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1 Granville Catholic Church Record Vol. 3. No. 32 August 12, th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B The Official Bulletin of Holy Trinity Parish at Granville and Holy Family Parish at East Granville THE ASSUMPTION of the BLESSED VIRGIN MARY In 1950 Venerable Pope Pius XII declared the Assumption, the fourth of the four dogmas or teachings of the Blessed Virgin, saying that Mary, at the end of her life, was taken up body and soul into heaven. Throughout her history, the Church, both in the east and the west, both the Catholics and the Orthodox, have held that the Blessed Virgin Mary was taken up into heaven body and soul. But why is this so important? When you and I die our souls will be separated from our bodies. Our souls will stand before the throne of God in judgement and our bodies will be buried in the earth. Even for our Lord at His death His body was laid in a tomb. So why not for our Lady? Why did God not allow her body to be buried in the earth but, instead, carried her body and soul, into heaven? To understand this we need to understand just who the Blessed Virgin Mary is and why she matters in the history of our salvation. At the beginning of time we were born into paradise and we lived with God who walked with us as He walked in the garden in the cool of the evening. But we chose ourselves, rather than God and by our pride, we were expelled from paradise to wander the earth in suffering and in pain. But neither did God remain in paradise but left His home to search for us and to call us back through Abraham, Noah, Isaac, and Jacob. But we preferred the life of filth to the life of grace and again and again we pushed God away. Until that day, two thousand years ago, when God no longer sent out others to look for us but came after us Himself. In a young girl, of whom the world should never have heard, of a village that should never have mattered, in a country that was the backwaters of a great empire, at a time that should have been lost in history, was born God made Man. Whereas the sin of the woman Eve banished us from the sight of God the faith of the woman Mary saw God set his sights on us. Whereas the self-esteem of the man Adam denied us our humanity the self-sacrifice of Jesus gained for us the fulfillment of our humanity. In her giving birth her virginity remained undefiled, in her falling asleep, she did not leave the world, but was assumed body and soul into Heaven, and crowned Queen. In the glory which she possesses in body and soul in Heaven, she is the image and the beginning of the Church as it is to be perfected in the world to come. And on earth she shines forth until the day of the Lord shall come, a sign of certain hope and comfort to the children of God. Granville Guildford

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. Thursday, 9:15 a.m. Friday, 9:15 a.m. Saturday, 9:15 a.m. Sunday, 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.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, 8:30 a.m. Rosters Altar Society Group 2: S. Koopelian and A. Brown Readers 8:30 a.m. Vicky Devine 5:00 p.m. Joan Elia Counters T. Trinh and B. Bradbery Bus Driver John McIntyre CONFESSIONS Holy Trinity Church Saturday, 5:00 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. Holy Family Church Sunday, 4:00 p.m. to 4:45 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. and 6:00 p.m. Sunday, 10:00 a.m. Holy Mass and Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament Tuesday, 6:30 p.m. First Friday of the month, 7:00 p.m. Traditional Latin Mass First Thursday of the month, 7:00 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, 10:00 a.m. Rosters Church Cleaning Group 3: Thi Vi Vu and the Vietnamese community Readers Vigil Katherine Jenner, Rebecca Hanson, Gerry Pinto 10:00 a.m. Pierre Mariasson, Jasmine Miranda, Alisha Fernandes Children s Liturgy Suja and Rosette PRAYERS FOR THE SICK IN MEMORIAM Janelle Allan, Marlene Ashton, John Augustus, Ann Blesson, Antonia Bonaci, Vincenzo Colosimo, Leslie Cotter, Eileen Dean, Carmel Galea, Samir Gibrine, Evangeline Grabato, John Graham, Thomas Hayek, Elizabeth Hicks, Ruth La Rosa, Jacob Lee, Ester Matos, Scott Moulton, Tony Moussa, Ben Nursoo, John Pickering, Flory Pinto, Don Provest, Peter Rahme, Anna Saunig, Therese Smeal, Ricardo Tognini, Norma Ella Walker, Miriam Welangoda 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, Phillip Axiak, Miklina Azzopardi, Sam Basha, Kathleen Bradbery, Paul Bradbery, Charles Bugeja, Dick Cahill, Gwen Cahill, Vincent Cahill, Caruana family, Betty Dickson, Imelda N. Garcia, Raymond Gee, Gravino family, Joe Grech, Sam Grech, Fausto Guerrero, Francisca Padilla Guerrero, George Hatem, Harry Lahood, Michael Massih, Saide Massih, Bettie McGrath, Lindsay McIntyre, Mary McIntyre, Jack Newell, Maria Chau Ki Nhanh, Felicitas Sison, Carmelo Vella, Ray Watts, Zammit family.

3 HOLY TRINITY CHURCH Granville granvilleparish.org.au Holy Trinity Holy Trinity Parish App Holy Trinity Friendship Group Unfortunately, the Holy Trinity Friendship Group morning tea on Tuesday, August 14 has been cancelled. The next morning tea w i l l b e h e l d o n Tu e s d a y, September 11 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. And the Friendship Group is also co-hosting, with St. Patrick s Parish at Guildford, a bus trip on Monday, 27 August. Seats are still available and if you would like more information or if you would like to make a reservation please t e l e p h o n e J o h n B o r g o n TRINITARIANS Y O U T H MINISTRY GRANVILLE The next Trinitarians Youth Ministry meeting will be held on Friday, 17 August from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the new location of the parish office next to Holy Family Church at 200 The Trongate, South Granville. We would like to invite any new young parishioners from year 6, high school, and above to join us for some food and drinks and as we meet together to strengthen our faith. MacKillop Hall Working Bee Saturday, 25 August We will be holding a working bee on Saturday, 25 August from 9:00 a.m. to clean MacKillop Hall. This is one of the ways we can help to care for the buildings we have in the parish. If you are able to help out on the day it will be great to see you there! Granville Catholic Church Record Available in Print and Online Th e p a r i s h b u l l e t i n, t h e Granville Catholic Church Record, is available in both print and online editions. The online edition is available every week on both our Facebook pages, on both our websites, on both our websites by clicking on Bulletin in the menu bar, as well as on the parish apps by clicking the Bulletin button.

