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Our Parishes incorporate suburbs located on the tradi�onal country of the

Awabakal and Worimi peoples. We acknowledge their cultural heritage, beliefs and

con�nuing rela�onship with the land, pay respect to their Elders past and present,

and commit ourselves to work together for reconcilia�on and jus�ce.

Clergy in the Region Fr Andrew Doohan Fr Ma�hew Muller

Fr Joseph Figurado Fr James Odoh

Fr Peter Street Deacon Lawrence Caelli

Regional Office—St Benedict’s Centre 25 Farquhar Street, The Junc#on

PO Box 6, The Junc#on 2291

P: (02) 4979 1101 F: (02) 4962 4644

E: newcparish@mn.catholic.org.au

W: www.newcastlecatholic.org.au

Regional Office Staff Chris Cootes (Regional Business Manager)

Margaret Cox (Recep�on & Administra�on)

Anne Warren (Administra�on)

Dr Anne Millard (Director of Music, Liturgy & Sacramental Program)

Office Hours The Regional Office is open Monday to Friday from 9am to 5pm, and closed for

lunch from 1pm to 2pm.

Other Contacts Lingard Hospital Team Contact the Regional Office

Mercy Pastoral Team Sr Patricia Whi�en rsm (02) 4979 1116

St Joseph’s Pastoral Team Contact the Regional Centre

Regional Bulle"n The Bulle#n is published weekly.

Prayer requests and items for the Bulle#n should be received at the Regional

Office by 5pm on Wednesdays.

IncorporatingtheParishesofStBenedict’s,Inner

Newcastle,StColumban’s,May�ield,andStPeter-in-

Chains,Stockton,ourmissionistoproclaimChristin

theinnersuburbsoftheCityofNewcastle.

Sacred Heart Cathedral,

Hamilton

St Joseph’s,

The Junc"on

St Mary, Star of the Sea,

Newcastle

Immaculate Heart of Mary,

Tighes Hill

St Laurence O’Toole’s,

Broadmeadow

Christ the King,

Mayfield West

St Peter-in-Chains’,

Stockton

T��P�����D����…(fortheweekahead)21st Week in Ordinary Time

Monday 26 August

8.30am Liturgy with Communion @ Stockton

8.15am Mass @ The Cathedral

Tuesday 27 August

Memorial of St Monica

7.30am Mass @ The Junc#on

8.15am Mass @ The Cathedral

9.15am Mass @ Broadmeadow

8.45am Rosary @ Stockton

9.15am Mass @ Stockton

Wednesday 28 August

Memorial of St Augus�ne, bishop, doctor

7.30am Mass @ The Junc#on

8am Mass @ Mayfield West

8:15am Mass @ The Cathedral

9.15am Mass @ Tighes Hill

6pm Rosary @ Mayfield West

(Marist Laity Group)

Thursday 29 August

Memorial of The Passion of St John the Bap�st

7.30am Mass @ The Junc#on

8am Mass @ Stockton

8.15am Mass @ The Cathedral

9am Marian Prayer Group @ Mayfield West

9.15am Mass @ Broadmeadow

5.30pm Mass @ Seafarers’ Centre, Wickham

Friday 30 August

8.30am Liturgy with Communion @ Stockton

9.15am Mass @ Mayfield West

9.15am Mass @ Tighes Hill

10.15am Mass @ The Junc#on

11am Exposi#on of the Blessed Sacrament &

Reconcilia#on @ The Cathedral

12.05pm Mass @ The Cathedral

Saturday 31 August

9.15am Mass & Novena @ The Cathedral

5.30pm Vigil Mass @ Broadmeadow

5.30pm Vigil Mass @ The Cathedral

5.30pm Rosary @ Mayfield West

6pm Vigil Mass @ Mayfield West

The Cathedral and St Joseph’s are served by a hearing

loop—use the setting marked “T”.

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An ongoing reminder about changes to Mass #mes

that have recently taken effect.

The Tuesday 8am Mass at Mayfield West has moved

to Wednesday at 8am.

Fr Joseph

The Mass preceding the Novena at the Cathedral on

Saturdays now starts at 9.15am and the rosary

preceding the Mass starts at 8.50am.

