Seeing God in Others

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1 CALLED, GIFTED, SENT FORTH We, the people of God, led and inspired by the Holy Spirit, fed by the Word and the Eucharist, strive to share our faith and live our lives daily as disciples of Christ. Seeing God in Others The Gospel for today gives us the impression that the disciples were envious. When they saw someone using Jesus name to expel demons, they tried to stop him because he wasn t a disciple. In other words, they would like to keep their monopoly of association with Jesus. They focused on the difference between that person and themselves. Because they were disciples, only they had the right to preach. He wasn t a disciple, therefore, he had no right to use the name of Jesus when he tried to heal people. Jesus, however told the disciples, do not stop him; for no one who does a deed of power in my name will be able soon afterward to speak evil of me. Whoever is not against us is for us. (Mk. 9:39-40) We need to heed what Jesus said to His Disciples, especially to us who may often think that the Church is a place only for people who are better than the rest, rather than for everyone who wants to be better than they are. The message is for us who would like to believe that the Church is a museum of saints reserved only for some and not a hospital of sinners open to all. Further, the message of Jesus is for you and me who discriminate and look down on others because they are not in our same level, class or status. Brothers and Sisters, all of us are called to be His disciples. Discipleship is not just membership. For me, discipleship is doing good things and continuing the good works of Jesus. We don t need to belong to a certain group before we can do something good to others right? - Doing good things has no limit, has no boundaries. It is not exclusive to a certain person or to a certain group. No one has the monopoly of doing good. Let us do good things in the name of Jesus!!! Fr Marlon P Maylon, svd 26TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 30 SEPTEMBER 2018 Readings Numbers 11:25-29; James 5:1-6; Gospel Mark 9:38-43,45, Britannia Street, Petone PO Box Petone 5046 Telephone: (04) holyspiritparish41@gmail.com Website:

2 Parish Priest: Fr. Marlon P. Maylon, SVD Office Phone: Assistant Priests: Fr. Michael Stieller Msgr. Charles Cooper Fr. John Quang Phan, SVD (School Chaplain) OFFICE HOURS Sacred Heart, Petone (Central Office) Monday to Friday 10:00am - 2:00pm Phone: St Patrick, Wainuiomata Monday only 10:00am - 12:00pm For office queries please phone: PARISH CONTRIBUTIONS TE WAIRUA TAPU BNZ Bank Account # Please note all cheques paid to any of the four communities must be made payable to The Parish of the Holy Spirit. Parishioners who would like to contribute to our Parish Maintenance Programme please use ANZ bank account # WEEKLY COLLECTION 2018 Sept. 23rd - $3, Maori Pastoral $10.00 Parish Information OCIA Formation: Sr. Therese Couderc DOLC Home: Catherine Gardner (Coordinator) Parish address holyspiritparish41@gmail.com Thursday & Friday 10:00am - 2:00pm Phone: FUNDRAISING Parishioners who would like to contribute towards Stage 2 of our Parish building project at St Patrick Community in Wainuiomata (the community Hall) can do so by using our BNZ bank account # As always your contributions are greatly appreciated and eligible for a tax receipt at the end of the financial year. Thank you for your support. Responsorial Psalm The precepts of the Lord give joy to the heart. Readings DAILY READINGS FOR THIS WEEK October 1 Job 1:6-22; Lk 9: Job 3: 1-3, 11-17, 20-23; Mt 18: 1-5, 10 3 Job 9: 1-13, 14-16; Lk 9: Job 19: 21-27; Lk 10: Job 38: 1, 12-21, 40: 3-5; Lk 10: Job 42: 1-3, 5-6, 12-17; Lk 10: Gen 2: 18-24; Heb 2: 9-11; Mk 10: 2-16 NEXT SUNDAY S READINGS Twenty seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time First reading: Genesis 2: There are two in one flesh. Second reading: Hebrews 2: 9-11 He who sanctifies, and those who are sanctified, have one origin. Gospel: Mark 10: 2-15 What God has joined together, man must not divide.

