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St Anthony of Padua Catholic Parish, Edwardstown
Grant, we pray, almighty God, that the splendor of your glory
May shine forth upon us and that,
by the bright rays of the Holy Spirit, the light of you light may
confirm the hearts of those born again by your grace.
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.
Pentecost, Year A
7th/8th June 2014
Parish Information Parish Administrator
Fr. Phillip Alstin
Parish Catechist
Hugo Chis
Parish Secretary
Robyn Grave
Office Hours
Mon & Tue 3.00-4.00pm
Wed-Fri 8:30am-12.00pm
Phone: 8297-1699
Facebook Page
StAnthonyofPaduaRoman-
CatholicChurch
Mass Times Tues-Friday
9:30am
Saturday Vigil 6:00pm
Sunday 9:30am
Adoration & Benediction
Wednesday—Adoration
10am –7.15pm
Benediction 7.15
Church locked at 7.30
Sacrament of Confession
1hour Before Weekend
Mass
15mins before Weekday
Mass
6.30pm Wednesday prior to
Benediction
Saturday 9:45am-10:45am
PENTECOST I extend a special invitation to tonight's (Saturday) Holy Hour of Adoration in the church at 8:30pm with Fr Peter Zwaans. It will be Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament in a candlelit setting with youth from the diocese providing reflections and readings to invite the outpouring of the Holy Spirit.
Today we celebrate the great feast of Pentecost. Today we recall the great day in which Jesus breathed the gift of the Holy Spirit to Mary and the Apostles in the upper room and they were given the courage to go out into the world to preach the good news to all nations.
Each year we have a birthday turning a year older, we have a cake to celebrate and if we’re lucky we might even get a gift. Birthdays are usually a day in which we receive rather than give. But in saying this, how wonderful is our God! That this day of Pentecost which is the Birthday of the Church, rather than receiving, Gods gives. He gives us, the church, the Spirit of wisdom, understanding, right judgment, piety, courage, fear of the Lord and fortitude and he gives it in abundance so that we may have the fullness of Christs promise after his Ascension.
For some reason, whenever I talk to Catholics, there is a blockage when we talk about the Holy Spirit. Personally I see that after our confirmation, we lock the Holy Spirit up in a cupboard and forget that it exists. If we only knew what a wonderful gift the spirit really is, our lives would be different as we would be able to use these 7 gifts mentioned above to get us through everyday life. His Holiness, Pope Francis said in an audience this week, “Go forth into the streets and evangelize, proclaim the Gospel. Remember that the Church was born to go forth, that morning of Pentecost,”
This statement by Pope Francis is a deep reminder that our duty as Catholics and Christians is to have the courage and proclaim the Gospel into the streets. He does not mean stand out on South Road with the Bible and scream “Jesus is King”. Our actions, lives and the way we treat one another is a form of evangelisation to the public. But in saying this, we must have the ability to live out the Gospel message which is inspired by the Holy Spirit, live out charity, peace, love and mercy towards all people and always remain faithful to the Church and her teachings. All of these actions are forms evangelisation. If we could all work together and have the qualities given by the Holy Spirit, what a wonderful Church we would really be!
Pope Francis finished his speech with this, “Let yourselves be guided by the Holy Spirit, with that same freedom. And please, do not cage the Holy Spirit!”. Let us live up to what the Pope is saying, let us not cage the Holy Spirit up, bring Christs message to the streets like the first Pentecost and let us never be ashamed of our Catholic faith and take courage like those first called on the day of Pentecost!
Mary Queen of Heaven, teach us to love Christ as you did. Give us the courage to say ‘Yes’ like you once did and be prepared to receive the gift of the Holy Spirit as you did!
God Bless Hugo Chis - Parish Catechist
St Anthony of Padua is now on facebook.
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Responsorial Psalm
Did you know?????????????????????????
Pentecost was originally a Jewish harvest festival which was celebrated 50 days after the Passover. It was one of the great “pilgrimage” festivals, which meant that people came to celebrate this time at the Temple. It was for this festival that so many pilgrims were present in Jerusalem on the day when the Spirit was manifested in the lives of the disciples.
The Christian feast of Pentecost is 50 days after Easter and is the culmination of the Lent-Easter Pentecost cycle
The Church teaches that the Holy Spirit brings both gifts and fruits to the faithful Coming to faith is not so much acquiring a new set of beliefs about God as it is discovering God’s existence within the realities of our daily lives. The gifts and fruits of the Holy Spirit help us to be more attuned to the actions of God in our lives and in our world, At Baptism, the Spirit comes upon the newly initiated Christian, and at Confirmation the Spire of God is renewed and confirmed in the faithful The seven gifts of the Holy Spirit are: wisdom, understanding, counsel (right judgement), fortitude (courage), knowledge, piety (reverence), and fear (awe) of the Lord (CCC#1831) The Church lists 12 fruits of the Spirit: charity (love), joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, generosity, gentleness, faithfulness, modesty, self-control and chastity. (CCC#1832) Explore these gifts and fruits of the Holy Spirit. How do you see them manifest in yourself and others? In what ways do we need to cultivate these gifts and fruits?
