Parish Matters Parish Office Hours: Monday to Friday – 10am - 2pm

Office Phone: (02) 9663 5343

Secretary: Therese Poulton (Mon & Wed), Maria Awad (Tue, Thu & Fri)

Office Address: 74 Rosebery Ave, Rosebery NSW 2018

Postal Address: PO Box 1067, Strawberry Hills NSW 2012

roseberycatholic@gmail.com | www.roseberyparish.org

Fr Paul Smithers | Parish Priest | Follow on Instagram & Twitter: @frpaulsmithers

After hours emergency contact 9698 2869

3RD SUNDAY OF ADVENT| 15TH / 16TH DECEMBER 2018

The Parishes of City South acknowledge the Gadigal People, the traditional custodians, who have walked upon and cared for this land for thousands of years. We acknowledge the

continued deep spiritual attachment and relationship of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to this country and commit ourselves to the ongoing journey of Reconciliation of

this land.

Dear Friends,

Many thanks to everyone who volunteered to deliver the Christmas Mass flyer

to the streets of our community. . If anyone wants to take a walk around a few

streets of Redfern or Waterloo to deliver the remaining flyers please see me. Congratulations to the graduating classes at Jarjum School Redfern and Our

Lady of Mt Carmel School Waterloo. Be assured of our prayers.

Lighting of the Advent Wreath

Presider: Lord, Jesus your coming was proclaimed by the prophet as the one

to whom the Spirit of the Lord had been given, the one the Lord had

anointed, sent to bring Good News

All: Come, Lord Jesus.

Presider: Lord Jesus, you come among us now as the light of the world, and

you sent the apostles to proclaim the Gospel to all the world and baptise.

All: Come, Lord Jesus.

Presider: Lord Jesus, you will come again in glory to judge the living and the

dead.

All: Come, Lord Jesus.

WEEKEND MASS TIMES

ST JOSEPH’S, ROSEBERY

Adoration 4.00pm—5.00pm

Benediction: 5.00pm

Saturday Vigil: 6.15pm

Sunday: 7.30am &

9.30am (Kids Children’s Liturgy)

RECONCILIATION

Saturday 5.15pm—6.00pm

24 Hour Adoration chapel.

Contact the office for the code.

OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL,

WATERLOO

Saturday Rosary & Benediction 4.30pm

Saturday 10.00am

(First Saturday of the Month Mass)

Saturday Vigil 5.00pm

Sunday 9.00am

ST VINCENT DE PAUL, REDFERN

Sunday 11.00am

WEEKDAY MASSES

ST JOSEPH’S ROSEBERY

Monday 7.00am Communion Service

Tuesday to Thursday 7.00am

OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL, WATERLOO

Tuesday 5.00pm (followed by Adoration)

Friday 9.00am (School Mass)

1st Saturday of Month 10.00am

ST VINCENT DE PAUL, REDFERN

Wednesday & Thursday 9.00am

Friday 8.00am

BAPTISMS: by appointment

MARRIAGES: by appointment with 6

months notice

Please contact the Parish Office.

Fr Gerard Woo Ling

Assistant Priest

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Instagram: @parishesofcitysouth

Vigil Monday 24 December

5.00pm - Rosebery

6.00pm - Redfern

7.00pm - Rosebery

8.00pm - Waterloo

Tuesday 25 December

Midnight - Rosebery

9.30am - Rosebery

10.00am - Waterloo

Waterloo Rosters Commentator Readers Extraordinary Ministers of Communion

5pm This Steven Belcastro Dave Douglas

David Gallagher (Acolyte), Yvonne Smith,

Mark Blackman Next Melissa Steven Belcastro

Overhead Projector Melissa, Wendy

9.00am This Ann Kinghan Samuel Harianto Sabby Gonzaga, Salome Li, Nghia Nguyen

Next Brad Campbell Ann Kinghan Julie Keyes, Gaye Carey

Overhead Projector Marilyn Munday, Samuel Harianto

Cleaners 1

PARISHES OF CITY SOUTH PRAYER INTENTIONS

Those who are sick: Joan Buist, Erica Angeles, James Smithers, Maria Cepus, and all the housebound.

