Warragul and Drouin Catholic Parishes St. Ignatius’, Neerim South-St. ’s, Warragul-St Ita’s, Drouin ‘Forming Missionary Communities’

Parish Priest: Sunday 24th January 2021– 3rd SUNDAY in ORDINARY TIME-Yr B Father Peter Slater

Presbytery: Sunday Mass Times 3 Witton St PO Box 275 Warragul. Warragul 3820 Neerim South Saturday: Vigil 5.30pm ph: 5623-1642 Warragul Saturday Vigil 7.00pm [email protected] Warragul Sunday: 9.00am Drouin Sunday: 10.30am Assistant Priest: Father Confidence Masvosva Weekday Mass Times ph: 5623-1642 [email protected] Monday: Warragul 9.30am Tuesday: Drouin 9.30am Warragul 5.30pm Deacon: Wednesday: Warragul 9.30am Deacon Mark Kelly Thursday: Drouin 9.30am 0427 748 646 Friday: Warragul 9.30am [email protected]

A LETTER FROM FR PETER. BOOKINGS FOR MASSES Churches: St. Joseph’s: Dear Parishioners, January 30/31 17 Queen St The big news this week, not counting https://www.trybooking.com/ Warragul. the inauguration of President Biden in BNTXV

St Ita’s: the US, is the change of priests in our Victoria St, parishes. Fr Sunil has left us to take up This will bring up the list of Masses. Drouin. an appointment in Berwick, and Fr Paul Click on book now button and follow

St. Ignatius: has moved to Pakenham. I would like the prompts Main Road, to thank them both for their efforts Click on the Mass you wish to attend Neerim South. among us over the past months. They (please only choose one Mass)

Parish Office: made a difference to our ability to cope Then click on the number of tickets 19 Connor St, PO Box 275 with the restrictions. I am sure many required. (Please note Children over 12 Warragul. Warragul 3820 of you will miss them. months need to have a ticket booked)

Ph: 5623-1642 Then fill in your details. [email protected] The good news however is the arrival Click on purchase ticket. TICKETS ARE FREE. Parish Staff: of Fr Confidence Masvosva. Like Fr Paul, Fr Confidence was ordained priest Make sure that you have completed the Secretary: in December so this is his first ongoing purchase of your ticket by checking Prue Walkinshaw email . If you do not get an appointment. I know you will get to R.C.I.A. Coordinator appreciate him. email confirming your ticket please Joan Robertson Ph: 5623-1642 contact the office. (You don’t need to [email protected] print or bring your ticket.) Our schools get underway this week. Sacrament & Catechist Coordinator They are looking forward to a Bookings for Masses for 12/13 Dec will St Joseph’s & St Ita’s comparatively “normal” kind of year be open from Saturday 5/12 9am until Thérèse Meggetto Ph: 5623-1642 and we hope this is the case. However, 3pm Friday 11/12. [email protected] Covid 19 requires ongoing vigilance as Warragul and Drouin Masses are Youth Minister visiting tennis players are experiencing. strictly limited to 80 people and Bethany Allen Ph: 0476 273 279 Neerim South 50 people. [email protected] And thinking of schools our new school, named St Angela of the Cross, Schools: is beginning too. Best wishes to You must book in to come to Marist-Sion College 5623-5944 Principal, Justin Greenwood, and staff Sunday Masses. Please do not just Principal: Mr. Peter Houlahan and students. turn up, you must book. St. Joseph’s Primary School 5623-2943 If you have any issues please call Prue at Principal: Mr. Ronan O’Mahony Lastly a word of thanks for your the office 56231642.

St. Ita’s Primary School 5623-7222 patience and cooperation with the booking in for Mass. It is strange for us Principal: Mr. Andrew Osler but one of the ways we are playing our St. Angela’s Primary School 5622-9800 part. Principal: Mr Justin Greenwood. Regards Fr Peter.

CATHOLIC PARISHES OF WARRAGUL AND DROUIN OUR VISION - FORMING MISSIONARY COMMUNITIES We are engaged together in the mission of Jesus today; as we seek to make God known and to love God and neighbour. Anything that helps people live in their full dignity and freedom, that serves the kingdom of God, is mission. We do this in community because we are more than individual believers and parishioners. We are one community made up of smaller communities: two parishes, three churches, our parish schools, ministry groups and families. We constantly need formation in our following of Jesus and we seek opportunities to grow in community for mission.

