BRISBANE ORATORY IN FORMATION

PARISH OF ANNERLEY EKIBINPARISH OF ANNERLEY EKIBINPARISH OF ANNERLEY EKIBIN Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year C [OF] &

Fifteenth Sunday After Pentecost [EF] 27th/28th August, 2016

Readings for next Sunday

3rd/4th September, 2016

1st : Wisdom 9: 13-18

2nd: Philemon 9-10, 12-17

Gospel: Luke 14: 25-33

Parish Office

14 Ferndale Street, Annerley 4103

PO Box 3131, Tarragindi 4121.

Office Hours:- 9:00am - 1:00pm

Monday, Wednesday & Friday

Phone: 3848 1107

Fax: 3848 1855

Email: annek@bne.catholic.net.au

Web: www.annerleyekibinparish.com www.facebook.com/ annerleyekibinparish

www.twitter.com/AnnerleyEkibin

Parish Priest : Fr Andrew Wise

Parish Team

Ms Shirley Sadler (Parish Secretary) Mrs Kathy Ducker (Finance Officer)

Miss Ria McIntyre

(Assistant Sacramental Co-ordinator)

Mr Richard O’Neil:0427 484 679

† Mary Immaculate Church

616 Ipswich Road, Annerley

† St John Fisher Church

17 Messines Ridge Road, Tarragindi

† St Elizabeth’s Chapel

61 Effingham Street, Ekibin

St Elizabeth’s Primary School

Phone 3848 0828

Mary Immaculate Primary School

Phone 3848 8965

Our Lady’s Secondary College

Phone: 3848 7462

St John Fisher Hall

17 Messines Ridge Road, Tarragindi

Phone 3848 1107 (Office hours)

Brisbane Oratory in Formation

Oratory House - 3392 9247

16 Ferndale Street, Annerley

http://brisbane-oratory.org/

Fr Adrian Sharp (Moderator),

Fr Paul Chandler

Fr Andrew Wise

Fr Scot Armstrong

Br Shawn Murphy

Br Tyson King

Br Conor Power Br Matthew Buckley

Frassati (Young Men)

David Powick (0409 711 786)

Flores Teresianes (Young Women)

Elise Hewitt (0400 204 995)

Frassati Youth (High School age)

Abbie Powick (0477 055 778 ) frassatiyouthbrisbane@gmail.com

St Vincent de Paul Helpline

Phone: 3010 1096

Homeless Hotline: 1800 474 753

From the Parish Priest Dear Parishioners, I have a number of different items to mention to you this weekend.

I am delighted to report that Mary Immaculate Primary School has been successful in applying for a significant grant to improve and landscape the laneway leading into the school and church, off Ferndale Street, and running up into the area between the church and the newly renovated school building. The school will be working in close consultation with the parish with this project and the Parish Pastoral Council will have a chance to examine the first concept drawing at its forthcoming meeting this week.

The Communion rails project for Mary Immaculate church has been somewhat delayed as the Oratory Community, along with various committees, examine some late but worthy proposals for positioning the Communion rails in relation to the sanctuary area of the church. Everyone will be kept informed about developments through the Newsletter.

A reminder to collectors at each of the Masses at Mary Immaculate church that two collectors are asked to go together to place the collections in the sacristy safe during Mass. This is best practice for handling cash and is the policy of the Archdiocese.

Finally, we have had several occasions lately at Mass of people walking away with the Sacred Host at Communion time and consuming the Host on the way back to their pew. Needless to say this is a completely inappropriate way of receiving our Eucharistic Lord. The Oratory Fathers recommend receiving Holy Communion the traditional way, kneeling and on the tongue, whenever possible. At the same time, Communion received in the hand, reverently, carefully and prayerfully, as soon as the Host is placed in the hand, also remains a licit and approved way of receiving Holy Communion for Catholics. The priests at Mass this weekend will remind everyone about this important matter.

