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Dear Parishioners,
October and May are traditionally months in which we make a special effort to pray the rosary. During this month you might like to spend some time praying the rosary or pray a decade of the rosary. We remember during this month, the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary on 7th October. Also during this month we remember the hundred years since the apparitions of Mary in Fatima. Next Saturday morning there will be a Special Rosary for Australia prayed at Yinbun Park. The rosary begins at 9.45am, so come along and join in praying the rosary, that Mary will continue to intercede to God for the needs of Australia. More details on page two of this newsletter. If you wish to participate in the Wedding Anniversary Mass this Friday night at 7.00pm, you will need to notify the Parish Office on Monday. Couples whose wedding anniversary ends in a “0’’ or “5” are welcome to attend with their family members. Please let the Parish Office know if someone close to you has died in the last 12 months. On Saturday, 4th November at 11.00am, we will celebrate a special Memorial Mass to remember those who have died in the last 12 months. A red rose will be placed near the altar to remember anyone who has died in the last 12 months. The Memorial Book to remember all of our loved ones and friends who have died will be placed on the altar during November. There are books at the front door of the Church to fill in the names of all of your loved ones and friends who have died in the past. These pages will be placed in the Memorial Book to remember all of our loved ones and friends who have died. The annual general meeting for the parishes Friendship Group will be held on Wednesday, 25
th October. In the meantime, on Wednesday, 11
th October, there
is a guest speaker presenting the topic “Eat Well and Live Well”. Sounds very interesting – more details on page three of this newsletter. Fr Terry from Acacia Ridge is going on his annual holidays this week. There will be no weekday Masses at Acacia Ridge for the next month. On Thursdays, there will be Liturgy of the Word and Eucharist at 9.00am. We wish Fr Terry all the best during his holidays. Fr Ladu returns from his annual holidays on Monday and Fr Dom will begin his annual holidays on Monday. We welcome Fr Ladu back to the Parish and hope Fr Dom has a good rest on his holidays. I look forward to my holidays in May next year. God Bless, Fr Dan
This week’s diary
Priests
Fr Dan Ryan (Parish Priest: Sunnybank) Fr Terence Nueva (Parish Priest: Acacia Ridge - 3277 2252 Email: [email protected]; Office: 3274 5513) Fr Ladu Yanga (Associate Pastor) Fr Dominic Orih (Associate Pastor)
Parish Office (adjacent to OLOL Church, Sunnybank)
Monday to Thursday, 8.30 am - 4.00 pm; Friday 9.00am - 4pm. Ph: 3345 3766 Fax: 3344 3343, Mass Times: 3345 1831
Post: PO Box 32, Sunnybank, QLD 4109.
Web: www.olol.com.au Email: [email protected]
Deanery website: http://www.parishes.bne.catholic.net.au/
Twenty-Seventh Sunday of Ordinary Time: 8th October 2017
Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, Sunnybank & Our Lady of Fatima Parish, Acacia Ridge
Acacia Ridge, Algester, Archerfield, Calamvale, Coopers Plains, Kuraby, Macgregor, Parkinson, Robertson, Runcorn, Stretton, Sunnybank, Sunnybank Hills
Our Lady of Lourdes Church, 121 Mains Road, Sunnybank Our Lady of Fatima Church, 350 Mortimer Road, Acacia
Please note that Reconciliation at Our Lady of Lourdes Church will
continue only while there are people waiting.
Monday, 9th October
8.15 am Morning Prayer - S/bank 8.30 am Mass - Sunnybank
Tuesday, 10th October
8.15 am Morning Prayer S/bank 8.30 am Mass - Sunnybank 10.00am Bible Study (till 11.30am) 7.00 pm Adoration
Wednesday , 11th October
8.15 am Morning Prayer S/bank 8.30 am Mass - Sunnybank 9.00 am Rosary
Thursday, 12th October
8.00 am Meditation - Sunnybank 8.45 am Morning Prayer - S/bank 9.00 am Mass - Sunnybank 9.00 am Liturgy of the Word - Acacia Ridge
Friday, 13th October
8.30 am Mass - Sunnybank 9.00 am Adoration and Benediction - S/Bank 10.00 am Legion of Mary - Media
Saturday, 14th October
10.30 am Novena & Benediction - Sunnybank 11.00 am Reconciliation - S/Bank 3.00 pm Charismatic Prayer (Spanish) 5.00 pm Reconciliation - S/bank 6.00 pm Mass - Sunnybank 6.00 pm Mass - Acacia Ridge
Sunday, 15th October
6.30 am Mass – Sunnybank 8.00 am Mass - Sunnybank 9.00 am Mass - Acacia Ridge 9.15 am Mass - Sunnybank 10.30 am Mass - Sunnybank 6.00 pm Mass - S/bank (Youth)
Next Sunday: Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Isa 25: 6-10a; Phil 4: 12-14, 19-20; Matthew 22: 1-14
Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time: Year A
Introduction: Images of vineyards and gardens abound in today’s readings. In response to the gift of his son Jesus, offered to us by God, we should cultivate ourselves into a garden flourishing with justice and integrity, drawing others into the refreshing peace of God’s kingdom.
