Holy Spirit Catholic Parish Burdekin Ave, Amaroo, ACT Supporting and supported by Holy Spirit, Good Shepherd, Mother Teresa Primary Schools and St John Paul II College 29-30 March 2018 Holy Thursday—The Lord’s Supper and Good Friday—The Passion of the Lord - Year B Email: offi[email protected]Parish website: www.holyspiritgungahlin.org.au News this Week Good Friday - Staons of the Cross 11am, Liturgy of the Passion 3pm Good Friday Collecon for the support of the Church in the Holy Land Project Compassion Please return boxes as soon as possible Confirmaon informaon– see inside for details Upcoming Events Young Adults Mass - Sunday 22 April, 9.30am - more details to come Reflecting on the triduum These three days are the backbone of our faith. We commemorate and celebrate the paschal mystery par excellence. Jesus’ Last Supper, betrayal, suffering ,death, and ulmate resurrecon are the featured acts in these most holy of days. Indeed there is so much to commemorate we cannot do it only one day, or even two. This triad of days reaches into the depths of our existence with such elemental symbols as fire, water, light, darkness, and of course, bread and wine. We begin our Triduum with the celebraon of Holy Thursday, combining the Passover meal of the Synopcs with the washing of the feet in John’s gospel. Jesus gave us a prime example of service in washing the feet of his disciples, and in becoming the bread and wine shared by them. The master who serves is a radical departure from ancient or even modern models of power. This is not merely ‘servant-leadership’ but a Master who literally serves. What CEO today cleans up aſter a lowly subordinate? But the example Jesus gives is much more profound than that. The act of washing another’s feet is personal, tacle, and lowly. If Jesus acts this way, how are we to act? Then we learn this act of service is only a precursor to a paramount act of self-denial when Jesus is crucified. Liturgically , this is commemorated not with a Mass, but with readings from Scripture, veneraon of the cross, and distribuon of Communion. Not unl the Easter Vigil will we truly celebrate the resurrecon, scarcerly forty-eight hours aſter we celebrate Holy Thursday. We must celebrate at the earliest possible moment, aſter sundown, thereby making a new day. The vigil is marked by fire, candles, light in the darkness, singing the Gloria and an Alleluia, and the celebraon of the Eucharist. These sacred rites mark us as Chrisan; they form our identy. They touch something deep within. We will never exhaust these rites. Let us return to them now, enter into them, and drink deeply from their well. Holy week Liturgies and Easter Mass Times 2018 Holy Water will be available aſter the Easter Masses for a gold coin donaon. We extend a warm welcome to our Parish especially those vising family and friends over the Holy Week If you are a newcomer to the Holy Spirit Parish. Please introduce yourself to the Mass coordinators, Priests or a welcomer in the Church foyer. Also please visit our Facebook page and website to find out more about us. Thank you Good Friday 30 March 11:00am Stations of the Cross 11:00am Stations of the Cross (St Francis Xavier, Hall) 3:00pm Liturgy of the Passion Please bring flowers to lay at the foot of the cross EASTER MASS TIMES Saturday 31 March 7:00pm Easter Vigil Mass Sunday 1 April 8:00am Easter Sunday Mass 8.30am Easter Sunday Mass (St Francis Xavier, Hall) 9.30am Easter Sunday Mass 5.30pm Easter Sunday Mass Are you around during Holy Week and Easter? We need your help to set up for the various Liturgies. Please note that daylight saving ends on 1 April EASTER HOUSE BLESSING If you would like to request a priest to come to your home for a house blessing, please contact Magda at parish office at [email protected]g.au
Good Friday - Stations of the Cross 11am, Liturgy of the Passion 3pm
Good Friday Collection for the support of the Church in the Holy Land
Project Compassion Please return boxes as soon as possible
Confirmation information– see inside for details
Upcoming Events
Young Adults Mass - Sunday 22 April, 9.30am - more details to come
Reflecting on the triduum
These three days are the backbone of our faith. We commemorate and celebrate the paschal
mystery par excellence. Jesus’ Last Supper, betrayal, suffering ,death, and ultimate resurrection
are the featured acts in these most holy of days. Indeed there is so much to commemorate we
cannot do it only one day, or even two. This triad of days reaches into the depths of our existence
with such elemental symbols as fire, water, light, darkness, and of course, bread and wine.
We begin our Triduum with the celebration of Holy Thursday, combining the Passover meal of the
Synoptics with the washing of the feet in John’s gospel. Jesus gave us a prime example of service
in washing the feet of his disciples, and in becoming the bread and wine shared by them. The
master who serves is a radical departure from ancient or even modern models of power. This is
not merely ‘servant-leadership’ but a Master who literally serves. What CEO today cleans up after
a lowly subordinate? But the example Jesus gives is much more profound than that. The act of
washing another’s feet is personal, tactile, and lowly. If Jesus acts this way, how are we to act?
