St Christopher’s Cathedral Parish, Canberra (including St Peter Chanel’s Church, Yarralumla) Easter Sunday Year C 26/27 Mar 2016 Archdiocese of Canberra & Goulburn Archbishop: Most Rev Christopher Prowse DD STD Administrator & Vicar for Education: Msgr John Woods Vicar General: Fr Tony Percy Assistant Priest: Fr Martins Aloga Assistant Priest: Fr Pale Leota St Peter Chanel’s Church: Fr Peter L’Estrange SJ Sunday Mass St Christopher’s Cnr Canberra Ave & Furneaux Street, Forrest (Manuka) ACT Sunday: 8.00am, 11.00am, 5.30pm St Peter Chanel’s Cnr Weston & Loch Streets, Yarralumla ACT Saturday: 6.00pm Vigil Sunday: 9.30am Weekday Mass St Christopher’s Monday to Saturday: 12.15pm Tuesday to Friday: 6.45am, St Peter Chanel’s Tuesday: 5.30pm Thursday: 10.00am (9.30am Adoration): Anointing Mass first Thursday of the month. Reconciliation St Christopher’s Thursday: 6.00 - 6.30pm Saturday: 11.00am - 12noon St Peter Chanel’s Tuesday: 6.00 - 6.30pm Saturday: 5.15 - 5.45pm ____________________________________________________ Baptisms St Christopher’s: Second and fourth Sundays, 12.30pm St Peter Chanel’s: Third Sun- day, 10.30am Weddings St Christopher’s: Saturday 1.30pm, 3.00pm and 4.30pm St Peter Chanel’s: By arrangement Entrance Antiphon: I have risen, and I am with you still, alleluia. You have laid your hand upon me, alleluia. Too wonderful for me, this knowledge, alleluia, alleluia. Responsorial Psalm: This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad. Gospel Acclamation: Alleluia, alleluia! Christ has become our paschal sacrifice; let us feast with joy in the Lord. Alleluia! Communion Antiphon: Christ our Passover has been sacrificed, alleluia; therefore let us keep the feast with the unleavened bread of purity and truth, alleluia, alleluia. PARISH OFFICE Add: 52-54 Franklin Street, Forrest ACT 2603 Mailing Add: PO Box 3012 Manuka ACT 2603 Phone: (02) 6234 5546 (bh) 62959555 (af) Email: [email protected]Web: www.stchristophers-act.info Office Hours: Monday to Friday, 8.30am- 12.15pm, 12.45pm-4.30pm Parish Secretary: Michelle O’Connor Read Archbishop Christopher’s Easter message inside.
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St Christopher’s Cathedral Parish, Canberra (including St Peter Chanel’s Church, Yarralumla)
Easter Sunday
Year C
26/27 Mar 2016
Archdiocese of Canberra & Goulburn
Archbishop: Most Rev Christopher Prowse DD STD
Administrator & Vicar for Education: Msgr John Woods
Vicar General: Fr Tony Percy
Assistant Priest: Fr Martins Aloga
Assistant Priest: Fr Pale Leota
St Peter Chanel’s Church: Fr Peter L’Estrange SJ
Sunday Mass St Christopher’s
Cnr Canberra Ave & Furneaux
Street, Forrest (Manuka) ACT
Sunday: 8.00am, 11.00am,
5.30pm
St Peter Chanel’s Cnr Weston & Loch Streets,
Yarralumla ACT
Saturday: 6.00pm Vigil
Sunday: 9.30am
Weekday Mass St Christopher’s Monday to Saturday: 12.15pm
Entrance Antiphon: I have risen, and I am with you still, alleluia. You have laid
your hand upon me, alleluia. Too wonderful for me, this knowledge, alleluia, alleluia.
Responsorial Psalm: This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be
glad.
Gospel Acclamation: Alleluia, alleluia! Christ has become our paschal sacrifice; let us feast with joy in the Lord. Alleluia! Communion Antiphon: Christ our Passover has been sacrificed, alleluia; therefore let us keep the feast with the unleavened bread of purity and truth, alleluia, alleluia.
