Third Sunday of Easter — Year C Jubilee Year of Mercy 10 April, 2016 Baptisms & Weddings By Appointment MASS TIMES Saturday: 6:00pm Sunday: 9:00am & 6:00pm Healing Mass 1st & 3rd Tuesday of the Month Wednesday, Thursday & Friday: 9:15am Individual Reconciliation Sat 5:15pm—5:45pm Sun 8:15am—8:45am & 5:15pm—5:45pm Parish House 21 Swanson Street, Erskineville, 2043 Phone: 9516-3542 Fax: 9516-3536 Email: [email protected]Web: http://www.stmaryserskineville.org.au/ Office Hours: Wed & Thurs 9:00am-2:00pm (Our Lady of Perpetual Succour) An inner-city Catholic community Welcoming all to celebrate with us We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land, The Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. St Mary’s On Swanson DO YOU LOVE ME? The disciples gather to fish, but without success. Only when summoned by the Risen Lord and in obedience to him are they successful in their mission of being fishermen. ‘Without me you can do nothing’. The fish number 153 varieties. This number indicates that with the Lord they are not only successful in their task, but that their mission as the Lord’s fishermen reaches out to all peoples and all nations. The Church is called by the Lord, nourished by the Lord and sent by the Lord, to the whole world. The universal mission of the Church, under the care of Jesus, has now been made obvious, but who is to lead this tiny Christian community? Peter has always been the leader. But Peter has denied Jesus three times, and so three times Jesus tests his love. Through this test of love Jesus also appoints him as the pastor of his flock. The ‘feeding’ must now be done by Peter and his successors wherever the Church may find itself. Peter’s past is now his past. His commitment to Jesus in love will lead him into God’s future, a future which will be full of many surprises and unexpected suffering. He will no longer go where he might like to go. The central character in this story is Peter, but the story is about all who want to serve the Lord. Jesus’ thrice-repeated questioning of Peter’s love has brought him to a total commitment to the man he once denied. But is does more than that. Having obtained a confession of love, Jesus teaches all who love and serve in the Church that true Christian service calls for the need always to be open to the ways of God. As in the case of Peter, such openness can sometimes cause pain; it may mean that we will be broken open.
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Third Sunday of Easter — Year C Jubilee Year of Mercy
10 April, 2016
Baptisms & Weddings By Appointment
MASS TIMES Saturday: 6:00pm Sunday: 9:00am & 6:00pm Healing Mass 1st & 3rd Tuesday of the Month
Wednesday, Thursday & Friday: 9:15am Individual Reconciliation Sat 5:15pm—5:45pm Sun 8:15 am—8:45am & 5:15pm—5:45pm
(Our Lady of Perpetual Succour) An inner-city Catholic community
Welcoming all to celebrate with us We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land,
The Gadigal people of the Eora Nation.
St Mary’s On Swanson
DO YOU LOVE ME? The disciples gather to fish, but without success. Only when summoned by the Risen Lord and in obedience to him are they successful in their mission of being fishermen. ‘Without me you can do nothing’. The fish number 153 varieties. This number indicates that with the Lord they are not only successful in their task, but that their mission as the Lord’s fishermen reaches out to all peoples and all nations. The Church is called by the Lord, nourished by the Lord and sent by the Lord, to the whole world. The universal mission of the Church, under the care of Jesus, has now been made obvious, but who is to lead this tiny Christian community? Peter has always been the leader. But Peter has denied Jesus three times, and so three times Jesus tests his love. Through this test of love Jesus also appoints him as the pastor of his flock. The ‘feeding’ must now be done by Peter and his successors wherever the Church may find itself. Peter’s past is now his past. His commitment to Jesus in love will lead him into God’s future, a future which will be full of many surprises and unexpected suffering. He will no longer go where he might like to go. The central character in this story is Peter, but the story is about all who want to serve the Lord. Jesus’ thrice-repeated questioning of Peter’s love has brought him to a total commitment to the man he once denied. But is does more than that. Having obtained a confession of love, Jesus teaches all who love and serve in the Church that true Christian service calls for the need always to be open to the ways of God. As in the case of Peter, such openness can sometimes cause pain; it may mean that we will be broken open.
Making Payments Via Our New Website Did you know you can make donations or payments via our new pari sh websi te? Vi si t our websi te , www.stmaryserskineville.org.au and click on the ‘Make A Donation or Payment’ red button at the bottom of the screen and follow the prompts.
Everyone is welcome to join our Sunday
Conversation on April 17 at 4 - 5:30pm with Fr Jack
Evans and Hannah Cifuentes of the Columban
Mission Institute's Centre for Peace, Ecology and
Justice.