Then we learn this act of service is only a precursor to a paramount act of self-denial when Jesus
is crucified. Liturgically , this is commemorated not with a Mass, but with readings from Scripture,
veneration of the cross, and distribution of Communion. Not until the Easter Vigil will we truly
celebrate the resurrection, scarcerly forty-eight hours after we celebrate Holy Thursday. We must
celebrate at the earliest possible moment, after sundown, thereby making a new day. The vigil is
marked by fire, candles, light in the darkness, singing the Gloria and an Alleluia, and the
celebration of the Eucharist.
These sacred rites mark us as Christian; they form our identity. They touch something deep
within. We will never exhaust these rites. Let us return to them now, enter into them, and drink
deeply from their well.
Holy week Liturgies and Easter Mass Times 2018
Holy Water will be available after the
Easter Masses for a gold coin donation.
We extend a warm welcome to our Parish especially those visiting family and
friends over the Holy Week
If you are a newcomer to the Holy Spirit Parish. Please introduce yourself to the Mass coordinators, Priests or a welcomer in the Church foyer.
Also please visit our Facebook page and website to find out more about us. Thank you
Good Friday 30 March 11:00am Stations of the Cross 11:00am Stations of the Cross (St Francis Xavier, Hall) 3:00pm Liturgy of the Passion Please bring flowers to lay at the foot of the cross EASTER MASS TIMES Saturday 31 March 7:00pm Easter Vigil Mass Sunday 1 April 8:00am Easter Sunday Mass 8.30am Easter Sunday Mass (St Francis Xavier, Hall) 9.30am Easter Sunday Mass
5.30pm Easter Sunday Mass Are you around during Holy Week and Easter?
We need your help to set up for the various Liturgies. Please note that daylight saving ends on 1 April
EASTER HOUSE BLESSING
If you would like to request a priest to come to your home for a house blessing, please contact Magda at parish office at [email protected]
Zvomir and Maria Dobrenich Ernesto and Amelia Timoteo
Josephine Malouf Eliza Dy
Claudio Dairo Sr.
Prayer cards are available in the foyer.
Good Friday Collection 2018
The annual collection for the support of the Church in the Holy Land takes place on Good Friday. This collection promotes the missionary work of the Church in the Holy Land by providing welfare assistance to local Christians in areas such as health, education, employment and housing. Parishes, schools, orphanages and medical centres throughout the Holy Land also rely on assistance from Good Friday collection. The collection is also used to maintain 74 churches and shrines associated with the life of Jesus. Last year, Australian Catholics donated $1.35 million to this cause, despite tough economics times, rural droughts and increasing cost of living which put a strain on family budgets and financial resources. Your generosity is greatly appreciated.
Please remember the Christians of the Holy Land again on this Good Friday. Please also pray that peace and harmony will become reality in the birthplace of Jesus, the ‘Prince of Peace’.
Holy Thursday - The Lord’s Supper
READINGS: Exodus 12:1-8, 11-14; 1Corintians 11:23-26; John 13:34
There is a blessed and necessary intimacy between God and the soul that too often gets lost in the more external aspects of religion.
The moment of receiving Holy Communion is the most profound experience of that intimacy.
Treasured and Transformed - Daniel O’Leary
The Altar of Repose– At the conclusion of the Mass on Holy Thursday, Fr Mark will take the Blessed Sacrament to the Altar of Repose into the school hall. The building will remain open until 10.00pm. We invite everyone to go to the Altar of Repose and spend some time in quiet prayer and reflection. ‘Stay here and keep watch with me’ (Matthew 26:38)
Good Friday - The Passion of the Lord READINGS: Isaiah 52:13-53-12; Hebrews 4:14-16: 5:7-9; John 18:1-19:42
I have given you an example so that you may copy what I have done to you. Jesus , King of kings and Lord of lords, the Word through whom everything was made, the Redeemer by whose name alone we can be saved, to whom every knee shall bend, humbles himself to the position of a doulos – a slave—the lowest of the low, to wash our feet. But the feet are merely symbolic– what he really does is wash our sins away, restores our lost innocence, raises us to sit with him at the table of Redemption, the sacrifice offered on the Cross and incarnated sacramentally in the Eucharist on every altar.
My God, how can I ever possibly hope to comprehend this incomprehensible act of perfect love that you offered in the very person of your beloved Son for me - for all! Only when I remember and try to put into practice your words, ’I have given you an example’, ’Whatever you do to the least of these, you do it to me’ (Matthew 25-45).