SUPPORTING OUR PARISH AND COLLECTIONS AT MASS: REFLECTION by Fr Tate PASTORS. With the current restrictions we are The Eyes Have It Thank you to those who have brought not passing collection bowls around at When Jesus says to Simon, Andrew, your offerings in to the parish. It is still Mass. Parishioners who wish to James and John ‘I will make you into possible to give support transferring contribute are invited to go to the fishers of men’, then, amongst the many your offering via direct deposit. The collection bowls situated at the edge of levels of meaning they would have heard account numbers are as follows: the sanctuary in each church. The time the allusion to 29:3-5. of placing bread and wine on the altar Jesus was telling them that he was First Collection (to support our (formerly called offertory) is a good creating a society of liberated human Priests) time to do this as it links your giving to beings, called the ‘Kingdom of God’. 083879 941199437 the liturgical act. (As a clue this is after This would involve struggle against St Joseph’s & St Ita’s Presbytery the Prayers of the Faithful.) powerful elites, the pharaohs of this account. world, who oppress and enslave people. Second Collection (Plan Giving) PASTORAL NOTES It would be as dangerous and demand as St Joseph’s Church Account The homily has special importance due much energy as required to haul a 083879 489045334 to its eucharistic context: it surpasses crocodile out of the Nile. all forms of catechesis as the supreme St Ita’s Church Account moment in the dialogue between God Yet they did so, ‘straightaway’. Because 083879 568166097 and his people which lead up to of the call of Jesus? No. At least, not sacramental communion. that alone. We read ‘He saw Simon and If you choose to deposit to these Evangelii Gaudium (2013) 137 his brother Andrew . . . He saw James Accounts, please put your name or and his brother John.’ They were envelope number as a reference to The Eucharist, although it is the fullness responding not to his voice alone but to make sure that we know who it is from. of sacramental life, is not a prize for his eyes. His is like the attentive gaze of

Or alternatively contacting Prue on the perfect but a powerful medicine a parent loving a baby into a beautiful 5623-1642 and nourishment for the weak. future. Jesus looks at you and at me Evangelii Gaudium (2013) 47 wanting to love us into a barely Or by popping envelopes into the letter imaginable future. slot at the front door of the presbytery. The homily is part of the Liturgy….. It We could pause for a moment to Thank you so much for your continued should be an exposition of some aspect remember that when His call comes, support. of the readings from Sacred Scripture demanding an ‘aye’ or a ‘nay’, the Eyes or of another text from the Ordinary have it. or from the Proper of the Mass of the COLLECTIONS day and should take into account both © Fr Michael Tate; [email protected] Sunday 17th January 2021 the mystery being celebrated and the Rev Prof Michael Tate graduated in Law from Warragul Drouin particular needs of the listeners. the University of Tasmania in 1968, and in Planned Giving $ 1269.50 $ 1574.00 GIRM 65 Theology from Oxford University in 1971. He Presbytery $ 1463.65 lectured at the University of Tasmania from 1972-78, being Dean of the Faculty of Law in (2 weeks) 1977-78. He was a Senator for Tasmania from Planned Giving includes Direct Debit 1978-93, being Federal Minister for Justice from and Credit Card Transactions. Weekly 1987 -93. He served as Ambassador to The target for Warragul Parish to meet all Hague and the Holy See from 1993-96. He church and Presbytery running costs is then returned to Australia and was ordained in $5000. Thanks to all who give regularly May 2000 and has been a parish priest in the and generously. Archdiocese of Hobart since then. He is an Cash is not held on the premises Honorary Professor of Law at the University of Overnight Tasmania where he lectures in International Humanitarian Law.

BULLETIN BITS PRAYERS OF THE FAITHFUL SCRIPTURAL CONTEXT– THE GOSPEL IN A HURRY. Brothers and sisters, the kingdom of God is near, let us One of the features of this week’s gospel is the immediate pray for those in need. response that Jesus inspires from the fishermen as they give up all that they previously knew to follow him. We will see That the Church will repent and respond to the call to follow throughout this year of readings that this is characteristic of Christ. the Gospel of Mark. This gospel is sometimes referred to as Lord, hear us. the gospel in a hurry as the writer uses a lot of language that implies haste – ‘straight away’; ‘immediately’; ‘that day’; ‘at That the Lord gives us the grace to live in full fellowship with once’. Such language is used to describe the movement of our brothers and sisters of other religions, praying for one Jesus around Galilee but it is also used to describe the another, open to all. powerful reactions people have to him. Lord, hear us

HAVE YOU THOUGHT? That teachers preparing for the new school year will be Although the new liturgical year began with Advent, this guided by the Spirit and blessed in their vocation. week’s reading is the first time that we enter into the cycle of Lord, hear us the gospel for this liturgical year, the Gospel of Mark. The Church calendar works on a cycle of three years: Year A; That we will maintain our vigilance in preventing the spread Year B; and Year C. Each of the three synoptic gospels is of Covid-19, remembering its threat to the vulnerable in our associated with one of the years: Matthew in Year A; Mark in communities. Year B; and Luke in Year C. Throughout this liturgical cycle Lord, hear us we will move through the Gospel of Mark from beginning to end – usually in the part of the liturgical calendar known as For those who have died, we especially remember Fr Bernie Ordinary Time. O’Brien OMI and Sr Isla Kealy PBVM who died recently and © Greg Sunter Liturgy Help. Patricia Beggs, Eileen Towns, Phyllis Jarred, Ken Rowlinson, Thomas Crozier and Marie Therese Rosendale whose anniversaries are around this time: That those who have Please pray for the following of our passed beyond this earthly pilgrimage will reach the eternal Parishes: kingdom …..(pause) Lord, hear us Mass Intentions God of all time, you sent your son to teach us the path Monday 9.30am Warragul Friends of the Suffering Souls of compassion and love. Hear our prayer and inspire us Tuesday 9.30am Drouin Frank Donnelly to leave all behind and follow where Christ leads. We ask this in the name of Jesus, who is Lord forever.