First Reading: Ezekiel 5: 1-7 The House of Israel is compared to a well-cared-for vineyard. Even with all the attention which has been lavished upon it, it produces only sour grapes. Expecting a harvest of justice and integrity, only bloodshed and distress have been forthcoming, so the Lord will abandon this vineyard.
Second Reading: Philippians 4: 6-9 For Paul, life in Christ is a life without the need for anxiety or worry. It is rather a life marked by prayer and thanksgiving, with the promise of God’s peace to accompany us.
Gospel: Matthew 21: 33-43 The parable of the vineyard reminds us of the utter generosity of God in sending his son Jesus into the world. This gift was rejected by the very people to whom the gift was offered. What do we do with God’s gift offered to us?
‘THE JOY OF LOVE’ FROM POPE FRANCIS Looking to Jesus: The Vocation of the Family
Jesus restores and fulfils God’s Plan
66. “The covenant of love and fidelity lived by the Holy Family of Nazareth illuminates the principle which gives shape to every family, and enables it better to face the vicissitudes of life and history. On this basis, every family, despite its weaknesses, can become a light in the darkness of the world. ’Nazareth teaches us the meaning of family life, its loving communion, its simple and austere beauty, its sacred and inviolable character. May it teach how sweet and irreplaceable is its training, how fundamental and incomparable its role in the social order’ (Paul Vi, Address in Nazareth, 5 January 1964)”.
PRAY FOR A SPECIAL ROSARY FOR AUSTRALIA Saturday, 14th October - 9.45am
Yimbun Park, Padstow Road (opposite Sunnybank Rugby Oval - enter via car park)
Please join in praying a special rosary for Australia asking Our Lady of Fatima’s powerful intercession to achieve repentance and conversion in our nation. Bring a chair. Phone: Santo 3219 4862 or Maria 0415 636 234
Parish Workshops
All Clergy, Lay Pastoral Ministers, Parish Pastoral Council & other leadership group members and all interested parishioners are offered an opportunity to attend a workshop on -
Exploring Models of Parish Leadership This workshop will outline five existing parish leadership models and identify the circumstances in which they best contribute to the life and mission of the parish.
Tuesday, 10th October 2017 Community Centre, St Bernard’s Church
4 Klumpp Road, Upper Mt Gravatt 7.00pm—9.00pm
RSVP by: Tuesday 3rd October 2017 For RSVP’s and enquiries please contact Mary-Anne: P: 3324 3443 E: [email protected]
SUNNYBANK SOCIAL JUSTICE COMMUNITY SOCIAL JUSTICE STATEMENT 2017
‘EVERYONE’S BUSINESS: DEVELOPING AN INCLU-SIVE AND SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY’
STEPS TOWARDS AN INCLUSIVE, SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY
1. Reflect on the Gospel 2. Become informed about ‘economic exclusion’ 3. Identify those who experience exclusion 4. Join the work of combatting poverty and homelessness 5. Stand in solidarity with the first peoples of Australia 6. End poverty and environmental degradation 7. Inclusive economies, global citizens: you, me, us 8. Call for change as a matter of faith 9. Get active For further information, contact the Australian Catholic
Social Justice Council (ACSJC) at:
www.socialjustice.catholic.org.au
Thanks for your support of the Catholic Mission appeal last weekend
Doing our parish appeals requires a lot of organisation: there are speakers to line up, materials to deliver and negotiations with priests to be held. It takes a lot of logistics and a significant in-vestment of time, energy and goodwill, on the part of all partici-pants. However, compared to the challenges faced by those we support, such as Sr Mary in Uganda, the challenges we face are minor. In fact, we do what we do, with your grace and under God’s guidance, because your generosity will transform lives and circumstances. It is what we hear about in today’s second read-ing: “What is true, whatever is honourable, what is lovely, what-ever is gracious…think about these things.” Thank you for focus-ing on the excellent parts of our work and for ensuring that mis-sionaries like Sr Mary need have “no anxiety at all.”
David McGovern, Director, Brisbane Archdiocese
Catholic Psychiatric Pastoral Care invites you to a Mass to celebrate
‘VALUE MENTAL HEALTH’
Friday, 13th October 2017 at 1.00pm St Patrick’s Church, Fortitude Valley (Cnr of McLachlan and Morgan Streets)
Light refreshments will follow Mass.
