Bridgeside Bulletin

The weekly bullen of the Catholic community of

Forster and Tuncurry
OurMission:To be an aeconate, caring, loving, faithlled Chrisan community, growing as
one through small groups.
Parish Contacts
FrAndrewDoohan(Parish Priest)
MrGregByrne(Pastoral Associate)
SrKathrynMcCabe(Aboriginal Catholic Ministry)

33LakeStreet,ForsterNSW2428
POBox67,ForsterNSW2428
Phone: (02)65546304
Fax: (02)65546425
Email: forstertuncurryparish@gmail.com
Website: www.forstertuncurryparish.catholicau.com

TheParishOceisattherearoftheParishHallandis
openonTuesdaysandThursdaysfrom9amto4pm.
Parish School
HolyNameParishSchool(K6)
41LakeStreet,ForsterNSW2428
POBox243,ForsterNSW2428

MrMarkMowbray(Principal)
Phone: (02)65546504
Fax: (02)65548895
Email: admin@forster.catholic.edu.au
Website: www.forster.catholic.edu.au
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SundayTheDayoftheLord
Saturdayevening 6pm Tuncurry
Sundaymorning 7am Tuncurry
9am Forster

Weekdays(forthecomingweek)
Tuesday NoMass
Wednesday 9am Forster
Thursday NoMass
Friday NoMassseepage2
Saturday 9am Tuncurry

Reconciliaon
Saturday 8:309am Tuncurry
4:455:15pm Forster

Bapnsmsarecelebratedaerthe9amMassatForster
by arrangementplease contact the Parish Oce or
Presbytery in the rst instance. Weddings are
celebrated by arrangement and with at least three
months noceplease contact Fr Andrew in the rst
instance.
Sunday 26th February, 2012
First Sunday of Lent, Year B
HolyNameofJesusParishChurch
33LakeStreet,Forster
StMary,StaroftheSeaChurch
CnrKent&PeelStreets,Tuncurry
From the Pastors Desk
OurmeofLentisstarngwithwhatappearstobea
very full week of acvies, some in keeping with the
nature of the Season, others not quite so much. It is
very easy, amidst all the busyness of the day to day,
for the parcular me of yearand what it means
and demands of usto get lost. I would encourage
you, as I encourage myself, to constantly call to mind
whatisweredoingduringthesesixweeks,andwhat
wearepreparingourselvestocelebrate.

Of parcular importance this week are two events,

which I would draw to your aenon, and encourage
yoursupport:

Firstly, our Parish School students will be spending

me at Camp Elim across the coming week, and I am
sure they would appreciate knowing that they are
being supported in prayer by the other members of
theparishcommunity.

(Connued on page 2)
Secondly, this Friday night sees the rst of this years
Lenten Liturgies of Hope and Healing at Raymond
Terrace.Whileitmightseemalongdistancetotravel,
itisimportantforustotaketheopportunitytogather
with our brothers and sisters from across our
DeaneryandwithourBishopaspartofourLenten
me of preparaon. I would encourage you to talk
among yourselves and perhaps organise to travel
together in order to parcipate in this Lenten me of
prayerwithourBishop.

Wishingyouareaveryhappyandholyandaboveall
joyfulmeduringtheSeasonofLent.

Unlnextweek
Fr Andrew
Tur Gir1 or CoN1rMrtn1ioN
The Living Waters Meditaon Centre is presenng a
teaching and meditaon session on Saturday, 3rd
Marchfrom9:30amunl12noonintheTooheyRoom
at the Diocesan Centre in Hamilton (on the western
sideofSacredHeartCathedral).

For more informaon, please see the noce on the

churchbullenboard.
Pnojrc1 CoMrnssioN
The Season of Lent marks the annual Project
Compassion appeal under the auspices of Caritas, the
Churchsinternaonalaidanddevelopmentagency.

Givingboxesandenvelopestoenableyoutotakepart
inthisannualappealaspartoftheLentencalltoself
denial and charityare available at the rear of the
churchthisweekend.
Ri1r or Etrc1ioN
The Rite of Elecon for those parcipang in the Rite
of Chrisan Iniaon of Adults will be celebrated on
Sunday 26th February in the Sacred Heart Cathedral
commencingat2:30pm.

This important liturgy will be lead by our Bishop, and

all members of the Diocesan community are most
welcometoaend.
LrN1rN Li1uncv or Horr nNo HrntiNc
Each year we are invited to gather in prayer with the
Bishop during Lent. This year our Deanery Liturgy of
Hope and Healing will be held at St Brigid's Church,
RaymondTerraceonFriday 2nd March at7pm.

