Baptism of the Lord Year B

VICTOR HARBOR/GOOLWA CATHOLIC PARISH Vol 9 : No 08

VISION AND MISSION STATEMENT Our vision is to build a faith community, centred on the loving relationship of Father, Son and Holy Spirit, expressed in personal lives and in communal Parish activities.

IT IS OUR MISSION TO: • Endeavour to develop relevant and prayerful Eucharistic celebrations. • Foster the experience of a personal relationship with God. • Provide faith formation opportunities for parishioners. • Care for each other and the environment, particularly the sick, lonely, aged and disabled within our Parish. • Care for our environment towards FIRST READING my ways are above your ways, my a sustainable future. 55:1-11 thoughts above your thoughts. Oh, come to the water all you who are thirsty; though you have no money, Yes, as the rain and the snow come down from the heavens and do not WE WILL: come! Buy corn without money, and eat, and, at no cost, wine and milk. return without watering the earth, • Reach out to those in need in the Why spend money on what is not making it yield and giving growth to local community. bread, your wages on what fails to provide seed for the sower and bread satisfy? Listen, listen to me, and you for the eating, so the word that goes • Be committed to Catholic Social from my mouth does not return to me Justice principles. will have good things to eat and rich food to enjoy. Pay attention, come to empty, without carrying out my will Pray and work together with me; listen, and your soul will live. and succeeding in what it was sent to • do. Christian Churches and all people With you I will make an everlasting of goodwill. covenant out of the favours promised RESPONSORIAL PSALM to . See, I have made of you a You will draw water joyfully from the • Protect and engage with young springs of salvation. people in our local area. witness to the peoples, a leader and a master of the nations. See, you will SECOND READING • Strengthen bonds with indigenous summon a nation you never knew, 1 John 5:1-9 people in our region. those unknown will come hurrying to Whoever believes that Jesus is the you, for the sake of the Lord your Christ has been begotten by God; God, of the Holy One of Israel who and whoever loves the Father that will glorify you. begot him loves the child whom he Seek the Lord while he is still to be begets. found, call to him while he is still We can be sure that we love God’s near. Let the wicked man abandon his children if we love God himself and way, the evil man his thoughts. Let do what he has commanded us; this is him turn back to the Lord who will what loving God is – keeping his take pity on him, to our God who is commandments; and his command- rich in forgiving; for my thoughts are ments are not difficult, because not your thoughts, my ways not your anyone who has been begotten by God ways – it is the Lord who speaks. Yes, has already overcome the world; this the heavens are as high above earth as is the victory over the world – our (Continued page 4)

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SPECIAL INTENTIONS (These THE HOLY FATHER’S 2021 COVID-SAFE SIGNING IN names will be removed after one PRAYER INTENTIONS: At Victor and Goolwa there will no longer be month. To keep names on this JANUARY someone to sign you in before Mass. list please contact Parish Office) Intention for Evangelization - Human fraternity. May the Lord give us So please use your QR app and put a QR on Barbara Bond, John Wallace, the grace to live in full fellowship with our the list of names so that you are counted Margaret Langtry, brothers and sisters of other religions, or sign in your name on the sheet. Brian Smallacombe, praying for one another, open to all. The Covid Marshal will be there to help. Bailey Smallacombe, Thank you to all the Covid Recorders in Victor Russell Crichton, Bill Longworth, and Goolwa who have helped and are helping to Daniel Holliday, Mark & Lola Kelly, EXPLORING THE GOSPEL WITH keep us on track with our numbers. Claire Hamish, Joan Pillion, LECTIO DIVINA is held each Sunday night ************************* Angelo Fantasia, Jane Lloyd, at 5pm in the Annex.

