Pastoral Region Office - Lumen Christi Catholic Parishes Wollongong

2014 No 51 Wollongong Catholic Parishes Bulletin 20/21 December 2014
We acknowledge the Dharawahl peoples, their country and their elders, past and present.
Catholic Parishes, Wollongong
(Established 2010)
Incorporating the Parishes
Cathedral of Saint Francis Xavier, Wollongong (Est. 1838)
36 Harbour Street, Wollongong 2500
Co-Cathedral of Saint John Vianney, Fairy Meadow
(Est. 1947)
1 Cabbage Tree Lane, Fairy Meadow 2519
Mater Dolorosa, Balgownie (Est. 1908)
47 Balmoral Street, Balgownie 2519
Pastoral Region Office
(Est. 1948)
Tuesday to Friday: 8.30 am - 3.30 pm
119 Gipps Road, Gwynneville 2500
36 Harbour Street, Wollongong 2500
P.O. Box 874
Wollongong, 2520
Tel: (02) 4228 6511 Fax: (02) 4229 7666
Mission Statement
E-mail: [email protected]
We are a Catholic Community of welcome and hospitality;
Website: www.lccpw.org.au
Saint Brigid’s, Gwynneville
Office Staff
Parishes’ Manager: Mr Michael Dwyer
Assistant Manager: Mr Tom Smith
Secretary: Mrs Leanne Burlin
Archivist: Mr Neil Dwyer
STAFF
At the Bishops House:
Bishop Peter Ingham, Parish Priest
Fr Ron Peters, Dean & Administrator
Fr Bernard Dowdell, Associate Pastor
& Hospital Chaplain
Fr Thomas Alukka, Associate Pastor &
Priest for Syro-Malabar Community.
Rev Stephen Varney, Deacon
Fr Anthony Ha, Vietnamese Chaplain
(Resident at Wollongong)
Fr Tomasz Nowak, Polish Chaplain
(Resident at Fairy Meadow)
Come,
O Come,
Emmanuel!
We are nourished by the Eucharist and
Enlivened by the Holy Spirit;
We live to bring to fulfilment
The mission of God’s Church
To be the Light of Christ in our local area and beyond.
Sacraments
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Baptisms - 1 Sunday at the Cathedral after 10.30am Mass; 2nd
Sunday at Fairy Meadow at 11.30am; 3rd Sunday at Gwynneville
after the 9.00am Mass; and, at Balgownie by arrangement.
Baptism Class: All parents enrolling their child for Baptism need to
attend the class held on the Third Wednesday of the month at
7.00pm in the Cathedral, Wollongong.
Our parishes work with a parish-based Sacramental Program for Reconciliation, Eucharist and Confirmation. Enrolment for these occurs
at the beginning of each school year.
Good Samaritan Catholic Primary School, Fairy Meadow and
Saint Brigid’s Catholic Primary School are our parish primary
schools. Our Catechists serve in all our local state primary schools.
Marriages - a preliminary appointment needs to be made at least 6
months prior to Wedding Date! There are no Sunday weddings in any
of our churches due to the usual Sunday commitments.
Please inform the office when a family member or acquaintance is ill
and requires a priest for Anointing or one of our Lumen Christi Carers for Holy Communion. Can you assist with helping some of our
housebound parishioners come to Sunday Mass? Please let us know!
4th Week in Advent [B]
This Week at the Cathedral
Monday 22 Dec:
Morning Prayer: 6.45am
Mass: 7am
Tuesday 23 Dec:
Morning Prayer: 6.45am
Mass: 7am
Wed. 24 Dec:
Morning Prayer: 6.45am
Mass: 7am,
Rosary11.40am, Mass: 12.10pm
Vigil Mass: 7pm; Carols: 11.30pm
Midnight Mass
Thursday 25 Dec: Morning Prayer: 6.45am
Mass: 7am, 9am, 10.30am, 5pm
Friday 26 Dec:
Morning Prayer: 7.45am
Mass: 8am
Saturday 27Dec:
Morning Prayer 6.45am
Mass: 7am
Reconciliation 12noon - 1pm
Sunday 28 Dec:
The Holy Family
Mass: 7am, 10.30am, 5pm
Rosary recited after the 7am Masses.
