Parish Clergy: Fr Janusz Bieniek CSMA (Parish Priest) Fr Piotr Hadro CSMA

Parish Staff: Leena Strickland-Langatuki (Office Admin) Maria Awad (Accounts) Valerie Gonzaga (Sacramental Co-ordinator)

Mass Times: Sunday Masses: Vigil Mass (Sat) 5.00pm, Sundays 8am, 10am & 6pm Spanish: Saturday 6.30pm Cantonese: Fourth Sunday at 12.00pm Mandarin: 1st & 3rd Sundays at 12.15pm Weekday Masses: Mon, Tues & Wed: 6.45am and Thurs, Fri: 9.15am, Sat: 9am Healing Mass: First Friday of: March, June, September & December at 6pm

Children’s Liturgy: Sunday 10.00am Mass (except 5th Sunday) Confessions: Every Saturday: 9.45am—10.15am & 4pm –4.45pm Baptisms: 1st, 2nd & 3rd Sundays of the month at 11.15am Marriages: Please contact the Priest 6mths prior to the wedding. Pre-marriage course is required Anointing of the Sick and Dying: Call the Priest any time

Pentecost Sunday - 15 May 2016 Year C

Today we arrive at the fiftieth day ‑ the completion of the Easter Season and the completion of the Paschal Mystery. Jesus has died, is risen, has ascended to heaven and now gives birth to his Church, by sending the Spirit upon the apostles. This feast of the gift of the Spirit is so significant for us, because it marks the handing on of Jesus' ministry to the Church.

In the Church we are guaranteed the presence of the Lord, in his sacraments, in his ministers, in the Blessed Sacrament and in his Celebrated Word. It also marks the fulfilment of our

thoughts about baptism throughout this season - the gift of the Spirit which we receive in Confirmation is the `seal' of our baptism, guaranteeing and confirming all that baptism achieves.

FR JANUSZ’ 60TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION

Friday 24 June 2016 at 7pm

Bethany Hall, Bethany College

Tickets available after all Masses this weekend Adults $25 and Children (2-12yrs) $10

This includes dinner, drinks and entertainment.

TUE 17 MAY Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament & Marian Movement of Priests Cenacle 6pm Church

Devotion to St Michael & the Angels 7pm Church Spanish Prayer Group 7pm Corroboree Room

WED 18 MAY Legion of Mary 7.30pm Old Church

THU 19 MAY Morning Prayer Group 10am Corroboree Room Marian Devotion Croatian Prayer Group 11am Church

FRI 20 MAY Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament 10.30am Church

SAT 21 MAY Meditation 8am Presbytery Meeting Room

Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help after 9am Mass

Reconciliation 9.45am and 4pm Cantonese Prayer Group 10.30am Back Meeting Room Spanish Mass 3pm

SUN 22 MAY CONFIRMATION PREPARATION GROUP 9am Ron Harden Hall followed by 10am Mass

PLANNED GIVING Financial Year 2016. Thank you to all who contribute to St Michael’s Planned Giving Program. I will be on Annual Leave from 23 June and return 27 July. For those that give via Credit Card, the last date for

processing your donations for the 2016 financial year will be Wednesday 22 June 2016. No Credit Cards will be processed during my absence. For those who contribute weekly

(cash) or would like to make an annual donation, the last date for giving to ensure inclusion in the 2016 financial year, will be Sunday 19 June 2016. Thank you for your support, Maria

SACRAMENTAL PROGRAM CONFIRMATION

Prayer cards each with the name of one of the children

who is preparing for the Sacrament of Confirmation

have been put up at the back of the church. I would like to ask the

St Michael's Parish community to prayerfully support these children and

indicate this by signing the prayer cards.

Valerie (Sacramental Coordinator)

The Legion of Mary invites you and your family and friends for an evening of

prayer at St Michael's:

Holy Rosary, Mass and Benediction at 7.00 pm on Friday 27 May 2016

The Feast Day of Mary Help of Christians Tuesday 24 May 2016 at 9.15am

St Mary’s Star of the Sea School Mass (There will be no 6.45am Mass on this day)

This is the Feast Day of the School and this

year marks the 130th Anniversary of the School’s founding by the Sisters of Charity. As part of the celebrations several Sisters of

Charity will be attending the 9am Mass, including Sister Ann Taylor (past Principal), Sister Moira O'Sullivan (past teacher) and

Sister Ellen, who still lives in the Parish.

All ex-students are invited to write a letter sharing your thoughts and experiences of your time spent at St Mary’s. These letters

will be included in a time capsule that is being prepared for future students. Please

see the Noticeboard for more details.

Congratulations to:

“Clare”

Dominique Kulchar

who has been Confirmed at St Mary’s Cathedral this weekend.

We welcome her to our Faith Community and pray God continues to bless her in this lifelong journey.

ENTRANCE ANTIPHON The Spirit of the Lord has filled the whole world and that which contains all things understands what is said, alleluia. FIRST READING: Acts 2:1-11 A reading from the Acts of the Apostles When Pentecost day came round, the apostles had all met in one room, when suddenly they heard what sounded like a powerful wind from heaven, the noise of which filled the entire house in which they were sitting; and something appeared to them that seemed like tongues of fire; these separated and came to rest on the head of each of them. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak foreign languages as the Spirit gave them the gift of speech. Now there were devout men living in Jerusalem from every nation under heaven, and at this sound they all assembled, each one bewildered to hear these men speaking his own language. They were amazed and astonished. ‘Surely’ they said ‘all these men speaking are Galileans? How does it happen that each of us hears them in his own native language? Parthians, Medes and Elamites; people from Mesopotamia, Judaea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya round Cyrene; as well as visitors from Rome – Jews and proselytes alike – Cretans and Arabs; we hear them preaching in our own language about the marvels of God.’ The word of the Lord. RESP PSALM: Ps 103:1. 24. 29-31. 34. R. v.30

R. Lord, send out your Spirit and renew

the face of the earth.

