St Bernard’s Church 4 Klumpp Rd., U M G. St Martin’s Church Cnr Logan & Chester Rds Eight Mile Plns, Bne. St Catherine’s Church 388 Newnham Rd., Wishart. PARISH PRIEST Fr Patrick Molony ASSOCIATE PASTOR Fr Stephen Kumyangi PRIEST IN RESIDENCE Fr Hyacinth Udah PASTORAL ASSOCIATE Mrs Trish Stapleton [email protected]PASTORAL MINISTERS VOLUNTEERS E: [email protected]YOUTH & YOUNG PEOPLE Edwin Pereira E: yaya.umg @bne.catholic.net.au PARISH MANAGER Mignon Telford E: [email protected]PARISH OFFICE Michelle Baldi Lorraine Neagle Phone: (07) 3849 7158 Emergency: 3830 5178 Fax: (07) 3849 8742 E: [email protected]Website:http:// umgwcatholic.org.au/ F: Like us: http://www facebook.com/umgwparish DEANERY www.parishes.bne.catholic. net.au/south/index.html ST VINCENT DE PAUL Welfare: 3010 1096 ST BERNARD’S SCHOOL 1823 Logan Rd., U M G Phone: 3849 4800 ST CATHERINE’S SCHOOL 388 Newnham Rd., Wishart Phone: 3349 7188 CLAIRVAUX MACKILLOP COLLEGE 24 Klumpp Rd., U M G Phone: 3347 9200 NEWSLETTER 10/11 June 2017 THE MOST HOLY TRINITY SUNDAY/A READINGS: Exodus 34:4-6, 8-9; 2 Corinthians 13:11-13 GOSPEL: John 3:16-18 Upper Mt Gravatt Wishart Parish Guided by the Holy Spirit, we aim to be an evangelising, faith-filled parish whose members care for one another and are welcoming and inclusive. ‘The old man, the young fella and the bird!’ Years ago I was asked to take a parish-based catechetics class for children from a government primary school. I started by trying to work out how much the children knew about the basics. I asked, ‘When we make the sign of the cross, what do we say?‘ ‘Father, Son and Holy Spirit’ came the firm reply. So far so good! I tried upping the bar. ‘What do we call the Father, Son and Holy Spirit?’ There was complete silence. I tried another track. ‘What do you think of when you make the Sign of the Cross?’ There was an awkward silence and then a bright little boy cheerily said, ‘The old man, the young fella and the bird!’ No one can blame those children for the poverty of their images of the Trinity. Many older Catholics have similar images from paintings and holy pictures. The mystery of the Trinity means that in whatever way we portray God as Father, Son and Spirit it will always be inadequate and incomplete. No one has ever seen God or the Holy Spirit. No one has a portrait of Jesus. All the images and words we use for the Trinity are more a reflection of our faith than the final word about God. God is always more than any name we use or any concept we have. The special insight into God we celebrate today is that relationships are at the very centre of who God is. It took the early Christians four hundred years to fully grasp what Jesus was on about when he spoke of his relationship to the Father and Spirit. They struggled to understand how and why God would have three faces and yet exist as One Being – love as One, act as One. They settled the ‘how’ of the Trinity’s nature by teaching us that the persons of the Trinity are co-equal, co-substantial and co-eternal. They settled the ‘why’ of the Trinity by reflecting that their experience of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit was an encounter of love. They knew the core of God was not an idea or a principle, but was a loving relationship. Furthermore, the early Christians knew that they were invited into this relationship. What was true for them is true for us. Think about this for a minute: we believe that the God who creates, redeems and sustains the world seeks us out and invites us into a loving relationship. This is what gives us our greatest dignity and urges us on to share this message with everyone we meet. What a privilege! What an invitation! What a God! It also follows that if relationships are at the core of God then, for those of us who accept the invitation into the Trinity's embrace, relationships are meant to be our core business too. We are not to be isolated believers or private disciples. The degree to which we understand today's feast will be shown in the care we take in our many and varied relationships, be they social, intimate, professional, civic or international. Every time we do anything to form new and good relationships, mend those which are broken, help other relationships to be deeper and richer or just enjoy the ones we have, we discover one thing: Trinity Adapted from Richard Leonard SJ LiturgyHelp.com At the end of the month, Fr Hyacinth will be relocating to move closer to the two Universities where he lectures. Fr Hyacinth has been Priest in Residence in the parish since his arrival in Australia in June 2010. We are most grateful for his presence and worth in the parish over the past 7 years. His final Mass here will be Saturday 24 June, at 6.00 pm, St Catherine’s, Wishart.
