BURLEIGH HEADS CATHOLIC PARISH BURLEIGH WATERS - MARY, MOTHER OF MERCY CHURCH, 3 Sunlight Dr, Burleigh Waters BURLEIGH HEADS - INFANT SAVIOUR CHURCH, 4 Park Av, Burleigh Heads PALM BEACH - OUR LADY OF THE WAY CHURCH - Eleventh Ave, Palm Beach MIAMI - CALVARY CHURCH - Redondo Av, Miami MUDGEERABA - ST. BENEDICT'S CHURCH - Wallaby Dr, Mudgeeraba SPRINGBROOK - ST TERESA'S CATHOLIC COMMUNITY PARISH OFFICE: Mon - Fri 9.00am - 5.00pm Third Sunday of Lent 3 Sunlight Dr, Burleigh Waters [PO Box 73 Burleigh Heads] 15 March, 2020 www.burleighheadscatholic.com.au Year A: Ex 17:3-7; Rom 5:1-2,5-8; Jn 4:5-42 Phone: 5576 6466 [also for After Hours] e-mail: [email protected] next week's Readings: 1 Sam 16:1,6-7,10-13; Eph 5:8-14; Jn 9:1-41 facebook: BurleighCatholicParish Brisbane Archdiocese’s former shepherd Archbishop John Bathersby PARISH PASTORAL TEAM: has died aged 83 Fr Morgan Batt - Parish Priest Fr Jacob Kalu - Parochial Vicar March 9. 2020 - by Joe Higgins Parish Business & Finance Manager Mr Neil Segerdahl - [email protected] He died at 7am on March 9. Parish Sacramental Co-Ordinator - Angela Williams Parish Women's Advisory - Bev Tronc, Maree Wright Parish Advisory Council Chair - David Sewell BRISBANE Archbishop Emeritus John Bathersby has Parish Safeguarding Officer - Bren Milsom been remembered as a long-serving and dedicated Parish Youth Minister - Darcy Rogers servant of the Church in Queensland after he died today. Parish Weekly Diary.... Archbishop Bathersby served as the Bishop of Cairns for five years before taking on his role as Brisbane Monday, 16 March archbishop for 20 years. MIAMI - STATIONS OF THE CROSS AND MASS CANCELLED DUE TO FUNERAL OF ARCHBISHOP He was remembered for his emphasis on prayer, the Eucharist and the centrality of JOHN BATHERSBY Jesus as well as a commitment to ecumenism and the laity. Tuesday, 17 March Archbishop Coleridge pays tribute to his predecessor St Patrick Man of prayer: “John was consumed by the desire to know and love Jesus, and he 7.30am Mass - Burleigh Waters spoke of this more and more as time went by.” 6.30pm Brazilian Catholic Community - Miami Brisbane Archbishop Mark Coleridge said in Archbishop Bathersby’s 20 years as Wednesday, 18 March archbishop, he was “no high-powered administrator or fiery preacher”. “What he St Cyril brought to the office was something deeper and more enduring,” he said. “John was 7.00am Mass - Miami consumed by the desire to know and love Jesus, and he spoke of this more and more 9.30am Mass - Ozanam Villa as time went by. “This is his greatest legacy to the archdiocese. 5.00pm Stations of the Cross - Palm Beach “It led to a focus on deepening prayer, not only in his own life but in the life of the 5.30pm Mass - Palm Beach archdiocese. The mystic shone through in the little Aussie battler; and the effect of that Thursday, 19 March is hard to measure but impossible to deny. St Joseph “From this there flowed his passion for Christian unity: he understood that the Jesus 7.00am Mass - Burleigh Heads whom he had met knocked down the walls that divide. “His deep sense of communion 5.00pm Stations of the Cross - Mudgeeraba extended not only to other Churches but to the community as a whole.” 5.30pm Mass - Mudgeeraba Stanthorpe boy becomes Brisbane archbishop Friday, 20 March Lasting joy: Archbishop John Bathersby described his episcopate and priesthood as Bl Francis Palau Y Quer 10.00am Mass - Burleigh Waters the happiest time of his life. 6.00pm Sung Evening Prayer - Burleigh Heads Archbishop Bathersby was born in Stanthorpe in 1936 to John Thomas, a shopkeeper and publican at the Country Club Hotel, and Grace Maud Bathersby. Saturday, 21 March He had an older sister, Carmel, a younger brother, Michael, and two younger sisters, St Enda Suzanne and Anne. 8.00am Mass - Burleigh Heads Both the Mercy Sisters and Edmund Rice Christian Brothers traditions formed his 4.30pm Sacrament of Penance - Miami education, having completed his primary education at St Joseph’s, Stanthorpe, and 5.30pm Sacrament of Penance - Palm Beach secondary schooling as a boarder at Nudgee College. 5.45pm Sacrament of Penance - Burleigh Heads He entered Pius XII Seminary, Banyo, after his schooling and was ordained in Saturday, 21 March Stanthorpe parish by Bishop William Brennan on June 30, 1961. Fourth Sunday of Lent His first seven years as a priest were spent in Goondiwindi before he was sent to Sat 5.00pm Mass - Miami Rome for further studies in 1969, where he completed a licentiate in Theology and a Sat 6.00pm Mass - Palm Beach Sat 6.15pm Mass - Burleigh Heads Diploma in Spirituality. Returning to Brisbane, he worked as a spiritual director at Pius XII Seminary for seven SUNDAY, 22 March years before, again, he was sent to Rome; this time to complete a Doctorate in Fourth Sunday of Lent Theology/Spirituality. After returning to his post at the seminary, he was later 7.00am Mass - Burleigh Heads appointed Bishop of Cairns in 1986 and later became Archbishop of Brisbane on 7.00am Mass - Palm Beach January 30, 1992. 