Genesis 3:9-15

The Lord God called to the man after he had eaten of the tree. ‘Where are you?’ he asked. ‘I heard the sound of you in the garden;’ he replied ‘I was afraid because I was naked, so I hid.’ ‘Who told you that you were naked?’ he asked. ‘Have you been eating of the tree I forbade you to eat?’ The man replied, ‘It was the woman you put with me; she gave me the fruit, and I ate it.’ Then the Lord God asked the woman, ‘What is this you have done?’ The woman replied, ‘The serpent tempted me and I ate.’ Then the Lord God said to the serpent, ‘Because you have done this, ‘Be accursed beyond all cattle, all wild beasts. You shall crawl on your belly and eat dust every day of your life. I will make you enemies of each other: you and the woman, your offspring and her offspring. It will crush your head and you will strike its heel.’ Psalms 129. R. v.7

R./ With the Lord there is mercy and fullness of redemption

Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord, Lord, hear my voice! O let your ears be attentive to the voice of my pleading. (R.) If you, O Lord, should mark our guilt, Lord, who would survive? But with you is found forgiveness: for this we revere you. (R.) My soul is waiting for the Lord, I count on his word. My soul is longing for the Lord more than watchman for daybreak. (R.) Because with the Lord there is mercy, and fullness of redemption, Israel indeed he will redeem from all its iniquity. (R.)

2 Corinthians 4:13-5:1

As we have the same spirit of faith that is mentioned in scripture – I believed, therefore I spoke - we too believe and therefore we too speak, knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus to life will raise us with Jesus in our turn, and put us by his side and you with us. You see, all this is for your benefit, so that the more grace is multiplied

among people, the more thanksgiving there will be, to the glory of God. That is why there is no weakening on our part, and instead, though this outer man of ours may be falling into decay, the inner man is renewed day by day. Yes, the troubles which are soon over, though they weigh little, train us for the carrying of a weight of eternal glory which is out of all proportion to them. And so we have no eyes for things that are visible, but only for things that are invisible; for visible things last only for a time, and the invisible things are eternal. For we know that when the tent that we live in on earth is folded up, there is a house built by God for us, an everlasting home not made by human hands, in the heavens. Gospel Acclamation Alleluia, alleluia! The prince of this world will now be cast out, and when I am lifted up from the earth I will draw all to myself, says the Lord. Alleluia! Mark 3:20-35

Jesus went home with his disciples, and such a crowd collected that they could not even have a meal. When his relatives heard of this, they set out to take charge of him, convinced he was out of his mind. The scribes who had come down from Jerusalem were saying, ‘Beelzebul is in him,’ and, ‘It is through the prince of devils that he casts devils out.’ So he called them to him and spoke to them in parables, ‘How can Satan cast out Satan? If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot last. And if a household is divided against itself, that household can never stand. Now if Satan has rebelled against himself and is divided, he cannot stand either - it is the end of him. But no one can make his way into a strong man’s house and burgle his property unless he has tied up the strong man first. Only then can he burgle his house. ‘I tell you solemnly, all men’s sins will be forgiven, and all their blasphemies; but let anyone blaspheme against the Holy Spirit and he will never have forgiveness: he is guilty of an eternal sin.’ This was because they were saying, ‘An unclean spirit is in him.’ His mother and brothers now arrived and, standing outside, sent in a message asking for him. A crowd was sitting round him at the time the message was passed to him, ‘Your mother and brothers and sisters are outside asking for you.’ He replied, ‘Who are my mother and my brothers?’ And looking round at those sitting in a circle about him, he said, ‘Here are my mother and my brothers. Anyone who does the will of God, that person is my brother and sister and mother.’

The scriptural quotations are taken from the Jerusalem Bible, published and copyright 1966, 1967 and 1968 by Darton Longman and Todd Ltd and Doubleday & Co Inc, and used by permission of the publishers. The English translation of the Psalm Responses, Alleluia and Gospel Verses,

and Lenten Gospel Acclamations from the Lectionary for Mass © 1997, 1981, 1968, International Committee on English in the Liturgy.

