St Nicholas of Myra

Catholic Parish FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT (Year A)

22 March 2020

Tel: (02) 4721 2509 | Website: www.stnicholasofmyra.org.au | P O Box 1868, Penrith 2751 | @SNOMPenrith

MASS & LITURGY TIMES Saturday Mass 9.00am Healing Mass 9.00am (1st Sat of the month) Reconciliation 9.30am-10.30am & 5pm-5.45pm Adoration After Saturday Morning Mass Filipino Mass 11.00am (1st Sat of the month) Vigil Mass 6.00pm Sunday Mass 7.00am, 8.30am 10.00am 6.00pm Weekday Monday 9.30am Tuesday 6.45am 9.30am Wednesday 9.30 am 7.00pm (Our Lady of Perpetual Help Novena) Thursday 9.30am Friday 6.45am 12.10pm

Baptisms & Marriages by appointment only. Please contact the Parish Office .

PARISH OFFICE Office Hours 9am - 5 pm

Lunch 1pm – 1.30pm (Office closed) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

PARISH STAFF Parish Priest: Fr Joe Manjaly joe@stnicholasofmyra.org.au Asst Priest: Fr Jobi Payyappilly joby@stnicholasofmyra.org.au Office Manager: Jacinta Paulo enquiries@stnicholasofmyra.org.au Admin Assistant: Mary Goh reception@stnicholasofmyra.org.au Sacramental Coordinator: sacramental@stnicholasofmyra.org.au Mary Gale Monday & Wednesday only Catechists: Fred Keuneman catechist@stnicholasofmyra.org.au Volunteer Admin Support: Margaret Cobden & Ursula Gomez bulletin@stnicholasofmyra.org.au

PARISH EMERGENCY NUMBER: 4732 3039

Nepean Hospital Chaplain: Fr Porathur Joy (PJ) Deacon: Wilfredo (Willy) Limjap RCIA Coordinators: Ina & Norm Heffernan inanorm@optusnet.com.au Ph: 4732 1751 PARISH SCHOOLS St Nicholas Primary Principal : Ms Anita Knezevic Ph; 4752 3300 St Mary Mackillop Primary Principal : Mr Scott Buchan Ph; 4724 3200

ST NICHOLAS OF MYRA COVID-19 RESPONSE

(SUBJECT TO CHANGE AS NEW DIRECTIVES BECOME AVAILABLE)

It is important to be aware that all Catholics in the Diocese of Parramatta are dispensed from their Sunday obligation until further notice. In other words, the Bishop has removed the Sunday obligation to attend Mass during this

Pandemic.

IF YOU STILL WISH TO JOIN THE EUCHARIS-TIC CELEBRATION, PLEASE:

• Consider carefully your health and those of your community.

• Practice personal hygiene. • Observe the current social distancing policy. • Receive communion in the hand. • Refrain from shaking or embracing at the

invitation of peace. A simple nod or smile to your neighbour is appropriate.

PLEASE DO NOT JOIN THE CONGREGATION AT ANY MASS IF YOU:

• Are worried about being at risk or are at high risk of contracting the virus.

• Should be avoiding public gatherings, due to health reasons.

• Are feeling unwell with flu like symptoms. • Have been in contact with a confirmed COVID-

19 case, or • If you have travelled overseas in the past 14

days

DAILY MASS: Daily Mass will go ahead with a head count at the carpark entrance to ensure the Indoor social distancing policy is kept. Once we receive capacity the doors will be closed and the microphones for outside will be switched on, Please follow the directions of the Priest at the time for communion

RECONCILIATION: Please follow the directions of the Priest at this time.

Please note these directives will likely change in the coming days. For regular updates please view our website and Facebook page

PARISH PRIESTS CORNER

In response to Covid- 19 ( Corona Virus) the following

cancellations are in place until further notice: Catho-

lics from the Diocese of Parramatta are dispensed

from their Sunday Mass obligation until further no-

tice.

CANCELLATIONS

• The family session for first Reconciliation is cancelled

and the Sacrament of first reconciliation is postponed

to later time of the year

• Until further notice all the parish meetings and group

prayer gatherings are cancelled, so parish hall and PMR

1 will not be available until further notice for groups.

• Sacrament of Baptism will take place on Sundays as of

now for those who have already booked, but they are

limited to 12 people per Baptism. Families have the

option to postpone or cancel

• The church will be open as usual for the faithful to

come and spent time with the Lord in their personal

prayer.

• Communion to the sick in the nursing home as of now

is cancelled, but upon request from the family or Indi-

vidual, the sacrament of sick will be provided.

