28th January 2018
Parish Directory St Canice Parish 28 Roslyn Street, Elizabeth Bay NSW 2011 www.stcanice.org.au Tel: 9358 5229 Fax: 9358 3170 [email protected] Parish Priest Chris Jenkins, SJ [email protected] Parish Manager: Lynelle Lembryk [email protected] 9358 5229 Parish Secretary Elizabeth Strutt [email protected] Chair of the Parish Pastoral Council Caroline Coggins [email protected] Tel: 0407 575 557 Director JRS Carolina Gottardo
Jesuit Refugee Service - Australia www.jrs.org.au 9356 3888 Jesuit Mission (National Office) www.jesuitmission.org.au Mass Times Sunday– 8:30am & 10:30am Tuesday to Friday– 7:00am Saturday– 9.00am Vigil- 6:00pm Public Holidays– 9:00am Reconciliation Before Vigil & Sunday Masses or on request Anointing As requested - please contact the Parish Office Healing Mass 11:00am - First Friday of each month - otherwise by request
4th Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year B
Catholic Parish of St Canice We acknowledge the Gadigal people, the traditional custodians on whose land this Church was built.
Entrance Antiphon:
Save us, O Lord our God! And gather us from the nations, to give thanks to your holy name, and make it our glory to
praise you.
Entrance Hymn: No 323 (Gather) Where There is Charity and Love
Opening Prayer:
Grant us, Lord our God, that we may honour you with all our mind, and love everyone in truth of heart. Through our
Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
First Reading: Deuteronomy 18:15-20
Moses spoke to the people; he said: "The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your own
people; you shall heed such a prophet. This is what you requested of the Lord your God at Horeb on the day of the
assembly when you said: 'If I hear the voice of the Lord my God any more, or ever again see this great fire, I will die.'
"Then the Lord replied to me: 'They are right in what they have said. I will raise up for them a prophet like you from
among their own people; I will put my words in the mouth of the prophet, who shall speak to them everything that I com-
mand. "'Anyone who does not heed the words that the prophet shall speak in my name, I myself will hold accountable.
But any prophet who speaks in the name of other gods, or who presumes to speak in my name a word that I have not
commanded the prophet to speak—that prophet shall die.'" The Word of the Lord.
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 94:1-2. 6-9
If today, you hear his voice, harden not your hearts..
Second Reading: 1 Corinthians 7:32-35
I want you to be free from anxieties. The unmarried man is anxious about the affairs of the Lord, how to please the
Lord; but the married man is anxious about the affairs of the world, how to please his wife, and his interests are divided.
The unmarried woman and the virgin are concerned about the affairs of the Lord, so that they may be holy in body and
spirit; but the married woman is concerned about the affairs of the world, how to please her husband. I say this for your
own benefit, not to put any, restraint upon you, but to promote good order and unhindered devotion to the Lord. The
Word of the Lord.
Gospel Acclamation: Matthew 4:16
Alleluia, alleluia! A people in darkness have seen a great light: a radiant dawn shines on those lost in death. Alleluia!
Gospel: Mark 1:21-28
The disciples went to Capernaum; and when the sabbath came, Jesus entered the synagogue and taught. They were
astounded at his teaching, for he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes. Just then there was in
their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit, and he cried out, "What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth?
Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are, the Holy One of God." But Jesus rebuked him, saying, "Be silent,
and come out of him!" And the unclean spirit, convulsing the man and crying with a loud voice, came out of him. They
were all amazed, and they kept on asking one another, "What is this? A new teaching—with authority! He commands
even the unclean spirits, and they obey him." At once Jesus' fame began to spread throughout the surrounding region
of Galilee. The Gospel of the Lord.
Offertory Hymn: No 514 (Gather) We Are Called
Communion Antiphon:
Let your face shine on your servant. Save me in your merciful love. O Lord, let me never be put to shame, for I call on
you.
Communion Hymn: No 518 (Gather) My Peace Be Upon You
Recessional Hymn: No 404 (Gather) Christ Be Our Light
Let Us Pray For:
Recently Deceased: Fr Grove Johnson, Graham Fear Anniversaries: Pamela Shaughnessy Recently ill: Ruby Naidu, Jeanette Reid, James Toohey, Joan Pyne, Sandra Holyeak, Ray Walsh, Omar Soliman, Yvonne Nobbs, Lisa Powell, Tony Musgrave, Nola Rowe, Dulcie Kennedy, Flynn Cawood, Valentino Close, Wendy Watson, Penelope Anne Quinn, Jayne Bernstan, Ronald Soussa, Albert Jacobs, Sophie Napier, Hélène Herington, Veronica Rainbird, Joan Agbor
Next Week’s Readings: 3/4 Feb
First Reading:
Job 7:1-4. 6-7
Second Reading:
1 Corinthians 9:16-19. 22-23
Gospel:
Mark 1:29-39
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Roster for Eucharistic Celebrations
3/4 Feb Vigil 6pm 8.30am 10.30am
Greeters S. Barnes W. Fothergill
Readers P. Kevin T. Hunt SVC Student
Ministers of the
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B. Anderson B. Clulow
M. Musgrave 1 other as available
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Parish Calendar
Fri, 2nd February Healing Mass - 11am, Church. Join us in the Presbytery for morning tea afterwards.
