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Sacraments Enrolment Dates Info Night Celebrations Confirmation 05—26 Mar 5th Apr @ 7pm 9 June @ 1pm First Communion 28 May - 18 Jun 28 Jun @ 7pm 19 Aug @ 12pm First Reconciliation 27 Aug – 24 Sep 18 Oct @ 7pm 22 Nov @6.30pm Parish Priest Rev Fr Eduardo de P Orilla [email protected] Assistant Priest (p/t): Rev Fr Emmanuel Lubega Parish Secretary : Catherine Chia [email protected] Bookkeeper / Accounts : Esther Esber [email protected] Youth Co-ordinators: John Corpuz/Teresa Winata [email protected] Liturgy Co-ordinator: John Fenech Sacramental Co-ordinator: Sr Nory Ordiz, CM RCIA Co-ordinator: Anne Hay Children’s Liturgy : Patricia Balatbat School Principal: Ms Carolyn Parsell Phone: 9646 1310 Fax: 9646 2139 email: [email protected] Family Educator: Dominique Sherley RE Co-ordinator: Jeanelle Richards Parish Pastoral Council : Geoff Barrett Finance Committee : Vladimir Lesic Parish Building Com: Joseph Nguyen CCD Co-ordinators: Lidcombe - Teresa Azzi Newington - Eileen Gallagher WE COME TOGETHER TO ENCOUNTER GOD, WELCOMING ONE ANOTHER JOYFULLY IN ACTIVE SERVICE 1st Sunday of Lent (B) Theme: victory over the forces of evil / satan 18 February 2018 Rosters 17 Feb 2018 24 Feb 2018 Altar Society Mabel & friends Lourdes Wang Church Cleaner ARC ARC This Week : 17/18 Feb 2018 Week 3 Ministry Sat 5pm Sun 10am Sun 5 pm Sun 8am Music Groups CFC Youth for Christ Family Mass Musician David & Co Congregation Readers St Joachim Youth St Joachim Primary Nerissa / Christine Fred B / Angelo Ministers of Holy Communion Jolanta / Petronella Matt / Janey Teresa / Winkie Muli / Poli Acolytes John Yuve / Victor Norman Peter / Nilo Altar Servers Alison C Ariel / Sophie/ Alex/ Patrick Caitlin / Belgie Gabriel / Alexander Next Week: 24/25 Feb 2018 Week 4 Ministry Sat 5pm Sun 10am Sun 5pm Sun 8am Music Groups Tehillah Community SJMulticultural David & Co Sacred Heart Readers Uina / Rachel Nancy K/Anne D Diane / Mabel A Rhonda / Denise Ministers of Holy Communion Mick G Catherine / Yuve Thea Modina / Christine D Anne H / Katerina Acolytes John / Nilo Vincent Norman Victor / Peter Altar Servers Jessica Naomie/ Nicholas/Patrick / Thashallia Monica Gabriel / Alexander OFFICE HOURS: TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, & THURSDAY only 09:30am to 03:30pm PLEASE RING or EMAIL the Parish Office for anything … Mass Intentions—drop in the mailbox or collection baskets. Weddings: minimum 6 months notice. Baptisms: held only on 2nd & 4th Sunday of each month. Berala on the Park 3rd Friday @11am / Canberra Nursing Home - 4th Friday @ 11am If anyone needs Holy Communion /Home Visits please contact the office to make arrangements. Mass Schedule at St Joachim Children’s Liturgy 2018 Possums Koalas Kangas 18th Feb Pat B Frank Sheryl-Lou 25th Feb NO CHILDREN’s LITURGY LET US PRAY FOR: Recently Returned to the Father : Tess Aragoza, Fr Peter Neville, Alwyn Matthews Death Anniversary: Rafael Joseph Fernandes, Marta Ongsansoy, George Britto, Magdalena Nguyen, Joseph Horvat, Maria Huang, Benito Santos In Loving Memory of: deceased members of the Keating family, Mary Willis, Dominic Wang, Jimmy & Winnie Acton, Dorothy M Roll, Jure Zeljkovic, Gwen Ivy McIvney, Giovanni & Giusep- pa Maiolo NB: Please let the Parish Office know when circumstances change Sick & Infirmed: Bishop Geoffrey Robinson, Lawrie Matthews, George Switala, Fr Graham Kings, Joan Morgan, Shirley O’Brien, Madeline Mitchell, Val Jenkins, Teresita Buenaflor, Luka Sebastian, Bernadette Driessen, Engelberto Leal, Agnes Fazon, Sr Joan Harrison rsj, Phillip J. Murrell, Zachary Marsh, Tony Dahlen, Francisco Mendoza, Vladimir Tuazon, Kerry Jacobs, Leila Ismay, Michael Tucker, Maria Henson, Rosemary Gaynor, Eileen Kenny, Zahra Bourke, Leila Mitchell, Gwen Ross, Peter Maher, Laurel Jamieson (sister of Sr Marcia), Maurice Mal- fitana, Emma Pallardelly, Elmer