Fr Jack and Hannah will be sharing with us their work
in creating awareness in the Church and society of
the connections between peace, ecology and justice.
One of the most pressing issues of our time is the
outbreak of extremist violence and terrorism, done in
the name of religion and recent work by the Centre
for Peace, Ecology and Justice is looking at
• Bringing Laudato Si' to life • Silence is a Political Act - the power of non-
violence • Violence in the Name of Religion.
WYD REGISTRATIONS CLOSE 16 APRIL Calling Young Adults aged 18-35
There are less than 4 weeks until registrations close for World Youth Day Poland. The Sydney pilgrimages are filling up and there are only limited places so encourage your young adults to think about this opportunity. Help and support any young people (aged 18-35) to be a part of this life changing event. To lock in a place young people need to register and put down their $500 deposit as soon as possible. To register go to, www.wyd2016.com.au . For all other information about the Sydney pilgrimages visit, www.catholicyouthservices.org or email [email protected] .
On Friday 8 April 2016, Pope Francis published a new papal document called, Amoris Laetitia, ‘The Joy of Love: On Love in the Family’ at the Vatican in Rome. The papal document is also known as an ‘Apostolic Exhortation’. It is available to read on the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference website: https://www.catholic.org.au/synod-2015/home .
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CALLING ALL UNI STUDENTS!
Are you a student (or do you know a student) studying at University? Each uni has a Catholic Society that offers daily Mass, social gatherings and avenues to deepen your faith on campus. Visit: www.unicatholics.org.au to find out what is happening on your campus.
Parish Diary 2016
10 April Call2Mercy Mass 11:30am
14 April Pastoral Council Meeting 5:30pm
19 April Healing Mass 10:30am
17 April Sunday Conversation: Fr. Jack Evans & Hannah Cifuentes
Ministry to the Sick We are called to care for one another, not only physically but emotionally and spiritually.
Sometimes people can become sick and we are unaware that they may need support eg, being taken Communion or having someone to visit them. If you know of anyone whom we can help, please see Fr Barry.
Easter Raffle Congratulations to Jim O’Donnell
winner of the Easter raffle.
WOMEN’S DAY RETREAT A day to find out more about consecrated life and vocation discernment with time for personal prayer and reflection as well as meeting and chatting with other young women and consecrated women. Saturday, 30 April at 9.30am. JPII Student Centre, 150 City Road, Darlington NSW 2008. For single women (18-35). Donation: $10.00. RSVP is essential by 25 April via www.vocationcentre.org.au .
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ACU SYDNEY THEOLOGY SHORT COURSE
Abrahamic Perspectives on Mercy. The Faculty of Theology and Philosophy at the Australian Catholic University (Strathfield Campus) is organising a Theology Short Course in the month of May on the theme of Mercy. 6.30-8.00pm with refreshments from 6pm in Room C2.01, The Edward Clancy Building. Topics and Speakers: Wednesday, 4 May: "Mercy in Judaism", Dr Avril Alba (University of Sydney). Wednesday, 11 May: "Mercy in Christianity", Dr Maeve Heaney, VDMF (Australian Catholic University). Wednesday, 18 May: "Mercy in Islam", Dr Mahsheed Ansari (Charles Sturt University). Wednesday, 25 May: "Mercy in Religious Life", Sr Ann-Maree O'Beirne, rsm (Australian Catholic University). To register visit: http://www.acu.edu.au/817796 . For enquiries: Dr Emmanuel Nathan: 02 9701 4170. [email protected] .
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Want to get a head start in your career
and get your HSC? Southern Cross Catholic Vocational College (SCCVC) is a state-of-the-art, co-educational Catholic Secondary College for Years 11-12
students. Each student undertakes study that leads to a HSC with a focus on practical, hands-
on, industry-based learning. Open Afternoon and Prospective Student
WALK WITH CHRIST POSTPONED Due to complications associated with the Light Rail works in the CBD, the decision has been taken to postpone the annual Eucharistic Procession, Walk With Christ, to a time close to the Feast of Christ the King (Sunday 20 November 2016). This will allow us to close the Year of Mercy with the Eucharistic Procession. His Grace also hopes that he might be able to accompany the procession in November. We are extremely grateful for the efforts of the personnel at Sydney’s Transport Management Centre for the collaborative way in which they have engaged with us and we are hopeful of resolving a suitable route for November.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ANZAC VIGIL MASS OF REMEMBRANCE
The ANZAC Solemn Vigil Mass of Remembrance at St. Mary’s Cathedral will be held on Sunday, 24 April 2016 at 6.00pm . The Mass will be offered for peace, and for the lives and service of the Australian Defence Force members. All are welcome to attend and pay their respects to the Fallen, and to pray for those who serve or have served the nation in a military or civilian capacity in the defence of Australia.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ St Joseph’s Newtown Sesqui-Centenanry
Celebrations of the laying of the foundation stone of the church. Dinner on Wednesday, 13 April 2016 at St Scholastica’s College, Glebe 6.30 for 7pm. Mass is on 31 July at 10.30am. Email: [email protected] or call 9557 3197. Details: newtownfaith.blogspot.com.au
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Conference
“Violence in the Name of Religion…: Conference of the Colloquium on Violence &
Religion"
ACU is hosting an international conference in July on the topic of religious violence. Wednesday, 13
July – Sunday, 17 July 2016. St Patrick's Campus (Melbourne), Australian Catholic
University, 115 Victoria Parade, Fitzroy. The
conference is open to academics, professionals, religious practitioners, military, police, and anyone
interested in engaging this topic in respectful
dialogue. For more information or to register, please visit the conference website: http://
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Got Your Wedding Under Control?
