Welcome to the Parishes of
St Columbkille’s
and St Joseph’s St Mary of the Cross - Pray for Us
Secretary: Mrs Lisa Bates Parish Office: 48 Park Rd Bulli
42843000
Office Hours: Tues - Fri 9:30am - 3pm [email protected] [email protected]
Hospital (W) Chaplain: 0475 815 506 - Fr George
St Columbkille’s School Principal: Mr Brad Colquhoun St Columbkille’s School PH: 42847987
St Joseph’s School Principal: Mrs Jen Charadia St Joseph’s School PH: 4283 1111
Parish Priest Bulli Fr Patrick Vaughan
www.saintjosephsbulli.com
Corrimal 25th July 2021
17th Sunday in
Ordinary Time Fr Richard Healey
PRAYER TO ST JOSEPH
Hail, Guardian of the Redeemer, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
To you God entrusted his only Son; in you Mary placed her trust;
with you Christ became man. Blessed Joseph, to us too, show yourself a
father and guide us in the path of life.
Obtain for us grace, mercy and courage, and defend us from every evil.
Amen Pope Francis, Patris Corda, 2020
As our churches remain closed please note that
Fr Richard is streaming daily Masses from
St Columbkille’s Corrimal from Tuesday through to
Friday and on Sunday. They are being uploaded to the
parish website: www.corrimalparish.org.au you
can view this Masses any time you like.
St Columbkille’s and St Joseph’s Feast Day Calendar for July 2021 readings
Sunday 25th July WORLD DAY FOR GRANDPARENTS AND THE ELDERLY
Monday 26 July- Sts Joachim & Anne - Parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Thursday 29th July- St Martha
Saturday 31st July - St Ignatius of Loyola
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The Dream of Joachim (Giotto, c.1305, Scrovegni Chapel, Padua, Italy:
WikiArt, Public Domain)
WORLD DAY FOR GRANDPARENTS AND THE ELDERLY SUNDAY 25TH JULY 2021
St Joseph’s Bulli: Sunday Masses from St Joseph’s Bulli with Father Patrick will be available
to view this Sunday 25th July from 8:30am. Please go to Saint Joseph’s website:
www.saintjosephsbulli.com the Mass can be viewed at anytime.
StJoseph & The Child Christ Guido Reni : C 1640 WikiArt, Public Domain)
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We pray for: Our World and Country whilst we grapple with the reality of this pandemic. Our Sick: Marie Harding, Josephine Bowditch, Rita Fitzpatrick, Dalelle Akele, Fr Chris Riley , Andrew Zelco, Margie Dorin, Pat Stewart, Liam Leonard, Avril Wheatley, Sue Collins, Renee Collins, Herman Hoek, Stephen Mobley, Vince Stewart ,Ashley Palmieri, Tanya Bajda , Ann Picton, Ella Hazelton, David McCudden, Colin Lewis, Russell Green. Our Recently Deceased: Emma Halbishrayner, Dean Pearce, Fr Geoff Allen, Michael Chen, Susan Thomson, Margaret Rogers, Noreen McCudden, Chris Rutjers, Michael Steves, Diane Jeffrey, Gerald McGowan, Doug Clark. Our Deceased: Jack Cox, Sadie Cropper, Franz & Bianca Sucic, Peter Davies, Margaret Locke, Mena Barrett, Jim Taylor, Murray & Denise Johnson, Tom Wylie, Anthony Akele Snr, Socrates and Ida Ioannou, Ron McCudden, Joseph Micale, Siro Rostirolla, Antonio Piacentin, Manera Family, Paola Family, and for all the Holy Souls
POSITION VACANT- EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT – Welcoming and Information |
Catholic Diocese of Wollongong Suitably experienced and qualified persons are encouraged to apply for the role of Executive Assistant – Welcoming and Information in the Diocese of Wollongong. For more information and a detailed role description, please go to www.dow.org.au/jobs Any enquiries please contact Helen Bennett 0407 438 434 or email
GOSPEL REFLECTION - SCOTT HAHN
Bread left Over Today’s liturgy brings together several strands of Old Testament expectation to re-veal Jesus as Israel’s promised Messiah and King, the Lord who comes to feed His people. Notice the parallels between today’s Gospel and First Reading. Both Elisha and Jesus face a crowd of hungry people with only a few “barley” loaves. We hear similar words about how impossible it will be to feed the crowd with so little. And in both the miraculous multiplication of bread satisfies the hungry and leaves food left over. The Elisha story looks back to Moses, the prophet who fed God’s people in the wilderness (see Exodus 16). Moses prophesied that God would send a prophet like him (see Deuteronomy 18:15–19). The crowd in today’s Gospel, witnessing His miracle, identifies Jesus as that prophet. The Gospel today again shows Jesus to be the Lord, the good shepherd, who makes His people lie down on green grass and spreads a table before them (see Psalm 23:1, 5). The miraculous feeding is a sign that God has begun to fulfill His promise, which we sing of in today’s Psalm—to give His people food in due season and satisfy their desire (see Psalm 81:17). But Jesus points to the final fulfillment of that promise in the Eucharist. He does the same things He does at the Last Supper—He takes the loaves, pronounces a blessing of thanksgiving (literally, “eucharist”), and gives the bread to the people (see Matthew 26:26). Notice, too, that twelve baskets of bread are left over, one for each of the Apostles. These are signs that should point us to the Eucharist—in which the Church founded on the Apostles continues to feed us with the living bread of His Body. In this Eucharist, we are made one Body with the Lord, as we hear in today’s Epistle. Let us resolve again, then, to live lives worthy of such a great calling.