Wishing everyone a Happy and Holy Easter. EASTER SUNDAY Year B 1st April Mary Immaculate, Manly and St John the Baptist, Freshwater

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1 MANLY FRESHWATER PARISH Mary Immaculate, Manly and St John the Baptist, Freshwater Diocese of Broken Bay Administration Office: Monday Friday 8:30am - 4:30pm 6 Raglan St, Manly NSW 2095 Telephone: After Hours Urgent Sick Calls: manlyfreshwaterparish@dbb.org.au Website: EASTER SUNDAY Year B 1st April 2018 Parish Priest: Fr David Taylor Assistant Priest: Fr Paul Kim Presbytery: Whistler St, Manly NSW 2095 Mary Immaculate Church 6 Raglan St, Manly NSW 2095 St John the Baptist Church cnr Johnson & Oliver St, Freshwater NSW 2096 Weekend Masses: Manly: Saturday Vigil 6:00pm Sunday 8:30am, 10:30am, 6:00pm Freshwater: Saturday Vigil 5:00pm Sunday 9am Weekday Masses: Manly: Tuesday Friday 9:15am Freshwater: Tuesday Friday 9:15am Liturgy of the Word and Holy Communion Manly: Monday 9:15am Freshwater: Monday 9am Baptisms: by appointment only Manly 4th Sunday of the month Freshwater 2nd Sunday of month Reconciliation: Manly Sat 10am 11am Freshwater Sat 4:30pm Wishing everyone a Happy and Holy Easter Pope Francis' Prayer Intention for APRIL For those who have Responsibility in Economic Matters That economists may have the courage to reject any economy of exclusion and know how to open new paths. WEEKEND MASS COLLECTION 1 st Collection to support the Priests of our Parish & Diocese. 2 nd Collection to support our Parish running costs & maintenance. 1

2 Manly Freshwater Parish promotes SAFEGUARDING which involves the implementation of proactive, common sense and practical ideas that ensure the safety of children and vulnerable adults in our community. Parish Priest: Fr David Taylor Assistant Priest: Fr Paul Kim Parish Secretary: Jenny Beninati Parish Pastoral Coordinator: Michelle Ellis St Mary s Primary School Principal: Paul McGuire St John the Baptist Primary School Principal: Judy Slattery St Paul s Catholic College Principal: Chris Browne Stella Maris College Principal: Elizabeth Carnegie Parish Pastoral Council: Vuna Tuifua (Chair); Laurie de Ambrosis; Joanne Druery; Michael Larkin; Robert Marshall; Ian Press; Sokee Wescott; Silvia Zambrano; Freya Zemek April 2018 YEAR B Mon 2/4 Octave of Easter Acts 2:14,22-33; Mt 28:8-15 Tue 3/4 Octave of Easter Acts 2:36-41; Jn 20:11-18 Wed 4/4 Octave of Easter Acts 3:1-10; Lk 24:13-35 Thurs 5/4 Octave of Easter Acts 3:11-26; Lk 24:35-48 Fri 6/4 Octave of Easter Acts 4:1-12; Jn 21:1-14 Sat 7/4 Octave of Easter Acts 4:13-21; Mk 16:9-15 Sun 8/4 2nd Sunday of Easter Acts 4:32-35; 1 Jn 5:1-6; Jn 20:19-31 LET US PRAY FOR 1st April 2018 Recently Deceased: Anniversary: Anne-Louise O Reilly; Giuseppe Attanasio Prayers for the sick in our parish: Robina Dwyer, Betty Borg; Patricia Byrne; Rosalind Forbes Mass Intention Publications: All Mass Intentions may be left at the Parish Office or on the collection plates on the weekend. Names for Mass Intentions for Recently Deceased, Anniversaries and for those who are sick (permission of the person is required) will be included in the weekly bulletin. All other Mass Intentions (including yearly offerings) will be given directly to the Priests who will offer the Masses. EUCHARISTIC ADORATION is held at Manly Church on Monday to Friday from 9:45am to 11:00am. Adoration on Wednesdays continues from 2pm with Divine Mercy Hour held from 7:00pm 8:30pm. To assist us on Wednesdays and present before the Blessed Sacrament, a Guard of Honour Roster has been placed on the notice board. We invite you to place your name in a time slot which suits you. If you are a new parishioner to Manly Freshwater Parish, we invite you to complete a Parish census form. This will assist us in updating our records to include you and your family in our parish community activities. The census form can be found on the back wall of the Church or at the side door entrance and may be left in the collection plate. Please TURN OFF your mobile phones during all Church services; that includes sending/receiving text messages. DATES TO REMEMBER Meditation Group 6pm Small Discussion Group 10am Craft Group 10am Lectio Divina 10am SUNDAY MORNING TEAS FRESHWATER: following the Sunday 9am Mass each weekend. MANLY: following the Sunday 8:30am Mass each weekend, with the Filipino Family Group hosting a morning tea on the 2nd Sunday following the 10:30am Mass and the Tongan Community hosting a morning tea on the 3rd Sunday following the 10:30am Mass. PARISH PLAYGROUP Manly: Mondays 9am am in the School Undercroft area adjacent