PARISH OFFICE PO BOX 118, WARWICK.

81 Percy Street, Warwick.

Hours: Mon-Fri 9am-5pm

Phone: (07) 4661 1033

Fax: (07) 4661 4232

Email: stmaryswck1@bigpond.com

Website: www.stmarysparishwarwick.org.au St Mary’s Catholic Parish

Parish Priest Fr Franco Filipetto Semi-retired Priest Fr Terry Hickling 4661 8227

Parish Pastoral Associate Patrice Riordan Administration Officer Kathleen Cuskelly

PARISH SCHOOLS St Mary’s Kindergarten Director: Marie Sullivan Phone: 4667 1075 warwickkin-dy@bne.centacare.net.au St Mary’s (Primary) Principal: Margaret Grew Phone: 4661 1872 smwarwick@twb.catholic.edu.au Assumption College Principal: Kort Goodman Phone: 4660 4000 acwarwick@twb.catholic.edu.au

THE EPIPHANY

Inside the great Christmas narrative, there are multiple mini-narratives, each of which comes laden with its own archetypal symbols. One of these mini-narratives, rich in archetypal imagery, is the story King Herod and the wise men. We see this in the Gospel of Matthew when he tells us how various people reacted to the announcement of Jesus’ birth. Matthew sets up a powerful archetypal contrast, blessing and curse, between the reaction of the wise men, who bring their gifts and place them at the feet of the new king, and King Herod, who tries to kill him. The wise men see a special star appear in the sky and begin to follow it, not knowing exactly to where or to what it will lead. While following the star, they meet King Herod who, upon learning that a new king has supposedly been born, has his own evil interest in the matter. He asks the wise men to find the child and bring him back information so that he, too, can go and worship the newborn. We know the rest of the story: The wise men follow the star, find the new king, and, upon seeing him, place their gifts at his feet. What happens to them afterwards? We do not know what happened to them afterwards and that is exactly the point. Their slipping away into anonymity is a crucial part of their gift. They have placed their gifts at the feet of the young king and can now leave everything safely in his hands. His star has eclipsed theirs. Far from fighting for their former place, they now happily cede it to him. And Herod, how much to the contrary! The news that a new king has been born threatens him at his core since he is himself a king. The glory and light that will now shine upon the new king will no longer shine on him. So what is his reaction? He sets out to kill him. But the real point is the contrast between the wise men and Herod: The former see new life as promise and they bless it; the latter sees new life as threat and he curses it. This is a rich story with a powerful challenge: What is my own reaction to new life, especially to life that threatens me, that will take away some of my own popularity, sunshine, and adulation? Can I, like the wise men, lay my gifts at the feet of the young and move towards anonymity and eventual death, con-tent that the world is in good hands, even though those hands are not my hands? Or, like Herod, will I feel that life as a threat and I try somehow to kill it, lest its star somehow diminish my own? To bless another person is to give away some of one’s own life so that the other might be more resourced for his or her journey, Good parents do that for their children. They give away some of their own lives to resource the other. The wise men did that for Jesus. How do we react when a young star’s rising begins to eclipse our own light?

5th/6th January 2019

Epiphany Year C

PARISH OFFICE PO BOX 118, WARWICK.

Assumption Place, 163 Palmerin Street (via Church car park, Acacia Avenue), Warwick.

Hours: Mon-Fri 9am-4pm

Phone: (07) 4661 1033

Fax: (07) 4661 5442

Email: warwick@ctwb.org.au

Website: www.stmarysparishwarwick

St Mary’s Catholic Parish

Parish Priest Fr Franco Filipetto Semi-retired Priest Fr Terry Hickling 4661 8227

Parish Pastoral Associate Patrice Riordan Administration Officer Kathleen Cuskelly

PPC Chairperson Michael Gaffney 0401 787 416

Safeguarding Representative Karen Upton 0418 988 429

PARISH SCHOOLS St Mary’s Kindergarten Director: Marie Sullivan Phone: 4667 1075 warwickkindy@bne.centacare.net.au St Mary’s (Primary) Principal: Margaret Grew Phone: 4661 1872 smwarwick@twb.catholic.edu.au Assumption College Principal: Kort Goodman Phone: 4660 4000 acwarwick@twb.catholic.edu.au

