St Bernard’s Church 4 Klumpp Rd., U.M.G.

St Martin’s Church Cnr Logan & Chester Rds

Eight Mile Plns, Bne.

St Catherine’s Church 388 Newnham Rd., Wishart.

PARISH PRIEST Fr Patrick Molony

ASSOCIATE PASTOR Fr Stephen Kumyangi

PASTORAL ASSOCIATE Mrs Trish Stapleton pa.umg@bne.catholic.net.au

PASTORAL MINISTERS VOLUNTEERS Mrs Debbie James E: cv.umg@bne.catholic.net.au

YOUTH & YOUNG PEOPLE E: yaya.umg @bne.catholic.net.au

PARISH MANAGER Mignon Telford E: umg@bne.catholic.net.au

PARISH OFFICE Michelle Baldi Lorraine Neagle Phone: (07) 3849 7158 Emergency: 3830 5178 Fax: (07) 3849 8742 E: sec.umg@bne.catholic.net.au

Website:http://umgwcatholic.org.au/ F: Like us: http://www facebook.com/umgwparish

DEANERY www.parishes.bne.catholic.

net.au/south/index.html

ST VINCENT DE PAUL Welfare: 1800 846 643

ST BERNARD’S SCHOOL 1823 Logan Rd., U M G Phone: 3849 4800

ST CATHERINE’S SCHOOL 388 Newnham Rd., Wishart Phone: 3349 7188

CLAIRVAUX MACKILLOP COLLEGE

24 Klumpp Rd., U M G Phone: 3347 9200

NEWSLETTER 3/4 February 2018

FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME/B READINGS: Job 7:1-4, 6-7; 1 Corinthians 9:16-19, 22-23

GOSPEL: Mark 1:29-39

Upper Mt Gravatt Wishart Parish

Guided by the Holy Spirit, we aim to be an evangelising, faith-filled parish whose members care for one another and are welcoming and inclusive.

ASH WEDNESDAY MASS TIMES WEDNESDAY 14 FEBRUARY

Be merciful as your heavenly family is merciful. 7.00 am - St Catherine’s, Wishart

9.30 am - St Martin’s, Eight Mile Plains

7.00 pm - St Bernard’s, Upper Mt Gravatt Ash Wednesday is a day of fasting and abstinence.

Project Compassion Please take home a Project Compassion box and/or a set of donation envelopes and support Caritas Australia this Lenten season as we celebrate 50 years of Project Compassion.

In Pope Francis’ words, “Lent is a time for drawing near to Christ”. You will be helping to empower the world’s poorest children, women and men with vital learning and renewed hope. www.caritas.org.au/projectcompassion

Stations of the Cross FRIDAYS IN LENT

9.00 am St Martin’s Church, Eight Mile Plains

7.00 pm St Bernard’s Church, Upper Mt Gravatt

Shrove Tuesday: 13 February, 6.30 pm Prayer & Pancakes

St Catherine’s Church, 388 Newnham Rd, Wishart

Several times a year we meet in prayer and enjoy supper with our brothers and sisters from all the Christian churches in our area.

Shrove Tuesday is one of those days and it is our turn to host. All are invited so come along and bring a friend or your whole family!

Volunteers are required to assist with the pancakes and supper. Please contact the parish hospitality coordinator Kaye Cook 0402 780 542.

‘Blessed and Broken’ Lenten Program and Prayer groups

All parishioners & friends are invited to join one of two group sessions or form their own group at a suitable time or place. There are three options:- 1. 8.00 am Sundays (between the 2 Masses in the Parish Meeting

Room Upper Mt Gravatt), or 2. 10.30 am Wednesdays in St Bernard’s Community Centre, or 3. Invite a small group to your home.

SIGN ON SHEETS are on the tables at each of our parish churches. For all Christians this is a season for deep reflection and prayer to discern and review the

ways we are living out our baptismal call to be ‘missionary disciples’ . (Pope Francis).

