Parish Notices - Sunday 31st July, 2022
1. COVID-19 Protocol in Church: In accordance with WA State Government’s COVID-19 regulations, there is NO capacity limit in places of worship. We are no longer required to observe a 2sqm rule and or wear face masks while in Church. However, we encourage you to maintain a reasonable hand hygiene and avoid unnecessary physical contact with people and things in and round church. Our parish priests, staff, cleaners and volunteers are doing their very best to keep this space safe for us all. We remain grateful to one and all of you for supporting us in our resolve to keep OLM a Covid-Safe community. Keep well, safe and God bless.
2. Episcopal Visitation: We are delighted to be hosting Bishop Don here in our Parish from Friday, 12th to Sunday 14th August. While with us, Bishop Don will visit our two primary schools, examine overall performance of our parish, lead us at our Saturday vigil Mass and Sunday 11.00am Mass and get to mingle with us all at the end of Mass. Please plan to join us in welcoming Bishop Don to our parish.
3. First Holy Communion Commitment Masses: All year four students and PREP students preparing for FHC this year will have commitment ceremony at all Masses this coming weekend of 6th & 7th August. Bring with you, completed commitment and prayer cards. Please note, commitment ceremony DO NOT take place at the Saturday 8.30am Mass.
4. 2022-23 RCIA Program: Are you a non-Catholic and would like to be one? Do you have a non-Catholic family member, friend, colleague and or neighbour? Are you a baptised Catholic but have not completed your sacraments of initiation? Please join us every Thursday during school term at 7.30pm in the parish centre. For enquiries and or more information, please contact our new RCIA coordinator Mr Tom Loreck on 0417 997 254 or tomloreck@optusnet.com.au
5. 24:7 Whitford Parish Youth Group: Our parish youth group; young people in years six-twelve gather every first, third and fifth Fridays of the month in the parish centre at 7.00pm. Please plan to join us at our next gathering on Friday, 5th August at 7.00pm. Youth Leaders are Stefan Fernando & Trinity Reed.
6. SCAM Alert! Please be advised that there’s an email created in Fr Cyprian’s name and asking for gift cards. That is NOT Fr Cyprian. If you receive such email, ignore, block and delete.
7. Plenary Council: A Pastoral Letter from Archbishop Costelloe on the Fifth Plenary Council of the Catholic Church in Australia can be found on the Archdiocese website: - Pastoral Letter on the Fifth Plenary Council of the Catholic Church in Australia (perthcatholic.org.au). Copies of the letter can also be found on the information desk at the back of the Church.
8. Come Alive in Scripture – Parish Bible Study: Our final study course for the year will be on Jesus: The Way, the Truth, and the Life. This ten-week study starts on Tuesday, 9th of August at 7.00pm in the Parish Centre and details a new and fresh look at Jesus—who he is, what he is really like, what he taught, and what he did for our salvation. This encounter with Christ will inspire and empower you to centre your entire life on him as you come to know and love him in an ever-deeper and more intimate way. If you are interested, please provide your details on the registration sheet at the back of the Church or contact Mrs Carol Wright for more details on 0419 948 411 / clwright@bigpond.net.au
9. Seniors Family Group Luncheon: We need your help! We are looking for somebody to help organise our Monthly Senior Group Luncheons. If you are available to help, please contact Elinor on 0437 618 881or Theresa on 0407 442 817 for more information. Thank you & God Bless.
10. Communion on Tongue: If you are keen on receiving communion on tongue, we kindly request that you consider coming last in the queue and please approach the priest; NOT acolytes or special ministers. Thank you for your cooperation.
11. Novena to our Lady of Perpetual Help: takes place every Tuesday evening in the Adoration Chapel at 6pm. Please consider coming specially to pray to Mary, Queen of Peace, for peace in The Ukraine.
12. Pastoral visits suspended: Weekly pastoral visits conducted by Fathers Cyprian and Francis are still suspended. However, our priests will respond to emergency sick calls if safe to do so as these will fall under compassionate visits. Thank you for your patience and understanding. Keep well and safe.
