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Holy Year Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy December 8, 2015 – November 20, 2016. “Let us not grow tired of knocking at God's door. Let us go to the heart of God through Mary, our whole life, every day, knocking at the door of God's heart! Mary prays - prays together with the community of disciples, and teaches us to have full faith in God, in his mercy. This is the power of prayer!” Pope Francis Welcome to the Cathedral Parish of SAINTS MARY & JOSEPH 132 DANGAR St (PO Box 2025) ARMIDALE 2350 PH 6772 2218 [email protected] www.smjcathedral.org.au Making “Catholic” matter! x Faithful to the Teaching of the Apostles x Faithful to Prayer x Faithful to the Breaking of the Bread x Alive in the Community of the Spirit x Sharing what we have with those in need Acts 2:42-46 16 th Sunday in Ordinary Time (C/2) Sunday 17 th July 2016 Psalter Week 4 INFORM…latest AND FINAL edition, No 162 The Canonisation of Mother Teresa of Calcutta … now available. WORLD YOUTH DAY 2016… Krakow Poland…. The Bishop, Fr Francis, Mr Lee Herden and six Pilgrims from Armidale leave for Poland this coming Monday. We wish them a safe journey, a good return and a fruitful Pilgrimage. We will pray for them over the coming two weeks…. (Bishop’s Homily at the Diocesan Pilgrim’s Commissioning Mass, Sunday 10th July 10am, can be found on the website www.smjcathedral.org.au under Trending News or on the myFaith parish App under News links and Homilies…… LITURGY THIS WEEK SATURDAY: 9.15am; 6pm VIGIL MASS SUNDAY: 15 th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 8am; 10am; 5.30pm MONDAY: 7am; 12.30pm Cathedral TUESDAY: 7am; 9.15am Cathedral. WEDNESDAY: 7am Cathedral; 12.30pm Cathedral THURSDAY: 7am; 9.15am Cathedral FRIDAY: St Mary Magdalene 9.15am; 5.40pm Cathedral SATURDAY: 9.15am; 6pm VIGIL MASS SUNDAY: 17 th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 8am; 10am; 5.30pm SACRAMENT of PENANCE FRIDAY: 5-5.30pm SATURDAY: 11.30am-12noon; 4.30-5.30pm Making Church matter ……... ROSARIES THIS WEEK: Tuesday 19 th July, in the home of Bernadette & Laurie Robinson, 58 Marsh St at 4pm. All welcome. Thank you to St Albert’s College: A big thank you to the students from St Albert’s College who devoted a day of their Community Service week to cleaning the Cathedral “in hard to get places”, and tightening up the kneelers at the pews. A very generous contribution to the Cathedral parish…and we are grateful. So a big THANK YOU, St Albert’s. FIRST HOLY COMMUNION Parent night for all parents of children preparing for the Sacrament of First Holy Communion will be held IN THE CATHEDRAL, THIS WEDNESDAY 20TH JULY AT 6PM. It is essential that parents attend this meeting to ENROL their son/daughter for this Sacrament. If we do not have record of your child’s Baptism either at the Parish Office or at St Mary’s Primary School, you will need to supply one prior to or at the Parent night. All enquiries to the Parish Office 6772 2218. Sunday 24th July Fr Gleeson will speak to the parish on the new Stewardship Program. For some time now the Parish Finance Committee has been about reworking the former Planned Giving Program into a more contemporary - best practice - model of Stewardship of & Caring for our Cathedral Parish here in Armidale…the new program doesn’t only focus on the financial needs of our parish, but also on the Time and Talent in the parish which the Lord has given us for the building up of “Church” in our place. Sunday 31st July - Marriage & Family Sunday - some members of the parish will speak to us about the new program from their point of view…and invite all of us to consider SIGNING UP on Sunday 7th August to offer some of our Time, Talent, and Treasure to service our parish over the next