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1 Granville Catholic Church Record Vol. 3. No. 9 March 4, 2018 Third Sunday of Lent, Year B The Official Bulletin of Holy Trinity Parish at Granville and Holy Family Parish at East Granville THE CATHOLIC FOUNDATION Your Faith Your Foundation yourcatholicfoundation.org.au L a s t y e a r t h e D i o c e s e o f Pa r ramatta wa s d e l i g h t e d t o announce the establishment of The Catholic Foundation, which replaced the Diocesan Works Fund, and expand on its works. The Catholic Foundation needs to raise $2.5 million annually to sustain the works of the Church in Western Sydney and the Blue Mountains including the formation of our seminarians, providing Christian education in public schools, the empowering of our disabled with job training, supporting our deaf, and housing vulnerable single mothers facing homelessness. To achieve these great works, The Catholic Foundation proudly supports the H o l y S p i r i t S e m i n a r y, t h e Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, the Ephpheta Centre and Catholic Care. Donations of $2 or more to The C a t h o l i c Fo u n d a t i o n a r e t a x deductible. The Catholic Foundation will also manage The Catholic Fund, which will house gifts such as bequests and donations for special projects. Donations to this fund are not tax deductible. The Catholic Foundation aims to annually increase donations to further sustain, grow and expand the good works from our faithful in the Diocese building faith, hope and charity across Western Sydney and the Blue Mountains. F r i e n d s o f T h e C a t h o l i c Foundation can heroically sustain our works of faith, hope and charity by choosing to donate a major gift or become a regular monthly donor, and become an Ambassador of Faith, Hope and Charity. If 1 in 3 people attending Mass today become bronze ambassadors, the diocese would secure the funds needed to continue and grow its good works. The option to support a single area of work is also available. Donate now by making a gift using the envelopes available in the pews this weekend and help the parish meet its monetary quota or visit the foundation s website at yourcatholicfoundation.org.au.

2 THE PARISH OFFICE HOLY FAMILY CHURCH HOLY TRINITY CHURCH Address 200 The Trongate, South Granville, N.S.W T E granville@parracatholic.org Parish Priest Rev. Fr. Andrew Bass PP Business and Projects Manager Mr. John Portelli Director of Music Mr. John Portelli Acolytes Co-ordinator Mr. Jim Newell Catechist Co-ordinators Mr. Joe Elias Mrs. Lana Leatherby Sacraments and T.Y.M. Co-ordinator Miss Rosette Chidiac Webpage Co-ordinator Mr. Frank Bugeja Piety Shop Mrs. Mary Bazelmans Mrs. Elsie Bugeja Mrs. Christine Tembo Miss Thorie Tembo Mrs. Annette Wirz Missionary Sisters of Mary, Queen of the World Australia Sr. Justina Pham T (02) Principal of Holy Family School Mrs. Yvette Baird Principal of Holy Trinity School Mrs. Helen Boyer Principal of Delany College Mr. Rob Muscat Holy Mass Tuesday, 9:15 a.m. Wednesday, 9:15 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Thursday, 9:15 a.m. Friday, 9:15 a.m. Saturday, 9:15 a.m. Saturday, 6:00 p.m. Sunday, 8:00 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament Wednesday, 6:00 p.m. Holy Rosary Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. Children s Liturgy Third Sunday of the Month, 9:30 a.m. Rosters Altar Society Group 4: S. Elias, J. Nakkoul, and R. Connor (no flowers during Lent) Readers Vigil Lindsay Nakhoul 8:00 a.m. Silva Koopelian 9:30 a.m. Visiting Tongan Choir Counters T. Burden, D. Meredith, and P. Bennie Bus Driver Kevin Gorton CONFESSIONS Holy Family Church Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Saturday, 5:00 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. Holy Trinity Church Thursday, 6:15 p.m. to 6:45 p.m. Saturday, 5:00 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. Holy Mass Monday, 9:15 a.m. Tuesday, 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, 8:15 a.m. Thursday, 8:15 a.m. Friday, 8:15 a.m. Saturday, 8:15 a.m. Saturday, 6:00 p.m. Sunday, 7:30 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. Traditional Latin Mass Every Thursday in Lent, 7:00 p.m. Holy Mass and Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament Tuesday, 6:30 p.m. First Friday of the month, 7:30 p.m. Ghanaian Chaplaincy Mass Second and last Sunday of the month, 11:30 a.m. Vietnamese Chaplaincy Mass Sunday, 5:00 p.m. Children s Liturgy Sunday, 9:30 a.m. Rosters Church Cleaning Group 2: E. Bugeja, C. Maiden, P. Manson, R. Daher, S. Gittany, and P. Zaiter Readers Vigil Katherine Jenner, Mary Mbugua, and Gerry Pinto 7:30 a.m. Sisters 9:30 a.m. Belinda Martin, Tanya Martin, and Peter Sultana Children s Liturgy Elmo and Shanti PRAYERS FOR THE SICK IN MEMORIAM Janelle Allan, Marlene Ashton, John Augustus, Ann Blesson, Carmen Bonello, Leslie Cotter, Eileen Dean, Evangeline Grabato, John Graham, Elizabeth Hicks, Julliet, Ruth La Rosa, Jacob Lee, Ester Matos, Tony Moussa, Ben Nursoo, John Pickering, Flory Pinto, Don Provest, Peter Rahme, Anna Saunig, Therese Smeal, Ricardo Tognini, Ray Watts and those who care for them. Saint Raphael, who are called the Remedy of God and the Angel of Health, pray for them. Amen. Robert Aitken, Arribas family, Attard family, John Aungle, Miklina Azzopardi, Salam Basha, Bonnello family, Kathleen Bradbery, Paul Bradbery, Frank Busuttil, Dick Cahill, Dib family, Diane Dib, George Dib, Hanna Dib, Jeanette Dib, Tony Dib, Elias Sayid El Katrib, Assaad Esber, Edmond Franjie, Raymond Gee, Teresa Geracitano, Gravino family, Joe Grech, Sam Grech, Joseph Jack Hage, Paul Hoes, George Khoury, Hanne Khoury, Youssef Khoury, Pierre Kizana, Marie Ladkani, Moussa family, Sam Moussa, Paul Raad, Melik Rizk, Saliba family, Joseph Spiteri, Mershed Wehbe, Yesmine Wehbe, Joanne Younan, Zammit family.

