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ANNERLEY EKIBIN CATHOLIC PARISH NEWSLETTER Fifth Sunday of Lent - Year B
21st/22nd March, 2015
Readings for next Sunday
28th/29th March
1st : Isaiah 50/4-7
2nd: Philippians 2/6-11
Gospel: Mark 14/1 -15/47
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: [email protected]
Web: www.annerleyekibinparish.com www.facebook.com/annerleyekibinparish
www.twitter.com/AnnerleyEkibin
Deanery Website: parishes.bne.catholic.net.au/south
Parish Clergy
Fr Paul Chandler (Associate Pastor) Fr Adrian Sharp (Parish Priest) - 0427 109 054
Parish Team
Mrs Kathy Ducker (Parish Finance Officer)
Mr Richard O’Neil — 0427 484 679
Ms Shirley Sadler (Parish Secretary)
Mrs Selina Venier (Sacramental Journey for
Families) 0409 735 462
† Mary Immaculate Church
616 Ipswich Road, Annerley
† St John Fisher Church
17 Messines Ridge Road, Tarragindi
† St Elizabeth’s Chapel
61 Effingham Street, Ekibin
† Sisters of Saint Joseph
& Saint Mary of the Cross Chapel
16 Ferndale Street, Annerley
Phone 3848 1635
St Elizabeth’s Primary School
Phone 3848 0828
Mr Matthew Edwards (Principal)
Outside School Hours Care
Phone 3255 9468
Mary Immaculate Primary School
Phone 3848 8965
Mrs Helen Camden (Principal)
Outside School Hours Care
Phone 3392 6291
Our Lady’s Secondary College
Phone: 3848 7462
Mrs Paula Goodwin (Principal)
St John Fisher Hall
17 Messines Ridge Road, Tarragindi
Phone 3848 1107 (Office hours)
Brisbane Oratory in Formation
Casa San Girolamo
42 Ferndale Street, Annerley
Phone 3392 9247
http://brisbane-oratory.org/
Fr Scot Armstrong
Fr Paul Chandler (Moderator)
Fr Adrian Sharp
Fr Andrew Wise
Br Francis King
Br Shawn Murphy
Frassati Youth (High School age)
Catherine McDowall (0431 117 139)
St Vincent de Paul Helpline
Phone: 3010 1096
From the Parish Priest A couple of special collections take place during
the Holy Week Liturgies. At the Mass on Holy Thursday evening, a rubric in the missal indicates: At the beginning of the Liturgy of the Eucharist, there may be a procession of the faithful in which gifts for the poor may be presented with the bread and wine. We will take up one collection on Holy Thursday evening at the Offertory time which will then be brought forward with the bread and wine. The gifts given in this collection will be shared three ways: between our two Saint Vincent de Paul Conferences and with Pregnancy Crisis Incorporated, which operates from our parish office, each group providing practical assistance to vulnerable and needy members of our community. It is customary, as well, to take up the annual collection for the support of holy places in the Holy Land to assist our brothers and sisters there. Envelopes for this collection will be put on the pews on Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion, and the collection itself taken up immediately before the Celebration of
the Lord’s Passion at 3:00pm on Good Friday.
Please note that incense will be used at the Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper on Holy Thursday,
and at the Easter Vigil.
For those who attend the Latin Mass and don’t have their own missal, you can find copies of the Propers and Readings for the Mass (in Latin with English translation) in or near the hymnsheet tray at the front door of the church (or if they are not there, please check the hymnbook basket on the floor
nearby).
We are in need of another musician or two to join the roster for the 7:30am Mass at Mary Immaculate. This could be either an organist to play “live” or someone who can work the disks for the organ (if you can successfully operate a CD player then you can
handle this). Please let me know.
This Thursday evening at 7:30pm is the Chrism Mass in Saint Stephen’s Cathedral. I hope to see a good number of faces from our parish, especially since we are so close to the city! The gathering of people and clergy with the Archbishop is a wonderful sign of the unity of the diocese. During the Mass, the priests renew their commitment to priestly service, and the holy oils that will be used in Baptism, Confirmation, Anointing of the Sick, the dedication of new churches and in the ordination of bishops, will be blessed, or
consecrated (in the case of the Sacred Chrism). I look forward to seeing you at the Cathedral on Thursday night! All-night exposition at Saint Elizabeth’s this Thursday is suspended so that everyone can be at the
Cathedral with the Archbishop.
