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Gatton Laidley Catholic Parishes
1st Sunday of Lent
Parish Priest: Fr Malachy Onuoha
Website:
Mobile: 0488 033685
www.parishes.bne.catholic.net.au/gatton
Secretary: Jenny Hatcher
Parish Office Hours:
Mon, Tues, Wed, Fri 9am-2pm
Thursday - Closed
Office (Gatton/Laidley) Ph: 5465 3131
37 John Street South, Laidley
Email: gatton@bne.catholic.net.au
37A John Street Laidley Ph: 5465 1240 Fax: 5465 2505
Nathan Haley
Our Lady of Good Counsel
Principal:
Year B
CONTACT PERSONS
PASTORAL COUNCIL
Chairperson:
Jan Maltry
5465 3995
Deputy Chairperson:
Michael Hagan 5462 6460
Secretary: Jill Crellin 5411 4616
Parish Schools:
St Mary‘s
Principal:
22 February 2015
20 Maitland Street Gatton
Susan Carpenter
MASS TIMES THIS WEEK:
Sunday: 22 February - 7am Forest Hill
9am Laidley
Tuesday: 24 February - 5pm Forest Hill
Wednesday: 25 February - 8am Gatton
Thursday: 26 February - No Mass
Friday: 27 February - 10am Karinya
Saturday: 28 February - 6pm Laidley
Sunday:
1 March - 7am Glenore Grove
9am Gatton
Reconciliation:
Saturday 21 Feb: 5.15pm - 5.45pm (Gatton)
Saturday 28 Feb: 5.15pm - 5.45pm (Laidley)
PROJECT COMPASSION
FOOD FOR LIFE
Ph: 5462 2675
SCRIPTURE READINGS
- Year B Readings for this weekend
Genesis 9:8-15
1Peter 3:18-22
Mark 1:12-15
Response:
Your ways, O’Lord,
are love and truth to
those who keep your
covenant
Readings for next weekend
Genesis 22:1-2, 9-13, 15-18
Romans 8:31-34
Mark 9:2-10
First Sunday of Lent
This week we meet Eric and Ma who are thriving in
their homeland of Fiji, thanks to a training course
that changed the direction of their lives.
Twenty-five years ago, ,married couple Eric and Ma
worked hard, but their farm was unprofitable.
They had a very limited income and diet, until they
took a training course at the Tutu Rural Training
Centre (supported by Caritas Australia). Using the
skills they learnt there, the couple have built a successful family life, and a thriving farm that provides
them with a healthy diet and sustainable source on
income.
Please donate to Project Compassion today and
help people in isolated areas of Fiji gain the skills
they need to grow food for life.
You can donate through Parish boxes and
envelopes, by visiting www.caritas.org.au/
projectcompassion or phoning 1800 024 413.
FINANCE COUNCIL MEMBERS
Brian Goodchild
John & Noreen Gallagher
Nathan Haley
Zac MacDonald
Lewis O‘Donoghue
Derek & Chris Pingel
Adrian & Margaret Shepley
ANNIVERSARIES THIS WEEK
We offer the mass this week for the
following whose anniversaries
occur at this time:
Thanh Thi Nguyen
Judy Ryan - Requested by the Laidley
Catholic Ladies
Dang Son Ha
May they Rest in Peace.
Amen
STEWARDSHIP
REFLECTIONS
22 February 2015
1st Sunday of Lent
MEETINGS
Pastoral Council Meeting
Tuesday 24th February at 7pm
Gatton Community Centre
Liturgy Meeting
Wednesday 25th February at 7pm
Gatton Community Centre
Finance Meeting
Tuesday 3rd March at 7pm
Gatton Community Centre
“After John had been arrested, Jesus
came to Galilee proclaiming the gospel of
God..” Mark 1:14
Do you ever think about how difficult it
must have been for Jesus to come into
Galilee, knowing that John had just been
arrested for teaching the same message
that Jesus was proclaiming. It must have
taken great love and trust for Jesus to do
what the Father had sent Him here on
earth to do. In the same way, following a
life of stewardship takes great love and
trust from us. We must be willing to surrender completely to God, trusting that
God will always give us all that we need to
fulfil His plan for us.
PARISH NEWS and NOTICES
Lent: A Holy Period to embrace God’s mercy and love
The Lenten season is here! With Ash Wednesday, a 40-day
holy season ushers us into a spiritual pilgrimage where we
encounter and journey with Jesus, the Leader of the journey.
An important aspect of this period is that, we come face-toface with some blockages in our relationship with God,
ourselves, and with people around us. Remarkably, we are
enabled through prayer to ‗melt-down‘ these blockages.