8.30am Mass - Miami 8.30am Mass - Mudgeeraba During his time in leadership, Archbishop Bathersby made ecumenical affairs front and 10.00am Mass - Burleigh Waters centre both nationally and internationally. [Yr 6 Connect Mass] Bushwalking, mountain-climbing, watching sport and listening to classical music were 5.00pm Sacrament of Penance - Burleigh Waters mainstays in his days off. 5.30pm Mass - Burleigh Waters In 2003, he hosted the second Brisbane Archdiocesan Synod, which was the first archdiocesan synod to include lay people. continued next page ... Happiest time of his life Joyful life: Archbishop John Bathersby was Archbishop of Brisbane for 20 years. When Archbishop Bathersby retired in 2011, after Pope Benedict XVI accepted his resignation at the age of 75, he said it had been a “privilege” and a “lasting joy” to have been archbishop. “It was marvellous to have shared the lives of so many Christians and so many people who may not be Christians but do good and care for the poor,” he said. He had said he had never been happier in life than being called by God to priesthood and episcopacy. He was also remembered as a “peerless spiritual director” in his years at Pius XII Seminary. When he retired in 2011, Vicar General Monsignor Peter Meneely said Archbishop Bathersby’s “life-long work as a spiritual director gave him a great gift of discernment”. “Many, many decisions have to be made in such a role,” he said. “Some are easy, some are hard to make because of the impact of such decisions on people and on the life of the church. “He was often able to identify a direction to go that at first was not totally obvious to the rest of us.” Archbishop Bathersby’s funeral details: Vigil – 15th March Sunday evening at the Cathedral Funeral Mass – 11am Monday 16th March, St Stephen’s Cathedral Byzantine icons are portals to the divine presence. The depictions are heavenly - the gold backgrounds speak of divine truth. The serene, symmetrical faces invite us into the order of Heaven. Here is a peace that surpasses all understanding. We slow down before the icon and encounter the divine presence. In this icon of the woman at the well, we see the encounter of Christ with the Samaritan woman, who in the Orthodox tradition has a name: St. Photini, the illuminated or enlightened one. She meets Jesus while he is seated by the well. She approaches with her vessel to get water. Their hands indicate for us that they are engaged in conversation. On Christ’s right hand, his third finger bends in, a subtle sign of his divine nature. The two mountains behind them recall their words, reflecting that they come from two different backgrounds. Central to the icon are two architectural elements - the well, and the walled city in the distance. The well has a peculiar shape; it’s low and shaped like a cross and is suggestive of a baptismal font. It invites us to enter into the death of Christ so as to rise with him in the Resurrection - the very essence of the Paschal Mystery. We are beckoned to the font to seek the living water that delivers us from death to eternal life. Behind the font looms a walled city. It is Jerusalem, the scene of the Paschal Mystery. The dark, gaping gate is like a tomb. Red curtains hint of the passion and bloodshed that will soon occur there. Yet the curtains are drawn back. Like the font, these curtains are inviting us into the tomb but also showing us the way out. The woman at the well enters the tomb as she acknowledges in truth the painful path of her life. Christ illuminates her heart. He invites her to move beyond her current life. She enters the tomb of this in truth and accepts the living water. She is transformed from an outcast to an evangelizer. She will bring her joy back to her community and compel them to follow her to Christ. Through meeting Christ, St. Photini finds light in her darkness, a light she will shine to others. Commentary is by Daniella Zsupan-Jerome, assistant professor of liturgy, catechesis, and evangelization at Loyola University New Orleans. "Is the Lord in our midst or not?" Exodus 17:7 Like the ancient Hebrews of Exodus, there are millions of people around the world today who must wonder this question aloud on a daily basis as they struggle to put nutritious food and clean water on the table.