Parking is available in Church Grounds
Your Prayers Are Asked For:
recently deceased: Desmond Franklin, Peter McGregor, Jean McCabe, Jose Carlos Moran, Bernard Casey, Betty Turner, Gloria Cantara, Josep Maximo Van Do, Bryan Lynch, John Gagen, Bernard Murphy.
those with anniversaries & others who have died: Valentino Macaranas, Julio Macaranas, Maria Sino Crus, Helen Tan, Mamel Macaranas, Geoff Christian, John Bobo, Bekim Yoong, Ah Moy Chia, Ruben Salonga, Tong Chui, Woon-Ying Lui, Hui-Pei Teresa Chui, Bo Chui, Fun Chui, Wei-Ying Lui, Wei-Hing Lui, Nan-Gai Cheng, Hoi-Wong Chui, Rev Fr Kwun Steven Tam, Rev Fr Gak-Cheung Wong, Wally Acimovic, Kwok-Yin Leung, Shing Chan, Ka-Shau Chan, Yau-Chai Lee, Chau-Va Lee, Fun Tsang, Yiu-Gai Chui, Helen Jennings, Syd Jennings, Mary Allport, Emil Klaser, Ana Powell, Dorothea Jedaca, Thanh Duc Tran, Dawn Susan Pereira.
those who are unwell: Sr Stella Noskoff, Anna Piacere, Lex, John Ang, Edna Ang, Tsai-Chu Cheng, Anthony Linton, Michael Mahon.
the Continuing Sick: Istvan (Steve) Kovics, Phillip Grace, Patrick Reyes, Donna Vande Maat, Marie Vlieg, Mary Dixon, Brian Mann, Beverley Armstrong, Denis Cooney, Alan Cooke, Jamie Edwards, Patricia Edwards, Betty Grace, Edna, Trevor Muller, Oscar Mata, Ronnie McGregor, Istvan Vadasi, Sandra Garrett, Mary Goode, Hilary Collins, Zenaida Eribal, John Callaby, Dennis Vandenberg, Judy Diggins, Win Murray, Norma Ives, Stephen Ives, Vivian Pin, Elizabeth Canavan, Jenny Reed, Leanne Lambert, Maryann Larcher, Ted Crawford, Jan Fooks, Des & Pat, Sonia Martinezvallez, Edna, Amelia Kue, Kylie, Carmen Phairs, Joe Valeri, Tony Burgun, Geoff Ives, Mary Hannah, Bernard Hatton, Shirley Shay, Malcolm Ellis.
VOCATION VIEW: An employer would probably fire any employee who never does the job properly. God's plan calls us to live our vocation daily in the best way we can.
CHILDREN’S LITURGY OF THE WORD (CLOW) Sunday, 8th October— 9.15am Mass
Sunday, 15th October— 10.30am Mass
WEDDING ANNIVERSARY MASS Friday, 13th October, 2017 - 7.00pm
The Mass will be followed by a celebration supper in the Avocado Room at Paloma.
Those parishioners celebrating a significant wedding anniversary ending in '0' or '5' are welcome to attend with their family/friends.
Please bring hot or cold finger food to share (covering the number of people you have invited). Please contact the Parish Office on 3345 3766 if attending.
Memorial Mass
The Memorial Mass to remember those who have passed away over the last twelve months will be held in Our Lady of Lourdes Church on Saturday, 4th November 2017 at 11.00am.
If you have lost a family member or a friend and would like to attend this Mass, please contact the Parish Office by 27th October 2017 for a personal invitation to be sent to you. A rose in memory of the loved one will be provided for each family who confirms attendance at the Mass.
A family member will have the opportunity to present the rose at the altar. There will be light refreshments following the Mass for fellowship.
ST STEPHEN'S SCHOOL ALGESTER - We are currently taking enrolments for 2019 and 2020. Please contact Bridget Brischetto if you wish to arrange a private tour of our school. Applications available online through our school website, or pick up an application form from our office.
SUNNYBANK/ACACIA RIDGE PARISH FRIENDSHIP GROUP: The guest speaker at the meeting on Wednesday, 11th October, will be Rosa Prahl. She will be speaking on “Eat Well & Live Well”. Bookings for the bus outing to Parliament House, on Wednesday, 22nd November, will be opened. This is a cost of $40.00 and includes morning tea and lunch at the Gaythorne RSL. Nominations for committee positions will also be opened. Frances McKenzie 0438334467 Haji Kelly 0438734706
Thank you – Woolworths Earn and Learn Thank you to everyone who collected the Woolies Earn and Learn stickers for OLOL school. We have had a great response and thank everyone who has helped us to earn resources for the school. The programme has now closed.
Enrolments – Our Lady of Lourdes Primary School We are accepting enrolments for Prep 2019 to 2021 now. Enrolment applications can be made online through the website – www.ourladyoflourdes.qld.edu.au If you would like to have a tour of the school, please refer to the tour dates on our website.
