PARISH OFFICE PO BOX 118, WARWICK. 81 Percy Street, Warwick. Hours: Mon-Fri 9am-5pm Phone: (07) 4661 1033 Fax: (07) 4661 4232 Email: [email protected]Website: www.stmarysparishwarwick.org.au St Mary’s Catholic Parish Parish Priest Fr Franco Filipetto Semi-retired Priest Fr Terry Hickling 4661 8227 Parish Pastoral Associate Patrice Riordan Administration Officer Kathleen Cuskelly PARISH SCHOOLS St Mary’s Kindergarten Director: Marie Sullivan Phone: 4667 1075 warwickkin- [email protected]St Mary’s (Primary) Principal: Margaret Grew Phone: 4661 1872 [email protected]Assumption College Principal: Kort Goodman Phone: 4660 4000 [email protected]PARISH OFFICE PO BOX 118, WARWICK. Assumption Place, 163 Palmerin Street (via Church car park, Acacia Avenue), Warwick. Hours: Mon-Fri 9am-4pm Phone: (07) 4661 1033 Fax: (07) 4661 5442 Email: [email protected]Website: www.stmarysparishwarwick St Mary’s Catholic Parish Parish Priest Fr Franco Filipetto Semi-retired Priest Fr Terry Hickling 4661 8227 Administration Officer Kathleen Cuskelly Parish Pastoral Associate Patrice Riordan PPC Chairman Anthony White 0429 195 076 Deputy Chairman Dave Carr 0447 197 062 Safeguarding Rep. Toni Cox 0419 613 278 Parish Schools St Mary’s Kindergarten Director: Marie Sullivan Phone: 4667 2634 [email protected]St Mary’s (Primary) Principal: Emma Timmins Phone: 4661 1872 [email protected]Assumption College Acting Principal: Simon Fleming Phone: 4660 4000 [email protected]St Mary’s Catholic Parish Warwick Vision Statement To live the Gospel by celebrating together, sustaining a welcoming parish and serving Jesus Christ through the joys and sorrows of our wider community. When will the ‘physical’ Church resume in Brisbane archdiocese? So when will the Church return to public liturgies? “We are keen to reopen the churches and resume public worship as soon as reasonably possible. That will happen in stages,” Archbishop Coleridge said. “A first stage will be opening the churches for private prayer, perhaps for some time of the day and ensuring that safeguarding precautions are respected. “Then there may be public Masses but in smaller groups with the precautions again respected. “None of this is as simple as it sounds, because churches used for either private prayer or smaller Masses will have to be sanitised afterwards, and that is quite a task, presuming even that there is enough sanitiser available for the purpose.” In the meantime, Archbishop Coleridge believes live-steaming is proving helpful to many. “It isn’t the same as the actual celebration of the Eucharist, but it’s the best on offer at the moment,” Archbishop Coleridge said. “Certainly there’s been a lot of energy and creativity, and that has meant, at times, unexpected blessings which we can take into the future whatever lies on the other side of the crisis. “One of those, perhaps, is a new form of family prayer which has diminished considerably since the days when the family rosary was a big thing in Catholic homes.” In each diocese, it is the bishop who decides when to re-open churches for public worship, and it’s a vexed decision for each to make since establishing dates and protocols depends on local conditions. The scenario that nobody wants is to re-open churches for public worship only to find out the virus isn’t really contained, and a bishop has to re-impose re- strictions. In Brisbane, Archbishop Coleridge was asked whether creative solutions had been considered to help Catholics start celebrating together again. “That people are hungry for the Eucharist and the gathering of the community is certain. “But it also seems clear that the spirits of pastors and people have not flagged, and that’s surely the fruit of a faith in the Risen Lord whom nothing and no-one can shut down.” April 30, 2020 By Mark Bowling 2nd/3rd May 2020 4th Sunday of Easter Year A
PPC Chairman Anthony White 0429 195 076 Deputy Chairman Dave Carr 0447 197 062 Safeguarding Rep. Toni Cox 0419 613 278
Parish Schools St Mary’s Kindergarten Director: Marie Sullivan Phone: 4667 2634 [email protected] St Mary’s (Primary) Principal: Emma Timmins Phone: 4661 1872 [email protected] Assumption College Acting Principal: Simon Fleming Phone: 4660 4000 [email protected]
St Mary’s Catholic Parish Warwick Vision Statement
To live the Gospel by celebrating together, sustaining a welcoming parish
and serving Jesus Christ through the joys and sorrows of our wider
community.
