Mersey Leven Catholic Parish
Parish Priest: Fr Mike Delaney mob: 0417 279 437;
email: mike.delaney@catholicpriest.org.au
Assistant Priest: Fr Augustine Ezenwelu mob: 0470 576 857
Postal Address: PO Box 362, Devonport 7310
Parish Office: 90 Stewart Street, Devonport 7310
Office Hours: Tuesday, Wednesday,Thursday 10am-3pm
Office Phone: 6424 2783 Fax: 6423 5160
FaceBook: Mersey Leven Catholic Parish
Weekly Newsletter: mlcathparish.blogspot.com.au
Parish Newsletter: mlcathparishnewsletter.blogspot.com.au
Secretary: Annie Davies/Anne Fisher
Pastoral Council Chair: Mary Davies
Archdiocesan Website: www.hobart.catholic.org.au for news, information and details of other Parishes.
Our Parish Sacramental Life
Baptism: arrangements are made by contacting Parish Office.
Parents attend a Baptismal Preparation Session on first Tuesday of February, April, June, August, October and December.
Reconciliation, Confirmation and Eucharist: Are received following a Family–centred, Parish-based, School-supported Preparation Program.
Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults: prepares adults for reception into the Catholic community.
Marriage: arrangements are made by contacting one of our priests - couples attend a pre-marriage Program
Anointing of the Sick: please contact one of our priests
Reconciliation: Ulverstone - Fridays (10am - 10:30am)
Devonport - Saturday (5:15pm– 5.45pm)
Penguin - Saturday (5:15pm - 5:45pm)Devonport - Saturday (5:15pm– 5.45pm)
FIRST READING
RESPONSORIAL PSALM I will praise your name for ever, my king and my God.
SECOND READING
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION:
Alleluia, Alleluia! Blessed are you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth; you have revealed to little ones the mysteries
of the kingdom. Alleluia
PREGO REFLECTION ON TODAY'S GOSPEL:
I come to my time of prayer as I am, perhaps tired, perhaps
carrying problems and heavy burdens.
I give myself time to come to quiet. This is time I want to
spend with the Lord. Everything else will wait.
When I am ready, I slowly read the passage given to me
today. If it is possible, it may help to read it out loud, or on my breath.
Which line or expression strikes me particularly?
Maybe, I focus on the difference Jesus makes between the
learned and clever, and those he calls “mere children”. What attributes do I
associate with these two groups? To which one do I belong? Am I happy about
this? I ponder…
I reflect on the labour in my life and the burdens it
brings. How do I usually deal with them? Do I try to manage on my own, relying
only on myself or do I entrust them to the Lord, relying on him to give me
rest?
I speak to the Lord, telling him in my own words how I feel
when I hear his personal invitation: “Come to me”!
Maybe I find myself thinking about others, close to me, who
are overburdened and near breaking point. I ask the Lord to show me how I can
help them in their trouble.
I remain quiet for a while and then conclude my prayer with
a slow sign of the cross.
Weekday Masses 8th - 11th July, 2014
Tuesday: 9:30am Penguin
Wednesday: 9:30am Latrobe
Thursday: 10:30am Eliza Purton, 12:00noon Devonport
Friday: 9:30am Ulverstone
Next Weekend 12th & 13th July, 2014
Saturday Vigil: 6.00pm Penguin (L.W.C)
Devonport
Sunday Mass: 8:30am Port Sorell
9:00am Ulverstone
10:30am Devonport
11:00am Sheffield
5.00pm Latrobe
Eucharistic Adoration:
Devonport: Every Friday 10am - 12noon, concluding with Stations of the Cross and Angelus
Devonport: Benediction with Adoration - first Friday of each month.
Prayer Groups:
Charismatic Renewal - Ulverstone (Community Room) Every second and fourth Monday of the month 7:30pm (In recess over winter)
- Devonport (Emmaus House) Thursdays - 7:30pm
Christian Meditation - Devonport, Emmaus House - Wednesdays 7pm.
