Te Whetu O Te Moana | Star of the Sea Marlborough Catholic Parish from the Sounds to the Sea, the Mountains to the Plains We Are One Mission

When a priest is not available, Newsletter No 28: 14 July 2019 Word & Communion will be led by parishioners. 15th Sunday of Ordinary Time Blenheim Tues: 9.30am Mass A Warm Welcome Acting PP: Fr Pat McIndoe CP (BHM) Wed: 12.05pm Mass to Our Parish Family [email protected] 03 578 0038 Thurs: 9.30 am Mass of Marlborough Past Assist: Sr Maureen Connor SMSM Except 1st Thurs: [email protected] Bethsaida 10.30am Past Assist: Sr Frances Anna SMSM Fri: 11am Adoration We the people of 11.30 Reconciliation Te Whetu O Te Moana, [email protected] 12.05pm Mass Star of the Sea Parish, Manager/Secretary: Ginetta Petersen. Sat: 9.30am Mass are committed by our baptism Office Assistant: Mandy Li (BHM); Reconciliation to follow in Christ, to share our living Youth Ministers: Maurice & Mieke Davies Sat: 5pm Mass faith, and make God visible, in joyful union with all people, by [email protected] 022 391 8584 Sun: 10am Mass Parish Pastoral Council Chair: Greg Stretch (2nd & 5th Sunday our actions in the community. Word & Communion) (Parish Mission Statement) Parish Finance Committee Chair: Tom Harrison Havelock Sunday: 11am COME JOURNEY WITH US (4th Sunday Word & Communion) CHAPTER 2019 GRATITUDE, PROPHECY, HOPE Kaikoura This week Fr Pat has been in Australia, at the Passionists Annual Chapter. Tues: 9.30am The time was spent discerning God’s will on the immediate needs and future Wed: 9.30am direction. There has been Mass every day and each day a Consultant (leader Wed: 7pm Rosary within the Community) gave an address. Thurs: 5.15pm Fri: 9.30am The Superior General, Joachim then gave his more formal address to them Sun: 9.30am on Monday. He spoke of the VISION they need to move into the future. He (1st & 3rd Sunday spoke of the deep prayerful and contemplative DISCERMENT required for the Word & Communion) Vision to be truly inspired by the Spirit. He spoke of the reality of strategic Picton PLANNING required to make the vision a reality. This was followed by reflect- Wed: 9am Mass Sun: 9am Mass ing on the reality and present situation of our Province of the Holy Spirit. (4th Sunday: This is the context of all their work these past 18 months. Word & Communion) Renwick On Tuesday, as part of the day, the attendees were asked to remember and 3rd Sunday 5pm Mass call out the names of brothers who have died since our last Chapter. While Seddon even more were called out prayerfully, they remembered especially, Gary Sun: 8am Mass Clark, Charles Mercieca, Gerard Mahony, Dunstan Mellors, peter McGrath, (2nd & 5th Sunday Tim O’Toole, John Pierce and Petrus Wake. A candle was lit and with quiet Word & Communion) music once more, they prayed quietly. Then time was spent affirming their Ward vision for the future – the Province they 4th Sunday 4pm Mass want to be, in community and mission. Baptisms The representatives of the various re- Celebrated during weekend gions gave a report of the work happen- Mass or other times. ing and priorities, issues and sugges- Marriages tions for future action. Marriages celebrated in all our Churches. Please contact the Their work on Wednesday was, the Parish Office well in advance. “How to Get There”. They have spent Open Church these months of preparation, choosing Our Churches at St Mary’s and Sacred Heart Kaikoura are open every day if you want to Readings for Fifteenth Week Ordinary Time a quiet place for prayer. Sun 14th: Deuteronomy 30:10-14 Colossians 1:15-20 Luke 10:25-37

Psalm Response: O Lord Our God how wonderful your name

Mon 15th: Exodus 1:8-14,22 Matthew 10:34-11:1 St Bonaventure, B.D Tues 16th: Exodus 2:1-15 Matthew 11:20-24 Wed 17th: Exodus 3:16,9-12 Matthew 11:25-27 Thu 18th: Exodus 3:13-20 Matthew 11:28-30 Fri 19th: Exodus 11:10-12:14 Matthew 12:1-8 Sat 20th: Exodus 12:37-42 Matthew 12:14-21 Sixteenth Week Ordinary Time Sun 21st: Genesis 18:1-10 Colossians 1:24-28 Gospel Luke 10:38-42 Chapter news: We must walk together for peace: Pope