My Lord and God, fill me with your grace and love that even in my faltering and imperfect way of following you, your love may still be seen through me and my life.
The gospel was built on failure. What we now know as good news started as very bad news. It was never supposed to work. For a long time, it looked like it never would. It started with a young, pregnant, single girl in a backwater town too small to be mentioned in most ancient records. She gave birth in a barn far away from home. The most powerful man in the country tried to kill her baby. Her people, the Jews, were ruled by an empire of such stunning strength and ferocity that a local governor could, and would, execute thousands on a whim. They had no idols, no monuments, no army, no right to try their own capital cases, no power. Just a book. Which told them about a deliverer. But that hope was fading. The Would-Be Revolutionary - Into this hopeless setting came yet another traveling preacher. He presented himself as a revolutionary, but he had no home and minimal, if any, formal education. He had the wrong kinds of friends from the wrong sorts of places. Including the women he relied on for much of his financial support (Luke 8:1-3). Not only did Jesus’ own religious establishment not support him, they openly despised and opposed him. His most reliable followers were so unruly, almost every time he came into their presence he had to break up a fight or scold them for lack of faith. They were so poor they had no money to pay their taxes. The disciples never understood what their leader was trying to do. His own brothers didn’t believe in him. Opposed and Abandoned - His enemies hated each other. But they hated Jesus so much more, that they joined forces to kill him. One of his closest followers sold him for a small bag of coins – silver, not even gold. When he needed them the most, his friends fell asleep. When they woke up, most of them ran for the hills. One of the few who stayed nearby swore he’d never met him. Three times. A Forsaken Failure – Until… His trial was a farce, but his torture was real. On the cross, he hung naked and bleeding. His flesh hung in strips from his barely recognisable body. As he died, he didn’t just feel forsaken by God, he actually was forsaken by God. Jesus’ life, ministry and message looked like a failure. Until the resurrection. That changed everything. For you. For me. For everyone. Forever.
Sacramental Information
Baptismal Information Session
For parents presenting their child for Baptism. The next session will be held on Sunday 22 April 11am in the parish rooms. For more information on the
Sacrament of Baptism, please visit our Parish website.
Parish News and activities
Youth News
Sacrament of confirmation For children (Year 6 and above) wishing to receive the Sacrament of Confirmation in 2018.
Celebration of the Sacrament of Confirmation:
Tuesday 29 May, Wednesday 30 May and Thursday 31 May at 6:00pm
For more details concerning the Sacramental Program please contact Gayle Jeffries - Sacramental coordinator on [email protected]
The Sacred Triduum
Easter - we need your help, please. Please just come to help at the following times.
Setting up the Church
Holy Saturday, 31 March 8am - extra cleaners needed 9am - set out more chairs in Hall - flowers arranging for Church & Hall - votive candles into candle holders - general duties!
Easter Monday, 2 April 9am - Pack up after Easter
Car parking attendants for the following Liturgies: Easter Vigil - Saturday, 31 March - 6.15 for 7pm
General help and roustabout - at any of the above times
RCIA candidates and catechumen are well on their way to being received into full communion with the Catholic church and our faith community at the Easter Vigil. Please keep Barbara, Lilys, Chanika, Jay, Jessica, Eloise and Diandra and their families in your prayers as they continue to learn about God, His love for us and Catholic teaching.
MUSIC MINISTRY PRACTICE FOR HOLY WEEK
Friday 20 March 2018 – 2pm for Good Friday
Saturday 31 March 2018 - 6pm for Easter Vigil
If you would like a copy of the songlist, please email Theivani
1. THINK PRAYER. If you have to work or go to school during Holy Week, think about how you can incorporate prayer breaks into each day. 2. MAKE AN ADDITIONAL SACRIFICE by fasting and abstaining from meat on Holy Thursday and Holy Saturday in addition to Good Friday. 3. DON'T WATCH TELEVISION from sundown on Holy Thursday until Easter morning. 4. GO to reconciliation. 5. SET ASIDE 10 minutes every day to read Passion accounts in the Gospels. 6. Make it a point to FORGIVE someone on Good Friday. 7. PRAY the Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary. 8. OFFER UP any pain or difficulties you experience during Holy Week and unite your sufferings with the pain of Christ. 9. PRAY the Stations of the Cross. 10. ATTEND all of the Triduum liturgies. 11. INVITE family members, friends and neighbours — especially people who have strayed from the church — to come to church with you. 12. VOLUNTEER to help decorate your parish on Holy Saturday for Easter.
