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Hobart Parish Newsletter
St. Joseph’s & St. Francis Xavier’s
St. Joseph’s Church, Cnr. Macquarie & Harrington Sts, Hobart
Weekend Masses: 6.30 pm (Vigil), 7.30am, 9.30am & 11am
Weekdays: 8 am, 12.10pm & (1.10 pm - Mon, Wed & Fri) (Exposition: 8.30 am – Noon)
Sat: 8 am; Reconciliation: 12.30 & (1.30pm - Mon, Wed & Fri); Fri: 5pm; Sat 4 & 6 pm
St. Francis Xavier’s Church
Cnr. Anglesea & Adelaide Sts.
South Hobart
Sundays: 8.30am
The Exultation of the Holy Cross, Year A – 13/14 September, 2014
ENTRANCE ANTIPHON:
We should glory in the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, in whom is our salvation,
life and resurrection, through whom we are saved and delivered.
FIRST READING:
(Numbers 21:4-9)
PSALM RESPONSE:
Do not forget the works of the Lord!
Give heed, my people, to my teaching; turn your ear to the words of my mouth.
I will open my mouth in a parable and reveal hidden lessons
When he slew them then they would seek him, return and seek him in earnest.
They would remember that God was their rock, God the Most High their redeemer.
But the words they spoke were mere flattery; they lied to him with their lips. For their
hearts were not truly with him; they were not faithful to his covenant.
Yet he who is full of compassion forgave their sin and spared them.
So often he held back his anger when he might have stirred up his rage.
(9.30am)
Psalm 145: I will praise your name, my King and my God.
SECOND READING:
(Philippians 2:6-11)
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION:
Alleluia, alleluia!
We adore you, O Christ, and we praise you, because by your
Cross you have redeemed the world. Alleluia!
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GOSPEL: (Matthew 18:15-20)
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(Next Sunday – 25 Sunday in Ordinary Time: Isaiah 55:6-9
Philippians 1:20-24, 27 Matthew 20:1-6)
FOR PRAYERFUL REMEMBRANCE
FOR RECOVERY: Peter Fahey, Bert Natoli, Wyn Laverty, Andrea Collis, Sr. Marjorie Boutchard PBVM, Damien
Connolly, Grace, Anne-Marie Havlat, Ursula Boland, Sarah Hutchinson, Br. Gary Clarke, Samuel Leon, Michael
Leong, Gordon Thurn, Ros, Trever Jones.
After approx five weeks names will be deleted from the sick list, phone the office if you wish for names to be reinserted.
RECENTLY DECEASED: Joan Bratt, Dorothy Schuh, Joyce Parr, Thelma Hutchinson, Margaret Barker, Margaret
Sykes, Maria Bernardo Shaw, Patricia Porteous, Kenneth Jones, Janet Booth, Terrence Hill, Leslie Millett, Dorothy
Vandewater, Carmel Stratham, Barbara Briggs.
ANNIVERSARIES: Sheila Deegan, Winifred Martin, Eve Hevey, Florence Harper, Thomas Howell, Fr. Peter John
Rushton, May Webster, Serge Oldenborger, Fr. Tom Bresnehan, Mavis Wilmshurst, Reg Downey, James Drew,
Desiderio Rocchia, Tony Packer, Bill Henderson, Kevin Corby, Luis Jelfs, Mieko Carr, Joseph Addicoat, Lilian Shearing.
MASSES: Cyril, Eileen, Joan & Irene Shirley, Special Intentions x 7, all Souls in Purgatory, Rita Magaret Sinclair, Thomas
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Patrick Mitchell, Archbishop Porteous: 40 Ordination Anniversary, Kazimiera Leokadia, Zygmunt Rybak, return of good
health, for good health of an unborn baby, Aileen Harris, Gwen Rankin, Sr. Val Burns, William & Mary Sterrick, Graeme
Kendall, Pietro Russo, Hilary O’Rourke (Snr) & Barbara O’Rourke, Terry &Reitta Murphy, members of the Dwyer &
McDermott family.
