FROM THE CATECHISM:

“A smile is an inexpensive way

to change your looks.”

WEEKEND MASS 25 - 26 November

Saturday 6.00 pm Kempsey

Sunday 7.30 am South West Rocks

Sunday 9.30 am Kempsey

Kempsey Saturday, 25 November

6.00pm Mass

Sunday, 26 November

9.30am Mass

Ministers of Eucharist Beryl Bocannfuso

Peter Scott Conrad Tamblyn Paula Tamblyn

Readers Mick Eller Parish Children’s Choir

Offertory Procession Sally Kyle Parish Children’s Choir

Hospitality Frances Dykes Parish Children’s Choir

Tech / Commentator Bridget Barber Parish Children’s Choir

Children’s Liturgy Sunday only

St Joseph’s Primary

Music Peter Fletcher Parish Children’s Choir

Cleaning Maryanne Watts – Annette Zions, Sharon Fisher , Judith Halliday

33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time

Year A

1st Reading:

Proverbs 31:10-13, 19-20, 30-31

Responsorial Psalm: Happy are those who fear the Lord.

2nd Reading:

1 Thessalonians 5:1-6

Gospel Acclamation:

Alleluia! Alleluia!

Live in me and let me live in you, says

the Lord; my branches bear much fruit.

Alleluia!

Gospel:

Matthew 25:14-30

FROM THE CATACOMBS:

Episcopuss Wisdom

“Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes

from an indomitable will.”

South West Rocks

Sunday, 26 November 7.30am Mass

Reader 1st Lyn Wise

Reader 2nd Margaret Franklin

Reader 3rd Paul Dickinson

Offertory Procession

M Henshaw & V Borg

Minister of Eucharist

Delphine Verrall

Cleaning -

CRESCENT HEAD - 14 December 2017 Reading: A Blewitt

Cleaning: R Eller Offertory: Moore Family

Flowers: S Kyle Linen: G Steinmetz

MASS TIMES

ROSTERS

Location Date Time

Vincent Court Tuesday, 5th December 9.30am

Macleay Valley House Wednesday, 6th December 10.30am

Crescent Head Thursday, 14 December 6.00pm

OTHER MASS LOCATIONS

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION

Saturday 5.00 pm to 5.45 pm Kempsey

Sunday Before Mass South West Rocks

Tuesday 5.50pm to 6.20pm Kempsey

Wednesday Before Mass Smithtown

WEEKDAY MASS 20 - 24 November

Monday NO MASS

Tuesday NO MASS The Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Kempsey

Wednesday NO MASS St Cecilia

Smithtown

Thursday NO MASS St Columban & St Clement I

Kempsey

Friday 9.30am Mass Kempsey St Paul’s College

End of Year Giving Mass St Andrew Dung-Lac & Companions

Kempsey

St Joseph’s Primary Kemp Street Kinder to Year 6 After School Care Vacation Care Ph: 6562 5501

St Paul’s College Sea Street Kempsey Years 7 to 12 Ph: 6562 7200

Vincent Court Care of the Aged Leith Street Kempsey Ph: 6562 6062

All Saints, Kempsey St. John’s, Willawarrin Star of the Sea, Crescent Head St Patrick’s, Smithtown Our Lady Star of the Sea, South West Rocks

52-58 Marsh St (P.O. Box 3007) West Kempsey NSW 2440 Phone: 6562 5182 Fax: 6562 5716 Email: cathkemp@midcoast.com.au Website: www.mvcp.org.au

Welcome to the Catholic Communities of the Macleay Valley Fr Paul Gooley Fr James Foster

19 November 2017 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A

LET US LOVE, NOT WITH WORDS BUT WITH DEEDS -POPE FRANCIS

This Sunday, November 19th marks the first World Day of the Poor, which Pope

Francis called for at the conclusion of the Jubilee Year of Mercy in 2016. It is to

be celebrated annually on the 33rd Sunday of Ordinary Time.

The theme this year is “Let us love, not with words but with deeds”. In this year’s

message, Pope Francis said he instituted this day, “so that throughout the world

Christian communities can become an ever greater sign of Christ’s charity for

the least and those most in need. “

“I invite the whole Church, and men and women of good will everywhere, to

turn their gaze on this day to all those who stretch out their hands and plead for

our help and solidarity. They are our brothers and sisters, created and loved by

the one Heavenly Father. This Day is meant, above all, to encourage believers

to react against a culture of discard and waste, and to embrace the culture of

encounter. At the same time, everyone, independent of religious affiliation, is

invited to openness and sharing with the poor through concrete signs of

solidarity and fraternity. God created the heavens and the earth for all; yet

sadly some have erected barriers, walls and fences, betraying the original gift

meant for all humanity, with none excluded.”

