Bridgeside Bulletin The weekly bullen of the Catholic Parish of Forster Tuncurry Holy Name of Jesus Parish Church 33 Lake Street, Forster St Mary, Star of the Sea Church Cnr Kent & Peel Streets, Tuncurry Proclaiming Christ to the communies of Forster, Tuncurry and the surrounding districts
The Parish is also served by St Clares High School, Taree (712) Mr Peter Nicholls (Principal)
Davis Street, Taree NSW 2430
P: (02) 6552 3300 F: (02) 6552 3656 E: admin@tareesc.catholic.edu.au W: www.tareesc.catholic.edu.au Celebrang the Sacraments Reconciliaon is available on Saturday mornings at Tuncurry from 8:30am unl the beginning of the 9am Mass, on Saturday aernoons at Forster from 4:45pm unl 5:15pm, or other mes by contacng Fr Andrew.
Bapsms are celebrated on Sundays, either during any of our Sunday Masses or aer the 9am Mass. The next Bapsmal Preparaon meeng will take place in the Parish Halls meeng rooms on Monday 14th July commencing at 7pm. Please contact the Parish Oce for more details, or visit the Parish website.
Weddings are celebrated by arrangement and with at least three (and preferably more) months noce. Please contact Fr Andrew for more details, or visit the Parish website.
A Sacramental Preparaon process runs each year in the Parish for children wishing to complete the celebraon of the Sacraments of Iniaon as part of the Parish community. Please contact the Parish Oce for more details, or visit the Parish website.
The Parish hosts the Rite of Chrisan Iniaon of Adults process for those adults wishing to be bapsed or be received into the communion of the Catholic Church. Please contact the Parish Oce for more details, or visit the Parish website. The Parish can also be found online:
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Tur Pnnisu Dinnv(for the week ahead) Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time
Wednesday18th June 9am Mass @ Forster 11:15am Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help @ Forster 5:30pm Parish Pastoral Council meeng @ Forster
Thursday19th June Fr Andrew to Newcastle for meengs of College of Consultors and Council of Priests. 9am Mass @ Forster
Friday20th June Memorial of St Aloysius Gonzaga 9:30am Mass @ Forster
Saturday21st June 8:30am Reconciliaon @ Tuncurry 9am Mass @ Tuncurry 4:45pm Reconciliaon @ Forster (unl 5:15pm) 6pm Mass @ Tuncurry
Sunday22nd June 7am Mass @ Tuncurry 9am Mass @ Forster Rrcutnn Ac1ivi1irs iN 1ur Pnnisu Secular Franciscan Fraternity The Secular Franciscans Fraternity will next meet on Wednesday 2nd July, coming together for Mass at 9am, followed by a cuppa at 9:30am and then the meeng 10am to 12pm.
The menALIVE Groups Our Parish currently hosts two menALIVE groups. The morning group will next meet on Wednesday 25th June aer the 9am Mass, while the evening group will next meet on Thursday 26th June at 7:30pm.
Maintenance & Gardening Group The Parish is lucky to be served by a very dedicated band of volunteers who tend to the upkeep of the grounds and gardens of our two church sites. They do a fabulous job, and are always ready to welcome new members to the group. The next date is Thursday 19th June starng at Tuncurry at 8am and then on to Forster. Contact Howard 6557 6826 for more informaon.
Singing Pracce The Singing Group will resume pracces on Tuesday 17th June at 5:30pm at Holy Name Church, Forster. All welcome.
Collecon of Foodstus for Homebase On the rst Sunday of each month we undertake a collecon in order to support Homebase. The next collecon will next take place on Sunday 6th July.
Holy Hour The Parish community observes a Holy Hour each Tuesday aernoon in the Tuncurry Church from 3:30pm unl the beginning of Mass at 4:30pm.
Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help The Novena is prayed every Wednesday in the Forster church commencing at 11:15am and is followed by a cuppa in the Parish Hall. Contact Shioney (6554 9468) for more informaon.
Evening Prayer & Benedicon The Parish community celebrates on the rst Sunday of each month at 5:30pm in the Tuncurry church. It will next be celebrated on Sunday 6th July. All welcome. Cn1uotic Nrwsrnrrns Avnitnntr Both The Catholic Leader (Brisbane) and The Catholic Weekly (Sydney) newspapers are available at a cost of $2 each from our churches. Cn1uotic MissioN Cuuncu Arrrnt On the weekend of 28th/29th June, our Parish will be holding the annual Catholic Mission Church Appeal.
This year we are invited to support the Churchs inspiraonal work to heal the brokenhearted in Rwanda following the horric 1994 genocide.
