Newsletter

Parish Priest Fr Francis Onwunali

Deacon Rev Russ Nelson

Sacramental Programme Coordinator Mrs Margaret Kerwick

Parish Office hours 830am to 130pm

Secretary/Admin Ms Trish Sharkey
Admin Assistant Mrs Colleen Tracey

1 Kenmore Rd (PO Box 54) Kenmore

Tel 3878 6655 Fax 3378 9741

Website www.rc.net/brisbane/ourladyrosary

E-mail olr.org.au

Chapel Hours

700 a.m. to 700 p.m. each week day

400 p.m. to 600 p.m. Saturday

800 a.m. to 1200 p.m. Sunday

Exposition Each Friday after 9.15 a.m. Mass till 12.00noon, and 7 p.m. – 7 a.m. preceding first Saturday 7 a.m. Mass.

Parish School

Principal Mr Andrew Oberthur 3378 2412

Psalm Let all the peoples praise you, O Lord, let all the peoples praise you.

(verses read)

O God, be gracious and bless us
and let your face shed its light upon us.
So will your ways be known upon earth
and all nations learn your saving help. R

Let the nations be glad and exult
for you rule the world with justice.
With fairness you rule the peoples,
you guide the nations on earth. R

Let the peoples praise you, O God;
let all the peoples praise you.
May God still give us his blessing
till the ends of the earth revere him. R

A mother’s love is like God’s unconditional love for us.

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Gospel Reflection

Welcome and Happy Mothers’ Day. While our liturgical calendar does not acknowledge this secular creation of the twentieth century, our prayers offer us some insight into the unconditional love that Mothers naturally give.

ALTAR SERVERS ROSTER

Sat 15 May 6 p.m. Ceryl Murnane, Blake Murnane, Harry Tracey, Eilish Pickmere

Sun 16 May 8 a.m. Samuel Piat, Emilie Piat

Sun 16 May 930 a.m. Kathleen Thygesen, Ellen Martin, Taylor Field, Georgia Tracey

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LITURGY TIMES FOR WEEK ENDING 15/16 May
WEEK DAYS at OLR Kenmore

Monday 10 May 600 p.m. Liturgy of the Word

Tuesday 11 May 9.15 a.m. Liturgy of the Word

Wednesday 12 May No Mass

Thursday 13 May 9.15 a.m. Liturgy of the Word

Friday 14 May 9 15 a.m. (Feast of St Matthias)

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WEEKEND MASS TIMES

Saturday 15 May 600 p.m.

Sunday 16 May 800 a.m. at St Catherine’s

930 a.m. at OLR

Reconciliation OLR Saturday 5.00–5.30 p.m. OR by appointment.

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ROSTER for weekend 15/16 May

OLR 6 p.m. Sat Lee Casey, Robert Dupont, Michael Fitzgerald, Loyola Hackett, Margaret Humphreys

John Coyer, Anthony Vassallo

St Cath’s 8 a.m. Sun Nadia Holmes, Lyn Crowley, Jenny Crowley

Sarah Warner, Martin Warner

OLR 9.30 a.m. Sun John Barker, Ross Goodall, Brian O’Hare, Marion Patterson, Frank Smith

Marilyn Milner, Margaret Kerwick

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PRAYERS ARE REQUESTED FOR
Recently deceased Nola Doyle, Mary Fitzgerald,

Joan Chay, Frank Plunkett

Sick Eilish Pickmere, Penny Jane Thomas, Jeanette Gravett,

Anniversaries Lachlan Smith, Margaret Irwin,

Karen Maree Byrne, Nora Walford, Elizabeth Cooper and for all whose anniversaries occur about this time.

Meditation Group

We meet on Wednesdays at 1.00 p.m. in the meeting room. All welcome.

WELCOME

We warmly welcome all new people to our Parish – visitors or new residents. If you are new parishioners please make yourselves known to one of our Parish Councillors at the welcome desks (side verandah at OLR and St V De P counter at St Catherine’s Moggill).

Would you please add your name to our newcomers list and take one of our Welcome Packs containing information about our Parish.

We pray that your time in our Parish will be blessed.

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Bible Study Group

Newcomers are most welcome. For more details, ring Winnie on 3378 5294.

The more you read the Bible, the more you’ll love its Author.

Fr Bill O’Shea will be celebrating our masses while Fr Francis is on leave. Please make him feel welcome with our usual wonderful OLR hospitality. Welcome Fr Bill.