At the Cathedral, the weekday morning Masses now

start at 8.15am. An 8.15am Mass has been added on

Mondays and the 8.20am Mass on Fridays has been

discon#nued. There is no change to the 12.05pm

Mass on Fridays. ie. The Cathedral weekday Mass

#mes are:

Monday 8.15am

Tuesday 8.15am

Wednesday 8.15am

Thursday 8.15am

Friday 12.05pm

Fr Andrew Doohan, Rector SHC

Addi#onal Masses are now offered at Broadmeadow

and Tighes Hill. There is a 9.15am Mass at

Broadmeadow on Tuesday and Thursday each week

and a 9.15am Mass at Tighes Hill on Wednesday and

Friday each week.

Please note these changes are ongoing, but are also

subject to Clergy availability and leave. Any future

altera#ons will be communicated in advance.

God Bless from Fr James

Sunday 1 September

7.30am Mass @ Newcastle

8am Mass @ Tighes Hill

9am Mass @ The Junc#on

9am Mass @ Stockton

9.30am Mass @ The Cathedral

10.30am Italian Mass @ Broadmeadow

11.30am Polish Mass @ The Cathedral

3pm Divine Mercy Group @ Mayfield West

5pm Mass @ The Cathedral

C�����L��2�Father Joseph will be on leave un#l 20 September. We

wish him a safe and happy holiday.

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Reconcilia"on is available at Sacred Heart Cathedral:

Usually Fridays from 11am un#l 11.55am and on

Saturdays from about 10.30am un#l 11am. Other

#mes available by appointment.

Bap"sms are celebrated on Sundays, either during or

aFer any of our Sunday Masses. A monthly Bap#sm

Prepara#on mee#ng takes place on the first

Wednesday of each month. The next mee#ng will take

place in the Regional Office on Wednesday, 4th

September, commencing at 5.30pm. Please contact

the Regional Office for more details, or visit the

website.

A Sacramental Prepara"on process runs each year in

the parishes for children wishing to complete the

celebra#on of the Sacraments of Ini#a#on as part of

the community of the parishes of the Region. Please

contact the Regional Office for more details, or visit

the website.

For adults who wish to become part of the Church, the

Rite of Chris"an Ini"a"on of Adults for those who

have not been bap#sed, and the process of Recep"on

into Full Communion for those who have been

bap#sed in other churches. Please contact the

Regional Office for more details, or visit the website.

Weddings are celebrated by arrangement with at least

three (and preferably more) months no#ce. Please

contact the Regional Office for more details, or visit

the website.

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First Reading Is 66:18-21

The Lord will gather all people to see his glory.

Responsorial Psalm Ps. 116. R. Mk 16:15

Go out to all the world and tell the Good News.

Second Reading Heb 12:5-7, 11-13

The Lord disciplines those he loves.

Gospel Acclama"on Jn 14:6

Alleluia, alleluia!

I am the way, the truth, and the life, says the Lord;

No one comes to the Father, except through me.

Alleluia!

Gospel Lk 13:22-30

It is difficult to enter the kingdom of God.

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First Reading Sirach 3:17-20, 28-29

Second Reading Heb 12:18-19, 22-24

Gospel Lk 14:1, 7-14

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R=>=?@AB D=>=DE=F: Florence O’Neill, Frank Hogan,

Tina Mar#nelli, Mike Cavenagh, Tim Fischer,

Max Mantach

A??GH=IEDIB: Jacob Poile, Kevin Bailey, Nan Piper,

Dr Gordon Kerridge, Kathleen Jackson, Brian Sto�,

Coral Whipper

SG>J: Be�y Sto�, Warren Shepherd, Geraldine Bound,

Ignacio Umali, Mercedes Umali, Shane Walsh,

Kate Newsome, Phil Milman, Ken Jeary, Jean Curry

Finn Fitzpatrick, Sebas#an Rossi,

Graeme Burrage, Brian SwiF, Libby

Oates

Names may be placed here by contac�ng the

Regional Office. Please refer to the Policy

Document on the Regional website—visit

www.newcastlecatholic.org.au/downloads.

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Catholic Care’s Community Kitchens provide hot,

nutri#ous meals to vulnerable people in local

communi#es across the Diocese of Maitland-

Newcastle. The success of Catholic Care’s Community

Kitchens is underpinned by the generous support of

local volunteers who cook and serve meals each

week. It also relies on the generosity of local

businesses, which donate groceries and the produce

needed to provide the meals.

Catholic Care is partnering with City Pastoral Region

to establish a Community Kitchen. It will operate from

the St Benedict’s Regional Centre at The Junc#on (25

Farquhar St), providing an evening meal one night a

week.

