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"Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation."
(Mark 16:15)
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THE PASTOR'S POST: Final Orders
When my mother issued her instructions for her funeral service, about a year before the actual day of farewell, she was very specific.
No picture show - "I don't want people to think I spent my whole life at parties"
Hymns not songs – "I certainly don't want a recording of Vera Lynn singing "We'll Meet Again"
No expensive coffin – "I didn't spend my life saving money to have it spent on an expensive box that is only good for a day"
Flowers – "get something from someone's garden that you can find on the day, not yellow roses"
No life-symbols on the coffin – "certainly no cake tins, knitting needles or crosswords puzzles. I'd like to think my life was more interesting than that".
Don't go over the top with the wake – "I don't want people celebrating too much that I've gone".
Surprisingly the instructions were not part of an uncomfortable conversation. She was practical and realistic. She saw the sense of it. Not afraid to see God face to face. In fact, I think she was rather looking forward to it.
She was not specific about the where, when and how of the funeral, letting us know that she intended being elsewhere on the day. She didn't consider for a moment that she would end up anywhere else but heaven. A confident and practical woman. I remember asking her if she wished for a Requiem Mass, which brought the predictable reply of, "I'd rather my children went to Mass while I am alive, rather than making a big show of things after I've gone."
Naturally, having a son in the 'business' meant that she got what she would have secretly wanted, but her comments come home to me often, when people planning a funeral service insist on having a Funeral Mass, because the deceased always went to Mass. A noble intention, but this can prove a little uncomfortable on the day when the attendees are struggling to remember the mass responses etc. It's worth remembering that any funeral day is not only a display of love and respect for the one who has died, but a day when we are honest and accepting of our own faith participation. What is the most genuine way for us to deal with our sadness, while showing appropriate respect for the one we love who has died?
Of course it is a great hope that our faith will bring us comfort when we celebrate the life of a family member or friend, and it may just be the catalyst for those attending to appreciate that keeping close to God in everyday life, might provide a safe harbour for those necessary losses that are inevitable. I'd like to think that having to confront our own mortality, could be a reminder to reinvigorate our baptismal commitment.
There were probably more directions than these from our Mum. She was always clear about what she wanted from us and from life. Her children all thought she should have been an air traffic controller, given the way she so effortlessly seem to manage five kids, a house with many visitors and her hobbies or cooking, knitting and crosswords (see above), all of whom seemed to be landing and taking off at all times of the day.
I'd like to think we respected her wishes when the day finally arrived, and while I was pleased we were able to keep to the funeral script, I wished I'd reminded her of her other belief, that funerals were for the living, not the dead. By that, I understood that the ritual of finalising and farewelling the earthly presence of a person, should bring comfort to those gathered on the day, rather than those who have "shuffled off their mortal coil" as Shakespeare put it.
Funerals are not a time for guilt and recriminations about what we wished we had done more of with the deceased while they lived. Making an excessive display at the service, might be seen as too little too late, unless we feel assured that we gave our best while they were still with us. Naturally we all know we want to spend more time and conversation with our loved ones, but most people know when they have done what is reasonable and have found appropriate ways of showing deep concern and affection when it was needed most.
N.B. No yellow roses were seen in the Church that day.
Fr Peter Dillon PP.
OUR LADY'S FEAST- MARIAN VALLEY
Please come and join us at the Marian Valley for the Feast of Our Lady Help of Christians on Saturday 22nd May. The bus will be picking up at 8.15am at the Sacred Heart Church, Clear Island Waters. The cost for the bus is $22 return for each Feast day, and you will need to BYO lunch. When booking your seat, please verify your point of pickup. You can secure your seat with Paula on 0402 930918 or 5582 7950 or Madeline on 0405 252 367 or 5529 1573. All are welcome!
STEWARDSHIP REFLECTION - Ascension of Our Lord
"Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in them, and they in God." – 1 John 4:15
How strong is your faith? When you have an opportunity to either defend or clarify a question about our Catholic faith, do you do it? Or, do you remain silent so that others don't think you are weird? Pray for the courage to be strong in all circumstances and to joyfully share your witness with others.
