ST. MARY’S PARISH, COROWA

Diocese of Wagga Wagga N.S.W.

       Fr. Paul Hart. P.P.

             20^th October 2013

 23 Parade Place,   P.O. Box 69, Corowa 2646.

We honor the traditional owners of this land, the Kwat Kwat peoples and the Wiradjuri Nation

St. Mary of the Cross Mackillop Patron of the Diocese of Wagga Diocesan Provident Fund – P.O. Box 4 Wagga Wagga 2650,  Ph:  02 6937 0099 or dpf@csoww.catholic.ed.au

SUCCESSFUL E-CONFERENCE EXPERIENCE

Thanks to School Principal and Staff for Amenities

On Wednesday 16^th October, in St Mary’s School Library, courtesy of St Mary’s School Principal and Staff, 15 members of St Mary’s parish enjoyed a new experience – an E-conference. [= a live video conference broadcast via the Internet].

Watching the e-conference lectures

Topic

The topic was “ST JOHN – The Love of God made Visible.” Two presenters – Fr Frank Moloney SDB and Dr Dorothy Lee gave two lectures each on the Gospel of St John.

Between the lectures the participants were able to discuss the points raised in the talks and, by email, to submit questions to the lecturers in the Broken Bay Institute in Sydney.

Lunch was a BYO-and-Share and was another chance to chat and discuss the content of the lectures.

Pre-reading

Because the lecturers were two world authorities on the Gospel of John, it was necessary for the participants to have recently read the whole Gospel through in order to benefit from the input.

Fr Moloney Lecture #1

In the first Lecture Fr Frank spoke about how John dealt with the story of Jesus in a new way. By the final years of the first century the world of the early Christians had changed dramatically.

His Gospel was not written in Jerusalem, but in Ephesus. There the context is not Jewish and, moreover, because by this time the Temple in Jerusalem is already destroyed by the Romans, Jerusalem is no longer the centre of the world for prayer – even for those who were Jewish and did not believe in Jesus. So John is addressing a new world situation for the young Christian community.

Secondly, because nearly eighty years have elapsed since the Death and Resurrection of Jesus, the writer and his believing community have a richer and clearer perspective on Jesus’ Identity as the Word of God who is God in human flesh: “the Love of God made visible.”

Dr Lee’s Lectures

The second and third lectures were delivered by Dr Lee. First, she highlighted the interesting ‘pairings’ in John’s Gospel – Life and Death, Light and Darkness, Blindness & Sight, Flesh and Glory, Father and Son, Believing and Unbelieving. She presented clear examples from the Gospel – bringing a new richness to our understanding of familiar texts.

Then Dr Lee gave a masterly Lecture on ‘the Raising of Lazarus’ which is ‘the centre-piece’ of the Gospel, the ‘final sign’ of Jesus and the ‘lead-in to Jesus’ own death’. She illustrated that John entwines Jesus’ Passion into the Lazarus story. “Jesus’ is the only voice that can speak to the dead and they obey!” In John, Jesus is the ‘Liberator’: “Unbind him and let him go.”

Fr Moloney Lect. #2

Fr Frank, in the final lecture, spoke of the ‘journeys of faith’ in John, especially for Mary Magdalene, Peter and the ‘beloved disciple’, and for Thomas; they moved from unbelief to belief.

The experience was challenging and a source of interesting discussion and provided a pair of ‘new eyes’ for every participant with which to read the Gospel of John. To view more photos of the econference, click here: E-conference on St John’s Gospel.

Econference discussion

Parish Events Week 29: 20^th – 27^th Oct

Saturday 19^th   

6.30pmVigil Mass (Pat Livingston & Family)

Sunday 20^th 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time

9.00am Mass (pro populo: Mass for all Parishioners)

10.45am Mass at Coreen

12 Noon: Blessing and Opening of Karinya extensions – FETE DAY AT KARINYA

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Monday 21^st  

Wagga Diocesan Priests Retreat (21^st – 25^th Oct)   at Galong NSW.

9.30am Wrap with Love

Tuesday 22^nd

No Mass

Wednesday 23^rd  

No Mass

11.00am Communion to homes & Karinya

Thursday 24^th

11.30am Novena.

12.00noon Readings and Prayers & Holy Communion.

Friday 25^th

No Mass

12.00noon.

Community Prayer Spot at Presbyterian Hall

Saturday 26^th  

8.45amRosary & Mass (Les Deveney; Tom O’Brien)

6.30pmVigil Mass (Michael Sandral; Ursula McFarlane)

Sunday 27^th MISSION SUNDAY APPEAL 30^TH Sunday in Ordinary Time

9.00am Mass (Mass Pro populo – for All parishioners and their families)

Coming Events:

21-25/10 Diocesan Retreat at Galong

27th October Mission Sunday Appeal

29th October 5.30pm Finance Committee

Remember in Prayer

Peace in homes & Nations, esp Syria.

All victims of neglect, violence, abuse.

The many sick/recovering, carers & families.

Recently deceased; Frances Hanrahan, Kathleen Keyes, Pauline Harris, Alma O’Brien,

Bishop Brennan, Alan Whitty, Dimpy Weston, Marianne Marsden, Peter Kelly,

Marj Strachan, Ken Hughes, Marie Kaitler,

Belinda Nagle, Thomas Tomlinson.

Balldale Majellan

Next meeting will include Mass at the home of Terry and Sandra Drum at Balldale: 12 Noon Wed 30^th October. Contact Nora Kingston: 6033 2026

 

Roster 26^th – 27^th Oct

Gifts:

6.30pm P Culhane J Heagney

9.00am R Whitmore

Lectors

6.30pm A Norman G Kingston

9.00am B & E Christy

Special Ministers:

6.30pm D & A Norman

9.00am K Roberts

Altar: M Campbell

Welcomers:

6.30pm D Doyle

9.00am M Flynn

Altar Servers:

6.30pm L Heagney J Lane

9.00am O & S Hughes

Collection: M Drum

Counters: R Packer & I Brooks

Coreen Golden Jubilee

A very happy day was enjoyed by all who attended the celebration of the Golden Jubilee of St Pius X church. More than 120 attended and prayed and rejoiced together. Sincere thanks are due to all who made the day a resounding success. Click here for the full story: St Pius X Church Coreen Golden Jubilee