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ST BERNARD’S SCHOOL 1823 Logan Rd., U M G Phone: 3849 4800
ST CATHERINE’S SCHOOL 388 Newnham Rd., Wishart Phone: 3349 7188
CLAIRVAUX MACKILLOP COLLEGE
24 Klumpp Rd., U M G Phone: 3347 9200
NEWSLETTER 10/11 June 2017
THE MOST HOLY TRINITY SUNDAY/A READINGS: Exodus 34:4-6, 8-9; 2 Corinthians 13:11-13
GOSPEL: John 3:16-18
Upper Mt Gravatt Wishart Parish
Guided by the Holy Spirit, we aim to be an evangelising, faith-filled parish whose members care for one another and are welcoming and inclusive.
‘The old man, the young fella and the bird!’
Years ago I was asked to take a parish-based catechetics class for children from a government primary school. I started by trying to work out how much the children knew about the basics. I asked, ‘When we make the sign of the cross, what do we say?‘ ‘Father, Son and Holy Spirit’ came the firm reply. So far so good! I tried upping the bar. ‘What do we call the Father, Son and Holy Spirit?’ There was complete silence. I tried another track. ‘What do you think of when you make the Sign of the Cross?’ There was an awkward silence and then a bright little boy cheerily said, ‘The old man, the young fella and the bird!’
No one can blame those children for the poverty of their images of the Trinity. Many older Catholics have similar images from paintings and holy pictures. The mystery of the Trinity means that in whatever way we portray God as Father, Son and Spirit it will always be inadequate and incomplete. No one has ever seen God or the Holy Spirit. No one has a portrait of Jesus. All the images and words we use for the Trinity are more a reflection of our faith than the final word about God. God is always more than any name we use or any concept we have. The special insight into God we celebrate today is that relationships are at the very centre of who God is.
It took the early Christians four hundred years to fully grasp what Jesus was on about when he spoke of his relationship to the Father and Spirit. They struggled to understand how and why God would have three faces and yet exist as One Being – love as One, act as One. They settled the ‘how’ of the Trinity’s nature by teaching us that the persons of the Trinity are co-equal, co-substantial and co-eternal. They settled the ‘why’ of the Trinity by reflecting that their experience of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit was an encounter of love. They knew the core of God was not an idea or a principle, but was a loving relationship. Furthermore, the early Christians knew that they were invited into this relationship.
What was true for them is true for us. Think about this for a minute: we believe that the God who creates, redeems and sustains the world seeks us out and invites us into a loving relationship. This is what gives us our greatest dignity and urges us on to share this message with everyone we meet. What a privilege! What an invitation! What a God!
It also follows that if relationships are at the core of God then, for those of us who accept the invitation into the Trinity's embrace, relationships are meant to be our core business too. We are not to be isolated believers or private disciples. The degree to which we understand today's feast will be shown in the care we take in our many and varied relationships, be they social, intimate, professional, civic or international.
Every time we do anything to form new and good relationships, mend those which are broken, help other relationships to be deeper and richer or just enjoy the ones we have, we discover one thing: Trinity
Adapted from Richard Leonard SJ LiturgyHelp.com
At the end of the month, Fr Hyacinth will be relocating to move closer to the two Universities where he lectures. Fr Hyacinth has been Priest in Residence in the parish since his arrival in Australia in June 2010. We are most grateful for his presence
and worth in the parish over the past 7 years. His final Mass here will be Saturday 24 June, at 6.00 pm, St Catherine’s, Wishart.
