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St Patrick’s Parish Emerald Welcomes You Established in 1888 4th Sunday of Lent Year C 30th & 31st March 2019 Parish Administrator: Fr Raj Kodavatikanti This Fourth Sunday of Lent is called Rejoice Sunday. Anticipating Easter joy, today’s readings invite us to rejoice by being reconciled with God through repentance and the confession of our sins and by celebrating our coming home to be with our loving and forgiving God. St. Paul invites the Corinthian Christian community to rejoice because Jesus has reconciled them with God by his suffering and death. Today’s Gospel celebrates the joy of the prodigal son on his “homecoming” where he discovers his father’s forgiving and overflowing love. It is also the story of the rejoicing of a loving and forgiving father who celebrates the return of his prodigal son by throwing a big party in his honour, a banquet celebrating the reconciliation of the son with his father, his family, his community and his God. Let us admit the truth that we are an assembly of sinful people, repentant, and now ready to receive God's forgiveness and to experience Jesus’ Personal Presence in the Holy Eucharist as our loving and forgiving God. Let us return to our Heavenly Father with repentant hearts: As prodigal children, we face spiritual famine. All of these evils have proliferated because we have been squandering God’s abundant blessings, not only in our country and in our families, but also in our personal lives. Hence, let us repent and return to our Heavenly Father’s home. Holy Mass enhances our “pass over," from a world of sin to a world of reconciliation. At every Mass, we come to our loving Heavenly Father’s house as prodigal children acknowledging that we have sinned (“I confess to Almighty God.”). In the Offertory, we give ourselves back to the Father, and this is the moment of our surrendering our sinful lives to God our Father. At the consecration, we hear God’s invitation through Jesus: “… this is My Body, which will be given up for you... this is the chalice of My Blood … which will be poured out for you…” (equals - ALL I HAVE IS YOURS). In Holy Communion, we participate in the banquet of reconciliation, thus restoring our full relationship with God and our fellow human beings. Fr Raj The Catholic Diocese of Rockhampton abides strictly with the principles and procedures of Towards Healing. The Diocese is committed to healing for victims by providing a sensitive and compassionate response to complaints. Contact the Response Coordinator on Ph 1800 830113. email: [email protected] ST. PATRICK’S PARISH Page 2 Emerald & District Mass Times Church March/April Roster EASTER CELEBRATIONS Church Cleaning: Saturday 30 March 6pm 5th: Jackie McGavin, Loyola McKinlay, Maria Sunday 31 March 8am Holy Thursday - April 18 Mahony Sunday 31 March 8am * Springsure Emerald 5.30pm Monday 01 April NO MASS Springsure 7.30pm Church Linen: Marie Mahony Tuesday 02 April 12 noon April: Jackie McGavin Wednesday 03 April 7am Good Friday - April 19 Thursday 04 April 8am Ground Maintenance: Michael & Ben Heinemann, Emerald 3pm Friday 05 April 9am Kevin Pokarier Emerald Churches Together Ecumenical, Saturday 06 April 6pm Bush Chapel, Botanical Gardens - 5pm Sunday 07 April 8am * THIS WEEKEND 30/31 March Springsure Ecumenical Service - 9am Sunday 07 April 10.30 * Anakie Sacristan: 6pm: John Miller Sunday 07 April 8am Springsure Holy Saturday - April 20 Monday 08 April NO MASS 8am: Peter Agius Emerald 6pm Commentator: Tuesday 09 April 12 noon 6pm: Kevin Bickhoff Wednesday 10 April 7am Easter Sunday - April 21 8am: Marie Mahony Thursday 11 April 8am Emerald 8am Readers: Friday 12 April 9am Springsure 10.30 am 6pm: Catherine Nolan, Peter Lawler * Liturgy of the Word with Holy Communion Rolleston 12.00 noon 8am: Bill Mahony, Jackie McGavin Communion Ministers: Gemfields 6pm Dates for the Diary 6pm: Sue McCosker, Catherine Nolan, Rod Devlin, Blackwater Celebrations Grainne Cullivan, Volunteer please 8am: Yvonne Farrell, Bill Mahony, Anthea April Holy Thursday - April 18 Cullinane, Peter Agius, Volunteer please 5 Last day of Term 1 Blackwater 7pm 5 Stations of the Marist College * Altar Servers: 6pm: Volunteers please 12 Avalon Mass 10am 23 School Resumes Term 2 Good Friday - April 19 8am: Volunteers please Blackwater 3pm Children’s Liturgy: 23 Anointing Mass 12 noon followed by 6pm: Megan Courtney, Lachlan Boyle shared lunch. 