From Front page… Published 6 June in CathNews. are invited to pray for and People need to walk together people with no religious belief in harmony to build a more are invited to reflect on "a fraternal world, Pope Francis more fraternal world". said yesterday, reflecting up- In his main audience talk re- on his recent trip to Romania. viewing his trip to Romania, The May 31-June 2 trip the Pope noted his encounter showed the important need with Romanian Orthodox Pa- "to walk together, both for triarch Daniel and the Perma- Christians" when it comes to nent Synod of the Romanian faith and charity, and for res- Orthodox Church, where he idents of a nation, when it reiterated "the desire of the comes to civic engagement, Catholic Church to walk to- he said during his weekly gether in reconciled memory general audience in St Peter's and toward full unity". Square. "This important ecumenical As is customary, Pope Francis four priority focus areas where dimension of the trip culmi- action and energy will drive the reviewed his trip to the pre- nated in the solemn prayer of thinking, decisions and action to dominantly Orthodox East the Our Father," showing that bring about the future they European nation during his "unity does not eliminate le- want. They are Community, first general audience after gitimate diversity." Ministry, Formation and Property the trip. The Lord's Prayer represents & Finance. All of these areas Yet he also used the audience the "common heritage of all are interdependent. The each to remind people to take part baptised. No one can say 'my involve action together as a in the "One Minute for Peace" Province, and action by the Father' and 'your Father.' No, province in each of the four initiative on June 8. The day 'our Father,'" he said. countries with their multitude of marks the fifth anniversary of The Pope recalled the many different cultures, standards of the Pope's historic gathering moments of prayer and cele- living, governments, spirituali- at the Vatican with former bration with the minority ties, social demographics and Israeli president Shimon Per- Catholic communities, includ- social issues. So much work has es, Palestinian President ing the beatification of seven been done in the analysis, as- Mahmoud Abbas and Ortho- bishop-martyrs of the Eastern sessment, discernment, and dox Ecumenical Patriarch planning for each of these areas. -rite Romanian Catholic Bartholomew of Constantino- Church, who died during a In four sessions devoted to each ple, and their "invocation for fierce anti-religious campaign area, they had an Over-all pro- peace". waged under the communist posal for Action that presup- Every year since that meeting posed all this previous work. regime in Romania. The Proposals were decrees, in- in 2014, the International Fo- Photo: Pope Francis greets structing the incoming Provincial rum of Catholic Action has the crowd at his General Au- and Council to ensure the whole promoted "One Minute for dience in St Peter’s Square. Peace" every June 8 at 1 pm. province was engaged in strate- Source: CNS. gic action in each of the above The Pope said people of faith areas. To relieve the stress of the days, the evening gave way to cheering on the State of Origin match. Thursday was spent electing new Provincials and Consultants. Friday dawned to be a time of relaxing and renewing friend- ships before returning to the re- spective parishes to live and work anew, in God’s grace. Please continue to pray for the appointed Provincial, that they will send the most appropriate person to be our Parish Priest for the next four years.

Cardinal Newman to be canonised in October

Published: 02 July 2019 Bays, a Swiss consecrated vir- hough he was not a bishop. His Cardinal John Henry Newman gin of the Third Order of St conversion to the Catholic faith by Sir John Everett Millais, Francis, will also be canonised. was controversial in England, 1881 (Wikipedia) Their canonisations will take and resulted in him losing The Vatican announced yester- place during the 2019 Special many friends, including his sis- day that Blessed Cardinal John Synod of Bishops from the Pan ter, who never spoke to him Henry Newman will be canon- -Amazonian region to be held again. ised on October 13 in Rome. at the Vatican on October 6- The British cardinal founded Source: CNA. 27. the Oratory of St Philip Neri in During a consistory of cardinals John Henry Newman was a England, and was particularly yesterday, Pope Francis de- 19th-century theologian, poet, dedicated to education, found- creed that Cardinal Newman Catholic priest and cardinal. ing two schools for boys. He and four other blesseds will be Originally an Anglican priest, died in Birmingham in 1890 at canonised together in St Pe- he converted to Catholicism in the age of 89. ter’s Square. 1845 and his writings are con- In October, Cardinal Newman Indian Sister Marian Thresia, sidered among some of the will become Britain’s first new founder of the Congregation of most important Church- saint since the canonisation of the Sisters of the Holy Family; writings in recent centuries. St John Ogilvie in 1976. Italian Sister Giuseppina Van- Ordained a Catholic priest in The first miracle attributed to nini; Brazilian Sister Dulce 1847, he was made a cardinal Newman’s intercession in- Lopes Pontes, and Marguerite by Pope Leo XIII in 1879, alt- volved the complete and inex- plicable healing of a deacon from a disabling spinal condi- tion. His second miracle concerned the healing of a pregnant American woman. The woman prayed for the intercession of Cardinal Newman at the time of a life-threatening diagnosis, and her doctors have been un- able to explain how or why she was able to suddenly recover.