13. The First-Class Relic of St Mariae Goretti: The Relic donated to the Parish by Pat Fraser, is ‘housed’ in a Reliquary. Parishioners may take the Reliquary to their homes, keep it as long as required and then return it to the Church. Please call the office 9307 2776 or Shirley-Ann 0424 813 890 to make enquires and book.
14. Padbury Catholic Primary School: Padbury Catholic Primary School is a welcoming, inclusive, and faith-filled community which caters for students from Pre-Kindy to Year 6 in a double-stream setting. We actively promote our school values of Respect, Excellence, Sacredness and Togetherness. Please visit our website www.padcath.wa.edu.au or call 9404 4000 to express your interest or request an interview (no interview required for Pre-Kindy.
15. Whitford Catholic Primary School: Whitford Catholic Primary School is a
community that celebrates faith and achievement and promotes excellence in all we do. Please visit our website www.whitfordcatholicps.wa.edu.au, our Facebook page or call (08) 9404 4200 for more information. We are currently taking expressions of interest and interviews for enrolment across the seven-year groups.
Rosters - 7th August, 2022
NEWSLETTER NOTICES DEADLINE: Wednesday at 12pm Noon.
RELIGIOUS GOODS STALL: Monica Majano/ Cecilia Araya/ Senol Bonny/ Vilma Batt/ Samantha Thompson.
READERS: Laurie Graham & Chris Graham/ Andrea Hancock & Helen Leithead/ Corina Gill & Natasha Gill/ Diana Baulch & Sofia Penarnada/ Rafaela Rogers & Mia Rogers.
COUNTERS: Sunday, 7th August: Tammy Murray/ Shannon Davies/ Julianna Musca/ Ciara Hamilton/ Elva MacDonagh.
CLEANERS: No Roster
STATUE OF FATIMA: From 30th July to 6th August: the Statue is currently with the Rice family in Woodvale. Those wishing to say the Rosary with the family can call 08 9409 8687 to arrange. From 6th August to 13th August the Statue will be with the Roeger family in Padbury.
DEVOTION TO THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS: Is held on the first Friday of every month during 9.00am Mass. The next Devotion will be on Friday the 5th August 2022.
EXPOSITION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT: Adoration is held every Wednesday & Friday from 9.30 am – 7 pm.
BAPTISM: We welcome Amara Hill-Fitzgerald, Leo Johnson, Hollie Cairney, Maya Cairney, Sophie Robinson and Mason Robinson into God’s family this weekend.
PRAY FOR THE SICK: We pray for all those in our parish’s Book of the Sick. You are most welcome to add names to this book in the foyer of the Church. Please cross out when our prayers are no longer needed.
Death & Anniversary
Our Prayers this week will be offered for David Emery, Rodney Bracken, Dorothy Crock, Robert (Bob) Thomas, Le thi Be, Chau hong Ngoc, Ashton Kate Taylor, Pilipina Varga, Christopher Rayner, Lewine & Thomas Hancock, Gerald Annamalay, Truong thanh Hong, Bob Thomas, Chris Casserly, Fiona Gordon, all Souls in Purgatory, all Doctors, Nurses and Heath Care workers who have died from Covid-19, for all our departed loved ones, all Holy Souls, all victims of Covid-19, all those recently deceased and those who have their anniversary around this time.
General Notices
1. Archdiocesan Marriage Mass, Saturday, August 20 @ 10am, St Mary’s Cathedral: All parishioners are warmly invited to attend this special Mass. A blessing will be bestowed on ALL married couple who attend. In addition, do you know a couple celebrating 10, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45 or 50+ years of marriage? The Bishops would like to give these couples a special commemorative certificate as part of the celebration. Couples can register for a milestone anniversary certificate at https://bit.ly/marriagemass2022.