In the gospel this weekend, Mark tells us that Jesus was
tempted by the Satan. Lent offers us opportunities to arm
ourselves through prayer, fasting and almsgiving against
everything that pulls us down. It is a special season that
enables us to embrace God‘s mercy and love, and in turn,
render same to others.
As we enter into this special days of repentance, recollection,
renewal and reconciliation, let us pray that God will raise our
minds and hearts so that we will be mindful of our thoughts,
words and actions.
Lent is a Holy Time of Grace! So, be part of it!
Fada Malachy
COMMUNION UNDER BOTH KINDS
Drinking from the chalice is the preferred method of receiving
the Blood of Christ because of the Lord‘s command: ―Take and
drink‖. If intinction is used, it is the minister who dips the host in
the chalice and places it in the communicant‘s mouth General Instruction of the Roman Missal – GIRM 286-287. (cf.
Ordo 2015, p. 30)
DONATION TO THE LAIDLEY PARISH
We would like to announce that towards the end of last year, the
Laidley Parish received a donation of $5,000 left as a bequeath
from the Estate of the late Monica Anna Sippel.
We would sincerely like to thank the family of Monica for this
generous gift.
LENTEN GROUP
The Lenten program will commence this week in:
Laidley = Wednesdays at 9am, Parish Office, 37 John Street Sth
YOUNG ADULT LENTEN PROGRAM
This Lent, a young adult Lenten program will be running in the
parish. It will run once a week throughout lent for approximately
hour and half on Tuesdays at 6.30pm. Those who would like to
join please email the parish office at gatton@bne.catholic.net.au
for further information.
THE 100 CLUB – 50% sold!
ThIs is a fundraising activity for both Gatton and Laidley
parishes to raise money towards our property maintenance.
There are ONLY 100 NUMBERS available in each parish.
You choose your number and it is yours for the duration of
2015. You can purchase as many numbers as you like, each
number costs $100 ... every week commencing March, one
number will be drawn at each parish, and that person wins
$100. So you can win many times throughout the year.
Thank you to everyone who has already purchased numbers
and sold some to their friends as well 
Numbers on sale after some Masses. You can also contact
Adrian Shepley for numbers in the Laidley Parish 100 Club on
5465 1323 or Chris Pingel for Gatton Parish 5462 4001.
LAIDLEY CATHOLIC LADIES MEETING
There will be no meeting in March as the Ladies will be attending
the World Day of Prayer.
The next meeting will be the Annual General Meeting and it will be
held on Friday 10th April 2015 at 9am in the Parish Hall.
Note: Change of date is due to Easter. All welcome.
WORLD DAY OF PRAYER
A preparation meeting for the World Day of Prayer will be held on
Wednesday 18th February 2015 at the Uniting Church, Gatton
starting at 10am.
WORLD DAY OF PRAYER
This year the World Day of Prayer has been written by The
Bahamas WDP Committee.
The Laidley WDP will be held on FRIDAY 6TH MARCH.
Venue: Function Room, Laidley Cultural Centre. Hosted by Baptist
Church.
Time: Gather at 9.45am, Morning Tea 10.00am, Prayers begin
10.30am. If you are attending please provide a plate of goodies
towards Morning Tea. As the day has a Bahaman theme you are
invited to wear colourful attire if you wish.
THE BIGGEST MORNING TEA FOR CANCER
The Laidley Catholic Ladies are hosting ―Biggest Morning Tea for
Cancer‖ (Devonshire Tea) commencing 10.30am on Friday 1st
May 2015 in the Parish Hall.
LADIES BREAKFAST will be held on Saturday 28 February 2015
at the New Hope Lockyer Church, Senior Citizens Hall, North
Street, Gatton starting at 7.30am.
GLEN VINES SEMINAR ―Foundation of Spiritual Warfare‖
Glen Vines, a special Warfare Teacher will be speaking at two
Seminars to be held in Gatton.
Friday 6th March - 6.30pm-9pm at the Christian Life Centre,
Golflinks Drive, Gatton.
Saturday 7th March - 9am-3pm at the Church of Christ,
cnr Allan & Hickey Streets, Gatton.