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Pilgrimage in Hope

OUR JOURNEY IN HOPE 7 - 8.30 pm Thursdays in Lent

Hope In The Gospel: February 15, Sunnybank Parish

Hope in the Generations: February 22, Acacia Ridge Parish

Hope in Our Common Home: March 1, Annerley Parish

Hope in the Papacy of Pope Francis: March 8, Upp. Mount Gravatt Parish,

Hope in the Community: March 15, Salisbury Parish

Hope in the LORD: March 22,

Chrism Mass in the Cathedral.

Details are on bookmarks in churches.

Congratulations!

We congratulate and hold up in our prayers Nicole Edwards who has been preparing to be received into the Church for many years, supported by her husband David and family. Today Nicole will be received into the Order of Catechumens at the 7.00 am Mass at St Bernard’s. She will be fully initiated into the Church at Easter along with Roshea. Holly will be full initiated at the end of the month in order to travel home for her wedding. Please keep in your prayers all on this amazing journey.

CICCA: Children’s

Sacraments

Parents of all children 7 years and older are invited to register them for the Sacrament program. Step 1: Contact the parish office 3849 7158 and register your child who will receive a Mass card. Step 2: Come along with your child to any of the weekend parish Masses to enable your child to learn the ropes, feel confident in the church, participate in the liturgy as he/she is ready and begins to feel at home. Step 3: As Fr Pat gets to know you and your child he will write and ask you to take the next step. Step 4: Children are enrolled in the Sacrament Program and will attend family centred activity sessions to prepare for the celebration of Confirmation and First Communion. Registration to reception of the Sacraments usually takes approximately 6 months. It is tailored individually for families and children.

READERS ROSTER 10/11 February 2018

NEW ROSTERS NOW AVAILABLE Please arrive 20 mins before Mass

St Bernard’s: Vikki Enright, Imogen

Fitzpatrick, Marj McCrystal; Lyn

Allsop, Jim McDougall, Irene Lam;

Isabelle Kime, Carol Wilson, James

Chow; Youth.

St Martin’s: Kathlyn McCarthy,

Andrea Otto, Robyn Otto.

St Catherine’s: Joanne Blanchfield,

Tricia Tully, Darryl Petersen; Lisa

Quinlivan, Carly Jeffery, Mia

Jeffery.

Upper Mt Gravatt Wishart Parish

Readers:

Have you bought your Break

Open the Word yet?

It is an important part of preparing to proclaim God’s word at Mass each weekend by checking the commentary on how to proclaim and how to pronounce certain words. $20 with part payment subsidised by the parish. If needed see Trish for further concession. Envelopes are available. A reminder to always check in with the sacristan/Mass coordinator 20 minutes prior to the beginning of Mass.

PARISH Come

Hungry, Get Fed!”

ALL MEN WELCOME

SATURDAY 10 FEB 2018 7am for 7.30am Start. Finish 9.00am, Aspinall Centre, Upper Mt Gravatt. $10.00 pay at door. Fellowship- Guest Speaker -Lucky Door- Joke of the Day - Raffle! Bacon, Eggs, Tomato, Sausage, Baked Beans, Toast, Jam, Juice, Tea/Coffee. RSVP by Wed 7 Feb to Robert Baldi 0419 675 838 or rbaldi@bigpond.net.au. Don’t Miss Out – RSVP early! On the day VOLUNTEERS are needed to help with various tasks. If able to assist, please add your name etc. to the sheets, available this weekend.

With hearts full of gratitude we

Farewell Fr John It is with sadness, yet joy and thanksgiving, that we invite you to farewell Fr John Worthington who has been serving in our parish for many

years. Fr John is returning to Sydney this week.

Fr John, you have been so much to so many people. Friend, counsellor, wise man, jokester and you taught us all how to laugh at ourselves and always be grateful - not taking too much for granted. We have watched your courage and faith as you battled with illness during this time. Now, we watch in awe as you begin this next stage of your journey. Know that you are in our prayers and thoughts as you return to Sydney for the next stage of your journey. You are an inspiration to us all. God bless you always.

