NEWSLETTER FOR:

November 15, 2015

33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time

Immaculate Conception

Paki Paki

Sunday Mass

8am

Our Lady of Lourdes

85 Te Mata Rd Havelock North

Sunday Mass

9am

St. Peter Chanel

817 Gordon Rd. Hastings

Vigil Sat: 5:30pm

Sunday Mass 10am

Sacred Heart

425 Heretaunga St East Hastings

Sunday Mass

9:30am

Readings for Next Sunday : Christ the King Sunday

Dan 7:13-14; Apoc 1:5-8; Jn 18:33-37

Feast Days this week:

Monday : St. Columban, St. Clement

Tuesday : St. Andrew Dung-Lac & Companions

Wednesday : St. Catherine of Alexandria

The Catholic Parish Of Hastings Te Pārihi Katorika ki Heretaunga

www.hastingscatholic.org.nz

Temporary Email: shparish@slingshot.co.nz

Office hours : Monday to Friday 9am to 4pm

425 Heretaunga St East

Hastings

Ph: 878-7774

Parish Team Parish Priest: Fr Vince ‘Onesi

Assistant Priests: Fr Nathaniel Brazil, Fr Simon Story, Fr. Manoj Mathew

Pastoral Assistant: Deb Lucy 0273554830

Parish Secretary: Myra Marquez

Youth Ministry: Faaki Tuanaki 0211644218

Catechist: Tongan & Pacific Islands: Tevita Faka’osi 0272757086

Passionist Family Co-Ordinators: Allan & Jo Brady 876-9507

History continues on to its natural conclusion with or without our agreement. We may have the privilege to contribute to and influence history, but not to alter its grand design, because history can rightly be called his-story. His-story is one in which God determined to create and claim, through love, a people of his own. The readings this week portray three aspects of his-story: the

promise, the prescription, and the preview.

The Promise: Some 100-200 years before Jesus was born, Daniel predicted the promise of eternal resurrection and eternal punishment. We who follow Christ base our views about eternity on the

divine revelation of sacred Scripture, which holds unlimited promises.

The Prescription: Jesus became and becomes our high priest, entering into God’s presence offering his own life, death, and resurrection as the Sacrifice which can remove every stain of sin,

making perfect and freeing from guilt and judgment those who believe.

The Preview: This week’s Gospel passage gives us just a hint of the final outcome. His will be a glorious victory and a triumphant return, the inevitable and sure conclusion to his-story. Jesus, who knew no sin, took our sins on the cross so that we could be presented, freed from sin, to the

Father. This blessed assurance is the kernel of his-story.

(from: Emmaus Journey, November 2015)

THIS WEEK

Baptism Preparation - Every First Sunday of the month at 3.00 pm in Sacred Heart Church Foyer

Marist Third Order—Every 1st Sunday of the month at 2.00pm Catholic Parish of Hastings office

FILIPINO MASS - First Friday of the Month 6pm Sacred Heart

INDIAN MASS - Last Saturday of the Month 9:30am St. Peter Chanel

TONGAN MASS - Last Friday of the Month 5pm St. Peter Chanel

Sacred Heart Our Lady of Lourdes St. Peter Chanel Immaculate

Conception

Monday Morning Prayer: 7.40 and 9am

Bible for Starters: 1.30pm (Office)

(2nd and 4th Monday only)

Liturgy of the Word with

Communion 9am

Tuesday Morning Prayer: 7.40 and 9am

Sunday Readings 4 U:10am

Bible for starters: 7.30pm (Office)

(2nd & 4th Tuesday only)

Mass:9am Mass: 6pm Mass

Exposition: Madonna, 9am-1pm

Wednesday Morning Prayer: 7.40 and 9am

Mass:12.05pm

Meditation 7pm

Mass: 9am Mass: SPC 9am

Thursday Morning Prayer: 7.40am and 9am

Exposition:11:30am

Mass: 12.05pm

9.45 am Rosary

Mass: 10am

Adoration 8.30am

Mass 9am

Friday Morning Prayer: 7.40am and 9am

Exposition: 11:30am

Reconciliation: 11.30am

Mass: 12.05pm

Exposition: 9 am

Mass: 10am

Mass: Madonna, 9.15am

Saturday Rosary: 7.30am

Mass: 8am

Reconciliation: 8.30am

Mass: 9am

Reconciliation: 9.30am

Reconciliation: 5pm

Vigil Mass: 5.30pm

Sunday Mass: 9.30am

Evening Prayer & Benediction

4-5pm

Mass: 9am Mass: 10am Mass 8a.m

KIWI CHRISTMAS Sunday 22nd November

St Joseph’s School field (next to Sacred Heart Church)

Starting 4pm

The Catholic Parish of Hastings invites you

to come and celebrate a Kiwi Christmas with carol

singing,

good food (Please bring a plate), spot prizes, games and

lolly scramble for the children.

Prize for Best Pavlova! (can be dessert after competition)

People are asked to bring along their own plates,

cutlery, deck chair or picnic blanket and beverages.