Please bring a plate to share for lunch. Morning and afternoon tea
is provided. For more info, please contact Annie Cathcart
anniesprayernet@gmail.com Ph: 0401 556 215 or Yvonne Nash
yna17822@bigpond.net.au Ph: 5462 8607
LENTEN/HOLY WEEK/EASTER MASS SCHEDULE 2015
Ash Wednesday
- 18th February = Laidley 9am
= Gatton 7pm
Palm Sunday
- 28th March
- 29th April
= Laidley 6pm
= Glenore Grove 7am
= Gatton 9am
Holy Thursday
- 2nd April
= Gatton 6pm
Good Friday
- 3rd April
= Stations of the Cross
= Gatton 9am
= Forest Hill 9am
= Glenore Grove 10am
= Passion
= Laidley 3pm
Holy Saturday
- 4th April
= Easter Vigil
= Gatton 6pm
Easter Sunday
- 5th April
= Forest Hill 7am
= Laidley 9am
Stations of the Cross in Lent
Every Thursday
Every Friday
= 9am Gatton
= 4pm Laidley
‘STEWARDSHIP—‘Once one chooses to become a disciple of Jesus Christ, stewardship is not an option.’
‘United States Bishops Pastoral letter on Stewardship.’
As each one has received a gift, use it to serve one another as good stewards of God’s varied grace. (1 Peter 4:10)
HELP NEEDED - Volunteers are urgently needed to help in the
Lockyer District High School tuckshop. If you are able to offer any
assistance, please contact the school on 5466 2333.
FULL SPIRITUAL EXERCISES IN DAILY LIFE
DATE: Mid March - Mid October, 2015
VENUE: Faber CIS, 111 Sir Samuel Griffith Drive, Bardon
DETAILS: 30 weeks in Daily Life throughout the year
For bookings/enquiries: administrator@faberspirituality.org.au
or visit www.faberspirituality.org.au
QUIET SATURDAY AT FABER IN MARCH
DATE:
7th March, 2015
VENUE: Faber CIS, 111 Sir Samuel Griffith Drive, Bardon
DETAILS: Communion of Saints presented by Cecilia Formby
"What is the Church if not the assembly of all saints?"
For bookings visit www.faberspirituality.org.au
LENTEN RETREAT
DATE:
13th March - 19th March, 2015
VENUE: Santa Teresa, Ormiston
DETAILS: 2, 4 or 6 day individually directed silent retreat
Facilitated by Fr John Reilly sj
For bookings visit www.faberspirituality.org.au
MARRIAGE
Couples intending to marry in the Parishes of Gatton, Laidley
are required to take the following recommended steps to
help them prepare for their marriage.
STEP 1: Invest in a FOCCUS marriage preparation. There are
trained facilitators within our parishes. Please contact the Parish
Office for more information and to register. Phone 546 53131
or email: gatton@bne.catholic.net.au
STEP 2: Complete Parish Application to Marry Form—nominating
Church, preferred date and time.
STEP 3: Time and date will be confirmed by priest or parish
office staff.
STEP 4: Plan and book wedding reception, etc.
STEP 5: Priest will contact couple to arrange a suitable date
and time to prepare paperwork and liturgy for the ceremony.
STEP 6: Wedding Day—Congratulations and may God continue
to guide and bless you as you journey through your life together.
CARING FOR THE SPIRITUAL NEEDS
OF THE HOUSE BOUND & SICK IN
GATTON AND LAIDLEY
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A person who is ill or house bound wishes to receive a visit
from a member of the Catholic Community in the Gatton and
Laidley Parishes.
A person who is ill or house bound wishes to receive Holy
Communion on a Sunday or another suitable day of the
week, that person or a close relative needs to contact the
office on 5465 3131 or email:
gatton@bne.catholic.net.au so the arrangements can
be made for this ministry to take place.
BAPTISMS
For future reference the Sacrament of Baptism will take
place at the following times:Gatton - 1st Sunday of the Month after 9am Mass
Laidley - 4th Sunday of the Month after 9am Mass
To arrange baptisms please phone 5465 3131 or
Email gatton@bne.catholic.net.au to book in for a
Baptismal preparation EVENING.
Next meeting:
Gatton Parish: 7pm Monday 16 March, 2015
St. Mary‘s Church Community Centre, Cnr Maitland &
Spencer St, Gatton.
