Brisbane Oratory in Formation

Parish of Annerley EkibinParish of Annerley EkibinParish of Annerley Ekibin Third Sunday of Advent - Year B [OF] & [EF]: 16th/17th December, 2017

Parish Office

14 Ferndale Street, Annerley 4103

PO Box 3131, Tarragindi 4121.

Office Hours:- 9:00am - 1:00pm

Monday, Wednesday & Friday

Phone: 3848 1107

Fax: 3848 1855

Email: annek@bne.catholic.net.au

Web: www.annerleyekibinparish.com www.facebook.com/ annerleyekibinparish

www.twitter.com/AnnerleyEkibin

Parish Priest : Fr Andrew Wise

Parish Team

Ms Shirley Sadler (Parish Secretary) Mrs Kathy Ducker (Finance Officer)

Mrs Teresa Martin

(Assistant Sacramental Co-ordinator)

Mr Richard O’Neil

† Mary Immaculate Church

616 Ipswich Road, Annerley

† St John Fisher Church

17 Messines Ridge Road, Tarragindi

† St Elizabeth’s Chapel

61 Effingham Street, Ekibin

St Elizabeth’s Primary School

Phone 3848 0828

Mary Immaculate Primary School

Phone 3848 8965

Our Lady’s Secondary College

Phone: 3848 7462

St John Fisher Hall

17 Messines Ridge Road, Tarragindi

Phone 3848 1107 (Office hours)

The Brisbane Oratory in Formation

Oratory House - 3392 9247

16 Ferndale Street, Annerley

http://brisbane-oratory.org/

Fr Adrian Sharp (Moderator)

Fr Andrew Wise

Fr Scot Armstrong

Br Shawn Murphy

Br Tyson King

Br Conor Power Br Matthew Buckley

Safeguarding Children and Vulnerable

Adults Parish Representative

Contact for Safeguarding concerns

Marie Melski (3848 0338)

Catholic Enquiry Group:

Lauren Le Feuvre (0410 939 661)

Frassati (Young Men)

Dylan Shogren (0449 994 929)

Flores Teresianes (Young Women)

Bernadette Tomlin (0401 446 613)

Frassati Youth (High School age)

Abbie Powick (0477 055 778 ) frassatiyouthbrisbane@gmail.com

St Vincent de Paul Helpline

Phone: 3010 1096

Homeless Hotline: 1800 474 753

Readings for next Sunday

23rd/24th December, 2017

1st: 2 Samuel 7:1-5, 8-12,

14, 16

2nd: Romans 16: 25-27

Gospel: Luke 1: 26-38

This Week’s Featured Notices

Morning Masses for the 4th Sunday of Advent, 24th December, are as normal. Please note the usual 5:00pm Sunday Mass will not take place on December 24th only.

Christmas Timetable 2017 Christmas Eve 24

th December

5:30pm: Vigil [OF] St John Fisher church 7:30pm: Vigil [Solemn OF+] Mary Immaculate church Midnight: Mass [EF] Missa Cantata Mary Immaculate church Christmas Day 25

th December

7:30am: Mass [OF] Mary Immaculate church 9:00am: Mass [EF] Missa Cantata Mary Immaculate church 11:00am: Mass [OF] Sudanese Community Mary Immaculate church

Christmas Vigil Masses will be preceded by half an hour of carol singing.

Please note: on Christmas night, Monday 25th December, there will be no 7:00pm Mass or confessions. Our normal Monday evening 7:00pm Mass and confessions will recommence on the following Monday, New Years Day, 1st January.

One Collection for Christmas Offerings will be taken up at all Christmas Masses this year. Thank you for your generosity.

There will be a Midnight Mass [EF] at Mary Immaculate Church on New Years Eve, 31st December once again this year. New Years Day is the solemnity of Mary as Mother of God. Other Mass times will be 9:00am [EF] and 7:00pm [OF+] at Mary Immaculate Church.

A big thank you to all those who assisted in preparing Mary Immaculate Church for Christmas at the working bee on Saturday morning. Your help was much appreciated.