The vision of Stewardship speaks in every aspect of life, inviting everyone to be thankful, generous and accountable for what each has been given.
St Paul 's Missionary Journey through His Letters
Fortnightly on a Tuesday
ALL WELCOME.
Our next session will be on Tuesday 25th May at 6pm
in the Parish Hospitality Room.
If you would like to participate in this please ring 0409 486 326. This is a great opportunity for us to reflect, discuss, share and enrich our faith and relationship with Christ.
LATIN AMERICAN CATHOLIC YOUTH GROUP
Time 7-9 pm, Every Wednesday at Surfers Paradise Catholic Parish, Parish Hospitality Centre 50 Fairway Drive, Clear Island Waters -
Also:
(This Retreat will be given in the Spanish Language)
CATHERINE OF SIENA, VIRGIN, DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH
Not how long a life is, but how good
Saint Catherine of Siena led a remarkable life for a person of any era but particularly for a woman of the 14th century who only lived 33 years. Mystic, nurse, Dominican, counselor, arbitrator, writer, ambassador—she was all these things. Ordinary people came to her for spiritual counsel and advice in conflicts, leading her to eventually settle fierce church disputes, becoming a confidante of popes.
Central to her strength was her union with Christ, which she wrote about in the classic, The Dialogue. Find a quiet moment today to—like Catherine—commune with Jesus, who offers wisdom and strength to all.
(John 13:16-20. "Whoever receives the one I send receives me, and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me.")
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SURFERS PARADISE PARISH SACRAMENTAL PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN
BAPTISM
If you are seeking Baptism for your child or infant, please go to the parish website www.surfersparadiseparish.com.au and click on the website heading Baptism (under Sacraments). Read the explanation of the sacrament and then scroll down to and click on BAPTISM ENROLMENT FORM (in the blue box). Complete the form and click on submit. Baptism requests will be responded to fairly quickly as baptisms occur weekly and bookings are quite heavy and consistent throughout the year.
FIRST HOLY COMMUNION
The First Communion Program began in April. 103 children are currently preparing to celebrate this sacrament which is the source and summit of our Catholic faith. Their parents have attended an introductory meeting and are now sharing time with their children working through our parish program. The program involves learning through video instruction; sharing of faith stories; discussion with parents and family members as well as, prayer and reflection. The children will celebrate this final Sacrament of Initiation at Sacred Heart Church either on Sunday, May 30 at 11:00am mass or on Sunday, June 6 at 11:00am. Please keep these children and their families in your prayers at this special time in their lives.
CONFIRMATION
Confirmation will be celebrated on the evening of October 15. Please go to the parish website www.surfersparadiseparish.com.au and complete an online enrolment application to ensure that your child is included in the October group.
Use the drop down menu under Sacraments. If your child has been baptised and you wish them to continue their journey of initiation by the celebration and receiving of further sacraments, click on Confirmation (under Sacraments), read the explanation of the sacrament and then scroll down to and click on CHILDREN'S SACRAMENTAL PROGRAM APPLICATION FORM (in the blue box). Complete the form and click on submit.
Once you have submitted the form, you should receive an automated response to indicate that your application has been received by the parish team. In early August, you will receive another email explaining further dates and requirements relating to this Confirmation Group.
Important dates for Confirmation Group (all venues are Sacred Heart Church):
Parent Information Meeting either Monday, August 30 at 5:30pm or Tuesday, August 31 at 7:00pm
Confirmation Practice either Monday, October 11 at 5:30pm or Tuesday, October 12 at 5:30pm
Confirmation Celebration on the evening of Friday, October 15
If you feel that you enrolled some time ago and you have not received sufficient information through our parish or school newsletters, please email Cathy Anderson andersoncm@bne.catholic.net.au
Your support is needed to help our Parish to continue valuable pastoral activities and to provide ongoing sustainability. To assist you to support the Parish, you can give via http://parishgiving.brisbanecatholic.org.au
If you are able to continue to support us, we would be most grateful. For all those who have been making payments via credit card and those who have donated directly into the parish account, we thank you. The spirit of generosity is alive in our Parish. If you would like confirmation of your donation or a receipt emailed to you please contact me at man.surfers@bne.catholic.net.au.
