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PARISH OF ST JOHN’S WOOD/THE GAP
WELCOME
Website: www.stjohnswoodthegap.net.au Facebook page: StJohnsWoodTheGapCatholicChurch@St John’s Wood / The Gap Parish
Parish Office: PO Box 408, The Gap, Qld 4061
Office Hours: Tuesday-Friday 8.30 am—3.00 pm
Contact: Phone: 3300 6099 Fax: 3300 6255
Churches: Mater Dei : 16 Philomene Drive, Ashgrove
St Peter Chanel: 41 Chaprowe Road, The Gap
Parish Priest: Fr. Vu Dinh Tuong [email protected]
Parish Manager: Richard James [email protected]
Parish Secretary: Caryn Lee [email protected]
Sacramental Program enquiries only: [email protected] RECONCILATION
Mater Dei Saturday 5.00-5.20
St. Peter Chanel Sunday 4.30-4.45
PARISH SCHOOLS Mater Dei Primary School Phone: 3514 4100 St Peter Chanel Primary School Phone: 3300 1202
PARISH COUNCIL Kylie Gaul (Chairperson) [email protected]
New Parishioners WELCOME
Please complete the form in the newsletter.
Parish of St John’s Wood/The Gap
SUNDAY 7th
May 2017 - Fourth Sunday of Easter - Divine Mercy
Gates
Every single day we go through a number of gates or doors and from time to time
we don’t pay much attention of their existence. Doors become a part of our lives
and part of our living. We need them for security protection, to keep warm and for
privacy such as house doors, bedroom doors, bathroom and car doors. Some gates
are free for everyone to enter such as public parks, shopping complexes; some gates
serve as a privilege for membership only such as school gates for students, pub and
clubs for registered membership. Entertainment centres have gates that serve as a
filter to control the numbers, for security checks and for keeping out ticket invaders.
Most of the gates we can enter by our own will. There are gates we don’t want to
enter but the choice is not ours. Hospital gates bring both hope, joy and grief. There
is another gate that brings peace of mind for those who would love to enter it and
that is the Church’s doors. There is another door in the Church when a person
enters unhappy but walks out happy and they feel the burden of life light and that is
the door of the confessional box. It is a good door to have in our lives. The gate at a
cemetery is the symbol of separation and parting. It is the unwanted and final door
and we have not much say in it. Those who believe in the Risen Lord, their grave is
only a temporary resting place, waiting to join the Risen Lord because he has
removed the stone that once covered the final door.
After the resurrection, physical barriers were no more a problem for Jesus. He was
able to go through a locked door more than once - Jn 20,19 and 20,26. The Risen
Lord had no trouble with space and time as he vanished from the sight of the
disciples at Emmaus and instantly appeared to the other disciples seven miles away
Lk 24.34. I believe the stone that once covered the entrance of his tomb that was
rolled on to one side was for us to know that Jesus had gone, his body was once
there and would no longer be there. The linen was neatly folded indicating that the
empty tomb was not robbed but it was well look after. During his public ministry
Jesus gave life back to his friend Lazarus and told the people ‘unbind him, let him go
free’ Jn 11,44 . He told his apostles ‘untied’ the cold Lk 19,30. The Risen Lord has
moved the stone and his burial linen was unbound and folded. The women and the
apostles went to the tomb to see his resting place but not the body because he had
risen. We are called to share the final victory; the glorious resurrection of Jesus but
how much we share it depends on how we participate in his Passion. The more we
participate in his Passion, the more we share his glorious resurrection.
The Good Shepherd parable seems to suggest that the risen Lord, the gatekeeper
who loves life, protects life and is the giver of life. Those who go through him he
knows them by names and they know his voice and listen to him. The gatekeeper
gives them everlasting protection and keeps them from harm and danger. Those who
try to enter by other means will not receive the same privilege.