St Mary’s Catholic Parish Warwick EMBRACING THE COMMUNITIES OF:

St Mary’s, Warwick, Our Lady of Dolours, Greymare, Immaculate Heart of Mary, Gladfield and

Our Lady of Fatima, Karara

mailto:warwickkindy@bne.centacare.net.aumailto:warwickkindy@bne.centacare.net.aumailto:warwickkindy@bne.centacare.net.au

PLEASE PRAY FOR

RECENTLY DECEASED Fr John Dobson (Bris)

ANNIVERSARIES Kev Peters, Thomas & Kathleen McVeigh, Paul & Brendhen McConville, Noel O’Dempsey, Beth Brewer, Rita King, Dwan & Roche families, Raymund Cleary, Graham & Peter Watt, Adrian Dwan, Mary & Tom O’Dempsey, Val & Michael Coopes, Keith Locke, Kinglsey Locke, Ken & Lorna Bradfield, Marie O’Brien, Erin Kelly, William Holland, Greg Canavan, James & Mary Kelly & family, Harold & Patricia Baguley, Rev Msgr Michael McKenna, Rev Frs Justin King, Joseph Callaghan & James Wiemers, Jack & Bridgie Ryan, Tom & Olive Fletcher, Vince & Myrle Phelan, Harold Booth, Brian McDonnell and all relatives and friends. SICK Debbie Wheeler, Carmel McCormack (Bris), Maureen Bayly (Bris) Jim O’Farrell, Lorna Smith (Bris), Terry Bowe (Crows Nest), Kasey Cox (Bris), Geoff Willett, Ron Rettke, Leila Eades, Dean Adams (Adelaide), Mary McAullay, Scott & Dylan Grady, Warwick McEvoy (Bris), Maureen Willett, Jim Lamey (England), Sue Moffatt (M’merran), Craig Booth, Charles Lamey (England), Cole Muller, Milena Hegarty (Bris), Jeffery Hollindale (Bris), Belinda Wheeler (USA), Louis Frosio, Tia Wells, Catherine Watson, Gary Russell-Sharam, Ned Sparksman, Leanne Sanderson, Rick Waterworth (Bris), Carlito Talara, Wendy Taylor and residents of Akooramak, The Oaks, patients at the Warwick Hospital and all those who receive Home Communion.