Our speaker that weekend will be Mr James Odoh.
Please come prepared to make a contribuon that weekend. 3
CoMMuNioN rnoM 1ur Cunticr wurN Sick As we approach the colder months and occurrences of colds and u, a reminder to everyone to consider the wellbeing of your fellow parishioners.
If you are not feeling well, we would respecully ask you to please refrain from receiving Communion from the Chalice during Mass. FnoM 1ur Pns1ons Drsk The mes, they are achanging!
Which is not only a great song but also a reminder of reality on this Sunday, which, although we are celebrang the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity, marks the rst Sunday since we have moved back into Ordinary Time.
The Feast days we will celebrate over the next few weeks today, next Sunday, and the following Friday form part of the collecve known as Feasts of the Lord in Ordinary Time. They mark and celebrate parcular aspects of the Divine Reality, and so while we wont see any of the green usually associated with Ordinary Time, we have moved out of the Season of Easter.
Which doesnt mean that we forget about Easter: each and every me we gather to celebrate the liturgy of the Church Mass, Bapsms, Conrmaon, Weddings, Funerals, etc we are celebrang Easter, the source of the enre Chrisan sacramental economy.
As we live the daily lives of Chrisans, with that comes with that, wouldnt it be wonderful if we could connue to do so in the light and joy of Easter?
Unl next week... Fr Andrew Pnnisu Gnirr Surron1 Gnour An invitaon is extended to men and women of the Parish who have lost a spouse through death, divorce or demena (or any other situaon) to aend a meeng on Saturday 28th June at 11am in the Parish Meeng Room at Forster.
The purpose of this meeng is to form a Grief Support Group who will meet on a regular basis to support each other through prayer, sharing, listening, understanding and being there for one another. Sharing with other people can help reduce the sense of isolaon and aloneness that comes with grief and can be of great benet to anyone dealing with their grief.
An external facilitator has been found to help the group become established (more details to follow).
If you are interested in aending the meeng, or would simply like more informaon, please speak directly with Fr Andrew either in person or via his mobile (0412 405 671). SRE (Scnir1unr Trncurns, Cn1rcuis1s) Mrr1iNc A meeng for SRE Scripture Teachers/Catechists will be held on Tuesday 17th June in the Parish Meeng Room commencing at 10:30am for morning tea and to be followed by a meeng.
Those interested in joining the SRE Ministry are welcome to aend and meet the group, and ask any quesons. Contact Lorea Heernan for more informaon. CoNcnn1utn1ioNs!! Congratulaons to the children of our Parish who have now celebrated the Sacrament of Conrmaon, marking another step along their path of Chrisan Iniaon.
The Sacramental Preparaon journey takes a short break now, and will recommence in late July as the children prepare to complete their Chrisan Iniaon by receiving Communion for the rst me. Please connue to hold them in your prayers. Li1uncvHrtr Tnint & Wonksuor As previously menoned the Diocesan Liturgy Council is currently coordinang an evaluaon trial of the LiturgyHelp resource for possible deployment across the Diocese.
Parish ministers such as our Readers, Communion to the Sick ministers, Catechists, etc, are invited to avail themselves of a paral access subscripon (free!) as they focus on access to the texts of readings, and provide access to reecons and commentaries.
If you would like to take advantage of a trial paral access subscripon, and have access to the Internet at home, you are invited to contact Fr Andrew BY EMAIL so that you can provided with access to the site. All that is asked is that you make use of the login and be prepared to provide some feedback at the end of the trial.
Our Parish will be hosng a workshop on LiturgyHelp on Saturday 21st June from 1pm to 3pm in the School Hall. This will be a wonderful opportunity to explore the website with an expert, and ask quesons. Bookings are not essenal but would be appreciated (again BY EMAIL to Fr Andrew). 4
Yrs 1o 1ur Nrw Rrtn1ioNsuir Bnoucu1 Bv Cunis1Pnn1 2 One important challenge is to show that the soluon will never be found in eeing from a personal and commied relaonship with God which at the same me commits us to serving others. This happens frequently nowadays, as believers seek to hide or keep apart from others, or quietly it from one place to another or from one task to another, without creang deep and stable bonds. Imaginao locorum et mutao multos fefellit 1 . This is a false remedy which cripples the heart and at mes the body as well. We need to help others to realize that the only way is to learn how to encounter others with the right atude, which is to accept and esteem them as companions along the way, without interior resistance. Beer yet, it means learning to nd Jesus in the faces of others, in their voices, in their pleas. And learning to suer in the embrace of the crucied Jesus whenever we are unjustly aacked or meet with ingratude, never ring of our decision to live in fraternity. Pope Francis, Evangelii Gaudium, 91.