Our beautiful timber stands in the church are "pay-waves."("tap-and-go" machines). A handy new way of donating to the parish - just tap a credit card or bank card on the sensor and it takes $5. And once it has processed this first tap, (which may take 30 seconds), you can tap it again, to give another $5, and so on. A safe and handy way to give money. God bless you for your support. To join planned giving, please contact the Parish Office: (07) 5572 5433 (9am–12pm Mon-Fri)
POPE FRANCIS: "To pray well we must pray as we are."
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
In our continuing catechesis on prayer, we now turn to the Book of Psalms, which can be considered a great treasury of prayers.
The Psalms teach us to pray to God in words that he himself has given us. In them, we encounter the entire gamut of human emotions, from praise, petition and joyful thanksgiving to anguished supplication for deliverance from life's bitter disappointments and sorrows.
The Psalms teach us that God is not deaf to our prayers, especially those that arise from a broken heart and a troubled spirit. The Psalmist's repeated cry, "How long, Lord?", is itself an acknowledgment that, amid our every trial and tribulation, God hears our voice and never abandons us. As a loving Father, he weeps for our sufferings in this world, yet in his wisdom he has a saving plan for each of us.
The Psalms are thus a guide to growth in the practice of prayer. They open our hearts to ever deeper hope in God's providential care; they confirm our trust in his promises, and they inspire us to persevere on our life-long journey of faith in his word.
As we read the Bible, we continually come across prayers of various types. But we also find a book made up solely of prayers, a book that has become the native land, gymnasium and home of countless men and women of prayer. It is the Book of Psalms. There are 150 Psalms to pray.
The Catechism affirms that every Psalm "possesses such direct simplicity that it can be prayed in truth by men of all times and conditions" (ccc, 2588). As we read and reread the Psalms, we learn the language of prayer. God the Father, indeed, with his Spirit, inspired them in the heart of King David and others who prayed, in order to teach every man and woman how to praise him, how to thank him and supplicate him; how to invoke him in joy and in suffering, and how to recount the wonders of his works and of his Law. In short, the Psalms are the Word of God that we human beings use to speak with him.
In this book we do not encounter ethereal people, abstract people, those who confuse prayer with an aesthetic or alienating experience. The Psalms are not texts created on paper; they are invocations, often dramatic, that spring from lived existence. To pray them is enough for us to be what we are. We must not forget that to pray well we must pray as we are, without embellishment. One must not embellish the soul to pray. "Lord, I am like this", and go in front of the Lord as we are, with the good things and also with the bad things that no one knows about, but that we inwardly know. In the Psalms we hear the voices of men and women of prayer in flesh and blood, whose life, like that of us all, is fraught with problems, hardships and uncertainties. The Psalmist does not radically contest this suffering: he knows that it is part of living. In the Psalms, however, suffering is transformed into a question. From suffering to questioning.
And among the many questions, there is one that remains suspended, like an incessant cry that runs throughout the entire book from beginning to end. A question that we repeat many times: "Until when, Lord? Until when?" Every suffering calls for liberation, every tear calls for consolation, every wound awaits healing, every slander a sentence of absolution. "Until when, Lord, will I have to suffer this? Listen to me, Lord!" How many times we have prayed like this, with "Until when?", enough now, Lord!
By constantly asking such questions, the Psalms teach us not to get used to pain, and remind us that life is not saved unless it is healed. The existence of each human being is but a breath, his or her story is fleeting, but the prayerful know that they are precious in the eyes of God, and so it makes sense to cry out. And this is important. When we pray, we do so because we know we are precious in God's eyes. It is the grace of the Holy Spirit that, from within, inspires in us this awareness: of being precious in the eyes of God. And this is why we are moved to pray.
The prayer of the Psalms is the testimony of this cry: a multiple cry, because in life suffering takes a thousand forms, and takes the name of sickness, hatred, war, persecution, distrust... Until the supreme "scandal", that of death. Death appears in the Psalter as man's most unreasonable enemy: what crime deserves such cruel punishment, which involves annihilation and the end? The prayer of the Psalms asks God to intervene where all human efforts are in vain. That is why prayer, in and of itself, is the way of salvation and the beginning of salvation.
