PARISH MEETINGS:
Immaculata Apostolate: 2nd & 4th Monday of the Month – 3pm – 4:30pm
PPC Meeting: 3rd Monday of the Month - 7pm
Church Choir: 3rd Monday of the Month - 8pm
St. Vincent De Paul: 1st & 3rd Tuesday of the Month - 5.30pm - 6.30pm
Wings of Freedom Prayer Group: Tuesdays - 7.30pm - 9pm
Perpetual Help Novena Group: Wednesdays - 6pm
Legion of Mary: Thursdays - 6pm - 7.30pm
Little Women's Group: (Catholic Girls Club) - 2nd Saturday of the month 2pm - 4pm
LITURGY ROSTER 15 JAN '17 22 JAN '17
VIGIL (Sat 6pm): Sacristan/Leader: Justin McErlean Russell Belz
Welcome: Yvonne McErlean Carol Hills
Readers: Claire McGovern; Justin McErlean Betty & Russell Belz
Offertory: Justin & Yvonne McErlean Joan Alford; Claire McGovern
Collector: Mike Calcutt Mike Calcutt Extra-ordinary Ministers of Holy Communion:
Yvonne McErlean; Theresa Nicholas
Betty & Russell Belz
SUNDAY 9am:
Sacristan/Leader: Michael Luce
Welcome: Anne & Ron Jones; Lyn Jones; MJ Tully
Michael & Maureen Luce; Helen McGovern
Readers: Anne & Ron Jones; Lyn Jones; Clarry Horsey
Michael Luce; Anne Walters; Terry Byrnes
Offertory: Lyn Jones Helen McGovern Extra-ordinary Ministers of Holy Communion:
Ron & Anne Jones; Lyn Jones; Judy Eagle
Michael Luce; Anne Walters; Cathy Pukallus
Morning Tea: Milton Pugh; MJ Tully Anne Walters
SUNDAY 5.30pm:
Sacristan/Leader: Ellen Morosini Ellen Morosini
Welcome: Ged Borthistle Ged Borthistle
Readers: 1st – Michael Taylor 2nd – Therese Borthistle Prayers of Faithful – Beatrice Lucas
1st – Beatrice Lucas 2nd - Sheila Vincent Prayers of Faithful – Michael Taylor
Extra-ordinary Ministers of Holy Communion:
Therese Borthistle/Beatrice Lucas/ Grahame O'Brien
Therese Borthistle/Beatrice Lucas/ Grahame O'Brien
SACRED HEART PARISH, TOOWOOMBA
Incorporating North - West Toowoomba,
Wilsonton, Cotswold Hills, Gowrie, Kingsthorpe
Cnr. Tor & North Street, Wilsonton
PH: (07) 4634 8488
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.sacredheartparish.com.au
Masses: Sunday: Vigil (Sat) 6pm, 9am, 5.30pm Mon, Weds & Fri: 6.30am
Tues: 6.30am, 12.10pm Thurs: 6.30am, 8.40am (School Term) Sat: 8.30am
Eucharistic Adoration: Mon – Fri: 5am-6.30am (including the Angelus & Morning Prayer)
Tues: CONTINUOUS 24 hours from 6.30am Mass to Wed 6.30am Mass
First Friday: 7am - 8.30am Mass Sat (for the sanctity of life)
Sacrament of Penance: Sat: 8am, 5.30pm Sun: 8.30am
Parish Priest: Fr. Roque MAGUINSAY (Pacem)
Parish Coordinator: Russell Belz PH: (07) 4634 4180
All Seasons Function Centre: Manager - Neville Siebenhausen PH: 0499 988 089
Sacred Heart Primary School: Principal – Mr. Chris Rosentreter PH: (07) 4634 3436
Email: [email protected] Website: www.sacredhearttwb.catholic.edu.au
2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time – 15th Jan ‘17
103rd World Day of Migrants and Refugees
The theme of Pope Francis' Message is "Child Migrants, the Vulnerable and the Voiceless". In his Message, the Holy Father wants "to draw attention to the reality of child migrants, especially the ones who are alone. In doing so I ask everyone to take care of the young, who in a threefold way are defenceless: they are children, they are foreigners, and they have no means to protect themselves. I ask everyone to help those who, for various reasons, are forced to live far from their homeland and are
separated from their families."
READINGS: 15 Jan '17 - Year A
1st Reading: IS 49:3-6 The Lord reminds Israel that they are His servants through
whom he will show His glory . That He will make Israel a light to the nations so that
His salvation may reach the ends of the earth.
2nd Reading: 1 Cor 1:1-3 The church of God, all those who have been sanctified in
Christ Jesus - are called to be holy.
Gospel: Jn 1:29-34 John the Baptist saw the Spirit come down like a dove and rest
on Jesus – only then did he recognize that before him stood the one who he must
baptize with water, and who in turn will baptize others with the Holy Spirit.