Soubirous Place - Garage Sale 110 Station Road, Sunnybank
Saturday, 28th October 2017 6.30am - 2.00pm
You can support us in this fundraising event by donating items such as clothing, furniture, books, bric-a-brac, etc.
Please contact Bridget on 3344 3481 with any enquiries!
Catholic Kids Club Saturday, 14th October - 3.00-5.00pm
Jacaranda Room, Paloma Centre
Children learn about faith in a fun way through activities, crafts, games and stories. It’s a great way to develop children’s love for God and interest in the Catholic Church in a way they can relate to. A youth group for kids! For more information email [email protected]
Your Legacy of Faith
Will Continue
Your bequest, a gift in your Will, can provide support for the many ministries of your parish. Your generosity will ensure a legacy of faith for future generations.
After you have provided for your loved ones, a bequest is a wonderful way to express your Catholic faith. Please consider your parish in your Will.
For more information, please call the Parish Office on 3345 3766.
PARISH STAFF & CONTACTS
Pastoral Associate
Stella Noskoff rsj [email protected]
Parish Manager Karrin Halliday
Local Safeguarding Representative Karrin Halliday - Officer
Linda De Ruyter - Local Contact 0423 145 478
Secretary
Michelle Morley [email protected]
Accounts
Tam Nguyen [email protected]
Caring Coordinator Bernadette Christian
Unite Youth/Young Adults Coordinators
Steven & Eloise Bird 0403 182 617
Sunnybank Parish
Groundsperson Natalie Langer
Housekeepers: Therese Prygiel Louise Weston
Paloma Reception Centre
3345 3766
Centacare - Sunnybank Aged Care
Community Program Manager Jennifer Vanarey 3216 9554
OLOL School, Sunnybank
Principal - Mark Badke 3345 0700
OLOL OSHC
Co-ordinator - Sarubh Malviya 3344 3064
OLOF School, Acacia Ridge
Principal - Damian Gambley 3275 1152
St Stephen’s School, Algester Principal - Phil Manitta 3711 4911
St Stephen's OSHC
Co-ordinator - Mel Maltman 3711 9291 [email protected]
St Thomas More College, Sunnybank
Principal - Les Conroy 3323 4600
Soubirous Place
Coordinator - Sr Brigid Courtney RSM
3344 3481
Stay in touch by
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Sunnybank’ page. All events are
posted on
facebook and extra things to
make you think or just smile =)
It’s the easiest way to be in
the know! The Bird’s are
at a family
function
tonight so
there will be no BBQ…
it will be back next
weekend!!
Need to contact us? We, Steven and Eloise, are the
youth ministers at our parish.
Please feel free to contact us to
find out more about what we do or
to get involved. We always love to
hear from you!
Phone: 0403 182 617
Email: [email protected]
Facebook: Unite Sunnybank
Youth and Young
Adult Ministry
SUNDAY 15th October 7:15pm
Guest Speaker: International singer/songwriter Emma Fradd
This is another night not to be missed. Once again year 12’s are welcome to
come along! If you are 18-35(ish) years old we
encourage you to come along for a night of fellowship and good, real
conversation! Dinner will be provided (TBC).
We will meet after Mass in the Avocado Room
New people are always welcome!
Friday 20th October 7-9pm in the Jacaranda Room of Paloma
Everyone in grade 6-8 is welcome!!
New people are ALWAYS welcome to
come along to EDGE. It is a place
where young people can grow up
together. Have fun, make friends,
learn about the faith in a fun and
relevant way and explore issues that
impact them. EDGE is run fortnightly
on a Friday night from 7-9pm.
BACK THIS SUNDAY 8th October 7.00-8:45pm
In the Avocado Room of Paloma! If you’re in grade 9-12, BE
THERE! LifeNite is a place where young
people can come together create lifelong friendships, have
fun and learn about how the faith can be relevant in your life!
It’s a place where the tough questions can be asked and real
answers are given!
Roster for the Next Youth Ministered
Mass Sunday 15th October
MUSICIANS: s. Domingo, E. Dulay, G. King
SINGERS: M. Primacio, L. Dulay, K. Dulay, L. Conde
READERS: C. Cabanatan, A. Finucane, S. Kadell
OFFERTORY: L. Sharrock, M. Guerra
ALTAR SERVERS: S. Dungca, I. Ang, R. Guerra
SPECIAL MINISTERS: F. Ford, J. Manimog, J. Damawan, S. Powell, E. Guerra, C. Donovan,
M. Rodriguez, S. Rodriguez, S. Leaso, A. Barnett, K. Lee
BBQ: TBC CLOW: K. Mann, R. O’Kelly PIETY STORE: S. Powell