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Parish Contacts:
Parish Team
Parish Priest
Fr. Sunil Paul SVD 3803 0835
Associate Pastor Fr. Bang Nguyen Peter SVD 3803 0835
Parish Secretary
Ronet D’Mello
Pastoral Council Chairperson
Noel Swindells
Finance Committee Chair
Tom Kalaja
Care and Concern Co-ordinator
Sue Barrett
Youth Co-ordinator
Christine Lapalapa
Liturgy Committee Co-ordinator
Verity Madsene
St. Francis College
Ms. Patricia Kennedy (Principal)
Phone: 3489 4800
Sacramental Coordinator
Rob Canning
MASS TIMES
Weekday Mass Times Monday No Mass Tuesday 9.00 am and 7.30 pm Wednesday 9.00 am Thursday 9.00 am Friday 9.00 am Saturday 8.00 am
Reconciliation Saturday 5pm-5.30pm or by appointment
Weekend Mass Times Saturday 6.00pm Sunday 8.00am & 9.30am Children’s Liturgy 9.30am
St. Maximilian Kolbe Catholic Parish 26-38 Macarthy Road, Marsden, PO Box 545, Marsden Qld 4132,
Tel: (07) 3803 0862 Email: [email protected] www.kingstonmarsdenparish.org.au
PARISH OFFICE HOURS
Mon, Tue, Thur & Fri : 9.00am - 2.30pm
Prayer to St. Maximilian Kolbe
Lord, You inflamed St. Maximilian
Kolbe with love for the Immaculate
Virgin and filled him with zeal for
souls and love of neighbour.
Through his prayers, grant that we
may work strenuously for your Glo-
ry in the service of others and so be
made conformable to your son in
death. Amen.
Happy Feast Day to all Parishioners!
We extend our warm welcome with a
note of sincere appreciation to the
Reverend Monsignor Peter Meneely,
our Vicar General,
who is the main celebrant of today’s
Feast day Mass
Feast of St. Maximilian Kolbe—13 August 2017
Looking around our beautiful church building today, we are so grateful to see the completion of our recent building improvements, including: installation of solar panels and new TV screens, and painting, electrical & reconstruction works. All these efforts would not have come about, if not for the generous outpouring of contributions from you our beloved Parishioners! We remain deeply grateful to all of you, and Bless each one of you and your families, for this gift of your Love and continuous support!
Fr. Sunil & Fr. Bang
The feast of St. Maximilian Kolbe :
Readings, 13 August, 2017
First Reading: 1 Kings 19:9, 11-13 Go out and stand on the mountain before the Lord God.
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 84: 9-14 Lord show us your mercy and love, and grant us your salvation.
Second Reading: Romans 9:1-5
I would willingly be condemned if it could help my people.
Gospel Acclamation: Psalm: 129:5
Alleluia, alleluia,
I hope in the Lord, I trust in his word
Alleluia!
Gospel: Mathew 14: 22-33.
Command me to come to you over the water.
Please pray for the sick in our Parish:
T Kasipale, J Pale, F Bowden, L Seeto, F Laritz, J Collins,
M Dunlop, M Pierce, R Henwood, D Curtis, V Reid,
V Gspejon, V Dancey, S Daniel, A Purkis, L Guadez,
K & S Talatonu, B Hodgson, T Canty, K Bellette,
M Finnerty, L Guadez, M Glorioso, D Hall, R Bakker,
E Hampstead, J Lachlan, N Williams, A Van Uitregt,
N Cutuk, V Toalepai , G & K Brown, Y Carter, M Trehane,
B Vandenberg, J Beechey, John Maloney, Edita Jumao-as.
Elizabeth Kruger, Chad Madsene, J & A Dent, Melissa Brasil
DATE CLAIMERS
Tue Aug 15 : Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Day of Obligation Masses at 9am and 7.30pm Wed Aug 16: Finance Committee meeting at 7.30pm Fr. Hans Zollner SJ talk on 2nd September 2017. All volunteers, key leaders members of all ministries are requested to attend. Please contact the parish office regarding your attendance.
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chats with South Sydney rugby league legend John Sattler
about the game and his faith
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spired by his own crash rescue
* League star Jason Stevens to talk in Brisbane about sex
and relationships
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school playgrounds
* Actress Rachel Griffiths joins Church and others in Austral-
ian push to end human trafficking
* Logan Catholic school’s Community Hub breaking down
barriers for isolated parents
* Pondering your vocation in life? Explore your options in six
-page vocations feature
* WIN! WIN! WIN! Tickets to inspiring movie All Saints
Please buy a copy for $ 2.00 from the piety shop.