Ministry Rosters 12th & 13th
July, 2014
Devonport:
Readers:
Vigil: M Kelly, B Paul, R Baker 10.30am: A
Hughes,
T Barrientos, C Morriss
Ministers of
Communion: Vigil B&B Windebank, T Bird, J Kelly,
T Muir, Beau
Windebank
10.30am: J DiPietro, S Riley, B Schrader, F Sly, M Mahoney,
M
Sherriff
Cleaners 11th July: F Sly, M Hansen, R McBain
18th July: P Shelverton, I Hunter, E Petts
Piety Shop 12th July: R Baker 13th July: D French
Flowers: A O'Connor
Ulverstone:
Reader: B O'Rourke Ministers of Communion: P Steyn, E Cox, M Byrne, J Landford
Cleaners: M
McKenzie, M Singh, N Pearce Flowers: G Doyle
Hospitality: M Byrne, G Doyle
Penguin:
Greeters: J&T Kiely Commentator: J Barker Readers: M&D Hiscutt
Procession: Y&R Downes Ministers of Communion: T Clayton
Liturgy: Pine
Road
Port Sorell:
Readers: M Badcock, L Post Ministers of Communion: P Anderson
Clean /Prepare/Flowers: A
Hynes
Latrobe:
Reader: S Ritchie
Ministers of Communion: M Kavic, H Lim
Procession: I Campbell, M Clarke
Your prayers are asked for
the sick:
Shirley
White, Natasha Gutteridge, John Purtell, Clarrie Byrne,
Terry Charlesworth, Shirley
Ransom, Kath
Smith, Louise Murfet,
Joan Stafford, Tom & Nico Knaap, Kieran McVeigh, Shanon
Breaden,
Jamie
Griffiths, Anne Johnson, Lionel Rosevear, Kieran Simpson,
Arlene Austria &..
Let us
pray for those who have died recently:
Marjorie Parsissons, Kathleen
Edwards, William Wing, Len Hamilton, Kathy Edwards and
Flores McKenzie.
Flores McKenzie.
Let us pray for those whose anniversary occurs
about this time:
David Leonard, Marcella Rech, Jean Dynan,
Geoffrey Jamieson, Patrick Milnes, Lorraine
May they Rest in
Peace
First Reading
Gospel: Matthew 13:1-23
FROM FR MIKE:
This weekend the School Holidays have begun and I hope that
everyone has a good break – the reason I say this is that there are subtle
changes to what happens in the Parish when Schools are on a break. Actually it
also means that there is less than two weeks before Fr Augustine returns from
holidays – but who’s counting!!!
Since 1996 the Central Tasmania Parish have been making
Christmas Puddings and selling them through Parishes statewide (as well as
providing them for a number of businesses in Hobart
The commitment would be about 10 days of around 4-5 hours
probably spread over 10 weeks – in that time we would produce over 2 tonne of
Christmas puddings!! There would also be a group needed to prepare the
ingredients the day before each making day and another group would be needed to
wrap the puddings for a number of weeks after the making was completed (again
3-4 hours at a time). As I mentioned above I know the whole process intimately.
I am making a plea to people who might be willing to help
to come to a meeting on Wednesday, 16th at 7.00pm in the Parish House, Devonport
where I will explain the whole process to determine if we are able to undertake
the process – not just for this year but into the future as well.
This weekend there are hard copies of the Draft Pastoral
Plan available in each of the Mass Centres – there is also a Blogspot version
available at mlcathparishplan.blogspot.com.au. The Draft Plan will be discussed
at the next Open House Gathering on 8th August at the Community Room,
Ulverstone – more details next weekend.
There are copies of the winter edition of The Swag
available this weekend – at present there are only 13 copies available in the
Parish but if more are needed then they can be organised so if you want a copy
and it isn’t available please let me know.
Please Note these DATE CLAIMERS:
26th July (Saturday) from 10am - 4pm with Sr Christina Neunzerling rsj on
A Spirituality of Pastoral Care.
Venue - Community Room, Ulverstone – information in the
newsletter and on the NoticeBoards. Please sign the form to indicate if you are
coming to this event.
24th August (Sunday) at the 10.30am Mass at OLOL, Devonport – Mass for
Children
Until next week, take care on the roads and in your homes,
Fr Mike
TODAY IS
ABORIGINAL AND
It is the beginning of a week of celebrations
throughout the nation where Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander people celebrate their spirituality,
identity, culture and survival.
Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander Catholics bring beautiful gifts to the Church in Australia
The
Theme NATSICC has chosen is 'Praise to you, Lord of Heaven and Earth'.
Let us Pray
Holy Father, God of Love,
You are the Creator of this land
and of all good things.
Our hope is in you because
you gave
your son Jesus to reconcile the world to you.
We pray for your strength and grace
to forgive, accept and love one another,
as you love us and forgive and
accept us
in the sacrifice of your Son.
We ask this through Christ our
Lord.
Amen.
CWL DEVONPORT:
Meeting Wednesday 9th July - 2.00
pm Emmaus House Devonport. New members welcome.
CWL ULVERSTONE: Meeting Friday 11th
July - 2pm Community Room Sacred Heart
Church
PIETY SHOP OLOL DEVONPORT:
We urgently require more assistance with the running of the
Piety Shop especially on Saturday evenings. If you are able to help please
contact the parish office.
SOCIAL JUSTICE COMMENT:
“In his Encyclical Caritas in Veritate, Pope Benedict spoke
of a world in which there is a ‘scandal of glaring inequalities’ between rich
and poor. ‘Corruption and illegality are unfortunately evident in the conduct
of the economic and political class in rich countries, both old and new, as
well as in poor ones’. He said that ‘malfunction and dramatic problems’ in the
economic system must be addressed.”
From the Australian Catholic Bishop’s Social Justice
Statement 2013-2014: Lazarus at our Gate: A critical moment in the fight
against world poverty.
FOOTY MARGIN: Round 15 Geelong
OLOL Hall, Devonport.
Eyes down 7.30pm!
Callers for Thursday 10th July are Tony
Ryan & Alan Luxton
HELP REQUIRED .....WE NEED MORE CALLERS.
If you able to assist in any way even if it's only once a
month, please contact the Parish Office.
NEWS FROM ACROSS THE ARCHDIOCESE:
L’ARCHE
50TH ANNIVERSARY:
Venue: Farrell Centre, Friends School Argyle Street , Hobart
ORDINATION TO THE DIACONATE - JANAKA THARANGA
CHRISTOPHER RUBASINGHE:
By
the Most Rev. Julian Porteous DD Archbishop of Hobart
- 6pm Sunday 10th August at
St Mary's Cathedral, Hobart
FREE E-BOOK FOR COMPUTER OR
E-READER:
SON OF GOD: THE DAILY GOSPEL YEAR A-2.
This e-book, which may be downloaded free of charge to a
computer or e-reader, offers the Gospel for every day of the Liturgical Year
A-2 (Sundays Year A, weekdays Year 2), together with a reflection of some 750
words on each daily Gospel. Son of God: The Daily Gospel Year A-2 may
be accessed at the following address:
Evangelii Gaudium
This month, our quotes from this important Church document are taken
from Chapter 3. We have skipped chapter 2 and moved into a section where Pope
Francis focusses on the significance of evangelisation. Appropriately, the
chapter is entitleded: The proclamation
of the Gospel.
‘Evangelisation is the
task of the Church. The Church, as the agent of evangelisation, is more than an
organic and hierarchical institution; she is, first and foremost a people
advancing on its pilgrim way to God.’
-Para
111 from Evangelii Gaudium, Pope Francis, Nov. 24, 2013
-
Is
it necessary to be celibate to receive the sacrament of Holy Orders?
‘It is always necessary to be celibate for the
episcopacy. For the priesthood in the Latin Church men you are practicing
Catholics and celibate are chosen, men who intend to continue to live a
celibate life “for the kingdom of heaven”.(Matt 9:12) In the Eastern Churches
marriage is not permitted after one has been ordained. Married men can be
ordained to the permanent diaconate’
From:
Compendium of the Catechism of the
Catholic Church: Paragraph 334 (Catholic
Enquiry Centre www.catholicenquiry.com)
Feast Day of the Week –St Benedict
(Friday, July 11)
It is unfortunate that no contemporary
biography was written of a man who has exercised the greatest influence on
monasticism in the West. Benedict is well recognized in the later Dialogues
of St. Gregory, but these are sketches to illustrate miraculous elements of his
career.