Bless the Lord, my soul! Lord God, how great you are, How many are your works, O Lord! The earth is full of your riches. R.

You take back your spirit, they die, returning to the dust from which they came. You send forth your spirit, they are created; and you renew the face of the earth. R.

May the glory of the Lord last for ever! May the Lord rejoice in his works! May my thoughts be pleasing to him. I find my joy in the Lord. R.

SECOND READING: Rom 8:8-17 A reading from the letter of St Paul to the Romans People who are interested only in unspiritual things can never be pleasing to God. Your interests, however, are not in the unspiritual, but in the spiritual, since the Spirit of God has made his home in you. In fact, unless you possessed the Spirit of Christ you would not belong to him. Though your body may be dead it is because of sin, but if Christ is in you then your spirit is life itself because you have been justified; and if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, then he who raised Jesus from the dead will give life to your own mortal bodies through his Spirit living in you. So then, my brothers, there is no necessity for us to obey our unspiritual selves or to live unspiritual lives. If you do live in that way, you are doomed to die; but if by the Spirit you put an end to the misdeeds of the body you will live. Everyone moved by the Spirit is a son of God. The spirit you received is not the spirit of slaves bringing fear into your lives again; it is the spirit of sons, and it makes us cry out, ‘Abba, Father!’ The Spirit himself and our spirit bear united witness that we are children of God. And if we are children we are heirs as well: heirs of God and coheirs with Christ, sharing his sufferings so as to share his glory. The word of the Lord.

SEQUENCE Holy Spirit, Lord of light, From the clear celestial height Thy pure beaming radiance give. Come, thou Father of the poor, Come with treasures which endure; Come, thou light of all that live! Thou, of all consolers best, Thou, the soul’s delightful guest, Dost refreshing peace bestow; Thou in toil art comfort sweet; Pleasant coolness in the heat; Solace in the midst of woe. Light immortal, light divine, Visit thou these hearts of thine, And our inmost being fill: If thou take thy grace away, Nothing pure in man will stay; All his good is turned to ill. Heal our wounds, our strength renew;

We pray for the repose of the souls of

the recently deceased: George Coaker, Badoui Massoud, Genevieve Robinson,

Joseph Glavas, Salatore Casablanca, Rocco Agostino, Teresa Macri, Grace

Fenech, Annie Honer, Jessica Murphy and Cecilia Patricia Fitzsimmons.

We remember those relatives and friends who

have departed this life: Phivos Ioannou, Theresa Eteaki, Alan & Kathleen Mercer, Tracey & Kelly Families, Antonino Picone, Joseph & Cecilia Teo, Anthony Teo, Florence May Jones, Joseph George Sakr, Ken Lucas, Frank & Lillian Lucas, Jennifer

Meredith, Herbert & Dora Christensen, George & Josephine Cowell, Trevor Gaynor

and the Manwaring Family.

We pray for: Romualdo De Pasion, Maria Theresa Arcangel, Antonio Capomolla and Don Luis Zanon

whose anniversaries occur about now.

We pray for the sick in our community:

Pat Fraser, Violet Vergis, Kim McNally, Danielle and Mirjana, Maria Febes de Pasion, Patricia Shiel,

Ellie & Hannah Humphreys, Therese Bull, Archbishop Anthony Fisher, Bill Banks, Fred

Pereira, Andrew Ang, Slavka Kokinovski, Sr Pauline and baby George Benjamin Craven.

We pray for the Holy Souls in Purgatory and for

those that have no one to pray for them.

A National Eucharistic Pilgrimage in honour of

Our Lady Help of Christians to pray for Australia and

especially it’s Government is being held in Canberra on Sunday 29th May (Feast of Corpus Christi). Participate in the concluding 5km Eucharistic Procession

following 11am Mass at St Christopher's Cathedral processing to the site of the proposed Basilica of Our Lady Help of Christians near Archbishop's House.

Afterwards enjoy a BYO picnic lunch in the park. Please contact Mary-Clare Meney on

0435 496 624 for more information or visit: http://rosarycrusade.org.au/pilgrimage. If there are sufficient numbers, we may be

able to arrange group transport from Sydney.

Check the Notice Board to see what’s happening in our local and surrounding areas within the Archdiocese of Sydney.

On our dryness pour thy dew; Wash the stains of guilt away: Bend the stubborn heart and will; Melt the frozen, warm the chill; Guide the steps that go astray. Thou, on us who evermore Thee confess and thee adore, With thy sevenfold gifts descend: Give us comfort when we die; Give us life with thee on high; Give us joys that never end.

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION: Alleluia, alleluia! Come, Holy Spirit; fill the hearts of your faithful and kindle in them the fire of your love. Alleluia! GOSPEL: Jn 14:15-16. 23-26 A reading from the holy Gospel according to John Jesus said to his disciples ‘If you love me you will keep my commandments. I shall ask the Father and he will give you another Advocate to be with you for ever. If anyone loves me he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we shall come to him and make our home with him. Those who do not love me do not keep my words. And my word is not my own; it is the word of the one who sent me. I have said these things to you while still with you; but the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything and remind you of all that I have said to you.’ The Gospel of the Lord. COMMUNION ANTIPHON They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke of the marvels of God, alleluia.