If you would like to read more of Evangelii Gaudium, copies are available for purchase ($10) or borrowing from the Parish Oce. The Exhortaon is also available for downloading from the Vacan website.
1 Dreaming of dierent places, and moving from one to another, has misled many: Thomas A Kempis, The Imitaon of Christ. FnirNosuir Gnour (SrNions) Our next oung will be to the Greenhouse Caf Nabiac next Tuesday 17 th June for lunch. Contact Lorraine on 6554 7056 so transport can be arranged. We will be meeng at Tuncurry Church at 11.30am. Also our bus trip on 8 th July to various spots of interest in Port Macquarie may have to be cancelled due to lack of numbers. If you want to go on this oung please contact Lorraine as soon as possible. Sour LuNcuroNs nnr Bnck On Monday 10th June 20 people aended a very successful lunch. Our next lunch will be on Tuesday 24th June at 12.00pm. Please add your name to the list at the back of the church if you are aending.
Anyone able to make soup for the next luncheon please ring Angela Hope on 6555 5825. Bisuors Rrrtrc1ioN Dnv You are invited to a day of reecon and prayer with Bishop Bill on Friday 27th June at St Stephens Church. Tea Gardens from 10am to 3pm.
This year the day will be facilitated by Frances Tilly from the Jesuit Province Team who will present the day in the style of Ignaan Spirituality.
The Spiritual Exercises are all the best that I have been able to think out, experience and understand in this life, both for helping somebody to make the most of themselves, and also for being able to bring advantage, help and prot to many others. So, even if you dont feel the need for the rst, you will see that they are much more helpful than you might have imagined for the second. (Ignaus Ep. 10:1)
The First Spiritual Exercises are for parishioners, young and senior, clergy, religious, individuals, couples, partners, parents, grandparents, ministry teams, commiees, students, colleagues, friends: everyone!
To register or make an enquiry please contact the Childrens Ministries Oce or check the webpage (www.mn.catholic.org.au/agenciesservices/childrens ministries). CEO Strrrou1 Bishop Bill, Director of CatholicCare Lisa Short, Vice Chancellor Administraon Sean Scanlon and Director of Catholic Schools Ray Collins will all be spending the night of 19th June sleeping rough in order to raise money for the homeless. Please donate to this excellent cause and support Bishop Bill, Lisa, Sean and Ray in their generous eorts. If you would like to contribute, visit www.ceosleepout.org.au and search for a surname to donate! Bisuors ANNivrnsnnv This Sunday (15th June) marks the third anniversary of the episcopal ordinaon of Bishop Bill. We remember Bishop Bill in our prayers at Mass this weekend, praying for the gi of wisdom and right judgement for our shepherd. TunNk You Srs Louise and Kathryn wish to thank the many people who helped them in cleaning, packing and moving. We will hold you all in our prayers. Hnvr vou Orrrnro n WnsuiNc MncuiNr? In the hurly burly of Sr Kathryns house move, she has lost the name of a second person who oered a washing machine. She would be glad to hear from that person again on 0401 853 417. 5
Pnnisu Socint FuNc1ioNs ron 2014 The dates for the remaining Parish Social Funcons for 2014 are:
INTERNATIONAL LUNCH to be held on Saturday 2nd August. BLESSING OF THE FLEET/PARISH BBQ will be held this year on Sunday 5th October.
Please claim these dates in your diary now and watch for further details as they are released closer to each event. Vocn1ioN Virw God so loved the world that he gave his only begoem Son (John 3:16). Gods love is powerful and all consuming, responding to this love leads to a life changing encounter! For more informaon regarding Vocaons contact Fr Brian Mascord on 4979 1112 or by email to vocaons@mn.catholic.org.au. MiNis1nv iN Acro Cnnr Fnciti1irs In order to comply with Federal legislaon covering screening of all people who work in aged care facilies (nursing homes, hostels, etc), the Diocese is going to facilitate the necessary screening checks via the Diocesan Oces.
I would ask all those who minister on behalf of the Parish in aged care facilies within the Parish to make contact with me as soon as possible so that this procedure can be put in place.
Please note: This requirement only applies to those volunteers who carry out their task on behalf of the Parish, and not for those who wish to visit family or friends in local facilies. If in doubt, please check with me. Fr Andrew PtnNNro GiviNc The Financial Year will soon come to end, and the Parish would like to thank all those who connue to generously support the life of the Parish.
