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Embracing the worshipping communities of
CHILDERS * BIGGENDEN * GIN GIN * MT.PERRY * WOODGATE
Fr. Sunny Mathew CMI - CHILDERS 4126 1256
PO Box 45, CHILDERS QLD 4660
FAX 41263716
Parish Office 4126 1256; Secretary Jenny Faulkner; For urgent matters contact Fr Sunny 0428 235 783
St Joseph’s Primary School: Principal Mr John Hinton – Ph 4126 1866
St Vincent de Paul – Ph 4126 1822
PARISH WEBSITE: www.childerscatholic.com Email: [email protected]
1st February 2015
SACRED HEART CHILDERS
WEEKDAY MASS – MON, WED, FRI 9am
ADORATION & ROSARY WED 8-9am
SATURDAY VIGIL 6.00 pm
SUNDAY
6.30 am
Reconciliation: Sat. 5.00 pm
ST PATRICK’S MT. PERRY
1st SUNDAY OF MONTH 10.30 am
4th Sunday in ordinary time
ST MICHAEL’S GIN GIN
SUNDAY 8.30am
TUESDAY 5pm
Rosary 9am Fridays
YEAR B
ST PETER’S BIGGENDEN
SUNDAY 10.30 am
st
(1 Sunday Liturgy of the Word
and Communion)
Rosary before Mass 10.05am
Feast Days this week:
Mon. 2nd Feb, 2015. The Presentation of
The Lord. Thurs. 5th Feb. 2015 St. Agatha
5th February
2015
St. Agatha
Please pray for those who are ill in our families and communities especiallyTHURS.
Martyn Jones,
Elizabeth
Rayner,
Ray D’Cruz, Please contact the Office and let them know if someone is well again and their name can be taken off the list.
SAT 31 Jan. 2015 - St John Bosco
Anniversaries – John Peter Byrne, Brian Rudolph, Pat Fuz
MESSAGE FOR THE WEEK:
WOODGATE BEACH
SUNDAY 6.15pm
He Needs Army
In the ancient world and in Jesus time if a person had a message from God to give, the natural place to which he would turn
would be the place where God’s people met together. That’s why in today’s gospel we see that Jesus began his teaching
and campaign in the synagogue where the people come together to listen to the Holy Scripture. There are some basic
differences between the synagogue of olden days and the church today. The synagogue was mainly a teaching place. The
service consisted of three things; such as prayer, the reading of the Scriptures, and the interpretation and exposition of it. In
Jesus’ time the Temple meant the Jerusalem temple, and that was the only place of worship and sacrifices.
The synagogue was the place of teaching and giving the instructions of daily life based on the Mosaic Law. One of the laws
laid down was, that wherever there were ten Jewish families there must be a synagogue, and if a man had a new message
to preach the synagogue was the place in which to preach it; because, a synagogue only had officials as rulers for
administration, but never had a permanent preacher or a teacher. When the community met at the synagogue service it was
open to the official of the synagogue to call on any competent person to read and give the explanations of the Holy Scripture,
as no music, singing, sacrifice or professional ministry were held there.
Jesus was invited by the synagogue official to open his campaign and ministry in the synagogue. Jesus was known as the
man with a new message; so every synagogue community provided him with the pulpit as they were there eager to listen to
him. When Jesus was in the pulpit teaching and preaching, he explained the Scripture in a way that was like a new
revelation, and his words and action amazed the people in the synagogue. In today’s gospel, a man in the synagogue was
possessed by an unclean spirit, and it created many disturbances. Jesus healed him, to show him that he had the power and
authority over evil spirits.
The evil spirit; sometimes called the angel of death, is around the world so pervasively now, that we can almost hear the
beating of its wings anywhere. The evil spirit can enter into individuals as he did into the man of today’s gospel, or in nations
sowing the seeds of division and feeding on blood of the innocent victims as he now does around the world. The evil one can
enter even some of the most modern discoveries such as the television, mobile phone and internet; so much so, that St John
Paul II once said to his audience” simply shut off television and internet, if it glorifies sex and violence and threatens family
life”.
Jesus filled with the power the Holy Spirit and the authority of God, rebuked and cast out the evil spirit from that man and will
continue to fight against the power of evil till it is finally wiped out. He needs an army to fight, and as followers of Jesus we
are his army. He wants to use our tongues, our hands and feet as his own to overthrow the evil spirit and establish the
kingdom of God; a kingdom of peace and healing. May God bless us all. Father Sunny
THANK YOU MAUREEN
Maureen McCarthy is retiring from her role as Parish
Secretary, a role she held for several years. We thank
Maureen for her commitment and dedication to all that she
undertook in her many roles not only as Parish Secretary
but also for her valuable assistance to the other
Committees she served on.