Everyone suffers in this world: whether they believe in God or reject Him. But in the Psalter, pain becomes a relationship, rapport: a cry for help waiting to intercept a listening ear. It cannot remain meaningless, without purpose. Even the pains we suffer cannot be merely specific cases of a universal law: they are always "my" tears,. Think about this: tears are not universal, they are "my" tears. Everyone has their own. "My" tears and "my" pain drive me to go ahead in prayer. They are "my" tears, that no one has ever shed before me. Yes, many have wept, many. But "my" tears are mine, "My" pain is my own, "my" suffering is my own.
Before entering the Hall, I met the parents of that priest of the diocese of Como who was killed: he was killed precisely in his service of helping. The tears of those parents are "their" own tears, and each of them knows how much he or she has suffered in seeing this son who gave his life in service to the poor. When we want to console somebody, we cannot find the words. Why? Because we cannot arrive at his or her pain, because "their" suffering is "their" own, his tears are his own. The same is true of us: the tears, "my" suffering is mine, the tears are "mine" , the tears are mine, and with these tears, with this suffering I turn to the Lord.
All human suffering is sacred to God. So prays the prayer of Psalm 56: "Thou hast kept count of my tossings; put thou my tears in thy bottle! Are they not in thy book?" (v. 8). Before God we are not strangers, or numbers. We are faces and hearts, known one by one, by name.
In the Psalms, the believer finds an answer. He knows that even if all human doors were barred, God's door is open. Even if the whole world had issued a verdict of condemnation, there is salvation in God.
"The Lord listens": sometimes in prayer it is enough to know this. Problems are not always solved. Those who pray are not deluded: they know that many questions of life down here remain unresolved, with no way out; suffering will accompany us and, after one battle, others will await us. But if we are listened to, everything becomes more bearable.
I will tell you something: it is good for me, in difficult moments, to think of Jesus weeping; when He wept looking at Jerusalem, when He wept before Lazarus' tomb. God has wept for me, God weeps, He weeps over our suffering. Because God wanted to make Himself man - a spiritual writer used to say - in order to be able to weep. To think that Jesus weeps with me in suffering is a consolation: it helps us to keep going. If we maintain our relationship with Him, life does not spare us suffering, but it open up to a great horizon of goodness and set out towards its fulfillment. Take courage, persevere in prayer. Jesus is always by our side.
(source: Catechesis: 10. The prayer of the Psalms. 1. POPE FRANCIS. GENERAL AUDIENCE. Paul VI Audience Hall. Wednesday, 14 October 2020. From http://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/audiences/2020/documents/papa-francesco_20201014_udienza-generale.html)
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Pentecost Retreat
To prepare well for Pentecost - Come and join Us
for a 3-Day Prayerful Retreat
on three consecutive Evenings
at St Brigid's Catholic Church, 39-49 McLaren Road, Nerang
Host Minister: Rev. Fr Isidore Enyinnaya
Thursday 20 May 6.00pm – 9.00pm (beginning with Mass)
Friday 21 May 6.00pm – 9.00pm (beginning with Mass)
Saturday 22 May 9.00am – 12.00pm (beginning with Mass)
Please email the Parish office: nerang@bne.catholic.net.au or call 07 5596 2632 if you have any enquiries.
The Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My Name, He will teach you everything and remind you of all that I told you. John 14:26
THE GOSPEL THIS WEEKEND
The Ascension marks the completion of Jesus' earthly and bodily presence on earth. Jesus had to return to the Heavenly Father, because his rightful place was with the Father in Heaven, ruling heaven and earth from his place in Heaven. He needed to return to his Father so that he could send the Holy Spirit to make his work continue in and through his disciples.
Our Catholic faith is strong on the concept of seeing beyond appearances. We are always encouraged to see deeper into things than just the surface. It is a recurring theme throughout our faith and worship.
