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Dear Friends,
A lot of homes were damaged in the storms last weekend. We also suffered damage at the Parish Centre at Sunnybank. We have had the assessors in during the week and they have found that 5 skylights in the Church, 3 skylights in the Presbytery and 1 in the Parish Office have been damaged. Also 6 red glass planes beside the Sanctuary have been damaged. A big thank you to those who helped clean up the Church before the 6.00pm Mass last Saturday evening and those who cleaned up outside the Church before the 6:30am Mass on Sunday morning. The insurance will cover most of the damage.
The Catholic Leader has a very positive story about the Church at Sunnybank this weekend. It has a story about how we are refurbishing and expanding the Church. Our architects are working very hard now on drawing up the final plans. We are launching a fundraising appeal this weekend to assist financially some of the works that will take place as we refurbish and expand. As always, thank you for your consideration in assisting this great project.
The Parishes Pastoral Council meets for the last time this year this Thursday evening. Thank you to our Pastoral Councillors from both our Parishes who have served on the Pastoral Council this year. They have quietly gone about their business of assisting all the activities of our Parishes.
As Christmas draws near we ask your help for our St Vincent de Paul Conferences in both our Parishes. Your assistance in collecting groceries for Christmas hampers would be very much appreciated. Groceries including hams, cakes and pudding can be left at the back of the Church. (Toys are not being collect this year). In both our Parishes, the annual St Vincent de Paul Christmas Appeal will be taken up on the first weekend of December.
Advent begins in two weeks time. The ”Break Open the Word” books are available in the Piety Stall at both our Churches. All readers are encouraged to buy the “Break Open the Word” books for $10 to assist them in preparing to read at Mass on Sunday.
The “Little Blue Book” is available on the table at the entrance of the Church, for $4.00. The “Little Blue Book” contains a reading and reflection for every day during Advent. This could be the good way to prepare for Christmas and to “Keep Christ in Christmas”.
Christmas cards with a genuine Christmas message are available at our Piety Stalls. I always appreciate having a picture containing some of the Christmas message on the Christmas card instead of Santa, snow or reindeers. I have nothing against Santa, but I like to “Keep Christ in Christmas” in whatever way I can. You may like to buy a Christmas crib which is also available at the piety stall.
God Bless, Fr Dan
Monday 16th November
8.15 am Morning Prayer S/bank 8.30 am Mass - Sunnybank
Tuesday 17th November St Elizabeth of Hungary
8.15 am Morning Prayer S/bank 8.30 am Mass - Sunnybank 9.00 am Bible study 7.00 pm Silent Adoration S/Bank
Wednesday 18th November
8.15 am Morning Prayer -S/bank 8.30 am Mass - Sunnybank 9.00 am Rosary - Sunnybank
Thursday 19th November
8.45 am Morning Prayer -S/bank 9:00 am Mass - Sunnybank 9.00 am Reconciliation S/Bank 9.00 am Mass - Acacia Ridge 7.30 pm Meditation S/Bank
Friday 20th November
8.15 am Morning Prayer S/bank 8.30 am Mass - Sunnybank 9.30 am Benediction - S/bank
9.45 am Legion of Mary - Media Saturday 21st November Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
8.30 am Mass - Acacia Ridge 10.30 am Novena & Benediction -
Sunnybank 11.00 am Reconciliation - S/bank 2.30- Catholic Charismatic 5.30 pm Prayer, in Spanish -
Media Room -S/bank 5.00 pm Reconciliation - S/bank 6.00 pm Mass - Sunnybank 6.00 pm Mass - Acacia Ridge
Sunday 22nd November
6.30 am Mass - Sunnybank 8.00 am Mass - Sunnybank 9.00 am Mass - Acacia Ridge 9.15 am Mass - Sunnybank 10.30 am Mass - Sunnybank 11.30 am Mass - (Spanish)A/Ridge 6.00 pm Mass - Sunnybank:Youth
This week’s diary
Priests
Fr Dan Ryan (Parish Priest: Sunnybank) Fr Terence Nueva (Parish Priest: Acacia Ridge - 3277 2252 Email: [email protected]) Fr Ladu Yanga (Associate Pastor) Fr Dominic Orih (Associate Pastor)
Parish Office (adjacent to OLOL Church, Sunnybank)
Monday to Thursday, 8.30 am - 4.00 pm; Friday 9.00am - 4pm. Ph: 3345 3766 Fax: 3344 3343, Mass Times: 3345 1831
Post: PO Box 32, Sunnybank, QLD 4109.