to the Church. Come along and be part of a happy, friendly and Christian group of Mums, Dads and Carers and their children aged from 2 weeks to Preschoolers. All Welcome There is NO parking in the fenced in area next to the Church from 10:30am 3:30pm weekdays. The Churchyard parking along Raglan St is only for visitors to the Parish Centre or the Church. Please be aware that the Churchyard is also used by the School and the safety of the students is our priority. PLEASE NOTE PARKING IS ONLY PEMITTED IN THE MARKED BAYS NO STACK PARKING!!!! What are the Sunday Collections used for? The 1st Collection is used to support the Priests of the Parish as well as our Bishop and retired and sick Priests in the Diocese. The 2 nd Collection is used for the running costs of the Parish including staff wages, utilities, insurance, Pastoral Programs and maintenance & repairs. website: manlyfreshwater.dbb.org.au facebook.com/manlyfreshwaterparish THE REAL WEALTH OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH In a bid to combat this inaccurate reporting, the Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney has unveiled its first, in a series of videos, highlighting the irreplaceable services the Catholic Church provides to Australians through its extensive network of healthcare, education and welfare across the country. Importantly, it also considers the effect on society if these services were to be diminished or eliminated. The video illustrates why Catholic social services are vital and explains why the buildings in which they operate are not really ours to sell, because generations of Catholics have entrusted the material wealth of the Church to us to build these properties of hope and health so we can serve the real wealth of the Church people in need. 2

3 We invite you to join us for our EASTER VIGIL SUPPER at Manly following the 7pm Vigil Mass. All Welcome PROJECT COMPASSION BOXES Just a reminder to return your Project Compassion boxes/envelopes from this weekend. They may be left in the baskets at the foot of the altar or dropped into the parish office during office hours. Thank you for your continual support of Caritas through Project Compassion. Our Parish prepares and serves lunch at the Soup Kitchen which is held on Wednesday Mornings from 10am 12noon at the Salvation Army Centre on Pittwater Rd. Volunteers from the parish assist with the making of sandwiches and serving of a hot meal. We are seeking assistance on the 2nd & 5th Wednesdays of the month. If you are able to assist please contact the Parish Office on St John the Baptist Church will resume Liturgy of the Word with Holy Communion on Monday mornings at 9am until further notice. DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY will be celebrated at St Mary s Church, Manly Sunday 8th April 2pm 4pm You are invited to come & spend an afternoon in prayer & song and in adoration of the risen Lord through the exposition of the most Blessed Sacrament of the Eucharist on the Octave of Easter in celebration of God s Divine Mercy. Reconciliation will be available. The Novena Chaplet begins on Good Friday leaflets can be found under the Divine Mercy image in the Church at Manly or on the table at Freshwater. ALL WELCOME Tap to Donate with your Credit/Debit Card For your convenience Tap to Donate Units are available at Manly. There is one unit in the front foyer of the Church and another outside the side exit into the Carpark. The donation is set at $ Thank you for your donation and trying our new system. Easter Message from Fr David & Fr Paul Dear Friends of Manly Freshwater Parish. Christ is Risen! Alleluia, Alleluia! Easter, the greatest of all the Church s Festivals, wonderfully reminds us that there can be no greater expression of the love and mercy of God for all humanity than in the Death and Resurrection of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. While the Easter mystery does not deny the reality of suffering and pain, it does proclaim the reason for hope in the human condition. The Resurrection of Christ trumpets the ultimate Alleluia that love, compassion, generosity, humility and selflessness will ultimately triumph over hatred, bigotry, prejudice, despair, greed and death. The Easter miracle enables us, even in the most difficult and desperate of times, to live our lives in hopeful certainty of the fulfilment of the Resurrection at the end of our life s journey. The Risen Christ is present to us in the faithful witness of every good person who shares the good news of the empty tomb, who seeks to bring resurrection into this life