Dear Friends, Today is the First Sunday of Advent. What is Advent? Advent is a time of preparation – not only is it a time of preparation for celebrating the birth of Christ, but it is also a time of preparation for the Second Coming of Christ. Although the Priest wears purple vestments, Advent is not a time of penance, but a time of preparation. Properly speaking, Advent is a season that brings to mind the Two Comings of Christ. At the beginning of Mass on the Sundays of Advent we will light a candle on our Advent Wreath as we progress towards Christmas. On the Sundays of Advent we will sing “O Emmanuel” songs. Each Sunday we will sing “O Emmanuel” for the opening hymn, the “Advent Litany” for the Offertory hymn, “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel” for one of the Communion hymns, and we will have a quiet time of reflection after Communion with no hymn. Because John the Baptist is mentioned in the Gospel on the Second and Third Sunday of Advent, we will play on a CD, the song “A Voice in the Wilderness”. During Advent we will celebrate an extra evening weekday Mass on Wednesday at Sunnybank at 6.00pm. This might be a suitable time for people returning from work to be able to celebrate Mass during the week. At the Sunday night Mass at Sunnybank, we will be blessing 33 of our youth who are attending the Australian Catholic Youth Festival in Adelaide next weekend. Steven Bird, John Thomas (APRE at Thomas More College), and Fr Dom will also be attending the Festival in Adelaide. Keep these youth in your prayers. During Lent next year we will be holding another pilgrimage between the Parishes of our Deanery on the Thursday nights of Lent. Our pilgrimage will be called Faith 16. We held a similar pilgrimage in the Parishes of our Deanery last year which was very successful with 200 to 300 people attending each Thursday night of Lent. Pope Francis will begin The Year of Mercy on 8th December, so our pilgrimage themes will centre on God's mercy. More details soon. We look forward to celebrating the Christmas break up of our Friendship Group of our Parishes this Wednesday. The Friendship Group has had another very successful year and a fitting way to celebrate is to gather next Wednesday. More details on page 3 of this newsletter. The Fundraising Campaign for the Extension and Refurbishment of Our Lady of Lourdes Church is going very well. We have received promises to provide finance for all the altar furnishings, we have sold several new pews and refurbished pews and we have received finance for 64 cubic metres of the refurbished Church. The total received is now at $39,900. Thank you. God Bless, Fr Dan Monday 30th November St Andrew 8.15 am Morning Prayer S/bank 8.30 am Mass - Sunnybank Tuesday 1st December 8.15 am Morning Prayer S/bank 8.30 am Mass - Sunnybank 9.00 am Bible study 7.00 pm Silent Adoration S/Bank Wednesday 2nd December 8.15 am Morning Prayer -S/bank 8.30 am Mass - Sunnybank 9.00 am Rosary - Sunnybank 6.00 pm Mass - Sunnybank Thursday 3rd December St Francis Xavier 8.45 am Morning Prayer -S/bank 9:00 am Mass - Sunnybank 9.00 am Mass - Acacia Ridge 7.30 pm Meditation S/Bank Friday 4th December 8.15 am Morning Prayer S/bank 8.30 am Mass - Sunnybank 9.30 am Benediction - S/bank 9.45 am Legion of Mary - Media Saturday 5th December 8.30 am Mass - Acacia Ridge 10.30 am Novena & Benediction - Sunnybank 11.00 am Reconciliation - S/bank 2.30- Catholic Charismatic 5.30 pm Prayer, in Spanish - Media Room -S/bank 5.00 pm Reconciliation - S/bank 6.00 pm Mass - Sunnybank 6.00 pm Mass - Acacia Ridge Sunday 6th December 6.30 am Mass - Sunnybank 8.00 am Mass - Sunnybank 9.00 am Mass - Acacia Ridge 9.15 am Mass - Sunnybank 10.30 am Mass - Sunnybank 11.30 am Mass - (Spanish)A/Ridge 6.00 pm Mass - Sunnybank:Youth This week’s diary Priests Fr Dan Ryan (Parish Priest: Sunnybank) Fr Terence Nueva (Parish Priest: Acacia Ridge - 3277 