3 In Our Prayers PRAYERS FOR THE SICK Please remember these and other sick people of the Parish in your prayers. Lena Barnao, Janet Carrasco, Brother James, Patrick Hanson, Pat Lee, Carmarita Marshall, Noeleen Marshall, Bernard Su a, Michael & Anne Wheeler, Rosa Marie Santos, Bev Moran, Thomas Harris,Lie Perez, Wally Blazkow, Maria Tasi, Margaret Tinney, Christine Mooney, Lydia Pattison, Helapia Teofilo, Julia Havell, Robert Williams, Robert & Jocelyn Norris, Tim Heath, Brian Hughes, Carol McCauley, Sean Irvine, Paul Hergus. If you know of anyone who is confined to their home or who needs a visit with Holy Communion, please advise the Parish Office ( ) REST IN PEACE Please remember in your prayers the souls of our recently deceased. Alfonsa Roy, Sr Barbara Cowan RSJ, Stan Gratkowski, Teresa Flemming. May they rest in God s eternal peace. ANNIVERSARIES We remember and pray at all Masses for our loved family members, friends and parishioners whose anniversaries occur about this time. Flora McRae, Burton Hurrell, John Cooper, Sr Veronica Rogers RSJ, Naianei Cooper, Anna Ferrari, Connie Petersen, Tim Coupe, Maurice Chandraratne, Herbert Dias. May they rest in God s eternal peace. WISDOM FROM POPE FRANCIS The key that opens the door to faith is prayer. But it is one thing to pray and another thing to say prayers. Parish Events ORDER OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION OF ADULTS Ever thought of becoming a Catholic or want to find out about the Catholic Faith? Te Wairua Tapu Parish and The OCIA Team: "Come and See"(Jn. 1:39) programme is about to start. Please join us or kindly pass this message on those who may be interested. To find out more, you can contact our Programme Coordinator: Catherine Gardner ( ) or Parish Offices: Petone: , Waiwhetu: or Wainuiomata: (Sr. Therese Couderc DOLC). INFORMATION MATERIALS AVAILABLE AT THE BACK OF CHURCH - FREE!!! The Spring Issue of the SOCIETY MATTERS, a newsletter of the Divine Word Missionaries is now available at the back of the Church. Please take a copy and know what work they re doing. Also available is the SUZANNE AUBERT NEWS. It relates her journey to Sainthood and Miracles performed. All interesting reading.

4 PARISH QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER The next quarterly (ish) Parish newsletter will be out in November. We are looking for updates or just a paragraph about your group from any and all groups in the Parish. Please send through to martin.w.ryan@gmail.com by 15 October. HALL HIRE To be able to maintain and renovate the Parish Hall, it was decided that users of the Hall will be charged a set hire fee of $25.00 per hour. Sunday, 7th 0CTOBER ROSARY AOTEAROA In line with a directive received from the NZ Bishops Conference, there is a call for people to come together to pray the Rosary in all churches throughout the country to ask for blessing for our land and people. This will happen Sunday, 7 October 2018, 3:00pm. There will be Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and Rosary in all our church communities. This Sunday is also Celebration Sunday in observance of the Venerable Suzanne Aubert s death anniversary. PARISH YOUTH GROUP Will meet on Sunday 7th October from pm at our Parish hall in Petone. COLUMBAN CALENDARS 2019 The Columban Art Calendar is an iconic Catholic Calendar well known for its traditional religious paintings and liturgical information and is a major fundraiser for Columban Missionaries marks the 97th edition. Now available at $12 per copy at all Church communities after weekend Masses. Sacred Heart Petone CONGRATULATIONS!!! To Filipo Lui who recently was awarded a Queen s Service Medal (QSM) for service to the Tokelauan Community. Well done Filipo! MISSING KEYS Whoever got the extra key to both the Church and Hall, it would be much appreciated if you can return them soonest. You can dropped them off in the letterbox if you don t wish to be identified and avoid embarrassment. Please remember we all want to benefit from our facilities. There is always beauty in sharing. OCTOBER - Month of the Rosary Being the month of the Rosary, each Saturday in October, the Church will be open from 2:30pm 3:00pm. Parishioners may want to have a quiet moment in time to pray the rosary. Everyone is welcome and anyone wishing to lead the rosary. Come and join us. SENIORS /ANOINTING MASS Wednesday 3 October, 10:00am. Main Church BAPTISM PREPARATION First Thursday 4 October, 7:00pm, Presbytery Meeting Room. REMINDER NO PARKING ON DRIVEWAY With the rain and inclement weather we just had, the ground and grass around our Church are still soft and fragile, the very reason why NO PARKING is allowed beside the driveway. One thing more, driveways need to be clear at all times. Considerate Compliance is requested. Thank you. SVDP Cards - For sale after 9.30 Mass Sundays: Cards for special occasions $2.50, Holy Communion cards and Rosary beads $10/rosary. Proceeds to support St Vincent de Paul work.