4 . HOLY FAMILY CHURCH eastgranvilleparish.org.au Holy Family East Granville Holy Family Parish App Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Holy Family Primary School Enrolments Holy Family Primary School is now accepting applications for enrolment from kindergarten to year 6 for 2018 and Selecting Holy Family Primary School will give your child the best o p p o r t u n i t y t o d e v e l o p academically, spiritually and socially, and in partnership with our parish and the wider Catholic education community. Yo u c a n d o w n l o a d t h e enrolment package from the s c h o o l s w e b s i t e a t or call in at the school office during school hours. This week the Church celebrates the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary on Wednesday, 15 August. This is a holy day of obligation and all the faithful are required to attend Mass on either the vigil or the day itself. There will be four Masses available across the two churches a s w e l l a s t wo c a n d l e l i g h t processions in honour of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Tuesday, 14 August Holy Trinity Church Holy Mass at 7:00 p.m. Candlelight Procession at 7:45 p.m. Wednesday, 15 August Holy Trinity Church Holy Mass at 8:15 a.m. Holy Family Church Holy Mass at 9:15 a.m. Holy Mass at 7:00 p.m. Candlelight Procession at 7:45 p.m. Our parish fair is only 10 weeks away on Sunday, 21 October! And we urgently need our parishioners to support us! If we are going to hold the fair this year we need your help in three main areas: Food stalls: we need more people to come forward to arrange a food stall. Maybe you can get together with your family and friends and organise a food stall? It would be great to have an international selection of foods as well! Prizes: we need lots of prizes, big and small, for the chocolate wheel. The chocolate wheel runs all day so we need to make sure we have plenty of prizes to give away. Maybe you can donate some new items as prizes or maybe you know a business that can donate to the parish? Drinks: we need plenty of drinks including cans of soft drinks.

5 ASSUMPTION of the BLESSED VIRGIN MARY HOLY MASS AND CANDLELIGHT PROCESSION TUESDAY, 14 th AUGUST Holy Trinity Church at 7:00 p.m. WEDNESDAY, 15 th AUGUST Holy Family Church at 7:00 p.m.

6 Thank you to all our sponsors and all those businesses and individuals who supported the 2018 Holy Trinity Parish Fair. Their support of the fair made it a great success! Please consider supporting those who have supported the parish. M A J O R S P O N S O R Granville Guildford The parishioners of Holy Trinity Parish and Holy Family Parish with the staff and students of Holy Trinity Primary School, Holy Family Primary School, and Delany College

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8 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B The Readings First Reading The First Book of Kings (19:4-8) Elijah went into the wilderness, a day s journey, and sitting under a furze bush wished he were dead. Lord, he said I have had enough. Take my life: I am no better than my ancestors. Then he lay down and went to sleep. But an angel touched him and said, Get up and eat. He looked round, and there at his head was a scone baked on hot stones, and a jar of water. He ate and drank and then lay down again. But the angel of the Lord came back a second time and touched him and said, Get up and eat, or the journey will be too long for you. So he got up and ate and drank, and strengthened by that food he walked for forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God. Responsorial Psalm (Ps 33:2-9.. v. 9). Taste and see the goodness of the Lord. I will bless the Lord at all times, his praise always on my lips; in the Lord my soul shall make its boast. The humble shall hear and be glad.. Glorify the Lord with me. Together let us praise his name. I sought the Lord and he answered me; from all my terrors he set me free.. Look towards him and be radiant; let your faces not be abashed. This poor man called; the Lord heard him and rescued him from all his distress.. The angel of the Lord is encamped around those who revere him, to rescue them. Taste and see that the Lord is good. He is happy who seeks refuge in him.. Second Reading The Letter of St. Paul to the Ephesians (4:30-5:2) Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God who has marked you with his seal for you to be set free when the day comes. Never have grudges against others, or lose your temper, or raise your voice to anybody, or call each other names, or allow any sort of spitefulness. Be friends with one another, and kind, forgiving each other as readily as God forgave you in Christ. Try, then, to imitate God, as children of his that he loves, and follow Christ by loving as he loved you, giving himself up in our place as a fragrant offering and a sacrifice to God. Gospel Acclamation Alleluia, alleluia! I am the living bread from heaven, says the Lord; whoever eats this bread will live for ever. Alleluia! Gospel The Gospel of John (6:41-51) The Jews were complaining to each other about Jesus, because he had said, I am the bread that came down from heaven. Surely this is Jesus son of Joseph they said. We know his father and mother. How can he now say, I have come down from heaven? Jesus said in reply, Stop complaining to each other. No one can come to me unless he is drawn by the Father who sent me, and I will raise him up at the last day. It is written in the prophets: They will all be taught by God, and to hear the teaching of the Father, and learn from it, is to come to me. Not that anybody has seen the Father, except the one who comes from God: he has seen the Father. I tell you most solemnly, everybody who believes has eternal life. I am the bread of life. Your fathers ate the manna in the desert and they are dead; but this is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that a man may eat it and not die. I am the living bread which has come down from heaven. Anyone who eats this bread will live for ever; and the bread that I shall give is my flesh, for the life of the world.