The Living

“Prayer is not a spare wheel that you pull out when in trouble; it is a steering wheel that directs us in the

right path throughout life.” —Anonymous

A very warm welcome back to Bishop Tim for his first celebration of the Feast of St Anthony at Bemerside. We welcome Fr Kevin Carey, a friend of Bishop Tim, to our celebration.

We had a wonderful retreat with the Gilroy Santa Maria grade 8s. What an exceptional bunch of students. I know that I say that about each year level, but this group was truly wonderful. They participated whole-heartedly in every activity, were incredibly well-mannered, and very thankful for everything. We really are blessed to have so many fine young ladies and gentlemen in our district. For the families of these students, they really are a credit to you.

I am away all of this coming week. I have a course to do in Townsville. As many of you know, I am doing some further studies in my down-time (whenever that is). This is just an exercise to stretch my mind a little bit. My studies are on Governance and Canon Law. What I have learnt so far has been incredibly helpful for the administrative part of my parish duties, which sadly seems to be an ever growing portion of my work, and for my diocesan duties. This coming week, I am undertaking the Australian Institute of Company Directors course in Townsville. I have had to read about 1500 pages before attending (which as I write this is still not completed). The middle two units on compliance and risk management have really got my mind working in terms of what is

necessary at both the parish and diocesan level.

For the last six months or so, Beth Ingegneri has been chipping away at some of the compliance matters. There is really so much to be attentive to, from Workplace Health and Safety to Australian Privacy Laws.

This weekend, we begin our annual Novena for Vocations. We will replace our Holy Spirit Prayer with a prayer for vocations to priesthood and religious life. Individual vocations prayers, both our parish’s and those of the diocese, are available in each church. Please unite your personal prayers for vocations to our communal ones and to those throughout the diocese.

We have finally booked tickets for our Mission Trip for this year. There was a fair bit of interest, but the forms and deposits were a bit slow coming in. We have ten students, all from Gilroy Santa Maria, who will be participating in the trip.

Thanks to our Abergowrie College Choir and Worship Band for supporting the Morgenson family at the funeral of Uncle Billy Morgenson. Billy was a wonderful elder and custodian of the land on which Abergowrie College is situated and was always very proud in his welcome to country.

The Church: a hospital for sinners, a training school for saints.

Parish Contacts

Parish Priest: Fr Damian McGrath Associate Pastor: Fr Vitalis C Oguh Parish Secretary: Pauline Pennisi Assistant / RE Co-ordinator: Marcella Cantatore

Bookkeeper/Compliance Officer: Beth Ingegneri Pastoral Care: Sr Nina Barra Senior Adult Minsitry: Santina Cross

PO Box 375, Ingham Q 4850 4776 2600 parishoffice@inghamcatholic.com

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Office Hours: 9am to 12pm Monday to Friday, 1pm to 3pm Monday to Thursday

The Pastor’s Pen!