Our Reflection for this week is an extract from The Hour That Makes My Day, another worthy text from Archbishop Fulton Sheen. On the day of his ordination, the Archbishop made a number of resolutions, one of them being that he would spend a continuous hour every day in the presence of Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament. Below he shares something about this experience.

Fr Andrew Wise “Here are some reasons why I have kept up this Holy Hour practice, and why I have encouraged it in others:

First, the Holy Hour is not a devotion; it is a sharing in the work of redemption. Our Blessed Lord used the words “hour” and “day” in different connotations in the Gospel of John. “Day” belongs to God; the “hour” belongs to evil. Seven times in the Gospel of John, the word “hour” is used, and in each instance it refers to the demonic, and to the moments when Christ is no longer in the Father’s Hands, but in the hands of men. In the Garden, Our Lord contrasted two “hours” - one was the evil hour “this is your hour” - with which Judas could turn out the lights of the world. In contrast, Our Lord asked: “Could you not watch one hour with Me?”. In other words, he asked for an hour of reparation to combat the hour of evil; an hour of victimal union with the Cross to overcome the anti-love of sin.

Secondly, the only time Our Lord asked the Apostles for anything was the night he went into his agony. Then he did not ask all of them...perhaps because he knew he could not count on their fidelity. But at least he expected three to be faithful to him: Peter, James and John. As often in the history of the Church since that time, evil was awake, but the disciples were asleep. That is why there came out of His anguished and lonely Heart the sigh: “Could you not watch one hour with me?”. Not for an hour of activity did He plead, but for an hour of companionship.

The third reason I keep up the Holy Hour is to grow more and more in His likeness. As Paul puts it: “We are transfigured into His likeness, from splendour to splendour.” We become like that which we gaze upon. Looking into a sunset, the face takes on a golden glow. Looking at the Eucharistic Lord for an hour transforms the heart in a mysterious way as the face of Moses was transformed after his companionship with God on the mountain. Something happens to us similar to that which happened to the disciples at Emmaus. On Easter Sunday afternoon when the Lord met them, he asked why they were so gloomy. To Page 2

PARISH DATE CLAIMERS Wednesday 31st August Parish Pastoral Council meets at the Parish Office at 7:30pm. Tuesday 8th November Final Anointing Mass for 2016 at Mary Immaculate Church at 10:00am. Monday 14th November Josephites Association Meeting at 10:00am at St Fabian’s, Yeerongpilly. Please contact Jay on 3848 8923 or Claire on 3848 3998. Friday 25th November Elizabethan Social Club Sausage Sizzle & Christmas Gift Stall commencing at 10:00am at SJF Hall. Cost $7.00. Bookings Joan on 3848 3251 or Philomena on 3349 2809.

WE PRAY FOR

Those who are recently deceased: Lynn SCHOFIELD, Edda VENCHIARUTTI, Mary Stasny REES, Patricia Marie PHARR, Salvatore (Sam) SIPALA, James BASSOS and Marjorie Joan BOND.

Those who are sick: Esther ADENEY, Theresa BAGLEY, Gabrielle BENTLEY, Monique BENTLEY Neil BETTS, Ksenia BORODIN, Stewart BOYD, Jeremy CARROLL, Robyn CLEMENTS, Jim CLIFFORD, Hilary COLLINS, Rina COOK, Rochelle COWARD, Marietta CRUZADO, Diane ELLIS, Rowena ENNIS, David FARRELL, Jane FARRELL, Madge FARRELL, Joan FLEW, Mary FORRESTER, Anne FRANETTOVICH, John FRANK, Gwen GAIR, Helen GIAQUINTA, Dulcey HARVEY (Ingham), Jan HEGARTY, Peter HEGARTY, Keith HOGG, Marlene JOHNSTON, Dominic KENNEDY, Robyn KINNES, Ryan MacGARY-WALSH, Des MALLON, Cherril MALONEY, Bernard McALARY, Marie MITCHELL, Harry MOHR, Kathryn MORRIS, Robyn O’DWYER, Bernie O’HARA, Valerie & Kevin ORTON, Ron ROFE, Joan ROONEY, Julie ROWEN (Mackay) Dorothy RYAN, Nick SHANAHAN (Jnr), Florence SNELL, Mary STUART, Heather TERRILL, Charlie WINTER, Fr John WORTHINGTON SM, Gary WYLIE, Josephine & Bill WRIGHT and Matthew ZEMEK and Marlene ZIERVOGEL.