Laidley Parish: 7pm Tuesday 17 March, 2015
Parish Office, 37 John St South, Laidley. (cnr Whites Rd & John
St South)
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ROSTER FOR WEEKEND MASSES
Gatton: Saturday 21 February at 6pm
Ministers of Communion: Shirley De Berg, Bernadette FitzGerald, Patrick Webster, Gary Chalmers, Nora Ring
Readers: Beckie Jacobsen, Pat Ziebarth, Laurie Didsman
Sunday 1 March at 9am
Ministers of Communion: Pat Ziebarth, Pauline Brennan, Margaret Turvey, Anna Webster, Daphne Ryan
Readers: Syd Thomson, Tony FitzGerald, Steve Harper
Altar Servers:
Liturgy of the Word for Children: 1 March: Maria Chalmers;
15 March: Beatrice Webster
Altar Society: 1 March: Jenny Stephens, Wilma Hyde, Kathy Robinson;
7 March: Shirley De Berg, Joan Reimann
Cleaning : 15 Feb - 28 Feb: Carol Scott, Terry O‘Sullivan, Lewis O‘Donoghue
Counters : 21 Feb: Kevin Smith, Glen Kluck
1 March: Chris Freeman, Tina Van Ansem, Mary Bauer, Wilma Hyde
Morning Tea: 1 March: Nora Ring & Friends;
15 March: Margaret Brandon, Patrick Webster, Brigid Webster
Glenore Grove:
Sunday 1 March at 7am
Ministers of Communion: Tom Linnan, Pat Heenan, Rita Bichel Readers: Marie Linnan, Clare Hogan, Michael Sippel
Sunday 15 March at 7am
Ministers of Communion:
Laidley:
Tom Linnan, Michael Sippel, Pat Heenan
Readers: Marie Linnan, Rita Bichel, Anne Sippel
Sunday 22 February at 9am
Welcomers: Jan Maltry Ministers of Communion: Joy Orrin , Nathan Haley, Mollie Haley
Readers: Bev Reid, Mike Nowlan, Maureen McCarthy
Cleaners: Danny & Margot McDade
Saturday 28 February at 6pm
Welcomers: Patsy O‘Shea
Ministers of Communion: Rita Ilka, Aileen Seng, Col Seng
Readers: Jan Maltry, Bev Reid, Mike Nowlan
Cleaners: Jo Litzow, Christine Wilks & Bec Stock
LIFE BEQUESTS - Make a gift that lives on:
A gift to the Laidley or Gatton Parishes
in your Will is a simple yet powerful way
to impact future generations.
Forest Hill: Sunday 22 February at 7am
Ministers of Communion: Needed
Readers: Needed
PLEASE PRAY FOR THE SICK:
Helena Auchter, Bronek Pianko, Monica Hocking, Steve Thelander, Ron Carroll, Carolynne Curry,
Brian Cliffe, Alfonso Vidal, Darius Arnold Vidal, Mary Van Ansem, Larry Gould, Sarah McNeish, Elisabeth Maltry, Trevor Hawley, Norma Hall,
Elma Portman, Gordon Browne, Louisa Longland, (Carolynn Curry‘s sister), Tim Fairchild, Iris Ewing, Kelly Roberts,
Margaret Brown, Janene Cornelius, Brenda Flint, Anne Hobbs, George Farquason, Des Trebbin, Sean Martin, Patricia McMorrow, Rhonda
Harding, Colin Webb, Kath Goodwin, Katy Maltry, Timothy Maltry, Margaret Vaux, Catherine and Michael Kimmings, Lil Warland, Fr Vince
Reilly, Michael Smith, Marianne Kellett, Ben Beling, Carmel Porter, Lucy Kimmings (12), Peter O‘Shea, Michael Woodfield, Val Hughes, Pat
Manstone, Kelly Roberts, Cate Mumford, Sienna McDonald, Kevin Trebin, Allison Corcoran, Michelle Reuben, Rachelle Panzram, Peta
Linnan, Gwen Cassimatis, Suemantha Tyler, Les Long, Helen Colley, Betty Schulz, James McDade, Raymond Hearn, Ken Volk, Esmay
Volk, Mary Kavanagh, Margaret Stephenson, John Williams, Amy Haines, Anna Baessler, Patrick Mkyles,
WE PRAY FOR THOSE WHO HAVE DIED: Ellen Hughes, Joyce McDonald, Peg Oliver, Judy Ryan, Rose Mary Bartlett, Athol
Romer, Connie Durkin, Quinton James Diete, Helena King, Tony Tromp, Doreen Agnes Portley, Bernardine Cleary, Paula LeBrocq,
Peter Van Ansem, Daniel Joseph Phillips, Frances & Bob Menzies, Owen Cusack, Kathleen Pomerenke, Yvonne Conroy, Julie Mary
Simmons, Mervyn Knight, Thomas Cornelius O’Brien, Fr James Vincent Cahill, Catherine Murphy, Eva Grace Marsh, Agnes Dolley, Edgar
John Reimann, Francis Frederick Reuter, Patty Brennan, Michael Devith Ryan, Kevin Bowe, Ursula O‘Connor, Kathleen Roache, Frank Hobbs,
Bridget Dwyer, William Redmond, Curtis Sutton, Cecily Frances Ward.