A reminder of the Eucharistic fast: “One who is to receive the Most Holy Eucharist is to abstain from any food or drink, with the exception of water and medicine, for at least the period of one hour before Holy Communion.” The purpose of the fast is to prepare ourselves to receive Our Lord worthily. In this life we do penance for our sins and weaknesses, and bodily mortification like fasting opens us to the healing grace of the Lord. The hunger created by fasting augments the spiritual hunger we should have. We don’t want to be overly-scrupulous about the fast, but neither should we be too lax. The hour’s fast should also remind us that we should approach Communion worthily, that is, we should not receive Our Lord if we are not properly disposed or if we are in a state of
mortal sin.
I was asked recently about the collections at Mass, so I thought it might be useful to put an explanation in print. It has been the custom in the Brisbane Archdiocese for the first collection to pay the priest’s stipend and allowed presbytery housekeeping expenses (up to a certain level). The second collection is for the running of the parish—basically everything else apart from the clergy expenses. It is good for everyone to be aware that Annerley Ekibin parish is currently only paying for the equivalent of one priest, as it always has. Our parish pays half of my stipend package, and other half is paid by the Marriage Tribunal. Our parish pays half of Father Paul’s stipend package, and the other half is paid by Indooroopilly parish, of which Father is the Administrator. Even when there are four priests here from the end of May, the parish will continue only to pay the equivalent of one priest’s stipend package and the housekeeping allowances of one priest; so, effectively, no change from when Father Michael or Father John were the Parish Priests. The other priests of the Brisbane Oratory in Formation, whilst we will all be serving in our parish here, will gain income for our stipends and the running of our house from sources outside Annerley Ekibin parish, e.g. from work in other parishes or other ministries and apostolates (in my
own case, from the Marriage Tribunal). (Continued on page 2)
Holy Thursday 2nd April 2015
7:00pm Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper †
(followed by Adoration)
St John Fisher
9:00pm Night Prayer St John Fisher
Good Friday 3rd April 2015
10:00am Stations of the Cross †
Mary Immaculate
3:00pm Celebration of the Passion of the Lord †
Mary Immaculate
† = Confession available afterwards
Holy Saturday 4th April 2015
11:00am-Noon Confessions
Mary Immaculate
6:30pm The Easter Vigil in the Holy Night
Mary Immaculate (Supper in the College
Hall after Mass)
Easter Sunday 5th April 2015
7:30am Mass [OF] Mary Immaculate
9:00am Mass [EF] Mary Immaculate
9:00am Mass [OF] St John Fisher
11:00am Sudanese Community Mass
[OF] Mary Immaculate
There will be no evening Mass on Easter Sunday
PARISH DATE CLAIMERS
Saturday 28th March Sacramental Journey for Families Group Session D (various times) at St John Fisher Hall and Mass Attendance at 6:00pm at St John Fisher Church.
Sunday 29th March Sacramental Journey for Families Group Session D at 7:30am and 10:00am at St John Fisher Hall and Mass Attendance at 9:00am at St John Fisher Church.
Sunday 12th April Divine Mercy Sunday, 3:00pm Holy Hour with Chaplet, Mary Immaculate Church.
Wednesday 15th April Anointing Mass at 10:00am, Tricare Annerley.
Wednesday 22nd April Parish Pastoral Council meets in the Parish Office at 6:30pm.
Friday 24th April Elizabethan Social Club Devonshire Tea & Craft Stall at St John Fisher Hall at 10:00am. $5.00. All welcome. Please phone Joan on 3848 3251 or Philomena on 3349 2809.
Saturday 25th April ANZAC Day Anniversary Gala, 6:00pm, Our Lady’s College Hall, Annerley. Please see notice opposite.
Wednesday 29th April Parish Finance Council meets in the Parish Office at 7:30pm
Monday 11th May Josephites Meeting at St Brendan’s Parish, Moorooka, at 10:00am. Please phone Jay on 3848 8892 or Claire on 3848 3998.