Tables will be erected for food to be placed on for the

shared dinner. BBQ’s supplied for people wishing to

cook sausages or meat patties.

Dress theme: Kiwiana (casual, Jandals, gumboots,

floppy hats etc.)

With this Sunday being ‘Christ the King’ Let’s come together and celebrate as ONE!

St Joseph’s News

Principal: Sandra Connor

Eastbourne St, Hastings, Ph 06 8787262

Email: office@stjos.school.nz

Our Senior Speech finalists will take part in the annual speech competitions with St. Mary’s on Thursday 12 November 6.30pm in the school hall. Congratulations and best wishes to all those taking part – you are wonderful ambassadors for your respective schools. Our Year 7 students will take part in a Leadership Course on Monday in Palmerston North. The Junior Production-The Story of Christmas - will take place on Thursday 26th November in the school Hall. There will be a matinee performance 11.00am and an evening performance at 6.30pm. We are delighted that some of our students are undertaking preparation for Baptism. May God bless them and their families on this faith journey. End of Year Final Assembly will take place on Monday 7th December 1.15pm – mark your diary!

St Mary’s Primary School

Principal: Elizabeth Crowley

Frederick St, Hastings, Ph: 06 8766421

Email: office@stmaryshastings.school.nz

We celebrated our talents in special ways this week at St. Mary’s. We had a keyboard recital, the Kapa Haka Festival, a Year 2/3 trip to the Gannets, the speech and Scripture Reading with St. Joseph’s and an Learning Open Day. On Thursday 26 November at 10.40am staff will be hosting a thank you morning tea for all those parents, caregivers, whanau, parishioners and priests, who have helped and supported our school throughout the year. We warmly invite you to attend. We look forward to seeing you. God bless, Teresa Neilson D.R.S. St John’s College News Principal: Paul Melloy Jervois St. PO Box 14008 Mayfair Ph: 878 6853 Email: admin@stjohns.school.nz

Last week we had our Year 10 students taking part in an Amazing Race Retreat where they were challenged to ‘Love their Neighbour’. Next week we have our Year 9 students exploring Napier and Hastings to study the history of the Marists and the Catholic Church in Hawke’s Bay. Please pray for our senior students as they sit their external examinations. Our Academic Prize giving begins 7pm on December 3rd in the gymnasium. Join us celebrating the success of our wonderful young men.

Sacred Heart College News Principal: Steve Bryan Convent Rd, Napier, Ph 835 3761 Email: admin@sacredheartnapier.school.nz

The carving at the performance end of our new building, ‘Mission Centre’ will be unveiled at a dawn ceremony on Monday at 5.30am.

YOUTH CORNER Mabuhay and greetings to you all. We are coming towards the end as our senior students are finished school and on their exams. Our prayers, hearts and thoughts are with them during this time and wishing them all the best. We are now strongly encouraging our young people to participate our weekly program as we started practising Christmas songs plus more for future events. We also started raising funds to support our young people who will represent our Parish at Life Teen Summer Camp in January. Please pray for this event as we need our young people to attend those kinds of formation event to help them in different ways especially their Faith. Sausage sizzles already on the way and any donation towards this fundraising will be very much appreciated. At the Parish's Kiwiana Festival, we had planned to sell raffle tickets and they will do carols too. We need some sponsors for the prizes and if you can donate a prize/s, please kindly drop it to my office or Parish office or contact if need to be picked up. A huge thank you to all those families that had brought in lovely donations for the prizes. Remember to bring some gold coins to buy tickets on 22/11 Festival so you won't miss out on those Christmas groceries.

FOR YOUTH FUNDRAISING

25 mixed cases of Bivvy Vineyard Wine for sale. $130 per case with $20 going to Lifeteen 2015 camp. Cases contain Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay and Viognier. All from single vineyard. Please ph 8700616 or 0276218259 for orders and free local delivery.

Thank you for all your prayers and support of our Youth Ministry and God bless.

Anointing Mass

Our Lady of Lourdes

November 24, 2015, 2pm

(No 9am Mass at OLOL)

If you require transport please contact

Pat Sanko on 877 6367

The Annual Sick and Retired Priests Special Collection

Sunday 29 November 2015

On behalf of the Bishop, the Clergy Trust Fund provides for the

wellbeing and care of priests in the Diocese. This includes

stipends, food, travel home for overseas priests, retreats, and all

costs relating to healthcare. The Clergy Trust Fund struggles to

meet increasing medical costs. Hence, your giving to this special

collection is most appreciated by the Fund which receives the

money, and by those priests who then benefit from your

generosity. Your support is a great way of showing your gratitude

to your priests.

Many thanks and blessings to all who contribute to this special

collection. Fr Brian Walsh, Vicar General

OUR CATECHUMENS

This weekend we welcome our catechumens, Caroline Clarke and

Tuihoua Kanongataa, and our candidates, Jenny Cumberbeach

and Peter Schirnack into our Faith Community. Please include

them in your prayers.

