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ST . MARGARET MARY ’S PARISH MERRYLANDS

PARISH INFORMATION

PARISH OFFICE: 1-5 Chetwynd Rd, MERRYLANDS NSW 2160 Postal Address: PO Box 757, Merrylands. Tuesday - Friday: 9:30am - 3:30pm

Phone: 9637 2526 9637 2014 Fax: 9637 2442 Email: parish@stmm.org.au Website: stmm.org.au

PARISH GROUPS CO-ORDINATORS: Secretary: Denise Fernandes

Finance Committee: Reuben Dias

Parish Council:

Chair: Bella Reyes - 0419 228 160 Fr Janusz Pawlicha, OSPPE

Secretary: Cheryl Fortini Fundraising Committee:

Mike Jacobson - 0438 590 136

Catechists: Sonia Abi-Rached

Music : Kerry van der Linden - 0406 973 350

Sacraments: Christopher Barnes

Acolytes / RCIA : Peter Carroll - 0414 070 082

Readers: Gwen D’Silva

Youth groups: Pauline Teen: Fr Joseph / Rita Jacobson Pauline Youth: Fr Joseph

Legion of Mary: Merwyn D’Souza – 0478 109 569

Playgroup: Maryanne – 0416 116 707

St Vincent de Paul: 88619757

Bus to Berrima: Giovanna - 9682 1008

Our Parish is under the Pastoral Care of the Order of St Paul the First Hermit (known as the Pauline Fathers) who for more than 630 years are renowned

Custodians of the Miraculous Icon of Our Lady of Jasna Gora, Poland.

Parish Priest Fr Janusz Pawlicha

Assistant Priest

Fr Joseph Maria Buckley

Prayer: Holy Father-Pope Francis’ monthly intention : OCTOBER Evangelization – Holy Spirit That the breath of the Holy Spirit engender a new missionary “spring" in the church.

First Friday:

11am: Maltese Mass 7.00pm: Holy Mass, Stations of the Cross followed by Exposition

Adoration of the Most Blessed Sacrament: Thursdays-Eucharistic Adoration: 9.30 am-2.30pm 4th Sunday of the month: 1.00pm - 1.30pm– Divine Mercy Devotions 1st Friday of the month: approx. 8.30pm– midnight

Vespers– Sunday Evenings 5.15 pm - 5.45pm

RCIA sessions– Sunday mornings 9am Mass followed by Session 10 am –11am

Devotions:

Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Tuesday: after morning Mass Wednesday: 6:30pm before 7:00pm Mass

Veneration of the Holy Face of Jesus:

Tuesday: 7.30pm - 8.30pm

Divine Mercy Devotions 4th Sunday of the month: 1.00pm - 3.00pm, 3.00pm - Holy Mass

Baptisms: 1st & 3rd Sundays of the month

Reconciliation: Tues - Fri 8.30 - 8.55am Sat - 9am - 9.30am and 4.30pm-5.30pm (or by appointment)

Marriages: By appointment only (6 months required)

Sick Calls: 9637 2526– option 3 or 0412 625 187 - any time

THIS WEEK: 06 October 2019 Counting: Group E Church Cleaning: B Altar & general cleaning– Nada & Volunteers NEXT WEEK: 13 October 2019 Counting: Group F Church Cleaning: A Altar & general cleaning– Nada & Volunteers

WEEKEND MASSES: WEEKDAY MASSES:

Saturday: 6:00pm Vigil Monday: 9:15am

Sunday: 7:30am Tuesday: 9:00am & 7:00pm

9:00am Wednesday: 9:00am & 7:00pm

10:30am Thursday: 9:00am

6:00pm Friday: 9:00am & 7:00pm

Saturday: 8:30am

06TH OCTOBER

2019

ENTRANCE ANTIPHON

Within your will, O Lord, all things are established, and there is none that can resist your will. For you have made all things, the heaven and the earth, and all that is held within the circle of heaven; you are the Lord of all.

FIRST READING Hab 1:2-3, 2:2- 4

A reading from the prophet Habakkuk How long, Lord, am I to cry for help while you will not listen; to cry ‘Oppression!’ in your ear and you will not save? Why do you set in-justice before me, why do you look on where there is tyranny? Out-rage and violence, this is all I see, all is contention, and discord flour-ishes. Then the Lord answered and said, ‘Write the vision down, in-scribe it on tablets to be easily read, since this vision is for its own time only: eager for its own fulfilment, it does not deceive; if it comes slowly, wait, for come it will, without fail. See how he flags, he whose soul is not at rights, but the upright man will live by his faithfulness.’

The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.

RESPONSORIAL PSALM

(R.) If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts. 1. Come, ring out our joy to the Lord;

hail the rock who saves us. Let us come before him, giving thanks, with songs let us hail the Lord. (R.)

2. Come in; let us bow and bend low; let us kneel before the God who made us for he is our God and we the people who belong to his pasture, the flock that is led by his hand. (R.)