It is my wish that…Christian communities will make every effort to create moments of encounter and friendship,

solidarity and concrete assistance. They can invite the poor and volunteers to take part together in the

Eucharist on this Sunday, in such a way that there be an even more authentic celebration of the Solemnity of

Our Lord Jesus Christ, Universal King, on the following Sunday. The kingship of Christ is most evident on

Golgotha, when the Innocent One, nailed to the cross, poor, naked and stripped of everything, incarnates and

reveals the fullness of God’s love. Jesus’ complete abandonment to the Father expresses his utter poverty and

reveals the power of the Love that awakens him to new life on the day of the Resurrection.”

“At the heart of all the many concrete initiatives carried out on this day should always be prayer. Let us not

forget that the Our Father is the prayer of the poor. Our asking for bread expresses our entrustment to God for

our basic needs in life. Everything that Jesus taught us in this prayer expresses and brings together the cry of all

who suffer from life’s uncertainties and the lack of what they need. When the disciples asked Jesus to teach

them to pray, he answered in the words with which the poor speak to our one Father, in whom all acknowledge

themselves as brothers and sisters. The Our Father is a prayer said in the plural: the bread for which we ask is

“ours”, and that entails sharing, participation and joint responsibility. In this prayer, all of us recognize our need

to overcome every form of selfishness, in order to enter into the joy of mutual acceptance.”

“This new World Day, therefore, should become a powerful appeal to our consciences as believers, allowing us

to grow in the conviction that sharing with the poor enables us to understand the deepest truth of the Gospel.

The poor are not a problem: they are a resource from which to draw as we strive to accept and practise in our

lives the essence of the Gospel.”

Pope Francis’ full message is available at https://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/messages/poveri/

documents/papa-francesco_20170613_messaggio-i-giornatamondiale-poveri-2017.html

Annual Cemetery Mass

November is the month of Holy Souls. It is traditional to pray for all those of our

families and friends who have died.

Mass will be celebrated on

Wednesday, 29th

November @ 5.30pm

Arakoon Cemetery, SWR

Please bring your own chair.

If it is raining, the Mass will be celebrated at the SWR Star of the Sea Church.

Liturgy Rosters

for 2017/2018

The new Liturgy roster for December - January is now

available and located at the back of the

Church for collection.

If you would prefer to have this emailed to you, please contact the Parish Office.

For those of you currently on the Liturgy roster - thank you.

The annual spring clean of the Kempsey Church

is to take place on

Saturday 9th December

from 8.00am

Please come along and help give the church a shine in time for Christmas. Many hands make

light work!

Clergy Conference 20 - 24 November

Both Fr Paul and Fr James will be at the Annual Clergy Conference over the

coming week, therefore, there will be no weekday Masses from

Monday to Thursday this week.

In the event of an emergency please contact Fr Peter Wood at

Port Macquarie on 6583 1024.

Are you someone or do you know someone

who...

Has expressed an interest in becoming

Catholic?

Has questions and is curious about the

Catholic faith?

Was baptised as a child, and would like to

reconnect with the Catholic community?

Is involved in the life of the Church, but

would like to grow more in your faith?

In early 2018 our parish family will offer an

opportunity to come together in a small group to learn

more about and grow in our faith. Sessions will focus

on the teachings and experience of Church and prepare

individuals to receive the Sacraments of Baptism,

Confirmation, and First

Communion.

You are welcome to

participate and explore with

your questions, your insights

and your faith story in a

warm, welcoming and

accepting setting.

For more information please

contact the parish office on

6562 5182 or email

cathkemp@midcoast.com.au

AROUND OUR PARISH

Kempsey

Tuesday: Rosary For our Priests before 5.30pm Mass Exposition/Confession

Thursday: Rosary Cenacle Mercy Chapel at 4.30pm

Friday: Rosary For our Country before & after the 9.30am Mass

Sunday: Rosary for Life before 9.30am Mass

South West Rocks

Catholic Women’s Social Group

First Wednesday of each month

Christmas Luncheon - 6th December

SWR Catholic Hall (beside the church) Time 11.30am for a 12 noon start.

Please bring a small plate of Christmas fare to share.

All are welcome.

No January Meeting

Prayer Group

South West Rocks Nursing Centre on the 3rd Wednesday of each month from 10.30am. Next meeting will be 20th December 2017

Catholic Leader & Weekly

On sale at SWR and Kempsey $2.00 per copy

MONDAY NO MASS

TUESDAY NO MASS

WEDNESDAY NO MASS

THURSDAY NO MASS

FRIDAY 9.30am Mass Kempsey St Paul’s College

End of Year Giving Mass

Recently Deceased Miriam Sheridan

John Irwin

Katie Faint

Grace Bannon

Pam McAlister

Jan Brenton

Bernardita San Diego

Janice Clarke

Anniversaries Paul John Kerrison

Des Ponchard

Bernard (Bear) Kirkwood

Ron Lewthwaite

Special Masses Stephen & Helen Cockwell

Brian Burge

Ph. (02) 6622 4237 www.dif.org.au

‘The Catechist Matters’

A Diocesan Publication

which highlights the work

of the volunteer Catechists in Public

Schools teaching Special Religious

Education is available at the back of

the Church for those would be

interested in their work and ministry.