When will the ‘physical’ Church resume in Brisbane archdiocese?
So when will the Church return to public liturgies? “We are keen to reopen the churches and resume public worship as soon as reasonably possible. That will happen in stages,” Archbishop Coleridge said. “A first stage will be opening the churches for private prayer, perhaps for some time of the day and ensuring that safeguarding precautions are respected. “Then there may be public Masses but in smaller groups with the precautions again respected. “None of this is as simple as it sounds, because churches used for either private prayer or smaller Masses will have to be sanitised afterwards, and that is quite a task, presuming even that there is enough sanitiser available for the purpose.” In the meantime, Archbishop Coleridge believes live-steaming is proving helpful to many. “It isn’t the same as the actual celebration of the Eucharist, but it’s the best on offer at the moment,” Archbishop Coleridge said. “Certainly there’s been a lot of energy and creativity, and that has meant, at times, unexpected blessings which we can take into the future whatever lies on the other side of the crisis. “One of those, perhaps, is a new form of family prayer which has diminished considerably since the days when the family rosary was a big thing in Catholic homes.” In each diocese, it is the bishop who decides when to re-open churches for public worship, and it’s a vexed decision for each to make since establishing dates and protocols depends on local conditions. The scenario that nobody wants is to re-open churches for public worship only to find out the virus isn’t really contained, and a bishop has to re-impose re-strictions. In Brisbane, Archbishop Coleridge was asked whether creative solutions had been considered to help Catholics start celebrating together again. “That people are hungry for the Eucharist and the gathering of the community is certain. “But it also seems clear that the spirits of pastors and people have not flagged, and that’s surely the fruit of a faith in the Risen Lord whom nothing and no-one can shut down.”
RECENTLY DECEASED Claire Brosnan, Ethel-May Byrne, Luke Mauch
ANNIVERSARIES Rev Msgrs Patrick McMorrow, Thomas Nolan & Edward Concannon, Rev Frs William Murphy, Brian Moran, Vincent Maher, Thomas Isaac, Garrett Murphy, Michael Herbert & Francis Hall, Dorothy Nugent, Maurice & Claire Leonard, Noela Booth, Bill Browne, Brian Moore, Elpedia Bagaipo, Marge Kelly, Daph Dempsey, Marty, Jimmy & Adam Ford, Ian Graham, Thelma Marshall, Joe Ryan, Frank Nolan, Kate Walsh, Mary, Thomas, Noel & Valerie O’Dempsey, Michael Coopes, Adrian Dwan, Delma Holland, Iris Nanale, Brian Collings, Jim Brown, Mary Brewer, Gabriel Bourke, Les & Connie Noye, Bert & Joyce Noye, Amelia Ridley and all relatives and friends.
SICK Ken O’Dea, Greta Berge, Charles Shann, Judith Ting, Belinda Wheeler, Beryl Kelly, Paul Stewart, Pat O’Dempsey, Damien Robertson, Michelle Canil (Canada), Catherine Watson, Warren Giles, Clare Giles, Jeannette White, Paul Fogarty, Doreen Morris (nee Upton), Rod McLennan, Nita Monteron (P’pines), Jessica Sondergeld, Mary Darr, Fr Don Murray, William Walker (Canada), Harvey Delacour (Bris), Basil Doherty, Moya Schaefer, Maureen Bayly (Bris), Jim O’Farrell, Lorna Smith (Bris), Geoff Willett, Ron Rettke, Leila Eades, Dean Adams (A’de), and residents of Akooramak, The Oaks, patients at the Warwick Hospital and all those who receive Home Communion.