GAUDETE SUNDAY—ADVENT JOY & JOHN THE BAPTIST: Dr Marcellino D’Ambrosio On the third Sunday of Advent, we celebrate “Gaudete” or “Rejoice!” Sunday. “Draw water

joyfully from the font of salvation,” says Isaiah. “Rejoice in the Lord always,” says St. Paul. “Do penance for the judge is coming,” says John the Baptist. GAUDETE OR REJOICE SUNDAY

Wait a minute! What’s that stark, strident saint of the desert doing here, on “Rejoice Sunday”? Believe it or not, John the Baptist is the patron saint of spiritual joy. After all, he leapt for joy in his mother’s womb at the presence of Jesus and Mary (Luke 1:44); it says that he rejoices to hear the bridegroom’s voice (John 3:29-30) and John joyfully baptized his cousin, launching the Lord’s public ministry,

heralding the demise of his own career. BEST MAN, NOT THE GROOM

John actually encouraged his disciples to leave him for Jesus, the Lamb of God. When people came, ready to honor John as the messiah, he set them straight and he found joy in this. “My joy is now full. He must increase and I must decrease.” REPENTANCE & PRIDE

The Baptist was joyful because he was humble. Humility is not beating up on yourself, denying that you have any gifts, talents, or importance. John knew he had an important role which he played aggressively, with authority and confidence. Most human beings, at one time or another, battle a nagging sense of inadequacy. Pride is sin’s approach to dealing with this. Proud people are preoccupied with self, seeing all others as competitors. The proud have to perpetually exalt themselves over others in hope that this will provide a sense of worth and inner peace. Of course, it doesn’t. Human history has proven that point time and time again. Even the pagan Greek storytellers knew that hubris or pride was the root of tragedy. Pride always comes before the fall, as it did in the Garden of Eden. HUMILITY, JOY & FREEDOM

Humility brings freedom from this frantic bondage. Receiving one’s dignity and self-worth as a gift from God relieves us from this stressful burden. But what about John’s stark call to repentance? How this be Good News? Because repentance is all about humility and humility is all about freedom. And freedom leads to inner peace and joy, joy in the presence of the Bridegroom, Jesus Christ, whom we await.

PARISH DATE CLAIMERS THURSDAY, 25th January Elizabethan Social Club Australia Day Function. Pies, peas, etc. $7.00. For bookings, please phone Joan on 3848 3251 or Philomena on 3349 2809. Saturday, 17th February Baptism Preparation for Parents at 9:00am in MI Music Room. Please phone the Parish Office to book.

WE PRAY FOR: Those who are recently deceased: Tony MUSSO, Brian BROPHY. Those who are sick: Bob GILLESPIE, Luke ADENEY, Baby CHARLIE, Ksenia BORODIN, Rex BOWEN, Joan BRAMMER, Shannon EMSLIE, Jane FARRELL, Bryan FITZPATRICK, Joan FLEW, Anne FRANETTOVICH, Gwen GAIR, Vilma GHOUSE, Bronte GREER, Marlene JOHNSTON, Marie MITCHELL, Cherrill MOLONEY, Valerie ORTON, Mila PICKARD, Ron ROFE, Joan ROONEY, Rosa Maria SANTOS, Matt VASIL, Josephine & Bill WRIGHT and Matthew ZEMEK. All the faithful departed.

Oratory News In October, a Memorandum of Agreement was signed between the Oratory and the Archdiocese, which spells out various elements of the relationship between the Brisbane Oratory in Formation, Annerley Ekibin Parish, and the Archdiocese. One of the important features of the Agreement contains the Archbishop’s permission to the Oratory community, at its

own expense, to make alterations and developments to the Oratory house, with a view to the long-term. This is a significant step towards our permanent establishment by the Holy See, and allows for the growth of our community as we welcome new members in the coming years.