Easter Reflection Group

Parishioners are invited to join an Easter reflection group, exploring the readings for the coming Sunday. We meet every Tuesday (until Pentecost) at St Catherine’s, Moggill, 1-3 p.m. to pray, reflect on the readings, share insights and meditate. If interested, please leave a message with Miriam (32026856, i.holmes@bigpond.com) to ensure enough resource materials are provided.

Chapel hours are printed on the front of the newsletter.

Anyone who requested a receipt for Project Compassion donations can collect it at the parish office. Thank you.

Priestly Vocation

Most Rev John A Bathersby DD – Archbishop of Brisbane will be hosting a dinner on Friday 4 June, for young men who may be discerning a Priestly Vocation. This is a good opportunity to learn more about the calling to this vocation.

Please call the parish office to register.

Private carer sought to provide in-home support (Chapel Hill area) to 3 year old child with medical issues. Comprehensive and easy to follow care plan in place. Seeking confident and reliable person with current Senior First Aid, CPR certificate and Blue Card. Driver’s licence essential. Training provided. Some on-call work required + regular shifts. Hourly rate $20. Contact Helen Purcell on 0407764012 (m) or 3720 2135 (h).

Archdiocese of Brisbane is offering a 12 day pilgrimage for Mary MacKillop’s Canonisation. Departing 9 October 2010. Accompanied by Archbishop John Bathersby.

See communications area for brochures.

Novena to the Holy Spirit

We will be having a Novena to the Holy Spirit for 9 days starting

Friday 14 May at 7 p.m. in OLR Chapel and finishing on Saturday 22 May.

Come Holy Spirit and fill the

hearts of the faithful.

We welcome into our community

this weekend

Jude William Garrett

PIETY STORE NEWS

The latest Living Faith is now available $4

First Communion and Confirmation Gifts

Are you looking for something special?

From 8th May, the SVDP store will stock a range of gifts especially for you. Catalogues will also be available for you to peruse and we are happy to take your orders.

OVER 50s GROUP

The May meeting and morning tea is at 10 a.m. TUESDAY 18 MAY at OLR meeting room. A representative of TRANSLINK will introduce the GoCard, followed by question time.

Attendance at this meeting/morning tea will be both informative and rewarding. All are welcome. Enquiries phone 3202 9460.

St Vincent de Paul Charity Bin

at OLR Church

Thank you to our generous parishioners, the 'heavy with child' Sudanese woman now has her bed. Could you tell your neighbours it is costing StVdeP a lot of money to dump out-of-date text books, zip-less pants...etc. The rubbish that was dumped there this week had to been seen to be believed!! The poor & depressed need good gear, only the blessed should have to drink their coffee from a chipped mug! StVdeP

PENTECOST CELEBRATION

With Bardon Outreach Emmanuel Covenant Community and Joshua Prayer Groups and Ministries Special guest speaker

Allan Panozza - immediate past president of ICCRS Papal Knight of the Order of St Gregory

St Mary Magdalene's Church

24 Cecil Rd Bardon 7.30 p.m. 23 May 2010

ALL WELCOME

Catholic Psychiatric Pastoral Care invites you to their Annual St Dympna’s Day Celebrations

Saturday 15 May starting with a Healing Mass at 10 a.m., St Patrick’s Church, 58 Morgan St, Valley

Principal Celebrant Most Rev Brian V Finnigan

Other features of day raffles, lucky wheel, cake stall. All proceeds go towards Catholic Psychiatric Pastoral Care. All welcome.

Ongoing Learning ª Renewal

Date Claimer Monday 24 May 7.30 p.m.

“Prayer in the Catholic Tradition”

presented by Rev Anthony Gooley.

Mark your calendar – all welcome OLR Church.

HAPPY MOTHERS’ DAY

God of Holy People, God of Sarah, Ruth and Rebecca, God of Elizabeth mother of John, God of Holy Mary mother of Jesus, bend down your ear to this request and bless all your daughters – our mothers and friends. Bless them with the strength of your spirit, they who have taught your children how to stand and how to walk. Bless them with the melody of your love, they who have shared how to pray to you. Bless them with a place at your eternal dinner table, they who have fed and helped to nurture life. Bless them today, now in this lifetime, with good things, and with health. Bless them with joy, love, laughter and pride in their children and surround them with many good friends. May they who have carried and helped in nurturing life be one day carried to your divine embrace; there, for all eternity, to rejoice with their family and friends. This blessing and all graces we pray, descend upon all your daughters; in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Australian Christian Meditation Community Qld

Community Day “The Wisdom of God brings Joy to our Living”. Speaker for the day, is a Sister of St Joseph, Sr Therese Wilson, Spiritual Director.

