1 May 2016
Gladstone Parish
is Administered by
And includes the
following areas:
Agnes Water
Calliope
Gladstone
Miriam Vale
Mt. Larcom
Tannum Sands
Ubobo
Pastoral Team
Kevin Redmond sm
Aliki Langi sm
Admin Officer
Maree Roobottom
Faith Coordinator
Maria Cabral Fernandes
Finance Officers
Barbara Anderson
Denise Geljon
Phone: 4972 1025
Fax:
4972 1095
Email: [email protected]
Website:
www.sosgladstone.org.au
Office: 38 Herbert Street
Gladstone
Postal Address
PO Box 5062
Gladstone QLD 4680
Primary Schools
St Francis (Tannum Sands)
4973 3600
St John Baptist (Gladstone)
4978 1799
Star of the Sea (Gladstone)
4972 1305
Secondary School
Chanel College (Gladstone)
4973 4700
Peace I bequeath to you, my own peace I give you
In our Gospel this weekend, there are several interrelated elements. Jesus
promises that those who love him, will keep his words and that he and the Father
will come and make a home with them. Jesus then promises the Father will send
the Advocate, the Holy Spirit to the disciples. The Advocate will be sent in Jesus’
name and the Spirit will teach the disciples everything and remind them of all
that Jesus had said. Jesus then promises them peace, a peace the world cannot
give. Finally Jesus declares that he is going away to the Father, that the Father
is greater than he is and that he has said all these things before they happen so
that when they do, you may believe.
The key to understanding all these interrelated elements is the Holy Spirit. We
are challenged to see God as God has revealed the Divine nature. God is
Trinitarian, God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. Three persons,
one nature.
The Father speaks a Word, and that Word is the Son. The Father and the Son
love one another, and that love is the Holy Spirit. That the Holy Spirit is love, is
our best way of expressing the great mystery of the nature of God. Love brings
peace and contentment, it brings energy and drive, it changes a dwelling from a
house to a home.
When we respond in love to Jesus and when we are faithful to his words then
the love between the Father and the Son will be found in us, that the Father and
the Son will dwell within us and God will make a home with us. When God is with
us, that love will help us see from a different perspective, it will “complete” our
knowledge and it brings a confidence and a sense of fittingness that allows the
words of Jesus, to be recalled and acted upon, not just piecemeal but in their
entirety. The presence of God and the power of God in our lives gifts us with
peace, a peace that no earthly authority can bestow. This great gift of the Holy
Spirit, requires the Father and the Son to be ‘together.’ Jesus has to end his
earthly existence, his dwelling among us, so that in returning to the Father, the
Holy Spirit can be fully given.
The Holy Spirit as love challenges and enlivens us to be even better God’s
disciples. We are invited to see how love helps us to make good decisions and
allows us to express truth to help ourselves, others and our world come to
acknowledge God.
Of course there can be a danger that we deceive ourselves and rather than
being messengers of God, we proclaim human wisdom or are overly influenced
by evil. That is why discernment is such an important component of faith. We
must discern the effects of the Holy Spirit, so that we may know we are doing
God’s Will and not just deluding ourselves and others. From our Gospel reading,
two elements that I would like to highlight is the sense of God making a home
with us and that peace that Jesus gives.
I hope that each of us can know the difference between a house and a home
and experience the great gift of peace that Jesus bequeaths. A peace that the
world cannot give. I consider myself very fortunate to experience that peace,
whether it is in prayer, in ministry or even thinking back to my Ordination day.
May each of us know that peace and be witnesses to God.
May God bless you and all those whom you love.
Kevin Redmond sm
KEEPING MERCY ALIVE
Acts of the Apostles (15:1-2, 22-29)
Then certain individuals came
down from Judea and were
teaching the brothers, “Unless
you are circumcised according
to the custom of Moses, you
cannot be saved.” And after
Paul and Barnabas had no small
dissension and debate with
them, Paul and Barnabas and
some of the others were
appointed to go up to Jerusalem to discuss this
question with the apostles and the elders.
Then the apostles and the elders, with the consent of
the whole church, decided to choose men from
among their members and to send them to Antioch
with Paul and Barnabas. They sent Judas called
Barsabbas, and Silas, leaders among the
brothers, with the following letter: “The brothers, both