Remembered in the Masses and names recorded at the Archdiocesan Shrine of Our Lady of Mt Carmel: Christopher Toohey, Fr John Cullen, Alice Egan; Kathleen McAleer; Gerard & Patrick McAleer; Daniel Knott; Alex

Glenister; Joseph & Rose Lix; Maryanne Tomarchio; Shirley Turner; Str. Patricia Wilkinson; Anna, Stanley, Jim Atkins; Bill,

Muriel, Marc Wickert; Therese & Alfred Scerri; Isabel Fenech; Margaret & Joseph Fenech; Carmen Bonello; Bonello Family;

Arthur & Janine Gray; Ethel & George Gray; Bill & Pat Clarke; Sydney & Violet Green; Arthur & Edna Dennett; John &

Eileen Dennett; Hazel Holly; Arthur & Rose Dennett; Jay Rosenstrauss

Birthdays: Aidan Downs (15 Dec.); Teresita Aguilla & S.J. Sean Kyle Viray (16 Dec.); Juana Crespi, Benjamin Walker & Jason Fong (17 Dec.); John Cooley, Richard Hannigan & Samantha del Castillo (18 Dec.); Phillip Merchant, Gloria Silva & Stephen Middleton (20 Dec.)

Death Anniversaries: Fr John Cullen (14 Dec), Joe Kerr (16 Dec.); Goeff Shalala (17 Dec.)

Mass of Christian Burial for Christopher TOOHEY Wednesday 20 December 2.00pm at Rosebery church.

If you would like your name included in this section please email the parish office. For Mass offerings, please use the envelopes available on the notice tables.

Movies at Rosebery will resume in the New Year.

ENTRANCE ANTIPHON: Rejoice in the Lord always; again I say, rejoice. Indeed, the Lord is near. COMMUNION ANTIPHON: Say to the faint of heart: Be strong and do not fear. Behold, our God will come, and he will save us.

Rosebery Choir Practice

AUSTRALIAN PLENARY COUNCIL 2020

Please continue to pray for the Plenary Council. Thank you to all those who participated in the discussions. We will hold one more session for those who had their names down and were not able to attend.

ST VINCENT de PAUL CHRISTMAS APPEAL

Choir Practice in the Church at St Joseph’s Rosebery on Wednesday 19 December at 7 pm. Everyone is welcome to join the Choir

Practice – many voices are needed.

Thank you to those that donated to the St Vincent de Paul Christmas Appeal. Because of your generosity, those less fortunate in our Community will be supported this Christmas.

Christmas Remembrance Service

New Catholic Community of City South website launched this Christmas

Rosebery Rosters Readers Extraordinary Ministers of Communion

6.15pm This Daphne S. & Rosemary C. Pam & Gina Di C.

Next Aruna L. & Helen W. Robyn C. Therese P.

7:30am This Kath A. & John S John S.

Next Amelia & Abbey K. Kath A.

9:30am This Pilar & Nancy P. Nancy & Pilar P.

Next Michael B. & John S. Lisa S. & Pilar P.

Counters This D. Tolliver, M. Cunney, C. O'Brien

Next T. Ellery, E. Di Cristo, P. Di Cristo

(electronic transfers only): Thank you for your contributions towards our Parishes.

Rosebery

Account Name: Rosebery Parish Church Account

BSB: 062 784 | Account No.: 053 750 02

Redfern

Account name: Redfern Parish Church Account

BSB: 062 784 | Account No.: 208 450 00

Waterloo

Account name: Waterloo Parish Church Account

BSB: 062 784 | Account No.: 062 750 01

We now have Credit Card facilities. Please contact the Parish Office for an Authority Form. Your nominated

amount will be debited monthly from your card.

PARISH STEWARDSHIP NATIONAL REDRESS SCHEME

Christmas Remembrance Service 2018 presided by Bishop Terence Brady at St Mary’s Cathedral Sydney on Sunday 16 December at 7:30pm.