We are currently looking for people from the three

parishes of the City Pastoral Region who might be

interested in volunteering and who would like to

a�end an informa#on session to learn more. Please

RSVP your interest to Rebecca Swan at

rswan@catholiccare.org.au

The ini#al ‘interest mee#ng’ will be held from 11am to

12 noon on Wednesday, 28 August, at the St

Benedict’s Regional Centre, 25 Farquhar Street, The

Junc#on.

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St Columban’s Pie Day will be held

in St Columban’s Hall (Church St,

Mayfield) on Thursday, 29 August,

commencing at 11.30am. $5

Donation. All welcome!

Bookclub meets at 6.30pm on the first Sunday of each

month at the St Benedict’s

Regional Centre, 25 Farquhar

Street, The Junc#on. All are

welcome to join Bookclub for

one book or for them all. We

bring along a light snack to

share. The next mee#ng is on

Sunday, 1 September, to share our thoughts on The

Murder at Myall Creek by Mark Tedeschi.

Newcastle Tudor Singers present a Spring concert at

the Sacred Heart Cathedral on Sunday, 15 September,

at 2.30pm. The programme celebrates music with The

Messe Chorale No. 4 by

Charles Gounod and a

selec#on of songs including

Sing Joyfully (Byrd), If Music

be the Food of Love (Clausen),

What Would I do without my

Music (Middlebrooks &

Ballard), How can I keep from

Singing (Hayes) and All that hath life & breath, Praise

ye the Lord (Clausen). Directed by Anne Millard, with

organist Peter Guy and pianist, Marcia Wall.

Admission $15. Concession $10.

Holy Hours for Voca"ons will be held on the last

Wednesday of each month, commencing in

September. More details to follow.

National Child Protection Week begins next Sunday, 1

September. The Office of Safeguarding - Prevention

and Response Service has developed a number of

online resources specifically designed for each age

group (preschool, primary & high school). This is to

help educate parents, children and young people

about protective behaviours including healthy

relationships, sexual development and risk taking. The

websites are as follows:

Preschool Age:

padlet.com/ZS_2/pb_preschool

Primary School Age:

padlet.com/ZS_2/pb_primary_school

High School Age:

Padlet.com/ZS_2/pb_high_school

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Now that we have moved into the Moderator Model

and have had the Regional Forum, it is #me to

cons#tute a Regional Pastoral Council. As such, I

invite each Mass #me community within the City

Pastoral Region to choose a member from among

their own community to be on the council. Each

community is to decide for itself how that process

will be run. I ask that the name of the person chosen

be forwarded to me by 5th September. Once chosen

it is hoped that the first mee#ng of the new council

will take place in September. A new Finance Council

will also be appointed with membership based on

experience and skills in financial ma�ers. Statutes for

each council are being finalised at this present #me.

There will be more informa#on about these new

councils in the coming weeks.

Fr Peter, Moderator

Noticefromthemembersofthe

MercyPastoralTeam

We are invi#ng those who feel called to visit men and

women who may be lonely, unwell or grieving the

loss of someone dear to them, to join the team. The

homes we visit are in the areas surrounding the

Hamilton Cathedral. You will be invited to accompany

a team member on a regular visit. The visits may be

needed once a week or once a fortnight. If you are

interested in joining the team, please ring Sister

Patricia Whi�en on 49791116, or Sister Mary Guy on

49693612.

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Special Needs Mass: Bishop Bill Wright and the

community of St Dominic’s Centre, Mayfield -

together with The Federa#on of P & F Associa#ons

and The Special Needs Working Party - warmly

welcome all to join with clergy, students, principals,

teachers, school staff, families and parishioners for

this special celebra#on. Celebra#ng diverse learning,

the 22nd

annual Special Needs Mass will be celebrated

at the Sacred Heart Cathedral at 2.30pm on Sunday, 8

September. This will be followed by aFernoon tea and

ac#vi#es in The Murray Room. No RSVP is required,

but for more informa#on please contact Cath Garre�-

Jones on 4979 1303, or email cath.garre�-

jones@mn.catholic.edu.au

Bishop’s Award is generously supported by Bishop

Bill. The award recognises the efforts of students and

young people within our diocese who have

contributed to the community through their school,

parish, church group or church agency. It is open to

students in Years 7-12 and young people under 25

years of age who have completed Year 12. Each

successful applicant will receive an award of $1,000

towards their educa#on or faith forma#on (eg.