Ingham

Sat 6.00pm Sun 8.30am Sun 7.00pm

Halifax Sun. 7.00am

Canossa Sun 10.00am

Abergowrie Sun 10.00am

Sunday Masses 16/17 June

Mon

9.30am Bluehaven 5.30pm St Patrick’s St Barnabas

Tues NO MASS

Wed 10.30am Palms 5.30pm St Patrick’s St Anthony of Padua

Thurs 8.40am Abergowrie 5.30pm St Patrick ’s

Fri 7.00am St Patrick ’s

Sat NO MASS

Weekdays 11 to 15 June

Rosary

9.30am Monday in St Patrick ’s

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament

Tuesday 9am to 1.00pm St Paul ’s Chapel - No Benediction

Devotions

Confessions

11.00am NO CONFESSIONS

5.00pm Saturday

Tenth Sunday Ordinary Time B –June 10 2018

Parish Notices and Events Feast of St Anthony’ Bemerside Sunday 10 June

The annual celebration for the Feast of St Anthony will be celebrated on Sunday 10 June commencing with Mass at 11.00am. Bishop Tim will be celebrating the Mass for us, for the first time. After Mass there will be plenty of stalls operating where lunch may be purchased and other items for sale. The procession and rosary will start at 2.30pm followed by the Blessing of Children and distribution of St Anthony bread at around 3.00pm. Festivities will conclude at around 6.30pm. Prior to the Sunday there will be Mass at St Anthony’s on Wednesday & Thursday nights at 7.30pm and Rosary on Friday night at 7.30pm.

Our Lady of Lourdes Primary School Prep 2019 Open Morning - Wednesday, 13 June

Come and explore what Lourdes Prep can offer you and your child ... the Catholic School Difference. 9-10am: Story Time and Inside Activities 10-10.30am: Supervised Outside Activities for Children/Parent Information Session & Tour for Adults Enrolments packs are available at the school office or at the Open Morning. Everyone is welcome ... please let family and friends with Prep aged children know! Call the Lourdes School Office on 4776 2719 for more information.

Gaudete et Exsultate Books

Copies of the Pope’s Apostolic Exhortation on prayer and holiness, Gaudete et Exultate are available from the parish office for $5.00.

Safeguarding Website

The Diocesan Safeguarding webpage is now live www.tsv.catholic.org.au/safeguarding This page has the latest policy and risk management strategy as well as helpful forms and links to website with information on how to keep our parishes safe for children and vulnerable adults. For more information regarding the Safeguarding policy and risk management strategy, please contact Mr Craig Brereton on 4726 3264 or cbrereton@tsv.catholic.org.au

Blankets Needed

In Townsville at the moment there is an urgent need for blankets and doonas for new refugee families. If you can help at all, please bring them to your weekend mass and someone from Saint Vincent de Paul will collect them (or drop them in the parish office).

Mass for Diamond Jubilee of Religious Profession of seven Sisters of Mercy:

Sisters Anita Ready, Marie Therese Langan, Mary Philomena Lowth, Regina O’Riordan, Josephine Martyn, Paul Mary Hindom and Nina Barra will celebrate their Diamond Jubilee of Religious Profession at a Mass on: Wednesday 27 June commencing at 10 00am at St Joseph’s Church Fryer Street, North Ward. You are welcome to join the Sisters of Mercy and the Jubilarians, at this Celebration Mass. Please note that we will have a monster celebration for Sr Nina on the actual 60th anniversary of her profession on 8 December.

Golden jubilee invitation

The Sisters of the Good Samaritan North Queensland invite you to join them for the celebration of the Golden Jubilee of Religious Profession of Sr Judy Foster on 2

July 2018 commencing at 2pm with Eucharist at St Joseph's Mundingburra followed by afternoon tea. RSVP: jfoster@tsv.catholic.org.au

Knights of the Southern Cross:

Brothers are reminded that the next meeting will be Thursday 14th June, 8.00 pm at Mercy Hall. If any brother feels guilty about missing the Annual General Meeting, don’t, because it will be on this Thursday night. More information call Johnny 0407 635 175.

Upcoming Youth activities.

Friday June 15 - Formation night for year 5-6 at Mercy Hall from 6-8 pm, supper included. Sunday June 17 - All high school students are invited to participate in Bible Trivia Quiz from 5:30 - 6:10pm followed by Pizza and Youth Mass at 7pm. There will be prizes to win. Come and join us.

Seasons for Growth:

A “Seasons for Growth” programme for adults will be held for people in the community who may be experiencing difficulties. Change and loss are part of life and grief is a normal response to these losses. Grief could be experienced due to the death of a spouse, parent, child or other loved one. A job loss, career transition, relocation or perhaps going through marital separation or divorce. This programme works with people to help them understand and express their experiences of change. It is an education programme – it does not provide counselling or therapy. The 4 week programme will commence on Tuesday 17/07/18 from 9.30 am to 11.30am approx. at Mercy Hall. Please contact the Parish Centre if your are interested in participating in the programme.

