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CHURCH OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION AND ST. PAUL OF THE CROSS Catholic Parish of Dulwich Hill, Archdiocese of Sydney, Established in 1907 532 New Canterbury Road, Dulwich Hill NSW 2203 PO Box 149 Dulwich Hill NSW 2203 Ph: 9558-3257 Fax: 9559-3752 Facebook: www.facebook.com/StPotC Website: dulwichhillparish.org.au Email: [email protected], or [email protected] Bishop Richard Umbers DD VG (Bishop in Residence) Fr. Andrew James (Parish Priest), (Deacon) Rev Louis Azzopardi Parish Office Maria - Mondays Cecilia –Wed-Friday 9.30am - 2:30pm Parish & Hall enquiries 9558 3257 Mass Times Sat: 5:30pm (Vigil) Sun: 8am & 10am Mon to Fri: 9:00am Sat: 9:30am Family Mass with Children’s Liturgy 3rd Sunday of the Month 10am Mass Family Rosary & Morning Tea - 2nd Sunday of the Month after 10am Mass in the Church Hall Filipino Mass 1st Sun 11:30am Il Gruppo di Rosario Italiano Il gruppo di preghiera Italiano, si raduna ogni giovedi alle ore 10 nella salla parrocchiale. Sacraments Confession Sat 8:30-9:20am, 4:45pm or any time by appointment Baptism Every 2nd, 3rd and 4th Sunday 11.15am Marriage At least 6 months notice required Anointing of the Sick Any time on call Devotions Holy Hour & Rosary Sunday - Friday before morning mass Rosary & Benediction Sat 8:30-9:30am Elsa George Rosary Group Second Saturday of the month at 2.30pm 9716 6676 All welcome Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help Wednesday 7pm With St Paul of the Cross we pray … For the sick Lourdes Tee Fr Jim Duggan Paul Weber Kevin Russell Pat Allport Cardo, Zennie, Ian, Pat Martin Welfare Frank Katra Francheska Bechara Recently Deceased Death Anniversary Silvestro De Martin For the Souls All forgotten Souls and Holy Souls in Purgatory Special Intentions Ian Pinto Rian Galliott PRIMARY SCHOOL Ph: 9558 5308 Fax: 9558 4909 Principal: Ms Frances Stewart REC: Ms J o-Anne Ross The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi) / A 14 June 2020 “Give us this day our daily bread” The holy Eucharist completes Christian initiation…..It is ‘the source and summit of the Christian life’. The other sacraments and indeed all ecclesiastical ministries and works of the apostolate are bound up with the Eucharist and oriented towards it. In the blessed Eucharist is contained the whole spiritual good of the Church, namely Christ himself (Catechism of the Catholic Church #1322/24) In August last year the Pew Research Centre released the results of a survey on the beliefs of a broad cross section of American Catholics. Among other things, it revealed that 69% of the Catholics surveyed believed that the presence of Jesus in the Eucharist was “symbolic” rather than “real” ie that Jesus’ body and blood were not really present in the bread and wine consecrated at Mass. There are many things that could be said about this finding, especially issues of culture, understanding and the way in which the Church’s teachings are communicated. It is also a challenge. If the Eucharist is ‘the source and summit of Christian life’ and 69% of Catholics do not believe that Christ is truly present in the Eucharist then something is seriously wrong. Our readings for this Sunday, the feast of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi), direct our attention to the way in which the Eucharist sustains our life in Christ. We cannot continue this life without it. Two readings in particular stand out. The reading from Deuteronomy reflects on the forty years the people of Israel travelled through the desert on the way to the Promised Land. God tested them “humbled them… to know their inmost heart,” but he also fed them with manna until they reached the Promised Land. This is juxtaposed with our reading from John, where Jesus says ”I am the living bread which has come down from heaven.” We are meant to understand the Eucharist through the experience, the lens you could say, of Israel ’s wandering in the desert. Throughout this experience they often looked back on the ‘security’ of their life in Egypt, even though they were slaves there. Like the early Church Father Origen, we could think of this as an allegory of our own life. Despite the wonderful human qualities each of us have, we are always captives to the various forms of slavery ‘sin’ that can control our lives despite our best efforts. The desert that what we must travel through is our own spiritual journey through life. Like the people of Israel we want to go back, to stay with the security of what we know, even though it is a form of slavery. We need to be fed along this tough journey through life to eternal life. Jesus offers us himself. He is “real food and real drink.” Without him