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ADVANCE NOTICE: Classes for children preparing for First Reconciliation will commence on Sunday 19 October at
4pm in the Side Chapel. Enrolment and details contact Fr Peter on 6234 4866.
PARISH PASTORAL COUNCIL meeting next Tuesday at 7pm.
PASSIONIST COMMUNITY
Fr. Peter Addicoat, cp – Leader, Fr. Xavier Ubagara Swamy, cp, Fr. Gerald Quinn, cp, Br. Edward Braden, cp.
PARISH TEAM
Fr. Peter Addicoat, cp, pp. Fr. Xavier Ubagara Swamy, cp, Br. Edward Braden, cp.
Secretary - Gail Roberts
Office Hours: Tuesday to Friday – 8.15am to 3.30pm
Ph: (03) 6234 4866
Fax: (03) 6234 3584
email: secretary@passionistshobart.org.au
Website: www.passionistshobart.org.au
20/21 September, 2014 – The Twenty Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A
7.30am
8.30am
9.30am
6.30 pm Vigil
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Margaret Lickiss
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Margaret Sprott
Dianna Hutchinson
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John Mazengarb
Royce McLennan
Phil Page
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Bill Cox
Shelah Quirk
Gail O’Brien
Thad R
11.00am
Marina Fusescu
Gerarda M
Michelle Williams
Maureen B Jan W
Lidia F Max G
A Sherston Pat G
Shirley King
Jan Hodgetts
Readers & Eucharistic Ministers rosters for the 9.30am are available from the sacristy
CLEANERS
18.09.14
FLOWERS: 20/21.09.14
Maureen, Heather & Thad
COUNTERS 21.09.14
Michael Burke’s Team
Judy & Jane
NEXT CHILDREN’S LITURGY
To be advised
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SFX ANOINTING MASS: Tuesday 16 September, 1.30pm, St. Francis Xavier’s Church Hall. Please bring a plate and
welcome our guests.
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ST JOSEPH’S RESTORATION FAIR –An important reminder to everyone is that the Fair is on SUNDAY 12
OCTOBER 2014. Any assistance / donations that you can give in prior preparation or on Fair Day please contact the
Stall Holders: Cakes & Sweets – Mary Coetzee on 6228 5858; Plants & Flowers – Gina Graves, and Mary Graves for
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2 Hand Toys, on 6223 1008; Hand-made Toys Bert Natoli on 6265 2436 (after 3:00 PM); Pre-Loved 2 Hand Goods
– Jan and Andy Wilson; Books & Media – Tony Oakford on 6247 9343; Devonshire Tea – Diana Hutchinson on 0488
271 832; Religious Items – Peter and Lily Mansour on 6274 1217; Chocolate Wheel – Michael Burke on 62280766;
BBQ & Soft Drinks – Marcus Excel on 6278 3962; Raffle Sales – Robert Bilyk; and for general enquiries – Ian Steele on
6278 2841. For Arts, Craft Jams & Produce the theme is Christmas – so the Christmas fabrics sale at Spotlight in
Hobart is timely for creating decorations, serviettes, table-runners etc. For Further information please contact Maureen
Ball on 6223 8373. RAFFLE: The Dates Coles has given us for selling raffle tickets outside the Sandy Bay
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Supermarket are: Fri 19 , Fri 26 Sept, Thur 9 & Sat 11 Oct, help is needed with ticket sales, so if you can possibly
help sell tickets on those days, please call Robert Bilyk on 0419 870 555. Books of tickets for this year’s raffle are
available for distribution. So make sure you get one after Mass today and leave your name and contact number on the
selling sheet. Tickets are $2 each and there are 10 tickets in a book.