Pope names women to congregation for consecrated life

Pope Francis named six superi- • Sister Francoise Massy, su- general of a female institute ors of women's religious orders perior of the Franciscan was named a member of a and a consecrated laywoman Missionary Sisters of Mary; congregation. among the 23 new members of Brother Robert I. Schieler, the the Congregation for Institutes • Sister Luigia Coccia, superi- U.S.-born superior of the De La of Consecrated Life and Socie- or of the Comboni Sisters; Salle Christian Brothers, also ties of Apostolic Life. Simona Brambilla, superior was named a full member of The July 8 nominations breaks of the Consolata Missionary the congregation along with with past tradition of including Sisters; priests who are superiors gen- only cardinals, bishops, and • Sister Rita Calvo Sanz, su- eral of the Jesuits, the Dis- the superior generals of sever- perior of the Company of calced Carmelites, the Augus- al male religious communities. Mary Our Lady; and tinians, the Scalabrinians, the Previously, the members had • Olga Krizova, general presi- Capuchins and the abbot presi- all been men: cardinals, a few dent of the Volunteers of dent of the Subiaco Cassinese bishops and several priests Don Bosco, a group of con- Benedictine Congregation. who were superiors of large secrated laypeople. The new members also includ- religious orders of men. This is not the first time that ed five bishops and four cardi- The women named members Pope Francis has appointed a nals: Cardinals Angelo De Don- by the pope are: women to a major Vatican con- atis, papal vicar for Rome; • Sister Kathleen Appler, the gregation. In 2014 he nominat- Kevin J. Farrell, prefect of the U.S.-born superior of the ed Sister Irma Luzia Premoli, Dicastery for Laity, the Family Daughters of Charity of St. superior general of the Com- and Life; Luis Ladaria Ferrer, Vincent de Paul; boni Missionaries, as a member prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith; and • Sister Yvonne Reungoat, of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. That Ricardo Blazquez Perez of Val- superior of the Salesian Sis- ladolid, Spain. ters; was the first time a superior Parish Calendar, News & Notices