2. DIOCESE OF BROOME: Kimberley Catholic Volunteer Service. The Diocese of Broome, WA, urgently requires volunteers to assist with the work of the local Church on Aboriginal Missions. There are various important voluntary tasks: administration, building maintenance, gardening, shop staffing, cooking, cleaning etc. Placements are preferred for a period of 6 months plus. In return for being part of the team, we offer accommodation, living expenses and an allowance. For further details, and an application form, please contact: Volunteer Coordinator, Janet Ryan: 08 9192 1060
Email: volunteers@broomediocese.org Web: www.broomediocese.org
Mail: PO Box 76, BROOME WA 6725
3. All Saints Greenwood: Pilgrimage to the Holyland – November 25th to December 9th 2022, Jordan and Israel. Have you always wanted to see the promised land? Join MGR. Michael Keating on his Holy Land Pilgrimage. We welcome you to learn about the pilgrimage at St Mary’s Cathedral parish Centre Wednesday 13th July 2022 from 6pm to 8pm. Parking at the Cathedral is available. Please send a WhatsApp or text to 0433 771 979 or email info@anawimjourneys.com or call 6118 7313 to register your interest.
4. The Council for Catholic Women Perth: The Committee for the Council for Catholic Women Perth warmly invites you to 3 talks by Dr Cristina Lledo Gomez at James Nestor Hall Catholic Education Office 60 Ruislip St West Leederville. Friday 5 August: 5.30pm - 8.30pm (Light refreshments served 5.30pm - 6pm) Colonisation, Church and the Migrant Australian. Saturday 6 August: 10am -12pm -Integral Ecology and Our Shared Existence (light lunch provided). Saturday 6 August: 1pm - 3pm, Reclaiming Mary: Empowered versus Patriarchal Motherhood. RSVP Wednesday 3 August by email kerrymacfarlane2@gmail.com or mobile 0400 886 835. All welcome. Please feel free to attend any of the talks.
5. Palms Australia: Our sister churches in Africa, Asia and the Pacific are requesting Australian Catholics to join them to build the skills of those in their community who have had less opportunity than ourselves. Please consider these Mission opportunities abroad. The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference provide support. Palms Australia, who have prepared Australian Catholics for global mission since 1961, will ensure accommodation and a living allowance is provided to you during your time away. Enquire online or Ph: 0422 742 567 to find out about a placement to engage your skills. You can also Register for a Webinar on Monday August 1st at 7:00 pm to talk directly with a Palms’ partner community in Timor Leste and two Australians recently posted to work with them. Invite your friends. The stories will inspire.
Safeguarding Notices
· Safeguarding Commitment Statement: Use the following link to view the Safeguarding Commitment statement - Commitment Statement – Safeguarding Office (perthcatholic.org.au)
. Safeguarding Handbook: Safeguarding_Handbook.pdf (perthcatholic.org.au)
. Safeguarding Prayer: Safeguarding Prayer (perthcatholic.org.au)
. Role of Safeguarding Officer: Please find description on page 4 of the handbook
· Safeguarding Induction: We invite ALL Church Workers (volunteers to paid) to attend an online ZOM safeguarding induction with the limit of 25 people per session. This session will cover the Safeguarding Policies and Procedures. To register please visit: www.safeguarding.perthcatholic.org.au or phone 9221 7762. There are 8 sessions available until June 2022:
o Wednesday, 17 August 2022 at 7 pm
o Thursday, 25 August 2022 at 2 pm
o Tuesday, 13 September 2022 at 7 pm
o Wednesday, 28 September 2022 at 10 am
· Kite Making – Child Protection Week: Please find information regarding the Kite Making on the information desk at the back of the Church. Fun activity for the whole family. Finished Kites can be returned to the Parish Office.
Reading at Mass: Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time– C
First reading: Ecclesiastes 1:2,2:21-23
Vanity of vanities; all is vanity
Vanity of vanities, the Preacher says. Vanity of vanities. All is vanity! For so it is that a man who has laboured wisely, skilfully and successfully must leave what is his own to someone who has not toiled for it at all. This, too, is vanity and great injustice; for what does he gain for all the toil and strain that he has undergone under the sun? What of all his laborious days, his cares of office, his restless nights? This, too, is vanity.
