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19th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A

Here is the Church Newsletter for this weekend:

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Please let us pray for the Christians and other minorities in Iraq, who are suffering unimaginable persecution at this time.  More information here:

http://www.thesacredpage.com/2014/08/iraq-round-up-of-horrific-stories.html

http://www.thesacredpage.com/2014/08/iraqis-on-social-media-reporting.html

Read the Emergency SOS from the Chaldean Catholic Patriarch, Louis Sako, President of the Assembly of the Catholic Bishops in Iraq (7 August 2014).

Donate to Aid to the Church in Need here.

Fast and pray for the persecuted Church in Iraq and Syria.

 Christ Walking on Water

Christ Walking on Water


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Christian Irdi’s Ordination

Our former Altar Server, Christian Irdi, was ordained yesterday, 2 August 2014, at St Mary’s Cathedral, in a beautiful ceremony.  To view the photos, please go to our Gallery page.

Christian Irdi with Gus and Anelia Irdi

Christian Irdi with Gus and Anelia Irdi


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18th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A

Here are the readings and notices for this week:

Feeding of the 5000, Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld

Feeding of the 5000, Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld

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Stay tuned for some photos from Christian Irdi’s Ordination Mass this morning.  We will post them in the Gallery section.


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Fr Christian Irdi’s Ordination

 


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News flash – delay to Lancelin Church!

Greg Russo from the Archdiocesan Finance Office advises the following:

I am sorry to advise you that TR Homes have applied for the building licence with the local shire and they have been advised by the shire that the site has been rezoned  and that a church can currently not be built on the land held by the Church. We have put in place actions to have this decision changed  but please be advised that the change could take 12 months.

What this probably means is that the Finance Office have applied to the Shire of Gingin for permission to build a Place of Worship on land not zoned “Civic and Cultural”.  The Council will need to advertise our application and probably open the proposal for submissions from the Community.  Please keep an eye out for a Council sign appearing on the site and requesting submissions, as we want as many members of our Church as possible to write to the Council at this time supporting our request.  Please do not write to the Council prior to this, as they will only accept submissions between certain dates.  We will keep you updated about how you can help.


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17th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A

Here is our Parish Newsletter with Readings for Masses this Sunday.

Parable of the Hidden Treasure, etching by Jan Luyken

Parable of the Hidden Treasure, etching by Jan Luyken

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Our former Altar Boy is ordained!

On Saturday 2nd of August, Christian Irdi will be ordained at St  Mary’s Cathedral. The ceremony will start at 10.00 AM.  Christian and his brother Adrian were Altar boys here in Yanchep, during the 1990s, with Fr. Pat Lim and then with Fr. Philip, when we were part of St. Andrew’s Parish. Congratulations from all of us to Christian and all the Irdi family!


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16th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A

Hello all,

Parable of the Tares

Parable of the Tares

Here is this Sunday’s Newsletter with the Readings:

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Please also pray for the Australian Defence Force and Major Bernard Gaynor, whose commission in the ADF was terminated on 10 July 2014.  Major Gaynor is a Catholic father of 6 who has had three deployments to Iraq with the ADF, and specialised in Military Intelligence and Arabic language and culture.  In April 2013, Major Gaynor wrote a 26 page  complaint to the chief of the Defence Force about the ADF’s participation in uniform in the Sydney Gay an Lesbian Mardi Gras; however, for reasons of apparent political correctness, the ADF has seen fit to remove him.  To read more, and to write to the Minister for Defence click here:   Good News Update 103.


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15th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A

Here is this Sunday’s Parish Bulletin with the Readings for Mass.Christ the Sower

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Unfortunately, space limitations prevented my adding reflections on today’s readings.  I recommend you go here for some excellent scriptural exegesis: http://www.thesacredpage.com/2014/07/the-seed-good-soil-and-understanding.html by Dr Michael Barber.

I have, however, drawn attention in the newsletter to Liberal Democrats Senator David Leyonhjelm’s intention to introduce a private member’s bill on Tuesday to ‘deregulate marriage’ so that marriages between same-sex attracted persons might become legal in Australia.  I would urge all parishioners (or anyone who reads this blog) to familiarise themselves with the Catholic position on homosexuality.  Deacon Harold Burke-Sivers gives a great summary here: http://deaconharold.wordpress.com/2013/02/04/the-truth-in-love/.  If you want to do something else practical in the meantime, sign this petition here: http://preservingmarriage.acl.org.au/.  This petition is on a Greens’ Bill currently under consideration that would recognise foreign so-called ‘same-sex marriages’ in Autralia.


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Hymns for 15th Sunday, Year A

For the Entrance Hymn I wanted to do something that echoes the Entrance Antiphon.  As the Deer Longs by Bob Hurd goes nicely (… When shall I see, see the face of God), but most of the congregation don’t know this one, so I might just do Seek Ye First and practice As the Deer Longs before Mass.  For Offertory, we’ll sing Unless of Grain of Wheat (Bernadette Farrell), which reflects back to the theme of wheat in the Gospel reading.  For Thanksgiving after Communion, we’ll sing Taste and See (also Bob Hurd) which has obviously Eucharistic references .  This psalm has come up a number of times during last week’s weekday masses.  The Recessional Hymn will be O Purest of Creatures, in honour of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, whose Feast is on Wednesday, 16th July.