All the faithful departed.

COLLECTIONS LAST WEEKEND $2,362.25

ELECTRONIC CONTRIBUTIONS AVE. FOR WEEK $2,015.00

Thank you from a grateful Parish

Upcoming Events - mark your diaries now!

Fr Uwe Michael Lang Talk, Monday, 29th August. Mass at 7:00pm, Talk follows. Please see EVENT DETAILS below. Oratorio Concert on Saturday, 10th September in Mary Immaculate Church at 7:00pm. Supper will follow in the Marymac Centre. More information to come. All welcome!

In the Mood Dance on Sunday, 2nd October at the Marymac Centre from 6:00pm. All you dance-goers save the date! More information to come as the date approaches. A portion of the proceeds will be going to the Brisbane Oratory.

Brisbane Bush Bash Dance on Saturday, 8th October at the Marymac Centre. Save this date, too, all you dance-goers. More details to come.

From Page 1: After spending some time in His presence, and hearing again the secret of spirituality - “The Son of Man must suffer to enter into His Glory” - their time with Him ended and their “hearts were on fire.” The Holy Hour. Is it difficult? Sometimes it seemed to be hard; it might mean having to forgo a social engagement, or rise an hour earlier, but on the whole it has never been a burden, only a joy.

Finally, making a Holy Hour every day constituted for me one area of life in which I could preach what I practiced. I could ask others to make the Hour, because I myself had made it.”

EVENT DETAILS Topic: Signs of the Holy One: why the way we worship matters When: Monday 29 August Time: Mass begins at 7:00pm, the talk at approximately 8:00pm Venue: MI Church (Mass) & Marymac Centre (Talk) Address: 616 Ipswich Rd, Annerley QLD 4103 The talk is free of any charge.

NILS: No Interest Loans

Interest Free Loans for low income families

and individuals are available from the St.

Vincent de Paul Society for the purchase of

essential household goods such as fridge, washing

machine, TV or bed; also health and educational aids.

Loans are usually between $200 - $1200, with a

repayment period 12 to 24 months.

Further enquiries from members of St. Vincent de Paul

at the Church, or ring Paul Coghlan on 3848 9845.

Parish Diary & Mass Times:29th August-4th September

Monday 29th August

6:00am Mass [OF+] SE

7:00pm Mass [EF] MI

Tuesday 30th August

6:00am Mass [OF+] SE

7:00am Mass [EF] MI

9:00am Mass [OF] SE Year 2

Wednesday 31st August

6:30am Mass [OF] SJF

9:00am Mass [EF] MI

Thursday 1st September

6:00am Mass [OF+] SE

7:00am Mass [OF+] MI

9:00am Mass [EF] MI

Friday 2nd September

6:30am Mass [OF] SE

9:00am Mass [EF] MI

7:30pm Holy Hour MI

Saturday 3rd September

8:15am Mass [EF] MI

23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time

5:30pm Vigil [OF+] MI

5:30pm Vigil [OF] SJF

Sunday 4th September

7:30am Mass [OF] MI 9:00am Mass [EF] MI 9:00am Mass [OF] SJF 5:00pm Mass [OF+] MI

OF = Ordinary Form | OF+ = Ad orientem | EF = Extraordinary Form]

MI = Mary Immaculate SE = St Elizabeth’s SJF = St John Fisher

CONFESSION TIMES:

Mon 6:45pm (MI) Wed 9:40am - 10:00am (MI) Thu 9:40am - 10:00am (MI Fri 9:40am - 10:00am (MI) Fri 7:30pm - 8:30pm (During Holy Hour) Sat 7:15am - 8:00am (MI) Sat 4:45pm - 5:15pm (MI) Sat 5:15pm by request (SJF)

Sun During 9:00am Mass where possible (MI)

The Angelus and the Rosary are prayed half an hour before the early Masses, Monday to Friday, at SE & SJF.

