Catholic Parish of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Coonamble – – Catholic Diocese of Bathurst Father in charge – Father Pius Khaoya (Coonamble) Parish Priest – Father Francis Muhenda () Parish Secretary – Anne Maree Elton (Coonabarabran) Parish School – St Brigid’s Primary School, Coonamble

Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Yr B, – 26th September, 2021

WEEKEND MASSES Liturgy Roster This Week th SATURDAY 25 September Mer 1st Reader Tony Golsby

Quambone 8.30am Psalm tba Coonamble 6.00pm nd Veronica Chandler Confession 5.15pm 2 Reader ‘Koonambil’ Mass (1st October) Prayers/faithful Jo Barrett @ 11.00 am Sacristan Kay Wilson Quambone (nextMass 9th Oct) Liturgy Roster Next week

SUNDAY 1st Reader Jody Prentice Gulargambone 8.30 am Psalm tba Every Sunday after 10.00am Fr. Pius 2nd Reader Louise Keady will take Communion to the sick and aged of the community Sacristan Louise Keady

WEEKDAY MASSES: OLPH Prayers/faithful Tony Golsby TUESDAY 5.45 pm Linen - Sept Renate Hume WEDNESDAY 8.30 am Linen - Oct Kay Wilson THURSDAY Adoration 5.00 pm Mass 5.45pm For the past twenty years, many refugees and people seeking asylum in FRIDAY 9.15 am have experienced inhumane and cruel treatment. After two decades, ; it is clear that Australia’s treatment of those who come to us seeking Word & Faith Online protection needs to change. The campaign focuses on the tens of thousands of Word and Faith@home Do you refugees and people seeking asylum who live in our community. There are want to connect with people from C nearly 20,000 refugees who have been living in Australia for almost a decade, all over the diocese? Do you want to o but who have only been given temporary visas. Many of these visas are know what the first reading has to n expiring so these refugees are now being forced to re-apply for protection and do with the Gospel? Do you want to n will only receive another three-to-five-year visa. Under current policy they hear the Sunday readings before have no prospect of permanent re-settlement. Mass and hear from Bishop

Michael. You are invited to join in Finally, like the ‘Biloela’ family, there are about 10,000 people in Australia who are Word&Faith@home sessions for the still struggling through a refugee application process, which has been condemned next four weeks. Pick a time that as unfair by the Australian Human Rights Commission. https://humanrights.gov.au/our-work/asylum-seekers-and- suits you, grab your device and join in. refugees/publications/lives-hold-refugees-and-asylum-seekers-legacy Tuesday 7:30pm or Thursday 12 Noon or Friday 9:00am The “150 Days” campaign is calling on the Federal Government to:

https://bthcatholic.zoom.us/j/458261 1. Provide income support and a financial safety net for all people seeking 5130 asylum in Australia.

2. End temporary protection visas and create a clear pathway to permanent A thought of the Week residency, and

“There are moments in your life 3. Ensure access to family reunion for refugees and people seeking asylum in Australia. when you must act, even though you cannot carry your best friends with For ways to support the campaign go to: catholicsforrefugees.org.au/cfr- resources/150-days -of-action/ you.”

We gather to worship the God of all time and all people and we acknowledge the Kamiloroi and the Wailwan people as the traditional custodians of this land and their cultural and spiritual connections to it. Parish House: 14 Tooloon Street (PO Box 70) Coonamble 2829 Phone: 68221134 Fax : 68221134 Father in charge: Father Pius Khaoya– 0448 151 376 Parish Priest: Father Francis Muhenda – 0475 903 147 Office email: [email protected] Diocesan website: www.bathurst.catholic.org.au