8am: Shona Gibson, Stephen Hunt 25 Anzac Day Office closed Holy Saturday - April 20 Holy Goods Shop: 25 Anzac Day Mass 9am Blackwater 6pm 26 Avalon Mass 10am Anointing Mass 6pm: Volunteer please 8am: Volunteer please * See notices for more information Easter Sunday - April 21 Duaringa 9am Musicians: 6pm: Jun, Alvin, Cathy, Lorraine (Administered by Rockhampton Diocese) 8am: Vanessa, Monica, Christine Counters: No Counting dRegular Prayer Gatherings Legion of Mary, Church, Gemfields Catholic NEXT WEEKEND 6/7 April Mondays, 9am Community News Sacristan: Good Shepherd Prayer Group, The Gemfields community meet for Liturgy 6pm: John Miller Church, Wednesdays, 7.00pm of the Word with Holy Communion on the 8am: Peter Agius Eucharistic Adoration, Church, first Sunday of the Month and Mass on the Commentator: Fridays, 5.30pm - 6.30pm third Sunday of the Month at the Anakie 6pm: Jackie McGavin Rosary at the Grotto, Sunday, Community Hall at 10.30am. Lay Leaders: 5.30pm 8am: Neil Dale, Janice Moriarty All are welcome Readers: Most Welcome 6pm: Anna Wolff, John Miller 8am: Thomas Case, Yvonne Farrell St Patrick's Parish Communion Ministers: Parish Office: St Patrick’s Primary School: 6pm: John Chapman, Kevin Bickhoff, Rod Devlin, 33 Yamala Street, PO Box 47 Principal: Mr Chris Ferguson Grainne Cullivan Ph: 49 821 066 41 Yamala Street 8am: Anthea Cullinane, Sharon McDonald, Simon Ph: 4982 2485, Fax: 4982 4229 McKinlay, Peter Agius, Bill Mahony E-mail: [email protected] Altar Servers: Bulletin E-mail: stpatsbulletin @gmail.com E-mail: [email protected] 6pm: Volunteers please Parish Administrator: Fr Raj Kodavatikanti St Brigid’s Primary School: 8am: Volunteers please M:0418 821066 Principal: Mr Mick Roach Children’s Liturgy: E-mail: [email protected] Gregory Highway South 6pm: No Liturgy School Holidays Office Hours: Monday to Friday, 9am to 3pm Ph: 4982 0411, Fax: 4982 0422 8am: No Liturgy School Holidays Parish Secretary: Mrs Francie Hartley and E-mail: [email protected] Holy Goods Shop: Mrs Cathy Chapman ph 4982 1066 Marist College Emerald: 6pm: Peg Layton Other Churches administered by Principal: Mr Mark Green 8am: Anthea Cullinane St Patricks: Jeppesen Drive Musicians: Gemfields Catholic Community, Ph: 4982 3400, Fax: 4982 3033 6pm: Jacinta, Edwind, Maria Ph: 4985 4154 - Mrs Ann Hatte E-mail: [email protected] 8am: Roslyn, Kev, Mila St Vincent de Paul: Ph: 4982 1726 Counters: Bernie Frawley, Anthony Iwuchukwu Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Springsure Ph: 0488 100322 - Mrs Maria Hoare Neighbourhood Centre: 17 Yamala St St Theresa’s Rolleston, Ph: 4982 1696 Fax: 4982 3710 Second Collection Ph: 4984 3192 - Mrs Pam Dallas E-mail: [email protected] Project Compassion Mary Immaculate Blackwater CentaCare: 141 Egerton Street Ph:4982 5362 - Srs Colleen and Carmel (across from Coles, behind high house) (Administered by Rockhampton Diocese) Ph: 4982 4358 ST PATRICKS PARISH Page 3 Please Especially Pray For Sick: Theo Cassimatis (Theo’s café), Alan Cozens, Cathy Dale, Lyn Polley, Valma Burridge, Remma Casquejo, Kayci, Ashley & Chase Kerkow, Jack Wakling, Jim Moriarty, Mary Hornery, Lawrence McNamee, Jessie Hallam, Louise Van Zanden, Alex Cannan, Jordon Cassidy, Margaret Daniels, Arogyamma (Mary) Kodavatikanti. Deceased: Trevor Moloney, Audrey Congreive, Rodney Jarro, Albert Parsons. Anniversaries: Jodie Hodgson, Lovasz Maria, Marcus Elisabeta, Coral Bennett, May Ryan, Fr Bruce Little, John Coughlan, Pauline McLaughlan, Malcolm Stevens, Daada Iwuchukwu, Dallan Golledge, Max Brown, Jim Quinlan, Ray Palm, Aaron Whelan, Bernie Smith, Vera Ross, Albert Witt, Alfred Daniels, Hugh Donelly, Jim Gallagher, James Gallagher, Mary Gallagher, Gerard Pearce Jnr, Jim Rowley Roberts, Joey Hughes, Marie Jensen, Joseph Schemlowski, Jim and Mary Brosnan, Peter Moore, Lou Petho, Sue Pascoe, Margaret Willis, Mary Sullivan. Please contact the parish office if you are aware of people or families within our community requiring our prayers and/or support. Stations of the Cross Pre-Easter Working Bee Lenten Program 2019 Saturday, 6 April Fr Raj and the Filipino community Church and Parish Grounds “Compassion” invite you to 7am to 10am Reflecting Sharing Walk the Stations of the Cross Please help us prepare our Church to be held at Marist College on Living the Good News Friday, 5th April commencing at for Easter celebrations. 5pm, concluding at 6.30pm Please bring gardening and cleaning tools. (Stations will begin at the school’s official carpark) Working bee followed For more information contact: Jun by morning tea. 0401 600978 or Alvin: 0402 484736 Invitation is extended for people to Lenten Groups will be held at the following present at Stations. places: Marist Messages: Monday evening - 25th March There will be NO Stations = Our Year 7 students head to 7.00pm - 9.00pm of the Cross at the Church Carnarvon Gorge for their camp, and Rod/Elma Devlin: 6 Statesman Drive: Phone 0420 422 103 our Year 10 students head to work places throughout the Central Tuesday morning - 26th March Highlands and further afield for 9.30am -11.00am Mass Understandings Peggy Leyton: 17 Baker Street: Phone work experience next week. Mission Impossible? “The Lord Be with You” 4982 2370. = Enrolments for Year 7 2020 open on Throughout salvation history, these sacred Monday 29 April. 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