Weekend Mass Times that you need to dress to the condi- ment and Training Policy applies to all tions. If the heaters aren’t on, don’t clergy, religious, employees and volun- 15th Sunday (2) touch the control board to rectify the teers in all the six diocese of the Cath- Sat July 13 situation. The heaters are set to come olic Church who work with or provide Blenheim-5pm Mass/Fr Julian on automatically. If you have any con- ministry to children (aged 0-18 years) Sun July 14 cerns please contact the parish office. and vulnerable adults. Seddon (8am) W&C You can read all the polices on the Picton (9am) Mass/Fr Julian July 21.. St Francis de Sales website https:// Kaikoura (9.30) Mass/Fr Pat Church Renwick: safeguarding.catholic.org.nz/ Blenheim (10am) W&C Spurred on by the interest This Safeguarding Training has recent- Havelock (11am) Mass/Fr Julian shown in the future of St Francis de ly been provided in all North Island 16th Sunday (3) Sales Church, Renwick, at the Wairau Parishes and we are looking forward to Sat July 20 Stewardship Meeting on Sunday 30 sharing this with you in August. At- Blenheim (5pm) Mass/Fr Pat June, a warm invitation is extended to tending this training is a requirement Sun July 21 all Parishioners to attend the 5.00 pm for everyone who works with children, Seddon (8am) Mass/Fr Julian Mass on Sunday 21 July. Afterwards, young people or adults who may be Picton (9am) Mass/Fr Pat for those who are interested, a mem- vulnerable. This includes: ber of the Committee will give a five Kaikoura (9.30) W&C -Priests and Lay Parish Leaders Blenheim (10am) Mass/ Fr Julian minute rundown on the Church’s histo- Havelock (11am) Mass/Fr Pat ry. Refreshments will be served in the -Parish Safeguarding Administrators Renwick (4) Mass/Fr Pat Church porch. - Leaders for Liturgy of the Word with Tongan Mass (2) Fr Sanele Join me from the comfort Children 17th Sunday (4) of your own home for this Sat July 27 webinar on Transform- - Trainer Altar Servers Roles ing Parishes with the Blenheim-5pm Mass/Fr Pat - Extraordinary Ministers of Commun- Sun July 28 help of ALPHA- Wednes- Seddon (8am) Mass/ Fr Pat day July 24th at 7.00pm. ion to the Sick This webinar is open to Picton (9am) Mass/Fr Julian - Sacramental Programme Leaders Kaikoura (9.30) Mass/Fr Chris Brady everyone; anyone just curious or Blenheim (10am) Mass/Fr Pat wanting to learn about Alpha, those -Youth Leaders maybe interested in starting Alpha in Havelock (11am) Mass/Fr Julian There is a workshop in Kaikoura on 8th Ward (4pm) Mass/Fr Pat their parish, or those wanting to be involved in running a series. Please August at 6pm at Takahanga Marae 18th Sunday (1) email me and I will send you the link. and in Blenheim on 13th at the Com- Sat Aug 3 [email protected] Any munity Centre. Please keep this date Blenheim-5pm Mass/Fr Pat questions please ring Chris Walk- free. More information will come later. Sun Aug 4 erdine 496-1706 Seddon (8am) Mass/Fr Pat Picton (9am) Mass/ Julian July 26.. St Vincent de Paul Senior Parish Calendar Kaikoura (9.30) W&C Lunch July July 30th.. Pastoral Council, Finance & Blenheim (10am) Mass/Fr Pat There will be an Anointing Mass at Havelock (11am) Mass/ Julian th Property 12.05p.m. on Friday July 26 followed July 26.. BHM Anointing Mass by the Senior Luncheon in the Parish July 28.. Rite of Presentation of Candi Parish News & Events Community Centre. You are welcome dates @ Mass in Kaikoura and Parish to Parish for B & B’ has to join us for this. Please contact Ann BHM been providing Catholic hospitality at 927 3754 or Margaret at 578 August– September for 16 years, with catholic hosts 4690 to leave your name(s) and num- Aug 8...Safeguarding workshop in KK ber attending. Cut off date is Monday opening their homes to fellow Cath- nd Aug 13..Safeguarding workshop in olics for a small charge of $35 for July 22 . Come along for good food Blenheim one person, or $30 each for 2 or and warm company! Aug 17 .. Confirmation & Communion more, this is per night and includes @ Blenheim (5pm) continental breakfast. To obtain a Apple Season has Finished for Aug 18 ..Confirmation & Communion@ directory of the hosts throughout 2019: Thank you to everyone for Kaikoura (9.30am) New Zealand and Australia contact helping with picking, selling and to all Aug 28-30 .. John Burland, Sydney Marie Anderson, email those that purchased apples, the funds singer, author, musician, in [email protected] or phone 03 raised are shared with the Parish our parish and schools. 3595 541 Christchurch. The book Youth Group and the community. including postage is $15 Sep 8 .. Feast of OL Star of the Safeguarding training: Sea.

BHM Church heaters: Who needs to attend the Safe- There have been comments made guarding training? regarding the heaters. Please re- All the New Zealand Bishops signed member this is an old building and agreement that Safeguarding Recruit-

Let Us Remember in our Prayers and at Mass: COLLECTIONS:

Recently Deceased: Gwenda Smith (KK), John We are most grateful for your support of our Parish of McConway (PN) Star Of The Sea. Last week:

Anniversaries: AP’s: $5,688.99 July 25 Yvonne Norton Envelopes: $1,475.00

Other Intentions: Aurelio Ferrer (Sr. Perla), Peter Loose: $ 740.40 Smith, Kate and Sarah and families, Theresa Smith, Peter Pence: $ 77.00 Syme family, Mathew Tutuila, Chris Fredericks, Mark & Vocation Sunday: $ 20.00 Melissa Jeffries, Bevan Undrill, Maria McConway