Aleman, Ivanka Cesjar, Ava Sara, Leo Driessen, Antonio Bar- tolotta, John Acton, Janne Garan, Helen Hartley, Jun Juanitez, Betty Rooney Birthday: Edgar Ho, Marj Anderson Holy Rosary: Rosary gathering this Tuesday 20th Feb will be hosted by Trevor Brewty in 45 Fourth Ave, Berala at 7.30pm. Please call Daisy on 0433 544 431 if you would like to host the Rosary OR write on the sheet placed before our Lady’s altar. For 57 years the Catholic mission service, Palms Australia, has been preparing, sending and supporting those who answer the call to mis- sion in overseas dioceses, schools, clinics and other vital community organisations. Since the beginning, this international mission has relied on the valuable contribution of office volunteers. Palms Austral- ia is looking for full or part-time volunteers to assist with multiple tasks in their Petersham office. If you have good organisational and ad- ministrative skills, advanced written and oral English and a professional phone etiquette you will be most helpful. To apply or find out more, please contact Roger O’Halloran, Executive Di- rector, on email [email protected] or (02) 9560 5333 St Joachim's Parish Playgroup will return on Monday 19 February, 9:30 am - 11:30 am in the Parish Hall. Parents/grandparents and 0-5 year olds are welcome to come along for playtime, story, music and craft. BYO morning tea and $2 per child. Contact Dominique on [email protected] for more information. Do you Like Children? Do you have some spare time? St Joachim's Parish Playgroup is looking for some help. We meet each Monday during school term, 9:30 am - 11:30 am in the Parish Hall. Please contact Dominique if you are able to assist [email protected] The Bishop’s Blend: Looking to network with other young Catholic professionals and learn how to live your faith in the workplace? Then join the Most Reverend Bishop Richard Umbers, Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney on Tuesday, 27 th February 2018 at 7:00am at the Radisson Blu Plaza Hotel Sydney for The Bishop’s Blend, a quarterly breakfast series for young professionals. Online booking is essen- tial. For more info and to purchase tickets go to https://thebishopsblendthirdedition.eventbrite.com or contact us at [email protected] 18 March - The Day of the Unborn Child The Day of the Unborn Child will be held on 18th March and will be led by Archbishop Anthony Fish- er OP . The Day of the Unborn Child marks the day Our Lord became a tiny unborn child in His moth- er’s womb. It is a day of celebration and remem- brance of the dignity of the unborn. It is also a day to remember the millions of unborn children whose lives have been ended by the violence of abortion. Join us to witness the sanctity of human life ! For more information: Call Life and Family Insti- tute: (02) 9002 0354 / www.lifeandfamily.com.au or email: [email protected] 133 Years of Pastoral Care 1885 – 2018 St Joachim’s Catholic Parish Phone: 9649 7030 2 Mills Street, Lidcombe 2141 NSW, Australia Fax: 9646 1125 Parish website: www.stjoachimsparish.org Heartbeats from your Parish Priest Fr Eduardo We have began our Lenten journey last Wednes- day with the marking of the cross on our fore- heads. Indeed, we are ―marked Christians” , that is, followers of Jesus Christ. As we begin Lent, we are invited to follow Jesus into the silence of the wilderness and join with him in prayer and fasting. Throughout Lent, the Old Testament readings guide us through the history of our salvation. This Sunday we begin with God’s Covenant with Noah and his descendants (1st Reading). The rainbow in the sky is a reminder of that loving Covenant, which foreshadows the promises God will later make to Abraham. The first letter of St Peter (2nd Reading) teaches that just as the waters of the flood in Noah’s day led to a new life and Covenant with God, the waters of our baptism lead to new life in Christ. In the