One Communion of Faith with MacKillop Catholic College

Priests Vince Casey, Kenneth Hagan, Carmelo Sciberras Deacon James Caulfield Pastoral Associate Joan Pavitt

Parish Secretary Michelle Baker, Kate Clark CCD Coordinator Gayle Caulfield Bookkeeper Johnson Mani Church Cnr Minnesota & Sparks Rd, Woongarrah Post PO Box 4367, Lake Haven, 2263

Telephone (Mon,Wed-Fri, 9am–4pm) 4393 4501 Parish Mobile (out of hours) 0498 036 713 Emails vince.casey@dbb.org.au; jim.caulfield@dbb.org.au; joan.pavitt@dbb.org.au; gayle.caulfield@dbb.org.au;

michelle.baker@dbb.org.au; kate.clark@dbb.org.au

Web www.dbb.org.au/parishes/warnervale PPC: Ann Jackson, Michael McCarthy, Helen Young, Tom Brown, Bill Mifsud, Paul Moir, Cherie Murray, Ken Whalan

Confirmation: Congratulations! To each child who received Confirmation this weekend, we say congratulations and

ask for God’s continued blessings. May you be faithful friends of Jesus all your life.

Thank you so much to the parents, sponsors and families who have helped support this step in the children’s faith journey.

Thank you to Bishop Peter for his pastoral presence among us.

Thanks to our leaders Karina Baftirovski and Christine Hibbard for taking responsibility for the program.

A most sincere thank you to all our volunteer catechists who generously gave their time to teach and share their faith with our children.

Thank you to the musicians who played and sang magnificently over the 2 ceremonies and to the servers and readers.

To each and every one… Thank you. We can be proud of how our parish cares, supports and encourages God’s children.

Bishop Peter’s Visitation We have received a letter from the Bishop thanking us for the warm welcome and generous hospitality when he visited our parish last month.

In part, he said, “It was a joy for me to be amongst the faithful and witness a spirit-filled neighbourhood of grace. With the Parish community all working together for the sake of the Gospel, the task of evangelisation and reaching out to others is made more effective and successful.”

Image by Sr Dorothy Woodward rsj

We gather as a community of believers in Jesus, to grow as his disciples,

using our gifts, to proclaim the Gospel

SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER, YEAR A

21 MAY 2017

Sunday Mass Saturday: 5pm

Sunday: 8am, 10am, 5pm

Weekday Mass 9.15am Mon, Tues

7.30am Wed

9.15am Thurs, Fri

Reconciliation Saturday @ 4.00pm

Family Mass Every Sunday @ 10am

Youth Mass Every Sunday @ 5pm

Baptisms Every Sunday @ 11.30am

Attendance at Information

Evening required

Weddings By Appointment

Thinking of becoming a Catholic?

Please contact Parish staff

for more information.

St Vincent de Paul 4356 6700

1300 Vinnies

Pregnancy Help 1300 792 798

CatholicCare Counselling 4324 6403

Domestic Violence 13 11 14

Gambling Help 1800 858 858

Alcoholics Anonymous 4323 3890

Diocese of Broken Bay

Ancestral home of the Darkinjung people

Readings: Acts 8:5-8, 14-17;

1 Pet 3:15-18; Jn 14:15-21

Response: Let all the earth cry out to God with joy

Alleluia, Alleluia!

All who love me will keep my words, and my Father will love them and we will come to them.

Alleluia, Alleluia!

This week

in the Parish

This Weekend

10am Confirmation 1 Bishop Peter 12pm Confirmation 2 Bishop Peter Sat 4pm Reconciliation Fr Carmelo 5pm Vigil Fr Carmelo 8am Mass Fr Ken 10am Family Mass Fr Vince 11.30am Baptisms Fr Vince 5pm Youth Mass Fr Vince 7pm Syro Malabar Mass Fr Leonse Monday 22 May 9.15am Mass Fr Ken After Mass - Rosary

Tuesday 23 May 9:15am Mass Fr Carmelo After Mass - Divine Mercy Devotions Wednesday 24 May Solemnity Our Lady Help of Chrisitians 7:30am Mass Fr Vince 9.15am Mass with Kindy, Yr 1 & Y2 Fr Vince Thursday 25 May 9:15am Mass Fr Vince

Friday 26 May Memorial St Philip Neri 9:15am Mass with Fr Vince

Saturday 27 May 4pm Reconciliation Fr Vince 5pm Mass Fr Vince Sunday 28 May 8.00am Mass Fr Vince 10.00am Family Mass Fr Vince 11:30 Baptisms Fr Vince 5pm Youth Mass Fr Carmelo

Please remember our sick: Marg Brookbank, Pauline Blais, Barry Brown, Jesse White , Maurice Stuart, Koby Bourke, Heather Duffy (Yr11 at MacKillop), Lola Redfern, Betty Cleave, June Amey, Jorge Villasanti, Teresita Villasanti, Margarita Gomez, Mary Brown, Talitha Milroy, Janice Quiting, Jeanette Kite.