St Bernard’s, St Catherine’s & St Martin’s and the whole parish team.

BAPTISMS Congratulations to Niamh Higgins, daughter of Damian

& Sinead; and Isabelle & Jack Lardner, children of Daniel & Therese. They will be baptised this Sunday in St Bernard’s Church.

At Home With

God’s People

THIS Sunday 8.00 am, in the parish meeting room. Topic: Sunday 4 February — Sin and

Forgiveness Next Sunday we start the Lenten Reflections: Blessed and Broken. Please come and join us if you can.

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GRIFFITH UNI ORIENTATION WEEK

(21-25 February) Starting or continuing at Griffith

University? Griffith University’s

Chaplaincy Service

is there to help you

reach your goals,

within the context

of your relationship with God. It

provides a confidential and safe place for

people of any faith to talk about things

that trouble them. Go to griffith.edu.au

and search ‘chaplaincy’ to find a short

video, subscribe to our email news, or

make an appointment. Catch us at O

Week and fill in the quiz to win a café

voucher! Phone: 3735 7113.

“THE SPIRIT OF HOPE” Catholic Charismatic Renewal Brisbane

City, Prayer Meeting will be held on

Wednesday 7 February, in St

Stephen's Chapel at 10.45 am after the

10.00 am Mass. We look forward to

seeing you at our first meeting for 2018,

led by Helen Bowman. Praise and

worship in the CBD, followed by tea and

light lunch in the CWL tea rooms.

Contact Maureen 0403 002 199.

BNE CATHOLIC HISTORICAL SOCIETY Annual General Meeting 5.30 pm

Tuesday February 13, Hanly Room in

the Rush Centre, next to St Stephens

Cathedral. Items of interest - President’s

Report, Financial Report, Election of

Committee, Decision re. a BCHS

Website. New members most welcome.

AN EVENING WITH PSYCHE MAE Join Caritas Australia on

Shrove Tues. (13 February),

7 pm to 8.30 pm at the Jubilee

Catholic Parish Administrative Centre,

333 Given Tce, Paddington. Psyche

Mae, a 27 year old social worker from

the Philippines, will share her powerful

story of personal and community

transformation with the help of Caritas

and its partners. RSVP Lynda Mussell by

9 February, 0487 202 131 or

E: lynda.mussell@caritas.org.au.

WE PRAY FOR THOSE WHO HAVE DIED Especially Norah Grainger (aunt of

Judy Horsey), Valda Wheeler, George

O’Neill, Emily Del Dot, Barbara

Ockhuysen, Pauline Wilkin, Patrick

Asange, John Cullen and Catherine

Harrison who have died recently, also

Kevin Kearney, Don Boulus, Kym

Fraser, Pat Fraser, Mark Druery, Des

Coglan, Laurel Cassidy, Bid Quinn,

Lorenzo Gabutina, Romulo Del

Castillo, Brian Lawton, Rita Galea,

Simon Tinh, Laura Sim, Gus Sim, Dr

Hilary De Souza, Charles & Scott

Sullivan whom we remember.

MEDITATION/PRAYER You are invited to meditation and

prayer St Catherine’s Hall, 12.45 pm

Tuesday 6 Feb. Enq. Maria 3216 8118.

SENIOR SOCIAL CLUB Unfortunately ill health has forced

Doreen Clarke to retire as President of

the St Bernard’s Seniors group, and as a

result a volunteer replacement is

urgently needed to help organise bus

trips and other functions. If anyone

would like to fulfil this very rewarding

role please contact Doreen 3341 4209

or Sue 3349 8198.

SENIORS COACHTRIP Thursday 8 February

YESTERDAYS TREASURES. If you

love fashion, collectables, antiques,

clothing then this is the trip for you!

Quality used goods to buy. Norths

Leagues Club, Kallangur, for lunch.

Cost $50. Departs St Bernard’s 8.30 am.

Returns 4.30 pm. Sue 3349 8198.