2252 Email: [email protected]) Fr Ladu Yanga (Associate Pastor) Fr Dominic Orih (Associate Pastor) Parish Office (adjacent to OLOL Church, Sunnybank) Monday to Thursday, 8.30 am - 4.00 pm; Friday 9.00am - 4pm. Ph: 3345 3766 Fax: 3344 3343, Mass Times: 3345 1831 Post: PO Box 32, Sunnybank, QLD 4109. Web: www.olol.com.au Email: [email protected]Deanery website: http://www.parishes.bne.catholic.net.au/south/ First Sunday of Advent - 29th November Next Sunday - Second Sunday of Advent: Baruch 5: 1-9; Philippians 1: 4-6, 8-11; Luke 3: 1-6 WELCOME TO OUR LADY OF LOURDES AND OUR LADY OF FATIMA PARISHES If you are a newcomer, we are honoured to have you celebrate with us, and would like to have the opportunity to welcome you and answer any questions you may have about us. If you would like to hear more about our caring faith community, please take a New Parishioner form from the front of the Church (yellow forms at Sunnybank Church and green forms at Acacia Ridge Church), and place it on the collection plate. If you indicate that you would like a visit, someone from the Welcoming Committee will contact you. Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, Sunnybank & Our Lady of Fatima Parish, Acacia Ridge Acacia Ridge, Algester, Archerfield, Calamvale, Coopers Plains, Kuraby, Macgregor, Parkinson, Robertson, Runcorn, Stretton, Sunnybank, Sunnybank Hills Our Lady of Lourdes Church, 121 Mains Road, Sunnybank Our Lady of Fatima Church, 350 Mortimer Road, Acacia Ridge THE PARISH OFFICE WILL BE CLOSED ON WEDNESDAY, 2nd DECEMBER from 11.00m till 2.00pm
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Dear Friends, Today is the First Sunday of Advent. What is Advent? Advent is a time of preparation – not only is it a time of preparation for celebrating the birth of Christ, but it is also a time of preparation for the Second Coming of Christ. Although the Priest wears purple vestments, Advent is not a time of penance, but a time of preparation. Properly speaking, Advent is a season that brings to mind the Two Comings of Christ.
At the beginning of Mass on the Sundays of Advent we will light a candle on our Advent Wreath as we progress towards Christmas.
On the Sundays of Advent we will sing “O Emmanuel” songs. Each Sunday we will sing “O Emmanuel” for the opening hymn, the “Advent Litany” for the Offertory hymn, “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel” for one of the Communion hymns, and we will have a quiet time of reflection after Communion with no hymn. Because John the Baptist is mentioned in the Gospel on the Second and Third Sunday of Advent, we will play on a CD, the song “A Voice in the Wilderness”.
During Advent we will celebrate an extra evening weekday Mass on Wednesday at Sunnybank at 6.00pm. This might be a suitable time for people returning from work to be able to celebrate Mass during the week.
At the Sunday night Mass at Sunnybank, we will be blessing 33 of our youth who are attending the Australian Catholic Youth Festival in Adelaide next weekend. Steven Bird, John Thomas (APRE at Thomas More College), and Fr Dom will also be attending the Festival in Adelaide. Keep these youth in your prayers.
During Lent next year we will be holding another pilgrimage between the Parishes of our Deanery on the Thursday nights of Lent. Our pilgrimage will be called Faith 16. We held a similar pilgrimage in the Parishes of our Deanery last year which was very successful with 200 to 300 people attending each Thursday night of Lent. Pope Francis will begin The Year of Mercy on 8th December, so our pilgrimage themes will centre on God's mercy. More details soon.
We look forward to celebrating the Christmas break up of our Friendship Group of our Parishes this Wednesday. The Friendship Group has had another very successful year and a fitting way to celebrate is to gather next Wednesday. More details on page 3 of this newsletter.