Young Adults Animating parish and Archdioce-san life through prayer and event
participation Thursday 6.30pm Rosary/Bible
Sharing/Fellowship SCC
Perpetual Novena to Mary Wednesday 6.00pm SCC
Good Shepherd Prayer Group Wednesday at 7pm SPC
Legion of Mary Sharing the faith through charita-ble works and Marian spirituality
Christian Meditation Saturday at 5pm SPC
"Be still and know that I am God" (Psalm 46:10)
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Other Communities
African Community
Third Sunday of the month at 11.30am SPC
Spanish Community First Sunday of the month at
11.30am SPC Syro-Malabar Community
Sundays 5.30pm SPC
For details of any of the
above, contact the Parish Office.
A TALE OF “TWO CITIES” – CANBERRA AND THE HUMAN HEART
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
As we prepare to celebrate the Easter season, I would like to reflect on how life presents itself to us on various levels. Recently here in Canberra, commentators wrote that “Canberra has become a tale of two cities”. On one level, Canberra is an affluent city of great natural beauty, however, on another level, there is a dark underside to our beloved city.
Specifically, housing here has become largely unaffordable for up to 50% of us who earn $100,000 or less. About 20,000 households in the ACT face housing stress. Women escap-ing domestic violence and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are hardest hit. Too many people find themselves homeless in this fair city. There has been a 70% rise in homelessness in the ACT since the 2011 census. This is the dark side we often do not see.
The Catholic Church in the Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn is trying to help those who live in this shadow world in our local community. Last year CatholicCare assisted over 10,000 individuals and families with emergency accommodation and assistance to find long term accommodation. The St Vincent de Paul Society (Vinnies), has helped 12,250 people through its Night Patrol and temporary accommodation. Last year over 26,000 phone calls for practical emergency assistance were received by St Vincent de Paul Socie-ty; an increase of over 40% from the year before.
The lights and shadows of life in Canberra can be symbolic of our own personal lives too.
We all complain about the speed of our lives. It has a suffocating effect on going deeper in our relationship with God. But living a superficial life is not an option. There is also the fear factor. If we go deeper into our motivations and values, will we like what we may find? But just as we cannot live complacently in a city of such light and dark, neither can we live our lives in inner conflict.
EASTER presents us with opportunities to move from inner conflict to inner peace and hope.
For Christians, the hope is that the Death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ can truly make sense of our own sufferings and joys. This requires some quiet time to ponder at depth on our lives.
In reflecting, together with the mind and heart of Jesus, we can find hope. We find shelter in the storms of everyday life. We are not alone. Jesus has gone before us. He has nailed our darkness to the Cross at Calvary. His mercy has freed us from our dark inner conflicts in his Resurrection.
At Easter, living in the life of Jesus is a life healed and at peace.
By finding a home in the heart of Jesus ourselves, we are given great motivation to help truly, for example, the homelessness of Canberra. We can be the light in the darkness for so many in our fair city this Easter.
I extend a warm welcome to all to attend our Churches over this Holy Week. I wish you all a very happy and Holy Easter.
Archbishop Christopher Prowse
Catholic Archbishop of Canberra and Goulburn
A big thank you goes out to all who in any way assisted with the preparation and
celebration of the Holy Week — Easter Triduum.
Your commitment has allowed each and all of us to be
renewed in the central mystery of our faith.
- Mons. John Woods, Fr Martins & Fr Pale - The Lord is Risen! Let us rejoice!
OTHER NEWS
Sex & Society - World Leading Catholic Philosopher, Professor
John Haldane will review the cultural preoccupation with sex
and consider its implications for society. It will range from the
debate over same sex marriage to the crisis of child abuse in
the Catholic church. - Thursday 31 March, 7.30pm, St Thomas
More School Hall, 30 White Cres, Campbell. Cost: $5.00, pay at
the door, light refreshments provided. To RSVP go to
www.cgcatholic.org.au or phone 6163 4300.
Next First Friday Adoration, 1 April
at 12.45 — 2pm at the Cathedral.
Man Overboard Next Meeting, 1 April Monthly gathering of
young men discerning a call to a priesthood. It is a time to
gather, reflect, commune and to be supported. Each gathering
is held on the first Friday of the month at the Archbishop’s
residence from 5 – 7pm. RSVP your attendance via
www.manoverboard.org.au.
The Knights of the Southern Cross Canberra Branch (KSC)
meeting, 11am–1pm, 2 April in the St Benedict’s Parish
Centre, Narrabundah ACT. See the KSC website
www.ksca.org.au for further information. All Catholic men
are invited. Contact Bob Perkins on 6247 2977 or Doug
Gaudencio 6169 6866.
