PARISH MEETINGS:

Immaculata Apostolate: 2nd & 4th Monday of the Month – 3pm – 4:30pm

PPC Meeting: 3rd Monday of the Month - 7pm

Church Choir: 3rd Monday of the Month - 8pm

St. Vincent De Paul: 1st & 3rd Tuesday of the Month - 5.30pm - 6.30pm

Wings of Freedom Prayer Group: Tuesdays - 7.30pm - 9pm

Perpetual Help Novena Group: Wednesdays - 6pm

Legion of Mary: Thursdays - 6pm - 7.30pm

Little Women's Group: (Catholic Girls Club) - 2nd Saturday of the month 2pm - 4pm

LITURGY ROSTER 15 JAN '17 22 JAN '17

VIGIL (Sat 6pm): Sacristan/Leader: Justin McErlean Russell Belz

Welcome: Yvonne McErlean Carol Hills

Readers: Claire McGovern; Justin McErlean Betty & Russell Belz

Offertory: Justin & Yvonne McErlean Joan Alford; Claire McGovern

Collector: Mike Calcutt Mike Calcutt Extra-ordinary Ministers of Holy Communion:

Yvonne McErlean; Theresa Nicholas

Betty & Russell Belz

SUNDAY 9am:

Sacristan/Leader: Michael Luce

Welcome: Anne & Ron Jones; Lyn Jones; MJ Tully

Michael & Maureen Luce; Helen McGovern

Readers: Anne & Ron Jones; Lyn Jones; Clarry Horsey

Michael Luce; Anne Walters; Terry Byrnes

Offertory: Lyn Jones Helen McGovern Extra-ordinary Ministers of Holy Communion:

Ron & Anne Jones; Lyn Jones; Judy Eagle

Michael Luce; Anne Walters; Cathy Pukallus

Morning Tea: Milton Pugh; MJ Tully Anne Walters

SUNDAY 5.30pm:

Sacristan/Leader: Ellen Morosini Ellen Morosini

Welcome: Ged Borthistle Ged Borthistle

Readers: 1st – Michael Taylor 2nd – Therese Borthistle Prayers of Faithful – Beatrice Lucas

1st – Beatrice Lucas 2nd - Sheila Vincent Prayers of Faithful – Michael Taylor

Extra-ordinary Ministers of Holy Communion:

Therese Borthistle/Beatrice Lucas/ Grahame O'Brien

Therese Borthistle/Beatrice Lucas/ Grahame O'Brien

SACRED HEART PARISH, TOOWOOMBA

Incorporating North - West Toowoomba,

Wilsonton, Cotswold Hills, Gowrie, Kingsthorpe

Cnr. Tor & North Street, Wilsonton

PH: (07) 4634 8488

Email: sacredheartparish@westnet.com.au

Website: www.sacredheartparish.com.au

Masses: Sunday: Vigil (Sat) 6pm, 9am, 5.30pm Mon, Weds & Fri: 6.30am

Tues: 6.30am, 12.10pm Thurs: 6.30am, 8.40am (School Term) Sat: 8.30am

Eucharistic Adoration: Mon – Fri: 5am-6.30am (including the Angelus & Morning Prayer)

Tues: CONTINUOUS 24 hours from 6.30am Mass to Wed 6.30am Mass

First Friday: 7am - 8.30am Mass Sat (for the sanctity of life)

Sacrament of Penance: Sat: 8am, 5.30pm Sun: 8.30am

Parish Priest: Fr. Roque MAGUINSAY (Pacem)

Parish Coordinator: Russell Belz PH: (07) 4634 4180

All Seasons Function Centre: Manager - Neville Siebenhausen PH: 0499 988 089

Sacred Heart Primary School: Principal – Mr. Chris Rosentreter PH: (07) 4634 3436

Email: sacredheart@twb.catholic.edu.au Website: www.sacredhearttwb.catholic.edu.au

2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time – 15th Jan ‘17

103rd World Day of Migrants and Refugees

The theme of Pope Francis' Message is "Child Migrants, the Vulnerable and the Voiceless". In his Message, the Holy Father wants "to draw attention to the reality of child migrants, especially the ones who are alone. In doing so I ask everyone to take care of the young, who in a threefold way are defenceless: they are children, they are foreigners, and they have no means to protect themselves. I ask everyone to help those who, for various reasons, are forced to live far from their homeland and are

separated from their families."

READINGS: 15 Jan '17 - Year A

1st Reading: IS 49:3-6 The Lord reminds Israel that they are His servants through

whom he will show His glory . That He will make Israel a light to the nations so that

His salvation may reach the ends of the earth.

2nd Reading: 1 Cor 1:1-3 The church of God, all those who have been sanctified in

Christ Jesus - are called to be holy.

Gospel: Jn 1:29-34 John the Baptist saw the Spirit come down like a dove and rest

on Jesus – only then did he recognize that before him stood the one who he must

baptize with water, and who in turn will baptize others with the Holy Spirit.