Web: www.olol.com.au Email: [email protected]
Deanery website: http://www.parishes.bne.catholic.net.au/south/
Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time - 15th November
Next Sunday - Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe: Daniel 7: 13-14; Apocalypse 1: 5-8; John 18: 33-37
WELCOME TO OUR LADY OF LOURDES AND OUR LADY OF FATIMA PARISHES
If you are a newcomer, we are honoured to have you celebrate with us, and would like to have the opportunity to welcome you and answer any questions you may have about us. If you would like to hear more about our caring faith community, please take a New Parishioner form from the front of the Church (yellow forms at Sunnybank Church and green forms at Acacia Ridge Church), and place it on the collection plate. If you indicate that you would like a visit, someone from the Welcoming Committee will contact you.
Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, Sunnybank & Our Lady of Fatima Parish, Acacia Ridge
Acacia Ridge, Algester, Archerfield, Calamvale, Coopers Plains, Kuraby, Macgregor, Parkinson, Robertson, Runcorn, Stretton, Sunnybank, Sunnybank Hills
Our Lady of Lourdes Church, 121 Mains Road, Sunnybank Our Lady of Fatima Church, 350 Mortimer Road, Acacia Ridge
Please note that Reconciliation at Our Lady of Lourdes Church will
continue only while there are people waiting.
Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time: Year B
Introduction: Christ, our High Priest, has offered one single sacrifice for sins, and then taken his place for ever, at the right hand of God. It is our privilege to offer ourselves to the Father in union with his eternal offering.
First Reading: Daniel 12: 1-3 Faith in the resurrection begins to find expression in the context of persecutions and distress, as we read in the prophecy of Daniel.
Second Reading: Hebrews 10: 11- 14.8 By virtue of the one single offering he made of himself on the cross, Jesus has achieved the eternal perfection of all whom he is making holy.
Gospel: Mark 13: 24-32 The end of the world as it was before Jesus and the beginning of the new creation achieved by his dying and rising are always near at hand. We need the eyes of faith in order to be able to read the signs of the times.
FEAST OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
Saturday, 5 December 2015 at 10.00am
You are invited to the Feast of the Immaculate Conception of Our Lady on Sat 5 Dec 2015. Organised for the third year by the Marian Groups of OLOL and OLOF, the programme highlights are :
10.00am Multi-Cultural Rosary Bouquet in 5 different languages 10.30am Mass to be celebrated by Fr Dan 11.30am Christmas Carols by Brian Beiers and the Samoan Youth Choir 11.50am Procession with the Statue of Our Lady to Paloma Centre 12 noon Festive Lunch at Avocado Room, Paloma Please bring a plate to share. The on-going 9 Weeks Novena (3 Oct - 28 Nov) will lead to the Feast Day
Come and feel the Joy with Our Lady!
BESIDE RESTFUL WATERS
25 years of Prayer! Wednesday, 25th November 2015
7.00pm Praise and Worship 7.30pm Mass
Celebrant: Fr Jack Soulsby St Bernard’s, Klumpp Road, Upper Mt Gravatt
Brisbane All Welcome. Supper Provided
For information: Phone 0403 002 199
Volunteer Guides and Welcomers at St Stephens Cathedral
Do you enjoy meeting people? Do you love your Cathedral? Do you revel in good art and history? Do we have an opportunity for you!
Talk with us about becoming a volunteer welcomer and guide at the Cathedral of St. Stephen.
Volunteering is a sure-fire way to find friends that you didn’t even know you had.
An information session will be held on Thursday, 3rd December 2015. We will meet in the Francis Rush Centre at 10.00am. A comprehensive five day training program will begin on Thursday 4 February and continue each Thursday until completion on Thursday 3 March with a Graduation celebration on 10 March. The training days start at 9.30am and finish at 3.00pm.
Contact Carmel Devery at the Cathedral Office on 3324 3030 or email [email protected] by 1st December.
AUSLAN MASS FOR THE DEAF DORRINGTON PARISH
Mass for the Deaf. St Michael's Church, 250 Banks Street, Ashgrove, for the Central Deanery Pastoral Council, will host an Auslan-Supported Mass on Sunday 22 November at 8.30 am. A warm invitation is extended to all who would like to attend this Mass, with morning tea afterwards. Enquiries to [email protected].
“Responding to, and welcoming refugees in our Parish - Discussion”
WHEN: 10 for 10.30am Thursday 19 November (finish by 12.30pm)
WHERE: Community Centre at Jindalee Parish, Church of the Twelve Apostles and Office,
111 Yallambee Rd, Jindalee.
WHAT: Mr Cosentino will provide information on where the discussions are between the agencies equipped with commonwealth government funding to carry out settlement who are organising the resettlement and the church. Areas of discussion will include: what parishes can do? How can parishes be involved? What might a parish welcoming of refugees in our parish entail?
