20th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR B 19th August 2018

OUR CHURCHES

St. Mary’s - Elizabeth Street, Woodend St. Brigid’s - Matthew Street, Rosewood

Mater Dei - Cnr Ferrett Street and Rowland Tce, Sadliers Crossing St. Joseph’s - 42 Pine Mountain Road, North Ipswich

Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal - Robertson Rd, Eastern Heights Immaculate Heart of Mary - 22 Old Toowoomba Road, Leichhardt

A very warm welcome to anyone visiting our Parish. It is good to have you with us.

If you have any questions or would like to know more about the Ipswich Catholic Community please visit our

parish website at www.ipswichcatholic.com We hope you enjoy your time in Ipswich. Please come again soon.

Dear Parishioners

A question I was often asked by my family and friends during the holiday in Vietnam is that: “Who cook the meal for you?” They know that I am the worst cook. I told them that I can cook for myself. They then asked what happened if I had a visitor or friend. I told them that the ‘Supermarket’ or the ‘Restaurant’ will cook for us…

The Gospel this Sunday brings to us an important reality for our life. Jesus no longer speaks of himself as the “bread of life” but about his flesh and blood: “I tell you most solemnly, if you do not eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you will not have life in you… He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood lives in me and I live in him.” We are invited to the banquet of the Eucharist where we will be nourished by both the Word of God and especially the Body and Blood of Christ. This is wonderful and necessary for us on our pilgrim journey towards the eternity.

We are also invited, after being nourished at the Eucharistic Banquet, to be food for one another by loving, helping and caring for our brothers and sisters in need according to our ability and capacity. The food (and other items) brought up to the Altar with the bread and wine in the Offertory Procession at

weekend Masses so far is a significant sign, I guess, of being food for one another in our Ipswich Catholic Community, and beyond through Saint Vincent de Paul. And surely, we can be food for our brothers and sisters in Christ in a lot of other ways.

May I add another ‘item’ to our prayers at Mass this Weekend. We have the children in our parishes who will receive the Sacrament of Confirmation this coming Thursday, 23 August. We keep them in our prayers. May the Holy Spirit be at work in them as they continue their life journey ahead. And of course, we journey with them in whatever way we can…

Eucharist is the heart of the Church all the time, and the heart of our life. We pray that we be always aware of this reality in our living and dealing with one another.

May God bless us all!

John Hong.

CONFIRMATION 2018: Gifts for Confirmation: We have available in stock at the piety shop (situated at the front of St Mary’s Church) gifts specifically for Confirmation. Come and have a browse through the shop, as there are a range of other religious good available. The shop is normally open before and after Mass if there is a volunteer available.

WEEKDAY MASS TIMES

Monday, 20th August– St Bernard

7.00am St Joseph’s, North Ipswich

7.00pm Mater Dei, Sadliers Crossing

Tuesday, 21st August - St Pius X

9.00am Immaculate Heart of Mary, Leichhardt

Wednesday, 22nd August - The Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary

9.00am St Mary’s, Woodend

9.30am St Brigid’s, Rosewood

Thursday, 23rd August - Ordinary Time 20

9.00am St Joseph’s, North Ipswich

9.00am St Mary’s, Woodend

5pm & 7pm CONFIRMATION CELEBRATION

Friday, 24th August - St Bartholomew

8.00am St Mary’s College Chapel

9.00am OLMM, Eastern Heights

WEEKEND MASS TIMES - 25TH AND 26TH AUGUST

SATURDAY CHURCH LOCATION

4.30pm Immaculate Heart Leichhardt

5.30pm OLMM Eastern Heights

6.00pm St Mary’s Woodend

SUNDAY MASS CHURCH LOCATION

7.30am St Joseph’s North Ipswich

8.00am St Brigid’s Rosewood

8.30am St Mary’s Woodend

6.00pm St Mary’s Woodend

SACRAMENT OF PENANCE

DAY TIME CHURCH

Friday 8.30am-8.50am OLMM

Saturday 4.15pm-4.25pm Leichhardt

Saturday 5.00-5.30pm St Mary’s

COMMUNITY DIRECTORY

Parish Priest

Parish Ministers

Pastoral Associate

Fr Stephen Bliss ofm sbliss@franciscans.org.au

Fr John Hong Fr Enoch Iheme

Bernadette McAndrew Ph 0488 008 817

Local Safeguarding

Children and

Vulnerable Adults

Representative

Kate Castles

0428 455054

Administration Staff Mrs Maree Coyne Mrs Kathy Lund Mrs Rosalia Risati Mrs Kate Castles Mrs Bernadette Lenihan

Office Hours Monday: 10.00am-3.30pm Tues-Thurs: 8.00am-3.30pm Friday: 8.00am-1.00pm

Ipswich Catholic Community Contact Information

Telephone Email Post Mass Times

07 3281 2133 ipswich@bne.catholic.net.au PO Box 23, Ipswich 4305 07 3281 0707

New Media—Evangelisation

Website www.ipswichcatholic.com

Find us by searching for ‘ipswichcatholic’ on

Facebook / YouTube / Twitter / iTunes

Schools and Colleges in our Community

St Mary’s Primary Immaculate Heart St Joseph’s School St Brigid’s School St Mary’s College St Edmund’s College

Woodend Leichhardt North Ipswich Rosewood Woodend Woodend

07 3281 1998 07 3812 1077 07 3201 6188 07 5464 1563 07 3432 5444 07 3810 4400

MARK YOUR CALENDAR FOR AUGUST

Monday, 20th Catechesis Of The Good

Shepherd for the 3 to 6 year olds

3.30pm-5pm, bottom floor of early years classrooms, St Mary’s Primary.