ROSTER FOR WEEK ENDING 19 – 20 AUGUST, 2017 6.00 PM 8.00 AM 9.30 AM
Mass Coordinator SMK Youth Lele Faaeteete Kelemete Tito
Readers SMK Youth Amelia Aoese
Janessa Kasipale
Kelemete Tito
William Barncastle
Extra Ordinary
Ministers
Jane De Britt Sue McKeown
Rosemarie Ordonez
Irene Marooth
Fono Tufuga
Korina Laban
Bernadetha N
Winnie Kepu
Joy Wallace
Altar Servers Repeka Crane John Paul Tevaga
Edward Stowers
Victoria Stowers
Rosemary Stowers
Solomon Nanai
Luckyta Mulipola
Aggie Mulipola
Choir SMK Youth SMK Choir-Repeka Filipino Choir
Cleaners Roster: Group 3: Anna Campued, Mario Baustista, D&S McKeown,Diana Mulcahy, Ekalesia Group
Counter’s Roster R. Kasipale, Lele Faaeteete
THANKSGIVING: Week Ending 06 August 2017
No. of Envelopes Issued : 115
No. of Envelopes Received : 54
1st Collection : $ 943.05
2nd Collection : $ 1,008.00
TOTAL : $ 1,951.05
The Sacrament of Baptism is normally available every Sunday. Please contact the Parish Office for more information or further arrangements. The Baptism Minis-ters for September:
Eddie and Virginia Moraes
All youth aged 13 and above are welcome to join our dy-namic SMK Youth Group! We are the Church of today. For
further information regarding our Youth Group, please call
Christine Lapalapa on 420 202 712.
Children’s Liturgy will be held
in the Maryfields Hall at
9.30am every Sunday (except
during School Holidays).
Parents with children aged 5 up to early teens are
encouraged to send their children to attend these
faith-forming, fun filled and learning sessions.
For further enquiries contact:
Nimfa @0455819601 | Alpha @0422701965
Special Masses will be held on Tuesday, 15th August
2017 at 9.00am & 7.30 pm
The Feast of the Assumption, celebrated every year on August 15, is a very old feast of the Church, celebrated universally by the sixth century. It commemorates the death of Mary and her bodily assumption into Heaven, before her body could begin to decay- a foretaste of our own bodily resurrection at the end of time. Because it signifies the Blessed Virgin’s passing into eternal life, it is the most important of all Marian feasts and a holy day of obligation.
St. Maximilian Kolbe was born as Raymund Kolbe on January 8, 1894, in the Kingdom of Poland, part of the Russian Empire. He was a Polish Conventual Franciscan friar and a martyr in the German death Camp of Auschwitz during World War II.
St. Maximilian Kolbe was very active in promoting the Immaculate Virgin Mary and is known as the Apostle of Consecration to Mary. Much of his life was strongly influenced by a vision he had of the Virgin Mary when he was 12. "That night I asked the Mother of God what was to become of me. Then she came to me holding two crowns, one white, the other red. She asked me if I was willing to accept either of these crowns. The white one meant that I should persevere in purity, and the red that I should
become a martyr. I said that I would accept them both." One year after his vision, Kolbe and his elder brother, Francis joined the Conventual Franciscans. In 1910, Kolbe was given the religious name Maximilian, after being allowed to enter the novitiate, and in 1911, he professed his first vows.
At the age of 21, Kolbe earned a doctorate in philosophy from the Pontifical Gregorian University. He would also earn a doctorate in theology by the time he was 28. St. Maximilian Kolbe organized the Militia Immaculata (Army of the Immaculate One) after witnessing demonstrations against Pope St. Pius X and Benedict XV. His goal was to work for the conversion of sinners and enemies of the Church, specifically, the Freemasons and he would do so with the intercession of Mary. In 1918, he was ordained a priest and continued his work of promoting Mary throughout Poland. Over the next several years, Fr. Kolbe took on publishing. He founded a monthly periodical titled, "Rycerz Niepokalanej" (Knight of the Immaculate). Fr. Kolbe also founded monasteries in both Japan and India. In 1936, his poor health forced him to return home to Poland. Fr. Kolbe opened up a temporary hospital to aid those in need. When his town was captured, Fr. Kolbe was sent to prison but released three months later. He refused to sign a document that would recognize him as a German citizen with his German ancestry and continued to work in his monastery, providing shelter for refugees - including hiding 2,000 Jews from the German persecution. After receiving permission to continue his religious publishing, Fr. Kolbe's monastery acted as a publishing house again and issued many anti-Nazi German publications. On February 17, 1941, the monastery was shut down; Fr. Kolbe was arrested by the German Gestapo and taken to the Pawiak prison. Three months later, he was transferred to Auschwitz.. Never abandoning his priesthood, Fr. Kolbe was the victim to severe violence and harassment. Toward the end of his second month in Auschwitz, men were chosen to face death by starvation to warn against escapes. Fr. Kolbe was not chosen but volunteered to take the place of a man with a family. It is said during the last days of his life, Fr. Kolbe led prayers to Our Lady with the prisoners and remained calm. He was the last of the group to remain alive, after two weeks of dehydration and starvation. The guards gave him a lethal injection of carbolic acid. The stories tell that he raised his left arm and calmly awaited death. Fr. Kolbe died on August 14 and his remains were cremated on August 15, the same day as the Feast of the Assumption of Mary. Recognized as the Servant of God, Fr. Kolbe was beatified as a "Confessor of the Faith" on October 17, 1971 by Pope Paul VI and canonized by Pope John Paul II on October 10, 1982. Pope John Paul II declared St. Maximilian Kolbe not a confessor, but a martyr. St. Maximilian Kolbe is often depicted in a prison uniform and with a needle being injected into his arm. He is the patron saint of drug addicts, prisoners, families, and the pro-life movement.
PARISH FAIR — Sat, 28 October 2017
Our annual Parish Fair will be held on Saturday 28 October 2017 from 8.30am to 3.00pm on the grounds of the church. Raffle tick-ets are on sale now at the end of all Masses; we encourage every-one to support the sale and get some tickets for your family & friends. Come along with your family and enjoy this very special day of fun along with the whole Parish Community!