This year we gather around the Bishop's moo of In

the beginning the Word. This will be a me for the
Church of our Deanery to gather and give thanks for
the blessings that we have as a Church and also an
opportunity to think about those areas in our lives as
ChurchwhereweneedtheprompngofGod,soasto
betheChurchthatGodwantsofus.

Please take the opportunity to come and pray with

theChurchofourdeanery.

Please note: These liturgies should not be confused

with 2nd Rites of Reconciliaon.
Pnnisu Scuoot @ CnMr EtiM
Over the coming week the students of our Parish
SchoolwillbespendingsomemeatCampElimclass
by class for a me of retreat. The week of acvies
willculminateinthecelebraonofEucharistatCamp
ElimonFriday 2nd Marchat10am.

PleasenotetherewillbeNO9:30amMassthatday.

As a Parish community, I would encourage you to

keepthestudentsofourParishSchoolinyourprayers
andthoughtsoverthecomingweekthattheirmeat
CampElimmightbebothenjoyableandfruiul.
Wonto Dnv or Pnnvrn
This years World Day of Prayer will be celebrated at
theChurchofChrist,TuncurryonFriday 2nd Marchat
10am. All Chrisans are invited to aend this special
dayofecumenicalprayer.
LrN1rN Fni1u SunniNc Gnours
Lent is the Season of the Churchs year that is a
preparaon for the celebraon of Easter. It is a me
for reecon and prayerful sharing of faith with each
other. Why not take advantage of the opportunity
provided by the Season of Lent to host or join a
Lenten Group and shar some prayer me and some
lifeexperienceswithothers.

This year our parish will be using the resource

published by the Archdiocese of Brisbane entled
Towards the Light.Thecostofthebookletwillbe$8.

A list of available groups are available at the rear of

thechurchthisweek,andyouareinvitedtoaddyour
nametoyourpreferredgroup.

For those unable to parncipate in a group but sll

wishing to make use of a program as part of your
personal journey through Lent, a limited number of
booklets from both the Archdiocese of Brisbane and
theArchdioceseofCanberraGoulburn(entledLiving
a Life in Grace) are available at a cost of $8 each.
Please contact Greg at the Parish Oce for more
informaon.
LrN1rN Rrrtrc1ioN Rrsouncr
Lile Black Books, featuring daily readings and
resources to assist with your Lenten reecons are
availablefor$5eachattherearofthechurch.
Cn1uotic Lrnorn & Wrrktv
Copies of the Catholic Leader and Catholic Weekly
newspaperscanbefoundattherearofthechurchat
acostof$2.
Wun1 is nNvwnv? (continued)
Following on from last weeks bullen:

Prayerisclassicallydenedasliingmindandheartto
God. That's a good denion, but it needs an
importantqualicaon.

Therearetwoessenalkindsofprayer:Somethingwe
call liturgical prayer, the public prayer of the Church,
and something we call private or devoonal prayer.
Unfortunatelyweoenconfusethetwo.

For example, ve hundred people might be sing in

meditaon together in a church or praying the rosary
together at a shrine and this is sll private or
devoonal prayer. Conversely, someone might be
praying the Oce of the Church alone at home in an
armchairorapriestmightbecelebrangtheEucharist
alone at a kitchen table and this is public, liturgical
prayer. The disncon, as we see from these
examples, is not dependent upon the number of
people parcipang, or whether the prayer is taking
placeinachurch,orevenwhethertheprayerisbeing
prayedinagrouporprivately.Thedisnconisbased
uponsomethingelse.What?

Perhapsachangeofnamesmighthelpusunderstand
the disncon: Liturgical, public prayer might more
aptly be called priestly prayer, while private and
devoonal prayer might beer be termed aecve
prayer.

What is priestly prayer? It is the prayer of Christ

throughthechurchfortheworld.OurChrisanbelief
is that Christ is sll gathering us together around his
wordandisslloeringaneternalactofloveforthe
world. As an extension of that we believe that
whenever we meet together, in a church or
elsewhere, to gather around the scriptures or to
celebrate the Eucharist we are entering into that
prayer and sacrice of Christ. This is liturgical prayer;
it's Christ's prayer, not ours. We pray liturgically
whenever we gather to celebrate the scriptures, the
sacraments, or when we pray, in community or
privately, something that is called the Prayer of the
Church or the Oce of the Church (Lauds and
Vespers).

And this kind of prayer is not restricted to the

ordained clergy. We are all priests by virtue of our
bapsm and part of the implicit covenant we make
with the community at our bapsm is the
commitment, when we reach adulthood, to pray
habitually for the world through the liturgical prayer
oftheChurch.