of ours: to rise above life s sufferings and pain to give love and life to others, to renew and recreate our relationships with others, to proclaim the Gospel of the Resurrection. During the forty days of Lent many of you have prepared for Easter through your participation in, Lectio Divina, Tuesday Lenten Discussion Group and morning group and Friday Stations of the Cross and reconciliation. A special thank you to all those who put in the time, planning, work and talent to present our beautiful Easter Liturgies, the decoration of our churches, our Easter Vigil Supper and morning teas. On behalf of Fr Paul and our Happy Easter team who are showing all the signs of chocolate withdrawal, I wish you and your families peace, joy and new life that only the Risen Christ can bring. Happy Easter Fr David and Fr Paul Pope Happy Easter! May you bring to all the joy and hope of the Risen Christ! 3

4 2018 Easter Message from Most Rev Peter A Comensoli, Bishop of Broken Bay Hello friends, Greetings to you all, in the Risen Lord! The passion, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, God s Son, and our Lord and Brother, is the greatest story of human history. It is the story of the journey of one man, for the sake of all women and men. Jesus made this journey so that his story might become ours. He did this that we might choose to walk with him. At his crucifixion, Jesus mortal body stopped in death. But this was not his end. He conquered death and walked out of the tomb, the First Born from the dead. The Risen Lord then entered into his resurrected life at quite a pace. He walked up to Mary Magdalene and called her by name. He walked into the upper room where the disciples were and show them his glorified wounds. He walked with his two downcast friends on the road to Emmaus, teaching them hope. And he walked along the shore of Lake Galilee one last time, to forgive Peter of his betrayal and to give Peter his apostolic mission. There was no stopping the resurrected Jesus; and at each footstep along the way, he invited others to walk with him. Each one of us has been created to make a journey of our lives. The question is: Who will we choose as our companion along the way? And toward whom do we walk? In his death and resurrection, Jesus created a way for us to walk with him and towards him. Shall we take the journey with him? Perhaps you would agree with me that there are aspects of our beloved Church in Australia today that have stopped us dead in our tracks; it can feel like we are not walking with Jesus. Yet, as the great Apologist G.K. Chesterton once put it, "Christianity has died many times and risen again; for it had a God who knew the way out of the grave." At a time when the Church seems veiled in the darkness of the tomb, the light of Easter opens for us the discovery of a renewed path along which Jesus walks, and wants us to take. May we find the courage to walk into this future with healing grace, truthful hope and humble love, energised and guided by the presence of the crucified and risen Lord. In the year ahead, I want to invite you to join with me on this journey with the Lord, one that might reveal to us where and how our local Church of Broken Bay is to walk with him. This local journey is being initiated this year as our local part of a shared journey for the entire Church in Australia, leading to a national assembly in 2020 called a Plenary Council. By the grace of God, and through our listening to God and one another, we might come to see the path ahead, a way into our future that follows the Lord s desire for his people. Friends, walk with Christ! Walk in his presence, and by his guiding light. He is our path from death to life, from the darkness of our tombs to a new light of grace. Walk with Christ! Happy Easter to you all! Most Rev Peter A Comensoli Bishop of Broken Bay PARISH WEEKLY EVENTS Christian Meditation: Mon 6pm-6:45pm Manly Craft Group: Tues 10:00am Parish Centre Divine Will Prayer Group: Monday 11:00am Manly Eucharistic Adoration: Manly Monday to Friday from 9:45am -11:00am Adoration on Wed continues from 2pm with Divine Mercy Hour from 7:00pm 8:30pm Holy Hour: Freshwater Tuesdays after morning Mass Lectio Divina: Wed 10am in the Parish Centre Parish Playgroup: Manly Mondays 9am 10:30am Piety Store: Open 15mins before & after Mass Reconciliation: Manly: Saturdays 10am 11am Freshwater: Saturdays 4:30pm RCIA: Contact the Parish Office Rosary: Manly: Mon to 9.45am Freshwater: Tues to Fri before 9.15am Mass PARISH MONTHLY EVENTS Anointing Mass at Manly and Freshwater 1st Friday of each month at 