My grace is sufficient for you, for power is made perfect in weakness (2 Corinthians 12:9)

Regents Park Catholic Parish Comprising of St Bernardine’s Church, St Catherine’s Church

and Our Lady of the Assumption Church

9th May 2021 6th Sunday Easter Year B

‘Love one another as I have loved you’

Parish Contacts We the Catholic Communities of Regents Park Parish, guided by the

Holy Spirit; commit to building a welcoming, inclusive, faith centred

community grounded upon the Gospel values of leadership and service.

CALLING ALL CATHOLICS 2021 Let’s work together and build this Kingdom of God.

Happy Mothers Day

Ministry Matters Muisc Ministry. On Saturday 15th May at 10:00am we are holding a music practice for any and all people who wish to be a part of the choir ministry within the parish. It will be at St Bernardine’s Church and I am hoping that a great number of people will attend and participate in our parish music ministry. In the past, we have had strong cultural choirs who have led us so well in song at our various Masses and Liturgies. Please God, that can happen again. I am inviting people of all cultural backgrounds to come on Saturday and lend your voice to the music of our Church. I am even inviting the local Aussies to join in. The Parish needs you and if you are approached and asked to come along, even if you have a bad voice, join in anyway, and make a difference in the music ministry. MUSICIANS. We also need musicians—people who can lead the singing with the instruments that you play. With your particular talent, the music will indeed soar to the rafters of our Church. But it all begins with you saying YES and coming along to play your part in music ministry. Please do so!!

God Bless, Fr John

Please help! Thank you to those who are booking in each week for Mass before they arrive. This alleviates stress for the Welcomers at the front door and help us start Mass on time as everyone can be seated quickly. It is a Government requirement that each person MUST book in for EVERY Mass as we no longer have regular bookings. This is YOUR responsibility. Before you come to Mass, please check your seats so that you know exactly where you need to sit. It is VERY important to sit in your correct seats, even if your favourite seats are empty. Unfortunately, there were many people at the 9am Mass who did not sit in their allocated seats. Please, for the sake of your fellow parishioners, sit only in YOUR seats. If you sit in other seats, you are then causing distress for the volunteers and for the people who have done the right thing and booked those seats. Please ask a Welcomer if you are unsure of where you need to sit. For those who have not booked in, seats will be available on the right-hand side of the altar. Please sit in these seats only. It is regrettable that there are so many regulations. If we all play our part, then together we can make this process as smooth as possible. If you require help booking in, please ask the Parish office staff. Thank you for your patience and respect for the regulations.

Parish Office If you need a priest at any time, please call

Fr John Conway on 0418 151 295 or Fr John Hong on 0422 571 482

Parish Meetings

Parish Finance Council meeting Monday 10th May at 7:00pm at Parish Centre

Pastoral Leadership Council Meeting –postponed due to other commitments

Next meeting is on

Monday 21st June at 7:00pm at Parish Centre

25 Vergulde Road, Regents Park Mon - Fri 8:30am - 2:30pm Phone: 3884 7600 Fax: 3800 2646 Email: stbernardines@bne.catholic.net.au Website: www.stbernardinesparish.com.au Priests of the Parish Parish Priest— Fr John Conway Email: conwayj@bne.catholic.net.au Mobile: 0418 151 295 Associate Priest—Fr John Hong Nguyen Email: nguyenj@bne.catholic.net.au Mobile: 0422 571 482 Coordinator of Lay Ministries Mrs Andrea Tews Email: pastoral.stbern@bne.catholic.net.au Parish Secretary Mrs Christy Gracias Email: stbernardines@bne.catholic.net.au St Bernardine’s Primary School Phone: 07 38001854 Email: pregentspark@bne.catholic.edu.au Principal: Mr Nick Gallen APA: Mrs Katrina Bartholomew APRE: Mrs Rhiannon Cameron

Please Pray for Recently Deceased: Lenna Li; Lazarus Gracias; Please Pray for the Sick:

Joe Papa; Duncan Pegg;

My grace is sufficient for you, for power is made perfect in weakness (2 Corinthians 12:9)

CATHOLIC LEADER 2021—Cost $4.00 per copy. Copies of the current Leader are still available at the Churches for those who wish to purchase a copy.

Next Sunday Readings—Ascension of the Lord First Reading: Acts 1:1-11 Responsorial: God mounts his throne to shouts

of joy; A blare of trumpets for the Lord. Second Reading: St Paul to the Ephesians 4:1-13 Gospel: Mark 16:15-20

This Sunday Readings—Sixth Sunday of Easter First Reading: Acts 10:25-26, 34-35, 44-48 Responsorial: The Lord has revealed to the nations his saving power. Second Reading: 1st John 4:7-10 Gospel: John: 15:9-17

CATHOLIC LADIES EATING OUT (CLEO) DINNER Please feel free to come along and join in, you all are most very welcome. We look forward to seeing some new faces to join us as we are a very informal, friendly and supportive group. VENUE: PUB LANE TAVERN, PUB LANE (NEAR CORNER Teviot Rd), GREENBANK

DATE: Wednesday 5th MAY 5:30pm , Please call Michelle 0421 216 395 6PM confirm attendance.

Coffee and Cake Back for term two on Monday 19th April. 9:30am in the Parish Centre. All are welcome. Not here on Public Holidays.