St MARY MacKILLOP and Fr JULIAN TENISON WOODS

Co-founders of the Sisters of St Joseph, have arrived in the

gathering space of Sacred Heart Church. They are there to

remind us of the Josephite spirit, lived among us over the years,

in a particular way by the Sisters , but also to show us that a

Josephite spirituality is for everyone .

Recently Deceased: Shirley Ewart, Amelita Samson, Alex Patterson, Thomas Flynn, Koparehui Thompson Please pray for the Souls of: Laurie Maloney (A16/11),

Please keep in your prayers those in our parish and communities who are sick especially: Whetu Kenrick, Peti Kenrick, Christine Koko, Shirley Wakefield, Marie Barnham, Rita Montaperto, Eileen McCarthy, Johanna Mouat, Helen Windle, Denyse Cornelius, Vi Bond, Mary Blackburn, Beryl Honeybone, Louise O’Connor, Isla O’Connor, Moira Moody, Joyce Watson, Pat Hutchinson, Elizabeth Joseph (India), Joan Corlet, Rosa Ogden, Roscia Lahai Borneo (Malaysia), Roland Fly, Jill Cotton (St Mary’s Taradale), Erik Lukkassen (Perth), Gloria Wilson (Auckland), Fiona Barker, Margot Hamilton, Leonardos Baltussen, Dominique Lamberg, Gabrielle Burns, Greg Sloane, Ivan Brunton(Wellington) Ryan Brunton, Chris Pitcon PRAYERLINE: When in need of prayers for special intentions please phone any one of the following people: Fay Evans 878 8643, Eleanor McFlynn 878 9928, Trish Webley 8778172 or Margaret Frater 877 7571.

Names for the sick will be rotated monthly. Please let the parish office know if you wish for the name to stay on the

Prayer List. We thank you for your support.

Community Notices-Special Events

Accommodation - There has been another delay on Margaret & Mike Martin’s house and they are looking for house sitting/flat/

house short term. Phone 8782570

2016 Columban Calendars - now available in the Parish Office

Sacred Heart

Thank you - Thank you to the hospitality team and all those who brought cakes for the delicious morning tea we all enjoyed

last Sunday. Thank you also to the St Josephs children who made the lovely bookmarks, gifts given to the people who put

candles by the altar, they were greatly appreciated.

Saint Peter Chanel

Choir Practice - St. Peter Chanel Parishioners are invited to join choir practice each Wednesday evening 5:30 - 6:30pm. From

the 18th of November to 23 of December. Any inquiries please ring Jo 8788065 and Moira 877 0993

Christmas Cards now available before and after Mass.

SPC Jubilee Meeting on November 18 at 7pm in the SPC Community Centre.

Rosters - For November to January, now available in the website.

Our Lady of Lourdes CHRISTMAS CHOIR: OUR LADY OF LOURDES

OLOL has a vigil Mass on Christmas Eve and a morning Mass on Christmas Day and we are organising the music. With only 5

weeks until Christmas we need to start practising for these celebrations. Anyone interested / available to be part of the choir for

either Christmas Eve or Christmas Day, please meet in the choir area by the organ after mass today. At this meeting, we will

agree a weekly practice time / day leading up to Christmas and gather names and contact numbers.

OLOL Liturgy Planning - Meeting after Mass next Sunday - 22nd November - All welcome - contact person Susan Doohan 877

7733

ST VINCENT DE PAUL OUR LADY OF LOURDES CONFERENCE invites you to attend their Anointing Mass for the sick and the

elderly to be held on Tuesday 24 November at 2.00p.m. Christmas afternoon tea to follow. A contribution of food would be

appreciated. We have a good selection of Christmas cards for sale after Mass at $3.00 a packet.

CLIMATE CHANGE : BE INFORMED , BE INVOLVED.

An interesting and informative documentary “THIS CHANGES

EVERYTHING” based on the best selling book of the same

name by Naomi Klein. November 22nd Sunday 3:30 at Focal

Point Cinema. You can book now.

A Climate Change March is being organised for Saturday

November 28th to draw attention to the Paris leaders meeting.

More information to come .

DOVE CATHOLIC FELLOWSHIP FOR WOMEN HAWKE’S BAY

All women are invited to our meeting, on Saturday 21st November at 2pm at St Mary’s Parish Centre, Osier Road, Taradale. Our theme for this year is “The names of Jesus”. Our speaker is Sr. Maureen who will be speaking on ‘I am The Way the Truth and the Life’.

ADVENT REFLECTION GROUP

ADVENT is just around the corner and there is an opportunity for

you to be part of a Advent Reflection Group again this

year. Everyone is most welcome to come along and join in for the

4 weeks. These will be held in -

The Sacred Heart Side Chapel - starting Tuesday November 24th

at 10am

Our Lady of Lourdes Com. Centre - starting Thursday November

26th at 9am OR

If you already belong to a Parish Group or if you would like to get

together with your friends to share these Advent reflections.

THANK YOU Jo and John Schinkel would like to thank all who so promptly helped when Jo became unwell at Church. May thanks also for the prayers and good wishes.