All night Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament takes place each Thursday at St Elizabeth’s Chapel beginning at 6:00pm and ending at 6:45am on Fridays.

Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament takes place on Saturdays from 7:15am - 8:00am at Mary Immaculate Church.

Rosters for next week

MASS INTENTIONS

Saturday, 27th August, 5:30pm Vigil at MI: For the Repose of the Soul of Patrick O’Halloran 5:30pm Vigil at SJF: For Sydney Dawson Farrah, anniversary of death on 20th August Sunday, 28th August, 7:30am Mass at MI: For Dolores Lightbody and her Intentions 9:00am Mass at MI: For all Souls in purgatory, especially deceased members of F.O.S.S. 9:00am Mass at SJF: For the People of the Parish: Pro populo 5:00pm Mass at MI: For Gordon Gillett, recently deceased Monday, 29th August, 6:00am Mass at SE: For Jesus Youth Tuesday, 30th August, 6:00am Mass at SE: For the Intentions of the Donor 7:00am Mass at MI: For Jill Palm, recently deceased Wednesday, 31st August, 6:30am Mass at SJF: For Fr Paul Chandler Thursday, 1st September, 6:00am Mass at SE: For Gabriel McIntyre and her Intentions 7:00am Mass at MI: For Elaine Thompson, recently deceased Friday, 2nd September, 6:30am Mass at SE: >

St Gregory’s Latin Mass Community Fourteenth Sunday After Pentecost: Wilston 7:30am

> For the Seminarians of the Brisbane Oratory and for Vocations 9:00am Mass at MI: For Max Robbins, recently deceased Saturday, 3rd September, Private: For a Special Intention 8:15am Mass at MI: For Daniel Thomas Healy and Jo & Eddie Kann, deceased 5:30pm Vigil at MI: For the People of the Parish: Pro Populo Sunday, 4th September, 7:30am Mass at MI: For a Special Intention 9:00am Mass at MI: For all Souls in purgatory, especially deceased members of F.O.S.S. 9:00am Mass at SJF: For Suzanne Siepal, a Personal Intention

Rosters for next week

MINISTERS OF THE WORD

Sat (SJF) 5:30pm Kay Holmes

Sun (MI) 7.30am Michael Cooper, Sol Dobinson

Sun (SJF)9.00am Deidre Vokes, Dianne Shanahan

Sun (MI) 5.00pm Maggie Soares, Ken Meissner

EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS OF HOLY COMMUNION

Sat (SJF) 6:00pm: Bert Jacobs, John Lesina, Prem Nair, Kevin Rowen, Valmai Winter

Sun (MI) 7:30am: Bertha Clark, Joan Coghlan, Paul Coghlan, Ester Evangelista, Charles Grugan, Kathleen Grugan

Sun (SJF) 9:00am: Peter Menagh

Sun (MI) 5:00pm: Liam Herbert (also available as a reserve.

Please phone 0417 727 480)

COUNTERS

Monday, 29th August, 2016

Nick Jabore, Bernie O’Hara

CHURCH CARE

Sacristy (SEC) Maria Monro

Sanctuary & Sacristy (MI) Mabel Saah, Alicia Cooke

Church Cleaning (MI)

Laundry (MI) Mabel Saah

Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year C

27th/28th August, 2016

SUNDAY MASS READINGS First Reading: Ecclesiasticus 3:17-20.28-29 My son, be gentle in carrying out your business, and you will be better loved than a lavish giver. The greater you are, the more you should behave humbly, and then you will find favour with the Lord; for great though the power of the Lord is, he accepts the homage of the humble. There is no cure for the proud man's malady, since an evil growth has taken root in him. The heart of a sensible man will reflect on parables, an attentive ear is the sage's dream.