3 HOLY TRINITY CHURCH Granville granvilleparish.org.au Holy Trinity Granville Holy Trinity Parish App Holy Trinity Primary School Catholic Schools Week Wednesday, 7 March This year from 4 to 10 March, all 80 Catholic schools in the Diocese of Parramatta will celebrate Catholic Schools Week (C.S.W.). Dioceses across N.S.W. and the A.C.T. are joining together to celebrate C.S.W The theme for our diocese is Every learner, every day: Transforming Learning. During Catholic Schools Week, schools will be reaching out to their c o m m u n i t i e s a n d s h ow c a s e learning. It is important to celebrate a n d s t r e n g t h e n t h e c l o s e connection between school and parish, and it is for this reason that parishioners of Holy Trinity Parish are encouraged to connect with Holy Trinity Primary School and visit us for our open day on Wednesday, 7 March from 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Monday Morning Mass This Week Monday morning Mass at 9:15 a.m. will continue this week at Holy Trinity Church. Holy Trinity Friendship Group The Holy Trinity Friendship Group will be hosting a morning tea in MacKillop Hall this Tuesday, March 13 at 10:30 a.m. All are welcome to attend. This is a wonderful opportunity to meet and socialise with others and to spend a morning with new friends and parishioners. I f y o u w o u l d l i k e m o r e information please telephone John Borg on Good Friday Stations of the Cross Cross Walk For the third year now we will hold the Good Friday Stations of the Cross Cross Walk from Holy Trinity Church to Holy Family Church beginning at 5:00 p.m. As in previous years we are looking for people to offer their homes as one of the Stations for the walk. If you would like to offer your home as a Station then please fill in your details on the form at the doors of the church or call the parish office during the week. Holy Week Rosters I f y o u a r e i n t e r e s t e d i n participating in Holy Week as a reader, altar server, as part of the choir, or for the washing of the feet please list your name on the forms at the doors of the church or call the parish office during the week. Holy Week this year is from 24 March to 8 April and includes Palm Sunday and the Triduum. Volunteer Bus Drivers With the introduction of new Mass times from Saturday, 7 April we are looking to provide more ways for parishioners to attend Mass. We are fortunate to have a bus available that we can use to h e l p t r a n s p o r t e l d e r l y a n d housebound parishioners to Mass. To continue this we are looking for parishioners to volunteer to drive the bus between Holy Trinity Church and Holy Family Church for some of the Masses. Even if you can help out once a month we will be grateful for your support. All you need is a LR license or above. If you are interested please speak with Fr. Andrew or call the parish office during the week.