This Week at Fairy Meadow, Co-Cathedral
Morning Prayer 15 minutes before each weekday morning Mass
Tuesday 23 Dec:
Mass: 8am
Wednesday 24 Dec: Mass: 8am
Vigil Mass: 6pm; 8pm (Vietnamese)
Thursday 25 Dec: Mass: 8.30am; 10am (Italian);
7pm (Vietnamese)
Friday 26 Dec:
No Mass
Saturday 27 Dec:
Rosary: 8.15am. Mass: 9am
Reconciliation: 5.30pm
Vigil Mass: 6pm
Sunday 28 Dec:
The Holy Family
Mass: 8.30am
Mass for the Italian Community: 10am, Sundays
Mass for the Vietnamese Community: 4.30pm, Sundays.
This Week at Balgownie
Wednesday 24 Dec: Vigil 8pm; 11.30pm (Syro-Malabar)
Thursday 25 Dec: 10am
Sunday 28 Dec:
The Holy Family
Rosary 9.40am; 10.00am Mass
Mass for the Syro-Malabar Rite:
11.30am Sundays
This Week at Gwynneville
Tuesday 23 Dec:
Mass 9.30am
Wednesday 24 Dec: Vigil Mass: 5pm
Thursday 25 Dec: Mass 9am
Saturday 27 Dec:
Reconciliation: 5pm
Vigil Mass: 5.30pm
Sunday 28 Dec:
The Holy Family
9am Mass
Mass for Spanish speakers: Sundays at 11.30am
Diocesan Tridentine Mass: 3pm Sundays
Diment Towers Nursing Home: every last Saturday at 9am
Links Seaside Aged Care: every last Friday at 11am
Towradgi Nursing Home: every last Thursday at 10.30am
Rosary prayed every Tuesday, McCabe Village at 3.30pm
Fourth Sunday of Advent [B]
Entrance Antiphon:
Drop down dew from above, you heavens,
and let the clouds rain down the Just One;
let the earth be opened and bring forth a Saviour.
First Reading: 2Sam 7: 1-5, 8-12, 14, 16
Responsorial Psalm 88
For ever I will sing the goodness of the Lord.
Seasonal Psalm 91
Be with me, Lord, when I am in trouble. Be with me, Lord.
Second Reading: Romans 16: 25-27
Gospel Acclamation
Alleluia, alleluia!
I am the servant of the Lord: may his will for me be done.
Alleluia!
Gospel: Luke 1: 26-28
Communion Antiphon:
Behold, a Virgin shall conceive and bear a son;
and his name will be called Emmanuel.
Please pray for:
the repose of the souls of the faithful
departed - our recently deceased: Winifred
McGoldrick, Lynette Walters, Joseph Phelan,
Maria Gerdelan. And Peter Estreich, Jim Cummins, Maria &
Giuseppe DiLeva, Maria Trinh and all whose anniversaries
occur at this time. Also for: Deceased members of Cummins,
Davies & Walsh families, Dellapina & Fogliati families, Athol
Morgan, Jack O’Keeffe, Alma Evers, Joe & Alph Lavalle,
Kevin & Graeme Prior, Sarah & Alex Drysdale, Jane & James
McGoldrick, Mary, John & James McMillan, Julie Tutt, Gwyn
& John Hunter, Audrey Young, Jane & Cyril Bartrim,
deceased members of the McGoldrick family, Michele & Alda
DiLeva, Anthony Galante, Angela Dal Pra, Terry, Pat, Frank
& Alma Kearney, Jack & Agnes Moran, June Pennefather,
Amy O’Brien, John the Baptist Hung Tran, Josephine Cordina,
Noel Wilson, Paul Steward, Ern Turnbull, Michael
McGoldrick, Mary & Joseph Collier, John B Davis, George &
Mabel Crowe, Catherine Tuxworth, Francis Joseph O’Donnell,
Frances Clifford, John & Frances Merritt, Joshua Pead.
