The Catholic Community of North Harbour

22nd Sunday in ordinary time 30 August 2015

Readings for next week: Isaiah 35:4-7 James: 2:1-5 Mark 7:31-37

St Kieran’s, Manly Vale

GOSPEL SYMBOLS AND IMAGES Tradition accept and submit

The heart is a symbol of the whole person, the seat of the emotional life. People are ‘good-hearted’. Jesus is critical of those who are externally virtuous but do not have their hearts in the right place. The heart is also the symbol of love. Truly loving others and living for them is an act from the heart.

2 King Street, Manly Vale NSW 2093 Phone: 99494455 Fax: 9949 3413

Email: parishoffice@northharbourcatholic.org.au Parish Websites: www.northharbourcatholic.org.au

St Kieran’s Manly Vale

IN THE CARE OF THE AUGUSTINIANS

Feast of St Augustine 28th August

For You I am the Bishop Believe me, brothers and sisters, if what I am for you frightens me, what I am with you reassures me. For you I am the bishop; with you I am a Christian.

“Bishop”, this is the title of an office one has accepted to discharge; “Christian’” that is the name of the grace one receives. Dangerous title!

Salutary name! Sermon 340, 1 Prayer: Lord, whether prosperity smiles or adversity frowns, let Your praise be

ever in my mouth. Commentary on Psalm 138, 16.

Congratulations to all to our parish children who received the Sacrament of Confirmation

in 3 ceremonies at St Kieran’s church last Friday evening 7pm

and Saturday 10am and 2pm

Join us in prayer before the Blessed Sacrament for the preservation of the true meaning of MARRIAGE in Australia 24 HOUR VIGIL Diocese of Broken Bay Adoration Friday 4 September 9:30 am START Saturday 5 September 9:30 am FINISH Holy Hour (led by Bishop Peter A Comensoli) Friday 4 September 2015 7:30 pm at Our Lady of the Rosary Cathedral, Waitara

This is the time of the year when we are asked to consider whom among our family and friends may be interested in the Catholic Faith.

For such people we will be holding an enquiry/information session on 20th Se ptember after 6pm Mass in the parish centre where enquirers could learn of the steps they might take to advance towards membership of the Catholic Church or simply to learn more about the Catholic faith.

For more information please contact Phillip Cooney on 0425 210 802.

VINNIES WINTER APPEAL

A big Thank You to all who generously

donated to the Vinnies Winter

Appeal.

The final figure was $13,746.

A relief Eucharistic Volunteer is required for the 4th and 5th Sundays when, on occasion, the Augustinian Seminarians are unavailable to visit Alexander Nursing Home, Brookvale. Please contact Judy Pearce 9982 8347 or the parish office 9949 4455 if you are able to assist. Thank you.

PIETY STORE At the Parish Office

Mon - Fri , 9am -4pm)

NEW STOCK HAS ARRIVED !!

We have lots of great new gifts

Rosary Beads Frames Holy Water Fonts

Holy Medals Jewellery Holy Cards Crucifixes

Baptism Candles, Baptism gits, Holy Communion

& Confirmation gifts Greeting Cards

& lots lots more !!

We will be adding to

our collection each

month -

THIS SUNDAY!!!! BYO Picnic

Games, face painting! Meet new friends Catch up with old

Cancelled if raining

Friends of Saint Augustine Social Evening

Any members interested in attending a dinner with our Friends

from around Australia please contact Jacky Worthington on 0403 834043 or

gjworth@tpg.com.au Parish Centre Friday 18 September.