West Family, Kathleen Tiltman, CONTEMPLATIVE LIVING COMMUNITY SPECIAL CELEBRATIONS IN 2021 Barry Kearsley, We meet for Lectio Divina (Scripture During 2020 we published the birthdays of peo- Lyn McCabe, Emily McCarthy, Reflection) and meditation on Monday ple listed in the Centenary Calendar. Now that Josephine Proctor, afternoons at 4.30pm. Please contact Anne the year is over we would still like to publish Chloe Randabel, Charlie Nicolson, Weygood for details. 0429 653 844 special birthdays or anniversaries but we rely Miriam Kaye, Bill Sloan, Ella Sajn, on parishioners to let us know about them. Brenna Schneideman, Peter Harris, CHRISTIAN LIFE COMMUNITY If you or someone you know has, for example, Rhiannon Healey, Bette Higgins, Groups meet fortnightly on Mondays an “0” birthday coming up or a significant Shane Johnson, Barry Wilks, 2.00-4.00pm. Phone Rob & Jocelyne milestone on the way, please email the parish Paula Collinson. Randabel Williamson 0402 341 071 office with the details by Tuesday at [email protected]

ANNIVERSARIES or phone or text Fran on 0415 124 010. Thank KSC BBQ will be held after Jim Clingan. you. 9.00am Mass in Goolwa through- out January if volunteers are NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS available and the weather is not “THANK YOU” PARISH COLLECTION 2nd & 3rd December too warm. Try starting 2021 with a prayer comprised of two simple words: “Thank (Presbytery) $ 1,165.20 2nd (Parish) $ 1,215.95 KSC 45 CLUB you.” Despite the The Knights of the Southern Cross thank all headaches and hard- VICTOR ALTAR ROSTER who participated in the 45 Club throughout ships and heartbreaks 15th January 2020. Your involvement has enabled the of the last year, we can P. Mezzino & E. O’Shaughnessy Knights to provide much needed assistance be grateful for what we 22nd & 29th January to the various organisations to which we con- survived and be hopeful for what is to come. M.Farmer & C. Pearsons tribute. We now invite you to participate in Find a moment or two to offer a quiet prayer MORNING TEA the 2021 Series of the 45 Club the first of gratitude. Count your blessings. Find No morning tea until further notice draw of which will be on January 30. reason to hope. You’ll be amazed at how it VICTOR MEET & GREET Please be sure not to miss the opportunity to can change your perspective — and reset January Saturdays contribute. Ring Robert on 0409 945 019 or your day. M. Farmer & D. McLaughlin contact any member of the Knights. And don’t forget to thank those around you. It is January Sundays W. & J. Baker easy to take each other for granted. “Thank you” is a powerful gift to give someone. You are ST JOAN’S CHOIR: saying: “You matter” and “I appreciate you.”

Practice time is 10.30am each Our Sunday Visitor Friday

ST JOAN’S MAINTENANCE GROUP GOOLWA MEET & GREET will hold their next meeting on January Wednesday 13th January at A. Turner 9.30am. Morning tea to follow. New members welcome.

ST JOHN’S MUSIC GROUP Practice time 2.00pm Wednesday. Call Claire Williams 0429 008 199.