Please pray for our sick: John Wise, Chris Meehan, Brian
Mattock, John McMahon, Jim Bates, Veronica Bowman,
Helen Hampson, Elda Stiebel, Anna Figuera, David Dellapina,
Mary Gillis, Margaret Toms, Andre vander Linden, Izabela
Smigulski, Barbara White, Marie Rogers, Peter Walker, John
Moed, Noeline Baker, Jordan McGee, Mario Marrello, Mary
Joseph, Jennifer Seberry, Lola Ryan, Tess Devitt, Harold
Stapleton, Nancy Kentwell, Hugh Small, Ron Deane, Paul
Brown, Domenico Timpano, Bill Hedley, Cameron Webley,
Lance Brown, Fiona Cochrane, Jan Newman, Ned Lynch.
Christmas Day Mass Schedule
Vigil Masses 24 Dec:
5pm at SBG; 6pm at SJV; 8pm (Viet) at SJV; 7pm and Midnight
Mass at SFX, 8pm at MDB; 11.30pm at MDB (Syro-Malabar).
Note: The First Rite of Reconciliation is available one hour before each of the Vigil Masses.
Christmas Day 25 Dec:
SFX - 7am, 9am, 10.30am, 5pm. SJV - 8.30am; 10am (Italian);
7pm (Viet). MDB - 10am. SBG - 9am
St Stephen Day (Boxing Day) 26 Dec: SFX - 8am
New Year’s Day—Mary, the Mother of God: SFX - 9am
REGULAR NOTICES
SFX CHOIR: Tuesdays from 6.30pm to 8pm in the Cathedral.
Come and be part of the joy of leading the music.
SJV CHOIR: Practice for SJV will be on Thursday evenings.
All singers wanted and invited! We are also looking for an
organist/keyboard player to lead the music.
SBG CHOIR: every second Monday at 7.30pm
ST ANNE MOTHERS’ PRAYER GROUP
All mums are welcome to join in prayers on Mondays at 10am in
Mgr Rigney Meeting Room. Thanh on 0431 855 623.
ADVENT
4th CANDLE – (purple) THE ANGEL CANDLE or THE
MOTHERS’ PRAYER GROUP 9.30-10.30am Tuesdays. 1
CANDLE OF LOVE – The angels announced the good news
Tamblin Street, Fairy Meadow. Deidre on 0404 066 140.
of a Saviour. God sent his only Son to earth to save us,
because he loves us! “For God so loved the world that he
LEGION OF MARY, FAIRY MEADOW
Mondays at 9.30am Mater Dolorosa Meeting Rm, Balgownie. gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall
not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son
WEEKLY EUCHARISTIC ADORATION
into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world
through him.” (John 3:16-17)
St John Vianney’s Co-Cathedral at 7pm Thursdays and
St Francis Xavier Cathedral at 11am Fridays.
GALILEAN GATHERING
Every Wednesday (unless the Lunch Club is on) 12.45pm at
Mons Rigney Meeting Room beside The Bishop’s House. In
recess till February.
Children's Liturgy is held at SJV on the 1st and 3rd
Sunday of the month at the 8:30 Sunday Mass. Children's
Liturgy is not held during school holidays. Children’s Liturgy is
held at SBG, Sunday 9am Mass and MDB, Sunday 10am Mass.
GWYNNEVILLE GWL CHRISTMAS HAMPER RAFFLE
1st Prize - Sheila Reed
2nd Prize - Jenny Werakso
3rd Prize - Sabina
We wish to thank all those who so generously supported our
Christmas Hamper Raffle. We raised $701, which will be
used to support various Catholic charities and Parish needs.