the apostles and the elders, to the believers of
Gentile origin in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia,
greetings. Since we have heard that certain persons
who have gone out from us, though with no
instructions from us, have said things to disturb you
and have unsettled your minds, we have decided
unanimously to choose representatives and send
them to you, along with our beloved Barnabas and
Paul, who have risked their lives for the sake of our
Lord Jesus Christ. We have therefore sent Judas
and Silas, who themselves will tell you the same
things by word of mouth. For it has seemed good to
the Holy Spirit and to us to impose on you no further
burden than these essentials: that you abstain from
what has been sacrificed to idols and from blood and
from what is strangled and from fornication. If you
keep yourselves from these, you will do well.
Farewell.” (New Revised Standard Version)
Seek to understand the meaning of the text through
Biblical scholars and commentaries such as this one
from Sr Kym Harris osb:
In this reading of Acts, we have the summary of the
most crucial event to take place in the Early Church:
the preservation of unity between two seemingly
disparate groups, namely, the Jewish Christians who
still adhered to the Law and the Gentile Christians
who were granted faith without any attachment to the
practices of that same Law. The initial tension
seemed like an almost impossible impasse: how
were both groups to revere their own special calling
from God and yet maintain unity with the other
group. As so often happens in Church history, it was
a little bit of heresy which began the difficult road to
clarification of doctrine and practice.
The men who came down from Judaea to Antioch
revered the Law so much so that they misunderstood
it. Circumcision was never the means by which a
person was saved. A person was saved by the
Covenant that was God’s gracious free gift to
Abraham and his many descendants. Circumcision
was the sign, or rather one of the signs, by which a
Jewish male showed that he adhered to this
Covenant. The assertion of the men from Judaea
shows the tendency very devout people can make
of taking their own religious practices so seriously
that they mistake the sign for the reality: God alone
saves - the role of religious practice is to remind us
constantly of this, not to offer salvation.
The Church in Jerusalem took the issue of how the
Gentiles were to be incorporated into the Church
very seriously and, though its discussions are not
included in this reading, the letter given well sums
up the result of their deliberations. In the midst of
the extended discussion, they had a sense that
they were led by the Holy Spirit and they offered
their radical response with a confidence based
upon this Spirit’s guidance: the Gentiles were not
to be burdened with the observance of the Law.
So what’s with the dietary regulations that they do
stipulate? Blood? Strangled animals? With this
basic minimum of dietary regulations, Gentile and
Jewish Christians would be able to maintain table
fellowship with each other. As Jewish Christians
had to respect the Gentile calling, so the unity of
the Church required Gentile Christians to respect
the calling of the Jewish Christians. Concessions
had to be made by both in the interests of charity.
Any group, any Church group that exists for any
length of time faces tensions. The example of the
early Church shows us how to deal with such in a
creative loving way: in a spirit of prayer, having
honest, respectful discussions and with a
willingness to make concessions based on love.
KEEP THIS DATE FREE
Tannum Sands Family Group Camping
Weekend
Fr Peter McGrath started Family
Groups off some 30 plus years ago
with the sole purpose of families
and parishioners getting together
once per month on a social basis
plus having an annual week end
away together ( Mums Dads, Children and
Grandparents as well). With this in mind ,the
Tannum Family Group have arranged a camping
week end at the Ubobo Discovery Centre Friday
afternoon/evening 20th May to Sunday 22nd
May. There is Mass at Ubobo on Sunday 22nd May
at 12 noon. There is plenty of room for caravans
and tents plus bunk style shared accommodation
and a camp kitchen etc plus a large open area for
a camp fire where we can all sit around and chat
etc. BYO everything. Costs; $10 per night for a
couple, bunk style accommodation is $25 pp per
night. For more details look up the web site”
Discovery Centre, Ubobo .Boyne Valley”. For
further info give Trish or Graham Lindner a call on
49732793 or email
[email protected]. Please let Trish or
Graham know if you are interested.
CHANEL COLLEGE
GOLDEN JUBILEE 1966 to 2016
WEDNESDAY 1 JUNE 2016 9:30AM