Tuesday 12th Mary Confirmation Liturgy with Monsignor Peter Meneely at Mary Immaculate at 6:00pm.
Friday 15th May Confirmation Liturgies with Bishop Joseph Oudeman at Mary Immaculate at 5:00pm and 7:00pm.
Saturday 23rd May Brisbane Oratory Fundraising “Vallicella” Dinner.
Tuesday 26th May Mass for the Feast of Saint Philip Neri, Mary Immaculate Church.
Sunday 14th June Solemn High Mass, picnic lunch, Vespers & Benediction, Mary Immaculate.
Friday 19th June Mater Mass and lunch, 11:00am, Saint John Fisher Church and Hall.
By the way, it’s nine months until Christmas! We celebrate the Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord on Wednesday. All are invited to join with the children from Mary Immaculate school at
9:00am Mass on Wednesday.
Advance notice: on Divine Mercy Sunday, 12th April, we will have a Holy Hour from 3:00pm at Mary Immaculate, which will include Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, the Divine Mercy Chaplet and prayers, the Rosary, availability of Confession, and concluding with
Benediction.
An art conservation expert visited Mary Immaculate Church recently to inspect the Stations of the Cross and the statue of Our Lady which got wet in the November storm. A recommendation has been made to our insurer that the Stations and Our Lady’s statue be removed so that they can be properly cleaned due to the contaminated water that went over them, and that they be treated with a consolidant to reduce the risk of the plaster swelling and breaking down. Additional repairs need to be made to Our Lady’s statue. So at some point in the future these items will “disappear” for
a while whilst they are taken away for repair.
The same expert also examined the painting of Mary Immaculate that the Sisters have housed in the convent for a few years. It was painted by one of the Sacred Heart Sisters who were in Annerley before the Josephite Sisters came, and was originally in the wooden church on Ipswich Road, before being altered slightly to fit in the new (present) church. It was removed after the high altar and throne were built, and was in Mary Immaculate School for many years. It is certainly part of the patrimony of the parish, and is worthy of conservation work which will cost around $8000. If anyone is
interested in funding this work, please let me know.
Please mark your diaries for our next parish social, a special 100th anniversary ANZAC Day gala, Saturday 25th April, from 6:00pm in the Our Lady’s College Hall, Annerley.
Tickets $60, Concession $45, (Earlybird $50 by 31st March). Contact
Nicole King on 3342 0777 or 0413 544 192.
The next draw in our Parish Art Union will be on Tuesday 7th April for a prize of $50. Tickets are $25 each, and one ticket gets you in all remaining monthly draws for the year, with the jackpot draw of at least $500 in November. Application forms are at the back of the church, on the parish website, or you can purchase tickets at the Parish Office. Let us know if you’d like to take some tickets to sell to
friends, family members or work colleagues.
Work was due to start on Friday in the Parish Office to remove asbestos to allow for repair works to the storm affected area at the rear of the building. This will involve remedial work to the roof and
repair and rebuilding of the internal structure underneath.
Do you know of anyone who would like to become Catholic? It might be someone who has never been baptized, or someone who is already baptized in another church or ecclesial community, and who wishes to enter into full communion with the Catholic Church. Please contact us. We have several adults currently who are seeking baptism or admission to full communion. Please keep them in your prayers, and also those whom God is calling to join us in the fullness
of faith in His Church.
Archbishop Coleridge is currently giving a series of talks under the title “Living Biblically in a Secular World.” The first in the series occurred last Wednesday evening, and from the reports I’ve heard it was superb. You can listen to the audio recording of each talk via the Archdiocesan website, and the audio for the first talk is now available
online (just google the above title and you’ll find it).
Our heartfelt condolences are extended to Sylvia and Jim De Luca on the tragic death of Maria during the week, and to her husband Gary, her children, Colleen and Ambrose, and all members of her family. Maria’s funeral will take place in our parish sometime this week; her funeral details were not to hand at the time of going to
print. May she rest in peace.
Father Adrian Sharp
[email protected] | 0427 109 054
(Continued from page 1)
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Church rallies to help people in decimated Vanuatu.