Jesus tells us that God judges not by appearances but sees straight into the heart, into the inner dispositions and attitudes of the human person, and knows the truth of each one of us. Jesus also encouraged us to ensure that our lives, our attitudes, our values and our actions flowed from a deep inner life connected with God and built upon love.
Mere outward appearances don't mean a lot in the gospel's scheme of things. This is a valuable lesson for us, and for the world, especially in a time and culture where appearances seem to have taken on more importance than they should; and too often at the cost of inner value.
Jesus returned to the Father, and disappeared from our sight, so that we would look for and find the continuing real presence of Jesus, in different forms, many of which are not so obvious.
If Jesus still walked the earth the same way he did while he was with his disciples, there would be no need for us to look for him elsewhere. We could point to him physically present in one place and in one form and leave it at that! But Jesus' mission is to be "ALL IN ALL"…. to draw all things to himself and to bring to life God's Kingdom in and through all of creation. This goal requires Christ to transform and fill up all people and all the world, with his presence. He achieves this with the Holy Spirit, and with the cooperation of his followers who continue his life-giving mission.
Jesus Christ is not visible in the same way as he was when he walked the earth with his disciples. However, we firmly believe that Jesus is still present and active amongst us in new and amazing ways, through the power of the Holy Spirit, (which reminds us of all Jesus did and said and also makes effective all that we do in Jesus' name). So, we all become the hands and feet and heart of Jesus in our daily lives……
St. Teresa of Avila composed a prayer poem and it is a fitting for today….
As St Teresa writes….
"Christ has no body but yours,
No hands, no feet on earth but yours,
Yours are the eyes with which he looks
Compassion on this world,
Yours are the feet with which he walks to do good,
Yours are the hands, with which he blesses all the world.
Yours are the hands, yours are the feet,
Yours are the eyes, you are his body.
Christ has no body now on earth but yours."
We become the body of Christ, by taking in the body of Jesus in Holy Communion. We receive Our Lord as food and drink, and take into ourselves his presence, his grace and his values. We become, (with God's grace), more and more like Jesus every day.
The outward appearance of the bread and wine at Mass does not change. But its inner reality does indeed really change into Christ's presence. So too, we His Spirit-filled Disciples, still look and seem the same as we always did, but inside, we believe Jesus has made a home in our hearts and abides deeply in our actions and attitudes as we show that living presence within us.
To listen to the whole Sunday Mass each week (including homily) from Surfers Paradise Catholic Parish, please visit this link: Liturgy for you at Home (by SPCP) - https://soundcloud.com/user-633212303/tracks
Fr. Paul Kelly.
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We recently had a great question about the origin and the meaning of the different colours we use in the church seasons, including the colour changes of vestments during the church year.
Initially in the very early years of the formation of Our Lord's church, there was no consistent or systematic colour sequence except bright and beautiful gold vestments which were considered fitting to praise God. Through the early history of the church, and in different areas of the Christian world, there were initially no consistent colour patterns, except that black or darker colours often followed a psychological sense of subdued colours representing mourning, penitence or sadness. Brighter colours often represented celebration and joy.
It was not until the eleven hundreds when a more systematic concept developed for the roman church where white represents resurrection, red represents the Holy Spirit and the suffering and shedding of blood of Christ and of the martyrs. Black or purple represents mourning and penitence. Black has fallen out of use in most parts of the catholic church, and purple now covers these areas. The choice of green was initially an arbitrary choice of colour that needed to contrast or compliment the other strong seasons within the year. Eventually green became the colour for "ordinary time," which is the biggest percentage of the church year, as it is the ordinary times when there are no feast days or special seasons.
In the last five hundred years and certainly in the last few hundred, the colour scheme has been fairly definitely set and different colours are fairly certain. White or gold for Easter, Christmas and major feasts of the Lord or of Saints and Virgins, Red for Pentecost and Good Friday and feasts of martyrs, Purple or violet for Advent and Lent and other penitential events, and Green for ordinary time. Often it is helpful over time to explain the choice of colours with particular reasons, but actually some were initially arbitrary such as green or purple. But now it helps for the explanation that green turns out to be very suitable for ordinary time as it can be taken to mean the quiet but ongoing, everyday growth of the kingdom within us and in the world, like the green of the garden.