The annual collection for the SVDP Winter Appeal will be conducted in the Parish this weekend June 10/11.
The local SVDP Conferences are extremely grateful for the generous support provided by parishioners in the past. This winter your commitment to helping those experiencing disadvantage, poverty and homelessness is still very much needed as volunteer SVDP members offer them a hand up, a way forward. Cash donations may be placed in the envelopes provided, or card details can be completed on the flap of the envelope. The envelopes may be placed on any of the collection plates today or anytime throughout June.
FIRST EUCHARIST We welcome and remember in our prayers the 64 children who were recently Confirmed in our parish, and approached the Table of the Lord for the first time this month.
S A C R A M E N T S
FOR YOUNG CHILCREN
Parents if you would like your children to prepare for the sacraments at the beginning of next year, you need to register them with the parish now. For information call Trish or Michelle to register.
RCIA Post Easter Get-together: Coffee & Chat A reminder to all our new and newly confirmed adult Catholics that we will have an informal get together on Tuesday 13 June at 7.00 pm in the parish boardroom.
RETREAT Parish Pastoral Council & Liturgy Team Members are invited to attend a reflection and formation time in the Aspinall Centre on Friday/Saturday 4/5 August. Facilitator: Sr Mary Franzmann. Please mark your diaries.
BAPTISMS Congratulations to Lucy Thirkell, daughter of Mark & Vanessa; Daniel Schroder, son of Glenn & Jessica;
Walter Brierley, son of Rani; Michelle Daniel, daughter of Pritam & Maria. They will be baptised this Sunday in St Bernard's Church.
READERS ROSTER
17/18 June 2017
Please arrive 15 mins before
Mass
St Bernard’s: Margaret Beiers,
Joseph Cosico, Denise Child; Lyn
Allsop, Irene Lam, Lyn Rebecchi;
Anne George, Sean Szetoo, Brad
Correia; Christina Stewart,
Michele Alexander, Francis
Planas.
St Martin’s: Carol Fuhrmeister,
Kathlyn McCarthy, Cristy
Gardner.
S t C a t h e r i n e ’ s : J o a n n e
Blanchfield, Novita Jurry, Brian
Rayfield; Marian Fernando,
Carly Jeffery, Edan Pereira.
Upper Mt Gravatt Wishart Parish
ST CATHERINE’S SCHOOL FETE
Next Sunday 18 June 2017 9.30 am - 3 pm
There’s lots to enjoy at the fete for the whole family. Entertainment, Rides & Games, Cakes & Sweets, Hot food, Craft & Plants, Raffles & Prizes, Trash & Treasure. Come along and support our local primary school.
Time to Curl up with a Book? In this month of June we celebrate three very special feasts:- Pentecost - the birth of the Church The Holy Trinity - Father, Son and Holy Spirit The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ - the Gift of the Eucharist. Our book selection this month contains Fr Bill O’Shea–Questions Catholics Ask, Fr Timothy Radcliffe O.P. Why Go to
Church - and many others. All worth checking out.
Marriage, Divorce and Remarriage in the Catholic Church The Regional Tribunal of Qld has made available brochures with information about annulments and re-marriage in the Catholic Church. Copies of these brochures are at our parish churches. Further information please phone the Brisbane Tribunal Office on 3324 3033. Email: [email protected] or visit the Archdiocesan Website: ht tp: //brisbanecathol ic.org.au/l i fe/marriage-annulments/.
Vocations Novena (V9)
Prayer Campaign 2017
NINE WEEKS OF PRAYER FOR VOCATIONS IN THE
ARCHDIOCESE OF BRISBANE
11 June - 6 August 2017
Sunday June 11th – The Most Holy Trinity
Let us pray:
For an increase in vocations to the priesthood, diaconate and Religious Life, that more men and women will respond with generosity to the call to serve God in this way. Let us pray to the Lord.