Recently Deceased: Michael Cooligan, Peter HeenanLaura Lafferty, Jeff Jeffries, Beryl Isted, Aphrem, Karen Van Den Hooven, Dawn Norman, Nancy Clark, Christine Illingworth , Silvio Dizzotto, Stephanie Gagan, Anna Thomson

Mass Intentions: Jack Briggs, John Mulheron, Fran Nolan, Helen Pantasopoulos, Anselmo, Paulita, Enrico and Arturo Pio, Edwin Ambait, Elma Capacite, Pantaleon and Temotea Ambait, Hermigildo & Romurlda Giba, Pio Bargero and Maureen Shea, Helen Pantazopoulos, Pio Bargero , Maureen Shea, Damien Beck, Carmen & Domnic Micallef, Vince, Rosa & Sam Vumbaca, Agnes Rodger, Christa, Anish, Mary Kitty, Emma Campbell, Alex Moss, Gordon Campbell, Dalphine Ring, Howard Kelly, Dennis Ring, Lex Mann, Jack & Elsie McGinlay Susan Wagner Rugy Lane, Dorothy Moore.

Baptism

Baptism Information Evening will be at 7pm on Tuesday 16 May in the Church.

New life through Baptism We welcome Lucy, Amy & Jack Finnerty into the Christian Family today.

Adult Baptism If you are thinking of becoming a Catholic or know someone who has expressed a desire to do so, call Ann Jackson, 0418 683 231 to join us in the preparations for the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA).

Bishop Peter is celebrating 25 years of Ordination to the

Priesthood: May God continue to bless him with many

more years of life as he shepherds the people of the

Diocese of Broken Bay.

If you would like to support the Charitable Works Fund (CWF) please place a donation in the envelopes provided at the back of the church and put it on either collection plate.

Alternatively give directly to: St Mary of the Cross MacKillop Parish BSB: 062 784, A/C: 2138 8001. Add your surname and CWF as reference.

Donations are 100% tax deductible. If you want a receipt for a tax deduction fill out the details on the envelope or, if you have contributed electronically, email the parish to give them your details.

Mass Count At the weekend Masses throughout

May we will be doing the annual count of how many people attend each Mass.

This is throughout the Diocese and provides important information for

future planning.

Market Stall

If you have some free time to occasionally assist

with the market stall after 8am Mass, contact Rita

4392 6719.

Volunteer Needed

We are looking for someone who would take on the responsibility of

organising Parish Film Nights. What we had in mind was a Christian

theme movie put on 3 or 4 times a year probably on a Saturday Night.

The person would need to be comfortable using the Parish or the Library

technology. If you are interested would you contact Joan 0408165014.

Prayers for our sick, for friends that are in hospital, on a waiting list for hospital, or recovering at home, for anyone that have ongoing problems in their lives.. also for all those that are caring for them, let us always remember them in our prayers. Prayer is very powerful. Social craft morning Wed, 24th May at 10.30am. Our craft morning this month will be at Ann Murphy’s home, please join us for a friendly morning, at 44 Holloway Drive, Jilliby. Bring what ever type of craft you are happy doing, also your own lunch. We are organising a bus tour to St Patrick’s Seminary Manly plus a tour of the old quarantine station. Thursday the 12th October, cost for the day $55 which will include, bus, lunch and tour. We need to have names and small deposit as soon as possible to ensure our booking. Please contact Christine 4357 2197 or Claire 4393 6318. Latest Portrait Exhibition by Daniel Arnaldi is being held at Mercure Kooindah Waters, Wyong. Some of the work currently on display have been previously exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery Canberra, the Gosford Regional Gallery, and the Tweed River Gallery. This is a wonderful opportunity to see this exhibition free, and in your local area. You can make your own arrangements or give me a call to go in a group. Christine 4357 2197 Never give up, never lose hope. Always have faith, it allows you to cope.

