Immaculate Heart MARIAN DEVOTION f Mary Parish On the Feast of the Immaculate Conception 1998, Bishop Thurgoona Brennan formally declared Thurgoona a Parish in honour of the “Immaculate Heart of Mary“ Parish Priest: Fr. John Fowles Our parish has continued this devotion to Mary with Show me your faith apart from your works and I by my works will show you my faith. James 2:18 weekly Mass and Benediction each Thursday at 7pm. Acolyte: Denis Golden In all her apparitions Our lady has always called for Prayer and Penance and Phone: 02 6043 2222 | [email protected] the church has always turned to Mary in time of need. Fax: 02 6043 2224 | www.thurgoonacatholicparish.com Address: 20 Hartigan St, Thurgoona 2640 | PO Box 110, Lavington 2641 The Parish website has a page with a collection of links for devotions and Mass Times Working Bee: Sat - 9am to 11am reflections on Our Lady http://thurgoonacatholicparish.com/ Saturday: - (Vigil) 6pm Sacraments and Devotions Sunday: - 9:30am & 5:30pm Rosaries - Thurs 6:30pm and Sun 9am Monday - 8am Reconciliation - Thursday after Novena Tuesday - 10am, Sat 5:30 to 5:50pm before Vigil, THE GREEN SCAPULAR Wednesday - 8am Sun 9 to 9.20am & 5.00 to 5:20pm Thursday- 7pm, Mass & Family Novena Baptism and Marriage -By appointment Many people know, love, and live the devotion of Friday - 10am Young mothers morning tea after the Brown Scapular as a way of praying and Tuesday 10.00am Mass serving more intentionally. But not many people Parish Notices know about the Green Scapular, which has quickly Fr Fowles will be on leave Thu 9th to Thu 23rd. No weekday masses during this become known for miracles related to spiritual time. Saturday Vigil & Sunday Masses as normal with Fr Bernie Thomas. conversion, as well as healings from physical and COVID 19 DIOCESAN PROTOCOLS – Effective Monday 1/6/2020 mental illness. (In this context, conversion The current protocols regarding Masses were issued by Rev K O'Reilly on behalf of generally refers to non-believers accepting the Archbishop Prowse, Apostolic Administrator of the Wagga Wagga Diocese. truths of the Catholic faith, or the return of those Masses (Sundays & Weekdays) are to be celebrated with no more than 50 people who have fallen away from the Faith). (excluding priest and those involved in liturgical ministries) until further notice. On September 8, 1840, the feast of the Nativity of Mary, Our Lady a. Communion in the hand only. appeared to Sister Justine Bisqueyburo, a Daughter of Charity in France. b. 1.5 metres distancing. In her right hand Mary held her Immaculate Heart surrounded by flames, c. Customary/recommended hygiene practices. and in her left hand she held a green scapular. Priests in our diocese are required to follow these protocols and we must support While devotions like the Brown Scapular have a good list of requirements our priests and the Church authorities in these difficult times. for efficacious use, there is only one prayer that accompanies the Green Obedience to the Church is obedience to Christ. Scapular—the petition on the back of it: “Immaculate Heart of Mary, pray th On the 14 May the Bishops of Australia wrote to the Catholic People of Australia: for us now and at the hour of our death. Amen.” “We will work with governments and local authorities at each stage of any For more information go to resumption of Church life. We commit to keeping ourselves and each other https://www.getfed.com/green-scapular-devotion-6141/ safe by observing strictly the advice regarding numbers, distancing and http://www.greenscapular.com/ The links are on the Parish website hygiene when the reopening of churches is permitted” The protocols and the Bishop’s letter are on the Parish Website Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A 5th July 2020 Collect BISHOP MARK EDWARDS OUR NEW BISHOP Oh God, who in the abasement of your Son have raised up the fallen of the Pope Francis has appointed Bishop Mark Edwards OMI the sixth Bishop of world … Wagga Wagga. Bishop Edwards, was born in Indonesia and grew up in First reading Zechariah 9:9-10 Adelaide, Darwin and Melbourne’s southeast, attending St Leonard’s The Lord says this: Rejoice heart and soul, daughter of Zion! Shout with gladness, daughter of Primary School and Mazenod College. Jerusalem! See now, your king comes to you; he is victorious, he is triumphant, He was ordained to the priesthood in 1986 and has held leadership positions humble and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey. within the Australian Province of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate. He was He will banish chariots from Ephraim and horses from Jerusalem; the bow of appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne on 7/11/2014 and ordained war will be banished. He will proclaim peace for the nations. His empire shall bishop the following month. stretch from sea to sea, from the River to the ends of the earth. Bishop Edwards’ priestly ministry has largely centred on secondary school Responsorial Psalm Psalm 144(145):1-2,8-11,13b-14 and seminary education, including serving as rector of Iona College in I will praise your name for ever, my King and my God . Brisbane and as aspirants’ master and novice master at St Mary’s Seminary Second reading Romans 8:9,11-13 in Mulgrave. In addition to his priestly formation and theological training, Your interests are not in the unspiritual, but in the spiritual, since the Spirit of Bishop Edwards completed a science degree at Monash University, where God has made his home in you. In fact, unless you possessed the Spirit of Christ you would not belong to him, and if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus he also obtained a doctorate in philosophy. from the dead is living in you, then he who raised Jesus from the dead will give In a letter to the faithful of Wagga Wagga, Bishop Edwards described his life to your own mortal bodies through his Spirit living in you. appointment “as a call from God to be with you and journey with you as So then, my brothers, there is no necessity for us to obey our unspiritual selves disciple, brother and bishop”. or to live unspiritual lives. If you do live in that way, you are doomed to die; More details about Bishop Mark can be found on the Parish website but if by the Spirit you put an end to the misdeeds of the body you will live. Gospel Acclamation cf. Matthew 11:25 BISHOP MARK’S PARISH VISIT Alleluia, alleluia! Blessed are you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth; As numbers at his installation will be limited he is visiting all the parishes you have revealed to little ones the mysteries of the kingdom. before hand. He visited our Parish on Friday and said the 10:00am Mass. Alleluia! During Mass he conducted a small ceremony as Gospel Matthew 11:25-30 a way of involving our parish in his installation. Jesus exclaimed, ‘I bless you, Father, Lord of heaven and of earth, for hiding He is also taking a bottle of soil from each parish these things from the learned and the clever and revealing them to mere which will be present at the installation. children. Yes, Father, for that is what it pleased you to do. Everything has been entrusted to me by my Father; and no one knows the Son except the Father, just After Mass he met parishioners at a luncheon as no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses where he received a warm welcome. He spoke to to reveal him. everyone and made a great impression on us all. ‘Come to me, all you who labour and are overburdened, and I will give you He was given a small welcome gift and a special rest. Shoulder my yoke and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, painting of Our Lady by Anna Sparshott. and you will find rest for your souls. Yes, my yoke is easy and my burden The Installation Ceremony will take place on light’. Wed 22/07/2020 11:00am in St Michael’s Communion Antiphon Mt 11:28 Cathedral. Covid-19 restrictions limit numbers, Come to me, all who labour and are burdened, And I will refresh you, says the Lord.. details to be advised.