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Responsorial Psalm: Ps. 89(90):3-6,12-14,17
Response: In every age, O Lord, you have been our refuge.
You turn men back to dust and say: ‘Go back, sons of men.’ To your eyes a thousand years
are like yesterday, come and gone, no more than a watch in the night. R.
You sweep men away like a dream, like the grass which springs up in the morning. In the morning it springs up and flowers: by evening it withers and fades. R.
Make us know the shortness of our life that we may gain wisdom of heart. Lord, relent! Is your anger for ever? Show pity to your servants. R.
In the morning, fill us with your love; we shall exult and rejoice all our days. Let the favour of the Lord be upon us: give success to the work of our hands. R.
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Second reading: Colossians 3:1-5,9-11
You must look for the things that are in heaven, where Christ is
Since you have been brought back to true life with Christ, you must look for the things that are in heaven, where Christ is, sitting at God’s right hand. Let your thoughts be on heavenly things, not on the things that are on the earth, because you have died, and now the life you have is hidden with Christ in God. But when Christ is revealed – and he is your life – you too will be revealed in all your glory with him. That is why you must kill everything in you that belongs only to earthly life: fornication, impurity, guilty passion, evil desires and especially greed, which is the same thing as worshipping a false god; and never tell each other lies. You have stripped off your old behaviour with your old self, and you have put on a new self which will progress towards true knowledge the more it is renewed in the image of its creator; and in that image there is no room for distinction between Greek and Jew, between the circumcised or the uncircumcised, or between barbarian and Scythian, slave and free man. There is only Christ: he is everything and he is in everything.
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Gospel Acclamation: Matthew 5:3
Alleluia, alleluia! Happy the poor in spirit; the kingdom of heaven is theirs!
Alleluia!
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Gospel Reading: Luke 12:13-21
Fool! This very night your soul will be demanded of you
A man in the crowd said to Jesus, ‘Master, tell my brother to give me a share of our inheritance.’ ‘My friend,’ he replied, ‘who appointed me your judge, or the arbitrator of your claims?’ Then he said to them, ‘Watch, and be on your guard against avarice of any kind, for a man’s life is not made secure by what he owns, even when he has more than he needs.’ Then he told them a parable: ‘There was once a rich man who, having had a good harvest from his land, thought to himself, “What am I to do? I have not enough room to store my crops.” Then he said, “This is what I will do: I will pull down my barns and build bigger ones, and store all my grain and my goods in them, and I will say to my soul: My soul, you have plenty of good things laid by for many years to come; take things easy, eat, drink, have a good time.” But God said to him, “Fool! This very night the demand will be made for your soul; and this hoard of yours, whose will it be then?” So it is when a man stores up treasure for himself in place of making himself rich in the sight of God.’
We Pray as One
God our loving and merciful Father, we pray for your love and compassion to abound as we live through these challenging times. We ask for wisdom for those who bear the load of making decisions with widespread consequences. We pray for those who are suffering with sickness and all who are caring for them. We ask for protection for the elderly and vulnerable to not succumb to any risks. We pray for misinformation to be curbed that fear may take no hold in our hearts and minds. As we exercise the good sense that you in your mercy provide, may we also approach each day in total faith and peace, trusting in the truth of your goodness towards us. We ask this, through Christ our Lord. Amen. Our Lady of the Mission, Pray for us.
Source - Adapted: www.holyspiritewloe.com
Pope Francis Reflection
Today's Gospel (cf. Lk 12, 13-21) opens with the scene of a man who stands up in the crowd and asks Jesus to resolve a legal question about the inheritance of family. But in His answer He does not address the question, and exhorts us to stay away from greed, that is the greed to possess. To distract His listeners from this frantic search for wealth, Jesus tells the parable of the rich fool, who believes he is happy because he has had the good fortune of an exceptional year and feels secure because of the goods he has accumulated. It would be nice that today you read this chapter twelve of Saint Luke, verse 13. It is a beautiful parable that teaches us much. The story comes alive when the contrast emerges between what the rich man plans for himself and between what God promises for him.