Vudinh Tuong
BAPTISMS
Mater Dei 3rd Sunday
St Peter Chanel 4th Sunday
Baptism preparation details available on our website under Parish Activities
Next Week’s Readings: Fifth Sunday of Easter
Ordinary Time First Reading
Acts 6:1-7
Second Reading 1 Peter 2:4-9
Gospel John 14:1-12
First Reading: Acts 2:14, 36-41
God has made Jesus both Lord and Christ.
Responsorial Psalm: The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want.
Second Reading: 1 Peter 2:20-25
You had gone astray but now you have come back to the shepherd and guardian of your souls.
Gospel Acclamation: Alleluia, alleluia! I am the good shepherd, says the Lord; I know my sheep, and mine know me. Alleluia! Gospel Reading: John 10:1-10
I am the gate of the sheepfold.
Prayers for the Sick Eamonn O’Dwyer
John Perks (Nellie’s husband) Marina Wightman Marion Bowden
Stefan Golebiowski Carolyn Webster
Beth Kloza
Recently Deceased
Jack Carroll Daniel Daley
Anniversaries
Ross McLeod Jill Beaton
Doreen Clifford Jack Clifford Agnes Bergin
Please note: we cannot add a name to the sick list or recently deceased list unless advised by a family member direct.
Please let us know about the sick
Every so often we learn of people confined to their home for quite a while or even transferred to permanent care in a hospice or nursing home. We would like to bring the sacraments to them so please let the Parish Office know if family members are so confined. Please contact the parish office: 3300 6099 or Vi Hall: Mob: 0409 894 904
Rosary If you would like to pray the Rosary in your home
please contact Bruce Bonney
Phone: 3300 2959
Rosary Rosary will be held at 7:30pm on Monday 8th May 2017 at
Brian & Bernadette Bennetts’ house, Ashgrove Upcoming
Baptisms
We welcome into our parish Mabel Murphy-Gower
and Daisy Winters Monforte who will be
baptised into our Parish later this month.
We also welcome Paige Turei who is
being received into our parish this
weekend.
Children’s Masses Thank you to the Year 1’s and
Year 4’s from Mater Dei School
for their participation in this
weekends Children Mass at MD’s
9:30am Sunday morning mass.
Good Shepherd Sunday 2017 Today is the World Day of Prayer for Vocations. Pope Francis asks each of us to pray for more vocations to the priesthood and consecrated life. If each person who reads this offers one small prayer, it will make a difference.
Each person in the community has a role to play in encouraging vocations - whether by prayer, encouragement or personal suggestion. The Pope, tells us “There is no room for fear!”. May each one of us be fearless in praying for, and promoting more vocations.
A request from Pope Francis
“I ask parish communities, associations and the many prayer groups present in the Church, not to yield to discouragement but to continue praying that the Lord will send workers to his harvest. May he give us priests enamored of the Gospel, close to all their brothers and sisters, living signs of God’s merciful love.” (Message of Pope Francis, 54
th World Day of Prayer for Vocations).
Congratulation Kathryn
Willis on winning the Easter
raffle drawn at
the Pot Luck
Dinner.
You are welcome to
celebrate the 100th
anniversary of the
appearance of our Lady of
Fatima. The rosary will be
recited in St Peter Chanel
church on Saturday 13th May
from 10am to 11am. All are
welcome.
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
Mater Dei Church Monday 7pm-8pm Friday 6pm-10pm
BEQUEST OR WILLS
All parishioners are asked to consider including our parish St John’s Wood/The Gap in your will.
One of the greatest contributions you can make to our parish is to ensure a legacy of faith for the young and to provide proper care for the old.
NEW PARISHIONER
CONTACT FORM
Family Name: _____________
Other Names: _____________
Date of Birth: _____________
Marital Status: _____________
Spouse Name: _____________
Spouse’s DOB: _____________
Children & DOB’s:____________
_____________
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Address: _____________
Home Phone: _____________
Mobile: _____________
Email: _____________
Tick to commence Parish
Planned Giving
Please place this completed form in the collection plate or email your de-
tails to the Parish Office at: [email protected] or contact
the Parish Office on 3300 6099.