Augustine’s Feast, 2015. Dear Fellow Parishioners, Some years ago I was asked to give a series of radio talks on the topic of “An Augustinian Approach to Contemplation” and, having spent months agonising over the script, we actually recorded it in just half a day. In one of the early episodes I paused in my commentary to explain how central St. Augustine was to my life and after I finished that segment the Sound Engineer who was guiding me through it all made the observation

“When you said Augustine was your hero, you really meant it!” I still do, which is why we are celebrating his Feast Day this weekend instead of the usual Ordinary Sunday liturgy. In the Rule which St. Augustine left for those who were with him in the monastery, (but which applied equally well to his parishioners when he became a Bishop), he makes the central point that the more each one is concerned for the interests of the community rather than putting their own interests first, the greater progress they are making in their capacity to love. This is expressed by living out our lives as a community of friends who show hospitality to all comers. Some commentators see the Augustinian model of communal spirituality as the answer to many problems of this Post-modern Century such as alienation, individualism, consumerism and fragmentation of family life (to name a few). Augustine offers instead the possibility of a hospitable space where the stranger can enter and become a friend instead of an enemy. Rather than trying to dominate we offer a space where people are encouraged to disarm themselves and listen with attention and care to the voices speaking in their own centre because they sense that is where we have found our own security. There are many individual things that Augustine wrote that have touched me deeply. Some are as simple as his great belief that living in communities is obviously better than living a hermit’s life! Another is that through friendships and relationships with other people we can become close to God; in fact, love of God and love of the other amounts to one and the same thing. At this time when so many people live in their own small apartments and become lost in a large city like Sydney, we need to feel connected more than ever, as people and as a nation and as a Church. We cannot force anyone to such a personal and intimate change of heart, but we can offer an hospitable space where such a change can take place.

QUESTION OF THE WEEK

‘The doctrines they teach are only human regulations’ Mark 7:7

At school: How can I remember what Jesus taught us and act like Jesus?

At work or study: Where do I find wisdom...in Jesus’ words or on talk-back radio

In my family life: How do we deal with pressures to be “with it” or “in fashion”?

Prayer this week God, in Jesus you have taught us what is important, to love

with sincerity and to live simply.

From St. Augustine

My God, let me be thankful as I

remember and acknowledge all Your

mercies.

Confessions 8, 1

Next week instead of sending out the September copy of In Touch, we will be emailing the parish report that was presented to our annual parish assembly on Sunday August 2. The parish assembly is a chance to hear reports by various groups involved in the running of the parish and elect new members of Parish Pastoral Council. Also attached will be Fr Paul’s summary of the meeting. We will not be

sending copies out through the mail. If you don’t receive In Touch via email and wish to receive a copy of the annual report please contact the office and we will post a copy to you.

WE PRAY Come to me! I will give you rest.” (Matthew 11:28)

Recent Prayer Requests: Angela & Giovanni De Luca, Denis Sonnerman, Bill Rein, Dave Miles, Michael Armstrong, Parvin Saddedi, Eric McKinnon, Sr Joan Sexton, Genevieve Espurgin, Kath Zenetic, Joe Rocca, Dylan Burke,Joe Zarb, Brendan Cleary, Roger O’Sullivan, Veronica Laverty, Martha Lois, Pat Leeder, Irene Hurrell, Maria Kogovsek, Lou Baker, Margaret Styles, Lindsay Benaud, Helen Anglicas, Robyn Bailey, Louis Hilton, Rita Chiu, Barry Connell, Grahame Wilson, Stephen Ward, Michelle Ritossi, Jim Smyth, Kevin Smith, Eddie Sharp, Jack Homan, Louise Allara, Sean Bellenger, Henry and Flavio Cataldo, Kathleen Bunting, Dorothy Smith, Simone Young, Leo Sensink, Thrisr Oliverra, Jarryd Timm,Chris McAuliffe.