Thur, 22nd February Parish Volunteers Thankyou Mass and Supper - 6.30pm, Church. More details at the
back of this bulletin.
Sat-Sun 10th-11th March Parish Retreat, Peter Canisius House - 9.30am (Sat) - 2pm (Sun)
Comings and Goings
Last Tuesday we presented Harry our neighbour across the way, with a drawing of the streetscape around St
Canice’s and his former workshop. The original, by artist Michael Kelly is in this presbytery. Over a cup of
coffee we thanked Harry for his great help to the parish and the Jesuit community over many years. We
wished him a long and active retirement.
Today we welcome amongst us Fr Joachim da Silva Sarmento SJ, the new Superior of the Jesuits in East
Timor who has been in Sydney for Jesuit meetings and asked to come and thank the St Canice community
for their very generous support of Jesuit Mission over many years in Timor, especially in Railaco, our sister
parish. Fr Joachim is accompanied by Fr Mark Raper SJ, known to us all as a regular visitor here in the
Cross.
Today we also welcome to St Canice Fr Gaetan
Pereira SJ who has joined us from the Jesuit community in
Brisbane. Fr Gaetan has much experience in school and parish-
es throughout Australia and is keen to get to know you asap.
Please introduce yourself as he promises to
remember your name!
Fr Chris
Parish Notices
Thank you Greg McCreanor: You may have noticed that our regular cantor Greg McCreanor
has not been at the 10.30am Mass. The reason for this is that at the end of November Greg advised
us that he would no longer be able to sing for us at St Canice’s. Unfortunately (for St Canice’s)
Greg’s full time employment has required him to spend a lot more time in Singapore and this came
about at very short notice to Greg. Greg has also recently moved to Leura in the Blue Mountains and
understandably wanted to spend as much time with his family as possible given the demands of trav-
el with his work.
Greg has been a wonderful support to us at St Canice’s and we will really miss his beautiful voice,
generosity of time and friendly smile. We wish him the best of luck in the future and hope to see him from time to time.
We have been very fortunate however that we have three new cantors that have joined us at St Canice’s -
Lauren Licuanan, Robyn Somers-Day and Chris Anson (who will commence in February). They will be singing on the 2nd, 3rd
and 4th Sunday of the month respectively. Catherine de Luca continues to share her beautiful singing with us on the 1st Sun-
day of the month. We extend a warm welcome to Lauren, Robyn and Chris and also thank Catherine and Claudine for their
continued support and generosity of time at St Canice’s over the past years.
Lenten Discussion Groups: To prepare for Easter this year we are running a Lenten Discussion group on Tuesday
evenings from 7pm - 8.30pm during Lent. The group will be held in the church and commence on Tuesday 20th February and
the meetings will continue until Tuesday 20th March. For further information please contact Lynelle or Bronwyn Clulow at the
parish office.
Parish Retreat: In the third week of the Spiritual Exercises of St Ignatius, the pilgrim who walks the Exercises will enter a
room that is filled with his own history. ‘How can I,’ we ask, ‘accompany You, You who has always accompanied me?” No mat-
ter the preparation of the prior weeks (life), we stand on a threshold, not really ready, but the door opens and we walk in …as
we do each Lent.
This is the week of Christ’s passion and death. Lent comes on the heels of Advent, quickly it seems. We know the story of
Easter, it does not change, it is we who are changed by it.
In this vulnerability, in the humility of not being able effect change we can feel as though we are falling, away what we know,
away from the superficial part of ourselves and into a love that is like no other, a love that joins us all.
Come away, rest a while, reflect in the silence. Let your heart listen.
Often all that we need is to quiet and focus our heart, and to know that we too are walked with.
The retreat will start at 9.30am on Saturday 10th March, and finish at 2pm on Sunday 11th March.
If you would like to come please contact Peter Canisius House [email protected] or telephone 9488 4524
Bookings will close on the 23rd February. For enquiries please contact Caroline at [email protected] or
0407575557
Celebrating St Canice Parish Volunteers On Thursday 22nd February at 6.30pm we are holding a special Mass to celebrate the important contribution that
volunteers make to parish life at St Canice’s. If you volunteer in parish ministry, parish administration or in some
other way, we would love you to join us.
Afterwards we invite you to the parish hall to enjoy paella served by Sofrito Paella, wine from Sevenhill and
dessert. For catering purposes, we ask that you RSVP to Lynelle at the Parish Office either by phone 9358 5229
or email [email protected].