• Bishop’s Catholic foundation appeal has been post-

poned to until further notice

It is likely that Masses that are open to the public will

be cancelled in the coming days, if so, then the priests will

offer private daily Mass in our church for the intention of the

people. There will be opportunity for parishioners to watch

these Masses live through Facebook.

People who have specifically requested prayer inten-

tions and who have given Masses to be offered for their

loved ones will be offered during any private Masses.

In short, except for Holy Mass all other public gatherings on

our premises have been cancelled until further notice.

Our Priest will be always available for the spiritual needs of

the faithful or to talk them.

For pastoral guidelines and update please check our

website, Facebook and parish bulletin etc.

Every believer is called to evangelise and spread the

message of Christ. Our parish community has been tremen-

dously serving in and around Penrith around 180 years and

this has been possible only through your generous support

of stewardship. This weekend we will not be passing the

collection plate, but both first and second collection will be

collected in the same basket as you leave the service. Please

continue to support the parish community and please

strongly consider giving through Direct debit or Credit Card

to help our church through this crisis.

Fr Joe Manjaly

RESOURCES TO HELP YOU KEEP SUNDAY HOLY—AT HOME: • TO VIEW MASS LIVESTREAM go to https://brisbanecatholic.org.au/multimedia/web-cast/ • TO VIEW DAILY MASS go to https://www.youtube.com/user/cathnews/featured • TO ACCESS DAILY MASS READINGS go to https://universalis.com/mass.htm • FOR FAMILIES WITH YOUNG CHILDREN go to https://worship.pastoral.center/day/2020-03-22?

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ORDER OF MASS ON 21-22 MARCH 2020 (FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT)

PLEASE PRAY FOR THOSE IN OUR COMMUNITY R E C E N T L Y D E C E A S E D

Ligaya Patag Angeles, Ana Broz, Fausta Da Costa and Richard Passmore, Sr Maria Alipia Vella and Gloria

Warham. D E A T H A N N I V E R S A R I E S

George Attard, Joseph D’Çosta, Anthony Frias, Josephine Furtado, Angelo Muscat, Mercedes Ragaza, Gerald &

Carmela Sultana, Danny, Parilla, Narcisa, Egmedio, Magda, John, Nierras. D E C E A S E D

Enrique Estarayor, Maria Kukac, Amanda Khoury, John Nettar, Phyliss Doreen Simmons, Bernard and Norah Wild-

ing, and Holy Souls in Purgatory. S I C K

Alison Johnson, Miri Galich, Alessandro Gutierrez, Arlene Sucaldito, Amado Mendoza, Daniel Varlow, Jane McCann,

Patrick McHugh, Felicity Godbrie, Catherine Kirk, Arly Vitello, Maria James, Harry Slaughter, Sean Pender,

Daphne Paris, Lynette and Brian Brainwood.

INTRODUCTORY RITE Entrance Procession Rejoice, Jerusalem, and all who love her. Be joyful, all who were in mourning; exult and be satisfied at her consoling breast. Penitential Act I c o n f e s s t o a l m i g h t y G o d and to you, my brothers and sisters, that I have greatly sinned, in my thoughts and in my words, in what I have done and in what I have failed to do, through my fault, through my fault, through my most grievous fault; therefore I ask blessed Mary ever-Virgin, all the Angels and Saints, and you, my brothers and sisters, to pray for me to the Lord our God. May almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us our sins, and bring us to everlasting life. Amen. THE LITURGY OF THE WORD First Reading Samuel 16:1, 6-7, 10-13 Responsorial Psalm Ps 22 R. The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want. Second Reading Ephesians 5:8-14 Gospel Acclamation John 8:12 Glory to you, Word of God, Lord Jesus Christ! I am the light of the world, says the Lord; whoever follows me will have the light of life. Glory to you, Word of God, Lord Jesus Christ! Gospel John 9:1, 6-9, 13-17, 34-38 The blind man went off and washed himself and came away with his sight restored. Profession of Faith I believe in God, the Father almighty, Creator of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, At the words that follow, up to and including 'the Virgin Mary', all bow. who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,

born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and was buried; he descended into hell; on the third day he rose again from the dead; he ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of God the Fa-ther almighty; from there he will come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and life everlasting. Amen. THE LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST Holy, Holy, Holy Holy, Holy, Holy Lord God of hosts. Heaven and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest. Memorial Acclamation We proclaim your Death, O Lord, and profess your Resurrection until you come again. The Communion Rite Communion Antiphon The Lord anointed my eyes: I went, I washed, I saw and I believed in God.

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