MASS TIMES
ALL MASSES
SUSPENDED UNTIL
FURTHER NOTICE
2ND/3RD MAY
St Mary’s
Saturday 6pm
Sunday 8:30am
Killarney
Sunday 8am
Lay-Liturgies
Yangan
Saturday 6pm
Gladfield
Sunday 9:30am
WEEKDAY MASSES
SUSPENSED
Monday Mass 9am
Tuesday Mass 9am
Wednesday Mass 7am
Thursday Mass 9am
Friday Mass 9am
Saturday Mass 9am
No Mass or Lay Liturgy if
there is a Funeral Mass
FEAST DAYS
n/a
ALL MASSES
SUSPENDED
9TH/10TH MAY
St Mary’s
Saturday 6pm
Sunday 8:30am
Lay-Liturgies
Killarney
Sunday 8am
Yangan
Saturday 6pm
Gladfield
Sunday 9:30am
Reconciliation
St Mary’s
Saturday 9:30am
after Mass
CHILD SAFE PARISH: Ours is a Child Safe Parish. All children, young persons
and vulnerable adults, visiting or resident, have a right to feel safe and be safe. If you
are concerned by any form of abuse that is immediate, you should call 000. A
significant risk or harm, whether or not you have formed this belief on reasonable
ground, should immediately be raised with our Parish Child Safety Officer – 0419
613 278.
THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK
“The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.”
PARISH/DIOCESAN UPDATE Mass—The celebration of Mass is suspended until further notice. Sunday Mass can be viewed on WIN TV (Channel 8) at 6am.
Toowoomba Diocese Mass will be live-streamed from St Patrick's Cathedral,
Toowoomba, each Sunday at 9am on Facebook, YouTube or the website https://www.twb.catholic.org.au
Brisbane on Sundays at 10am from St Stephen’s Cathedral https://brisbanecatholic.org.au/multimedia/webcast The Parish Office will be closed from 5pm Friday 27th March until further notice. Project Compassion donations can be forwarded to Caritas either by cheque (GPO Box 9830, Brisbane 4000) or credit card (1800 024 413) or dropped off at the Office on Fridays. For more information go to https://lent.caritas.org.au/page/parishes Catholic Leader–is available free of charge during the current health crisis at http://catholicleader.com.au/digital-newspaper-covid19
First reading Acts 2:14, 36–41 'God has made him both Lord and Christ.’
Responsorial psalm Psalm 22(23) R. The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want.
Second reading 1 Peter 2:20–25 You have come back to the shepherd of your souls.
Gospel acclamation John 10:14 I am the good shepherd, says the Lord; I know my sheep, and mine know me.
Gospel John 10:1–10 I am the gate of the sheepfold.
REFLECTION
National Prayer for Drought
Eternal God, in wisdom & love You created our
earth to sustain us & give us life. We turn to You
in faith, hope & love, asking You to look with
favour on our drought-stricken land, on our
starving animals, on our failing crops.
Strengthen, sustain & give new heart to our
farmers & all who are affected by drought; be with
those who support them. In Your loving
providence, send abundant rain & restore our
parched earth. Father of all compassion, hear our
prayer, through Jesus Christ Your Son, in Whom
the promise of new life has dawned, & through
the power of the Holy Spirit, the Lord the giver of
life; Renew the face of the earth. Our Lady of the
Southern Cross, Mary Help of Christians—Pray
for us. St Mary of the Cross MacKillop—Pray for
us. Amen.
In the Gospel of John, we do not find parables in the traditional sense. They are not a literary device that John employs, but this text is as close an approximation to a parable as we have. The contrast he draws between the shepherd who enters the fold by the gate and the thieves and brigands who seek to enter another way is really about leadership. There are good leaders and bad leaders. The good leader of God’s people must come to them through Jesus, who is the gate. The thieves and brigands will only lead the people to fear and confusion, where they will be scattered. Perhaps John is addressing a situation in his commu-nity where those who are seeking leadership are not following the voice of Jesus but seeking their own aggrandisement or fol-lowing their own agenda. Such people will ultimately lead the flock to destruction, but Jesus gives life in abundance to all who know his voice and follow him as shepherd.
What false voices can be heard in our world today?
What message do they proclaim that is different from the
message of Jesus?
What are the things that make it difficult to resist the false
voices in our world?
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PRAYER FOR PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY
Almighty and all-merciful God, lover of the human race, healer of all our wounds, in whom there is no shadow of death, save us in this time of crisis; grant wisdom and courage to our leaders; watch over all medical people as they tend the sick and work for a cure; stir in us a sense of solidarity beyond all isolation; if our doors are closed, let our hearts be open. By the power of your love destroy the virus of fear, that hope may never die and the light of Easter, the triumph of life, may shine upon us and the whole world. Through Jesus Christ, the Lord risen from the dead, who lives and reigns for ever and ever. Amen. Holy Mary, health of the sick, pray for us. St Joseph, guardian of us all, pray for us.
The Most Reverend Mark Coleridge
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