The rich man puts three considerations before his soul: the many possessions piled up, the many years that these assets seem to assure him and third, tranquillity and unrestrained well-being (cf. v. 19). But the word that God address to him cancels these plans. Instead of the "many years", God indicates the immediacy of ' tonight; tonight you will die '; instead of "the enjoyment of life" He presents him with the rendering of life; with the consequent judgment. As for the reality of many accumulated goods on which the rich man had to base everything, it is covered by the sarcasm of the question: "and what he has prepared, who's will it be?" (v. 20). Let us think of the struggles for inheritance; so many family fights. And so many people, we all know some, that at the time that death begins to arrive: the grandchildren, the grandchildren come to see "But what is for me?", and take everything away. It is this contrast which justifies the nickname of "fool"- because he thinks about things that he believes to be concrete but are a fantasy - with which God speaks to this man. He is foolish because in practice he has renounced God, he has not come to terms with Him.
The end of parable, formulated by the Evangelist, is of singular effectiveness: "so it is that of those who accumulate treasures for themselves and do not enrich themselves with God" (v. 21). It is a cautionary tale that reveals the horizon towards which we are all called to look. Material goods are necessary – they are real! -but are a means of living honestly and in sharing with those most in need. Today Jesus invites us to consider that riches can chain the heart and distract it from the true treasure that is in heaven. Saint Paul also reminds us of this in today's second reading. It goes like this: "seek the things that are above. ... turn your thoughts to the things above, not of things on Earth "(Col 3, 1-2).
This – you understand--does not mean being alienated from reality, but look for things that have a true value: justice, solidarity, hospitality, fraternity, peace, all of which constitute the true dignity of man. It is a matter of inclining towards a life lived not in the worldly way, but according to the Gospel: to love God with our whole being, and to love our neighbour as Jesus loved him, that is in service and self-giving. The greed for possessions, the desire to have possessions, does not satisfy the heart, indeed it provokes more hunger! Greed is like those good candies: you take one and say "Ah! How good ", and then you take another; and one leads to another. So it is with greed: you will never be satisfied. Be careful! Love thus understood and lived is the source of true happiness while the boundless search for material goods and wealth is often source of restlessness, and of adversity, of prevarication, of wars. Many wars begin for greed.
The Virgin Mary help us not to be fascinated by the securities that pass by, but to be credible witnesses every day to eternal values of the Gospel.
Contact us!
Parish Priest: Fr Cyprian M. Shikokoti
Ph: 0450 464 678
Assistant Priest: Fr Francis Quoc Tran
Ph: 0466 909 282
Parish Office
Secretaries: Christine List & Mary McGrath-Yek
Office Hours: Mon – Fri 9am –4pm
Ph: 08 9307 2776
Email: whitford@perthcatholic.org.au
Sacramental Coordinator: Brigid Fredericks
Ph: 08 9307 2776
Email: sacramental.whitford@perthcatholic.org.au
Missioncare: Donna Moxey (Meals, Visiting & Family help)
Ph: 0434 637 355
Youth and Young Adult Contact Details
Youth Choir: Tara Prentice - 0424 205 011
Youth & Family Choir: Fran Christie Zscherpel - 0433 852 967
24:7 Whitford Youth Group: Stefan 0406 050 035 or Monica 0408 499 985
Safeguarding Officers:
Rachel Wood 0400 958 513
Margy Reeler 0458 509 054
Andrew DeMaio 0422 236 051
Email: whitford@perthcatholic.org.au
Website: olm.myparish.net.au
Location: 270 Camberwarra Drive, Craigie WA, Australia
Phone: 08 9307 2776
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