Confirmation Journey 2021 Next Sunday the 16th of May, 60 children and their parent/s will be coming together for their Confirmation retreat. The Legion of Mary will very generously and graciously supply lunch. We would also like to have morning tea directly after the 9am Mass so that the children and their families can mingle and chat with our Parishioners. We would greatly appreciate any food contributions to this social event. Please stay a while and welcome our new families to our wonderful Parish community.

Welcome Garden We now have the beginnings of a Welcome Garden at the front of the Church. This is OUR garden so please feel free to tend to it, nurture it and possibly add to it.

Ministry Roster – Second and Third Week of May

Ministry Saturday 8/5/21 Sunday 9/5/21 Saturday 14/5/21 Sunday 15/5/21

Welcomer Andrea Tews Glancia D’Souza

Toni Sorbello Dolores Flanagan Fi McTackett

Averil Dorling Ann Straub

Tufelle Filitoya Fi McTackett Nicky Ramchard

Welcome Speech

Mikayla Cavanagh Ellie Shanley Eliana Dulay

Readers 1St RS

2nd POF

Leanna Sione (1st) Kyah Sione (RS) Miguel Sanchez (2nd) Sanjana D’Souza(POF)

Elyn Vladyka (1st) Monika Raison (RS) Helen Harvey (2nd) Rebecca Shanley (POF)

Theresa Senuli Fernando Deb Pillay Eliana Dulay

Mario Carbone Nicky Ramchard Sinta Suguaman Emma Harrison

Power point John Gamido John Petelo Nirel Fernando Kate Harrison

Offertory Kevin Coller Mirabelle and Sandra Halog

Collectors Moses, Spencer, Scott Moses, Spencer and Scott

Communion Minister

Prabha or Shaila Peter Sorbello Averil Dorling Terri Gray

Prayer for our Beautiful Mothers

Mary, Mother of Jesus, we ask you on this Mother’s Day to pray for our own very special mothers. May your Son, Jesus, reward them for all the care they have so lovingly given us over the years. May He give them peace of heart for all the times they have soothed us in times of trouble or failure. May Jesus give them joy of spirit for all the times they have healed our wounds and wiped away our tears. We ask you, Mary, on this day when we honour and praise our mothers for their unconditional love and care, That Jesus may bestow upon them His finest blessings and His deepest love.

AMEN

My grace is sufficient for you, for power is made perfect in weakness (2 Corinthians 12:9)

Mass Times This Week If you want to book into Mass, please use the QR Code here ——->

Or click on the link here to do it on your phone

Remember at St Catherine’s or Our Lady of the Assumption, you are booking a spot, and at St Bernardine’s you need to pick an actual seat number.

Don’t forget to take a seat map home with you to look at.

If you feel even a little unwell, we ask you to please stay home and take care of yourselves.

Date Church Time

Sunday 9th May 6th Sun Easter Year B

Our Lady of the Assumption Church St Bernardine’s Church St Catherine’s Church

7:30am 9:00am 5:30pm

Tuesday 11th May St Catherine’s Church St Bernardine’s Church—Light & Presence Prayer

8:00am 7:00pm

Wednesday 12th May

St Bernardine’s Church

9:00am

Thursday 13th May

Our Lady of the Assumption Church 6:00pm

Friday 14th May St Matthias, Apostle

No Mass due to Clergy Day of Recollection 9:30am—3:00pm

Saturday 15th May The Ascension Year B

St Paul de Chartres Mass for Residents only St Bernardine’s Church

4:00pm 6:00pm

Sunday 16th May The Ascension Year B

Our Lady of the Assumption Church St Bernardine’s Church St Catherine’s Church

7:30am 9:00am 5:30pm

Baptism Celebrations

This week at St Bernardine’s Church, we will be celebrating the Baptism of

Sofia Kneebone

Please pray for her and her family as they enter into this journey of faith.

Baptism Preparation Session,

We will be holding our next session at St Bernardine’s Church on

Monday 24th May 2021 at 7:00pm

Please RSVP to the office on 3884 7600 if you would like to attend.

Cancelling a booking at Mass

One of the questions we now get is I want to cancel my booking next week, how do I do it? Here are the steps,

If you don’t have email, call us

Have a look at your emails and find the email that came to you, with the tickets attached.

The email has a part after the Booking ID, that says no longer attending?...... Then it says click here to return your tickets. Click on the words click here

It will then show you a screen that has all the tickets listed

Choose the ones you don’t want, ( it chooses them all by default)

Then click on the process return button. Cancelled.

Archdiocesan Clergy Retreat and Reflection Day Archbishop Coleridge has called all clergy to gather next Friday 14th May for a Day of Retreat and Reflection at Banyo Seminary. It commences at 9:30 am and will conclude around 3:00pm that afternoon. It is an opportunity for the priests and Deacons and, no doubt, the Seminarians to get together for some time of prayerful reflection. But it is also an opportunity to get together for mutual support sharing this time together in the midst of the busy-ness of ministry. It is an event that is arranged each year and it is a good opportunity to meet up as pastoral leaders in oiur various fields, and endeavour to support one another in our very different ministries across the Archdiocese. I hope once again that it will be time away, but time well spent for all involved.

My grace is sufficient for you, for power is made perfect in weakness (2 Corinthians 12:9)