“SCRIPTURE, CHRIST, AND LIFE EVERLASTING” SEMINAR SERIES: Dr. Christine Wood, Archdiocesan Office of
Evangelisation (ph. 6208-6236) will be offering a series of short seminars at St. Joseph’s Church (side chapel) on
Monday.-Friday, 29 Sept.—3 Oct at 10-11.45 am. Suitable for anyone wishing to deepen their Catholic faith and
knowledge of Scripture. Bring your Bibles. More details in the flyers at the back of the Church.
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ARCHDIOCESAN COLLECTION for Sick & Retired Priests of the Archdiocese next Sunday 21 September.
CATHOLICISM: Journey Around the World and Deep into the Faith. Experience the “Most Vivid Catechism Ever
Created”. Creator and host Fr. Robert Barron illuminates what Catholics believe and why in this substantive faith
formation program that displays the art, architecture, literature, music and all the riches of the Catholic tradition. Friday
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5 September until 3 October. 7pm for light dinner, 7.30-9.30pm for “Catholicism” (Young Adults, 18-35 yrs old)
screening at St. Mary’s Cathedral Centre. Contact Myra 0407 832 249 or Samuel 0420 545 424 (Sat, Sun, Mon).
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TURNING TO GOD: A weekend retreat on Carmelite Spirituality at the Emmanuel Centre, Launceston. Friday 19 –
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21 September. Fr. Aloysius Rego, OCD, Retreat Director. Cost of weekend $160 includes all meals and
accommodation. Bookings are essential to Sandra Walkling 6331 4991.
FUNDRAISING CHORAL CONCERT “Music with the Mission” will launch the Catholic Mission 2014 appeal in Tasmania,
focusing on supporting Jamaica—a country troubled by violence and crime. The concert is taking place at Sacred Heart
Church (1 Cross Street, New Town) on 21st of September at 2.30 pm. Please RSVP Rafal Kozlowski, the Diocesan
Director for Catholic Mission: hobart.director@catholicmission.org.au
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MARYKNOLL RETREAT: Fr. Peter will be directing an 8 day retreat at Maryknoll, Blackmans Bay from the 31 October
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to the 9 November. There is no limit to the number of days that a person may come, each day will stand alone with it’s
own content. This maybe a good time for people to spiritualy prepare for the Christmas Feast. Detailed brouchers are
available at the entrance of the Church.
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SPECIAL MASS IN HONOUR OF ST. VINCENT DE PAUL 7pm St. Joseph’s Church, Monday 29 September. Pray
for God’s blessing of the work of the St. Vincent de Paul Society. All welcome. Cup of tea in Legacy Hall after Mass.
MASS @ RHH: 5pm Wednesday & Saturday, 4.30pm Sunday.
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HUMAN LIFE PROTECTION SOCIETY: Prayer for mothers & unborn babies, 10am, Thursday 18 September,
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Salvation Citadel, 73 Hopkins St., Moonah. Cake Stall Moonah, Friday 19 September. Prayer for True Love Waits,
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2pm Sunday 21 September, at Salvation Army Citadel, 73 Hopkins St., Moonah. More financial members are
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needed for HLPS. Annual fees due 1 Jul, Membership fees $10 per year or $5 for pensioners/students.
Please do not leave handbags, parcels etc on the seats where you cannot see them because they may be stolen.
During communion you may need to carry these items with you.
THE TRIUMPH OF THE HOLY CROSS
Brian Gleeson CP
'... God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may
not perish but may have eternal life' (Jn 3:16)
Some time ago a group of small children were walking two by two and hand in hand along a street in Belfast,
Northern Ireland. All of a sudden a car swung round a corner, a window was wound down, and a live grenade was
thrown in their path. A man passing by saw what was happening. With split-second timing he threw himself flat
on the grenade and smothered the explosion, at the cost of course of his own life.
It was a heroic deed. A deed for which those children and their families will be always grateful! Yet, as it turns out,
it was the only good deed that man had ever done. For in his community he was known as a ne'er do well, a
derelict, a no-hoper, a burden to himself and an embarrassment to his family. It could not be said that he had
died as he had always lived - thinking of others, helping others, caring for others, loving others.