When Saturday 22 May 2010

9.30 a.m. – 3.00 p.m.

Where St Peter Chanel Parish Hall

41 Chaprowe Rd, The Gap.

Donation $10

Enquiries Gabby Nelson ph 37114227

“The important aim in Christian Meditation is to allow God’s mysterious and silent presence within us to become more and more not only a reality but the reality which gives meaning, shape and purpose to everything we do, everything we are.” John Main.

ENTRANCE

GATHER US IN GA 526

1. Here in this place new light is streaming,
now is the darkness vanished away,
see in this space our fears and our dreaming,
brought here to you in the light of this day.

Gather us in the lost and forsaken,
gather us in the blind and the lame;
call to us now, and we shall awaken,
we shall arise at the sound of our name.

2. We are the young— our lives are a mystery
we are the old— who yearn for your face,
we have been sung throughout all of history,
called to be light to the whole human race.

Gather us in the rich and the haughty,
gather us in— the proud and the strong;
give us a heart so meek and so lowly,
give us the courage to enter the song.

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION Celtic Alleluia.

Alleluia! All who love me will keep my words, and my Father will love them and we will come to them. Alleluia!

GIFTS

Prayer of St Francis GA 490

1. Make me a channel of your peace.
Where there is hatred, let me bring your love.
Where there is injury, your pardon, Lord,
and where there’s doubt, true faith in you.

2. Make me a channel of your peace.
Where there’s despair in life, let me bring hope.
Where there is darkness, only light,
and where there’s sadness, ever joy.

3. Oh, Master, grant that I may never seek

so much to be consoled as to console.
To be understood as to understand.
To be loved as to love with all my soul.

4. Make me a channel of your peace.

It is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
in giving of ourselves that we receive,
and in dying that we’re born to eternal life.

COMMUNION

LOVE IS HIS WORD GA 462

1. Love is his word, love is his way,

feasting with all, fasting alone,

living and dying, rising again,

love only love is his way.

Refrain

Richer than gold is the love of my Lord,

better than splendour and wealth.

2. Love is his way, love is his mark,

sharing his last Passover feast,

Christ at his table, host to the twelve,

love only love is his mark. R

3. Love is his mark, love is his sign,

bread for our strength, wine for our joy.

“This is my body, this is my blood”.

Love only love is his sign. R

4. Love is his sign, love is his news,

“do this” he said, “lest you forget,

all my deep sorrow, all my dear blood”

love only love is his news. R

5. Love is his news, love is his name,

we are his own, chosen and called,

family brethren, cousins and kin.

Love only love is his name. R

6. Love is his name, love is his law.

Hear his command, all who are his

“Love one another, I have loved you”.

Love only love is his law. R

7. Love is his law, love is his word,

love of the Lord, Father and Word,

love of the Spirit, God ever one.

Love only love is his word. R

Love Divine, All Loves Excelling GA 463

1. Love divine, all loves excelling,
joy of heaven to earth come down!
Fix in us your humble dwelling,
all your faithful mercies crown.

Jesus, source of all compassion,
love unbounded, love all pure;

visit us with your salvation,
let your love in us endure.

2. Come, almighty to deliver,
let us all your life receive;
suddenly return and never,
never more your temples leave.

Lord, we would be always blessing,
serve you as your hosts above,
pray, and praise you without ceasing,
glory in your precious love.

3. Finish then your new creation,
pure and spotless, gracious Lord,
let us see your great salvation
perfectly in you restored.

Changed from glory into glory,

till in heaven we take our place,
till we sing before the almighty
lost in wonder, love and praise.

DISMISSAL

Jesus, In Your Heart We Find GA464

Refrain

Jesus, in your heart we find, love of the Father and mankind;

these two loves to us impart divine love in human heart.

1. May we stand within the fire
of your sacred heart and raise
to our God in joyful choir
all creation’s song of praise. R

2. In our hearts from roots of pride
deadly growths of evil flower;
but from Jesus’ wounded side
streams the sacramental power. R

3. To the depths within your heart
draw us with divine desire,
hide us, heal us, and impart
your own love’s transforming fire. R