PARISH CONTACTS

Immaculate Heart of Mary Church

Parish Priest: Fr. Pat Moroney, OMI

Assistant Priest: Fr. Vin McGillicuddy, OMI

Parish Office: Tue—Thu (9:00am—2:30pm)

6 Kerrinea Road, Sefton NSW 2162

Ph: 02 9644 4026, Fax: 02 9743 7407

Email: sefton@oblates.com.au

Immaculate Heart of Mary -Primary School

Principal: Mr. John Kennedy

School Office:

30 Proctor Parade, Sefton, NSW 2162

Ph: 02 9644 3555, Fax: 02 9644 8214

Email: info@ihmsefton.catholic.edu.au

Sunday Masses:

Saturday: 5:30pm (Vigil)

Sunday: 8:00am, 10:00am, 5:30pm

Weekday Masses: Monday to Saturday: 9:15am

First Friday of the month: 7:00pm

Rosary: Monday to Saturday: 8:50am

Sacred Heart Devotions: Friday, after morning Mass

Reconciliation: Saturday: After morning Mass &

10:30—11:30am

Baptisms: Second and Fourth Sunday after 10:00am Mass

Weddings and Funerals: Please contact the Parish Office

Sefton Yoga: Sessions held weekly on Monday at 7:30-9:00pm and Friday at 9:30am—11:30am, in IHM Parish Centre (located behind the Church). Cost $5.00 per session. All welcomed. Enquiries: Bettie Hollis, 0407 917 431.

J-Walkers Youth Group: Weekly Meeting: Thursday at 7pm—IHM Oblate Room Monthly Mass: First Friday Mass at 7pm—IHM Church Enquiries:@jwalkersihm , jwalkersihm@gmail.com

Planned Giving Program: For many years our Planned Giving Program has made a significant contribution to the running of our Catholic school. Most of the contributors today have been supporting our program for many years. We would like to invite new parishioners and those who are not part of the program to join. Any weekly contribution is greatly appreciated. To join our Planned Giving Program, please fill in the Registration Form available in the Church Foyer and return to the Parish Office or email to sefton@oblates.com.au

The Biggest Morning Tea: Please join the Lady Friendship Group for a fun day and beautiful food at The Biggest Morning Tea on Thursday 26th May at 10:00am at St John Mark, Anglican Church, 125 Proctor Parade Chester Hill. Small donation is much appreciated. All welcome.

Small Steps Anxiety Awareness Program: A representative from Mental Health NSW will be holding a Small Steps presentation for parents, grandparents and carers. The session will take place on Tuesday 7th June 7pm in the School Library, and lasts between 1-2 hours. The presentation will cover the difference between normal anxiety and anxiety disorders, types of anxiety disorders and signs and symptoms of anxiety disorders, plus offer reference materials and information. To attend please RSVP by 2nd June to amal.francis@syd.catholic.edu.au or contact Amal Francis on 02 9644 3555.

Dear Parishioners,

Recently I was reading in The Far East about that very famous Japanese Catholic author Shusaku Endo, a very renowned Catholic man who died in 1996. Shusaku and his mother were baptized together when he was 11 years old and in his later years remarked “many times I wanted to get rid of my Catholicism but was unable to; it had penetrated so deeply in my youth and had become part of me.” It is usually informative and occasionally inspirational to read of the spiritual journey of others, as they seek their way to God. Often they are very ordinary people on the outside and yet, deep within there is a genuine search for God. We may unwittingly be living with them, or meeting them in the everyday experiences of life.

Although he had suffered ill health for most of his life and spent months at a time in hospital, nevertheless he wrote passionately about the presence of God in his suffering. At the same time in his pain, he often felt the absence of God, what he referred to as the ‘silence of God’ but he felt God’s presence even in that very silence. In one of his books about Jesus the author spoke about His intense humanity and how He experienced joy, sorrow, suffering and apparent failure, and then Endo draws the conclusion that it is often in our experience of weakness, failure, suffering and doubt in our lives that we can get a new and deeper understanding of Jesus. Endo is at pains to remind us of the great compassion of Jesus as manifested by his acceptance of the failures of his apostles and followers, and His readiness to meet and mix with the outcasts and sinners of His time.

Endo received many honours as an author and spiritual writer during his lifetime, and at one such presentation when he was once again being conferred with an honorary degree from a Catholic University in the United States, the citation remarked … “You have once again re-awoken in us the knowledge that God still walks among us in unexpected ways…”

As we attempt to live out our faith amidst the difficulties and failures which are part of all human endeavours it is wonderful to be reminded that we meet Jesus in so many places and people so that we are constantly reminded of the sacredness of all life and of all situations. Perhaps the secret of seeing God in our daily life is to expect the unexpected and to be prepared to be surprised by God.

God bless

(fr) Pat Moroney omi

Trinity Sunday -Year C 22nd May 2016

Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish, Sefton Under the care of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate

6 Kerrinea Road, Sefton, NSW 2162

Parish Priest: Fr. Pat Moroney, OMI; Assistant Priest: Fr Vincent McGillicuddy, OMI

Readings

This Week: Prov 8:22-31 Rom 5:1-5 Jn 16:12-15

Next Week: Gen 14:18-20 1 Cor 11:23-26 Lk 9:11-17

Prayer for the return to health of the Archbishop of Sydney the Most Rev Anthony Fisher OP

Almighty and Eternal God, You are the source of everlasting health for all who believe in You. We ask the aid of Your tender mercy and healing grace for Archbishop Anthony so that he may be fully restored to bodily health and further serve Your Church. Through Christ our Lord, Amen.