Benedict was born into a distinguished family in central Italy , studied at Rome
He soon realized that he could not live a hidden life in a small town
any better than in a large city, so he withdrew to a cave high in the mountains
for three years. Some monks chose him as their leader for a while, but found
his strictness not to their taste. Still, the shift from hermit to community
life had begun for him.
Words of Wisdom
‘You
must ask God to give you power to fight against the sin of pride which is your
greatest enemy – the root of all that is evil, and the failure of all that is
good. For God resists the proud.’
Meme of the week
Maybe it is just me but
it’s kind of cool imagining the disciples as young boys, playing Star Wars with
‘pretend-light sabres’. It is in this vein that I share this week’s meme.
ROBERT MOORE ON HUMAN ENERGY
A Reflection by Fr
Ron Rolheiser OMI. The original page can be found at
http://ronrolheiser.com/en/#.U7dDqfmSzAY
Few thinkers have
influenced me as profoundly as Robert L. Moore. Who is he? He’s a scholar who
has spent almost 50 years studying human energy from the perspective of
psychology, anthropology, and spirituality. Few scholars are his equal in
linking human energy, even when it is raw and grandiose, to the image and
likeness of God inside of us. He merits an audience.
Recently, I had the privilege of attending an Institute at which
he keynoted. I share with you a couple of his insights:
Our growing anxiety and our need to build “an arc” so as not
drown in it:
Our lives today are awash with anxiety and this is wreaking
psychological and spiritual havoc everywhere. We are being assailed by
“unregulated anxiety” and, as this anxiety is rising, our capacity to handle it
is simultaneously going down. This is causing, in his words, a “pan-tribal
regression”, that is, we are seeing most everywhere groups huddle together in
paranoia and self-protection. And what are the consequences of this?
Studies have shown that when we feel threatened our capacity to
listen to each other begins to shut down, even biologically. In brief, when we
feel anxiety our brains instinctually move towards a more primitive place,
namely, towards the reptile, more cold-blooded, part of us. This is
further compounded by the fact that we have less cultural and spiritual vessels
to help contain our anxiety. Many of our former cultural and spiritual rituals
to deal with anxiety have either deteriorated or died. Hence, it is no surprise
to see so much paranoia and violence in our world today. We are drowning in
anxiety and lack the psychological and spiritual resources to deal with that.
This, for Moore
But, Moore Moore
On our fear of God, our attempts to block off God from our
lives, and our naïve religion:
We have many defense mechanisms against the “numinous”, but that
is understandable. When we are standing before God and trying to access that
energy it is somewhat akin to a person standing before an electrical wire
carrying 200,000 volts and trying to plug in a coffee maker. That’s an image
for our struggle to try to access and contain Godly energy. We are constantly
pressured by this energy, from within and without, and need, inside of us, to
construct a psychological chalice, a holy grail, an inner temple, to
consciously hold our God energies. This psychological chalice is too the cup of
the Eucharist.
Beyond that, we must also ask the question: Why is there such a
resistance in us regarding being aware of the great presence? Why our habitual
refusal of the awareness of God? Why do we prefer to walk alone, without God?
For Moore
On the difference between science and theology:
The difference between science and theology is the difference
between a jet-engine and a rocket-engine. A jet engine needs oxygen and can
only fly to a certain height; it has to remain inside our atmosphere. A rocket
engine is powered in such a way that it can fly outside of the atmosphere.
On how we are to build an inner psychic temple:
We all have amazing potential, but are forever shooting low. It
is possible to learn to walk in the way of beauty, to live elegantly because we
are already sitting in radiance. There is a radical compassion already inside
of us, but we must “awake” to it. We are already living in a huge love. The
road home must already be home. And so we need to be really suspicious whenever
we feel alone, because we are never alone. When we are feeling lonely we are
being tricked.
What are some steps towards living the way of beauty and
compassion? In brief:
Cut through your denial, recognize what you lack. Eliminate “the
waffle” from your life, learn to hold the tension, balance opposites, and
consciously (through prayer) try to abide in the Great Presence. Employ a “holy
fierceness” in doing that.
Few spiritual writers exhibit Moore
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