http://www.google.com.au/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fevangelisationbrisbane.org.au%2F&psig=AOvVaw1YuDTwNiY6TgHvCPbmgdgf&ust=1550804304539670

We want to have our church ready to resume when we are permitted to open!! So we are having a Church

Grounds Working Bee Fri May 22, 8am for a couple of hours. We’d appreciate the help from

anyone who is available! Please bring some garden tools! To keep a track on numbers

attending please let us know if you are available.

CURRENT PARISH NEWS

WEEK START SUN MAY 17, 2020

6TH SUNDAY OF EASTER REGINA CAELI CATHOLIC PARISH

FR JOHN GARRAHY, ADM.

81 WAVERLEY RD CAMP HILL, 4152,

PH: 3398 3697 e: reginacaeli@bne.catholic.net.au

http://www.reginacaeliparish.org.au

PARISH OFFICE: TUES, WED,THURS, 9.30AM - 2.30PM JEANNE SCHNEIDER M: 0414 836 071

ALL PARISH MASSES, RECONCILIATION & ANY PARISH EVENTS SUSPENDED

UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE

ALL ENQUIRIES RE BOOKING BAPTISMS, WEDDINGS, FUNERALS & SACRAMENT OF PENANCE

PLEASE CONTACT PARISH OFFICE.

YEAR A

RECENTLY DECEASED: RUSSEL LEA, SR ELEANOR PARKER OLSH,

AMANDA STUDDDERS ANNIVERSARIES FR TOM JONES,

FR MICHAEL CAREW, WYNTEN NEILSEN

SPECIAL INTENTIONS: Pat Beckett, Augusto Cesar, Joshua Chester, James Clifford, Pat & Jack Cochrane, Veronica

& Cathy Comiskey, George D’Allura, Robbie Dicker, Susan Donald,

Bart Gaffney, Loye Gardiner, Paul Heathwood, Philomena Hegarty, Allaura Hows, Kate Jennings, Kath Keogh, Nicky Logan, Katie Loveday, Cheryl Loveridge,

Enid McCarthy, Trish McConnell, Peter McLaughlin, Fr Ron Mollison,

John Morgan, Christopher Mothershaw, Marie-Louise O’Brien, Pamela O’Reilly,

Peter Reid, Wal & Joyce Smith, Lester Steen, Mary Twomey,

Nathaniel Williams, Zelina & family

for helping to stem the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19)

by abiding by the safeguards.

Parish office is open but with strict adherence to social distancing

& gathering numbers. The best way to contact parish is email or phone:

Regina Caeli parish website & Facebook. Regina Caeli Parish website

http://www.reginacaeliparish.org.au

Look online for Weekly bulletins (posted each Fri) links to Gospel readings, live stream,

resources, Children’s Church, updates, There is something for everyone.

Click on links below for resources & articles:

https://litedliturgybrisbane.weebly.com/

Archdiocese of Brisbane: https://brisbanecatholic.org.au/

Webcast schedule on this site

Sun 8am / 10am, Wed 8am only Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri 8am & 12.30pm

No live stream normally on Saturday or Mass Sunday at www.archbne.org/bzw

Sign up for regular emails, incl. 2-minute homilies & daily readings: www.archbne.org/dwlk

Mass on demand: https://www.northsydneycatholics.com/

spirituality/liturgy/mass-on-demand

Subscribe: free digital news: catholicleader.com.au

If anyone hasn’t access to w/end

newsletter or resources online,

we are happy to deliver hard

copies. Please let us know. We are here to support you. For pastoral

care needs, please contact

Fr John / Parish Office 3398 3697

Visit our Catholic Kool Kids [CKK] weekly Activity!

Updated weekly with newsletter on our website.

The Archdiocese is encouraging parishioners to consider

direct debit for donating. Forms emailed on request from parish office or, Direct deposit to: Regina Caeli:

BSB 064 786 A/c: 006171102 Please incl reference. OR

Parish Giving app available now, an easy

way to support your parish at any time, downloadable to your phone

http:/parishgiving.brisbanecatholic.org.au/

Looking for the positive? Has anyone a story to tell, a prayer to share, an idea

to assist, a saying to contribute, even a joke to tell in these times. It would be a shame not to look for

that silver lining! Please share it and we’ll put it in the newsletter to help others..

Poem by Kiwi-born Welsh poet Tomos Roberts has captured the imagination of millions of people with his video: The Great Realisation. Take a peek!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hw0JDJUu548

Trivia Q’s: 1. I am the seed described as smaller than all the others but becomes greatest. 2. I am the festival that Jesus & his family regularly went to at Jerusalem. 3. I am the name of Joseph's hometown. 4. I am the number of days of temptation Jesus endured in the wilderness.

May 17, ’20: 6th Sun of Easter (1 Peter 3:17) "For it is better to suffer for doing good, if that be God’s will, than for doing evil.”

The old line says “if you want to make God laugh, tell him your plans.” Many of us are diligent in our planning & making sure things are

progressing smoothly. Then disaster strikes, we don’t get the result that was intended or an unforeseen problem arises. Many times we may

respond negatively and ask, “Why me? I did everything right!” Here’s the thing – adversity

humbles us and reminds us of our dependence on God and not on our own self-reliance. Rest assured, God has a better plan in store for you.

(Accessed on April 23, 2020 from https://www.archstl.org/about-stewardship/bulletin-inserts/weekly-bible-reflections)

6th Sunday in Easter Reflection: For the past 5 weeks we, the long baptised & the newly baptised, have been relishing life in the Spirit. The gift of the Spirit is made more explicit today. We hear of unexpected outpouring of the Spirit as recorded in the Acts of the Apostles, & we are reminded of Jesus promising the Advocate, the Spirit of truth, to his disciples on the night before he died. There’s even a passing reference in 1 Peter to the Spirit in whom Christ “was raised to life.” All this helps make us more aware of the work of the Spirit in each one of us & in the Church at large. For too long in Western Church the Holy Spirit was the “forgotten person” of the Trinity. More & more we are rediscovering the Spirit in dialogue with Eastern Churches; their rich tradition is steeped in the Spirit. We in the West now have the opportunity to come to a new level of Spirit-awareness, not just during the Eastertide but throughout the year. Even though we cannot see Jesus, we can experience his presence in many different ways. The Spirit is at work in the world, bringing love, joy, kindness, patience & gentleness. The main message in today’s gospel is to love Jesus and to do as he commands. What does love look like, feel like & sound like?

https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/

For good articles & info

Answers: 1. Mustard 2. Passover 3. Nazareth 4. 40 Our Prayer for help with COVID-19 challenges.

Ever present God, Be with us in our isolation,

Be close to us in our distancing,

Be healing in our sickness, Be light in our

darkness, Be wisdom in our confusion,

Be all that is familiar when all is unfamiliar,

that when the doors reopen we may, with the zeal of Pentecost inhabit our communities & speak of your goodness to an emerging world. Amen.