9:15am Mass Baptisms: By appointment enquires to Parish Office Crazy Whist Card Morning: last Tues of each month at 10:00am Eco-operate 3rd Thursday of each 7.30pm Parish Pastoral Council: contact Parish Office St Vincent de Paul: 2nd & 4th Mon each month. Manly Conference at 7:30pm Freshwater Conference at 5pm Vatican Astronomer Br Guy Consolmagno SJ The Diocese of Broken Bay welcomes Br Guy Consolmagno SJ, the Director of the Vatican Observatory, for a series of presentations in April. Br Guy holds a PhD in Planetary Science, and will explore the fascinating topic of how faith and science co-exist. Saturday 28 April: "In Awe of the Universe: Connecting Science and Faith" 10.00am 12.30pm The Light of Christ Centre, Waitara RSVP: Enquiries: faith.formation@dbb.org.au or

5 Our Prayer Intentions In the foyer of the Church at Manly we invite you to collect a prayer card from the basket. Write your name or the name of the person you are offering your intention for and journey to the Cross at the front of the Church where you can place your prayer intentions. These intentions will be offered at the on the weekend. Fitness Sessions - Parish Meeting Room, Manly Wednesday Mornings at 8am Saturday Mornings at 9am$10 per class. Strength, Tone and over 50 s both female and male. The class leader Paul Pervan is a fully qualified Cert 4 Fitness Professional. Specialist in training Older Adults, fully insured with First Aid Certificate. Come along and Try! CHRISTIAN MEDITATION Anyone interested in this form of silent prayer is most welcome to attend. We meet each Monday at 6pm in the Parish Centre. Enquiries: Hazel Cottee Be still and know that I am God (Psalm 46: vs 10) Open the Door: A Journey to the True Self. Tuesday mornings Manly. Small group discussion on Joyce Rupp's new book opens the door to a deeper life of prayer and a closer life with God as well as new friendships. Craft Group meets each week on Tuesday mornings from 10am to 12noon in the Parish Center. We invite you to come along for a cuppa and a chat in a friendly relaxed environment. Bring along your knitting or other craft if you wish. Lectio Divina Read his story in the Gospels. Spend time with him. Listen to what he says. Lectio Divina is a traditional way of praying the Scriptures so that the Word of God may penetrate our hearts. Lectio Divina group meets in the Parish Centre on Wednesday mornings at 10am. All Welcome. Children s Sacramental Program SACRAMENTAL DATES First Holy Communion Sunday 3rd June 2018 Confirmation Saturday 15th September 2018 For further info please contact the parish office. Baptisms, Weddings, First Communions, Funerals, Easter & Christmas form our memories of times spent in this Beautiful Church. Now, it s our time to ensure that our children and grandchildren also have an opportunity to create their memories here. Church Repairs Appeal Mary Immaculate Church at Manly has served the community for over 110 years and we are rightly proud of its history. The challenge now is to ensure this legacy continues for generations to come. Those who have gone before us have given us a wonderful gift of a beautiful Church. It falls to us now to preserve it for those who will follow in our footsteps. What Needs to be Done and how much will it Cost? Stain Glass Windows Supply and Installation of new brass screens $18, Works to window frames, hardware and glazing repairs $16, Stonework Repair to the Church beginning at the eastern end of the Church where corrosion is worst $212, Grand Total = $247, If you would like to make a donation to assist with our ongoing Church Repairs you can do so by a direct deposit into the Parish Account using the following Account Name: Manly Freshwater Parish Bank Name: Commonwealth Bank Account# BSB# (Please include the following reference BM/your surname) If you would like to use one of our Tap to Donate Units at Manly there is one unit in the front foyer of the Church with the donation set at $10.00 and 2 outside the side exit into the Carpark. One donation is set at $10.00 and the other at $ We thank you for your generosity and commitment to our parish. 5