S t Anthony of Padua was born at Lisbon, Portugal in c. 1193.

He joined the Franciscan friars around the age of 25 and worked as a missionary among the Muslims in Morocco. Returning to Europe due to ill health, Anthony spent time at an Italian hermitage, where his gift for preaching was soon discovered. Due to his reputation as a biblical scholar, he spent the remaining nine years of his life teaching in France and Italy before dying at

Padua, around 1232. Many miracles were attributed to his intercession and to this day St Anthony is regularly invoked by many as a finder of lost items. He is named as one of the doctors of the Roman Catholic Church.

Feast Day: June 13

Requiescant in pace Please Pray For: Katie Beltramelli, Bill Monaghan, Maria Risi (Italy), Stephanie Hansen(died recently), Carmela Bondin, Bluey (Frank) Fenoglio,Roxanne Fava, Frank Zammit, Concetta Grasso, Les Sullivan, Annuziato Artavilla (anniversaries at this time), Santo & Marianne Ferrero, Dec’d members of the Sartoresi & Vella Families, Baldo Fanti, Maria Pennisi, Vittorio & Maria Cantoni, Pat Kayrooz, Conchi Mendiolea.

Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord. Let perpetual light shine upon them.

May they rest in peace. Amen. May their souls and the souls of all the faithful departed,

through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.

Rosters Counters This Week:

S DiBartolo, F DiBartolo, A LaRosa, M Garutti, R Romano

Counters Next Week:

J Devietti, L Sullivan, J Devietti

Children’s Liturgy: Saturday 16 June 6.00pm Mass

Julie Nowak, Josephine DiBartolo, Nadine Jorgensen

Altar Servers 16/17 June: Sat 6.00pm: Kate Butcher, Jack Butcher Sun 8.30am: Ruby McPherson, Jessica McFayden Sun 7.00pm: Trista Kopeshke, Abby Melvin-Naughton, Charlotte Liddle Organists 16/17 June: Sat 6.00pm: Pam Harris/Paul Cavallaro/Video Sun 8.30am: Monica Vitale/Video Sun 7.00pm: Lynette Di Bella/Video

Commentators 16/17 June:

Sat 6.00pm: Peter Sheedy Sun 8.30am: Madeliene D’Urso Sun 7.00pm: Sandra Spampinato

Readers 16/17 June:

Halifax: Mary Cavaliere, Arthur Bosworth

Canossa: C/1 Trevor Pallanza 2/3 Marie-V Wherry Sat 6.00pm: 1 Linda Pisano 2 Michael Pisano 3 Peter Sheedy Sun 8.30am: 1 Connie Corradini 2 Maddie Cunnington 3 Madeliene D’Urso Sun 7.00pm: 1 Christine Timms 2 Kiara Spampinato 3 Sandra Spampinato Abergowrie: John Barra

Special Ministers 16/17 June:

Halifax: George Day, Gail Neale

Canossa: Rico & Stephanie Basaglia

Sat 6.00pm: Annette Biasi, Angie Comas, Mikaela Comas

Sun 8.30am: Madeliene D’Urso , Carmel Fazio, Jean Staples

Sun 7.00pm: John Kinbacher, Lauren Kopeshke, Giovanna Melvin

Abergowrie: Carol Barra

Please keep in your prayers: Andrew Barra, Terry Fenoglio,

Mark Spina, Angie Morris, Paul Hobbs, William Bosworth, Janine Mahony,Bernie Viklund,

Aley Kunnathumadappallil , Gerald Venables

May the Lord’s healing hand rest upon them

Welcome to a new child of God: Blake Jameson Dametto

baptised this Sunday at St Patrick’s.

Judy Vigh sends her thanks to everyone for their prayers for her brother John Simmonds during his recent illness.