Brisbane Oratory in Formation

Parish of Annerley Ekibin Fifth Sunday in Lent- Year B [OF] & First Sunday of Passiontide

(Passion Sunday) [EF]: 17th/18th March, 2018

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 Scot Anthony Armstrong

Parish Team:

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

Ms Teresa Martin

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)

Chris & Taylor Da Silva

(0433 775 429) frassatiyouthbrisbane@gmail.com

St Vincent de Paul Helpline

Phone: 3010 1096

Homeless Hotline: 1800 474 753

Readings for next Sunday

24th/25th March, 2018

1st : Isaiah 50: 4-7

2nd: Philippians 2:6-11

Gospel: Mark: 14: 1 - 15: 47

Dear Parishioners, This coming Sunday, March 18, Cherish Life will be holding the annual March for Life at Queens Park, located at the corner of Elizabeth and George Streets, gathering at 1.30pm for a 2pm start and concluding around 4pm. We are invited to join the march to witness to the human dignity and right to life of the unborn. (Please wear white if possible) This is shaping up to be the most important March for Life yet, with parliamentary debates set to continue. For more information visit www.cherishlife.org.au With this weekend's fifth Sunday of the holy season of Lent, also known as "Passion Sunday", the traditional practice of the veiling of images and statues, as if "in mourning" for the Lord, may be observed. It is a powerful reminder of what the Lord Jesus undertook for love of us, and a helpful custom to aid us in "accompanying" the Saviour interiorly as we commemorate the great events of the Paschal (Passover) Mystery. Please see below for a timetable of our parish Easter ceremonies. In Christ, Fr Scot Anthony Armstrong

The Catholic Inquiry Group continues each Tuesday at 7.30pm in the

Parish office. Adults interested in learning more about becoming a Catholic, completing their Sacraments of initiation into the Church, or learning about the Faith for the first time are most welcome to come along. Please contact Teresa on 0413 763 256 for more information.

Tuesday Rosary: Next Tuesday on March 20th, the Holy Rosary is recited in reparation for the sin of abortion. It begins 5 minutes after the 7am Mass in Mary Immaculate Church. All welcome. Enquiries: Legion of Mary Mystical Rose Praesidium on 0421 258 418 (Bill).

Day Time/Ceremony Venue Notes

Holy Thursday

29th March

7:00pm Mass of the Lord’s Supper [OF] SJF TBA

7:00pm Mass of the Lord’s Supper [EF] Watching with the Lord until midnight

MI [EF] Sung Compline at 9:30pm

Good Friday

30th March

10:00am Stations of the Cross [OF] MI Followed by confessions

12:00 midday Solemn Commemoration of the Lord’s Passion

SJF

3:00pm Solemn Commemoration of the Lord’s Passion [EF]

MI Including confessions

7:30pm Tenebrae, including confessions

MI Chanting of psalms from Divine Office with lighting & extinguishing of candles

Holy Saturday

31st March

7:00pm Easter Vigil [OF+] MI

9:30pm Easter Vigil [EF] MI

Please note there will be no Easter Vigil Mass at St John Fisher Church

Easter Sunday 1st April

7:30am Mass [OF] MI

8:30am Mass [OF] SJF

9:00am Mass [EF] MI Missa cantata

Please note there will be no evening Mass on Easter Sunday

PARISH DATE CLAIMERS Saturday 25th March Musical Oratory: Seven Last Words, Haydn’s String Quartet. Please see Please see notice on front page. Saturday 21st April 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. Those who are sick: Bob GILLESPIE, Luke ADENEY, Ksenia BORODIN, Rex BOWEN, Joan BRAMMER, Sylvia DELUCA, Shannon EMSLIE, Jane FARRELL, Bryan FITZPATRICK, Joan FLEW, Anne FRANETTOVICH, Gwen GAIR, Vilma GHOUSE, Bronte GREER, Marlene JOHNSTON, Aroha McCORMACK, Marie MITCHELL, Valerie ORTON, Mila PICKARD, Ron ROFE, Joan ROONEY, Rosa Maria SANTOS, Matt VASIL, Josephine & Bill WRIGHT and Matthew ZEMEK. All the faithful departed, especially Pat BOYLE, Patrick BOYLE, Katie & Norm TIMMINS, Norman, Patricia and Daniel TIMMINS, Karen BAKER and Mike WEST.