Gospel, after Jesus has been baptised and received the Holy Spirit, he is drawn by the Spirit into the desert. After forty days of fasting and testing in the wilderness, he immediately re- turns to Galilee and begins to spread the Good News, calling people to repent and turn back to God. The story of both God’s Covenant with Noah and today’s Psalm would have been well known to Jesus. Perhaps we can imagine him praying the psalm and taking comfort from its words: “Lord make me know your ways. Lord teach me your paths. Make me walk in your truth.” Let this be our prayer, too, as we begin our Lenten journey. May Jesus be our guide as we learn to follow his path to salvation. We begin as Jesus did by entering into silence… Sun 18/02 8:00am Mass 10:00am Family Mass 5:00pm Mass Mon 19/02 9:00am Mass Tues 20/02 8:15am Mass / Rosary Wed 21/02 6:00pm Transfer of Bl Sac / Rosary 6:30pm Novena 7:00pm Mass 7:30pm Legion of Mary Thurs 22/02 9:00am Mass/Rosary Fri 23/02 9:30am Mass 6:30pm Stations of the Cross Sat 24/02 4:30pm Confession 5:00pm Vigil Mass Reminder: NO Children’s Liturgy on Sun- day 25 Feb 2018 as Hall will be used for Retreat Feast of the Week - Chair of St Peter (22 Feb) This feast brings to mind the mission of teacher and pastor conferred by Christ on Peter, and continued in an unbroken line down to the present Pope. The chair (cathedra) of a bishop is a pre-eminent sign of his teaching authority and pastoral oversight of a local Church. This feast, observed in Rome since the fourth century, celebrates Peter (first among the apostles) as founder of the See of Rome and the focus of unity in the communion of one faith. LENTEN PENANCE - In this season of Lent, we seek to experience the mercy of God the Father, and to practice it in our daily lives. We should carefully select the form of penance that we consider most appropriate for our own circumstances and growth in the Christian life. DAYS OF PENANCE 1. Abstinence from meat and fasting must be observed on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. Fasting is for those over 18 to 60 years. Over 14 years old are bound to abstain. 2. On other Fridays including the Fridays of Lent, the law of the common practice of penance is fulfilled by performing any one of the following:- (a) prayer - eg Mass attendance, family prayer, a visit to church or chapel, read- ing the Bible, making Stations of the Cross or praying the Rosary (b) Self-denial - eg not eating meat; not eating sweets or dessert; giving up en- tertainment to spend time with the family; limiting food and drink so as to give to the poor; (c) Helping others - eg special attention to someone who is poor, sick, elderly, lonely or overburdened. Please note that LENT lasts from Ash Wednesday (14th Feb) to Mass of the Lord’s Supper (29th March). On Good Friday, and if possible also on Holy Saturday until the Easter Vigil, the EASTER FAST is observed. 19 - 21 March Lenten Retreat in St Joa- chim’s Parish commencing with Mass at 7pm followed by talk and reflection. This Re- treat is focused on prayer, meditation, contem- plation, the Eucharist, the Word of God and the Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ. Offered by Fr Gilbert Carlo SVD with the following themes: Monday 19th March —‖By his wounds we are healed‖ (Isaiah 53.5) Tuesday 20th March—‖By our faith on the word of god, we are healed‖ (Matthew 8:8) Wednesday 21st March—By His body and blood we are healed. Walk the Lenten Journey on your Mobile Phone! The Xt3 Lent Calendar 2018 App is available for download on Apple and Android devices (search for Xt3 Lent) and can be viewed from the website: www.xt3.com/ lent The Lent calendar runs from Ash Wednesday to Divine Mercy Sunday. Each day will unlock a new video, meditation or podcast, to help you prayerfully journey through Lent. The theme for the Xt3 Lent Calendar 2018 is "Let us keep our eyes fixed on Jesus."