THANK YOU FROM THE SACRISTANS OF THE
CATHEDRAL There are so many individuals who assist us
sacristans in the weekly and daily liturgies; We would like to
firstly thank Mary Greco & Elizabeth Skinner for their
invaluable assistance in the ongoing preparation and presentation
of the Cathedral to ensure it looks its best for every occasion for
the parish & diocese; Thank you to Josephine Emek who has
made new vestments & tabernacle veils for the Cathedral this
year. We also are grateful to those who are part of the periodic
Cathedral working bee for their time and talent!
And thanks to Bishop Peter & Fr Ron for their continued
support in the work we do.
In faith,
YOUTH SUMMER SCHOOL OF EVANGELISATION
2015 – A GREAT SUMMER RETREAT! Includes lectures
and seminars, prayer, music, loads of fun and new friends. Held
at Bathurst (11-18 January 2015). Run by the Disciples of
Jesus Community for over 25 years. For ages 16-35. For more
information see www.summerschool.org.au.
PASTORAL CARE TRAINING PROGRAM
Course topics include: Communication and listening skills, Grief
and loss, Dementia, -pastoral care –ministry to the sick, Spirituality and ageing and palliative care.
Where: St
Columbkille's Parish, Corrimal. When: Every Tuesday for eight
weeks from: 10 Feb to 31 Mar, 2015, 9:30am to 3:30pm. RSVP by
3 February. To book contact Carmen Karauda, Aged Care
Advocate Ph: 4640 8515, mob 0448 930 287 or email
[email protected]
Welcome to our Lumen Christi Pastoral Region!
Are you new to one of our parishes in the Lumen Christi Pastoral Region? Or, have you not as yet registered at
the Parish Office that you attend one of Saint Francis Xavier, Wollongong, Saint Brigid Gwynneville, Saint
John Vianney Fairy Meadow or, Mater Dolorosa, Balgownie? Please inform us of your arrival in these parishes. Complete this form and return it to the Office or place it in one of the collections at Sunday Mass.
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Have you joined the Planned Giving in any one of our three parishes yet? Your ongoing support is vital for the work of the Church in our Pastoral Region.
CHRISTMAS CARDS The St Vincent de Paul
Solidarity with Christians in the Middle East
Conferences in the Pastoral Region would like to start selling
their Christmas Cards and Calendars. The cards are $6.00 for a The ACBC asks that the Australian Church be in solidarity with
the Christians of the Middle East.
packet of 10 and the Columban Calendars are selling for $9.00.
As we approach the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ at
CHRISTMAS MASS TIMES IN THE DIOCESE
Christmas, we are aware that the situation for Christians and other
Please visit www.christmas2014.dow.org.au for all Christmas minorities in the Middle East is deteriorating by the day …
Mass and Reconciliation times in the Diocese.
Communities that have been present in the region since the time
of the apostles are being driven out in the midst of unspeakable
IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS - WISDOM FROM THE atrocities. The present tragedy in the Middle East not only impacts
ABBEY WITH SR HILDA SCOTT OSB Sr Hilda Scott’s upon the communities of the area, but has far-reaching
new Double CD "Wisdom from the Abbey" containing 46 short implications for peace and security of the world.
audio reflections perfect for personal or group reflection. Go to Therefore, we join in prayer together as we seek the mercy of God
www.srhilda.dow.org.au or contact Sr Hannah Massy-Greene at for our persecuted brothers and sisters in the Middle East.
the Benedictine Abbey on 4236 1192.
“Illawarra People for Peace”
Prayer for Peace
(To be recited at the Prayer of the Faithful)
Almighty God and Creator, You are the Father of all people on
earth. Guide, I pray, all nations and their leaders in the ways of
justice and peace. Protect us from the evils of injustice,
prejudice, exploitation, conflict and war. Help us to put away
mistrust, bitterness and hatred. Teach us to cease the storing
and using of implements of war. Lead us to find peace, respect
and freedom. Unite us in the making and sharing of tools of
peace against ignorance, poverty, disease and oppression. Grant
Dear Brothers and Sisters under one God
As we approach Christmas - the Season of Peace that we may grow in harmony and friendship as brothers and
and Joy for all people of goodwill - it is sisters created in Your image, to Your honour and praise. Amen
important to note that the birth of IP4P was SVDP ANNUAL CHRISTMAS APPEAL envelopes
indeed very timely.