BEYOND THE STARS HYMN

You may have heard discussion in the media about the Church’s participation in the National Redress Scheme for survivors of institutional child sexual abuse. The Archdiocese is committed to joining this Scheme. Senior church officials have spent the past few months finalising the procedures and documentation required for all dioceses linked to the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference to join the Scheme. This has been a complex process both for Church entities and for the Commonwealth Government. A special company has been established, Australian Catholic Redress Ltd, by which dioceses will interact with the Redress Scheme. This week the bishops of Australia are signing the Participation Deeds by which their dioceses will join the Company and hence the Redress Scheme. It is anticipated that the various legal formalities will be completed in the coming weeks thereby allowing survivors of child abuse in Catholic parishes and institutions to apply for redress. A number of Catholic religious congregations have indicated that they will separately join the National Scheme. The Catholic Church, like other bodies and indeed some State governments, is not delaying its participation in the Redress Scheme, but simply taking the necessary time in conjunction with the Commonwealth to put the most appropriate procedures in place. Survivors of institutional child sexual abuse are encouraged to approach the Redress Scheme or to approach the Church directly should they wish to do so.

Volunteering with CatholicCare

Interested in volunteering to help seniors? Based at our Liverpool office, we need callers to phone people waiting for government funded home care to check on their wellbeing. Interested in volunteering to help children? Based at our Lewisham office, we need people to help at playgroups for young, vulnerable mothers and their babies. Call CCareline on 13 18 19 to find out more.

First Reading Zep 3:14-18

Shout for joy, daughter of Zion, Israel, shout aloud! Rejoice,

exult with all your heart, daughter of Jerusalem! The Lord has

repealed your sentence; he has driven your enemies away.

The Lord, the king of Israel, is in your midst; you have no

more evil to fear. When that day comes, word will come to

Jerusalem: Zion, have no fear, do not let your hands fall limp.

The Lord your God is in your midst, a victorious warrior. He

will exult witha joy over you, he will renew you by his love; he

will dance with shouts of joy for you as on a day of festival.

Responsorial Psalm Is 12:2-6

R. v.6 (R.) Cry out with joy and gladness: for among you

is the great and Holy One of Israel.

1. Truly, God is my salvation, I trust, I shall not fear. For

the Lord is my strength, my song, he became my

saviour. With joy you will draw water from the wells of

salvation. (R.)

2. Give thanks to the Lord, give praise to his name! Make

his mighty deeds known to the peoples! Declare the

greatness of his name. (R.)

3. Sing a psalm to the Lord for he has done glorious

deeds, make them known to all the earth! People of

Zion, sing and shout for joy for great in your midst is

the Holy One of Israel. (R.)

Second Reading Phil 4:4-7

I want you to be happy, always happy in the Lord; I repeat,

what I want is your happiness. Let your tolerance be evident

to everyone: the Lord is very near. There is no need to worry;

but if there is anything you need, pray for it, asking God for it

with prayer and thanksgiving, and that peace of God, which is

so much greater than we can understand, will guard your

hearts and your thoughts, in Christ Jesus.

Gospel Acclamation Is 61:1 (Lk 4:18)

Alleluia, alleluia!

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me; he sent me to bring

Good News to the poor.

Alleluia!

Gospel Lk 3:10-18

When all the people asked John, ‘What must we do?’ he

answered, ‘If anyone has two tunics he must share with the

man who has none, and the one with something to eat must

do the same.’ There were tax collectors too who came for

baptism, and these said to him, ‘Master, what must we do?’

He said to them, ‘Exact no more than your rate.’ Some

soldiers asked him in their turn, ‘What about us? What must

we do?’ He said to them, ‘No intimidation! No extortion! Be

content with your pay!’ A feeling of expectancy had grown

among the people, who were beginning to think that John

might be the Christ, so John declared before them all, ‘I

baptise you with water, but someone is coming, someone

who is more powerful than I am, and I am not fit to undo the

strap of his sandals; he will baptise you with the Holy Spirit

and fire. His winnowing-fan is in his hand to clear his

threshing-floor and to gather the wheat into his barn; but the

chaff he will burn in a fire that will never go out.’ As well as

this, there were many other things he said to exhort the

people and to announce the Good News to them.

It is my hope that the coming together of these three parishes and re-imagining of the mission will bear great fruits, including new adventures in Catholic worship and prayer, evangelisation and formation, in early childhood, primary and secondary school education, in outreach to the First Australians, in health,

aged care and social welfare, in youth ministry and more. Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP

Liturgy of the Word

Children’s Liturgy on Sundays during 9.30am Mass at

Rosebery.

JOEY’S KIDS