If you would like to join the Planned Giving Programme, please contact the Parish Oce. New envelopes for 201415 will be available in the next few weeks. To assist in the distribuon would you please write FORSTER or TUNCURRY on your envelopes so that we can have your new envelopes in the right church for you. If you will be seeking a Tax Receipt for this current nancial year, would you please write TAX on your envelope.
Your assistance would be greatly appreciated. God loved the world so much he gave his only Son As a child I learnt about the Trinity in terms of three persons in one God a short summary of a very complex history of debate about God, Jesus and Spirit. Johns Gospel says this with much greater simplicity in the one word love. Too oen the language of trinity begins to sound mathemacal: three in one, one in three. Trinity is a way of trying to put words on an unfathomable mystery of the inner life of God. A life we could never have imagined, except it was rst experienced. Within Judaism, there were a number of ways of naming the Holy One Elohim, the generic term for God; YHWH the personal name and experience of God in Israel. The ancient writers of Israel constantly struggled to name the paradox of a God who was uerly transcendent, and yet a God who was present to them. To maintain the sense of Gods transcendence, when they spoke of the immanent experience of God various groups used dierent words. The Prophets said, The Word of the Lord came to me, and The Spirit of the Lord is upon me. The wisdom teachers spoke of Holy Wisdom being present in the order and elegance of the natural world as well as in human history. Later the rabbis used an Aramaic word Shekinah as a way of speaking of the presence of God within the cosmos. The life of Jesus of Nazareth and his ongoing risen life within the Chrisan community stretched the theological concepts and language of Israel to nd a new way of naming God. Trinity is the disncvely Chrisan way of naming our experience of God as a communion of life and love. The very nature of God is to love to reach out to another in relaonship. In this conversaon with Nicodemus Jesus describes why he has come into the world (Greek: kosmos); for love of this extraordinary cosmos God gave us a most precious gi in Jesus. Johns Gospel makes the promise that those who receive this gi in faith will become children of God (John 1:12) which is this Gospels way of describing salvaon. This means of course that you and I are invited to be drawn into the very heart of God, to be drawn into the Trinity as part of Gods own household. Earlier in the conversaon Jesus spoke to Nicodemus about being born again in water and Spirit a phrase Nicodemus could not understand. The Johannine community understood that with the gi of the Spirit they were in a sense reborn into a new quality of life. John calls this eternity life, which is a way of naming the life God lives in eternity. I use the translaon eternity life, rather than eternal life to convey the Cont./.. Page 6 6
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Cont./.. From gage 5 concept that we are reborn not into ordinary human life that goes on forever, but into a new way of existence. We are born into the family of God, able to call God Father and each other sisters and brothers. In the rst reading, this is what Moses begs for when he asks, adopt us as your heritage. If you want a living example of the Trinity look at a family where children parcipate in the life and love of their parents. Today, as we celebrate the feast of the Trinity, we are not celebrang an esoteric doctrine from the past; we are celebrang One who is a dynamic relaonship inving us to be parcipants in this dynamism. New Testament Commentary by Mary Coloe, PBVM Whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life 7
Orron1uNi1irs Ou1sior Tur Pnnisu St Catherines Catholic College Art Exhibion St Catherines Catholic College is hosng its rst Fine Arts Exhibion on Tuesday 17th June at 6pm in the McAuley Hall of the College. The event is expected to have great success in showcasing the wonderful talents of the College students, and is themed Art Innite to encompass the neverending and always changing process of art and creavity. Opening Night Funcon (entry by gold coin donaon) will feature gourmet canapes and orange juice.
Day of Reecon for Women The Catholic Womens League and the Contact Group for the Diocesan Contact Group for the Council for Australian Catholic Women will host a Day of Reecon for Women will be held on Saturday 21st June at Corcoran Centre, George St, Morpeth. The facilitator is Andrew Dean. For more informaon email cwl@mn.catholic.org.au
2014 Diocesan Youth Retreat Be, Grow, Show is the tle of the 2014 Diocesan Youth Retreat which will be held from Friday 27th June to Sunday 29th June at Camp Elim, The Lakes Way, Forster. Save the date! For more informaon email youth.ministry@mn.catholic.org.au.
TWEC Winter Reecon Day TWEC will host a Winter Reecon Day on Saturday 5th July beginning at 9:30am at St Josephs Convent, New England Highway, Lochinvar. The cost is $20; concession $10. Morning Tea is provided; please BYO lunch. RSVP by 1st July by phone to 4930 9601 or email to twec@ssjl.org.au.
17th Annual Special Needs Mass The 17th Annual Special Needs Mass will be celebrated on Tuesday 29th July at St Patricks Church, Lochinvar beginning at 7pm. All are welcome to come along and help celebrate this wonderful, moving occasion.