Another feature of the Agreement makes clear that the appointment of the Parish Priest will operate in the same manner as occurs in parishes that are cared for by Religious Orders/Congregations, whereby the Oratory community will propose to the Archbishop the priest-member of our community whom we wish to be the Parish Priest. This gives us more flexibility to make arrangements as we need to, based on various considerations. In light of that, the Oratory community – in looking at our work and ministries for 2018 – decided that we would have a change of Parish Priest in 2018. The Archbishop has recently made that appointment, and Father Armstrong will take up the office of Parish Priest in mid-January. We are grateful to Father Wise for all that he has done during his time as Parish Priest.

Whilst parishes cared for by religious orders would be often used to more frequent changes of parish priest, it’s not something that many of us may have experienced before. In an ordinary parish, the change of Parish Priest can be a time of great flux. However, in a parish cared for by a religious congregation, there is a certain continuity in that a different member of the same religious congregation looks after the parish. This is even more so with the Oratory since we stay in one place forever. So whilst a different priest-member of the Oratory Congregation may become Parish Priest, it is still the same group of priests, and the same Oratory community, serving the parish, and so a real continuity. In some ways, then, not much changes with the change of Parish Priest in the parish cared for by an Oratory, whilst of course each Parish Priest will fulfil the office in his own particular way.

Further changes to ministry allocations that the Oratory community have recently made are that Father Wise will also be taking on the chaplaincy roles to the Frassati Fraternity and to Frassati Youth in 2018, in addition to continuing as chaplain to Flores Teresianes. Father Armstrong will also continue as the chaplain to the Saint Gregory’s Latin Mass Community, based at Wilston.

Please note that Sunday Vespers has concluded for the year, and will resume on the second Sunday of

February at 4:00pm. Father Adrian Sharp, Moderator

CHRISTMAS CEREMONIES We need the following Volunteer Ministers for Christmas Ceremonies: St John Fisher 5:30pm Christmas Eve Vigil: One or Two Ministers of the Word One or Two Extraordinary Ministers of

Holy Communion Mary Immaculate 7:30pm Christmas Eve Vigil: One or Two Ministers of the Word Mary Immaculate 7:30am Christmas Day: One or Two Ministers of the Word One Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion If you are available to assist at any of these Ceremonies, please contact the Parish Office on 3848 1107. CHRISTMAS SINGERS for ST JOHN FISHER CHURCH

Come and lend your voice to the musical prelude at SJF this Christmas Eve. We will begin carols at 5:10pm. Please arrive early.

Vale Bishop John Gerry DD

Emeritus Auxiliary Bishop of Brisbane

Parish Diary & Mass Times: 18th-24th December

Monday 18th December 6:00am Mass [OF+] SE 7:00pm Mass [EF] MI Tuesday 19th December 6:00am Mass [OF+] SE

7:00am Mass [EF] MI 9:00am Mass [OF+] MI Wednesday 20th December 6:30am Mass [OF] SJF

9:00am Mass [EF] MI

Thursday 21st December 6:00am Mass [OF+] SE 7:00am Mass [OF+] MI 9:00am Mass [EF] MI Friday 22nd December 6:30am Mass [OF] SE 9:00am Mass [EF] MI 7:30pm Holy Hour MI Saturday 23rd December 8:15am Mass [EF] MI Fourth Sunday of Advent

5:30pm Vigil [OF+] MI

5:30pm Vigil [OF] SJF

Sunday 24th December 7:30am Mass [OF] MI 8:30am Mass [OF] SJF 9:00am Mass [EF] MI

PLEASE SEE CHRISTMAS MASS TIMES ON FRONT PAGE OF = Ordinary Form | OF+ = Ad orientem | EF = Extraordinary Form]

MI = Mary Immaculate SE = St Elizabeth’s SJF = St John Fisher

CONFESSION TIMES: Mon 6:45pm (MI) Wed 9:40am - 10:00am (MI) Thu 9:40am - 10:00am (MI Fri 9:40am - 10:00am (MI) Fri 7:30pm - 8:30pm (During Holy Hour) Sat 7:15am - 8:00am (MI) Sat 4:45pm - 5:15pm (MI) Sat 5:15pm by request (SJF) Sun During 9:00am Mass where possible (MI)

The Angelus and the Rosary are prayed half an hour before the early Masses, Monday to Friday, at SE & SJF.