4 HOLY FAMILY CHURCH eastgranvilleparish.org.au Holy Family East Granville Holy Family Parish App Volunteer Bus Drivers With the introduction of new Mass times from Saturday, 7 April we are looking to provide more ways for parishioners to attend Mass. We are fortunate to have a bus available that we use to help transport elderly and housebound parishioners to Mass. To continue this we are looking for parishioners to volunteer to drive the bus between Holy Trinity Church and Holy Family Church for some of the Masses. Even if you can help out once a month we will be grateful for your support. All you need is a LR license or above. If you are interested please speak with Fr. Andrew or call the parish office during the week. Mass Time Changes As previously made known, Fr. Andrew is available to speak to anyone, in person, who would like to know more about the Mass time changes and the reasons for the changes. Fr. Andrew is available after Mass or you can contact the parish office during the week if you would like to arrange a time to speak in person. Good Friday Stations of the Cross Cross Walk For the third year now we will hold the Good Friday Stations of the Cross Cross Walk from Holy Trinity Church to Holy Family Church beginning at 5:00 p.m. As in previous years we are looking for people to offer their homes as one of the Stations for the walk. If you would like to offer your home as a Station then please fill in your details on the form at the doors of the church or call the parish office during the week. Holy Week Rosters I f y o u a r e i n t e r e s t e d i n participating in Holy Week as a reader, altar server, as part of the choir, or for the washing of the feet please list your name on the forms at the doors of the church or call the parish office during the week. This is a wonderful opportunity to involve yourself in the great commemorations of the Church. Holy Week this year is from 24 March to 8 April and includes Palm Sunday and the Triduum. 6 WEEKS OF LENT GIVE 6 THINGS This Lent, donate 1 item each week to give to refugees living in this community. WEEK 1: Diced Tomatoes WEEK 2: Tuna in Oil WEEK 3: Lentils WEEK 4: Cooking Oil WEEK 5: Basmati Rice WEEK 6: Chickpeas If you would like to make a contribution then please leave these items at the doors of the church for collection and distribution to Jesuit Refugee Services.

5 MEET OUR DELANY COMMUNITY Free Rides, Free Games, Free Sausage Sizzle

6 Saints & STUFF ST. BRENDAN St. Brendan (A.D ), the patron saint of sailors and whales, was the brother of St. Briga. He was educated by St. Ita of Killeedy and St. Eric of Kerry and was a friend of St. Columba and St. Brendan of Birr, St. Brigid, and St. Enda of Arran. He was ordained in 512 and built monastic cells across Ireland. The legend which lead to his patronage of whales is as follows: St. Brendan and his brothers figure in Brendan s Voyage, a tale of monks travelling the high seas of the Atlantic, evangelising to the islands, possibly reaching the Americas in the 6 th century. At one point they stop on a small island, celebrate Easter Mass, light a fire and then learn the island is an enormous whale! CATECHISM of the CATHOLIC CHURCH The Kingdom of God 543 Everyone is called to enter the kingdom. First announced to the children of Israel, this messianic kingdom is intended to accept men of all nations. To enter it, one must first accept Jesus word 545 Jesus invites sinners to the table of the kingdom: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners. He invites them to that conversion without which one cannot enter the kingdom, but shows them in word and deed his Father's boundless mercy for them and the vast joy in heaven over one sinner who repents. The supreme proof of his love will be the sacrifice of his own life for the forgiveness of sins. 546 Through his parables he invites people to the feast of the kingdom, but he also asks for a radical choice: to gain the kingdom, one must give everything. Words are not enough, deeds are required. The parables are like mirrors for man: will he be hard soil or good earth for the word? What use has he made of the talents he has received? Jesus and the presence of the kingdom in this world are secretly at the heart of the parables. One must enter the kingdom, that is, become a disciple of Christ, in order to "know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven". For those who stay outside, everything remains enigmatic. CATHOLIC Trivia 5 Lies from the Devil and What God Has to Say About Them 3. You re Not Forgiven and You Can t Move On This is the oldest trick in the book. Satan likes to tell you there is no way you deserve to be happy and there is no way you can stand up again after you ve fallen. The truth? God paid for our sins long ago, knowing the devil would try to use your sins against you. God tells us over and over in His Word that He has forgiven our sins. Though God s payment of our sins is not justification to be nonrepentant, it is justification for us to understand that we are imperfect beings, and as such we must turn to Him when the devil attacks us with negative emotions, ideas and even truths. God doesn t want to bring us down to live in the filth of guilt, He wants to lift us up so we can enjoy our lives as He designed them to be. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just, and will forgive our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. (I John 1:9)