WHO: All Welcome
THE FRANCIS EFFECT 2 - COLLOQIUM
You are invited to be part of a dialogue on how to incorporate Pope Francis’ vision and challenge into our everyday life. This colloquium will assist participants to explore this vision, offering inspiration and practical ideas for caring for our Common Home – in our lives, at work and in our communities.
All registrations (Adults $195, Concession $95) will receive a copy of the newly released book “The Francis Effect II: Praised Be You – On Care for our Common Home” and enjoy Morning Tea and Lunch as part of the colloquium program.
The event is being held on Thursday December 3 at Mt Alvernia College at 82 Cremorne Rd, Kedron. Register to attend now at www.thefranciseffectII.com David McGovern, Director of Catholic Mission, can
answer more of your questions on (07) 3336 9265 or via
email: [email protected]
Your Prayers Are Asked For:
the recently deceased: Wes Little, Mary Nguyen, Jack O’Donnell, Frederick Martin, Claude Maurice, Stephen Boyle, Penton Spring, Joan Higgins, Ana Powell, Felma Mitra, Uldarico Razal, Rose Say.
those with anniversaries & others who have died: Maria Di Carlo, Eunice Andal & Family, Reynaldo Lapus, Lorenza Santiago, Filomeno Cruz, Fe Lopez Cruz, Tony Ram, Rose Ram, Mary Allport, Eva Birchley, , Figoli Family, Helen Jennings, Syd Jennings, Colleen Lapoat, Lopresti Family, Benito Palombo, Candida Pascua, Kevin Sinclair.
those who are unwell: Junel Noceda, Sonia Ambrosini, Armando Apostol, Reg Chapman, Helen Cho, Nelson Cruz, Hilary Dovaston, Frank Escalante, Gloria Formaf, Gary Huston, Jelena & Oliver, Fr Peter Kavumpuram, Martin Khor, Brian Mann, Elizabeth Malkovic, Maria Malkovic, Fred Martin, Andrew Nolasco, , Kaz Orwat, Marietta Purcell, Barbara Romanowski, Richard Romanowski, Zeny Salas, Tini Van Deurse.
the Continuing Sick: Pat Allport, Sonia Ambrosini, Beverley Armstrong, Don Ayres, Peggy Ayres, Terry Barrett, Elizabeth Boase, Vaughan Boucher, Maxine Brady, Jeremy Carroll, Marcela Castino, Hilary Collins, Dennis, Mary Dixon, Brian Elliott, Winifred Elliott, Flora Ellis, Malcolm Ellis, Chris Le Fevre, Jan Fooks, Gerry, Mary and George Goode, Betty Grace, Brian Hammerton, Norma Ives, Stephen Ives, Marianne Kellett, Baby Luka Kello, Blanche Kiel, Ah Chan Lee, Ronnie McGregor, Mika Matesa, Vlado Matesa, Dragica Matesic, Danica Maydanski, Bianca Miller, Catherine Miller, Trevor Muller, Jim Neehouse, Sulin Ngui, Alice O’Grady, Jenny Reed, Peter Ruhland, Robyn Scaysbrook, Noelene Schafer, Annaleese Stewart, Maria Surdo, Istvan Vadasi, Nicholas Valle, Rosemary Yow.
Strengthen the Household of Faith
Jesus asks us to demonstrate our love for Him through our generosity to others. In our everyday lives, he calls us to share our gifts. A gift in any amount given through your will, strengthens our household of faith.
For more information about how you can leave a legacy to Sunnybank or Acacia Ridge Parish, please call the Parish Office on 3345 3766.
9 Weeks Novena leading to the Feast of the
Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
3rd October to 28th November
We wish to invite all Parishioners to the 9 Week Novena Prayers, which will lead to the Feast Day celebrations of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary on Saturday, 5th December at Our Lady of Lourdes Church.
Contact Patrick or Celine for further details - 3273 4254
SINGLES & SOLOS CHRISTMAS LUNCH
This is a group where single and solo persons of middle-age meet every 1
st Sunday of the month.
Our Christmas Lunch this year will be held on Sunday 6
th December 2015 at the Runcorn Tavern, 124 Gowan
Road, Runcorn at 11.45am.