The Fundraising Campaign for the Extension and Refurbishment of Our Lady of Lourdes Church is going very well. We have received promises to provide finance for all the altar furnishings, we have sold several new pews and refurbished pews and we have received finance for 64 cubic metres of the refurbished Church. The total received is now at $39,900. Thank you.
God Bless, Fr Dan
Monday 30th November St Andrew
8.15 am Morning Prayer S/bank 8.30 am Mass - Sunnybank Tuesday 1st December 8.15 am Morning Prayer S/bank 8.30 am Mass - Sunnybank 9.00 am Bible study 7.00 pm Silent Adoration S/Bank
Wednesday 2nd December
8.15 am Morning Prayer -S/bank 8.30 am Mass - Sunnybank 9.00 am Rosary - Sunnybank 6.00 pm Mass - Sunnybank Thursday 3rd December St Francis Xavier
8.45 am Morning Prayer -S/bank 9:00 am Mass - Sunnybank 9.00 am Mass - Acacia Ridge 7.30 pm Meditation S/Bank
Friday 4th December
8.15 am Morning Prayer S/bank 8.30 am Mass - Sunnybank 9.30 am Benediction - S/bank
9.45 am Legion of Mary - Media Saturday 5th December
8.30 am Mass - Acacia Ridge 10.30 am Novena & Benediction -
Sunnybank 11.00 am Reconciliation - S/bank 2.30- Catholic Charismatic 5.30 pm Prayer, in Spanish -
Media Room -S/bank 5.00 pm Reconciliation - S/bank 6.00 pm Mass - Sunnybank 6.00 pm Mass - Acacia Ridge
Sunday 6th December
6.30 am Mass - Sunnybank 8.00 am Mass - Sunnybank 9.00 am Mass - Acacia Ridge 9.15 am Mass - Sunnybank 10.30 am Mass - Sunnybank 11.30 am Mass - (Spanish)A/Ridge 6.00 pm Mass - Sunnybank:Youth
This week’s diary
Priests
Fr Dan Ryan (Parish Priest: Sunnybank) Fr Terence Nueva (Parish Priest: Acacia Ridge - 3277 2252 Email: [email protected]) Fr Ladu Yanga (Associate Pastor) Fr Dominic Orih (Associate Pastor)
Parish Office (adjacent to OLOL Church, Sunnybank)
Monday to Thursday, 8.30 am - 4.00 pm; Friday 9.00am - 4pm. Ph: 3345 3766 Fax: 3344 3343, Mass Times: 3345 1831
Next Sunday - Second Sunday of Advent: Baruch 5: 1-9; Philippians 1: 4-6, 8-11; Luke 3: 1-6
WELCOME TO OUR LADY OF LOURDES AND OUR LADY OF FATIMA PARISHES
If you are a newcomer, we are honoured to have you celebrate with us, and would like to have the opportunity to welcome you and answer any questions you may have about us. If you would like to hear more about our caring faith community, please take a New Parishioner form from the front of the Church (yellow forms at Sunnybank Church and green forms at Acacia Ridge Church), and place it on the collection plate. If you indicate that you would like a visit, someone from the Welcoming Committee will contact you.
Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, Sunnybank & Our Lady of Fatima Parish, Acacia Ridge
Introduction: In today’s readings, we are reminded of God’s promise reaching into the future and that this faithfulness is the foundation of our Hope.
First Reading: Jeremiah 33: 14-16 The Lord’s promise of unswerving fidelity to David will be fulfilled in a ‘Virtuous branch’ (the Messiah) from the family of David.
Second Reading: 1 Thessalonians 3: 2-4: 2 Paul prays that when the promised Messiah comes He strengthen their hearts in holiness.
Gospel: Luke 21: 25-8, 34-6 Jesus points his disciples towards the unknown aspect of God’s future, one which always calls us to be ready to respond.