Bonhoeer Conference 2014 The 2014 Bonhoeer ConferenceUsed and Abused: Bonhoeer for All Causeswill be held on Thursday 31st July at St Josephs Spirituality Centre, Kincumber. For more informaon contact Wendy Grant on 4921 5880 or Bonhoeerconference@ newcastle.edu.au.
Proclaim Conference 2014 The 2014 Proclaim Conference on the New Evangelisaon will be held from Thursday 21st August at The Concourse, Chatswood. The theme of the Conference is Living the Joy of the Gospel in Parishes drawing on Pope Francis Apostolic Exhortaon RrcriviNc CoMMuNioN So that we might receive Communion in a t and proper way, please be aware of the following:
When we process forward to receive Communion, we have been asked by the Australian Bishops to adopt a common and unied gesture of reverence before doing so. In Australia that gesture is a bow of the head and shoulders (GIRM, 160). Any other form of reverence, including a genuecon, is no longer permied, and you are asked to refrain from doing so. When the minister of communion presents the Host or Chalice to you, they say The Body of Christ or The Blood of Christ. Please ensure that you respond with Amen. Communion by selfinncon (selfdipping) is never permied, since we receive Communion and never take Communion. Please refrain from this inappropriate acon. We regret that we do not have the physical facilies to oer communion while kneeling, and respecully ask you to refrain from kneeling to receive Communion while part of the procession, since this is contrary to the nature of the Communion procession itself. Your cooperaon in honouring this request is very much appreciated, and we thank you for your consideraon. Evangelii Gaudium. For more informaon, please visit www.proclaimconference.com.au.
Broken Bay Bible Conference 2014 The 2014 Broken Bay Bible Conference will be held on Friday 12th September at Caroline Chisholm Centre, 423 Pennant Hills Road, Pennant Hills. Join us for a remarkable two days of uncovering fresh insights into Johns Gospel with prominent Australian Johannine scholars Fr Frank Moloney sdb and Dr Mary Coloe ibvm, with the parcipaon of Bishop David Walker. For further enquiries, please call 9847 0448 or email registraons@dbb.org.au.
2014 Naonal Pilgrimage In the Footsteps of Saint Mary pilgrimage commences in Melbourne on 22nd October and ends in Sydney. The cost per person, twin share is $2,740 (ex Sydney). For more informaon please contact Therese Leydon rsj by phone to 8912 4818, or by email to mmp. ministries@sosj.org. Since you are children of God, God has sent into your hearts the Spirit of his Son, the Spirit who cries out: Abba, Father 8
Ministers this Weekend... ...of the Word ...of Communion 6pm Tuncurry A: Lou Hope B: Geraldine Mullin Burness Goodle, Frank Hayman, Jeanee Goodacre, Lou Hope, Valarie Ross. 7am Tuncurry A: Bronwyn Morse B: AnneMarie Greene Cecile Malone, Graham Griths, Kay Griths, Maria Armitage, Tony Knight. 9am Forster A: Anne Hartman B: Marion ONeill Anne Moloney, Elle CairnsCowan, Josi Beech, Sharon Fowle, Shioney Neal. Ministers next Weekend... ...of the Word ...of Communion 6pm Tuncurry A: Bob Cashman B: Colleen Cashman Maureen Pye, Neil Pye, Michael Amato, Pat Hooker, Ruth Pearson. 7am Tuncurry A: Maria Armitage B: Chris Matuszny Edna Tucker, Graham Griths, Mark Mowbray, Mary Greig, Norm Chapman. 9am Forster A: Barbara Kermode B: Greg Byrne Barbara Dolahenty, Genevieve Williamson, Greg Byrne, Lauranne Byrne, Robert Moran. Please note: The above informaon reects the rosters as originally published, and doesnt take account of any swaps that may have been organised between individuals. Scnir1unr RrnoiNcs Tuis Wrrk
Responsorial Psalm Response: Glory and praise for ever!
Gospel Acclamaon Alleluia, alleluia! Glory to the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit: to God who is, who was, and who is to come. Alleluia! IN voun cunni1v, rtrnsr rnnv ron:
Those recently deceased.
Those whose anniversaries occur about now. Joe Green.
All those in our community who are sick. Text: Excerpts from the English Translaon of the Roman Missal 2010, Internaonal Commission on English in the Liturgy (ICEL); Music: From the Mass of St Francis 2010, Paul Taylor. All rights reserved. Used with permission. Australian AgentWord of Life Internaonal Licence no 195E.