Prime Minister’s comments about remote Aboriginal
communities draw sharp response from bishops’ social
justice leader.
Bishop says executions ‘act of state criminality’.
Priest and parishioners call on the help of Our Lady and
outsiders to revive one of their ‘bush churches’.
Pregnancy crisis group saves another five lives.
School finds a home for old uniforms with needy
students in Pacific region.
Archdiocese sends Prayer on Wheels out to parishes.
Brisbane school one of eight across Australia to take
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Brisbane man tells how Eucharist turned his life around
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Talking Point: Fr Ezinwanne Igbo on how people can
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Rosters for next week
MINISTERS OF THE WORD
Sat (SJF) 6.00pm Sacramental Journey Children
Sun (MI) 7.30am Shane Fell, Jim Lucey
Sun (SJF)9.00am Sacramental Journey Children
Sun (MI) 5.00pm Brett Heath, Dragica Heath
EXT MINISTERS OF HOLY COMMUNION
Sat (SJF) 6.00pm Prem Nair, Sandra Nair
Sun (MI) 7.30am Margaret Lucey, Brian McMahon
Sun (SJF)9.00am
Sun (MI) 5.00pm Caitlin Mitchell
MUSIC MINISTRY
Sat (SJF) 6.00pm Organist - Clare Stevens/Linda Triasmono
Sun (MI) 7.30am
Sun (SJF)9.00am Organist - Clare Stevens/Linda Triasmono
Sun (MI) 5.00pm
ALTAR SERVERS
Sat (SJF) 6.00pm Nicholas Drew
Sun (MI) 7.30am Davies Kwaku
Sun (SJF) 9.00am Thomas Bergin, Benjamin Curran, Connor La Frenais Sun (MI) 5.00pm
CHILDREN’S CHURCH
Sun (SJF) 9.00am No Children’s Church: Sacramental Journey
for Families this weekend.
CHILDREN’S LITURGY OF THE WORD
Sun (SJF) 9.00am No Children’s Liturgy: Sacramental Journey
for Families this weekend.
SETTING UP FOR MASS
Sat (SJF) 6.00pm
Sun (MI) 7.30am Mabel Saah
Sun (SJF)9.00am Peter Menagh
Sun (MI) 5.00pm Ester Evangelista
OPENING CHURCH
Sat (SJF) 6.00pm
Sun (MI) 7.30am Mabel Saah
Sun (SJF) 9.00am
Sun (MI) 5.00pm Ester Evangelista
COUNTERS
Monday, 23rd March, 2015
Nick Jabore, Bernie O’Hara
CHURCH CARE
Sacristy (SJF)
Sacristy (SEC) Maria Monro
Sanctuary & Sacristy (MI) Mabel Saah, Alicia Cooke
Church Cleaning (MI) Noel Everding
Laundry (SJF) Nina Crompton
Laundry (SEC)
Laundry (MI) Mabel Saah
Wanted: Person to Share a House or Unit
A sixty-two year old lady, wanting to move to
Annerley Ekibin Parish, is seeking expressions of interest
from those willing to share a residence in a house or unit
in this area.
Please phone 3848 6400 for further information.
Parish Diary & Mass Times
March 23rd - 29th, 2015 Weekday Mass times and venues sometimes need to change - please check
your current Newsletter for times & places
Fifth Sunday of Lent - Year B
21st/22nd March, 2015
LITURGY
1st Reading: Jeremiah 31/31-34
Responsorial Psalm Response:
If Sung: Be Merciful, O Lord,
for we have sinned.