(The families of those above thank parishioners for their prayers) For our recently deceased: Trevor Robinson, Peter Guy, Russell Styles, Madeline Pace, Genevieve Nixon

Anniversaries Fr Gerard Maloney CM, Win Maloney, Pauline Laurendet, David Mascarenhas, Winsome Coy, Keith Poole, Philip Thompson, Ken Gunn

AUGUST 30 THIS SUNDAY—PARISH SPRING PICNIC 11AM-3PM NORTH HARBOUR RESERVE SEPTEMBER 06 Father’s Day 09 St Kieran 11 Feast of St Kieran Mass 10am SK 15 Our Lady of Sorrows 16 Cornelius & Cyprian 17 Robert Bellarmine 18 Term 3 Ends Friends of St Augustine Dinner parish centre 21 St Matthew 27 Baptism Preparation Course SK 29 Archangels Michael, Gabriel, Raphael

Next Week’s Liturgy Roster 1st Sunday Please swap with someone else if you can’t make it

Mass Readers Senior Server

Co-ordinators

Hosp

6.00 P Darcy

V Miller

D Brown

7.30 M Goldspring M McMahon

A Tierney

9.00 M Hade

M Collins

P Burns

Res: J Plauoust

C Yeung P Burns P Chiswell

Chiswell, Harding/Burns Families

9.30 M Hansen K Lewis P Seddon

P Pearson U Halloway K Foresto

6.00 F Osborne L Wyatt D Lee

M Lai Kwon

Mass Children’s Liturgy

Laptop Music Welcome

6.00 SK Choir

7.30 C Bariol

9.00 No children’s liturgy

J Collins Ben, Luella & Choir

P Burns

9.30 I Booth K Beaman

Harvest

6.00 Pun Intend-ed

T Carey CATHOLIC COMMUNITY OF NORTH HARBOUR

Office (Mon – Fri: 9am – 4pm) 9949 4455 Clergy: Fr Paul Maloney OSA Parish Priest Fr Senan Ward OSA Assistant Priest Fr. Minh-Tan Hoang OSA Assistant Priest Fr. David Austin OSA In Residence

Pastoral Ministers (contacted through Parish Office 9949 4455) Ricki Hayes Sacramental Coordinator Adriana Bowyer Family Ministry Rosemary McKinnon Counsellor 0400 495 076 Victoria Loughland Youth Ministry—0421 780 957 Ben Marshall Music Ministry 0411809072

Administration: Chris Burrows Parish Manager Anne Ross Parish Secretary Jane Filacuridi Parish Secretary Tony Cipri WHS & WWC Compliance

Officer

Parish Mass TimesParish Mass Times

mass time mass time St Cecilia St Kieran Saturday vigil 6.00pm sunday 9.00am 7.30am 9.30am 6.00pm

weekday mass St Kieran 8.30am Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri, Sat St Cecilia 9.00am Wednesday St Augustine’s 8.15am Wednesday

Reconciliation St Kieran 5 – 6pm Saturday (or by appointment)

Baptisms Bookings essential and Preparation course required. St Cecilia 10.30am Sun or 9.00am Mass on 1st Sundays of the month St Kieran 11.30am Sun or 9.30am Mass on 1st Sundays of the month marriages Require 6 months notice and includes Catholic Care course as part of the preparation.

The Fr Chris Riley Van will be at 19 Lovett Street,

Manly Vale on Monday

Monday 07 September 2015 Cash donations, all new or good condition second-hand

items including crockery (no books please) Thank you for your donations

St Patrick’s Institute of Education Information Session

(Registered Training Organisation operated by CatholicCare Sydney)

Enrolments are now open for our 2016 Diplomas in Business, Management and Business Administration. These 40-week courses are ideal for Year 10, 11 or 12 school leavers and provide a viable alternative pathway to career and university success. Our Job Placement Program sees up to 95% of our graduates placed in jobs prior to the completion of the course.

Our next Information will be held on Sunday, 13 Sept at 11am on Level 1, 65 York Street, Sydney

For more information visit www.spie.edu.au

Jambaroo Abbey, run by Benedictine nuns is available for retreats from $80 per night, food included. Tel: 02 42360628 email: benedictineabbey@bigpond.com

For more information , visit

www.jamberooabbey.org.au