Fourth Sunday of Lent 5 th / 6 th March 2016 Vol. 34 No. 13 In today’s Gospel we hear the parable of the Prodigal Son. Contemporary studies offer fresh perspectives on this and other perhaps all-too- familiar stories. Should today’s parable be re- named “The Prodigal Father” or “the Dutiful Son” or “The Father and Two Sons”? Certainly we must pay as much attention to the father’s interaction with his older son as with his younger. The fact that the parable comes to no definitive conclusion invites us to stay with the questions it raises about repentance, forgiveness and fellowship. [Break Open the Word] ____________________________________________________ “Father Peter, On behalf of Archbishop Costelloe SDB, our Chairman, Auxiliary Bishop Donald Sproxton, our LifeLink agencies and everyone here at the LifeLink Office, please extend our sincere and heartfelt thanks to your parishioners for their collective generosity. … The total donation amount recorded for Doubleview Parish is $10,586.10 … We hope you will continue to embrace LifeLink in 2016, and beyond.” Brett A Mendez Consulting Manager Invitation From Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB to the Annual Chrism Mass “I invite you to attend the Chrism Mass which I will concelebrate with the Priests of the Archdiocese of Perth at St Mary’s Cathedral on Tuesday 22 March at 7.00pm During this Mass the Holy Oils will be blessed and the Oil of Chrism consecrated. The Priests will also renew their Ordination commitment. The Laity are invited to renew their commitment to holiness of life and to service of the Church and society.” Most Reverend T Costelloe SDB Archbishop of Perth _______________________________________________ Easter Choir Practice Choir practice this week will be on Tuesday 8 th March at 7:30 pm _______________________________________________ Stations of the Cross will be held in the Church each Friday during Lent at 7 pm .
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Fourth Sunday of Lent 5th / 6th March 2016
Vol. 34 No. 13
Paul and Sonia Tanham are
celebrating their 60th wedding
anniversary on the 19th August.
They came to the Holy Rosary
Parish in 1966 with four children
and two more children were born
while they lived in Woodlands. All
of their six children and seven of
their grandchildren have been
educated in Holy Rosary school,
Siena, Marist Brothers and now
Newman College. Paul and Sonia
have been part of the Holy Rosary
Parish for the past 48 years and
they have seen many changes over
the years including the building of
the church. They look forward to
many more years at the church
and in the area.
In today’s Gospel we hear the parable of the Prodigal Son. Contemporary studies offer fresh perspectives on this and other perhaps all-too-familiar stories. Should today’s parable be re-named “The Prodigal Father” or “the Dutiful Son” or “The Father and Two Sons”? Certainly we must pay as much attention to the father’s interaction with his older son as with his younger. The fact that the parable comes to no definitive conclusion invites us to stay with the questions it raises about repentance, forgiveness and fellowship. [Break Open the Word]
“Father Peter, On behalf of Archbishop Costelloe SDB, our Chairman, Auxiliary Bishop Donald Sproxton, our LifeLink agencies and everyone here at the LifeLink Office, please extend our sincere and heartfelt thanks to your parishioners for their collective generosity. …
The total donation amount recorded for Doubleview Parish is $10,586.10 …
We hope you will continue to embrace LifeLink in 2016, and beyond.”
Brett A Mendez
Consulting Manager
Invitation From Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB
to the Annual Chrism Mass “I invite you to attend the Chrism Mass which
I will concelebrate with the Priests of the Archdiocese of Perth at St Mary’s Cathedral on
Tuesday 22 March at 7.00pm During this Mass the Holy Oils will be blessed
and the Oil of Chrism consecrated. The Priests will also renew their Ordination
commitment. The Laity are invited to renew their commitment to holiness of life and
to service of the Church and society.” Most Reverend T Costelloe SDB
Archbishop of Perth _______________________________________________
Easter Choir Practice
Choir practice this week will be on Tuesday 8th March at 7:30 pm
_______________________________________________
Stations of the Cross will be held in the Church each Friday
during Lent at 7 pm .
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Evangeline’s story : Creating new connections
to traditional culture
‘We are God's work of art, created in Christ
Jesus to live the good life as from the beginning
he meant us to live it." Ephesians 2:10.
Evangeline (25) is a proud young Ramingining
woman living in the small community of Beswick
(Wugularr) in the Northern Territory. Like many
remote First Australian communities, Beswick
faces a range of complex ongoing challenges, and
many people in the town feel disempowered by
poorly conceived policies and decisions.
When Evangeline left high school after Year 11
she tried a few career options without success and
soon felt dispirited. “But by the time I was 22, I
really started to think about doing something
positive with my life,” she says.