Sefton Paulians’ 40th Anniversary

Parishioners are invited to celebrate with the Paulians at the 9:15am Mass on Tuesday 24th May, followed by Morning Tea in the Parish Centre. All very welcome.

Recent Baptisms

Congratulations to:

Michael and Rosemary Dolce on the baptism of their child Luca Gionanni Dolce Stefano and Lupe Nau on the baptism of their child Lovini Nau Ramil and Yuko Otsubo for the baptism of their child Skyela Yana Otsubo.

Congratulations to the Parish of St Felix de Valois

We as a parish extend our warmest congratulations to Fr Dominic Van Trung Dinh, the parish Priest of St Felix de Valois parish in Central Bankstown. This weekend they celebrate their centenary as a parish, what a wonderful achievement for any parish, to celebrate its 100th Birthday. Fr Vin and myself look forward to joining Bishop Brady, Fr Dominic, other visiting priests and all the parishioners of St Felix at their special Centenary Mass on this Sunday, at 12.00 pm. Hopefully we shall bump into some of our IHM parishioners who will also be there for the celebration. We wish them every blessing and many more years of wonderful parish life and celebrations.

The Rosary Relay

Join us the catechists of IHM Sefton and catechists from other parishes in celebrating the 99th anniversary of our Lady’s Apparition at Fatima by attending the Rosary Prayers on Thursday 26th May 2016 at our parish IHM Sefton at 8:45am. Please give us your support. Our Weekly Rosary Relay will involve a statue of Mary which will be taken to each parish. Everyone is welcome to pray the rosary for all your intentions, we are after all a family and the family that prays together works miracles.

Celebration of Sacraments at Sefton

Confirmation This week please keep the children and their families in your prayers as they finalise preparation for Confirmation. Confirmation will be celebrated by Fr John Greig on Friday this evening at 7pm. Parishioners are most welcome to attend. First Holy Communion Will celebrated on 27th August at 5.30pm Mass and on 28th August at 10am Mass. Application forms will be available in the coming weeks.

Parish Website

I am delighted to announce that we finally have an IHM Parish Website. It is up and running although still a work in progress and we will add to it, expand it and improve it in the weeks and months ahead. It will serve as a handy reference site for any parishioners who may need information and it will also incorporate our weekly Bulletin. It will also serve as useful reference and guide to non- parishioners who may seek to contact us, or learn more about us by simply looking us up under our full name or simply as Sefton parish. One of the advantages is that we can add to it and improve it in future days.

The website address is: www.seftoncatholicchurch.org.au

Vigil 5:30pm Gavin Clarke (RIP)

Sun 22nd 8:00am Anne Seymon (RIP)

10:00am Margaret Fox (RIP)

5:30pm Francis Xavier Nguyen & Marry Bui

Mon 23rd 9:15am Elizabeth Colville (RIP)

Tue 24th 9:15am Paulians 40th Anniversary

Wed 25th 9:15am Nuala & Eddie O’Reilly (RIP)

Thu 26th 9:15am Kath Roger Bowman (RIP)

Fri 27th 9:15am Claire Parker (RIP)

Sat 28th 9:15am Parishioners’ Welfare

Mass Intentions:

Please pray for ….

Anniversary:

Nuala O’Reilly, Kath R. Bowman, Earnest Bowman, Edoardo D’Amico, Audrey Hunt, Neville Hall, Ivy L. Dunning, Frances Ally, Anna R. Meli, Agnes Flanagan, William Brooks, Patrick Bowers, Joseph Scerri, Adriana (Jean) Arnold, Jacob Zadravec, Patricia J. Newham, Rita C. Flanagan, Aubrey Wornes, Richard F. Lown, Leo Kustron, Mildred D. Harvey, William McLeish, Rose Bailey, A Quinn, William F. Freeman, Florence E. Levett, Bruce Patterson, Peter McMillan, Stanislaw Iskra, John J. Cooper, Mary Karabash, Cornealius A. O’Brien, Majorie A. Garner, James K. Post, James H. McHale & Maria Circosta.

The Sick:

Archbishop A. Fisher, Bishop G Robinson, Fr D. Shelton omi, Fr John O’Doherty & Fr Lewy Keelty. Margaret Janssen, Laurie Horsley, Marie Banham, David McGeachie, John Mealing, Tony Asaf, Kevin Kabalan, Margaret Barker, Maureen Culey, Leslie Cotter, Matthew Barrington, Youssef Ghadban, Carolyn Palmer, John O’Brien, Noel Rigney-Johnson, Frank Maher, Mark Isberg, Margaret Hodson, Pat Smith, Dolcie Cullen, Spiteri family Lila & Milad; Michael Chambers, Noel Watson & Elfrieda Kubousek.

Rosters: 28th & 29th May:

Acolytes Counters & Bankers Flower Arrangers

5:30pm W. Khouw

8:00am L. Cavallo & D. Bui

10:00am J. Rodrigues & E. Lobo

5:30pm Adam

Counters for May - Group 5: F. Bodle, P. Diamond, T. Flanagan

Bankers for May - Group 5: S. Johns, E. Bui, P. Loos

H. Vaka’uta & L. Pasi

Parish Diary:

Sun 22nd The Most Holy TRINITY

Mon 23rd Weekday, Ordinary Time 8

7:30pm Yoga

Tue 24th Our Lady Help of Christians

Wed 25th Weekday, Ordinary Time 8

Thu 26th St Philip Neri

7:00pm J-Walker Youth Group

Fri 27th Weekday, Ordinary Time 8

9:30am Yoga

Sat 28th Weekday, Ordinary Time 8