Chanel Day Mass celebrated by Bishop Michael McCarthy.

Blessing and Opening of Stage 1 of Masterplan (Marian Centre)

Presentation of Marist Service Awards

Announcement of 2016 Chanel Person of the
year

Morning Tea
FRIDAY 3 JUNE 2016 6:30PM—9:00PM

“Back to Chanel” Wine and Cheese Evening
Tickets $20 inclusive of nibbles and a complimentary beverage on arrival.
RSVP: Vicki Crick Phone 4973 4700 by 23 May
SATURDAY 4 JUNE 2016 12:00PM—3:30PM

Picnic Lunch in Lavalla—Drinks and BBQ food
on sale or BYO

Official Welcome including opening of the Time
Capsule sealed in 1983

Organised Tours of college by Student Leaders

Historical Display

Entertainment by College Bands and Choir

Signing of Guest Book

Gathering of Past Students in Decades and
Photos
SUNDAY 5 JUNE 2016 9:00AM—11:00AM

Parish Mass (Marian Centre)

Morning Tea

2016 QISSN Team Vs Past Students Netball
Game

2016 Confraternity Shield Team Vs Past Students Rugby League Team
More details of the celebrations can be found on
the Chanel College website at:
Thank you to the people who continually contribute to
the upkeep of the parish through Planned Giving Program and other contributors. Last week your contributions amounted to $3629.40
LITURGY ROSTER 7 AND 8 MAY
Readers:
Vigil J. Emerick, M. Chapman
7am R. Mathew, K. Thompson
9am P. Kelly, G. Guevarra
6pm T. Wilson
Co-ordinator:
Vigil J. Munt
9am M. Duncan
7am T. Warren
6pm M. Bradley
Eucharist Ministers:
Vigil B. Emerick, J. Munt, M. Nguyen
7am K. Thompson, J. Munt, E. Hughes
9am B. Jordan, S. Smith, G. Shaw
6pm P. Rigby
Data Projector:
Vigil Emerick Family
9am J. Barron
7am A. Goman
6pm M. Gallardo
MERCY ASSOCIATES
The Sisters of Mercy invite Associates, all
parishioners and friends to join in an International
Reflection process for the Jubilee Year of
Mercy. The 1st session will be an introduction to
this process and there will be 3 additional sessions
later in the year. Please all join us on Saturday 7
May after the Healing Mass at 9:30 in the Parish
Hall. Sr Moira Truelson will facilitate and all are
most welcome.
SACRAMENTAL PROGRAM
This weekend the candidates for
chanelcollege.qld.edu.au/documents/Goldenjubilee
Confirmation will be receiving the
or Golden Jubilee Programs are available at the
Apostles’ Creed. The Apostles’ Creed
church doors.
contains brief statements of basic
Christian belief. It is an important
NATIONAL VOLUNTEER WEEK
profession of our Faith, from the
The National Volunteer Week will
creation of the world, to the coming of Christ, to the
be celebrated from the 9 - 15 May.
life we will have in the eternal world to come. Every
To recognise the very important
contribution Volunteers play in our society, the Glad- time that we recite the Creed we are reaffirming our
belief in the Holy Trinity.
stone Regional Council will be holding Recognition
Breakfasts at Miriam Vale (10th), Agnes Water (12th)
POPE FRANCIS-PAPAL DOCUMENT
and Gladstone (13th). They will be distributing Volunth
teer Recognition Certificates and so if you volunteer On Friday 8 April 2016, Pope Francis published a
new papal document called, Amoris Laetitia, ‘The
in our Parish and are able to attend one of the
Joy
of Love: On Love in the Family’ at the Vatican
Breakfasts, please contact the Parish Office before
in
Rome.
It is about marriage and family life. The
midday on Tuesday 3rd May. So that we can submit
papal
document
is also known as an ‘Apostolic
the names of those attending to allow your invaluExhortation’.
able contribution to be acknowledged.
It is available to read and download on the
MASS CHANGES
Australian Catholic Bishops Conference website:
As Father Aliki will be relieving Father Jose from
https://www.catholic.org.au/synod-2015/home
Biloela next weekend (7 and 8 May) the Masses at