Tuesday, 21st Catechesis Of The Good

Shepherd for the 7 to 9 year

olds

3.30pm-5pm, bottom floor of early years classrooms, St Mary’s Primary

Wed, 22nd Prayer Group 5.00pm, St Mary’s Parish Centre

Thursday, 23rd CONFIRMATION CELEBRATION 5 & 7pm, St Mary’s Church, Ipswich

Friday, 24th HIVE - Youth Events 6.30pm, Mater Dei

Sunday, 26th ICC Pilgrimage Walk 9am, start from Rosewood Church

SEPTEMBER, 26 Wedding Anniversary Mass 7.00pm, St Mary’s Church, Ipswich

NOVEMBER, 2nd

Remembrance Mass 7.00pm, St Mary’s Church, Ipswich

PILGRIMAGE WALK OF THE

IPSWICH CATHOLIC COMMUNITY

In recognition of the Saints after whom our churches are named in the

Ipswich Catholic Community please join us on

A PILGRIMAGE FROM ROSEWOOD TO IPSWICH

Sunday 26th August 2018, St Brigid’s Rosewood Mass – Start time 8am

Walk to start from Rosewood—9am

All fundraising from this walk will go directly to St Vincent de Paul

Society Queensland, for use within the Ipswich Community.

To donate directly log onto https://my.goodcompany.org/au/

fundraising Pilgrimage-Walk-of-the-Ipswich-Catholic-Community

Support Buses available Children Welcome

Come along and Dress up with Hat’s/Costumes

For more information please contact Co-ordinator—Mobile:

0418200842. To register please contact Ipswich Catholic Community

Parish Office: 32812133

… What’s happening in the Ipswich Catholic Community ...

The SECOND edi-

tion of TALKA-

BOUT FOR 2017

is available this

weekend. Please

PILGRIMAGE WALK OF THE

IPSWICH CATHOLIC COMMUNITY

In recognition of the Saints after whom our

churches are named in the Ipswich Catholic

Community please join us on

A PILGRIMAGE FROM ROSEWOOD TO

IPSWICH

Sunday 26th August 2018

St Brigid’s Rosewood Mass – Start time 8am

Walk to start from Rosewood—9am

All fundraising from this walk will go directly to St Vincent

de Paul Society Queensland, for use within the

Ipswich Community.

To donate directly log onto https://my.goodcompany.org/

au/fundraising Pilrimage-Walk-of-the-

Ipswich-Catholic-Community

Support Buses available Children Welcome

Come along and Dress up with Hat’s/Costumes

For more information please contact

Co-ordinator—Mobile: 0418200842

LEICHHARDT CARE & CONCERN: Our next Morning Tea will be held on Tuesday 21st August at 9.30am in the School Hall. Everyone is most welcome to come along and have a chat over a nice hot cuppa.

OVER THE COMING WEEKS I WILL SHARE WITH YOU SOME INSIGHTS FROM PARISH RENEWAL FROM THE ARCHDIOCESE OF ADELAIDE AND THE PROCLAIM CONFERENCE: Building on the Second Vatican Council, Pope Francis calls us to the renewal of our parishes:

The parish is not an outdated institution; precisely because it possesses great flexibility, it can assume quite different contours depending on the openness and missionary creativity of the pastor and the community. While certainly not the only institution which evangelizes, if the parish proves capable of self-renewal and constant adaptivity, it continues to be “the Church living in the midst of the homes of her sons and daughters”. This presumes that it really is in contact with the homes and the lives of its people, and does not become a useless structure out of touch with people or a self-absorbed group made up of a chosen few. The parish is the presence of the Church in a given territory, an environment for hearing God’s word, for growth in the Christian life, for dialogue, proclamation, charitable outreach, worship and celebration. In all its activities the parish encourages and trains its members to be evangelisers. It is a community of communities, a sanctuary where the thirsty come to drink in the midst of their journey, and a centre of constant missionary outreach. We must admit, though, that the call to review and renew our

parishes has not yet sufficed to bring them nearer to people, to make them environments of living communion and participation, and to make them completely mission-oriented (Pope Francis, The Joy of the Gospel, par. 28).

