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Proclaiming Christ to the communities of Forster, Tuncurry and the surrounding districts
Sunday 20th September, 2015 Twenty Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B
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September
22 Communion at GLACIA
Tuncurry 11am
27 ACYF Mini-Market
Forster 10am
October
4
13 Mass at GLACIA
Tuncurry 11am
I spent quite a bit of Thursday singing I can see clearly now the rain has come the
original must have been on the radio during the morning before I got really started,
either on my bathroom radio whilst I shaved or on the radio of a car as it was stopped at
the Lake Street lights while I was having breakfast. Its not right of course, but I happily
and perhaps flatly sung away all day as I drove from one thing to the next. In a day of
pouring rain it just seemed to make sense. Youll probably be singing it right now trying
to work out the error! Ill give you another one to try: Do you know the name of the
Swagman in Waltzing Matilda? Sing it to see if you can work out where his name comes
in the song. Youll need to sing it out loud to work it out! I dare you! LOL Of course once
you sing it a couple of times it will become clear. Of course his name is Andy! Its a joke
but we all pronounce the chorus slightly out of kilter: and he (Andy) sang as he watched
and waited till his Billy boiled.
I was laughing with my sister again recently about my niece praying the Lords Prayer of
a night, which she has done faithfully. She has gotten slightly better at it as she has aged
but she thought that someone must have gotten the prayer slightly wrong as they were
teaching her or she just got it wrong, but she made an adjustment: Our Father who does
art in heaven. It makes so much more sense in some ways. The God who created us in
his great art studio in heaven, such a simple and child-like way to identify quite simply
something incredibly complex. Actually I think in truth it could well be the better version,
maybe the Holy Spirit influenced her praying at age 7. I often think that it says in the very
art of creating, God like all human artists placed the very essence of the creating Being
right here in all that is created in His image and that He continues to be part of each
moment of creation, intimately.
So much of what we carry is given to us without our even sometimes being fully aware of
what that looks like. The good and the bad alike I suppose. Sometimes it happens
because we miss hear, miss see, misunderstand. The song matters, the prayer matters,
and what we proclaim as our message matters so much more when we support them
with the action of our lives: it does limit the opportunity for error. We pair the two
things of saying and doing in others without even being fully aware that we are doing it.
Kids look at adult behaviour and mirror it, almost always ignoring what is said. Its like
breathing, we just do it. Its subliminal and thankfully we get challenged in the Gospels
to make the necessary adjustments for the errors in our neighbours and ourselves so
that the song gets sung wrong sometimes, the prayer is prayed wrong sometimes and it
still sound okay that we are still okay. Luckily for us God knows the right words and He
makes the necessary adjustments because He got it right on the Cross so that we could
get it wrong and flat it would still be okay, in the end.
Best wishes,
Forster 5:30pm
Greg
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ACYF Mini-Market
Thank you to all those who donated and
bought sausages last weekend. We
th
raised $488. On Sunday 27 September,
the parish will be holding a mini market
in support of those attending the
Catholic Youth Festival, following 9am
Mass in Forster. Donations of cakes,
books, plants, white elephant and craft
items would be gratefully received. Or
just come on the day and have a
browse.
11 October
The United Nations International Day of
the Girl Child promotes girls' human
rights, highlights gender inequalities that
remain between girls and boys and
addresses the various forms of
discrimination and abuse suffered by girls
around the world.
Over 60 million girls worldwide are forced
into marriage before the age of 18
125 million girls and women worldwide have
undergone female genital mutilation/cutting
(FGM/C)
1.2 million children are being trafficked each
year many of these children are girls forced
into sex trafficking
Pregnancy is the leading cause of death
worldwide for women aged 15 to 19
Literacy rates for girls in many countries
remain low just 12% of Afghan women
aged 15 and over are literate
For more information and resources please
visit:
http://www.un.org/en/events/girlchild/
For prayer and reflection resources please
visit:
http://opw.catholic.org.au/prayer-andreflection/blog.html
Recently Deceased
Mary Wright, Walter Plunkett.