The Word of the Lord

Response: Thanks be to God

Responsorial Psalm 67

(Said by all)

The just shall rejoice at the presence of God, they shall exult and dance for joy. O sing to the Lord, make music to his name; rejoice in the Lord, exult at his presence.

Father of the orphan, defender of the widow, such is God in his holy place. God gives the lonely a home to live in; he leads prisoners forth into freedom.

You poured down, O God, a generous rain: when your people were starved you gave them new life. It was there that your people found a home, prepared in your goodness, O God, for the poor.

Second Reading: Hebrews 12:18-19.22-24 What you have come to is nothing known to the senses: not a blazing fire, or a gloom turning to total darkness, or a storm; or trumpeting thunder or the great voice speaking which made everyone that heard it beg that no more should be said to them. But what you have come to is Mount Zion and the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem where the millions of angels have gathered for the festival, with the whole Church in which everyone is a `first-born son' and a citizen of heaven. You have come to God himself, the supreme Judge, and been placed with spirits of the saints who have been made perfect; and to Jesus, the mediator who brings a new covenant.

The Word of the Lord

Response: Thanks be to God

Gospel Acclamation:

Alleluia, alleluia! Take my yoke upon you; learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart. Alleluia!

Gospel: Luke 14:1.7-14

Now on the Sabbath day he had gone for a meal to the house of one of the leading Pharisees; and they watched him closely. He then told a parable, because he had noticed how they picked the places of honour. He said this, `When someone invites you to a wedding feast, do not take your seat in the place of honour. A more distinguished person than you may have been invited, and the person who invited you both may come and say, "Give up your place to this man". And then, to your embarrassment, you would have to go and take the lowest place. No; when you are a guest, make your way to the lowest place and sit there, so that, when your host comes, he may say, "My friend, move up higher". In that way, everyone with you at the table will see you honoured. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the man who humbles himself will be exalted.'

Then he said to his host, `When you give a lunch or a dinner, do not ask your friends, brothers, relations or rich neighbours, for fear they repay your courtesy by inviting you in return. No; when you have a party, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind; that they cannot pay you back means that you are fortunate, because repayment will be made to you when the virtuous rise again.’

The Gospel of the Lord.

Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

Memorial Acclamation: Number One

We proclaim your Death, O Lord, and profess your Resurrection until you come again.

ARE YOU A NEW PARISHIONER?

OR ARE YOU FROM ELSEWHERE IN BRISBANE BUT

REGULARLY ATTEND MASS HERE AND WOULD LIKE

TO BE REGISTERED AS A FRIEND OF THE BRISBANE

ORATORY? If so, please fill in the form below and place it

on the collection plate or mail to our Parish Office:

P.O. Box 3131, Tarragindi. 4121.

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registered as a friend of the Brisbane Oratory

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Brisbane Oratory Music

Please contact Ronan if you would like to audition for the mixed choir, the schola or the children's choir (5yrs - 15yrs).

‘Special efforts are to be made to restore the use of the Gregorian

Chant by the people, so that the faithful may again take a more

active part in the ecclesiastical offices, as was the case in ancient

times’. (Tra Le Sollecitudini, St Pope Pius X, 1903)

Lessons in sacred music are also offered. Contact: Ronan Reilly, Director of Brisbane Oratory Music, brisbaneoratorymusic@gmail.com, 0402613963

RCIA : for adults wishing to become Catholic

Our next few RCIA sessions are planned as follows:

August 31: Session 20, Moral Action

September 7: Session 21, Baptism and Confirmation

The RCIA group meets at the Parish Office at Annerley at

7:30pm. For more information, please phone 3848 1107.

Thanks to your prayers

and support the Holy

Spirit Seminary, Banyo, is

preparing 15 more young

men for the priesthood.

Your gifts to the Annual Catholic Campaign assist in the

training of these young men to become future missionaries of

mercy. Help our seminarians respond to the call of their

vocation and receive spiritual formation and theological

training at Banyo Seminary. Be part of God’s mission of mercy

- give to the Catholic Campaign on 10th/11th September.