three years or so…please pray for the success of our new program…… Across the Generations……. Farewell & Thank You…This week we farewell loyal & faithful members of our Parish for more than 45 years…Bishop Michael Kennedy awarded Irene & Bernard Swan the Bishop’s medal for commitment and fidelity to our Church in our place. We wish them well and pray for good health and long years. CWL Monthly Meeting Thursday 21st July 10am at Holy Family Parish Centre. Eucharistic Adoration MISSION…. coming to our parish August 13th and 14 th . Our parish hosts the Missionaries over the weekend…the Mission is conducted by means of the Sunday Masses…we look forward to welcoming them to our parish. Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend relationship enrichment for married couples,23-25 Sept. at Mt Carmel Retreat Centre, Varroville, NSW. Bookings online at [email protected] or Bill and Ardell Sharpe on 02 4283 3435 r [email protected] From the ORDO (P.85) … *Priests and deacons are ‘Ordinary’ ministers of holy communion. Lay ministers who assist with communion are therefore called ‘Extra-ordinary’. SUPPORT YOUR PRIESTS AND YOUR PARISH: 1 ST COLLECTION (supports the clergy): BSB: 082-105 Acc. No: 001023527 2 ND COLLECTION (supports the Cathedral and parish): BSB: 082-105 Acc. No: 001006225 (Reference with your Planned Giving Number and your name) MARRIAGE & FAMILY MASS…. SUNDAY, 31 st July 10am…. bringing to a finale Marriage and Family Week across the Diocese…. Marriage and Family Sunday with the theme of “Family As A Home Of Mercy” ….we look forward to celebrating together Marriage and Family life in our Parish in this HOLY JUBILEE YEAR of MERCY……special classes will be held at St Mary’s with Grandparents day on the feast of Saints Joachim and Anne….and the “EXPLORE” PROGRAM will be held at O’Connor Catholic College….providing an opportunity for young Catholics and their friends to hear about the concept of Christian Marriage from couples trained and visiting the College this week. (The Explore Program was pioneered in the UK Catholic Church). From the ORDO (P.84) … *The PRIEST is the only Minister of the Eucharist. Lay people who assist with the distribution of holy communion are therefore always called MINISTERS OF COMMUNION (never Eucharistic Ministers). Prayer for the Pope V: Let us pray for our Pontiff Francis. R: May the Lord preserve him, and give him life, and make him blessed upon the earth, and deliver him not up to the will of his enemies. Let us pray: O God, Shepherd and Ruler of all Thy faithful, look mercifully upon Thy servant Francis, whom Thou hast chosen as shepherd to preside over Thy Church: grant him, we beseech Thee, that, by word and example, he may edify those over whom he hath charge, so that together with the flock committed to him, he may attain everlasting life. Through Christ, our Lord. Amen. Awakening the Faithful……. REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS THIS WEEK: RECENTLY DECEASED: Frank Pankhurst, Brian See (Guyra), Gail Smith, Jose Costa Carvalho, Robert John Walford Sr; Mavis Gleeson; Antoinette Teris, Sr Maria Goretti RSM, Anthony Chatfield (Sydney), Mark Brazier (Guyra), Marie White ANNIVERSARIES: Sr M Cordula Hartmann RSM, Felicidad Ilagan, Lindsay Magann, Eilis Magner-Clilverd, Leon Jackes, Patricia Fittler, Ron Locke, Maureen Ryan SICK: Ghodsi Amini, Mark Norman, Geraldine Giannikas, Susan Maye, Michael Zhu, Michael Moloney, Aeron Ryan, Helen Hesketh, John Fleming, Laurie Fahy, Blake Ross, Gemma Milliken, Joseph O’Brien, Deacon Peter Harrison, Frederic Koelmeyer, Kay Robertson, Sandra Devine, Maureen Veitch, Maria Selvey, Russell Wicks, Eleanor Pankhurst, Kay Goodwin, Norma O’Brien, Anne Simpson, Michael Hartmann, Silvia & Ralph Bowles, Justin Post, Dean Doran, Alice Payne
