14th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C)

Mersey Leven Catholic Parish

Parish Priest:  Fr Mike Delaney Mob: 0417 279 437; mike.delaney@aohtas.org.au

Assistant Priest: Fr Alexander Obiorah 
Mob: 0447 478 297; alexchuksobi@yahoo.co.uk

Postal Address: PO Box 362, Devonport  
Parish Office:  90 Stewart Street, Devonport 7310

(Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 10am - 3pm)

Office Phone: 6424 2783 Fax: 6423 5160 
Email: mlcathparish-dsl@keypoint.com.au

Secretary: Annie Davies / Anne Fisher 
Pastoral Council Chair:  Jenny Garnsey

Mersey Leven Catholic Parish Weekly Newsletter: mlcathparish.blogspot.com.au

Parish Mass Times: mlcpmasstimes.blogspot.com.au

Weekly Homily Podcast: mikedelaney.podomatic.com   

Parish Magazine: mlcathparishnewsletter.blogspot.com.au

Year of Mercy Blogspot: mlcpyom.blogspot.com.au

Our Parish Sacramental Life Baptism: Parents are asked to contact the Parish Office to make arrangements for attending a Baptismal Preparation Session and booking a Baptism date. 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) Care and Concern: If you are aware of anyone who is in need of assistance and has given permission to be contacted by Care and Concern, please phone the Parish Office.

Weekday Masses 5th - 8th July, 2016                               

Tuesday:       9:30am Penguin

Wednesday:     9:30am Latrobe

Thursday:       12noon Devonport

Friday:          9:30am Ulverstone

                 

Mass Times Next Weekend 9th & 10th July, 2016

Saturday Vigil:     6:00pm Penguin & Devonport

Sunday Mass:      8:30am Port Sorell

               9:00am Ulverstone

            10:30am Devonport

            11:00am Sheffield  

                       5:00pm Latrobe                                                                               

           

Devonport:

Every Friday 10am - 12noon, concluding with Stations of the Cross and Angelus

Devonport:  Benediction with Adoration - first Friday of each month.

Legion of Mary: Sacred Heart Church Community Room, Ulverstone, Wednesdays, 11am

Christian Meditation:

Devonport, Emmaus House - Wednesdays 7pm.

Prayer Group:

Charismatic Renewal

Devonport, Emmaus House - Thursdays 7.00pm

Meetings, with Adoration and Benediction are held each Second Thursday of the Month in OLOL Church, commencing at 7.00 pm

                   

Ministry Rosters 9th & 10th July, 2016

Devonport:

Readers: Vigil: M Gaffney, M Gerrand, H Lim 10:30am F Sly, J Tuxworth

Ministers of Communion: Vigil 

B & B Windebank, T Bird, J Kelly, 

R Baker, B Windebank

10.30am: S Riley, M Sherriff, 

R Beaton, M O’Brien-Evans,

D & M Barrientos

Cleaners 8^th July: 

P Shelverton, E Petts

15^th July: K.S.C.

Piety Shop 9^th July:  R Baker   10^th July: K Hull  

Flowers: A O'Connor                                                   

Ulverstone:

Reader:  B O’Rourke   

Ministers of Communion:  M Mott, M Fennell, L Hay, T Leary

Cleaners: B & V McCall, G Doyle   Flowers: M Webb   

Hospitality:  M McLaren

Penguin:

Greeter: J & T Kiely Commentator:  Y Downes        Reader:  Y Downes

Procession: T Clayton, E Nickols 

Ministers of Communion: S Ewing, M Hiscutt

Liturgy:  Pine Road Setting Up: A Landers Care of Church: Y & R Downes

Latrobe:

Reader: M Eden   Ministers of Communion: P Marlow, I Campbell   Procession: M Clarke    Music: Jenny

Port Sorell:

Readers:  M Badcock, L Post Ministers of Communion: P Anderson, B Lee   Clean/Flow/Prepare: A Hynes

                                                                                             

                                              