Par#cipa#on in World Youth Day, Diocesan Youth

Retreat, Music ministry). Applica#ons close on 30

November 2019 and no#fica#ons to the successful

applicants will occur early in Term 1, 2020. Email

bishopsaward@mn.catholic.edu.au or visit the

website, www.mn.catholic.org.au/church-mission/

youth/bishopsaward

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Diocesan Reflec"on Day: Share a day of Prayer and

Reflec#on with Bishop Bill at Toronto on Thursday,

29 August, 9.30am to 3pm. Please bring a plate to

share. Informa#on and registra#on to par#cipate -

please RSVP by phone on 4979 1111 or email

events@mn.catholic.org.au

Kincoppal-Rose Bay Catholic School is offering

scholarships and bursaries to students in country

NSW, for entry in 2020 in Year 10 or Year 11. These

cover full tui#on and boarding fees. The boarding

school comprises a majority of girls from country

NSW, many of whom live on proper#es ravaged by

drought. If you know of any family in a country area

whose daughter would be interested in finding out

more, they can contact admissions@krb.nsw.edu.au.

Applica#ons close on Friday, 30 August.

Our Lady’s Birthday: Our Lady Star of the Sea Parish

at Terrigal extends an invita#on to a day of

fellowship and prayer to celebrate Our Lady’s

Birthday on Sunday, 8 September. Star#ng with Mass

at 10am, followed by morning tea, prayers, the

Angelus, a Rosary procession in the grounds of the

Church and a talk on Our Lady, concluding at

1.15pm. Inquiries to the Terrigal parish office on

4367 4610.

Community Day: The Desert Mothers and Fathers in

the fourth and fiFh centuries revealed a spirituality

that resonates strongly with aspects of the modern

spiritual search. For example: ‘How can we discover

the truth about ourselves?’ At St James School Hall,

Vista Parade, Kotara, Saturday, September 14,

10.00am to 3.00pm. Cost: $10. Morning tea will be

provided but please bring your own lunch. RSVP:

annecuskelly@hotmail.com or 0407 436 808.

Australian Pastoral Musicians Network, 4th

Na"onal Conference: ‘Listen to the Spirit and Sing’

on 1-3 October 2019 in Melbourne. Features three

keynote presenta#ons, two plenary workshops, over

40 breakout workshops, exhibi#ons, showcases,

conference Mass and conference dinner. Celebra#ng

liturgical, cateche#cal and religious music for

parishes, schools and beyond. Of interest to all

musicians, cantors, conductors, composers,

choristers, teachers, catechists, campus ministers,

clergy, liturgy teams -and all who love sung prayer.

Go to h�ps://listen-to-the-spirit-and-sing.treepl.co/

home for program, breakout op#ons and

registra#on.

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A Reflec�on by Richard Leonard

Jesus and Satan have an argument as to who is the

be�er computer programmer. This goes on for a few

hours un#l they agree to hold a contest with God as

the judge.

They set themselves before their computers and

begin. They type furiously for several hours, lines of

code streaming up and down the screen.

Seconds before the end of the compe##on, a bolt of

lightning strikes, taking out the electricity. Moments

later, the power is restored, and God announces that

the contest is over. He asks Satan to show what he has

come up with.

Satan is visibly upset, and cries, ‘I have nothing! I lost

it all when the power went out.’ ‘Very well, then,’ says

God, ‘let us see if Jesus fared any be�er.’

Jesus enters a command, and the screen comes to life

in vivid display, the voices of an angelic choir pour

forth from the speakers.

Satan is astonished. He stu�ers, ‘But how? I lost

everything, yet Jesus' program is intact! How did he

do it?’

God looks up over his glasses and chuckles, ‘Ah you

see, Jesus saves.’

Salva#on has, rightly, always been the big issue. Who

was going to make it, how it was going to happen and

when would Christ return in glory have captured the

imagina#on of each genera#on of believers.

The roots of this thinking can be found in today's

Gospel. The earliest Chris#ans, especially the Gen#les,

saw that the Jews had been given every opportunity

for salva#on. They were the Chosen people. They had

the Law and the Prophets. They were looking for the

Messiah. Jesus, however, did not come as they

expected or act as they hoped, so they rejected him

and his followers. Within a genera#on aFer Jesus'

death the Jews were persecu#ng the Chris#ans and

expelling them from the synagogues. The Chris#ans

took comfort from saying that in the salva#on race

the Jews might have stated as the favourites, but they

had missed the start and were now coming last.