The parish is a community in which each member is called to a personal relationship with Jesus. The parish is directed towards discipleship, and understands itself as a community of disciples, and as a school of discipleship. It is a place of prayer and of formation that enables parishioners to embrace what the Second Vatican Council termed the universal call to holiness. Each of the baptised is seen as having a gift of the Spirit given for the sake of all. Each one is different, but all are participants: “To each is given a manifestation of the Spirit for the common good” (1 Cor 12:7). Our parishes, schools and communities will need to be places where members can learn to pray, to know and understand the Scriptures, and our Catholic tradition. They are places where we learn to discern and to use our gifts in the cause of the kingdom of God in our world. All are involved in evangelisation, bringing the gospel of joy to the world. (How do you experience being a disciple within the Ipswich Catholic Community, does our Parish nurture you in your discipleship?). Stephen ofm

MARIAN VALLEY CANUNGRA – All are invited to celebrate a special Birthday of Our Lady on Saturday 8th September 2018 at the Shrine of Our Lady Help of Christians, Marian Valley, Canungra. Commencing at 10am with Exposition, Rosary, Confession, Holy Mass (lunch available), Eucharistic Procession to the Grotto of Our Lady of Fatima, Benediction & Divine Mercy Chaplet. Mass Celebrant will be Most Rev Columba Macbeth-Green OSPPE, Bishop of the Diocese of Wilcannia-Forbes. For those not wishing to drive, a bus will leave [See below which time and place is appropriate for your parish] Fare $20 – Bookings and info Ann 3282 0321/Pam 3288 4594.

Bus departs: Leichhardt 7.45am; Ipswich (St Mary’s) 8.00am; Booval (French St) 8.10am; Goodna (Church) 8.20am; Darra (Polish Club) 8.30am.

ANNUAL GARDEN PARTY: Saint

Mary’s Garden Party will be held on

Saturday 13th October 2018 at 10am

at 2pm. Address: 129 Wildey Street,

Raceview 4305. There will be

entertainment throughout the

morning. Enjoy a Devonshire Tea

and visit our several stalls that will

be operating, this includes Residents

stalls, cakes and sweet stalls, trash

and treasure, entertainment,

hamburgers. Donations of baked

goods are welcome. All bake goods

must be labelled with all ingredients,

and if they have been frozen please

include the letter “f” on the label.

NEWS FROM AROUND OUR COMMUNITY

From the HIVE:

IGNITE CONFERENCE: is coming up fast in September. If you’re a youth or young adult interested or want more information please message us or approach a Hive Leader at Mass.

CONTACTS: Phone: 0478150103. Facebook: The Hive Youth & Young Adult Ministry. Instagram: @the hive.ministry

PLEASE PRAY FOR:

RECENTLY DECEASED: Minna Ward

ANNIVERSARY: John Ryan, Agnes Acutt, Marie Tonner, Margaret Sheils, Kevin James Maguire, Mylene Roallos, Fernando Roallos, John and Annie Devitt, George and Mary Nolan, Peter and MaryAnn Byrne

FOR THOSE WHO ARE SICK: Carmel Leadbetter

FOR ALL THOSE WHO ARE HOUSE-BOUND AND RECEIVE COMMUNION AT HOME.

Sing A New Song - A few years ago a new hymn book called “Catholic Worship Book II” was released and has been sitting in all parishes, with varying degrees of use. In an attempt to explore this resource more fully, our “Sing A New Song” sessions have attracted a happy band of singers keen to learn some new material that will eventually be incorporated into our liturgies. The next get-together will be on Tuesday the 21st of August at St. Joseph’s Church, North Ipswich, commencing at 7:00pm. If you have a copy of this green hymn book, please bring it along. Let’s see how many hymns we can get through in one hour! All parishioners are welcome.

2018 Annual Catholic

Campaign will be

conducted in the Ipswich

Catholic Community on

8th and 9th September

2018

NEW LITURGY ROSTERS FOR LEICHHARDT, NORTH IPSWICH

AND ROSEWOOD FOR THE MONTHS OF SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER

AND NOVEMBER WILL BE PREPARED SHORTLY. IF YOU WILL BE

UNAVAILABLE DURING THIS TIME PLEASE MAKE A NOTE IN THE

BOOK IN THE SACRISTY (Lcht and Nth Ips) OR LET BERNADETTE

LENIHAN OR MAREE KNOW (for Rosewood).

ARCHDIOCESAN SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN AND VULNERABLE ADULTS SESSION:

If you were unable to attend the session held at St Mary’s Ipswich recently there is going to be a session on Saturday 8th September 3pm – 5:15pm St Mary’s Church – 15 Maitland Street Gatton. ICC parishioners who wish to attend are asked to register with St Mary’s Ipswich Parish Office by 31/8/2018.

OASIS DAY: We extend an invitation to parishioners to spend a few hours in quiet prayer and reflection on Thursday 6th Septem-ber from 5pm to 7.30pm to be held at Mater Dei, Ferrett Street Sadliers Crossing. The evening will be a mixture of prayer, scrip-ture, quiet personal reflection, and a shared dinner. Our hope in offering these Oasis days is to encourage a prayerful stillness where we can let go of the busyness of our lives and sit in the presence of God for just a few hours. Bring along dinner to share. To register for the Oasis day please phone the Parish Office on 3281 2133 or email ipswich@bne.catholic.net.au