Readings this Week: 14^th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year C

First Reading: Isaiah 66:10-14 

Second Reading: Galatians 6:14-18 

Gospel: Luke 10:1-12, 17-20

PREGO REFLECTION:

I come to stillness in the way that suits me best, conscious of the Lord’s loving gaze upon me at this very moment … a gaze of peace and mercy. Presently, I settle to read the Gospel passage, open to how the Holy Spirit leads me. Perhaps I place myself with the 72 … watching Jesus, noticing how he calls them in pairs – and calls me – to venture out as labourers for God’s harvest. Perhaps I reflect on how it would be if Jesus asked me to visit a place, knowing that he himself would soon be arriving after me. I take time to ponder ... How do I feel? The disciples’ initial greeting is always to be ‘Peace to this house’. I may simply spend time lingering over these words, bringing to the Lord places and people I know that are in need of peace. Or I may stay to see how the disciples are received in each place … with warmth ... interest ... hostility…? Perhaps I think of the ways in which I know the Kingdom of God is near to me … and how it feels when I try to share this with others. I spend time in conversation with the Lord, confident of his love for me, whatever my strengths and weaknesses. How do I want to respond now? In time, I slowly end my time of prayer, asking the Lord to deepen my desire to labour alongside him to help bring in the harvest.

Readings Next Week: 15^th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year C

First Reading: Deuteronomy 30:10-14 

Second Reading: Colossians 1:15-20 

Gospel: Luke 10:25-37

Your prayers are asked for the sick:

Connie Fulton, Wendy Lander, Mary Powell, Joan Singline, Lorna Jones, Geraldine Roden, Joy Carter &..........

Let us pray for those who have died recently:

Basil Triffett, Rita Hord, Ruth Lewis, Allan Cassidy and Mary Allford.

Let us pray for those whose anniversary occurs about this time: 

29^th June – 5^th July

Hedley Stubbs, Rosslyn Wilson, Leonard Hamilton, Donald Wilson, Eileen White, Hazel Gaffney, Kathleen Edwards, Ellen Joyce, Mary Woodcock, Pamela Withers, Kora Pembleton, Paul Mulcahy, Laurance Gibbons, 

Maud Powell, John Cochrane, Marcella Rech, Marjorie Parsissions 

and Donald Barry.

      May they Rest in Peace

NATIONAL ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER SUNDAY AND THE YEAR OF MERCY

Today marks the day that all Catholics from all over Australia come together to celebrate and acknowledge the Traditional Owners who have walked upon and cared for this land for thousands of years and acknowledge the continued deep spiritual attachment and relationship that Indigenous people bring to the Catholic Church in Australia.

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.

WEEKLY RAMBLINGS:

When I looked at the time clock to work out what time it was in Devonport and I sit down to write this (3.15am Thurs your time 6.15pm Wed) I also saw the temperatures for the places I've been over these 5 weeks - Baltimore 26C, Halifax 17C and Ireland 16C - with Devonport currently 12.5C and rising to 13C later in the day!!! Almost like the Irish weather. The people keep asking what Tasmania is like and I say to them 'look out the window!'

I am well into my 'lasts' of everything. Tonight is my last night in a B&B - tomorrow I go to stay with a friend for 4 nights and then I'll catch up with another friend over by the airport as I get ready to start the journey home on Tuesday morning. I've had a couple of really grand days with my friend (Fr) Tony Mullins in Dromin Parish in Co Limerick. Tony was one of the group who were in Israel in 2013 and we chatted over the past year or so about Parish Renewal. On Monday evening he introduced me to a priest who convened a Diocesan Synod for Limerick in April and we talked about how they had gone about it and some of the outcomes and what these will mean for their diocese into the future. Rest assured I'm not starting any of that in Mersey Leven in these next few weeks.

As we finished dinner on Monday evening we saw that Iceland had defeated the England Football team - and the comments of the Irish were that now the Brits had joined the rest of their country in leaving the EU.