6 Manly and Freshwater Roster 7th 8th April 2018 Ministry Manly 6pm Vigil Manly 8.30am Manly 10.30am Manly 6pm Freshwater 5pm Vigil Freshwater 9am Acolyte Kazuko Fischer Bernie Lawler Louise Wareham Ron Gravolin Ivica Covic Michael, Kieran, Gabriele Wan Joanne Druery Mick O Farrell Readers Carmel Lawler Jean Halcrow Des Cahill Graham Sproats Marie Downs Vuna Tuifua Sandy Cornish Mark Sing Family Mass John Peters Richard Feledy Ministers of Communion Carmel Lawler Maree Rowan John Bigeni Trish McGregor Tiere Morgan Carole O Donnell Marty O Donnell Paula Martin Assistance Required Amanda Whitfield Toni Walsh Music CD Parish Choir Bianca Zatz Kath Papallo Gina Marshall Josh Willard Josh Willard Pat Brown AV Screens Peter Simpson Parish Choir Robert Marshall Bill Tango Family Mass Margie Gruca Warden John Zemek Dom Ferragina Marika Jones Stephen Crowley Piety Shop Louise Wareham Jan Dorsen Assistance Required Assistance Required Flowers/ Altar Society Hazel Cottee Carole O Donnell Isabella & Phillip d Souza Morning Tea Sophie Ford Rose Redding Filipino Group Storey Family Marg Dent Children s Lit Assistance Required Rena Curll 6

7 EASTER SUNDAY YEAR B 1st Reading (JB) Acts 10: A reading from the Acts of the Apostles We have eaten and drunk with him after his resurrection from the dead. Peter addressed Cornelius and his household: You must have heard about the recent happenings in Judaea; about Jesus of Nazareth and how he began in Galilee, after John had been preaching baptism. God had anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with power, and because God was with him, Jesus went about doing good and curing all who had fallen into the power of the devil.' Now I, and those with me, can witness to everything he did throughout the countryside of Judaea and in Jerusalem itself: and also to the fact that they killed him by hanging him on a tree, yet three days afterwards God raised him to life and allowed him to be seen, not by the whole people but only by certain witnesses God had chosen beforehand. Now we are those witnesses - we have eaten and drunk with him after his resurrection from the dead - and he has ordered us to proclaim this to his people and to tell them that God has appointed him to judge everyone, alive or dead. It is to him that all the prophets bear this witness: that all who believe in Jesus will have their sins forgiven through his name.' The word of the Lord All: Thanks be to God Responsorial Psalm Ps 117: R. This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad. Give thanks to the Lord for he is good, for his love has no end. Let the sons of Israel say: 'His love has no end.' R. The Lord's right hand has triumphed; his right hand raised me up. I shall not die, I shall live and recount his deeds. R. The stone which the builders rejected has become the corner stone. This is the work of the Lord, a marvel in our eyes. R. 2nd Reading (JB) Colossians 3:1-4 A reading from the letter of St Paul to the Colossians 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. The word of the Lord All: Thanks be to God Acclamation 1 Corinthians 5:7-8 Sequence Christians, to the Paschal Victim offer sacrifice and praise. The sheep are ransomed by the Lamb; and Christ, the undefiled, hath sinners to his Father reconciled. Death with life contended: combat strangely ended! Life's own Champion, slain, yet lives to reign. Tell us, Mary: say what thou didst see upon the way. The tomb the Living did enclose; I saw Christ's glory as he rose! The angels there attesting; shroud with grave-clothes resting. Christ, my hope, has risen: he goes before you into Galilee. That Christ is truly risen from the dead we know. Victorious king, thy mercy show! Alleluia, alleluia! Christ has become our paschal sacrifice; let us feast with joy in the Lord. Alleluia! Gospel (JB) John 20:1-9 A reading from the holy Gospel according to John The teaching of scripture is that he must rise from the dead. It was very early on the first day of the week and still dark, when Mary of Magdala came to the tomb. She saw that the stone had been moved away from the tomb and came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved. 'They have taken the Lord out of the tomb' she said 'and we don't know where they have put him.' So Peter set out with the other disciple to go to the tomb. They ran together, but the other disciple, running faster than Peter, reached the tomb first; he bent down and saw the linen cloths lying on the ground, but did not go in. Simon Peter who was following now came up, went right into the tomb, saw the linen cloths on the ground, and also the cloth that had been over his head; this was not with the linen cloths but rolled up in a place by itself. Then the other disciple who had reached the tomb first also went in; he saw and he believed. Till this moment they had failed to understand the teaching of scripture, that he must rise from the dead. The Gospel of the Lord. All: Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ. 7

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