Parish Pastoral Council News
The Parish Pastoral Council meeting held on Wednesday 4th May 2017.
The following matters were discussed:
Multi-Cultural Mass;
80th Mater Dei Church anniversary celebrations;
Alpha Workshop;
Movie night;
Name tags for the parish.
The next meeting will be held on Wednesday 7th June 2017.
A very big Thank You
to Fr. Tuong and
parishioners of St
John’s Wood / The
Gap for the wonderful
and much appreciated supply of
groceries donated to our PANTRY.
Prior to this the cupboards had been
almost empty, as we rely on
donations.
We are so grateful for your
generosity.
Miranda Mallett, Social Worker Pantry Co-orindator, Communify
Bardon
If you would like more information on Claire’s Cottage, please see the
print outs at the back of each church.
Funeral Notice
A funeral service for Daniel Daley, age 40, is to be held at The Fort, 199 Fort Road, Oxley on Wednesday 10th May at 10am. Daniel was a former student at Mater Dei and Marist College Ashgrove. Daniel is survived by his wife Megan and daughters Ava 9 and Georgia 5 and his Mother Sue and Sister Amy.
The Editor retains the right to edit any items
that are submitted to the bulletin.
The cut off for the Parish Bulletin is Wednesday
3pm. If you have any queries please contact the Parish
Office on: 33006099
Prayers for the sick:
When there is a request to pray for a sick person their names will be in
the Prayers of the Faithful for 2 weeks and
in the Bulletin for 2 weeks. If you wish to continue after that,
please contact the parish office.
Names of recently deceased will be on the prayer list for 2 weeks
Birthday’s for
this week in
May
Jan Anderson
Debbie Hazzard
Carolyn Webster
MASS TIMES MATER DEI ST PETER CHANEL FEAST DAYS/NOTES
Monday 08/05
Tuesday 09/05 9:00am
Wednesday 10/05 9:00am
Thursday 11/05 9:00am
Friday 12/05 9:00am
Saturday 13/05 5:30pm mass
Sunday 14/05 9:30am 8:00am 5:00pm mass
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St Peter Chanel School News…. What a busy start to Term 2 it has been!
Students returned from the holidays to the newly installed Buddy Bench – a gift to
our community from our 2016 Year 6 students. The seat is designed to support
our children to socialise during play breaks and connect with a ‘buddy’, if need be.
This is a very real way for our community to demonstrate the Chanel virtues of Charity, Hope, Acceptance
and Love!
Caritas has been the beneficiary of our Lenten fundraising efforts. At our first Friday Assembly this term
we presented Caritas with a cheque for in excess for $2,000 to assist with the valuable work they do,
both in Australia and around the world.
Our students participate in two ANZAC commemoration services – one held at
school and one on ANZAC Day with the local Gap community. Our Year 6 senior
students played a key role in leading us in solemn remembrance.
We have celebrated our school’s Feast Day, honouring St Peter
Chanel on Friday, 28th April. This is a highlight of our school year as we take time to
honour the saint after whom our school is named and acknowledge the significant
contribution he made to Christian faith in the 1800s, especially on the island of Futuna in
the south Pacific. Classes spent time in the lead up to events exploring the life and legacy
of St Peter Chanel, then at lunchtime we revelled in eating lunch in
our House groups and participating in the fun and exciting games
coordinated by our Year 6 student leaders. The mass which
followed was a fitting way to reflect, celebrate and honour an
amazing man who became a Marist Father and made a genuine positive difference in
the world – so much so that he is our school’s patron saint.
We are currently in the midst of meeting with families who are seeking enrolment at our school for
2018, with enrolment applications still being accepted. Please contact the office (tel 3300 1202) or visit
our website if you are interested. http://www.spcthegap.qld.edu.au/Enrolment/Pages/default.aspx
Feel free to spread the word amongst family, friends and around your neighbourhood.
Parish Name Tags
The Parish is in the process of organising name tags for all parishioners. It is desirable that you wear them each week and return them to the back of the church.