“The Best Time…” words of St Teresa of Calcutta.

 

Next Sunday, is St Mary’s Adoration Day. After Mass from 10am until 1pm, in Our Lady’s chapel, join others in adoration of Our Divine Lord in the Eucharist. You will find peace and strength to face your week.

Pope Benedict XVI wrote: “Receiving the Eucharist means adoring Him whom we receive. Only in this way do we become one with Him, and are given, as it were, a foretaste of the beauty of the heavenly liturgy.

“The act of adoration outside Mass prolongs and intensifies all that takes place during the liturgical celebration itself.

“In the Eucharist, the Son of God comes to meet us and desires to become one with us; Eucharistic adoration is simply the natural consequence of the Eucharistic celebration, which is itself the Church’s supreme act of adoration.”

St John Paul II with Monstrance

FORTHCOMING EVENTS

*Sun 29^th 9.30am Federation Festival Ecumenical Service at ‘the Mound’ Bangarang Park. [St Mary’s lead]

*Tue 31^st Schools return.

*Sun 5^th Feb ADORATION DAY AT ST MARY’S 10am-1pm – Benediction 12.45pm

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COUNSELLING at St Mary’s

Wednesdays 10am & 2pm at St Mary’s Presbytery rear flat. Run by Centacare and Sisters of Mercy. Ph. 0448772010.

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Rosaries 

* Nora Kingston, 24 Alfred St ph. Wed 4.30pm

* McLean’s, 5a Lindsay St., Wed 5.30pm

* Karinya chapel – Sundays 11am

* St Mary’s Church, Sat 8.45am+ 9am Mass

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Remember in Prayer 

Patricia McCormick, John Williamson, Dinny Carroll, Leo Hanrahan, Maureen King, John Kingston, Sr Therese Anne Esler, Chris Erickson, Lillian Donald, Stefan Svarc, Frank Murphy,  Frank Tuck, Doris Robinson

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PARISH HELPERS NOW NEEDED

• Scripture Teachers for State Primary Schools (Fr Paul & Arthur Campbell retiring)
• Sacristans (John O’Donoghue retiring)
• Counters of Sunday Collections (Laurie & Nancy Hughes retiring)
• Ministers of Holy Communion (many on team are frail and looking to retire)

Please contact Fr Paul for further details about any of these important roles. Every parish is dependent on many members to ensure the smooth working of the community. All can benefit from your help.

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MASS INTENTIONS 28^th Jan – 4^th Feb 2017

Sat 28^th Jan St Thomas Aquinas

6.30pm (Jegadeesh fm; Michelle Hogan; Michael Sandral)

Sun 29^th 4th SUN ORDINARY TIME YR A

8.00am Mass (All Parishioners).Federation Day

9.30am Federation Day Ecumenical Service at Mound.

Mon 30^th

9am M (Gordon Willett, Ruth Hickey, Kevin Dennis)

Tue 31^st St John Bosco

9am M (Chris Hanrahan, Will Hickey, Alf Rhodes)

Wed 1st February

9am M (Leo & Francie Hanrahan, Tom Sheridan)

Thurs 2^nd PRESENTATION OF THE LORD

11.40 Nov. & Holy Communion Service

Fri 3^rd St Blaise

10am Anoint. Mass at Southern Cross Karinya (All sick, aged, infirm)

Sat 4^th

9am M (Marg Brown, Nell Dullard, Paddy O’Donovan)

6.30pm (John Hanrahan, Tom Sheridan)

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LIT. ROSTER for 4^th – 5^th Feb 2017

Gifts:

6.30pm Norman family

9.00am CWL members

Lectors:

6.30pm J McLean, S Drum

9.00am P Lemmon

Special Minister:

6.30pm T Drum, C Salmon

9.00am K Roberts

Altar: M Macqueen

Welcomers:

6.30pm M Skehan

9.00am Craig Sandral

Altar Servers:

6.30pm

9.00am

Collection: Brian O’Shea

Counters:  Mick Kelly, Ken King

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