MORNING TEA SUNDAYS: Thank you to those people who have organised a roster for morning tea. This fellowship is a great opportunity after Mass but it is important that providing for the tea and coffee etc does not become a burden for the few. +Please contribute something towards the morning tea in the box provided. This will ensure enough coffee and tea and sugar is available each weekend.
PROPAGATION OF THE FAITH APPEAL– 8TH JUNE 2014 There will be a special leaving collection of the Propagation of the faith Appeal this weekend Heal the Broken-Hearted –Rwanda 20 years on: Twenty years on from the Rwandan genocide where one million people where tortured and killed, the people still carry deep wounds and are in desperate need of practical, spiritual and emotional support. By supporting the Catholic Mission Church Appeal today or by becoming a ‘Friends in Faith’ partner with a monthly gift, you are helping the broken hearted of Rwandan to forgive, heal and unite. Please give generously to this appeals leaving collection at the exits.
Devotions and other activities
Litany of the Sacred Heart of
Jesus and Rosary/ or Stations of
the Cross Monday 6.20pm
Rosary
Tuesday 8.50am
Adoration & Benediction
Wednesday’s—All day Adoration
after weekday Mass concluding
with Benediction 7:15pm– 7.30pm
St Vincent de Paul Meeting
4th Monday of month at 7pm in
Meeting Room
St Vincent de Paul Sewing Group
Tuesday morning during school
term
10am-1pm - Pam 8277 2605
Passionist Family Groups
Contact 8297 1699
Parish Social Group
Various monthly activities, contact
office for further details
Playgroup
Friday 9.15-11am in the Out of
School Hours House during school
term
Parish Stewardship Council
Fr Philip Alstin
Mr Hugo Chis
Mrs Wendy Williams
Mr Gordon Williams
Mrs Paulina May
Mr Nigel Crabb
Mr Chris Blackford
Mrs Christina Brachen
Mrs Pamela Gomes
Mr Tony Hettiarchchi
Mrs Sally Gaetjens
Parish Finance Council
Fr Phillip Alstin
Mrs Robyn Grave
Mrs Anna Pivato
Mr Peter Nussio
Mr Jim Gaetjens
St Anthony's Parish School
Principal: Mrs Cate Birch
APRIM: Mrs Robyn Mercer
Phone: 8293 2532
MASS INTENTIONS SICK: Christopher McRae, Fay Fisher, Paula Lewyzkyz, Elizabeth Kelley, Kathleen Forde, Herbert Brown, Mary Mitchell, Deidre Burt, Eileen Supple, Terry Quinn, James Murphy, Peter Sullivan, Jenni Richardson, Angelo Ditroia, Joshua Bond, Peter Fogarty, Zac Dunn, John Walker, Steve Halliwall, RECENTLY DECEASED: Salvatore Tenaglia, Lino Zandel, Adam Ricci, ANNIVERSARIES: Leonardo Rybalka. Guiseppe Garuccio, Winifred Black, Maximo Dumlao, Brian Hennessy, Kathleen Roberts
JUNE ROSTER 2014 SATURDAY 6.00 PM
SUNDAY 9.30AM
EXTRA ORDINARY MINISTERS OF THE EUCHARIST
Stephen & Mariandl Dobozy Carmel Rusack & Pat McAssey
READERS OF THE WORD PRAYER OF THE FAITHFUL
Pamela Gomes Tony Whennan
Christina Rodriguez Robyn Grave
ALTAR SOCIETY ???????????
PARISH EVENTS Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament Wednesday’s 10am—7.15pm (All day) concluding with Benediction 7.15-7.30pm 11th June Parish Stewardship Council 17th June Parish Finance Council
LAST WEEK—COLLECTIONS First Collection (Diocesan): $753.30 Second Collection (loose) : $121.70 Planned Giving: (Parish): $609.00
ST ANTHONY’S FEAST DAY 14th June
Saturday evening Vigil Mass and Blessing of Bread 6.00pm
Followed by Supper in the Hall BYO plate to share and BYO all refreshments. Tea and coffee will be provided. All offers to help set up and clean up are most welcome. Please see a Stewardship Council member, listed on the left of this page if you are able to help out.
ITALIAN MASS: This is no longer being celebrated at St Anthony's.
JUNE AND JULY WEEK DAY MASS –WEDNESDAY ONLY
During the months of June and July there will be NO Tuesday, Thursday and Friday Mass. The Divine Office of morning prayer will be offered.
There will be 9.30 Mass each Wednesday followed by Adoration throughout that
day, concluding with the Sacrament of Reconciliation at 7pm and 7.15pm Benedic-tion. The doors will be closed at 7.30pm.
Normal masses will resume in August
St Anthony’s School St Anthony’s Feast Day
celebration Friday June 13th
Parishioners are invited to attend Liturgy of the Word at 9am followed by Morning Tea in the Parish Hall for St Anthony’s Feast Day on Friday 13th June 1014.
PARISH SOCIAL GROUP At 9.15am on Monday 23rd June. We will meet at Ingle Theatre—Aurrichio Avenue, Pasadena to enjoy a “Nostaglia” film morning. Cost $10.00pp All welcome.
Thank you to the Dowd family who spent several hours mowing the lawns and tidying the presbytery gardens.