Here is a more in depth -article below:
https://www.britannica.com/topic/church-year/Liturgical-colours
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MASS TIMES (PRE-BOOKING ESSENTIAL): SURFERS PARADISE MASS TIMES
Additional to the above times, we will continue to celebrate weekday Mass at Sacred Heart at 9am.
The 9am Saturday Mass will be on the First Saturday of the month (5th June) at Sacred Heart.
Please remember that as per restrictions we are still expected to book and check in for mass, maintain a social-distance of 1.5m, receive Holy Communion in the hand only, refrain from physical contact when offering the Sign of Peace, and to sanitise when entering and exiting the premises. We ask that people consult the parish website www.surfers paradise parish.com.au, to keep up to date with any changes relating to masses.
Mass Booking: bookeo.com/catholicmassgoldcoast Thank you for your cooperation at this time.
SHALOM WORLD TV : AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCE
Please visit and see the treasury of shows and articles at https://www.shalomworld.org/
Fr Paul is featured on one of the latest episodes of Vocare (on Shalom World TV) - Here is the direct link to the Shalom Media feature on Vocare.
Click here for Fr Paul's feature and click here for Fr Warren's.
PARISH ART AND CRAFT GROUP
Our Art and Craft Group is up and running, and is alive and well! We meet in the Parish Hospitality Centre, next to Sacred Heart Church in Fairway Drive, Clear Island Waters, each Wednesday from 9am to 12noon. Our activities include Art (water-colour, oils, acrylics, pen and ink drawings etc), as well as various kinds of Craft work (knitting, embroidery, crocheting, card making, sewing) and making of Rosary Beads that are later sent on to the Missions. We are open to all other activities that individuals have an interest in. We come together to enjoy each other's company in a relaxed environment. New members, both men and women, are most welcome to join. For further information please contact John on 0412 759 205 or the Parish Office on 5572 5433 Monday to Friday 9am to 12noon.
SACRED HEART AND ST VINCENT'S RELIGIOUS GOODS SHOPS
We have just received a delivery of glass holy water bottles with metal motif - St Anthony or Our Lady of Lourdes. They have been prefilled with holy water and are available @ a reduced price $3.00
Assorted wrist bracelets now in stock @ $3.00
May edition of the Catholic Leader is still available @ $4.00.
THE SACRED HEART BRIDGE CLUB
Meets at the Sacred Heart - Parish Hospitality Centre, Fairway Drive, Clear Island Waters.
Playing Bridge keeps your brain active and increases your social network! So why not give us a try?
Learn to play Bridge at "Our Friendly Club" - Free Lesson. "Introduction to Bridge"
Easy to learn format, no previous card playing experience necessary. All are welcome.
For more information and to enrol, Please phone: Cheryl 5538 8821 or Mob 0417 772 701
YOGA AT THE PARISH HOSPITALITY CENTRE
Come join us for our friendly class in the Parish Hospitality Centre next to the Parish Office. Classes run every Tuesday at 10:45am. Learn to relax, yet gain greater flexibility, inner strength, body awareness and concentration, all while increasing your breath support and general wellbeing. Ruth is an IYTA accredited instructor with wide experience and runs a caring, carefully monitored one hour session costing $10 (new attendees need to arrive by 10.30am to prepare adequately for class). For more information call Ruth on 0421338110.
Home Care Workers Needed - Spread the Word!
We're looking for compassionate and qualified Home Care Workers to join our team in: Sunshine Coast, Moreton Region, Gold Coast, Tweed Region. Help care for seniors in your community and build a meaningful career in a growing industry. If this is you or you know of anyone who would fit this role apply here: https://www.mccgc.com.au/careers-with-cura/cura-cares-for-your-career/
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NEW SCHOOL WITHIN OUR PARISH -
Starts 2022
Initially Prep to Year 3, and then extending
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You can visit the Stay Connected page on our website to find an extensive list of information and resources.