available at the church doors and on pews. Toys and food baskets
Our small initiative in the Illawarra is so also at church doors, tags on trees.
significant in promoting that peace and harmony are desired The second collection at all Masses on Christmas Day will be
by all people who simply want to live life to the full. All given over to our local SVdP Conferences in support of their
people, with their families, simply wish to live their lives to work in our local area. Thanks to our SVdP Conferences for their
sterling work; let’s be generous in our gifts to assist them in their
the best of their abilities and peaceably.
The awful series of events in Sydney and the enormous works of mercy and compassion.
During Advent we pray for peace and harmony in our local
community and beyond. We take heart from Pope Francis
who encouraged all leaders to engage in interfaith dialogue as
a means for building peace. We will meet again on 29th
January ‘15 at 6pm at CatholicCare in Auburn Street. All
welcome!
tragedy in Pakistan where 142 innocent children and their
teachers were massacred, remind us of our common call to
live in mutual respect and friendship - no matter the faith or
the non-faith of the individual or community.
On Wednesday we celebrated the Mass of Peace and
Harmony. There was a good representation of our Muslim
brothers and sisters as well as representatives from our
various church agencies and our two schools. During the Mass
we not only prayed for peace, but also for the victims and
survivors of the Martin Place siege.
We continue to pray for the two victims and their families and
friends. We pray for those people traumatised by the siege and
their families and friends. We pray in gratitude for the Police
Command of NSW, the police and the Tactical Response men
and women, as well as our Premier for his sterling leadership
of our beautiful state. We hold the people of NSW and
Australia in prayer with the specific intention that we respect
and build relationships for the greater glory of God.
Of course we need to pray for the many innocent victims of
the massacre in Pakistan. So many innocent lives .... so many
children .... May they rest in eternal peace.
Let us commit ourselves anew to teach one another how to
love. Love is the great commandment.
With every blessing and good wish,
Fr Ron Peters and Mr Gary Ismail
Chairs of IP4P
"It is essential that all citizens - Muslim, Jewish and
Christian - both in the provision and practice of the
law, enjoy the same rights and respect the same
duties."Pope Francis
End-of-Year Notices
The Bulletin as from 24/25 Dec until 24/25 Jan ’15 will be the
brief version.
The Pastoral Region Office will be closed from 3pm on 24th Dec
and reopen on 29, 30 December. The Office will be open on
Friday 2 Jan and return to the usual schedule from Monday 5th
January. In case of emergencies, call 4228 6511 and one of the
priests will be available.
Father Ron will be away on leave during January. Father
Thomas will be celebrating his 30th Anniversary with family in
India from mid-January to mid-February. Rev Stephen will be
away for two weeks during January.
As the busyness of the end-of-year accelerates, I do ask our
parishioners to take care on the roads. Please be safe during the
coming holiday time. Take time to reflect on the Advent and
Christmas Reflections in our diocesan REDEEM book. Please
be aware of our parishioners for whom this is a time of sadness
and/or aloneness. A Christmas greeting and some Christmas
cheer needs to be offered to those many people who experience
the festive days as ones of isolation and disappointment.
CERTIFICATE IN PASTORAL LITURGY – NOW OPEN
It is with great pleasure we seek expressions of interest for
enrolment in the Certificate in Pastoral Liturgy commencing in
February 2015. This course provides practical knowledge, skills
and approaches, in liturgy for people who take active roles in
preparing, coordinating and leading liturgy and liturgical music
in parish and school. This course is modelled on the Certificate
of Pastoral Liturgy previously offered through the Catholic
Institute of Sydney. Expressions of interest in enrolling in the
course are invited by contacting Darren McDowell, 4222 2463
or [email protected]

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