My name is Hannah McMahon, I am 19 years old and I have lived in a very small town called Urunga (10 hours north of Canberra) for the last 19 years. I have travelled to many different countries
including Japan, France, Italy, and Belgium. And I have been lucky enough to do some mission trips to Nepal, England and Uganda! Last year I was a Youth Minister in the Lismore Diocese, I absolutely loved it and can’t wait to continue to provide opportunities for people to have a relationship with God here in Canberra. I am most excited about getting to know everyone including the priests, children and families of the Holy Spirit Community. But hey, how do YOU get involved in Youth Ministry at Holy Spirit parish? Well that is easy, to find out more about Youth Ministry at HSP just shoot me an email on [email protected] God Bless, Hannah!
Flowers needed. If you would like to donate fresh flowers for Easter, please take them to the Church on Saturday 31 between 8am-9am. Many thanks
Surrender Lenten program 2018 - a big thank you to Irma and Joe Jambor for leading the two Lenten programs in the Parish. Participants and
the Parish want to acknowledge Irma and Joe for giving of their time so generosity and for the gifts they bring to group discussions. The program helped those attending to stop and to think about their faith and provided the opportunity for them to deepen their faith through reflection and discussion. Thank you Irma, Joe and everyone who stepped our of their comfort zone and took part in the Lenten program.
The word "Triduum" comes from the Latin word meaning "three days," and encompasses the three most sacred days in the Church year. It begins at sundown on Holy Thursday, reaches a high point at the Easter Vigil, and concludes with evening prayer at sundown on Easter Sunday. The liturgical celebrations during the Triduum on Holy Thursday, Good Friday, the Easter Vigil and Easter Sunday are rich with symbolism and flow from one to another in a seamless way. While it may appear as if these liturgies are separate and distinct, they are actually intended to be one continuous celebration that commemorates the passion, death and resurrection of Jesus. For this reason, Catholics are encouraged to observe the entire Triduum by attending all of the liturgies.
Our Parish Schools Mother Teresa Catholic Primary School & Early Learning Centre Mapleton Ave and Wimmera St, Harrison Principal: Peter Hughes P: 6241 5604 (Primary School) 6241 3211 (ELC)E:[email protected]
Saint John Paul II College Gungahlin Drive, Nicholls Principal: Catherine Rey P: 6163 4800 E: [email protected]
Holy Spirit Catholic Primary School & Early Learning Centre Kelleway Ave, Nicholls Principal: Brad Gaynor P: 6241 8640 E:[email protected]
Good Shepherd Catholic Primary School Burdekin Ave, Amaroo Principal: David Austin P: 6255 7888 E:[email protected]
Sunday Mass Times Holy Spirit Amaroo Saturday 6:00pm Sunday 8:00am, 9:30 am (Children’s Liturgy in term time) and 5:30pm
1. Where did the Agony in the Garden take place? 2. Who betrayed Jesus? 3. Who denied Jesus three times? 4. Who ordered Jesus to be scourged? 5. What criminal was released instead of Jesus? 6. How many Stations of the Cross are there? 7. How many times does Jesus fall on the way to Calvary? 8. Who helped Jesus carry his cross? 9. Who wiped the face of Jesus? 10. What did the sign on the cross say? 11. Who made arrangements for the burial of Jesus? 12. Who was the first to discover that Jesus had risen?
Holy Week quiz
1. Answers: Gethsemane or the Mount of Olives 2. Judas 3. Peter 4. Pontius Pilate 5. Barabbas 6. 14 7. three 8. Simon of Cyrene 9. Veronica 10. King of the Jews 11. Joseph of Arimathea 12. Mary Magdalene
Coming Back a Saint
Father Andrew W. Greeley tells the story: Once upon a time a young man, who had been reported killed in action, came home from a prisoner of war camp. His family and his buddies and even his girlfriend had mourned him as dead and then more or less got over their grief.
His sudden reappearance was disconcerting to say the least. They had all loved him, but they had in effect written him out of their lives. His girlfriend was engaged to marry someone else. Moreover, he didn’t seem like the boy who had gone off to war. He was thin and haggard and haunted. However, he was now mature, self-possessed, and, astonishingly happy. He hadn’t smiled much as a child and rarely joked. Now he was witty and ebullient all the time. A quiet child had become an outgoing adult man. And he didn’t fit into the patterns of relationships he had left behind.
Quite the contrary, his happiness and maturity were unsettling. He congratulated his former girlfriend on her upcoming marriage and he shook hands cordially with the fiancé.
There’s something wrong with him, everybody said. His family went to the priest. And the priest concurred, ‘There sure is something wrong with him,’ the priest said. ‘He has risen from the dead and now acts like a saint.’
Billy D. Strayhorn, From the Pulpit, CSS Publishing Company, Inc.