But how prepared are you for marriage? Engaged Encounter provides you with deeper insights into each other and into married life. We give you a chance to spend time together to strengthen and enrich your relationship. For further information see our websi te: www.engagedencounter.org.au
Indigenous recognition: there are some wounds that defy time and kindness Stan Grant, The Guardian Australia, Tuesday 5 April 2016
A Recognition Australia road trip takes Stan Grant to the girls’ home where his great aunt lived as a child, and into discussions about an Indigenous treaty
‘I am connected to this place. Here I can stand where my great aunt once stood.’ Stan Grant at the girls’ home where Indigenous children were taken from their families to live.
B ob Glanville remembers them well, the girls in white gloves who would be marched in single file in and out of town. As a young boy he would speak to them sometimes, occasionally at the swimming pool or seated near them in class. But no one really got close. These were the girls from the home on the hill. These were the girls everyone just assumed were
orphans. But they weren’t – they had families, mothers and fathers and brothers and sisters. They had homes, but some would never see home again. These girls were part of an experiment, a program of social engineering: to turn black kids white. They had been removed from their families, part of what we now call the Stolen Generations. When Prime Minister Kevin Rudd apologised to these girls and hundreds of children just like them in 2007 it was a moment of healing, but here today walking the halls of the Cootamundra girls’ home with Bob Glanville, I am reminded that there are some wounds that defy time and kindness. I am connected to this place. Here I can stand where my Great Aunt once stood. I can recreate a photo that has always captured me: a black and white image of a group of girls lined up against the red brick walls of the home, and my Aunt – a small girl with a gentle face – is positioned against a window. Not many of the girls are smiling. I stand next to that same window imagining what life must have been like all those years ago.
Stan Grant’s great aunt Eunice Grant at the Cootamundra girl’s home. She is fourth from the left in the back row.
My Aunty had a name – Eunice Grant – but here she was simply a number. Eunice Grant became number 658. This girl – number 658 – was recommended for removal by the manager of the Aboriginal station at Cowra. Number 658 was separated from her family along with so many others – over 1500 in the 20 year period from 1912. Many were forever lost, never to see their families again. Number 658 was sent to work as a maid for white farming families. Aunty Eunice eventually found her way back, having to seek approval and permission to marry the man she loved and live on an Aboriginal mission at Condobolin with her husband and alongside her long lost brother, my grandfather. Eunice Grant would die a young woman, only 37-years old, from the rheumatic fever she first contracted in the girls’ home. She left behind six young orphaned children, lives still touched by this dark part of our country’s history. The lives of girls like Eunice Grant hover over discussions around constitutional recognition. Recognise Australia has come to Cootamundra as the next stop in a road trip across New South Wales. This is a chance for Australians – black and white – to come together ask questions, debate and disagree,
and to wrestle with the challenge of amending our nation’s founding document. The discussion is polite and respectful. A meeting the day before in nearby Cowra was by all accounts more boisterous and confrontational. Some local Wiradjuri people remain unconvinced by recognition, seeing it as a con or a sell out of Indigenous sovereignty. Some prefer a push for a treaty. The question of treaty is raised again in Cootamundra. Recognise spokesperson Mark Yettica-Paulson says it doesn’t have to be one of the other. He admits he is personally a supporter of beginning a conversation towards treaty, but that is a separate issue. He explains the role of the constitution. It is he says a document that sets out how we are governed. It is not a document of poetry, but he says, something more pragmatic, something uniquely Australian. He reminds people that the nation doesn’t change its constitution lightly – only eight times has a referendum been successfully carried. The most resounding carriage of a referendum was in 1967, to fully extend citizenship to Indigenous Australians, to count them in the census and allow the federal government to make laws for Aboriginal and Islander people. Mark Yettica-Paulson says recognition will address the unfinished business. It aims to remove existing race clauses that have been used negatively against Indigenous people. But there are so many questions unanswered – what will be the referendum question? Will it have political and legal power? Will it carry popular support? Will it bring real change to the lives of Australia’s most disadvantaged people? Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has said he would like the referendum put to the people as soon as next year. But there are others who are concerned the process is losing valuable momentum. ‘Wishing for family to come and take us home’ The wishing well at the Cootamundra girls’ home. The message here in Cootamundra is that this is the business of completing our nation and healing an historical wound – a wound whose scars are etched deep into this place. “It was bloody cruel what was done here,” says Bob Glanville. As a boy he saw the girls from the Cootamundra home, Aboriginal kids just like him, but segregated even from other black people. He wondered then, about their lives – lives he could never truly know. Now he knows. He has brought us here to what is now an Indigenous bible college and Christian leadership centre. But it remains a place of ghosts and their memory haunts him. There was a sign, he says, hung on the walls of one of the dormitories “act white, think white, be white.” “They were told they had to become white,” Uncle Bob says, “it was wrong, we know that now.”