5 Our Lady of the Rosary - Waiwhetu SPIRITED Youth Music Jam sessions for 12 year olds and up. Today, 30 th September, 11:-1pm at Our Lady of the Rosary Church in Waiwhetu. Bring your instrument, your voice and $4 toward pizza (if possible). See our Facebook page for more details. Holyspirityouthjam or contact Lucy Ryan OCTOBER MINISTRY ROSTERS - Will be printed next week. Would you the office or write your name in the sacristy book of you are unavailable STAN GRATKOWSKI a well-known parishioner of OLR died last week. Stan and his wife Julie have lived in our community for a long time raising their family of six children who went to OLR school. A Requiem Mass was held last Wednesday for Stan attended by all his family, parishioners and many from the Polish community. Please keep Julie and her family in your prayers as they mourn their loved husband and father. Rest in peace Stan. FAMILY-FRIENDLY ROSARY EVENT As part of the nationwide Rosary Aotearoa prayer, you are warmly invited to gather at Our Lady of the Rosary church at 3pm on Sunday 7th October to pray the Glorious mysteries of the Rosary. This will be a child-friendly event with some singing and moving around the church. Bring as many sets of Rosary beads as you have and we can share. Any questions, contact Susanna van der Gulik on San Antonio - Eastbourne MINISTRY VOLUNTEERS NEEDED We require more people to be Proclaimer of the Word (Reader), Ministers of Holy Communion and Greeters who also do the Offertory. If interested, please contact Helen on SAN ANTONIO SCHOOL OPEN FOR ENROLMENTS Only 10 minutes (8km) from Hutt Park, Small School, Big Heart, Unique Size. Exceptional Experience, Low teacher/pupil ratios. Contact: office@sanantonio.school.nz or phone St Patrick - Wainuiomata CONSTRUCTION STAGE 2 You will notice that there are people coming and going onsite as construction of Stage 2 of our Church is underway. Please observe caution and follow instructions onsite to avoid any accidents. FUNDRAISING COIN JAR SUNDAY Proceeds from the two previous coin jar Sunday s resulted in a sum total of $460.90, given towards Stage 2 of the Wainuiomata Building Project. We are very grateful to all who contributed towards this fundraising venture. Can we encourage you to continue with this? We are looking towards the end of the year for our next collection. - Thank you sincerely. SPIRITUAL POEMS - Wainuiomata now has it s very own Poet - David Smith. David has produced a beautiful booklet of spiritual Poems for you to enjoy, they are just lovely. To obtain a copy ($10.00) please phone David or the Parish Office Proceeds from the sale of David's Poetry will go towards the Stage 2 Building Project. Well done David.

6 HEALTH & SAFETY TIPS No one enjoys talking about safety and security issues, particularly in church. But we are called to be good stewards. That includes protecting our buildings, assets, and most important, people. Please be aware of pedestrians, and surroundings, as you enter and leave the Church grounds Please park your cars safely and considerately. Please keep our church driveways free of vehicles. Please notify the Parish office of any risks/ hazards identified in the Church. Thank you. Think Safety, Act Safely! Scripture reflection: Anyone who is not against us is for us Our God s Spirit is offered to all. The power of God s transforming love has no boundaries and is at work in all things. In a similar way, Jesus teaches John that his healing power is not only for his close followers (Gospel). He has to remind them that God s power is not limited by the rules and authority that the disciples may want to set upon it. The Spirit will blow wherever it likes. Jesus reminds his disciples of their need to care for the least powerful in society and not let their actions cause harm to anyone. This message speaks powerfully to our times. The Psalm meditates on the heart of God s law. The truth and wisdom of God s law of love will be our guide. The Second Reading warns of the dangers of material wealth and is a call to act justly and with fairness. It reminds us that we are in relationship with those less fortunate than us. Our wealth impacts on the needs of the poor. May we have the grace to recognise God s Spirit moving in our life and throughout the world. Let us pray for each other that we will remain open and faithful to the movement of the Holy Spirit. Adapted from Parish Life. In the First Reading Moses instructs Joshua not to set limits on how God s love is shared with the community. Joshua thinks that God s Spirit is only for the chosen few. Moses expresses a more inclusive vision for the community, imagining what it would be like if all people were filled with the Spirit of God.