MASS TIMES

THIS WEEK 5TH/6TH JAN

St Mary’s

Saturday 6pm

Sunday 8:30am

Yangan

Saturday 6pm

Greymare

Sunday 10am

Lay-Liturgies

Killarney

Sunday 8am

Gladfield

Sunday 9:30am

WEEKDAY MASS/

LITURGY TIMES

Monday No Mass

Tuesday Lay-Liturgy

5:30pm

Leader: Pam Eather

Reader: Bernice Furness

Gospel Reflect: Shirley

Owens

Wednesday No Mass

Thursday Communion

Service at Akooramak

10:45am

Friday No Mass

Saturday Mass 9am

No Mass or Lay Liturgy if

there is a Funeral Mass

FEAST DAYS n/a

NEXT WEEK 12TH/13TH JAN

St Mary’s

Saturday 6pm

Sunday 8:30am

Killarney

Sunday 8am

Lay-Liturgies

Yangan

Saturday 6pm

Gladfield

Sunday 9:30am

Reconciliation

St Mary’s Saturday

9:30am after Mass

THIS WEEKEND

5th/6th January NEXT WEEKEND

12th/13th January 2019

Ministries Vigil 6pm 8:30am Vigil 6pm 8:30am

Bell Ringers

Dave Carr Michael Ryan Dave Carr Michael Ryan

Welcomers Gina & Matthew

Noble, Trish Seaby

Mary Darr & Des

Collins

Rob Dawson & Mary

Bourke

Gloria Duffy &

Mal Brownlie

Readers Justin Walsh WR

Tim Kajewski

Nick Nolan

Jill Hume WR

Mick Gaffney

Pauline Pickering

Cheryl Collins WR

Margaret Trahair

Ian Kelly

Margaret Lawton WR

Shirley Peel

Mary-ann Driver

Prayer of Faithful

Sharon Young Michael Ryan Bernice Furness Margaret Plummer

Gifts Ronnie Doyle

Margaret Millard

Mary Henningsen

Marcia Hughes

Con LoGiudice

Mary Darr

Young family Bernadette Ryan &

Pat Sheil

Ministers of Communion

Rob Dawson

Bernice Furness

Peter & Meryl Kelly

Susan Ryan

Patti Hemmings

Gloria Litster

Barry Scanlan

Maureen O’Dea

Sally Carr

Patrice Riordan

Tony Hagley

Maria Ryan

Lynette & Mary Noble

Con Logiudice

Pauline Pickering

Val Gray

Mick Gaffney

John Telfer

Powerpoint Megan Blake

Natalie Blake

Juliana Cruda Helena Fretwell Deneve Sorono

Deiv Sorono

Musicians Kathleen Michael, Rey & Val Debbie Michael, Rey & Val

Children’s Liturgy

Morning Tea Assisi Place

Mary Goyne &

Lesley Grayson

Des & Bette McConville

Altar Servers

Basil Nolan

Lily Nolan

Harry Hume

Thomas Madsen

Glen Jhon Cruda

Gerard Fernandez

Jazmine Cruda

Heather Cox

Connie Sue Tin

WEEK COMMENCING 6th January WEEK COMMENCING 13th January

Akooramak Peter & Meryl Kelly Maree Ryan & Gloria Litster

Home Communion Fr Franco & Marie Dwan Judith Ting & Philippa Doherty

Money Counters Group 6—Mark Brennan 0419 647 751 Group 1—Rita Collins 4661 8144

OTHER ROSTERS

ROSTERS

PRAYER & LITURGY Adoration each Friday from 9:30am to 12noon at Our Lady’s Altar

Rosary is prayed before each weekday Mass in the Church

The Word Among Us The December edition is available for collection. The subscription

will be renewed in 2019. If you wish to subscribe through the Parish, contact Parish Off.

FIL-Harmonix Practice 9:45am 1st Sun & 2nd Sat. to sing at Mass on 2nd Sun. (not Jan)

The Men’s Choir will sing on 3rd Sat of each month commencing Feb 2019 with a practice

on that Sat morning after 9am Mass.

General Choir Practice 4th Sat of the month at 9:40am. New members are welcome.

PARISH GROUPS

MEETINGS at the

PARISH CENTRE

ALCOHOLICS

ANONYMOUS meet on

Tuesdays in Room 1 at 7pm.

HOLY CYA YOUTH GROUP

MEETS ON 2ND FRIDAY OF THE

MONTH AT 5:30 TO 7:30PM FOR

GR 6-12 CONTACT PATRICE 4661

1033

LITTLE TREASURES PLAY

GROUP

Wednesdays (during school terms)

from 9am to 11am . Find us on Face-

book. Cost $2 per family.

Contact Patrice 4661 1033

PARISH GROUPS

MEETINGS AT

ASSUMPTION PLACE

CHARISMATIC

PRAYER GROUP meets on Mon-

days at 9:45am.

Contact Trish 4661 3133

CHRISTIAN

MEDITATION GROUP meets on

Friday from 9am

Contact Trish 4661 3133

FATHER’S PRAYER GROUP

meets on Tuesdays from 4:30-

5:30pm.

ILLUSTRATED LADIES’ NIGHTS

Come along and be part of a new

prayerful ministry—learn the art of

Illustrated Bible Journaling—on 1st &

3rd Mondays of each month 7pm at

Assumption Place

Contact Patrice 4661 1033

LAY CARMELITES

meet on 3rd Tuesday of each month

at 9am

Contact Pam Eather 4661 3917

MEN ALIVE GROUP meets on

Thursdays at 7-8pm. Contact Kev

4661 3133.

MOTHER’S PRAYERS

GROUPS meet on Thursdays at

9:30am in Church (Maria 4661

1173) and Fridays at 10am (Maree

0438 617 347) in recess until

11/1/19.

PARISH LADIES meet on 1st

Tuesday of each month at 9:30am.

New members are warmly invited

to join this group. Contact Rita

4661 8144 or Bernice 4661 1107.