What needs also to be highlighted here, since we

easily miss this aspect, is that the Church's liturgical
Dountr Bro Nrroro
Sr Kathryn is again on the lookout for a double bed.
Pleasephone65546470ifyoucanhelp.
Pnnisu MusicinNs Nr1wonk
ThenextmeengoftheParishMusiciansNetworkwill
beheldonSunday 4th MarchattheParishCentre,25
FarquharStreet,TheJuncon,from1pmto4pm.

Themeengwilldiscussmusiclicensingandcopyright
issues.

To register or for further informaon, please email

thecoordinatoronnetwork@evensounds.com.au.
prayer is for the world, not for itself. The Church, in
this world, does not exist for its own sake, but as an
instrumentofsalvaonfortheworld.Itsfunconisto
save the world, not itself. In liturgical prayer we pray
withChrist,throughtheChurch,butfortheworld.

(more next week)

TunNk vou
Thankyoutoourvolunteergardenersfortheireorts
inmaintainingthegroundsofourChurches.
MiNis1rns or CoMMuNioN Mrr1iNc
All current Ministers of Communion are invited to
aend a meeng on Tuesday 6th March or Tuesday
13th March (you are only asked to aend one or the
other)at6.30pm attheForsterChurch.
Bnr1isMs
This weekend, we welcome in to our Parish
Community: Max Pilliga Underwood, son of David &
Rebecca&IvyIsabelFalk,daughterofJoshua&Sarah
Rostrns

Readers(fornextweekend)
Tuncurry6pm Lou Hope, Anne Wilson, Tony
Stevens
Tuncurry7am Cecile Malone, John Hahn, Patricia
Cornish
Forster9am Iris Bailey, Sharon Fowle, Barbara
Kermode

MinistersofCommunion(forthisweekend)
Tuncurry6pm MonicaHunt,MargaretSmith,Neil&
Maureen Pye, Owen Carroll, Sr
Kathryn, Neville Fox, Frank Hayman,
RuthPearson.
Tuncurry7am Kay & Graham Griths, Aileen
Mooney, Tony Knight, Bronwyn
Morse,LeyBartle.
Forster9am Pat McCarthy, Elle Cairns Cowen,
Michael Amato, Michael Powers,
Shioney Neal, Barbara Dolahenty,
Josie Beech, Michael Allen, Anne
Moloney.
ChurchCleaners(forthecomingweek)
Tuncurry Group3
Forster Group1
ColleconCount
ThisSunday Team2
NextSunday Team3
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EntranceAnphon
Whenhecallsonme,Iwillanswerhim;
Iwilldeliverhimandgivehimglory,
Iwillgranthimlengthofdays.

ResponsorialPsalm
R: Yourways,OLord,areloveandtruth,
tothosewhokeepyourcovenant.

Lord,makemeknowyourways.
Lord,teachmeyourpaths.
Makemewalkinyourtruth,andteachme:
foryouareGodmysaviour.

Rememberyourmercy,Lord,
andtheloveyouhaveshownfromofold.
Inyourloverememberme,
becauseofyourgoodness,OLord.

TheLordisgoodandupright.
Heshowsthepathtothosewhostray,
heguidesthehumbleintherightpath;
heteacheshiswaytothepoor.

GospelAcclamaon
Praisetoyou,LordJesusChrist,kingofendlessglory!
Noonelivesonbreadalone,
butoneverywordthatcomesfromthemouthofGod.
Praisetoyou,LordJesusChrist,kingofendlessglory!

CommunionAnphon
Onedoesnotlivebybreadalone,
butbyeverywordthatcomesforthfromthemouthof
God.
Scnrtunr RrnbNcs

ThisWeek Genesis9:815
Psalm24:49
1Peter3:1822
Mark1:1215

NextWeek Genesis22:12,913,1518
Psalm115:10,1519
Romans8:3134
Mark9:210
TPD(fortheweekahead)
Monday

Tuesday All Day Fr Andrew to Newcastle

for WHS Update Brieng.
9am ChrisanMeditaon
(Bob 6555 5914)
3:30pm HolyHour@Tuncurry
7pm ChrisanMeditaon
(Bob 6555 5914)

Wednesday 11:15am NovenatoOurLadyof

PerpetualHelp@Forster

Thursday AM Fr Andrew to St Clares,

Taree for Year 7 Mass.

Friday 10am ParishSchoolMass@

CampElim.
10am WorldDayofPrayer@
TuncurryChurchofChrist
7pm MyallDeaneryLenten
LiturgyofHope&Healing
@RaymondTerrace
Saturday

Sunday
Ofyourcharity,pleaseprayfor:

Recently Deceased
AnneBarnes

Anniversaries
PhillipJones,RonCampbell,DavidGoodlet

And for those who are sick in the Parish