So when she was offered a position as an
Artsworker at the Djilpin Arts Ghunmarn Culture
Centre in Beswick, Evangeline recognised a path
to a new future.
The community-owned venture is supported by
Caritas Australia’s Development of Cultural
Enterprise program. It brings together Elders and
young people, like Evangeline, so new
generations can learn traditional skills and
understand cultural knowledge through sharing
art, storytelling, dance and song – practices that
are central to traditional culture.
In the three years since joining the Centre,
Evangeline has truly flourished. “This opportunity
has helped me turn my life into something more
positive,” she says.
Now a Senior Arts worker, Evangeline is
committed to helping her community stay
connected to its culture. “Culture is our identity
and how we understand ourselves,” she explains.
“It’s important for us young people to be able to
learn these skills and then we can pass them on
when we are old.”
Please donate to Project Compassion 2016 and help First Australians in remote
communities of Australia gain new skills and renewed passion to preserve and
celebrate traditional culture.
O p e n D a y
14th March 9:30 – 11:00
Mercedes College is celebrating 170 years of quality education in the Mercy tradition.
To register for the Open Day please go to: www.mercedes.wa.edu.au/openday
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Newman College is a Catholic co-educational Pre-Kindergarten to Year 12 school which educates in the Marist Tradition. The College hosts an annual Open Day at each of our three Campuses to give members of the wider community the opportunity to share in many aspects of College life, with classrooms, sporting facilities and performing art areas on display.
Please contact the Registrar for further information and to confirm your attendance
on 9204 9405 or email [email protected] Website: www.newman.wa.edu.au
_______________________________________________
Open Day
Saturday 12th March 9:00am to 12:00pm.
Tours every half hour from 9:00 to 11:30am.
For enrolment enquiries please call (08) 9383 0400 www.johnxxiii.edu.au
Most Catholics today are used to the Mass being conducted in English, and they hardly ever think about the fact that Latin remains the official language of the Catholic Church. But occasionally, Latin reasserts itself, as it does in the case of Laetare Sunday.
Laetare Sunday is the popular name for the Fourth Sunday in Lent. Laetare means "Rejoice" in Latin, and the Introit (entrance antiphon) in both the Traditional Latin Mass and the Novus Ordo is Isaiah 66:10-11, which begins "Laetare, Jerusalem" ("Rejoice, O Jerusalem").
Because the midpoint of Lent is the Thursday of the third week of Lent, Laetare Sunday has traditionally been viewed as a day of celebration, on which the austerity of Lent is briefly lessened. The passage from Isaiah continues, "rejoice with joy, you that have been in sorrow," and on Laetare Sunday, the purple vestments and altar cloths of Lent are set aside, and rose ones are used instead. Scott P. Richert ______________________________________________
Breakfast In The Garden
Saturday, 12th
March at 8am.
Mary MacKillop Centre,
16 York St, South Perth
(St Joseph’s Convent). Cost: $15. All proceeds go to the Mary MacKillop
Thank you to all who either attended or sent apologies for the Registration Evening.
Confirmation: Commitment Mass: April 30
th 6:00 pm or
May 1st 10:00 am
Workshop: May 4th 5 & 6:30 pm
Retreat Day: May 13th 8:30 am
Sacrament: May 14th 6:00 pm
May 15th 10:00 am
Reconciliation: Retreat Day: June 24
th 8:30 am or
Commitment Mass: July 23rd
6:00 pm July 24
th 10:00 am
Workshop: July 27th 5 & 6:30 pm
Sacrament: August 6th 5:00 pm
August 13th 5:00 pm
First Eucharist: Commitment Mass: August 27
th 6:00 pm or
August 28th 10:00 am
Workshop: August 31st 5 & 6:30 pm
Retreat Day: Sept 2nd
8:30 am Sacrament: Sept 10
th 6:00 pm
Sept 11th 10:00 am
Candidates for First Eucharist and Confirmation must receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation before they can receive these Sacraments. _____________________________________________________
Entrance Antiphon Rejoice, Jerusalem, and all who love her. Be joyful, all who were in mourning; exult and be satisfied at her consoling breast.
First reading: Joshua 5:9-12
(The people of God went to the promised land and there kept the Passover.)
Responsorial Psalm: Taste and see the goodness of the Lord.
Second Reading: 2 Corinthians 5:17-21 (God reconciled us to himself through Christ.)
Gospel Acclamation: Praise and honour to you, Lord Jesus Christ! I will rise and go to my Father and tell him: Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. Praise and honour to you, Lord Jesus Christ!
Gospel: Luke 15: 1-3, 10-13
(Your brother here was dead and has come to life.)