This Week : 9th & 10th January RESPONSORIAL PSALM MARGUERITE BOURGEOYS VICTOR HARBOR 6.00pm BAPTISM OF THE LORD Feast Day 12th January Commentator: J. Ryan First Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr. B (1620 – 1700) You will draw water joyfully from the The sixth of 12 children in Troyes, France, R.1 M. Farmer springs of salvation. at age 20 Margue- R.2 C. Sutherland E.M. M. Farmer . Truly, God is my salvation, rite believed that I trust, I shall not fear. she was called to VICTOR HARBOR 11.00am For the Lord is my strength, my song religious life. Her Commentator: W. Baker He became my saviour. applications to the R1. P. Clingan With joy you will draw water Carmelites and R2 T. Hounslow from the wells of salvation. Poor Clares were E.M M. Ferguson Give thanks to the Lord, give praise to unsuccessful. In His name! 1654, the governor of the French settlement Make His mighty deeds known to the in Canada visited his sister, a canoness in GOOLWA Sunday 9am Commentator: A. Fawkner peoples! Troyes. Marguerite belonged to a sodality Declare the greatness of His name. connected to that convent. The governor R1 C. May Sing a psalm to the Lord invited her to come to Canada and start a R2 M. Mulvihill for He has done glorious deeds, school in Ville-Marie (eventually the city of E.M. S. Muller make them known to all the earth! Montreal) where there were 200 people, a People of Zion, sing and shout for joy hospital and a Jesuit mission chapel. Mar- for great in your midst is the Holy One of guerite returned to Troyes and recruited Israel. three young women as co-workers. In 1667, they added classes at their school for Indian children. A second trip to France resulted in six more young women and a letter from IN WAITING King Louis XIV, authorizing the school. The Congregation of Notre Dame was estab- lished in 1676; formal religious profession was made in 1698. Marguerite established a school for Indian girls in Montreal. At 69 years, she walked from Montreal to Quebec in response to the bishop’s request to estab- Dr Sr Mary Glowrey is a saint in waiting lish a community of her sisters in that city. as her cause for canonisation proceeds By the time she died, she was referred to as in Rome, but to her niece, also Sr Mary the “Mother of the Colony.” Marguerite was Next Week : 15th & 17th January Glowrey, she is simply Aunty Mary or canonized in 1982. Franciscan Media “Bubs”. VICTOR HARBOR 6.00pm THE BAPTISM OF THE LORD Commentator: E. O’Shaughnessy The Victorian-born missionary and the Today the Church celebrates the Feast of R.1 B. Bullen world’s first sister-doctor left in the Baptism of Our R.2 J. Ryan 1920 and spent the next 37 years as a Lord. This brings to E.M. J. Jeffrey . doctor and health administrator in India an end the season of where she died in 1957 at the age of 69. Christmas. The VICTOR HARBOR 11.00am The founder of the Catholic Health Asso- Church recalls Our Commentator: R. Klecko ciation of India, whose members today Lord's second mani- R1. J. Tregeagle care for more than 21 million people, Dr festation or epiphany which occurred on the R2 A. Rose Glowrey was declared a occasion of His baptism in the Jordan. Je- E.M P. Clingan in 2013. sus descended into the River to sanctify its If her sainthood cause is successful, waters. Catholic Culture GOOLWA Sunday 9am none will be happier than 92-year-old Sr Through our baptism, we too, are daughters Commentator: J. Ryan Mary Glowrey, a Little Company of Mary and sons of God. We are disciples of Je- Sister who has lived in Adelaide since sus. As true disciples we are called to ac- R1 M. O’Halloran 1993. tively participate in our Catholic faith, not R2 R. Lee Last month, Sr Mary’s own very success- just be mere bystanders. This means work- E.M. M. Ryan ful career as a nurse, midwife and ing in collaboration with Holy Spirit and dis- pastoral carer was recognised when she cerning how we are being asked to use our celebrated her 70th anniversary of reli- gifts. Using our gifts for the benefit of others gious life. Southern Cross and not just for our own interests and comfort. Stewardship Reflection

MASS TIMES (Continued from page 1) comes to an end with the feast of the • Victor Harbor - Weekends - Saturday faith. Who can overcome the world? Baptism of Our Lord. Christmas is the feast of God’s Self-revelation to the 6.00pm; Sunday 11.00am. Weekdays - Only the man who believes that Jesus Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 9.00am Jews, and Epiphany celebrates God’s is the Son of God: Jesus Christ who Self-revelation to the Gentiles. At his • Goolwa - Weekend - Sunday 9.00am. came by water and blood, not with Baptism in the Jordan, Christ reveals Weekday - Wednesday 9.30am water only, but with water and blood; himself to repentant sinners. The with the Spirit as another witness – COMPLIANCE WITH liturgical season of Christmas comes since the Spirit is the truth – so that to a conclusion this Sunday with the REGULATIONS there are three witnesses, the Spirit, (Updated 14 December) celebration of the Baptism of the the water and the blood, and all three Lord. • Attendees at Mass must maintain of them agree. social distancing of 1:2 sqm. Neither John nor Jesus invented We accept the testimony of human • Funerals are capped at 200 people, witnesses, but God’s testimony is baptism. It had been practiced for whilst maintaining 1:2 sqm. much greater, and this is God’s centuries among the Jews as a ritual