3. O that today you would listen to his voice! ‘Harden not your hearts as at Meribah, as on that day at Massah in the desert when your fathers put me to the test; when they tried me, though they saw my work”. (R.)

SECOND READING 2Tim 1:6-8, 13-14

A reading from the second letter of St Paul to Timothy

I am reminding you to fan into a flame the gift that God gave you when I laid my hands on you. God’s gift was not a spirit of timidity, but the Spirit of power, and love, and self-control. So you are never to be ashamed of witnessing to the Lord, or ashamed of me for being his prisoner; but with me, bear the hardships for the sake of the Good News, relying on the power of God. Keep as your pattern the sound teaching you have heard from me, in the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. You have been trusted to look after something pre-cious; guard it with the help of the Holy Spirit who lives in us.

The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION Alleluia, alleluia! The word of the Lord stands for ever; it is the word given to you, the Good News. Alleluia!

GOSPEL Lk 17:5-10

A reading from the holy Gospel according to Luke

The apostles said to the Lord, ‘Increase our faith.’ The Lord replied, ‘Were your faith the size of a mustard seed you could say to this mul-berry tree, “Be uprooted and planted in the sea”, and it would obey you. ‘Which of you, with a servant ploughing or minding sheep, would say to him when he returned from the fields, “Come and have your

meal immediately”? Would he not be more likely to say, “Get my sup-per laid; make yourself tidy and wait on me while I eat and drink. You can eat and drink yourself afterwards”? Must he be grateful to the servant for doing what he was told? So with you: when you have done all you have been told to do, say, “We are merely servants: we have done no more than our duty.”’

The Gospel of the Lord.

Praise to you Lord Jesus Christ.

COMMUNION ANTIPHON The Lord is good to those who hope in him, to the soul that seeks him.

MEDITATION: How strong is your faith in God and how can you grow in it? Faith is not something vague, uncertain, undefina-ble, or something which requires a leap of the imagination or worse, some kind of blind allegiance. In fact, it is quite the opposite. Faith is a response of trust and belief in what is reliable, truthful, certain, and real. To have faith is to believe and trust in someone or something. We believe in the power of electricity even though we can't visibly see it with the naked eye. We know we can tap into that power and use it to do things we could not do by our own human power. Faith in God works in a similar way. When God reveals himself to us he gives us the "assurance" and "conviction" that his power and presence and glory is just as real, and even more real, than our experience of the natural physical world around us (Letter to the Hebrews 11:1-3). Things around us change, but God never changes. He is constant, ever true to his word, and always faithful to his promises (Psalm 145:13, Hebrews 10:23). That is why we can have the greatest assurance of his unconditional love for us and why we can hope with utter conviction that he will give us every-thing he has promised. Jesus is God's visible proof that his word is reliable and true - his love is unfailing and unconditional - and his power is immeasurably great and unlimited.

Please remember to switch off your mobile phone

NEXT WEEK’S READINGS

13 OCTOBER 2019

28th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Year C: 2 Kg 5:14-17; 2Tim 2:8-13, 13-14; Lk 17:11-19

1st Friday adoration will commence from approx. 8:30pm - midnight

Every Friday (except 1st Friday of the month) Alliance of 2 Hearts will hosts the Adoration

Service after 7:00pm Mass until 10:00pm All are welcome.

FAMILY CHOIR St. Margaret Mary’s Parish invites interested parents and children to join the Family Choir to sing at 10:30am Sunday Mass.

For further queries, please contact Kerry van der Linden on 0406 973 350

OUR LADY OF FATIMA SATURDAY — 12TH OCTOBER

8:30AM MASS

You are invited to join St Margaret Mary’s parish for the celebration of the Feast of Our Lady of Fatima on Saturday,12th October 2019.

8:30 am Holy Mass followed by: Procession of the Statue of Our Lady of Fatima & Blessed Sac-rament with recitation of Holy Rosary / Litany of Blessed Virgin Mary / Act of Consecration & Benediction. Please bring a plate to share for Morning Tea in the Pastoral Centre. ALL WELCOME

PRAYER REQUESTS

Peter Newman

Tony Ostojic

Shelly Barnes

Shirley Forno

Fiona Khoury

Annie Ingram

Teresa Saad

Doreen Dias

George & Mary Spiteri

Christopher Oldham

Simon Khoury

Gervais

Sonia & Pierre Abi–Rached

Therese Nicolas

Luca Jerkovic

Susan Pace

Branko Soric

Theresa Durand

Joanna Essey

Desfosses

Adam Borcuik

Rose Abdo

Jocelyn Santos

Willie & Tereza Cutajar

Andrew Tawil

Giovanna Prestipino

Alice Said

Youssef Tawil

Peter Van Tilburg

Nicole Ratnakumar

Sakaria Frank Mausio

Diab Baysari

Mario & Tereza Cutajar

Father, pour out Your Spirit upon the people of this parish so

that inspired by Your word, nourished at Your table and

graced by Your empowering love, our lives may be devoted to

the service of our brothers and sisters and the building up of

Your Kingdom. May our parish community truly be, for this

place and time, the Body of Christ Your Son, through whom

we make this prayer. Amen

A mother was preparing pancakes for her sons, Kevin, 5, and Ryan, 3. The boys began to argue over who would get the first pancake. Their mother saw the opportunity for a moral lesson. If Je-sus were sitting here, He would say, 'Let my brother have the first pancake. I can wait.' Kevin turned to his younger brother and said, 'Ryan, you be Jesus.'