I voted earlier today at the Embassy in Dublin. Like many of you (I suspect) I wondered what impact my solitary vote might make to the end result but I know that there is growing anger in the UK (as I write this) about the young people who are angry that the UK left the EU but only 34% voted and so, in reality, lost their right to complain. At least in our system those who get elected do so because everyone (or at least almost everyone) voted - I hope that we did it with some thought and some prayer so that our efforts weren't wasted. After voting I must admit that I did something I wouldn't normally do (especially since I normally vote as close to 8am as possible) - I had a glass of Guinness as part of the tour of the Guinness Factory and got a certificate for having been able to master the art of pouring a good Guinness. If nothing else I have one certificate for succeeding at something during my time away!!

Take care and I'll see (some of you) next weekend

                                                                                     

 FUNDRAISER FOR MARY MACKILLOP MISSION IN EAST TIMOR:

Greeting cards and beanies will be on sale after 9am Mass in the Community Room, Sacred Heart Ulverstone this Sunday. Stitched cards $3.00, photographic cards $1.00, beanies $3.00. All proceeds to the East Timor Mission.

ST VINCENT DE PAUL COLLECTION: Next weekend in Devonport, Ulverstone, Port Sorell, Latrobe and Penguin to assist the work of the St Vincent de Paul Society.

KNIGHTS OF THE SOUTHERN CROSS:

The Annual General Meeting will be held on Sunday 31^st July at Emmaus House, Devonport commencing with the shared tea at 6pm. Any men interested in the Knights are invited to come along.

MACKILLOP HILL LIBRARY:

Make sure you pick up the monthly library handout from your church foyer this weekend.     Library opening hours 9am – 5pm Monday to Friday.

ST VINCENT de PAUL

VOLUNTEERS URGENTLY NEEDED:

Our Penguin and Ulverstone Vinnies Shops are in urgent need for volunteers. Join us and help us deliver much needed services to the community in a rewarding and flexible environment.

To join or to find out more please call 6333:0822 or email admin@vinniestas,org.au

FOOTY POINTS MARGIN TICKETS:  Round 14 – Collingwood won by 48 points Winners: P Burnett, T Ryan

Please remember that each week our Footy Margin tickets are for the

FRIDAY NIGHT GAME ONLY

 (Even if there are games played on the Thursday night)

BINGO….

Thursday Nights - OLOL Hall, Devonport.  Eyes down 7.30pm!

Callers for Thursday 7^th July – Jon Halley & Alan Luxton

NEWS FROM ACROSS THE ARCHDIOCESE:

Archdiocesan Website: www.hobart.catholic.org.au  for news, information and details of other Parishes.

WORLD YOUTH DAY 2016 – FOLLOW US!

There is now only two weeks until our Tasmanian pilgrims depart on their pilgrimage to World Youth Day Krakow via Rome, Assisi, Milan, Czestochowa, Auschwitz, and Wadowice before meeting with Pope Francis and millions of young people from around the world. Thank you for your prayers and support throughout their preparation, please continue to pray for our pilgrims.

You can follow our pilgrimage online and show your support for our pilgrims by liking our Facebook page. By doing so you can enjoy photos, videos and comments from our pilgrims as you share in their journey, and you can show your support with your own comments. Please go to: www.facebook.com/taswyd16 and select ‘like’.

THE JOURNEY CATHOLIC RADIO PROGRAM – AIRS 10 JULY 2016

This week on The Journey Fr Stephen Varney continues his reflects on the Gospel of Luke; We hear from Sr Hilda Scott OSB, Peter Gilmore in Living the Gospel, Sam Clear in Walking the Walk challenges us to meet God in the “Silence” and Bruce Downes The Catholic Guy challenges our “Busyness.”  Add to that some great music and interviews with people doing amazing things right around the globe and you’ve got a show that is all about faith, hope love and life.   Go to www.jcr.org.au or www.itunes.jcr.org.au  where you can listen anytime and subscribe to weekly shows by email.