But when we come to the death of Jesus, we do not hesitate to say: 'He died as he had always lived - not for
himself but for others.’ Jesus died with love and generosity, with compassion and forgiveness in his heart. How he
died was the summary and climax of how he lived. How he died was, in fact, the completion and fulfilment of his
mission to love, his mission to bring God's love down to earth. His mission not only to tell people that God is love,
but also to show people in dozens of different ways, just how real and warm, how strong and constant, how kind
and caring, how patient and enduring is God's love for them! His mission, indeed, may be pictured in terms of
God the Father saying to his Son as he set out on his life's work: 'Go to my people. Tell them that I love them.
Show them that I love them. Gather them together and bring them back to me.'
Night and day Jesus of Nazareth communicated to the people he met, the warmth and tenderness of God's love.
This was true in his preaching and teaching. The Fourth Eucharistic Prayer says so beautifully: 'To the poor he
proclaimed the good news of salvation, to prisoners freedom, and to those in sorrow joy.' This was true too in his
healings. They were much more than help, practical help. They were revelations of what goes on in the mind and
heart of God, of what God thinks of his suffering people, of how God feels for them, and of how God shares in
their hopes and struggles, doubts and fears. So much so that in the loving words and deeds of Jesus, the
compassion of God was revealed and recognized, shown and seen, announced and heard, offered and accepted,
given and received.
It has to be said, however, that a positive response to the constancy and consistency of the love of Jesus of
Nazareth for people, was much truer of women than of men. Martha and Mary, the woman at the well, the
woman in the city who was a sinner, the women of Jerusalem weeping over him on the road to Calvary, to name
just a few, treasured his friendship and walked with him to the very end. As a famous Passionist Father, Francis
Clune, used to say so well and so often: 'In the gospels no woman betrays Jesus, no woman denies Jesus, and no
woman deserts Jesus!’
If only the same thing could be said of the men in the Passion story! But the record speaks for itself. From his
inner circle of apostles, friends and co-workers, first of all, it is precisely betrayal, denial and desertion, which
Jesus receives in his hours of greatest need. From the religious leaders of his people - the Scribes, the Pharisees,
and the Temple Priests - Jesus receives even worse than that. It was their pride and jealousy, their malice and
hatred, so fierce and so violent, that nailed him to the cross. For they could not bring themselves to accept Jesus
and the kind of God he proclaimed - a God who loves ordinary people, a God who loves the little ones, a God who
welcomes sinners to his table and eats with them, a God of aliens and outsiders, of the 'lost', the grief-stricken
and the heart-broken!
So the story of the passion of Jesus is very much a story of love refused, of love denied, of love betrayed. It is
therefore a story of evil. The evil of human coldness and callousness, indifference and cowardice, pride and envy,
malice and hostility, cruelty and weakness! But, thanks be to God, that's not all there is. The passion story is even
more, and much more, the story of the light shining in the darkness, of goodness triumphing over evil, of love
defeating hatred, and of resurrection from death and destruction. So St Paul of the Cross, Founder of the
Passionists, calls it ‘the most overwhelming work of God’s love’.
The passion story is definitely, then, a story of the enduring love of Jesus, dying for what he believed in, dying for
what he lived for, dying as he had lived, dying with words of love and forgiveness and compassion on his lips. So
John does not hesitate to say with a sense of triumph: 'Indeed, God did not send the Son into the world to
condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him’ (Jn 3:17).
Today that triumph of good over evil, that triumph of the cross and resurrection of Jesus, is continuing in you and
me. We rejoice, then, that his triumph is being continued in who we are, what we say, and what we do. As St
Teresa of Avila is said to have said so well:
Christ has no body now on earth but yours, no hands, no feet on earth but yours! Yours are the
eyes through which he looks with compassion on this world! Yours are the feet through which he
walks to do good! Yes, Christ has no body now on earth but yours!
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