RESPONSORIAL PSALM - 15 JAN '17
“Here am I, Lord; I come to do your will!" FEAST DAYS THIS WEEK:
Tues: St. Anthony Fri: Sts. Fabian & Sebastian Sat: St. Agnes
READINGS NEXT WEEK: 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time - 22 January, 2017
First - Is 8:23-9:3 Second – 1 Cor 1:10-13, 17 Gospel - Mt 4:12-23
Be a LIGHT
Jonathan Snacks, a Jewish teacher, said that the vocation of Israel was to be a Light
to the Nations, not a plague. This is the mission that Jesus handed over to his
disciples when he sent them to the ends of the earth. It is far more challenging
than to work for the economic self-sufficiency of their nations, to which cause many
leaders are enslaving their own people. There are leaders who teach violence to
usher in an era of peace. There are others who urge unjust ways to win justice,
hold out illusions to attain truth, and cease to be a genuine light in society. Henri
Nouwen says, “To be a teacher is to disclose through your own person the mystery
of God.” The self-seeking pragmatist in us must yield to the committed mystic until
we see the working of the Spirit in all human events and natural processes.
‘IMMACULATA APOSTOLATE’- Next Piety Stall will be Sat 4th & Sun 5th February
2017. Orders can be taken at any time. Contact Ann 043 242 1962.
Sacred Heart Parish Badges are now available Sacred Heart Parish Badges are now available in the foyer. These use magnets and
therefore do not ruin clothing. Please wear them during and after Mass – knowing
each other’s names help support a friendlier and welcoming atmosphere among
ourselves, and especially among visitors and newcomers to our community. We ask
that the name badges not be brought home and be returned to the magnet board
for safekeeping.
Sacramental Program – The Sacrament of Holy Communion sessions will begin
February 5 – these are for children who completed the Sacrament of Reconciliation.
We are now inviting all children who have completed their Holy Communion in the
past to enrol in sessions for the Sacrament of Confirmation. For more information
please contact Terry Byrnes on 4635 4917.
COMING UP Monday, Jan. 16 – PPC Meeting, 7pm
Sunday, Feb. 5, 11am Mass - Feast of the Sto. Nino / Infant Jesus of Prague
Friday, March 3 – World Day of Prayer
Learning To Love Children and Youth as Jesus Loves Them All children are lovable, not just the small babies or the cute, the healthy, and the bright ones. In their eyes full of light, wonder and innocence, there is an almost irresistible fascination which arouses in every normal human being (and even in animals!) feelings of tenderness and care. Each little boy or girl is a reminder of a world of innocence, dreams and hopes which most adults have lost sight of. All children need to be loved. But many are not. Far too many are not loved in the right manner. Some receive too much and become “spoiled brats,” groomed to be the tyrants of tomorrow. Others receive too little – much less than they need for their physical, intellectual, psychological, and affective development. Their lives are shortened, their faces ploughed by the deep furrows of neglect, deprivation, and the unconscious feeling of not being loved as they should . . . . Other children – most of them recruited from the previous immense crowd – are “used” by unscrupulous and wicked adults. They are destroyed by the cruelty of those who enjoy immolating them to the gods of greed and carnal pleasure. Still others – their numbers growing more and more! – are not even allowed to see the light of day, butchered as they are right in the wombs of their mothers, victims of unconquered lust, shame, pride, greed . . . . Words are unable to express the horror which malnutrition, child exploitation, child prostitution, and abortion arouse in us. And in God, more than in us! There is something devilish in all these forms of human degradation. Jesus showed his love for the children of his time. In the brightness of their eyes he saw mirrored the freshness and holiness of the Kingdom. He expects that we show the same concrete love for the children of our time. Our devotion to the Holy Child, Jesus, must lead us to practical concern for the millions of children in this country and all over the world. They are the most defenceless victims of the indifference, greed and lust of too many adults who are a disgrace to our nation and humankind.
PLEASE PRAY FOR –
OUR SICK: Barbara Hickey, Beatrice Lucas, Jesse Moore, Frank Moore, Laura Lucas, Julie
Armstrong, Margaret Lewis, Therese Fitzpatrick, Geraldine Dickmann, Clayton Herron, Dulcie
Carey, Mabel Saad, Yvonne King, Coleen from SPRED, Sandra Robinson, Rachel Oldham,
Alfredo Bumatay, Cristy Foundalakis, Joseph Stafford, Ava Bateman, Alfredo Yap-Buzon, Paul
Stanley Holmes, Theresa Hansen
SUMMARY OF COLLECTIONS: THANK YOU!
DATE PLANNED GIVING LOOSE TOTAL
25 Dec '16 $1425 $828 $2253
1 Jan '17 $1734 $465 $2199
8 Jan '17 $2061 $412 $2473