Reflection If in times of dryness in prayer we make acts of humility, self-knowledge, protestations of our own inability to help ourselves, and petitions for God’s assistance, all this is real and substantial prayer. The spiritual life can in no way be viewed as the unfolding of an inconsequential life without any problems; rather it must be viewed as the scene of a constant and sometimes painful battle...correctly viewed, [as] the place of our purification, of our spiritual growth, where we learn to know ourselves in our weakness and to know God in His infinite mercy. This combat is the definitive place of our transfiguration and glorification...[because] it is the combat of one who struggles with the absolute certitude that the victory is already won, because the Lord is resurrected. J. Philippe, Searching For and Maintaining Peace (Sceptre, New York, 2002).

Promises of Our Lady of Fatima to those who make the devotion of the first five Saturdays: “I promise to assist at the hour of death with the graces necessary for salvation all those who, in order to make reparation to me, on the First Saturday of five successive months, 1. go to confession, 2. receive Holy Communion, 3. say five decades of theRosary, and 4. keep me company for a quarter of an hour, meditating on the fifteen mysteries of the Rosary.”

CHRISM MASS: Thursday the 22nd March, St Stephen Cathedral, 249 Elizabeth Street, Brisbane. ALL WELCOME.

Parish Diary & Mass Times: 19th - 25th March

Monday 19th March 6:30am Mass [OF+] SE 7:00pm Mass [EF] MI Tuesday 20th March

7:00am Mass [EF] MI 9:00am Mass [OF] SE Wednesday 21st March 6:30am Mass [OF] SJF

9:00am Mass [EF] MI

Thursday 22nd March 7:00am Mass [OF+] MI 9:00am Mass [EF] MI Friday 23rd March 6:30am Mass [OF] SE 9:00am Mass [EF] MI 7:30pm Stations of Cross & Holy Hour MI Saturday 24th March 8:15am Mass [EF] MI Fifth Sunday in Lent

5:30pm Vigil [OF+] MI

5:30pm Vigil [OF] SJF

Sunday 25th March 7:30am Mass [OF] MI 8:30am Mass [OF] SJF 9:00am Mass [EF] MI 5:00pm Mass [OF+] MI 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) 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 weekday Masses, 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.

Please note that Adoration at SE will commence at 10:00pm on Thursday, 22nd March to allow Adorers to attend the Chrism Mass at St Stephen’s Cathedral.

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

Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament takes place from 9.40am to 11.30am on every First Friday at Mary Immaculate Church.

The Holy Rosary is prayed at Mary Immaculate after the 7am Mass on Tuesdays, at 7.30am on Saturdays and after the 8.15am Mass on every First Saturday.

Rosters for next week

St Gregory’s Latin Mass Community: First Sunday of Passiontide, Wilston 7:30am

Wednesday, 21st March, 6:30am Mass at SJF: For the Holy Souls in purgatory Thursday, 22nd March, 7:00am Mass at MI: For the repose of the souls of Ida O'Halloran, Peg Quinn, & Patsy Baker Friday, 23rd March, 6:30am Mass at SE: For the intentions of the donor Saturday, 24th March, Private: For the intention of the donor 5:30pm Vigil at MI: Mass for the People ‘Pro populo’ Sunday, 25th March, 7:30am Mass at MI: For the Holy Souls in purgatory 9:00am Mass at MI: For the Pope and the Bishops

PLEASE NOTE

There are no Weekday Mass changes this week

MASS INTENTIONS Saturday, 17th March, Private: For the intention of the donor 8:15am Mass at MI: For the repose of the soul of Anthony Tonkin and for the Holy Souls in purgatory 5:30pm Vigil at MI: For a Special Intention 5:30pm Vigil at SJF: For the repose of the soul Maria DeLuca, third anniversary of death (18/3/2015) Sunday, 18th March, 7:30am Mass at MI: For Regidor Avellanoza, deceased 8:30am Mass at SJF: For the benefactors of the Brisbane Oratory in Formation, living and deceased 9:00am Mass at MI: For Maximo Macaldo Jnr, one year anniversary of death (18/3/2017) 5:00pm Mass at MI: Mass for the People ‘Pro populo’ Monday, 19th March, 6:30am Mass at SE: For the Pope and the Bishops 7:00pm Mass at MI: For Frassati groups and their members Tuesday, 20th March, Private: For the Holy Souls in purgatory

DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY: 8th April, 2018

In the lead up to Divine Mercy Sunday you are invited

to begin praying the Divine Mercy

Novena on Good Friday, 30th

March. Flyers will be available at

Mary Immaculate Church, St

John Fisher Church and St

Elizabeth’s Chapel.

