4TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME - B

28 January 2018

Sacred Heart

Catholic Parish

PARISH CHURCHES Church of the Sacred Heart

Murwillumbah Street, Murwillumbah

Our Lady of Perpetual Succour

River Street, South Murwillumbah

St. Brigid’s Church Broadway, Burringbar

St. Columba’s Church Convent Lane, Uki

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PARISH STAFF

Parish Priest

Fr. Anthony Lemon

Parish Manager

Mary-Ann Thackray

Parish Secretary

Beth Gorton

Pastoral Associate

Barbara Grant —————————————————

PARISH OFFICE

Monday to Friday 9.00am - 3.00pm Phone: 02 6672 1118

Website: www.shpmurwillumbah.com.au

Email: shpmbah@norex.com.au

Mail: PO Box 45 Street: Queensland Road,

Murwillumbah NSW 2484

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PARISH SCHOOLS

Mt. St. Patrick College

Murwillumbah Street, Murwillumbah

Ph: 02 6672 2340 mspcmbah@lism.catholic.edu.au

Principal: Mr. Paul Clohesy

Mt. St. Patrick Primary School

Mooball Street, Murwillumbah

Ph: 02 6672 1821

murp@lism.catholic.edu.au Principal: Mr. Brendan Ryan

St. Joseph’s Primary School

Greville Street, South Murwillumbah

Ph: 02 6672 1867

smurp@lism.catholic.edu.au

Principal: Mr. Jason Clarke

The authority of Jesus

Mark’s gospel is without frills. We meet Jesus first when he goes to receive baptism from John the Baptist. Then after a period in the wilderness, he has no sooner chosen his first disciples than he begins the work his Father asked him to do. Mark establishes Jesus’ credentials right away. He tells us that he ‘made a deep impression’ on the people and an unclean spirit announces that he is ‘the Holy One of God’. We are also told that he spoke and acted ‘with authority’.

What does it mean to speak of authority in this context? Humanly speaking we are often all too aware of those in authority. Even in our democratic societies, those in power are often criticised for overstepping their authority. At least in democracies leaders can be called to account or removed from office if they do wrong, but in many parts of the world, there are those in authority who have no one to call them to account.

Looking back over history, including the history of the chosen people of Israel, it seems that it was ever so. Later in his gospel Mark tells us what happened after James and John had asked Jesus for positions of importance on either side of him in his glory.

“When the other ten heard this they began to feel indignant with James and John, so Jesus called them to him and said, ‘You know that among the gentiles, those they call their rulers lord it over them, and their great men make their authority felt. Among you this is not to happen. No; anyone who wants to become great among you must be your servant.’ ”

Jesus is providing us with a new benchmark for understanding authority and its exercise, but it is difficult for us to accept and live by. It calls for a completely new way of understanding human relations. Even in the Church our record is far from unblemished and we need to be vigilant lest we fall into the trap of exercising authority as domination rather than service.

As with everything that Jesus teaches us, his message goes to the heart of our human experience. Children at school know who the good teachers are: They are the ones who have an aura about them that commands attention. They are the ones who are consistent and fair, who know their subject, and are seen to practise what they preach.

It is the same in every walk of life. There are those whose very presence commands attention. They exercise authority well because they have integrity. They spend themselves in the service of those in their charge. It is when we truly love one another that we find ourselves behaving in this way. It was because Jesus loved us that he spoke and acted with authority.

Tim Buckley CSsR © Redemptorists 2018

Reprinted from the Sunday Majellan with permission

ST. VINCENT DE PAUL MARY MACKILLOP

CONFERENCE meets each Wednesday

at Parish Meeting Centre. New members welcome.

“Come Grow With Us”.

Phone: Marie Donaghy 6672 2933

ROSARY STATUE Peter Hyde

COUNTERS:

28 Jan: P & R Marr

04 Feb: M & M Cooper

11 Feb: P & L McMahon

18 Feb: U O’Grady & B Brodbeck

25 Feb: C & J Anderson

04 Mar: T & P Zambelli

11 Mar: J Morgan & L Green

18 Feb: G & K Bewes

5th SUNDAY in ORD. TIME - Yr B

3/4 February

Sacred Heart Murwillumbah

6.00am Saturday

Sacred Heart Murwillumbah 8.00am Sunday

Acolyte J Reynolds T Zambelli

Altar Servers ————— —————-

Readers YOUTH MA Thackray (C) P/F

L Green R K Ryder R

Ministers of Communion

D Macartney (C) K Mumford, N Macartney M Mumford, ME Mumford

I & B Dusi (C) B Nolan, P Sharp

M Chiesa

Hospitality YOUTH J Morgan & partner

Procession of Gifts YOUTH J & H Larkin

Children’s Liturgy P Zambelli T Jandura

The Sacred Heart Church

‘Prayer Chapel’ is open for

private prayer on weekdays.