FEAST OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
Saturday, 5 December 2015 at 10.00am
You are invited to the Feast of the Immaculate Conception of Our Lady on Sat 5 Dec 2015. Organised for the third year by the Marian Groups of OLOL and OLOF, the programme highlights are :
10.00am Multi-Cultural Rosary Bouquet in 5 different languages 10.30am Mass to be celebrated by Fr Dan 11.30am Christmas Carols by Brian Beiers and the Samoan Youth Choir 11.50am Procession with the Statue of Our Lady to Paloma Centre 12 noon Festive Lunch at Avocado Room, Paloma Please bring a plate to share. The on-going 9 Weeks Novena (3 Oct - 28 Nov) will lead to the Feast Day
Come and feel the Joy with Our Lady!
POSITIONS VACANT
St John’s Wood / The Gap Parish Parish Administration Officer
26 hours per week - December to January 2016 For more information contact Cindy Hayer on 3367 6332 or [email protected]
Parish of St Therese and St Anthony, Kedron Parish Secretary (3-6 month contract
with a possibility of becoming permanent) For more information contact Cindy Hayer on 3367 6332 or hr [email protected]
FamilyVoice Australia National Ministry Manager
Full-time position - An experienced and skilled person to lead a team of State Directors around
Australia Expressions of interest by Friday 11th December 2015 to Dr David Phillips, National Director, FamilyVoice Australia, Level 4, 68 Grenfell Street, Adelaide Email: [email protected]
MEN’S JOURNALING GROUP
We meet every second Wednesday night, 8.00pm. We catch up to see how everyone’s been going since last meeting, pray, break open the Word then have a cuppa and go on our way till next time.
Make your decision to follow Jesus during THIS Advent Season. Delaying until "one" of these days is "none" of these days. Follow now.
SUNNYBANK SOCIAL JUSTICE COMMUNITY POPE FRANCIS ON CHANGE & FINAL MEETING 2015
Pope Francis has outlined a comprehensive vision for the future of the Catholic church, forcefully telling a national conference of the Italian church that our times require a deeply merciful Catholicism that is unafraid of change. Francis said Catholics must realize: "We are not living an era of change but a change of era."
“With the problems of the church it is not useful to search for solutions in conservatism or fundamentalism, in the restoration of obsolete conduct and forms that no longer have the capacity of being significant culturally," the Pope said. "Christian doctrine is not a closed system incapable of generating questions, doubts, interrogatives -- but is alive, knows being unsettled, enlivened. It has a face that is not rigid, it has a body that moves and grows, it has a soft flesh: it is called Jesus Christ."
The final meeting for the year will be held in Paloma on Thursday 3rd December commencing at 7.00pm. All are invited to attend the meeting which will celebrate the activities of this year and discuss planning for 2016.
MOOROOKA SALISBURY CATHOLIC PARISH
PARISH SECRETARY (Part-Time - 20 hours per week) Specific responsibilities include the day-to-day running of the parish office including reception, general office responsibilities, banking, database entry, document preparation, photocopying and filing.
Knowledge of Business Activity Statement (BAS) reporting and accounting software packages preferably MYOB or Quickbooks (desirable)
To apply for this position, please email your current resume and a covering letter outlining your suitability for the position to [email protected] Applications should include the name of two (2) referees one of which preferably should be a Parish Priest.
For more information contact Cindy Hayer on 3367 6332 or [email protected] Applications close on Friday 22
the recently deceased: Andrew Nolasco, Vickie Tan, Valerie Brosnan, Fabian Rasmussen, Anjelo Joel, Marie Ray, Col Zinkel, H Cadoly, Brian Hammerton, Stephen Boyle, Bob Godefroy, Wendy Kadell, Flo Hicks, Wes Little.
those with anniversaries & others who have died: Halena Karvelis, Evelyn Cameron, Shirley Low, V A Thomas, A J Kuriyakosc, Filippo Pirrotta, Shirley Dhanapala, Bob Carthill, Edna Carthill, Belinda Acedo, Liquory D’Souza, Sylira D’Souza, Maria Di Carlo, Eunice Andal & Family, Reynaldo Lapus, Lorenza Santiago, Filomeno Cruz, Fe Lopez Cruz.
those who are unwell: Peter Tan, Danica Maydanski, Junel Noceda, Sonia Ambrosini, Armando Apostol, Reg Chapman, Helen Cho, Nelson Cruz, Hilary Dovaston, Frank Escalante, Gloria Formaf, Gary Huston.