Parish Badges
Badges ordered 2 weeks ago are now available to
be picked up from the Parish Office during office
hours or from the rear of the Church @ $8 each.
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of Communion
6pm
A: Michael Siddle
Tuncurry
B: Maureen Stevens
7am
A: Mary Greig
Tuncurry
B: Kay Griffiths
9am
A: Judith Shand
Forster
B: Kit Hornibrook
of Communion
6pm
A: Maureen Stevens
Tuncurry
B: Tony Stevens
7am
A: Kay Griffiths
Tuncurry
B: Tony Knight
9am
A: Chris Waters
Forster
B: Marie Keep
First Reading
James 3:16-4:3
Wisdom versus jealousy
and strife.
Gospel Acclamation
Alleluia, alleluia!
God has called us with
the gospel
to share in the glory of
our Lord Jesus Christ.
Alleluia!
Gospel
Mark 9:30-37
Jesus teaches that to rank
first, disciples must serve all.
First Reading
Numbers 11:25-29
Second Reading
James 5:1-6
Gospel Reading
Mark 9:38-43. 45. 47-48
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Loretta Heffernan
SRE Co-Ordinator
loretta.heffernan@mn.catholic.org.au
Office Hours
Tues, Wed, Thurs
9:30am to 1pm
Fri
10am to 4pm
Parish Office
Located at the rear of
the Parish Hall Forster:
33 Lake Street, Forster
NSW 2428
PO Box 67
P: (02) 6554 6304
F: (02) 6554 6425
CHURCH
LOCATIONS
Mary Star of the Sea
15 Peel Street, Tuncurry
Holy Name of Jesus
33 Lake Street, Forster
Baptismal Preparation
on 2nd Monday of each
month @ 7pm in Forster
Church Hall. Parish Office
6554 6304.
Marriage
Celebrated by arrangement
and with at least three months
notice. Fr Greg 6554 6304
forster-tuncurry.parish@mn.catholic.org.au
Sr Kathryn McCabe
Aboriginal Catholic Ministry
Baptisms
Celebrated most Sundays.
PARISH CONTACTS
Sacramental Preparation
Greg Byrne 6554 6304
Rite of Christian
Initiation of Adults
(RCIA) Parish Office 6554 6304
PARISH PASTORAL
GROUPS AND CONTACTS
Finance Council
Second Wed, 5pm at Forster.
Greg Byrne 6554 6304
Christian Meditation
Every Tues, 9am and 5:30pm.
Bob 6555 5914.
Pastoral Council
Third Wed, 5:30pm at Forster.
Greg Byrne 6554 6304
Holy Hour
Every Tues, 3:30pm at Tuncurry
menALIVE Groups
Day group meet second and
fourth Wed after 9am Mass at
Forster. Evening group meets last
Thurs of the month at 7:30pm at
Forster. Michael Amato 6554 5284
Social Justice
Last Wed, 5:30pm at Forster.
Tim Prescott 6555 8517.
Singing Practice
Every Tues. Ken Heffernan
6557 6569.
Intercessory Prayer Group
No meetings required.
Bob Cashman 6555 5914.
WEEKDAY EUCHARIST (subj. to change)
Mary Star of the Sea, Tuncurry
Tues 4:30, Sat 9am
Holy Name of Jesus, Forster
Wed 9am Thurs 9am, Fri 9:30am
CATHOLIC SCHOOLS
Holy Name Parish School (K-6)
Mr Chris Waters (Principal)
41 Lake St, Forster
PO Box 243
P: (02) 6554 6504
E: admin@forster.catholic.edu.au
W: www.forster.catholic.edu.au
St Clares High School
Mr Peter Nicholls (Principal)
Davis Street, Taree
P: (02) 6552 3300
E: admin@tareesc.catholic.edu.au
W: www.tareesc.catholic.edu.au
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