Wednesday 28 February

Cruise the GOLD COAST

WATERWAYS, morning

tea aboard, then lunch at

Surfers Paradise RSL.

Cost $45. Leaves St Catherine’s, 8 am.

Bookings: Ros 3349 9218. Stamps for

the Columban Mission to Bob &

Maureen, on the day or left in the box at

St Catherine’s church.

TAIZE PRAYER AROUND THE CROSS All are welcome to St

Bartholomew’s Anglican

Church, 1357 Logan Rd., Mt

Gravatt, Sunday 18 February

at 6.00 pm, for Taize prayer

around the cross.

40 DAYS FOR LIFE 11 February - 25 March

Join the worldwide movement to

protect mothers and babies, by prayer

and fasting, community outreach and a

peaceful vigil. Contact 3149 3289 or

40daysbrisbane@gmail.com.

CATHOLIC CHARISMATIC RENEWAL BNE 2018 Opening Event with Mass

celebrated by Archbishop Mark

Coleridge at the CCR Brisbane Centre,

688 Nudgee Rd, Northgate, Saturday

10 February, 9.30 am–1.30 pm. All

welcome. Bring and share lunch. Enq:

Miriam 3202 6856 or

E: secretary@ccrbrisbane.org.au.

AWAKEN TOGETHER IN CHRIST Every Tuesday at 7pm, St Francis’

Hall. 47 Dornoch Tce., West End.

A ministry bringing hope

and the tangible presence

of Christ to the lost and a

deeper connection for

those who know Him. The

Awaken Ministry has been blessed with

an amazing gift of healing, powerfully

led by the Holy Spirit. Everyone

welcome! Hosted by St Mary’s &

Dutton Park Parishes.

CATHOLIC LEADER Plans to stop bully threat. Better

role models needed to combat the

scourge of bullying

More resources need to be invested

into palliative care in Queensland

Catholics honoured on national day

ABC veteran Sean Dorney tackles

life with motor neurone disease.

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5th SUNDAY IN ORD. TIME/B - 4 February 2018 ♫ PROCESSIONAL: GATHER US IN

1. Here in this place new light is streaming, now is the darkness vanished away. See in this space our fears and our dreamings, brought here to you in the light of this day. Gather us in the lost and forsaken, gather us in the blind and the lame; Call to us now, and we shall awaken, we shall arise at the sound of our name.

2. We are the young our lives are a myst’ry, we are the old who yearn for your face, we have been sung throughout all of hist’ry, called to be light to the whole human race. Gather us in the rich and the haughty, gather us in the proud and the strong; Give us a heart so meek and so lowly, give us the courage to enter the song.

3. Here we will take the wine and the water, here we will take the bread of new birth, here you shall call your sons and your daughters, call us anew to be salt for the earth. Give us to drink the wine of compassion, give us to eat the bread that is you; Nourish us well, and teach us to fashion, lives that are holy and hearts that are true.

W & M: Haugen, Marty © 1982 GIA Pub. ONE LICENSE #A-641326

FIRST READING: Job 7:1-4, 6-7 RESP. PSALM: PRAISE THE LORD WHO HEALS Response: Praise the Lord who heals the broken hearted.

1. Praise the Lord for he is good; sing to our God for he is loving; to him our praise is due. R/

2. The Lord builds up Jerusalem and brings back Israel’s exiles, he heals the broken-hearted, he binds up all their wounds. He fixes the number of the stars; he calls each one by its name. R/

3. Our Lord is great and almighty; his wisdom can never be measured. The Lord raises the lowly; he humbles the wicked to the dust. R/

Text: English translation of Psalm Responses from lectionary for Mass © 1997.. Music: Smith, Colin D © 1995 Revised 2016Willow Pub. ONE LICENSE #A-641326.

