THANK YOU
Thank you again for being so generous. The special collection for Migrants and Refugees raised $979.15.
OUR LADY’S BIRTHDAY
Mass will be celebrated Thursday 8 September at 9.15am with Morning Tea afterwards. Please bring a plate to share.
A MESSAGE FROM SR MAUREEN & SR MARY
“Gratitude is the memory of the heart” St Mary MacKillop.
Sincere thanks to Father Kevin and the Parish Co-Ordinating Team for organising such a wonderful farewell. Grateful thanks to all those involved in the preparations.
We found the spirit of St Mary MacKillop very evident.
For your generosity with your gifts both monetary, flowers, cards and useful gifts, which will remind us of your presence—We are most grateful. THANK YOU. We were overwhelmed. Mass will be celebrated by the Blessed Sacrament Fathers for all your intentions.
May God bless and reward you,
…..Srs Maureen and Mary
EXAMINING ETHICS FROM A CHRISTIAN PERSPECTIVE
Mon nights 7.30pm in Sep at St Mary’s Anglican Church hall, O’Shannassy St.
OUR COMMUNION PROCESSION
As we approach the Eucharistic Table of the Lord to receive the Body and the Blood of Christ, we sing if possible and one communicant from the front we make a bow of our head in humility (not a profound bow from the waist) and then look at the Host and express our faith by saying “Amen”. This is as the Australian Bishops have taught. Genuflecting is a health hazard to our fellow communicants as there is the possibility of tripping the person behind when we stick our leg out behind us to genuflect. There is no need to bow again when receiving the Cup of the Blood of Christ as Christ is already present within us at this stage.
RSJ IN MISSION
Next meeting at Parish Centre meeting room on Wed 7 September at 1.30pm.
Guest speaker Sr Mary Fermio RSJ.
All welcome.
Enquiries Jenny Coutts 9744 3472.
ANNUAL PARISH ASSEMBLY
The Assembly is being held on September 3 in the Parish Centre from 9am to 12.30pm. Please come along to have input into the Parish. EVERYONE is welcome and valued in this very important meeting to help make our Parish even better. All Neighbourhoods and Parish Groups are invited to take a Proposal form from the Welcome Desk to give a brief presentation of their suggestions.
THANKSGIVING OFFERING TOKENS
At every Mass, we offer ourselves to God the Father through Christ. To help those who give by automatic payments (direct debits, credit card and internet banking) to become conscious of their offering at every Mass, we shall have available tokens to be placed on the collection plate. These tokens have the printed text: “We support our parish by automatic payments“. The tokens will begin next Sunday.
STEWARDSHIP……A WAY OF LIFE
CATHOLIC STEWARDSHIP FROM SUNDAYS READINGS
Although many in our culture deny any responsibility for the wrong they do, God does not see it that way. We may claim social ills or ignorance caused us to do evil, but the Lord declares, “The wicked shall die for his guilt.” Our words and deeds have consequences, and there are choices we can make that God sees as sinful.
But God does not want us to choose sin, and so we have the responsibility of warning the sinner, firmly but gently, of the results of his actions. If we’re the one who has been hurt, Jesus tells us to seek reconciliation privately first of all, but if that does not work, then bring in others. But ignoring sin is not an option, for then it grows and festers.
The steward is accountable to God for his use of the time, talent, and treasure entrusted to him. One aspect of being accountable is responsibility for fellow members of the Body of Christ. Offering correction, in a way that can be understood and accepted, comes with the territory. Otherwise, as the Lord announced through Ezekiel, “The wicked shall die for his guilt, but I will hold you responsible for his death.”
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EVENING ADORATION
First Friday Adoration
St Anne’s Church Friday 2 September 7-8pm.
SING A LONG
Goonawarra Nursing Home Sing-A-Long
Anderson Rd Sunbury
Friday 2 September 2.30—3.15pm
Please come along and help entertain the residents.
MORNING TEA
Please join us for morning tea next Sunday 4 September after 8.30am Mass at St Anne’s Church, hosted by Jacksons Hill. Please bring a plate to share.
THANK YOU
Thanks for your generous support of St Vincent de Paul Winter Appeal. $1711.80 was raised.
NO WORKING BEE 3 SEPTEMBER
Due to the Parish Assembly on 3 September, next working bee will be on Saturday 1 October St Anne’s Church.
A RENEWED MENTALITY WITH NEW MASS TEXTS
Pope Benedict has exhorted us to develop “a renewed mentality” as we use the new texts. To prepare us internally, Father Michael Fallon will give us formation at all Masses for five Sundays from 11 September. Fr Michael was ordained a priest for the Church of Brisbane in 1968. Later he obtained a Masters in Religious Education at Catholic University of America. Then he was involved in assisting teachers in RE at the Catholic Education Office Brisbane. Later, he was the Director of Continuing Education for the Clergy in Brisbane. Then he was a Parish Priest. He came here in 2005 for our parish renewal week. Fr Michael will be residing and ministering in our Parish for a couple of months.
At the Liturgy Planning meeting last week, we decided on the music for the new texts and we will begin this after the school holidays. From the first Sunday of Advent, the new texts are to be used in the English speaking world. We need several teams to operate the computer for the screens showing the new texts. Please contact the Parish Office so a roster can be drawn up.
YOUTH GROUP
Our Youth Group will be gathering this Sunday at 6.30pm at St Anne’s Church. Please bring along a favourite board game and a friend to join in the fun. Refreshments are provided. All are welcome. Further details contact garnetjacob@yahoo.com.
THANKSGIVING OFFERING TOKENS
At every Mass, we offer ourselves to God the Father through Christ. To help those who give by automatic payments (direct debits, credit card and internet banking) to become conscious of their offering at every Mass, we shall have available tokens to be placed on the collection plate. These tokens have the printed text: “We support our parish by automatic payments: The tokens will begin this Sunday.
STEWARDSHIP……A WAY OF LIFE
CATHOLIC STEWARDSHIP FROM SUNDAYS READINGS
Jesus throws out a challenge to all who wish to follow him in today’s Gospel. Immediately after St. Peter identified him as “the Christ, the Son of the living God,” Jesus declares that he is not the sort of Christ people expected. Instead of being a conquering hero, he must suffer greatly and be killed. Even worse, each of his followers “must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me. For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.”
That’s the contradiction of the Christian life. The fallen world, what St. Paul terms “this age,” is centered on self – indulging what our wills want so we can achieve maximum pleasure, power, and prestige. But Christians are called to let our minds be transformed and renewed by Jesus Christ, so that our wills are conformed to the will of God. We die to self so we can live for God.
When we allow God’s formation to renew our minds, we discover that it changes how we use our time, apply our talent, and spend our treasure. We pray, “Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven.” When our minds have been renewed by God’s grace, we do our best to make this prayer come true.
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