If you don’t have time to read all 256 pages of the
6pm Calliope and 8am Tannum Sands will be reExhortation, you can access a summary on the
placed by Lay Led Liturgies.
bishops conference website.
Those who have died
recently
Graeme Kiernan
Robert White
Trina Hunt
Reg Stewart
Patricia Smith
Douglas Macklin
Please remember in your
prayers
Milagros Oro
Andres Oliva
Angeles Movilla Oliva
Patrick Bonnar
Luis Nacario
Jose Nacario
William Lourigan
Lynn Noonemerald
Rick Noonemerald
Maria Ida Reyes
Noe Manuel Capinpuyan
Alf Liddell
Antonnett Philips
Jolanta Szosler
Halina Jedeuszewska
Greg McCann
Gladys McCann
For all who are sick
Emma Ross
Stanley O’Brien
Yollie Caruasal
Peter Reynolds
Louise Wegener
Les Petersen
Gavin Tansey
Neville Burrows
Alice Hodowaniec
Brendan Moore
Olivia Haresco
Trish Etherton
Trish Lynch
Betty Mahony
Janene Porter
John Filer
John Massingham
Joy Massingham
John Payne
PARISH LITURGY SCHEDULE
MASS TIMES
Star of the Sea Gladstone
Tuesday — 5:30pm
Wednesday — 7am (except 8am 1st Wednesday
of month at Mater Hospital)
Thursday and Friday — 7am
Saturday — 6pm
1st Saturday of the month Healing Mass 8:30am
Sunday — 7am, 9am & 6pm
St Peter Chanel Tannum Sands
 8am Sunday (3rd Sunday of the month is a
healing mass)
St Peter Chanel Miriam Vale
 10am 2nd & 4th Sundays
*Lay Led Liturgies on the 1st, 3rd, and 5th Sundays.
Our Lady of Mt Carmel Mt. Larcom
 10am 1st Sunday of the month
St Patrick’s Calliope
 6pm Saturday Vigil
St Mary’s Ubobo
 10.30am 3rd Sunday of the month
St Agnes Agnes Water
 12 noon, 2nd & 4th Sundays
*with Lay Led Liturgies on the 1st, 3rd, and 5th
Sundays at 12 noon
NURSING HOME MASSES
Bindaree Lodge
 1st Wednesday of the month at 2:15pm
Eden Vale
 3rd Wednesday of the month at 1:30pm
Mater Hospital
 1st Wednesday of the month at 8:00am
Domain Auckland Place
 Last Wednesday of the month at 2:15pm
EXPOSITION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT
Available every Saturday morning 8:30am Star of
the Sea Church except when mass is celebrated on
the First Saturday of the month.
LITURGY OF THE HOURS
Held at 6.45am before 7am Mass every
Friday.
RECONCILIATION
Star of the Sea
 9:00—9:30am Saturday
St. Patrick’s Calliope
 after 6pm mass (First weekend of the month)
BAPTISMS
Star of the Sea Church
 2nd Sunday after 9am mass
 4th Sunday during 9am mass
St Peter Chanel Tannum Sands
 1st and 3rd Sundays during 8am mass
Baptisms and baptism preparation classes
must be booked through the Parish Office.
Parents are to take part in a baptism
preparation class held on the 3rd Sunday
of the month in the Parish Hall 38 Herbert
St. Gladstone. Baptism packs are available
at the Parish Office.
MARRIAGES
An appointment with a priest is required
prior to booking the marriage date.
MANAGING COMPLAINTS in the DIOCESE
OF ROCKHAMPTON:
Diocesan Response Coordinator
Melissa Davey: 1800 830 113
Email: [email protected]
Readings for Sixth Sunday of Easter
Year C
1st Reading: Acts 15:1-2,22-29
2nd Reading: Apocalypse
21:10-14,22-33
Gospel: John 14:23-29
Responsorial Psalm:
O God, let all the nations praise you!
Gospel Acclamation:
Alleluia, Alleluia
All who love me will keep my words, and
my Father will love them, and we will
come to them.
Alleluia!
Readings for Next Week
The Ascension of the Lord
1st Reading: Acts 1:1-11
2nd Reading: Ephesians 1:17-23
Gospel: Luke 24:46-53
ROSARY
Star of the Sea
 1st Saturday of the month after the 8:30am
mass
St. Peter Chanel Tannum Sands
 Wednesdays at 10.00am
*Please note on the 3rd Wednesday of the month
there is a Liturgy of the Word with Holy Communion at 9.30am followed by the Rosary.
You can e-mail your bulletin notices at
[email protected] or drop a written
copy into the parish office before
Wednesday afternoon