If Spoken: Create a clean heart in me, O God. 2nd Reading: Hebrews 5/7-9 Gospel Acclamation: If Sung: Glory and Praise to You, Lord Jesus Christ. If Spoken: Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ, king of endless glory! I am the resurrection and the life, says the Lord; whoever believes in me will not die for ever. Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ, king of endless glory! Gospel: John 12/20-33
Profession of Faith: Creed
Holy Holy
Memorial Acclamation: Number Three
Save us, Saviour of the world, for by your Cross and Resurrection you have set us free. Lamb of God
WE PRAY FOR
Those who are sick: Kath ADAMS, Lorna ANSELL, Theresa BAGLEY, Z. BASSETT, Gabrielle BENTLEY, Neil BETTS, Stewart BOYD, John BROPHY, Jeremy CARROLL, Robyn CLEMENTS, Hilary COLLINS, Rina COOK, Rochelle COWARD, Marietta CRUZADO, Diane ELLIS, Rowena ENNIS, Jane FARRELL, Madge FARRELL, Joan FLEW, Mary FORRESTER, Anne FRANETTOVICH, John FRANK, Gwen GAIR, Helen GIAQUINTA, Dulcey HARVEY (Ingham), John HASTINGS, Jan HEGARTY, Peter HEGARTY, Patricia JACOBS, Marlene JOHNSTON, Dominic KENNEDY, Robyn KINNES, Ryan MacGARY-WALSH, Cherril MALONEY, Eileen MATTHEWS, Bernard McALARY, Monica McCOY, Betty McINERNEY, Yaeko MINO, Harry MOHR, Fr Dan MOORE (Rockhampton), Kathryn MORRIS, Patrick MURPHY (Senior), Robyn O’DWYER, Valerie & Kevin ORTON, Ron ROFE, Joan ROONEY, Julie ROWEN (Mackay), Dorothy RYAN, Nick SHANAHAN (Jnr), Kelvin SNELL, Mary STUART, Joan TATHEM, Heather TERRILL, Nell THOMSEN, Clare WALSH, Maureen WARD, Fr John WORTHINGTON SM, Josephine & Bill WRIGHT and Matthew ZEMEK.
Those who are recently deceased: Maria WYETH (De LUCA), Sr Patricia GILMER RSJ, Bernadette ANNING, Perri PURNELL and Monsignor Wayne PETERS. All the faithful departed, especially Robert & Carmel HILLS and Margaret DEED.
Monday 23rd March Lent 5, Monday
6:30am Angelus & Rosary Saint Elizabeth
7:00am Mass [OF] Saint Elizabeth
7:00pm Low Mass [EF] Mary Immaculate
Tuesday 24th March Lent 5, Tuesday
6:00am Mass [OF+] Mary Immaculate
9:00am Mass [OF] Saint Elizabeth, with Year 1
Wednesday 25th March ANNUNCIATION OF THE LORD
9:00am Mass [OF] Mary Immaculate, with Yrs 3-6
No evening Mass at Saint John Fisher tonight
Thursday 26th March Lent 5, Thursday
7:00am Mass [OF] Mary Immaculate
7:30-8:00am Confessions Mary Immaculate
No all-night Exposition & Adoration tonight
7:30pm Chrism Mass Saint Stephen’s Cathedral
Friday 27th March Lent 5, Friday
6:00am Angelus & Rosary Saint Elizabeth
6:30am Stations of the Cross, Saint Elizabeth
7:00am Mass [OF] Saint Elizabeth
6:00pm Mass [OF+] Mary Immaculate
8:15pm Stations of the Cross, Mary Immaculate
Saturday 28th March Lent 5, Saturday
7:15-7:45am Exposition & Confessions, Mary Immaculate
7:30am Rosary Mary Immaculate
8:00am Low Mass [EF] Mary Immaculate
Vigil for Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord (B)
5:15-5:45pm Exposition & Confessions, Saint John Fisher
6:00pm Mass [OF] Saint John Fisher
Sunday 29th March Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord (B)
7:30am Mass [OF] Mary Immaculate
8:15-8:45am Exposition & Confessions, Saint John Fisher
9:00am Mass [OF] Saint John Fisher
9:00am Low Mass [EF] Mary Immaculate
3:00pm Sudanese Community Mass [OF], Mary Immaculate
5:00pm Mass [OF] Mary Immaculate
[OF = Ordinary Form | + = Ad orientem | EF = Extraordinary Form]
Empower the world’s poorest people.
Support Project Compassion 2015.
Project Compassion boxes and packs of Donation Envelopes remain available in both Churches.
Please return Donation Envelopes each week during Lent.
Receipts will be issued after Easter.