CATHEDRAL OF ST STEPHEN SUNDAY MASS WEBCAST ONLINE:
Our own Archdiocese has a weekly webcast of the Sunday Mass 10am at
the Cathedral.
WORDS OF WISDOM
―Living out one‘s faith is either
no way to live or the only way to
live; it‘s either imprisonment, or
the only path to freedom. It offers
happiness, or it frustrates the
pursuit. There is no half-love, half
-religion, half-worship, half-belief,
half-truth.
There is no kinda-sorta.‖
Tarek Saab, Gut Check
PARISHES WEEKEND MASS TIMES 2015
1st, 3rd & 5th Sunday of Month—Mass
Saturday: 6:00pm Laidley
Sunday:
7:00 am Glenore Grove
9:00 am Gatton
2nd & 4th Sunday of Month—Mass
Saturday: 6:00 pm Gatton
Sunday:
7:00 am Forest Hill
9:00am Laidley
PARISHES WEEKDAY MASS TIMES 2015
(Subject to change at short notice due to unforseen circumstances)
Mondays
Tuesdays
5pm:
Wednesdays 8am:
Thursdays 9am
1.30pm
Fridays:
9am
10am
No Mass
1st, 3rd & 5th week Laidley; 2nd & 4th week Forest Hill
Gatton
1st week Mass of the Sick
3rd week Regis Nursing Home
1st & 2nd Laidley
3rd week Tabeel
MASS SCHEDULE
2015 - JANUARY TO JUNE
Gatton—Laidley Catholic Parishes
Date
Date
Mass
Laidley
6:00 pm
Glenore Grove 7:00 am
Gatton
9:00 am
Apr 4
5
Easter Weekend
Gatton
6:00 pm
Forest Hill
7:00 am
Laidley
9:00 am
Jan 10
11
Gatton
Forest Hill
Laidley
6:00 pm
7:00 am
9:00 am
Apr 11
12
Gatton
Forest Hill
Laidley
Jan 17
18
Laidley
6:00 pm
Glenore Grove 7:00 am
Gatton
9:00 am
Apr 18
19
Laidley
6:00 pm
Glenore Grove 7:00 am
Gatton
9:00 am
Jan 24
25
Gatton
Forest Hill
Laidley
6:00 pm
7:00 am
9:00 am
Apr 25
26
Gatton
Forest Hill
Laidley
Jan 31
Feb 1
Laidley
6:00 pm
Glenore Grove 7:00 am
Gatton
9:00 am
May 2
3
Laidley
6:00 pm
Glenore Grove 7:00 am
Gatton
9:00 am
Feb 7
8
Gatton
Forest Hill
Laidley
6:00 pm
7:00 am
9:00 am
May 9
10
Gatton
Forest Hill
Laidley
Feb 14
15
Laidley
6:00 pm
Glenore Grove 7:00 am
Gatton
9:00 am
May 16
17
Laidley
6:00 pm
Glenore Grove 7:00 am
Gatton
9:00 am
Feb 21
22
Gatton
Forest Hill
Laidley
May 23
24
Gatton
Forest Hill
Laidley
Jan 3
4
Mass
6:00 pm
7:00 am
9:00 am
May 30
31
6:00 pm
7:00 am
9:00 am
6:00 pm
7:00 am
9:00 am
6:00 pm
7:00 am
9:00 am
6:00 pm
7:00 am
9:00 am
FIFTH SUNDAY
Laidley
6:00 pm
Glenore Grove 7:00 am
Gatton
9:00 am
Feb 28
Mar 1
Laidley
6:00 pm
Glenore Grove 7:00 am
Gatton
9:00 am
June 6
7
Laidley
6:00 pm
Glenore Grove 7:00 am
Gatton
9:00 am
Mar 7
8
Gatton
Forest Hill
Laidley
6:00 pm
7:00 am
9:00 am
June 13
14
Gatton
Forest Hill
Laidley
Mar 14
15
Laidley
6:00 pm
Glenore Grove 7:00 am
Gatton
9:00 am
June 20
21
Laidley
6:00 pm
Glenore Grove 7:00 am
Gatton
9:00 am
Mar 21
22
Gatton
Forest Hill
Laidley
June 27
28
Gatton
Forest Hill
Laidley
6:00 pm
7:00 am
9:00 am
FIFTH SUNDAY
Mar 28
29
Laidley
Glenore Grove
Gatton
6.00pm
7.00am
9.00am
Fifth Sundays: March 28/29; May 30/31
6:00 pm
7:00 am
9:00 am
6:00 pm
7:00 am
9:00 am