The Missionaries of Gods Love invite all to a Mass of
thanksgiving celebrated by Archbishop Prowse on their
30th anniversary at MGL Chapel, 6 Boake Pl., Garran, 2pm,
Sat, 2 April.
Legion of Mary—ACIES 2016: The Legion of Mary warmly
invites auxiliaries, former members and all interested pa-
rishioners to the Annual Consecration to Our Lady (Acies). 2
April, 10:30am at St Joseph's (61 Boronia St, O'Connor).
Legion prayers and Mass, followed by refreshments at the
parish hall. More info/RSVP Jacquie Donohue 62513950 or
Those to be baptised: Kristiano Jayamanne, Acuoth Acol
Those who are ill: Richard Price, Toni-Gaye Bush, Tony Bush, Judith Carey, Amanda McDonnell, Christine Humphreys, Br Clem - St
Clement’s, Galong, Anthony O’Connor, Michael Leon, Peter Hill, Peter Roberts, Hugh Patton, Gilbert Ferguson, Cate Davis, Noel
Honan
Anniversaries of death: Anthony Tuskins, Joan Burton, Amparo C de Baez, Patrick Charles, Kerry Purcell, Annie Duffy, Edrie Duffy,
Ralph Martin, Muriel Robbie, Raffaele Franze, John Hipwell, Austin Burns, May Ledger, William Lloyd, Alick Roberts, Jean Lennon,
Catherine Semecky, Kevin Cranwell, Jose Gonzales,
Recently deceased: Timothy Batinich, For victims of the terrorist bombing in Brussels & Turkey, Bryn Peden, Domenico Marzano,
Brianna Humphreys, Nicoloas Avionitis, Vicenta Grazas, Valentino Sorrentino, Mary Baker, Fr Xavier Barry CM, Cate Davis, Ivy Ban-
quiso, Victims of Cyclone Winston, Fiji, Vincenzo D’Ambrosio, Dragica Rasic, Joseph Flaherty, Peter Moore, Virgino Sorrentio, Rose
Furfaro, Sr Mary Hereward rsj , Vicky Livingston, Susina Guarino, Mariamma Vavolil, Stevie Wright, David Bowie, Fernando Arga-
THE CATHEDRAL PIETY STALL: open 10 April Sunday after the
11am Mass for purchases of religious items.
First Reading Acts 10:34. 37-43 Peter addressed Cornelius and his household: ‘You must have heard about the recent happenings in Judaea; about Jesus of Nazareth and how he began in Galilee, after John had been preaching baptism. God had anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with power, and because God was with him, Jesus went about doing good and curing all who had fallen into the power of the devil. Now I, and those with me, can witness to everything he did throughout the countryside of Judaea and in Jerusalem itself: and also to the fact that they killed him by hanging him on a tree, yet three days afterwards God raised him to life and allowed him to be seen, not by the whole people but only by certain witnesses God had chosen beforehand. Now we are those witnesses – we have eaten and drunk with him after his resurrection from the dead – and he has ordered us to proclaim this to his people and to tell them that God has appointed him to judge everyone, alive or dead. It is to him that all the prophets bear this witness: that all who believe in Jesus will have their sins forgiven through his name.’ Second Reading Col 3:1-4 Since you have been brought back to true life with Christ, you must look for the things that are in heaven, where Christ is, sitting at God’s right hand. Let your thoughts be on heavenly things, not on the things that are on the earth, because you have died, and now the life you have is hidden with Christ in God. But when Christ is revealed – and he is your life – you too will be revealed in all your glory with him. Gospel Reading Jn 20:1-9 It was very early on the first day of the week and still dark, when Mary of Magdala came to the
tomb. She saw that the stone had been moved away from the tomb and came running to Simon
Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved. ‘They have taken the Lord out of the tomb’ she
said ‘and we don’t know where they have put him.’
So Peter set out with the other disciple to go to the tomb. They ran together, but the other disci-
ple, running faster than Peter, reached the tomb first; he bent down and saw the linen cloths lying
on the ground, but did not go in. Simon Peter who was following now came up, went right into the
tomb, saw the linen cloths on the ground, and also the cloth that had been over his head; this
was not with the linen cloths but rolled up in a place by itself. Then the other disciple who had
reached the tomb first also went in; he saw and he believed. Till this moment they had failed to
understand the teaching of scripture, that he must rise from the dead.
Readings of the Day - Easter Sunday —Year C
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