CALLING ALL PARISH MUSICIANS Join the massed choir to sing at the Chrism Mass in the Cathedral of St Stephen on Thursday 26 March at 7.30pm. A final rehearsal will be held at the Cathedral of St Stephen on Thursday 26 March 6.00pm – 7.00pm immediately before Mass. The Chrism Mass is a chance to gather with the Archbishop who blesses the oils to be used during the coming year. Additionally, the priests renew their commitment to him made at their own ordinations. Thus your presence is a support to the Archdiocese, the Archbishop, your priest and parish.
For enquiries please phone 3324 3009 or email [email protected]
St Elizabeth’s Primary School Fete
July 26th, 2015 from 10:00am to 3:00pm
Devonshire Tea Stall Co-ordinators Wanted!
We are looking for a group
within the parish to
co-ordinate this year’s
Devonshire Tea Stall at
St Elizabeth’s School Fete.
Cakes, scones, tea and coffee
will all be sold from our school
tuckshop, as per last year.
All profits from the stall go
directly to our parish. This is a fabulous way to bring
our school and parish communities together.
Please contact Renae McBrien for further details
on 0423 322 889 or email
COLLECTIONS LAST WEEKEND First: $ 1,370.10 Second: $ 3,530.75
FAMILY SACRAMENTAL JOURNEY ...Thank you to all parishioners for continued prayerful support of our Candidates and their families. Please see the children’s beautiful Pray for Me cards, most with photos, on display in both Mary Immaculate and St John Fisher Churches.
Please continue to pray for our Sacramental families as Confirmation liturgies approach. These will be celebrated on May 12th and 15th in Mary Immaculate Church, with the Vicar General of Brisbane Archdiocese, Monsignor Peter Meneely and Auxiliary Bishop of Brisbane, Joseph Oudeman (respectively).
Renewed blessings,
Selina, Sacramental Co-ordinator [email protected]
Prep ENROLMENTS 2016
If families have a child born between 1/07/2010 & 30/06/2011 he/she is eligible for Prep 2016. Please call into the office to collect an enrolment form or phone 3848 8965. Interviews will begin late April. Children born in the month of July 2011 (turning 5 by the 31st July)
could be eligible for consideration for Prep in 2016. There is a special criteria that must be addressed. If interested, please call into the office to obtain a parent information sheet.
St Vincent de Paul
No Interest Loans Scheme
(NILS)
Do you know someone who is receiving a Centrelink payment or who is on a low income?
Do they need a new household appliance or medical equipment?
Have they lived at their current address for at least 3 months?
Well, why not tell them about the St Vincent de Paul QUEENSLAND no interest loans programs?
Loans can be up to $1200 for household items and medical equipment, with repayments as low as $30 per fortnight. Contact St Vincent de Paul on 3010 1029.
It’s just another way NILS is giving a hand up to those in need. St Vincent de Paul helps people.
St Vincent de Paul Annerley Conference
The St Vincent de Paul society has a need for operating Vacuum cleaners and portable sewing machines, mainly for refugee families.
If you can help, please contact a Society Member or Paul Coghlan on 3848 9845.
Act for Peace, 2015 Ration Challenge
What is the Ration Challenge? Are you are someone who is prepared to take a stand for the people of Burma who are suffering right now? Take the Act for Peace Ration Challenge. Survive on the same rations as a Burmese refugee for one week and get sponsored to do it. The money you raise will help make sure these refugees have enough to eat. By sharing this powerful experience with those around you, you can bring the refugee struggle closer to home in a way that’s impossible to ignore. Together we will create a more compassionate society. We have a limited number of food parcels available. Register today to make sure you don’t miss out.
http://www.actforpeace.org.au/Get-Involved/ration-challenge-2015
To Light a Candle - a film by Maziar Bahari
Thursday 9 April 7.30pm, Palace Barracks Cinemas at 61 Petrie Terrace, Brisbane
A powerful account of Iran's largest religious minority, the Baha'is and their peaceful response to decades of state-sponsored persecution through the establishment of the Baha'i Institute for Higher Education.
THREE Taize prayer services at Easterfest 2015 in the FREE '72 Hour Worship Venue'
Dates: Friday 3 April, Saturday 4 April, Sunday 5 April http://www.easterfest.com.au/ Time: 4.00pm Venue: St Stephen's Uniting Church, 51 Neil St, Toowoomba