we won’t be able to make it through the desert. It is what we ask for every time we pray the Our Father. “Our daily bread” is not just what we need to keep us going each day but eternal life, the life of Jesus himself. This is the ‘bread’ that keeps our souls alive. We trivialize the Eucharist by seeing it as something that ‘symbolizes’ Christ rather than the real presence of Christ himself. Deacon Louis Solemnity/Memorial/Saint of the Week (15 - 20 June 2020) Fri 19/6 The Most SACRED HEART of Jesus Sat 20/6 The Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary A message from the Archdiocese of Sydney Child sexual abuse is a crime. The appropriate people to deal with crimes are the police. If you, or anyone you know, have been abused, please contact the police. Alternatively, you can contact the Safeguarding and Ministerial Integrity Office at (02) 9390 5810 or [email protected]. You may also want to speak to your Parish Priest who will be able to provide support and guidance. The Archdiocese has a legal obligation to report crimes to the police. The Solemnity of the Sacred Heart is celebrated throughout the world on the Friday following the Feast of Corpus Christi. Devotion to the heart of Jesus is especially directed to the “devine heart” as overflowing with love for humanity. Prayer to the Sacred Heart of Jesus O most holy heart of Jesus, fountain of every blessing, I adore you, I love you, and with lively sorrow for my sins I offer you this poor heart of mine. Make me humble, patient, pure and wholly obedient to your will. Grant, Good Jesus, that I may live in you and for you. Protect me in the midst of danger. Comfort me in my afflictions. Give me health of body, assistance in my temporal needs, your blessing on all that I do, and the grace of a holy death. Amen. The Immaculate Heart of Mary is a devotional name used to refer to the interior life of the Blessed Virgin Mary, her joys and sorrows, her virtues and hidden perfections, and above all, the love of her heart for Jesus and for God. Prayer : O Immaculate Heart of Mary, full of goodness, show your love towards us. Let the flame of your heart, O Mary, descend on all people. We love you immensely. Impress true love in our hearts so that we have a continuous desire for you. O Mary, gentle and humble of heart, remember us when we are in sin. You know that all of us sin. Give us, by means of your Immaculate Heart, spiritual health. Let us always see the goodness of your motherly heart and may we be converted by means of the flame of your heart. Amen Eucharistic Adoration in our parishes on the Feast of Corpus Christi This Sunday 14 June marks this special feast- a time to unite in our love for the Blessed Sacrament. We would normally celebrate the feast through our Walk With Christ procession through the streets of Sydney, but we can't gather this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP has invited the faithful to spend some time in prayer with our Lord through Eucharistic Adoration on the Feast of Corpus Christi. Parishes across the Archdiocese of Sydney are encouraged to provide the faithful with an opportunity for Eucharistic Adoration this Sunday, while observing the current restrictions on gatherings and maintaining physical distancing requirements. Archbishop Fisher has recorded a video message ahead of this special feast day. Please feel free to download the video and share it via your parish social media platforms: https://vimeo.com/427601264 Restrictions eased on churches. Up to 50 people are now allowed to attend Mass or private prayer in a church, following social distancing rules- in line with clubs, restaurants, pubs and other venues. Up to 50 people can now also attend baptisms and funerals and 20 attend weddings. All parishes must ensure that their churches are not left unattended when their doors are open and they must keep written records with names and contact details of everyone who comes into the church at any time and these records must be kept for at least 4 weeks. Catholics across the country have also been asked to register their attendance at their local parish via www.massregister.com.au in line with the Federal Government’s 3-step framework for the easing of COVID-19 restrictions. If a confirmed case of COVID-19 occurs in a parish, every person who has registered as an attendee of the parish will receive an email notifying them of the diagnosis and the date and time the infected person attended the church. No other details will be provided. Parishes that request access to the contact details of their parishioners will need to undertake to comply with privacy requirements and ensure parishioners are given the option to unsubscribe from any email lists.