Contact Teresa on 3344 7844 by 29th October to book
ARIA ANGELS - Term 4 Brisbane South Deanery
Wednesdays - 18th & 25th November. Time: 9.00am for 9.30am start - 11.00am Place: Our Lady of Lourdes, Mains Road, Sunnybank Cost: $6.00 Contact: Anne Scott 0419 642 490
ST VINCENT DE PAUL CHRISTMAS HAMPERS
Sunnybank and Acacia Ridge will start collecting groceries for our Christmas Hampers from 14th/15th November. Donations may be left at the back of the Churches. Cut-off date will be 5th/6th December. Hams, cakes, puddings and custards are needed for every Hamper. Please watch “Use by Dates” on all items. Toys and chocolates are not being collected this year.
SUNNYBANK/ACACACIA RIDGE FRIENDSHIP GROUP COMMITTEE
WELCOMING COMMITTEE
Many thanks to members of the Welcoming Committee, as well as parishioners, who assisted with setting up / clean up around the grotto area as well as the contribution of hot and cold food and sweet treats for the brunch that was held after the Memorial Mass on Saturday, 7th November .
Also, we would like to acknowledge and thank those parishioners who have assisted the Welcoming Committee with serving at Cuppa Tea weekends, as well as other parish gatherings, during the past year. Your efforts have been greatly appreciated. Our Cuppa teas after our usual Masses 6.00pm Saturday, 6.30am, 8am, 9.15am and 10.30am will resume in February 2016.
PARISH STAFF & CONTACTS
Pastoral Associate Stella Noskoff rsj
Parish Office Staff Karrin Halliday Parish Manager
Michelle DeAmbrosis Secretary
Tam Nguyen (Accounts)
Caring Coordinator Bernadette Christian
Unite Youth/Young Adults Coordinators
Steven & Eloise Bird 0403 182 617
Centacare - Sunnybank Aged Care Community Program Manager
Jennifer Vanarey 3216 9554
Paloma Reception Centre 3345 6666
www.palomacentre.com.au
OLOL School, Sunnybank Principal - Mark Badke
3345 0700
OLOL OSHC Co-ordinator - Sarubh Malviya
3344 3064 [email protected]
OLOF School, Acacia Ridge Principal - Warren Fields
3275 1152
St Stephen’s School, Algester Principal - Phil Manitta
3711 4911
St Stephen's OSHC Co-ordinator - Victoria Hickling
3711 9291 [email protected]
St Thomas More College, Sunnybank Principal - Peter Elmore
3323 4600
Soubirous Place Coordinator -
Sr Bridgid Courtney RSM 3344 3481
Sunnybank Parish Groundsperson Natalie Langer
Housekeepers: Therese Prygiel Louise Weston
Latino American Chaplaincy
Fr Martin Ignacio Gutierriez (Chaplain)
0481 118 521 Marina Castellanos (Secretary)
0481 168 748
office@hispanoamericancommunity. com.au
Office: Tuesday & Wednesday 9.15am - 3.00pm 3277 6367
Roster for the Next Youth Ministered Mass Sunday the 22nd November
MUSICIANS: M. Kearney, E. Dulay, J. Correia
SINGERS: L. Dulay, K. Dulay, B. Chong
READERS: C. Son, G. King, A. Finucane
OFFERTORY: S. Randle, C. Tran
ALTAR SERVERS: S. Eastgate, S. Arachchige
SPECIAL MINISTERS: C. Burl, K. Lee, M. Henriquez, G. Naidoo, C. Ranatunga, K. Mann,
N. Frassetto
BBQ: D. Eastgate Piety Store: S. Powell
No BBQ this
weekend but we
will be back next
Sunday! All money raised goes
towards UNITE youth and
young adult ministry, we
really appreciate your
support!
The final Life Nite for 2015 will be NEXT
Sunday the 22nd of November
Get ready to be DANGEROUS!!
LifeNite is a youth group for those in grade 9-12. It is a place
where young people can come together create lifelong friendships, have fun and learn about how the faith can be
relevant in your life! It’s a place where the tough questions can be asked and real answers are given!
Youth and Young Adult
Ministry
Are you on the Youth Ministered Mass
Roster? Please let us know your availability for December-
February as we will need to do up the next roster soon.
If you are interested in helping at the Youth Ministered Christmas Eve Mass at 8pm on the 24/12/15
let us know =) THANK YOU!!
For all in year 6-8 10am-9:30pm Contact us for more info!
The Summit is a new
small group program
that will be starting
on Tuesday the 24th
of November at 4pm
at the Coffee Club at
Sunnybank Plaza.
All in grade 9-12 are
invited to join Fr Dom and
Eloise for this exciting new
group.
If you want to gain a deeper
understanding of the Bible
and the Mass then this is the
group for you!
Drinks are on us for the first
session!
Hope to see you there!!!