Seniors News In the parish

Rosary - Come pray together for our families, parish

and community on Thursday 25th May at 7.30pm.

All welcome at Bill and Dianne Mifsud home,

56 Irving Court , Hamlyn Terrace.

Ph- 0413 454 547.

Men’s Breakfast Join us at Warnies Café at 8am on 27th May.

Children’s Liturgy of the Word: Sunday at the 10am

Mass. If you would like to be a leader and help with

planning contact Joan 0408 165 014.

Meditation Group Will be taking a break over the winter months but will

continue in the home of Peter & Colleen Speight on

Wednesdays. Please call 4393 6658 for more info.

Smart Loving Marriage Weekend will be held in the parish on Saturday 1st and Sunday

2nd July. The cost is $250 per couple for all food and

resources, but for the first ten couples from the parish the

cost will only be $100.

Smart Loving has been developed by a couples who grew

up in families with parents involved in Marriage Encounter

and who experienced Antioch in their teenage years.

To register or for more details go to: smartloving.org/

marriage.

Why We Catholics Do The Things We Do?

‘Why do Catholics ‘pray’ to the saints?’ It is a common and beautiful practice for Christians to turn to one another for support and encouragement as they journey through life. The Catholic way of ‘praying’ to the saints is simply an extension of this practice of drawing support from our faith family. Far from undermining adoration of God, devotion to the saints strengthens our love of God. Awareness of the saints raises our sights, empowers us to aspire to Gospel qualities and helps us to see our earthly lives from the perspective of the promise of eternal life.

SRE News Another term has commenced and we are attending to all classes except year 6 in Warnervale, and years 5&6 in Kanwal.

We are also sending out the invitation for people who would be interested in being a helper in the classroom. This would suit someone who relates to children and cherishes their faith.

Warnervale has indicated that on 24th of May Year 5 will be on camp, and on 21st June, Kindergarten will be going on a farm excursion, so to our catechists please note these dates in your diary.

Please contact me if you feel God calling you to serve him in this ministry on 0449 141 637.

Blessings Gayle

CONFIRMATION 2017

Olivia Abraham Brenalyn Alcid Elise Arthur Lauren Baird Braydon Boric Teleah Bowman Samuel Bryan Cooper Burgess Toby Clark Levi Cox Seleena Dao Ajay Dash Evie Davidson Carl Doroja Ava Duke Kaitlin Dunn Caitlyn Duran Alyssa Duran Allexandra Ellis Isaac Erifolami Nate Falconer Kye Falconer Connor Farrugia Isla Finnerty Aaliyah Fong Mya Fuller Amber Glassford Jackson Grace

Tori Hain Amber-Jade Hain Ryan Hain Dalia Hancock Joshua Henderson James Hickey Emily Higgins Alyssa Hyland Amal Joshi Caleb Keenan Eva Kelly Patrick Kyle Theresia Laka Katie Lea Joshua Lemon Patrick Logan Cora Logan Alana McKinnon Natalie McSherry Maddox Morley William Morton Charlie Morton Alice Morton Angus Nicol Joshua Norris Travis Northey Kye Northey Louise Northey

Ella Northey Jade Norton William Pardo Harrison Rea Abbey Robertson Reuben Robinson Xavier Rose Aiden Rosman Ashton Ryan Tahlia Sanders Rebecca Santhosh Kaitlyn Scott Brayden Seaman Abby Seaman Callan Smith Lara Stanford Julianna Stankiewicz Natalia Stankiewicz Tommy Stigler Finn Williamson Brea Wilson Sasha Wolfenden Giselle Woodham Kolton Yahnel Brooklynn Yahnel Charlie Zarb

Parish Pastoral Council We have had some people step down from the PPC. Thanks you to Tom Brown, Cherie Murray, Ken Whalan and Helen Young for the time and work with the PPC. There are now five vacancies on the PPC. To fill these vacancies we need people who are involved in some ministry or activity in the parish; know the parish and are aware of the issues that are important to parishioners; could commit to a meeting on the third Wednesday evening of the month; and could do some follow-up work on behalf of the Council. We ask that anyone who is interested write a brief (half page) application addressing the above criteria and send it to Fr Vince (vince.casey@dbb.org.au) for the PPC executive to consider before the next meeting on June 21st. Would you like to serve the parish in this leadership role? Please consider it. Can you think of someone who would be good on the Council? Suggest it to them. Please pray that the Lord gives us the leaders we need.

