mrs Jenny Noakes: Ph: 5447 1188 Email: [email protected]
Pastoral Assistant (Caring Ministry)
Mrs Margaret Stewart Ph 5447 1188
Parish School - St Thomas More Primary
Ben Lexcen Drive, Sunshine Beach
Principal: Mr Patrick Colley
Ph: 5449 2022
Postal: PO Box 810, Noosa Heads 4567
Email: [email protected]
Catholic College - St Teresa’s Secondary
Sea Eagle Drive, Noosaville
Principal: Mr David McInnes Ph: 5474 0022
Postal: PO Box 1592, Noosaville DC 4566
Email: [email protected]
Assisi House Tewantin
Affordable Accommodation Project
Mr Michael Finch - Manager
Ph: 5447 1188, Mobile: 0418 778 295
Email: [email protected]
Parish Columbarium Tewantin and Pomona
For all enquires call the Parish Office -5447 1188
Email: [email protected]
Society of St Vincent de Paul:
Store & Depot Ph 5470 2091
165 Eumundi Road, Noosaville 4566
Family Support Office Ph 5449 9980
165 Eumundi Road, Noosaville 4566
After Hours Mobile Ph 0400 956 146
Email: [email protected]
Holy Cross Funerals:
Mr Joe Perry - Funeral Director
Tewantin Office, 5 Moorindil Street, Tewantin
Ph 5474 3764 (all hours)
Email: [email protected]
www.holycrossfunerals.com.au
Centacare Catholic Family Services
Bernard House, 21 Cornmeal Parade,
Maroochydore 4558 Ph 5430 9300
Email: [email protected]
Ozcare - Home for the Aged
80 Cooyar Street, Noosa Heads
Ph 5473 6400
Email: [email protected]
Marist Brothers Monastery
Br Bill (Community Leader),
Br Martin, Br Hugh - Ph 5449 2591
P A R I S H N A M E B A D G E D R I V E
Please continue to wear your name badges and tags at Mass, it is a great way to enhance Parish hospitality. Collect your paid badge or tag orders from Mass this weekend or from the Parish office during the week. For those still wanting to order the $10 badge, (discounted price until the end of March), or a tag for a gold coin donation, please contact Elaine at the Parish Office on 5447 1188 or email [email protected] Thank you, Michael Finch
Like many of her neighbours in her rural village in the Philippines, Dinia struggled to feed and educate her children, and the struggle worsened after her husband’s untimely death. But, with the help of a program supported by Caritas Australia, she now has the skills to earn a better income for her children and help her neighbours in her vulnerable community.
Please donate to Project Compassion 2017 and help people in rural areas of the Philippines develop their strengths and build better futures for their families and their
neighbours.
You can donate through Parish boxes and envelopes, by visiting www.caritas.org.au/projectcompassion or phoning 1800 024 413.
First Sunday of Lent 5th March 2017
EASTER EASTER
CAPERSCAPERS
Thursday 6th April 2017
9:00am – 3:00pm St Thomas More School – Sunshine Beach
An exciting programme of fun activities for Primary
School children. Craft, Bible stories, songs, prayer, drama, plays and games.
Morning tea and drinks will be provided by the parish. BYO Lunch
Parent contribution : $10.00 per child (to cover expenses)
Registration is essential and numbers are limited.
Apply for a permission form by contacting the Noosa Parish Office
on 5447 1188 or email [email protected]
FINAL DATE FOR BOOKING IS Thursday March 30th
Parents must register their own children’s names.
PARISH LENTEN PROGRAMME 2017
Please see below, a list of Lenten groups that have already been formed.
If you would like to join any of these groups, contact the Parish Office on 5447 1188.
Tewantin Church - Tuesday mornings at 10am, starting 7th March
Pomona Meeting Room - Sunday mornings after the 8am Mass and Rosary, starting 5th March
Cooroy Church - Tuesday mornings after the 8.30am Mass, starting 7th March
Private home Cooroy - Friday afternoons 1.30pm, started 3rd March
(Please ring Parish Office for further details).
ALPHA WORKSHOP WITH EVANGELISATION BRISBANE
THURSDAY 9TH MARCH Last November, Fr. James Mallon, author of ‘Divine Renovation’ and its corresponding guidebook, came to the Brisbane Archdiocese, to share his vision and passion for growing missionary disciples in our parishes. An effective tool for this process, which he strongly recommends, is Alpha. This workshop is for everyone who would like to discover the richness of Alpha and how it can enliven and deepen your faith.
What is Alpha?
What does it involve?
Who is it meant for?
Why should someone participate in Alpha?
This short session, led by Lorraine McCarthy (National Co-ordinator); will include an introduction to Alpha and information on how to lead an Alpha Small Group. It will enable our parish to discern if people are interested in participating in Alpha, and how it can help evangelise our parish and the wider community. To find out more about Alpha in a Catholic Context, go to: http://alpha.org/catholic-context/home/
DATE: Thursday March 9th, 6-9pm VENUE: Noosa District Catholic Parish – Parish Hall – 5 Moorindil St. Tewantin BOOKINGS & FURTHER INFORMATION: Contact the Parish Office: 07 5447 1188 Email: [email protected]
Give the Gif t of Fa ith: The care and commitment you have for our Parish can go on forever when you make a gift to our parish endowment fund. With endowment funds, the principal is kept intact and the distributions to the parish come from growth and earnings. This provides a steady stream of income to our parish forever. For more information on naming Noosa District Parish Endowment in your Will, please call the Parish Manager on 5447 1188 or email [email protected]
The Noosa Parish Endowment Fund
Supporting our faith,
our churches and our community
into the future.