SECOND READING: 1 Corinthians 9:16-19, 22-23 ♫ GOSPEL ACC: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia. He bore our sickness and endured our suff’ring. He bore our sickness, and endured our suff’ring. Alle, Alleluia. Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia. M: Mason, Paul © 2004 T: Excerpts from the English Translation

of The Roman Missal © 2010 ICEL. Willow Pub. ONE LICENSE #A-641326

GOSPEL: Mark 1:29-39 ♫ COMMUNION: CHRIST OUR PEACE Refrain: Christ our peace, you break down the walls that divide us;

Christ, our peace, come, make us one body in you.

(The last word of each verse is ‘Christ’. the first word of the refrain)

1. Each time we eat this bread, each time we drink this cup, we share Christ’s death and rising until the reign of …

2. One is the bread we break, one is the cup we drink, one is the body gathered here at the feast of …

3. All you with hungry hearts, seek God’s gracious reign, all you who search for justice, come to the feast of...

4. And all are welcome here; here there is food for all, blessed meal of grace and mercy, gathered as one in …

5. As once he broke the bread and opened eyes and hearts, may we now see his presence as we remember ...

M & T: Haugen, Marty © 1982 GIA Pub. ONE LICENSE #A-641326

♫ SONG OF PRAISE: THE SERVANT SONG 1. Will you let me be your servant, let me be as Christ to you;

Pray that I may have the grace to let you be my servant too.

2. We are pilgrims on a journey, we are trav’lers on the road; We are here to help each other walk the mile and bear the load.

3. I will hold the Christ light for you in the night-time of your fear; I will hold my hand out to you, speak the peace you long to hear.

MASS TIMES 5 - 11 February 2018

St Bernard’s: Tues: 9.15 am Wed. No Evening Mass Thurs. 7.00 am Fri. 8.00 am Sat. 5.00 pm - Vigil Mass Sun. 7.00 am, 9.30 am, 6.15 pm

St Martin’s: Fri. 9.30 am Sunday 8.00 am

St Catherine’s: Mon. 9.15 am Wed. 7.00 am Sat. 6.15 pm - Vigil Mass Sun. 8.30 am

RECONCILIATION St Bernard’s - Sat. 4.15 pm

THIS WEEK Mon. 5 Feb. - St Agatha

HeartFIT - 11.30 am, Aspinall Centre. SVDP Meeting - 5 pm, St C’s Community Centre. Baptismal Preparation - 7 pm, Aspinall Centre.

Tues. 6 Feb. St Paul Miki and companions Craft Group - 10 am, St B’s Community Centre. Meditation/Prayer - 12.45 pm, St Catherine’s Hall.

Wednesday 7 February 2018 Beside Restful Waters - 7 pm, St Bernard’s Ch.

Thurs. 8 February 2018 Play Group - 9.15 am, St B’s Community Centre. Seniors Bus Trip - Leaves St B’s 8.30 am. LLL/Social Justice - 7pm, St B’s Comm. Centre.

Friday 9 February 2018 Play Group - 9.30 am, St Catherine’s Hall. Mass - 8 am St Bernard’s; 9.30 am St Martin’s. HeartFIT: - 10 am, Aspinall Centre.

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4. I will weep when you are weeping; When you laugh

I’ll laugh with you. I will share your joy and

sorrow ‘Til we’ve seen this journey through. T & M: Gillard, Richard © 1977

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♫ RECESSIONAL: STRONG AND CONSTANT

1. I will be your God who walks with you! You

will be always within My hand! Take your

heart and give it all to Me! Strong and constant

is My love! Strong and constant is My love!

2. Should you wander far away from Me, I will

search for you in every land! Should you call,

then you will truly know: Strong and constant

is My love! Strong and constant is My love!

3. When you know sorrow within your life, I will

come I will embrace your heart! Through your

pain you will discover me! Strong and constant

is My love! Strong and constant is My love! W&M: Haugen, Marty © 1985 GIA Pub. ONE LICENSE #A-641326

6th SUNDAY IN ORD TIME/B - 11 Feb. 2018

READINGS: Leviticus 13:102, 44-46; 1 Corinthians

10:31 11:1. GOSPEL: Mark 1:40-45