NB. This group is in recess

until February 2019

THE CRAFTY CIRCLE, “TO

INSPIRE OR BE INSPIRED”,

young at heart, like-minded hookers &

crafters will meet on alternate Sun-

days from 1-4pm. $2 per head bring a

plate to share for afternoon tea.

Contact Patrice 4661 1033

PARISH EVENTS St Mary’s Parish Family Groups for singles, sole parents, families with/without

children or grandparents meet monthly for simple social functions at low/no cost. For more

info contact Family Group Co-ordinators, Justin & Marguerite Walsh 0411 092 841 or

Parish Office.

Columban Calendars are ready for collection from the Parish Office @ $6.70 each for

those who ordered them. Some extra Calendars available for purchase.

Crafty Circle Plans for Jumpers & Jazz are underway for 2019. We need people to help

knit or crochet 12” x 12” squares in any shade of grey in a variety of stitches also. Thank you.

Please see office staff if you need wool. Thank you to all those who have donated wool.

Planned Giving Statements for 2017-2018 are available for collection from the table

near the front doors of the Church. Our apologies for the delay.

DIOCESAN EVENTS Deuchar Church Centenary Celebrations- 23/3/19, 11:00am Mass followed by shared long lunch (please bring a plate to share, tea and coffee provided). For more details, please contact Monique Bryson on 0487 848 280, Greg Collins on 0408 673 763 or Narelle Henry on 0428 674 724

We welcome into our Parish Community through the Sacrament of Baptism Henry James McVeigh son of Aaron & Marlie

MAGAZINES-ALL AVAILABLE ON TABLES AT DOORS Catholic Leader– NOW $2.50— Australian Catholics Magazine—Spring 2018 Trends—September 2018 “LOOK” Children’s Activity Sheets for Sundays HORIZONS - November 2018 LITTLE BLUE BOOKS–Reflections for Advent

Parish Visitation Group If you or anyone you know would like a visit from this

Group, please contact the Parish Office or Fr Franco to arrange this.

Priest’s Retreat Fr Franco & Fr Terry will be away on Retreat from 7th to 11th January.

Consequently, there will be no Masses during this week.

The key to understanding this highly symbolic gospel lies in the various actors’ responses to Jesus. The wise men are not of the house of Israel; they are foreigners from the east. And yet it is they who recognise the signs and embark on a journey to find the newborn king and worship him. The opposite response comes from the very people who should know better. Herod, the Jewish political leader, and the chief priests and scribes, the interpreters of Scripture and the religious leaders, have not seen what is there before them and, when they do come to un-derstand, they seek only to do harm to Jesus. This is the first hint of the harm that will ultimately come to him from the same characters much later in his life. They are not open to the revelation of God in this child.

Imagine the disappointment the wise men must have initially felt when they find a poor child born in a simple house instead of a mighty king. But they are open to the revelation of God and bow down before him. The expensive gifts of the wise men are highly symbolic: gold was presented to kings, frankincense was offered to God and myrrh used in anointing for burial. Thus they refer to the kingship of Jesus, his divinity and his salvific death.

REFLECTION

Prayer For Rain Almighty and everlasting God, you have given

us this earth to care for and delight in.

Look with mercy on our need for rain for our

parched land. We pray that life-giving rain will

soon fall. We pray for those suffering from the

severity of this drought—people working on the

land, and those in business who depend on

farming and grazing for their livelihoods. Fa-

ther, help them to know your love and care, and

to bring their burdens to you. Guide all those

who are seeking to

provide help and bring healing

in the midst of so much pain.

We ask these things through

Jesus Christ Our Lord. Amen.

In what ways do you recognise the divine in the ordinary?

How long have you been on your journey, and how much

progress have you made?

The Summit Online

First Reading Isaiah 60:1-6 The glory of the Lord shines upon you. Responsorial Psalm Ps 71:1-2,7-8,10-13.R.v.11 R. Lord, every nation on earth will adore you. Second Reading Ephesians 3:2-3,5-6 The revelation means that pagans now share the same in-heritance, that they are parts of the same body. Gospel Acclamation Matthew 2:2 We have seen his star in the East; and have come to adore the Lord. Gospel Matthew 2:1-12 We have come from the East to worship the King.

THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK

“Why not go out on a limb? Isn’t this

where the fruit is?.”