THIS WEEK IN THE PARISH 28 JANUARY - 4 FEBRUARY

CHURCH CLEANING SANCTUARY & ALTAR Sacred Heart Church: 28 Jan: C Wightley, Zambelli family, N Gear 4 Feb: B Gorton, M Reynolds, M Trevithick OLPS Church, Sth M’bah

February: K Ryder

Sunday 4th SUNDAY in ORDINARY TIME - Year B

8:00am Mass - Sacred Heart Church

10:00am Mass - Our Lady of Perpetual Succour, South Murwillumbah

12 noon Baptisms - Sacred Heart Church

Monday 9.00am Teachers Mass - Sacred Heart Church

4.00pm Bus leaving for Ordinations in Lismore - see note page 3

7.00pm Diaconate Ordinations - St Carthage’s Cathedral, Lismore

Tuesday 4.15pm - 5.15pm Adoration - Sacred Heart Church

5.30pm Mass - Sacred Heart Church

6.00pm Rosary - Sacred Heart Church

Wednesday 4.15pm - 5.15pm Adoration - Sacred Heart Church

5.30pm Mass - Sacred Heart Church

Thursday 8.30am Mass - Sacred Heart Church

Friday The Presentation of the Lord

10:00am Mass - M’bah Nursing Home - Fr Anthony

10:00am Communion Service - Heritage Lodge - L Hoskings

12.15pm Mass - Sacred Heart Church

2.45pm - 3.45pm Adoration - Sacred Heart Church

Saturday 9.00am Rosary - Sacred Heart Church

6.00pm Vigil Mass - YOUTH - Sacred Heart Church

Sunday 5th SUNDAY in ORDINARY TIME - Year B

8:00am Mass - Sacred Heart Church

10:00am Mass - St Columba’s Church, Uki

PARISH “CUPPA” will resume February 2018

Readings next week: (Year B) 5th SUNDAY in ORDINARY TIME Job 7:1-4, 6-7; 1 Cor 9:16-19, 22-23; Mk 1:29-39

RECENTLY DECEASED: Rosemary Ballantine (nee Kenny), Margaret Kempton, Meg Hunter, Frank Berg, Cath Brown, Winifred Klepp, Reg Rowan.

ANNIVERSARIES: Beryl Worthington.

NOTICE BOARD

CALENDAR

~ FEBRUARY ~ 05 MSPPS & St Joseph’s Primary Kinder

commences

05 Rosary & Prayers - OLPS, Sth M’bah

05 Meals on Wheels - Roster 1

09 10am Mass - Heritage Lodge

11 6TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME - B

10am Mass - OLPS, Sth M’bah

13 Baptism Preparation Meeting

14 ASH WEDNESDAY

9am Mass - Greenhills Lodge

9.30am - MSPC Inaugural & Ash

Wednesday Mass - SH

18 FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT - B

10am Mass - St Brigid’s, Burringbar

20 Reconciliation & First Holy Communion

Parent Meeting - 6pm - Parish Hall

21 ALPHA - Introductory Morning

CATHOLIC PAPERS Catholic Leader & Catholic Weekly

on sale today - $2 each

PLEASE PRAY FOR: SACRAMENTS

RECONCILIATION - Sacred Heart: Saturday : 5.30pm - 5.50pm

Sunday: 7.30am - 7.50am

BAPTISMS: Sacred Heart Church - 12.00pm

2nd and 4th Sundays of each month

(At least four weeks notice required)

Baptism Preparation Evening:

7.00pm Parish Administration Centre

on 2nd Tuesday of each month.

Next Evening - Tuesday 13th February

WELCOME BACK TO SCHOOL We welcome back all teachers, staff & students to our three parish

schools for the 2018 year. We extend a warm welcome to all new staff to our College and two Primary Schools.