7 JUNIOR WORDSEARCH The Lord gave Moses the commandments N J T T Q R Q Q X V Y O I R Q S Y E J H M O N E Y B K P P W P X J O S H E E P I S R O Q T H Q M C S T E A L G L Z F S W A P J V U Y T L T T Y D Z Z D E S T R O Y M X V K L J E Y P U N I S H B B T M O T H E R N Z P K P F U E M O S E S A O H O P T K R M A U U K F E G Y P T Y P L P T V Q W B K W O H O W M G L N C O M M A N D M E N T S E P M A R K E T P L A C E V I H V Y D O V E S W T K E O W Ex 20: Ps 19: cd-10ab. R. Jn 6:68c Jn 2:13-22 Try to find these words: commandments destroy doves Egypt marketplace money Moses mother punish sheep steal temple 3rd Sunday of Lent, Year B [ N03LESUB_2003_WS3.rtf ] 2003 Creative Ministry Resources Pty Ltd

8 Third Sunday of Lent, Year B The Readings First Reading The Book of Exodus (20:1-17) God spoke all these words. He said, I am the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. You shall not utter the name of the Lord your God to misuse it, for the Lord will not leave unpunished the man who utters his name to misuse it. Remember the sabbath day and keep it holy. Honour your father and your mother so that you may have a long life in the land that the Lord your God has given to you. You shall not kill. You shall not commit adultery. You shall not steal. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbour. You shall not covet your neighbour s house. You shall not covet your neighbour s wife, or his servant, man or woman, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is his. Responsorial Psalm (Ps 18: Jn 6:68). Lord, you have the words of everlasting life. The law of the Lord is perfect, it revives the soul. The rule of the Lord is to be trusted, it gives wisdom to the simple.. The precepts of the Lord are right, they gladden the heart. The command of the Lord is clear, it gives light to the eyes.. The fear of the Lord is holy, abiding for ever. The decrees of the Lord are truth and all of them just.. They are more to be desired than gold, than the purest of gold and sweeter are they than honey, than honey from the comb.. Second Reading The First Letter of St. Paul to the Corinthians (1:22-25) While the Jews demand miracles and the Greeks look for wisdom, here are we preaching a crucified Christ; to the Jews an obstacle that they cannot get over, to the pagans madness, but to those who have been called, whether they are Jews or Greeks, a Christ who is the power and the wisdom of God. For God s foolishness is wiser than human wisdom, and God s weakness is stronger than human strength. Gospel Acclamation Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ, king of endless glory! God loved the world so much, he gave us his only Son, that all who believe in him might have eternal life. Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ, king of endless glory! Gospel The Gospel of Mark (9:2-10) Just before the Jewish Passover Jesus went up to Jerusalem, and in the Temple he found people selling cattle and sheep and pigeons, and the money changers sitting at their counters there. Making a whip out of some cord, he drove them all out of the Temple, cattle and sheep as well, scattered the money changers coins, knocked their tables over and said to the pigeon-sellers, Take all this out of here and stop turning my Father s house into a market. Then his disciples remembered the words of scripture: Zeal for your house will devour me. The Jews intervened and said, What sign can you show us to justify what you have done? Jesus answered, Destroy this sanctuary, and in three days I will raise it up. The Jews replied, It has taken forty-six years to build this sanctuary: are you going to raise it up in three days? But he was speaking of the sanctuary that was his body, and when Jesus rose from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed the scripture and the words he had said. During his stay in Jerusalem for the Passover many believed in his name when they saw the signs that he gave, but Jesus knew them all and did not trust himself to them; he never needed evidence about any man; he could tell what a man had in him. Chocolate Easter Lambs for Sale for $10 each in the piety shop Buy some as gifts for your family and friends this Easter