the Continuing Sick: Pat Allport, Sonia Ambrosini, Beverley Armstrong, Don Ayres, Peggy Ayres, Terry Barrett, Elizabeth Boase, Vaughan Boucher, Maxine Brady, Jeremy Carroll, Marcela Castino, Hilary Collins, Dennis, Mary Dixon, Brian Elliott, Winifred Elliott, Flora Ellis, Malcolm Ellis, Chris Le Fevre, Jan Fooks, Gerry, Mary and George Goode, Betty Grace, Brian Hammerton, Norma Ives, Stephen Ives, Marianne Kellett, Baby Luka Kello, Blanche Kiel, Ah Chan Lee, Brian Mann, Ronnie McGregor, Mika Matesa, Vlado Matesa, Dragica Matesic, Danica Maydanski, Bianca Miller, Catherine Miller, Trevor Muller, Jim Neehouse, Sulin Ngui, Alice O’Grady, Jenny Reed, Peter Ruhland, Robyn Scaysbrook, Noelene Schafer, Annaleese Stewart, Maria Surdo, Istvan Vadasi, Nicholas Valle, Rosemary Yow.
Strengthen the Household of Faith
Jesus asks us to demonstrate our love for Him through our generosity to others. In our everyday lives, he calls us to share our gifts. A gift in any amount given through your will, strengthens our household of faith.
For more information about how you can leave a legacy to Sunnybank or Acacia Ridge Parish, please call the Parish Office on 3345 3766.
SINGLES & SOLOS CHRISTMAS LUNCH
This is a group where single and solo persons of middle-age meet every 1
st Sunday of the month.
Our Christmas Lunch this year will be held on Sunday 6th
December at the Runcorn Tavern, 124 Gowan Road, Runcorn at 11.45am.
Contact Teresa on 3344 7844 .
ST VINCENT DE PAUL CHRISTMAS HAMPERS
Sunnybank and Acacia Ridge will start collecting groceries for our Christmas Hampers from 14th/15th November. Donations may be left at the back of the Churches. Cut-off date will be 5th/6th December. Hams, cakes, puddings and custards are needed for every Hamper. Please watch “Use by Dates” on all items. Toys and chocolates are not being collected this year.
SUNNYBANK/ACACIA RIDGE FRIENDSHIP GROUP COMMITTEE
A friendly reminder for all of our friends who are coming to our Christmas lunch at the Sunnybank Community and Sports Club which on the
2nd December. There was a misprint in our last notice. “Doors” will be open at 11.30 am, with lunch being served at approximately 12.15 pm. Also, please remember to collect your Lucky Door prize ticket once your name has been ticked off the attendance list. Lunch will be served at
approximately 12.15 pm. We would also like to take this
opportunity to thank Michael Callaghan for all his kindness and support of our group.
For any inquiries phone Dawn: 3711 9465
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FAITH 16
Pope Francis (2015) in announcing the extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy, reminded us that we need to “contemplate the mystery of mercy” as mercy is a source of peace, joy and serenity that our salvation relies on and is revealed in the Most Holy Trinity. Pope Francis continues telling us that mercy is God’s ultimate and supreme act in which God comes to meet us, it is the fundamental law that dwells in each heart and it connects God and man as hearts are opened by the hope of everlasting love despite our sinfulness.
Pope Francis calls us to recognise and live the season of Lent in this Jubilee year with greater intensity and to treat the season as a time to celebrate and experience God’s mercy. The Brisbane South Deanery, in listening to this call, will pilgrimage to Parishes in the Deanery every Thursday evening during the season of Lent 2016.
SENIORS ANOINTING MASS
AND CHRISTMAS MORNING TEA
The Seniors Anointing Mass will be celebrated on 11th December 2015 at 10.00am. This Mass will include the anointing of the sick and the elderly. All senior parishioners including the recently retired are welcome to attend. There will be a special Christmas Morning Tea in the Paloma Centre following the Mass.