7 Archdiocesan Events Go you are sent to support marriage and families 11 (d) The Archdiocese provides a point of contact for those in a troubled marriage who are seeking professional help Contact: Fleur D Souza (MNZC) NATIONAL CATHOLIC PRIESTS ASSEMBLY PASS ON THEIR THANKS 190 Catholic priests from throughout New Zealand met in Christchurch last week for their fiveyearly national assembly. The assembly provided priests with an opportunity for them to renew their commitment to priesthood in an informal gathering. In a real spirit of collegiality, the week s programme gave the priests a chance to spend time together and to openly reflect on and discuss their own experiences in ministry and pastoral life. Thank you to you, our parishioners, for your prayers and support for what was an invigorating and inspirational week. VIGIL MASS FOR CANONIZATION OF ARCHBISHOP OSCAR ROMERO ( ) Archbishop Romero will be canonized on 14 October in Rome. Romero was noted for his defence of the poor and of human rights during times of great social conflict in El Salvador. He was assassinated while celebrating Mass on March 24, To mark the canonization, the Wellington JPD commission in conjunction Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand and local Justice and Peace groups have organized a thanksgiving Mass with Mons. Gerard Burns at the Home of Compassion chapel Island Bay, 5pm, Saturday 13 October. A recent documentary (75 mins) about Romero will be shown at 3pm in the same venue. All welcome. Inquiries to Mgsr Gerard Burns CATHOLIC MARRIAGE PREPARATION COURSE LOVE IS A DECISION Getting married soon? or is someone you know getting married in Summer 2018/2019? Bookings are open now for the final two marriage preparation courses for The ADW Marriage Preparation Course Love is a Decision will be run in Wellington on October 7 & 14 and November 18 & 25. Courses for 2019 start again in March. Please contact Felicity Giltrap at the Family and Young Church Office (04) or marriage@wn.catholic.org.nz for more information or to book for a course. Apply now TERTIARY SCHOLARSHIPS Applications. The Suzanne Aubert Tertiary Scholarship provides financial assistance to tertiary students from Wellington and Palmerston North Dioceses for their third year of tertiary studies. Please apply through or the Facebook page by 31 October Contact Sr Lusiana Raratini at sr.lusi@compassion.org.nz ANNUAL STEWARDSHIP RETREAT Gift yourself a time of reflection and join Cardinal John and the Stewardship team at the annual Stewardship Retreat, to be held at Sacred Heart Church Petone, Britannia St from 9.30am-3.45pm on Saturday 27 October, Register by ing a.williams@wn.catholic.org.nz or phone TAIZÉ PRAYER Join us for an hour of meditative singing simple songs typically featuring a line or two from the Psalms. A kind of Lectio divina in music, reading and spoken prayer along with periods of silence First Friday of every month 5th October, 7pm 8pm, Our Lady s Home of Compassion, 2 Rhine Street, Island Bay, Wellington. Ph QUIET DAYS WITH SUZANNE AUBERT. An invitation to spend time resting and reflecting on an aspect of the life and vision of Suzanne Aubert. Join us on 11th October, 10am - 2pm, Chapel, Our Lady s Home of Compassion, 2 Rhine Street, Island Bay, Wellington. Simple lunch included. Registration is required. retreat@compassion.org or Ph

8 Sunday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 8:00am 10:00am 5:30pm 11:00am 10:00am 5:30pm 6:00pm MASS SCHEDULES St Patrick, Wainuiomata Sacred Heart, Petone Sacred Heart, Petone St Patrick, Wainuiomata (Chapel) Sacred Heart, Petone Sacred Heart, Petone (10am every 1st Wed of month) San Antonio, Eastbourne St Patrick, Wainuiomata (Chapel) Sacred Heart, Petone San Antonio, Eastbourne St Patrick, Wainuiomata (Church) San Antonio, Eastbourne St Patrick, Wainuiomata EXPOSITION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT Tuesday After Mass St Patrick, Wainuiomata Wednesday 10:00am San Antonio, Eastbourne Thursday After Mass Sacred Heart, Petone ROSARY Wednesday 7:30pm St Patrick, Wainuiomata Friday 9:10am San Antonio, Eastbourne WORD AND COMMUNION SCHEDULES Monday St Patrick, Wainuiomata Tuesday San Antonio, Eastbourne Wednesday St Patrick, Wainuiomata Thursday San Antonio, Eastbourne Friday Sacred Heart, Petone BAPTISM BAPTISM PREPARATION MARRIAGE, FUNERALS 2nd and 4th Sunday of the month. Every 1st Thursday of the month By appointment only. Please telephone the Parish Office in Petone on ( ). RECONCILIATION San Antonio and Sacred Heart churches: By appointment only. Our Lady of the Rosary: Saturdays 9:30-10:00am St Patrick: Saturdays 5:30-5:45pm.