testimony, given as evidence for his equivalent to our Confession. Until • Weddings are capped at 200 people, the fall of the Temple in 70 AD, it was whilst maintaining 1:2 sqm. Son. common for Jewish people to use a • No beverage or food consumption (ie special pool called a Mikveh -- cup of tea after Mass) GOSPEL ACCLAMATION literally a "collection of water" – as a Alleluia, alleluia! means of spiritual cleansing, to • Singing as a congregation is to be John saw Jesus approaching him and avoided. remove spiritual impurity and sin. said: This is the Lamb of God who Men took this bath weekly on the eve • There should be no physical contact takes away the sins of the world. of the Sabbath; women, monthly. outside one’s family or household Converts were also expected to take group. There should be no shaking of GOSPEL this bath before entering Judaism. The hands or holding hands during the Mark 1:7-11 Orthodox Jews still retain the rite. Mass. In the course of his preaching John the John preached that such a bath was a • Every gathering must record contact Baptist said, ‘Someone is following necessary preparation for the details - either with the QR code for me, someone who is more powerful cataclysm that would be wrought by smart phones, or the handwritten log - than I am, and I am not fit to kneel the coming Messiah. Jesus transform- both located at the entrance to the down and undo the strap of his ed this continuing ritual into the one Church. sandals. I have baptised you with single, definitive act by which we • Hand sanitizer is to be available at water, but he will baptise you with the begin our life of Faith. In effect, He church entrance Holy Spirit.’ fused His Divine Essence with the • Sick and high risk/vulnerable people It was at this time that Jesus came water and the ceremony. are encouraged not to attend. from Nazareth in Galilee and was “Vatican News” • The obligation for Sunday Mass for baptised in the Jordan by John. No the laity HAS NOT BEEN sooner had he come up out of the RE-INVOKED at this stage. water than he saw the heavens torn • apart and the Spirit, like a dove, THIS WEEK’S READINGS descending on him. And a voice came (11 January - 17 January) VICTOR HARBOR/GOOLWA from heaven, ‘You are my Son, the • Monday,11: Weekday, Ordinary Beloved; my favour rests on you.’ Time 1 (Heb 1:1-6; Mk 1:21-28) CATHOLIC PARISH HOUSE 32 Seaview Road (PO Box 464) • Tuesday, 12: Weekday, Ordinary VICTOR HARBOR SA 5211 Time 1 (Heb 2:5-12; Mk 1:21-28) Telephone: 8552 1084 (Please leave a REFLECTION FOR message if the Office is unattended - we THE FEAST OF THE BAPTISM • Wednesday, 13: Weekday, Ordinary will get back to you asap) OF THE LORD Time 1 (Heb 2:14-18; Mk 1:29-39) Email: [email protected] The Baptism of the Lord is the great Web: www.victorgoolwacatholic.org.au event celebrated by the Eastern • Thursday, 14: Weekday, Ordinary PARISH TEAM CONTACTS churches on the feast of Epiphany Time 1 (Heb 3:7-14; Mk 1:40-45) because it is the occasion of the first • PARISH PRIEST public revelation of all the Three • Friday, 15: Weekday, Ordinary Fr Vinh-Quang Tran (8552 1084; Persons in the Holy Trinity, and the Time 1 (Heb 4:1-5, 11; Mk 2:1-12) in an emergency - 0429 098 802) official revelation of Jesus as the Son Email: [email protected] of God to the world by God the • Saturday, 16: Weekday, Ordinary Father. Hence, it is described by • PARISH MANAGERS Time 1 (Heb 4:12-16; Mk 2:13-17) all four Gospels. It marks the Mr Ray Klecko (0438 364 870) beginning of Jesus' public ministry. • Sunday, 17: 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Mrs Pat Clingan (0410 593 617) The Christmas season, celebrating the Time (1Sam 3:3-10, 19; 1 Cor Email: [email protected] Self-revelation of God through Jesus, 6:13-15, 17-20; Jn 1:35-42) • PARISH NEWSLETTER Please forward items for the newsletter PASTORAL CARE to the Parish Office - ph 8552 1084 or If you need a Priest for anointing of the sick or last rites [email protected]) (All items for contact: Noarlunga/Seaford (8382 1717), Willunga (0488 287 552), the newsletter by Wednesday evening) Victor Harbor/Goolwa (8552 1084), Kangaroo Island (0418 819 078).

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