On the Feast of Divine Mercy,

S u n d a y , 8 t h A p r i l , a t

Mary Immaculate Church images

and Divine Mercy material will be

available.

The DIVINE MERCY CHAPLET will

be prayed at 3:00 pm

and there will be the Blessing of Divine Mercy Images

and religious objects, followed by a TALK about the link

between Divine Mercy, Fatima and Saint John Paul II.

SILENT ADORATION AND BENEDICTION will follow from

3:45 pm to 4:45 pm with reflections supplied from the

Diary of St Faustina for private meditation.

MASS FOR THE FEAST OF DIVINE MERCY commences

at 5:00 pm. All are warmly invited to attend.

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, 19th March, 2018 Pat Brophy, Bernie O’Hara

CHURCH CARE

Sacristy (SEC) Maria Monro

Sanctuary & Sacristy (MI) Mabel Saah

Laundry (MI) Mabel Saah

Fifth Sunday of Lent - Year B: 17th/18th March, 2018

MASS READINGS

First Reading: Jeremiah 31: 31 - 24

See, the days are coming - it is the Lord who speaks - when I will make a new covenant with the House of Israel and the House of Judah, but not a covenant like the one I made with their ancestors on the day I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt. They broke that covenant of mine, so I had to show them who was master. It is the Lord who speaks. No, this is the covenant I will make with the House of Israel when those days arrive - it is the Lord who speaks. Deep within them I will plant my Law, writing it on their hearts. Then I will be their God and they shall be my people. There will be no further need for neighbour to try to teach neighbour, or brother to say to brother, ‘Learn to know the Lord!’ No, they will all know me, the least no less that the greatest - it is the Lord who speaks - since I will forgive them their iniquity and never call their sin to mind. The Word of the Lord

Response: Thanks be to God

Responsorial Psalm 50 (Said by all)

Have mercy on me, God, in your kindness. In your compassion blot out my offence. O wash me more and more from my guilt and cleanse me from my sin.

A pure heart create for me, O God, put a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me away from your presence, nor deprive me of your holy spirit.

Give me again the joy of your help; With a spirit of fervour sustain me, That I may teach transgressors your ways And sinners may return to you.

Second Reading: Hebrews 5: 7-9

During his life on earth, Christ offered up prayer and entreaty, aloud and in silent tears, to the one who had the power to save him out of death, and he submitted so humbly that his prayer was heard. Although he was Son, he learnt to obey through suffering; but having been made perfect, he became for all who obey him the source of eternal salvation.

The Word of the Lord

Response: Thanks be to God

Gospel Acclamation

Glory to you, Word of God, Lord Jesus Christ! If you serve me, follow me, says the Lord; and where I am, my servant will also be. Glory to you, Word of God, Lord Jesus Christ!

Gospel: John 12: 20-30

Among those who went up to worship at the festival were some Greeks. These approached Philip, who cam from Bethsaida in Galilee, and put this request to him, ‘Sir, we should like to see Jesus’. Philip went to tell Andrew, and Andrew and Philip together went to tell Jesus. Jesus replied to them: ‘Now the hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.

I tell you, most solemnly, unless a wheat grain falls on the ground and dies, it remains only a single grain; but if it dies, it yields a rich harvest. Anyone who loves his life loses it; anyone who hates his life in this world will keep it for the eternal life.

If a man serves me, he must follow me, wherever I am, my servant will be there too. If anyone serves me, my Father will honour him. Now my soul is troubled. What shall I say: Father, save me from this hour? But it was for this very reason that I have come to this hour. Father glorify your name!

A voice came from heaven, ‘I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again.’

People standing by, who heard this, said it was a clap of thunder; others said, ‘It was an angel speaking to him.’ Jesus answered, ‘It was not for my sake that this voice came, but for your.

‘Now sentence is being passed on this world; now the prince of this world is to be overthrown. And when I am lifted up from the earth, I shall draw all to myself.’

By these words he indicated the kind of death he would die.

The Gospel of the Lord.

Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ

Memorial Acclamation: Number One We proclaim your Death, O Lord, and profess your Resurrection until you come again.

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COLLECTIONS LAST WEEKEND: $2,677.25 ELECTRONIC CONTRIBUTIONS AVERAGE FOR WEEK:

$1,756.95. Thank you from a grateful Parish.