EUCHARISTIC ADORATION THURSDAYS 9.30am to 2.30pm

The Lord invites us to take some time out of our busy lives to spend some time with Him in quiet adoration, prayer and reflection. If you can spare 1/2 hour or

more, the Blessed Sacrament is exposed after morning Mass every Thursday until 2.30pm. ALL ARE WELCOME

SCRIPTURE STUDY—THURSDAY EVENINGS

There will be no Scripture Study during the school holidays.

Scripture Study will resume on 07 November 2019 at 7:00pm For further queries, please contact Gwen on 9632 9097.

(formerly International Food Festival)

Saturday, 26 October 2019 (after 6pm Vigil Mass)

VENUE: Our newly refurbished Parish Hall

Entrance Tickets & Raffles will be on sale at this weekend’s Masses: Adults – $15 Children (3-12years) – $5 Infants (under 3years) – free Highlights of the Festival:

A variety of delicious cuisines from around the world.

Entertaining cultural performances

$5 and $2 Raffles with amazing prizes….$350 voucher from Michelle Portelli Cakes, 4 x Garmin GPS Smartwatches (2 x adult valued at $300 each, 2 x child valued at $100 each), lawnmower, toys, bicycle, electronics, appliances, homewares and much more!

Raffle prizes including: Lucky Door & Lucky Seat Prizes

Bottled water, soft drinks & ice creams on sale

Barista coffee on sale; coffee & tea by donation Buy your tickets now to avoid the queue!

Our generous Parishioners interested in cooking a traditional cultural dish or providing food treats may

please contact Gwen D’Silva (0439 439 325).

Feast of RAFFLE PRIZE DONATIONS The Fundraising team requests our kind-hearted Parishioners for their generous donations towards the upcoming “Multicultural Festival” on Saturday 26 October 2019. We are seeking prizes of ONLY NEW giftware items, electronics, gift cards, gift vouch-ers or referrals to business owners that you are able to obtain donations from. For further information please contact Mike Jacobson - 0438 590 136 or Par-ish Office - 9637 2526.

PARISH MORNING TEA

Sunday - 06 October 2019

Where : Pastoral Centre Time : following 10.30am Mass

This week: : Holy Shroud Next week: 1st Friday Devotions/Alliance of 2 Hearts

ALL ARE WELCOME

SACRAMENTAL PROGRAM 2019

SACRAMENT OF CONFIRMATION

Preparation Lessons: Sundays after 10:30am Mass in the Parish Hall

Session 1 : 20 October 2019 Session 2 : 27 October 2019 Session 3 : 03 November 2019 Session 4 : 10 November 2019

Confirmation Rehearsal : Monday 11 November at 7pm

CONFIRMATION CELEBRATION: Wednesday - 13 November 2019 at 7:00 pm Mass

Enrolment forms are available at The Parish Office or from your child’s Scripture teacher (SRE) at school.

Any queries, please contact Christopher Barnes on Wednesday (10:00 am –12:00pm) at the Parish office

or email:stmm.sacraments@outlook.com

During the month of October, there will be recitation of The Holy Rosary and Exposition of the Blessed

Sacrament at the end of every Morning Mass.

The Rosary is a prayerful exercise comprised of both medi-tation and vocal prayer. While praying the prayers of the Rosary, meditation focuses on the lives of Jesus and Mary. There are four mysteries of the Rosary: Joyful, Luminous, Sorrowful and Glorious. PLEASE REMEMBER OCTOBER IS THE MONTH OF THE ROSARY.

The Legion of Mary, will be visiting homes, during October, to pray the Rosary together with families. Members will bring the statue of Our Lady to the homes for families to pray with and keep for a week. If you wish to have the statue of OUR LADY in your home during October, a member of The Legion Of Mary will be in the foyer after Mass to take book-ings for the home visit.

The Origins of the Holy Rosary The Holy Rosary as we pray it to-day was given to the Church, by Saint Dominic, who had received it from the Blessed Virgin, as a powerful means of converting heretics and other sinners. Inspired by the Holy Spirit, instructed by the Blessed Virgin as well as his own experience, Saint Dominic preached the Holy Rosary for the rest of his life; both by his example as well as by his sermons. The Holy Rosary which he said everyday was his preparation for every sermon he preached. (From: The Secret of the Rosary’ by Saint Louis Marie de Montfort ). The need to pray the Rosary is highly recommended by His Holiness Pope Francis, to pray the Holy Rosary as a family.