Vinnies MacKillop Conference are looking for a round table and 4 chairs for their interview room. If you can help with this

request, please phone Marie Donaghy 6672 2933.

Ordinations This Monday evening 29 January, Bishop Gregory will ordain Wilber Tobe, Anselm Okeke and Emmanuel Okparanaku to the Order of Deacon, on the way to the priesthood, in St. Carthage’s Cathedral commencing at 7pm. Supper will follow.

Parishioners who have nominated to take the bus, please note - we are leaving the Queensland Road bus bay at 4.00pm, not 3.30pm as previously advertised. Please bring your own packed dinner.

The cost of the bus is: Adult $20 Pensioner $15 - to be paid on boarding.

PALMS ENCOUNTERS Share meals, share games, share life stories.

Have the back-to-work blues got you thinking about your next trip overseas? If so, why not join us on

an intimate, authentic tour of Timor-Leste this March?

Palms Encounters are ethically run group tours that provide participants with authentic, hard to come

by experiences. The tours have been carefully designed to give you an insight into the daily life of people of

another culture, an understanding of sustainable approaches to reducing poverty, and an insight into the life and work of Palms development volunteers.

Palms Australia Encounters in 2018-

11 – 23 March Timor Leste (Limited places available)

18 – 30 May Samoa

20 May – 1 June Timor Leste

2 – 14 September Timor Leste

If you’d like to join us for this incredible experience, please contact Palms on

02 9560 5333 or go to www.palms.org.au/encounters

Real encounter, real people, real exchange, real life.

Liturgy Rosters New Liturgy Rosters are being prepared this week. Please phone Barbara Cook (66723377) or the Parish Office (6672 1118), if you wish to change your availability or be added to the roster.

INVEST WITH PEACE OF MIND www.dif.org.au Phone 1800 802 516 Paying 2.15%

Agents: Egan Simpson Solicitors: 15 Prince Street, Murwillumbah.

4TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME - Year B

RESPONSORIAL PSALM: (Ps: 94) R. If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts.

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION:

Alleluia, Alleluia! The people in darkness have seen a great light: a radiant dawn shines on those lost in death. Alleluia!

BACK TO SCHOOL DATES St Joseph’s Primary School

Thursday 1 February: Yrs. 1 - 6 Monday 5 February: Kinder commences

Mt St Patrick Primary School Thursday 1 February: Yrs. 1 - 6

Monday 5 February: Kinder commences

Mt St Patrick College Wednesday 31 January: Yrs 7, 11 & 12 return

and new students in Yrs. 8, 9 & 10. Thursday 1 February: Yrs. 7 - 12

2018 Lenten Programme

‘Surrender’ This year’s Lenten Programme is again published by the Diocese of Wollongong and designed as a six-week Lenten resource for small groups, staff reflections, families and individuals. It also now includes daily reflections from Ash Wednesday to Easter Sunday.

Six beautiful Gospel Reflections have been written by Fr Graham Schmitzer (Parish Priest of Immaculate Conception Parish, Unanderra, NSW) and complimented by Sr Hilda Scott OSB’s (Vocations Director, Jamberoo Abbey) Spiritual Direction and Guided Christian Meditation.

You are invited to join us for prayer and reflection during the weeks of Lent, which commences with Ash Wednesday on 14 February. The Lenten Programme will commence the week 12 - 16 February.

Today, we are asking for nominations to host and/or lead a Lenten Group. If you would like to, please write your name, address, phone number & preferred day, on the sheet provided at the Church entrance.

Lenten books are available from the Parish Office. Cost $10.00. If you are unable to attend a Lenten group, books may be purchased for individual use.

BAPTISMS: Please welcome

Ruby Elizabeth Banks, Imogen Grace Naughton, Sophie Maree Naughton,

& Arya Melin Habermann to our faith community.

IT’S TIME!

Are you ready to join the adventure?

Alpha Introductory Morning

Wednesday 21 February 2018

Please join the adventure

at 9.00am for 9.15am in the Parish Hall

to register and to meet other participants.

Enjoy a cuppa, listen to the talk,

and feel free to join in the discussion

if you feel comfortable.

It’s free – there is no charge to attend.

#TryAlpha

Alpha.org.au