RECENTLY DECEASED Fr Bernie O’Brien OMI, Sister

Isla Kealy PBVM PASTORAL SERVICES

Parish Office: 19 Connor Street Warragul ANNIVERSARIES: Patricia Beggs, Eileen Towns, Phyllis Monday-Friday 9am-3pm Jarred, Ken Rowlinson, Thomas Crozier and Marie Therese Rosendale Baptisms: Celebrated on Sundays by prior arrangement including participation at an information meeting for Parents (and Godparents)

Marriages: By prior arrangement, six months notice requested.

Reconciliation: St Joseph’s Wednesday 9.15am Saturday 10.30-11.00am 6.30-6.50pm St Ita’s Saturday 9.45-10.15am

CatholicCare: Services include counselling Individual, Family & Natural Family Planning Counselling Ph 1800 522 076

St. Vincent de Paul Conference helpline: Safeguarding - Our Parish is committed to providing a safe and Warragul Ph: 5623 6741 supportive environment for all people with special concern for Drouin Ph: 5625 4715 children, young people and adults at risk. Our Safeguarding Officer is Brian Robertson who can be contacted via [email protected] or 56231642. LITURGY OF THE WORD

FIRST READING Jon 3:1-5. 10 GOSPEL Mk 1:14-20 A reading from the prophet A reading from the holy Gospel according to Mark The Ninevites renounced their evil ways. Repent, and believe the Good News. The word of the Lord was addressed to Jonah: ‘Up!’ he After John had been arrested, Jesus went into Galilee. said ‘Go to Nineveh, the great city, and preach to them as There he proclaimed the Good News from God. ‘The I told you to.’ Jonah set out and went to Nineveh in time has come’ he said ‘and the kingdom of God is close obedience to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was a at hand. Repent, and believe the Good News.’ city great beyond compare: it took three days to cross it. As he was walking along by the Sea of Galilee he saw Jonah went on into the city, making a day’s journey. He Simon and his brother Andrew casting a net in the lake – preached in these words, ‘Only forty days more and for they were fishermen. And Jesus said to them, ‘Follow Nineveh is going to be destroyed.’ And the people of me and I will make you into fishers of men.’ And at once Nineveh believed in God; they proclaimed a fast and put they left their nets and followed him. on sackcloth, from the greatest to the least. Going on a little further, he saw James son of Zebedee God saw their efforts to renounce their evil behaviour. and his brother John; they too were in their boat, And God relented: he did not inflict on them the disaster mending their nets. He called them at once and, leaving which he had threatened. their father Zebedee in the boat with the men he The Word of the Lord. employed, they went after him. The Gospel of the Lord. RESPONSORIAL PSALM Ps 24:4-9. R. v.4 (R.) Teach me your ways, O Lord. 1. Lord, make me know your ways. Lord, teach me your paths. Make me walk in your truth, and teach me: for you are God my saviour. (R.) 2. Remember your mercy, Lord, and the love you have shown from of old. In your love remember me, because of your goodness, O Lord. (R.) 3. The Lord is good and upright. He shows the path to those who stray, he guides the humble in the right path; he teaches his way to the poor. (R.)

SECOND READING 1 Cor 7:29-31 A reading from the first letter of St Paul to the Corinthians The world as we know it is passing away. Brothers, our time is growing short. Those who have © Liturgy Help wives should live as though they had none, and those who mourn should live as though they had nothing to mourn for; those who are enjoying life should live as though there were nothing to laugh about; those whose life is Next Weeks Readings: buying things should live as though they had nothing of their own; and those who have to deal with the world 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time should not become engrossed in it. I say this because the world as we know it is passing away. Deut 18: 15-20; The Word of the Lord. 1 Cor 7: 32-35; GOSPEL ACCLAMATION Mk 1:15 Alleluia, alleluia! Mk 1: 21-28 The kingdom of God is near: believe the Good News! Alleluia!

Mass texts: Roman Missal 3rd edition © International Committee on English in the Liturgy, Inc. All rights reserved. Scriptural quotations: The Jerusalem Bible © 1966, 1967, 1968. Darton Longman & Todd Ltd and Doubleday & Inc. Used by permission. Psalm Responses, the Alleluia and Gospel Verses, and the Lenten Gospel Acclamations, and the Titles, Summaries, and Conclusion of the Readings, from the Lectionary for Mass © 1997, 1981, 1968, International Committee on English in the Liturgy, Inc. All rights reserved.