We pray that Maureen will have good health and
happiness in all her future endeavours. Maureen we will
miss you as Secretary, but we hope to see you around.
CHILDRENS LITURGY & BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARIES
Saturday – 7th February 2015
The first Childers Liturgy for the 2015 year will be held
next Saturday 7th February at the 6pm Mass. Other
commemorative celebrations to be included during this
Mass will include; Birthdays and Wedding Anniversaries,
of Parish Parishioners Following the conclusion of Mass,
you are invited to come together as families and friends of
the Parish, and join in the fun of celebrating these special
occasions, by partaking in refreshments provided
FOREST VIEW MASS – MON. 9th February 2015
Mass will be celebrated at Forest View 9.30am Monday.
All are welcome. There is no 9.00am Mass in the Church.
CHILDERS LITURGY MEETING – This Monday 5.OOpm
All Liturgy Committee Members are reminded to attend the
Liturgy Meeting being held this Monday, 2nd February
5.00pm at the Presbytery
LENTEN PROGRAM
Lent starts with Ash Wednesday on 18th February. We are
offering the Lenten Program, Please put your name on the
clipboard or contact the parish office, as we will need to
order resources this week.
PARISH FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING – 12th Feb.
Combined Finance Committee Meeting will be held at The
Presbytery, 12noon on 11th February.
ST JOSEPH’S SCHOOL NEWS
We hope that all our School Students, Teachers and Staff
enjoyed their holidays and festive celebrations.
Thank you to those people who have again offered to be a
part of the ‘Reading to Joey’s’ Kids’ program. A reminder
that if you are interested in being a part of the ‘Reading to
Joey’s Kids’ program, please contact the School Office.
Opening Mass – Friday 13th Feb. 9.00am.All welcome.
SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN TRAINING HERVEY BAY
The archdiocese is asking that all those who work
with, or visit, children and ‘vulnerable’ adults, to
attend training. If you missed this Session last
year, this is your chance to find out about the Policy.
Michele Vuleta (Policy Officer) from The
Archdiocese will be presenting the Workshop.
So please come along to the Hervey Bay Partish (the
Sr Scholly Room), Saturday 21st February, 9 am to
12.30pm (LUNCH will then be provided if you wish
to stay). RSVP’s by Friday 13th Feb. please
COPYRIGHT WORKSHOP – Saturday 14th February
The Australian Pastoral Ministers Network has put
together a session on copyright which local network
member and well-known musician and composer Michael
Mangan has offered to present on Saturday 14 February
10am – 12noon: Stella Maris Parish, 37 Baden Powell
St, Maroochydore. Please contact The Parish Office if
you are interested in attending It would be great if
Musicians, Liturgy Committee Members, or any other
interested people from all our Centres could attend this
very important workshop.
CATHOLICS RETURNING HOME FOR EASTER
Are you interested in renewing your
Catholic faith?
Would you like to know more about the
Catholic Church as it is today?
We invite you to renew your relationship with the Catholic
Church.
Information evening 17th February 2015, 7pm
St Joseph’s School Meeting Room
Contact Denise 0409721865 or
Trish 41262006
Sacred Heart Catholic Parish, Childers
If you know someone who may be interested in this
program, please pass this message on to them and
encourage them to come along.
PRIVACY ACT – PROTECTING YOUR PRIVACY
Thank you to all who have returned the new Privacy
Forms for the Parish records. Please continue to fill out a
form and return it to the pink box at the back of the Church
or to Fr Sunny, as the Parish requires written permission
to print names for the sick, recently deceased,
anniversaries and rosters.
NEW ROSTER CHILDERS - March 2015
We invite our Parishioners from Childers to consider
putting their names on the new Church roster which
commences 7th March.
ROSTERS FOR NEXT WEEK 7th /8th Feb 2015
CHILDERS: Offertory/Greeters: I. Reilly, T Mammino
Readers: D Rapkins, N Fresta, M Davis
Ministers of Communion: P Russo, ?
Monitor: T Clutterbuck
Sunday: Greeters/Offertory: S & D Jones
Readers: N Kingston, G Peters, D French
Ministers of Communion: A Bonanno, B McKenzie
Monitor: H Bonanno Linen: FEB. Small & Large: Sonia
GIN GIN: Greeters: Schulke Family Min of Comm: Jim & Tegan
Flowers: Petra Readers: Toni & Robyn & Sony Music –
Margaret