All night Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament takes place each Thursday at SE beginning at 6:00pm and ending at 6:45am on Fridays.

Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament takes place on Saturdays from 7:15am - 8:00am at MI Church.

Rosters for next week

St Gregory’s Latin Mass Community: Third Sunday of Advent, Wilston 7:30am

Saturday, 23rd December, Private: For the intentions of the donor 5:30pm Vigil at MI: For the People of the Parish: Pro populo Sunday, 24th December, 7:30am Mass at MI: For the repose of the soul of Remigio De Ambrosis, anniversary 8:30am Mass at SJF: For the intentions of Rolly, Shannon & Ava Jeffs 9:00am Mass at MI: For the Pope and the Bishops

PLEASE NOTE :

No Weekday Masses are omitted this week

MASS INTENTIONS Saturday 16th, December, Private: For the repose of the soul of Ross Girgenti, anniversary 8:15am Mass at MI: For Alan & Patti Camp, 45th Wedding Anniversary Sunday, 17th December, 7:30am Mass at MI: For the People of the Parish: Pro populo 8:30am Mass at SJF: For the Holy Souls in purgatory 5:00pm Mass at MI: For the Benefactors of the Brisbane Oratory in Formation, living and deceased Monday, 18th December, 6:00am Mass at SE: For the Pope and the Bishops Tuesday, 19th December, 6:00am Mass at SE: For the intentions of the donor 7:00am Mass at MI: For Blessy Mathew, Birthday Wednesday, 20th December, 6:30am Mass at SJF: For the intentions of the donor 9:00am Mass at MI: For the intentions of Michael Ellemor Thursday, 21st December, 6:00am Mass at SE: For the intentions of the donor 7:00am Mass at MI: For the intentions of Sylvia Jeffs Friday, 22nd December, 6:30am Mass at SE: For the repose of the soul of Doug Weston 9:00am Mass at MI: For the intentions of Roland Jeffs

Extra confession times before Christmas: After the 9:00am Mass on December 17th.

After the 8:15am Mass on December 23rd.

Normal confession times also continue during this period.

Overnight adoration of the Blessed Sacrament has concluded for the year at St Elizabeth’s Chapel and will resume again on Thursday 1st February, 2018. The Friday Holy Hour at Mary Immaculate Church will conclude for the year after December 22nd and will resume again on Friday 2nd February, 2018.

Rosters for next week

MINISTERS OF THE WORD

Sat (SJF) 5:30pm Barbara Nicolaides

Sun (MI) 7.30am Judy Harris, Marie Melski

Sun (SJF) 8:30am Vince Kartelo

Sun (MI) 5.00pm John Butterworth

EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS OF HOLY COMMUNION

Sat (SJF) 5:30pm: Bert Jacobs, John Lesina, Prem Nair

Sun (MI) 7:30am: Bertha Clark, Joan Coghlan, Paul Coghlan, Charles Grugan, Kathleen Grugan

COUNTERS

Monday, 18th December, 2017

Pat Brophy, Bernie O’Hara

CHURCH CARE

Sacristy (SEC) Maria Monro

Sanctuary & Sacristy (MI) Mabel Saah

Church Cleaning (MI)

Laundry (MI) Mabel Saah

HELP WANTED The Annerley Conference requires HELP to deliver Christmas Hampers to families in the Parish on Tuesday, 19th December from 11.30am. Personnel and Vehicles are required – Utilities an advantage. If you can help, please phone

PAUL COGHLAN: 3848 9845.

Third Sunday of Advent - Year B: 16th/17th December, 2017

Advent Wreath Prayers Celebrant: O ROOT OF JESSE, that stands for an ensign of the people, before whom the kings keep silence and unto whom the Gentiles shall make supplication:

Response: COME, to deliver us, and do not delay.