PRESBYTERY
Monday 11
St Vincent’s Hospital, Darlinghurst is currently seeking volunteers to be Extraordinary Ministers of communion. If you are available, for a few hours, usually between 9:30am to 12:30pm during the weekday please contact the below for more information; training and induction will be provided: Christine Harvey, St Vincent’s Hospital Volunteer Coordinator
P: 8382 9559 E: [email protected]. A parish reference will be essential. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Vocation Centre is an agency of the Archdiocese which assist you men and women to listen to God’s call. Throughout 2016 the Vocation entre will offer a number of retreats for young men and women, including a number of retreats with the French author, Fr Jacques Philippe. Details can be found on poster and cards in our church foyer, or by calling the Vocation Centre on 9307 8433.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A Mass & Blessing for People with Autism
In celebration of Autism Awareness Month and to honour all those in our community with autism, the Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney and the Autism Advisory and Support Service invite you to a Mass and Blessing for People with Autism.
WHERE: St Mary’s Cathedral, Sydney WHEN: Sunday 17 April 2016, 2pm
For inquiries or to RSVP by Monday 11 April contact [email protected] or phone 9307 8403.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mention My Name
Catholic Cemeteries and Crematoria and Southern Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust have come together to form a suicide ‘post prevention’ support program. The Mention My Name Group offers a safe, nonjudgmental place where people can share their grieving in the spirit of comfort and hope. These groups provide ongoing support to those bereaved from suicide long after the initial loss. Please direct all your enquiries to Patricia Thomas on 02 9649 6423 Email: [email protected] .
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thinking Of Becoming A Cathedral Tour Guide
St Mary’s Cathedral is looking to recruit volunteers to become Cathedral Tour Guides. If you enjoy meeting new people and have a love for architecture, history or art and have a few hours to spare then you are invited to help us show off the Cathedral and its treasures to tourists, visitors and school groups. Previous experience is not essential. All Guides are required to commit to a regular schedule of attendance as agreed with the Tour Coordinator. We also have volunteers who commit to one Sunday “shift” per month. Tours are offered for groups who have pre-booked during the week and are conducted from 1 hour to 1.5 hours. If you are interested and would like further information please contact: Kevin Gothard Tour Coordinator 02 9544 3948 or [email protected] .
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A special dinner to celebrate Fr Barry’s Golden Jub ilee has been orgainsed
When: Friday 15 April Time: @7pm
Where: The Park View Hotel (upstairs), 178 Mitchel l Road Alexandria
If you wish to attend please add your name to the l ist in the foyer
Are you new to the Parish or moved recently? Please fill a Census Form and return it to the Pari sh
Office.
Parish Contact List Fr Barry Brundell msc Parish Priest [email protected]
Most Rev Anthony Fisher OP, Helen Kable, Sophia Gill, Lauren, Learmoth, Marie Reilly (sister of Pauline Nowlan), Basil Comely, Barry Bamber, Wendy Bridges, Keryn Wallace, Bishop Geoffrey Robinson, Joan McCormick, John Leahy, Val Hartas, Lee Tillam, Michael Dillon, Bonnie Hayes, Malcolm Skerritt, Margaret & Colin
Farrugea, Ernie Anderson, Victoria Kable, Olive Lang, Kath Jones, Michael Hurst, John Ryan, Finlay Jean Dibley, Wills Scheikowski, Margaret Morgan, Graham Sims.
Anniversaries of our deceased loved ones
Ramiro Correa, Dorothy Muriel Rowley, Norma Jean Thompson, Robert Cornish, Gordon Robert Grey
Patricia (Pat) Catherine McCarney Mary (Molly) June Whaley