RESPONSORIAL PSALM - 15 JAN '17

“Here am I, Lord; I come to do your will!" FEAST DAYS THIS WEEK:

Tues: St. Anthony Fri: Sts. Fabian & Sebastian Sat: St. Agnes

READINGS NEXT WEEK: 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time - 22 January, 2017

First - Is 8:23-9:3 Second – 1 Cor 1:10-13, 17 Gospel - Mt 4:12-23

Be a LIGHT

Jonathan Snacks, a Jewish teacher, said that the vocation of Israel was to be a Light

to the Nations, not a plague. This is the mission that Jesus handed over to his

disciples when he sent them to the ends of the earth. It is far more challenging

than to work for the economic self-sufficiency of their nations, to which cause many

leaders are enslaving their own people. There are leaders who teach violence to

usher in an era of peace. There are others who urge unjust ways to win justice,

hold out illusions to attain truth, and cease to be a genuine light in society. Henri

Nouwen says, “To be a teacher is to disclose through your own person the mystery

of God.” The self-seeking pragmatist in us must yield to the committed mystic until

we see the working of the Spirit in all human events and natural processes.

‘IMMACULATA APOSTOLATE’- Next Piety Stall will be Sat 4th & Sun 5th February

2017. Orders can be taken at any time. Contact Ann 043 242 1962.

Sacred Heart Parish Badges are now available Sacred Heart Parish Badges are now available in the foyer. These use magnets and

therefore do not ruin clothing. Please wear them during and after Mass – knowing

each other’s names help support a friendlier and welcoming atmosphere among

ourselves, and especially among visitors and newcomers to our community. We ask

that the name badges not be brought home and be returned to the magnet board

for safekeeping.

Sacramental Program – The Sacrament of Holy Communion sessions will begin

February 5 – these are for children who completed the Sacrament of Reconciliation.

We are now inviting all children who have completed their Holy Communion in the

past to enrol in sessions for the Sacrament of Confirmation. For more information

please contact Terry Byrnes on 4635 4917.

COMING UP Monday, Jan. 16 – PPC Meeting, 7pm

Sunday, Feb. 5, 11am Mass - Feast of the Sto. Nino / Infant Jesus of Prague

Friday, March 3 – World Day of Prayer

Learning To Love Children and Youth as Jesus Loves Them All children are lovable, not just the small babies or the cute, the healthy, and the bright ones. In their eyes full of light, wonder and innocence, there is an almost irresistible fascination which arouses in every normal human being (and even in animals!) feelings of tenderness and care. Each little boy or girl is a reminder of a world of innocence, dreams and hopes which most adults have lost sight of. All children need to be loved. But many are not. Far too many are not loved in the right manner. Some receive too much and become “spoiled brats,” groomed to be the tyrants of tomorrow. Others receive too little – much less than they need for their physical, intellectual, psychological, and affective development. Their lives are shortened, their faces ploughed by the deep furrows of neglect, deprivation, and the unconscious feeling of not being loved as they should . . . . Other children – most of them recruited from the previous immense crowd – are “used” by unscrupulous and wicked adults. They are destroyed by the cruelty of those who enjoy immolating them to the gods of greed and carnal pleasure. Still others – their numbers growing more and more! – are not even allowed to see the light of day, butchered as they are right in the wombs of their mothers, victims of unconquered lust, shame, pride, greed . . . . Words are unable to express the horror which malnutrition, child exploitation, child prostitution, and abortion arouse in us. And in God, more than in us! There is something devilish in all these forms of human degradation. Jesus showed his love for the children of his time. In the brightness of their eyes he saw mirrored the freshness and holiness of the Kingdom. He expects that we show the same concrete love for the children of our time. Our devotion to the Holy Child, Jesus, must lead us to practical concern for the millions of children in this country and all over the world. They are the most defenceless victims of the indifference, greed and lust of too many adults who are a disgrace to our nation and humankind.

PLEASE PRAY FOR –

OUR SICK: Barbara Hickey, Beatrice Lucas, Jesse Moore, Frank Moore, Laura Lucas, Julie

Armstrong, Margaret Lewis, Therese Fitzpatrick, Geraldine Dickmann, Clayton Herron, Dulcie

Carey, Mabel Saad, Yvonne King, Coleen from SPRED, Sandra Robinson, Rachel Oldham,

Alfredo Bumatay, Cristy Foundalakis, Joseph Stafford, Ava Bateman, Alfredo Yap-Buzon, Paul

Stanley Holmes, Theresa Hansen

SUMMARY OF COLLECTIONS: THANK YOU!

DATE PLANNED GIVING LOOSE TOTAL

25 Dec '16 $1425 $828 $2253

1 Jan '17 $1734 $465 $2199

8 Jan '17 $2061 $412 $2473