Ministries Part of our pastoral plan is to have more parishioners involved in ministries in the parish. Our hope would be that everyone who comes to Mass in the Parish is also involved in some ministry or activity. This may be in the church or the community. In the next few weeks we will be having a “drive” for the liturgical ministries that can be done when you come to Mass. This would include readers, servers, Eucharistic ministers, musicians, morning teas, children’s liturgy, sacramental preparation. Please consider if you might be able to take up one of these ministers. More details next week.

A Brief Explanation on the role of St Vincent de Paul Society

How did it start?

There was a young university student called Frederick

Ozanam who was appalled at the poverty he saw around

him in Paris in 1863. He gathered together a few friends and

they began visiting people and bringing them food and

clothing and it grew from there. The Society began in

Australia in 1881 when Charles O’Neill set up a group in

Sydney. Now almost every Catholic parish in Australia

would have a branch of Vinnies.

So it was a ‘men only’ group?

Yes, it was in those days. The women formed a Ladies

Auxiliary to raise money which the men distributed. In the

later part of last century women began joining the groups

and now there is no distinction made. You do not have to

be a Catholic either. We do say a couple of prayers at the

beginning and end of our meetings so you would need to be

comfortable in doing that. It helps to keep us focussed on

the true reason we do what we do as part of our Christian

beliefs.

We have seen the Vinnies shops in nearly every town. Are

they part of it all?

Yes they are part of the Society. Vinnies has two arms. One

arm is for the shops and the other is what we call the Good

Works arm. They are managed separately although they are

both part of the St Vincent de Paul Society.

People donate items they no longer need and these are sold

in the shops to raise money for the Good Works side of

Vinnies.

We need volunteers to work in both arms because if we do

not have people to run the shops then we do not have the

funds to help people who are in need. Then if we do not

have people to help with the good works side of Vinnies

then we cannot get food and clothing and all those other

essentials out to the people who need them.

Are the shops the only way you get money?

No. We receive donations from the Catholic community

who give to collections at Mass. We also have a Winter

Appeal and a Christmas Appeal where people are given the

opportunity to make donations. Donations are also received

from businesses and kids at the Catholic schools who give

some of their pocket money to help those in need. The

Catholic community is really very generous when it comes

to supporting the poor and disadvantaged. All the Christian

groups in Warnervale are similarly very generous.

Do you get any government assistance?

Not a great deal. Donations are tax deductible so the

donors giving $2.00 or more can receive a tax deduction,

but that money from the tax benefit does not go to the

Society. There is a scheme to help people on low incomes to

cope with abnormally high electricity or gas bills and the

Society is one of the organisations that assist the State

Department of Industry to administer this scheme. Various

governments also have money available when there is an

emergency like a bushfire or flood and they often use the

various charities, St Vincent de Paul included, to get this

money out to the people who need it.

Who do you help?

We help all sorts of people. Often they are single parents or

parents on low incomes who are struggling to make ends

meet and to feed and clothe their children. They may be

out of work or suffer some illness which makes work

difficult. There is often some form of illness involved or

family breakdown. There are people who suddenly find

themselves homeless and have nowhere to turn.

Do the people you help have to be Catholics?

No, definitely not. We never ask what religion people are or

indeed if they have a religion. In the old catechism there

used to be a question, “Who is your neighbour?” and the

answer was, “My neighbour is every man, woman and

child”. We are there to help our neighbour.

What sort of help do you provide?

The most common assistance given is food. We, on the

central coast, receive donations of food from food

manufacturing companies based in the region. This food is

basic, staple food of good quality. It is packed into hampers

by volunteers and distributed to our clients. In addition we

have food vouchers for the Lakes Foodbank and Coles.

These vouchers are purchased by the Society. We also give

help to people who need clothing, furniture, bedding and

other household items through the shop. In cases of serious

hardship we also help by giving vouchers for medicines.

As mentioned previously, the NSW Department of Industry

runs a scheme to help low income earners to cope with

abnormally high electricity or gas bills, and telephone bills.

People can approach us to access those schemes.

Do you ever find people abusing the assistance given – for

example, people who do not really need help coming and

saying that they do need help?

Well, we can’t pretend that it does not happen and stories

do get back to us. Thankfully, abuse is fairly rare and we

would prefer that to happen than to miss helping a genuine

case, especially when children are involved.

If someone wants to help, what should they do?

They can call the Wyong Regional Office on 43566700 and

they can be referred to somebody who can discuss it with

them.