Celebrant: O KEY OF DAVID, and Sceptre of the House of Israel, who opens and no man shuts, who shuts and no man opens:

Response: COME, and bring forth the captive from his prison, he who sits in darkness and in the shadow of death. Amen.

MASS READINGS

First Reading: Isaiah 61:1-2a.10-11

The spirit of the Lord has been given to me, for the Lord has anointed me. He has sent me to bring good news to the poor, to bind up hearts that are broken; to proclaim liberty to captives, freedom to those in prison; to proclaim a year of favour from the Lord. "I exult for joy in the Lord, my soul rejoices in my God, for he has clothed me in the garments of salvation, he has wrapped me in the cloak of integrity, like a bridegroom wearing his wreath, like a bride adorned in her jewels. "For as the earth makes fresh things grow, as a garden makes seeds spring up, so will the Lord make both integrity and praise spring up in the sight of the nations."

The Word of the Lord

Response: Thanks be to God

Responsorial Psalm (Said by all)

My soul glorifies the Lord, my spirit rejoices in God, my Saviour. He looks on his servant in her nothingness; henceforth all ages will call me blessed.

The Almighty works marvels for me. Holy his name! His mercy is from age to age, on those who fear him.

He fills the starving with good things, sends the rich away empty. he protects Israel, his servant, remembering his mercy.

Second Reading: 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24

Be happy at all times; pray constantly; and for all things give thanks to God, because this is what God expects you to do in Christ Jesus. Never try to suppress the Spirit or treat the gift of prophecy with contempt; think before you do anything - hold on to what is good and avoid every form of evil. May the God of peace make you perfect and holy; and may you all be kept safe and blameless, spirit, soul and body, for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. God has called you and he will not fail you.

The Word of the Lord

Response: Thanks be to God

Alleluia, Alleluia! The Spirit of the Lord is upon me; he sent me to bring Good News to the poor. Alleluia

Gospel: John 1:6-8,19-28 A man came, sent by God. his name was John. He came as a witness, as a witness to speak for the light, so that everyone might believe through him. he was not the light, only a witness to speak for the light. This is how John appeared as a witness. When the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, "Who are you?" he not only declared, but he declared quite openly, "I am not the Christ." "Well then," they asked, "are you Elijah?" "I am not," he said. "Are you the Prophet?" He answered, "No." So they said to him, "Who are you? We must take back an answer to those who sent us. What have you to say about yourself?" So John said, "I am, as Isaiah prophesied: a voice that cries in the wilderness: Make a straight way for the Lord." Now these men had been sent by the Pharisees, and they put this further question to him, "Why are you baptizing if you are not the Christ, and not Elijah, and not the prophet?" John replied, "I baptize with water; but there stands among you ... unknown to you ... the One who is coming after me; and I am not fit to undo his sandal-strap." This happened at Bethany, on the far side of the Jordan, where John was baptising. The Gospel of the Lord.

Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ

Memorial Acclamation: Number Three Save us, Saviour of the world, for by your Cross and Resurrection you have set us free.

ARE YOU A NEW PARISHIONER?

OR ARE YOU FROM ELSEWHERE IN BRISBANE BUT

REGULARLY ATTEND MASS HERE AND WOULD LIKE

TO BE REGISTERED AS A FRIEND OF THE BRISBANE

ORATORY? If so, please fill in the form below and place

it on the collection plate or mail to our Parish Office:

P.O. Box 3131, Tarragindi. 4121.

□ I am a new parishioner

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registered as a friend of the Brisbane Oratory

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COLLECTIONS LAST WEEKEND: $2,529.00 ELECTRONIC CONTRIBUTIONS AVERAGE FOR WEEK:

$1,878.40. Thank you from a grateful Parish.

Christmas is Coming On Sale now at the Mary Immaculate Piety Stall:

Christmas cards with the true Christmas message 5 for $2.50; 2018 Columban Art Calendar - a good Christmas present; Christmas cribs and small religious statues.