This way of thinking had a strong effect on the

Church. While we have always believed in the mercy

and love of God, at different #mes we have been

hos#le to other religions, other denomina#ons and

the secular world. We have oFen needed to express

this in absolute terms about who was going to be

saved and, more importantly, who was not!

The Second Va#can Council, however, reflected on

the Church's experience of working side by side with

religious people and secular humanists throughout

the world who were as commi�ed as we are to

jus#ce, love and freedom. In the ‘Declara#on on the

rela#onship of the Church to non-Chris#an religions’,

the bishops thought more generously about how God

has a rela#onship with all people who in turn relate to

God, even if they do not name it in the same way we

are able to. The Council did not resile from believing

that Jesus is the way to the Father, but they also

affirmed that God can work in an infinite number of

ways to assist people to salva#on. It is Church

teaching now that our rela#onship to all people who

share the best of our values must be characterised by

acceptance, collabora#on, dialogue and charity.

This does not make salva#on any less important. It

just clarifies for us that it is God, not us, who does the

saving and the judging. Chris#an salva#on marks us

out as people who know who we are following, where

we are going, how we are geTng there and why this

world, and the next, ma�ers to us. Salva#on gives our

lives meaning, direc#on and purpose.

The way we live out this salva#on should be

irresis#ble to others. As the folk hymn sings, ‘They will

know we are Chris#ans by our love, by our love. Yes,

they'll know we are Chris#ans by our love.’

© Richard Leonard SJ

COMING WEEKEND ROSTERS

TIGHES HILL WELCOMERS MINISTERS OF THE

WORD

PROCESSION WITH

GIFTS

MINISTERS OF COMMUNION

1 Sep

8.00am

Dorothea Norman

Annemaree Turner

Lawrence Hallinan

Val O’Hara

Ruby Edwards

Sienna Edwards

Peter Ryan,

Mike O’Connor, Julie Gurr

THE

JUNCTION

WELCOMERS MINISTERS

OF THE WORD

PROCESSION

WITH GIFTS

MINISTERS OF

COMMUNION

COUNTERS

1 Sep

9.00am

Sidonie Coffey

Abbie Corby

Renee Radford

Eleanora Macdonald

Renee Radford Cath Purkiss,

P Lane, Diane Murphy

G Radecki

M Williams

BROADMEADOW MINISTERS OF THE WORD MINISTER OF

COMMUNION

COUNTING TEAM WELCOMING TEAM

31 Aug

5.30pm

Sr Monica Sinclair rsm

Sr Carmel Hanson rsj

Sr Judith Murphy rsm Judy & Denis Johns Eileen Howard &

Robin Cathcart

The Cathedral ADULT SERVER MINISTERS OF THE WORD MINISTERS OF COMMUNION COUNTERS

31 Aug

5.30pm

Louise Outram Kath Williams S Jarmain, Pedrita Spence,

M Simmons, Helen Bridges

John & Mary

1 Sep

9.30am

Peter Owens Gail Lovell

Joan Woodcock

Rosa TomasseT, Christopher Lovell,

Be�y Sto�, Frances Barber

1 Sep

5.00pm

Allen Brierley Joseph Kennedy-Tabor

Clare Walsh-Gregory

Elizabeth Keeling, Jane McNaughton,

Clare Walsh-Gregory, Vera Walker

NEWCASTLE MINISTERS OF THE WORD PROCESSION WITH GIFTS MINISTERS OF COMMUNION

1 Sep

7.30am

K Frasca

R Rossi

Volunteers K Rees

T Mather

STOCKTON WELCOMER MINISTERS OF THE WORD PROCESSION

WITH GIFTS

MINISTERS OF COMMUNION

1 Sep

9.00am

Mel Jan D, Judy O’C Belinda, Harry Wendy, Stan, Mel

MAYFIELD WEST WELCOMERS MINISTERS OF THE WORD PROCESSION

WITH GIFTS

MINISTERS OF COMMUNION

31 Aug

6.00pm

Diane &

Doreen

J Edstein/Boyes

S Veronesi

L Tolhurst M Caelli

M Williamson, Sister Ann