Liturgy for you at Home (produced by SPP): https://soundcloud.com/user-633212303/tracks
Weekly Homily (produced by SPP): https://homilycatholic.blogspot.com
Surfers Paradise Parish Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/surferscatholic/
Breaking Parish News (SPP Blog): https://news-parish.blogspot.com/
FOR THOSE WHO ARE SICK: Roy Ferraro, David Spackman, Maryann Cassar, Margaret Haerse, Rosalind Lee, Milka Barac, Mary Ashton, Kurt Hillesheim, Neil Rogers, Jacqueline Costigan (Bethania), Bill Goodrem, Rodney and Norma McLennan, Lois and Doug Wood, Sam Maxwell, William Franklin, Gerry Stoffels (Capetown, SA), Maria Mihalic, Margaret Dawes, Bill Gilmore, Annie Scicluna, Anne Logan, Dymphna Hogg, Elaine Cotter, Margaret Thompson, Patricia Moor, Helen Bohringer, Peter O'Brien, Angela Duvnjak, Rachel Raines, Savannah Ayoub, Gus Reeves, Baby Maeve Lombard, Kathy Kiely, Ron Perry, Rosslyn Wallis, Arthur Haddad, Jean Di Benedetto, Michael Tracey, Joanne Mooney, Joanne Parkes, Michelle MacDonald, John & Molly Robinson, Mary Kerr. And all suffering from Covid-19.
RECENTLY DECEASED: June Hunter, Kevin Duncan, Rita Press, Julian Baldsing, Arthur (Atty) Drieberg, Phyllis Drieberg, Ralph Harris, Paul John Brennan, Gloria Verena McMaster, Agueda Alejandrino, Clarice Edith East, Salma El Jouni, Michael Foy, Brendan Howes, Dorelle Elizabeth Muller, Jim Truscott, Annette Burley, Terry McManus, David Freiberg.
DECEASED: Eileen McCarthy
ANNIVERSARY OF DEATH: Deris Howell, Robert Brian Butler, John Joseph Chappell, John McGrath, Anna Tran, Nancy Denaro, Ross Patrick Hickey, Benjamin Gary Bayes, Cornelio & Teodorico Latosa, Thomas Hirst, Angel Dee Nipperess, Jean Georges Rabbath, Maria Lucia Zervos, Irmgard Graz, Judith Anne O'Connor, Mansour Soueidan, Maria Zervos, John Zervos, Donald Hope Atkinson, Andreas Gandjar Lunandi, Helen Dunn.
"The Archdiocese of Brisbane holds that children and vulnerable adults are a gift from God with an intrinsic right to dignity of life, respect and security from physical and emotional harm. They are to be treasured, nurtured and protected from any harm." As a Parish Community, we pray for a change of heart, that we respond to our grief by reaching out to one another in truth and love.
Archbishop Mark has a message for you
I've just finished a five-day online meeting of the bishops of Australia. Six hours a day on Zoom is hard work at any time, but it's especially hard work when you're the chair as I was. I'm the President of the Bishops Conference which means I have to make sure things run smoothly and we get the business done. And there was plenty of business to be done, with the Church around Australia facing big challenges as we look to the future. We finalised plans for the first Assembly of the Plenary Council in early October where we have to tackle some big questions about where we're going and how we get there. Meetings like these can seem like business meetings but, deeper down, they are spiritual gatherings. They're not just about management but about opening to the Holy Spirit who knows where we're going even if we don't.
Brisbane's Vietnamese Catholic Community is building a new church and community centre for its growing youth intake, which sees more than 400 young people at Sunday School each week. Read more: https://brisbanecatholic.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5753cccfee99af296cdbe1952&id=94a3e688a5&e=bcdbace693
Judy reflects on the transformative experience that we can encounter when we intentionally serve others. Read here. https://brisbanecatholic.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5753cccfee99af296cdbe1952&id=0b2408def0&e=bcdbace693
Hear how educators at Catholic Early EdCare are helping the next generation to grow and develop spiritually. Read here. https://brisbanecatholic.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5753cccfee99af296cdbe1952&id=6700d06783&e=bcdbace693
Hope is the base note rumbling at the depth of our heart amidst the treble that seem to overwhelm us in the face of hopelessness. Watch Fr Dominic's homily.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48by-xagomc
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