The Nativity of John the Baptist
Year B
St Ignatius Church
Kensington Terrace, Toowong
24th June 2012
JOHN THE BAPTIST—
PREPARE THE WAY OF THE LORD
The action of the Gospel of Luke begins where it will also end:
in the Temple in Jerusalem, the traditional place of
reconciliation between God and Israel. Beginning the story in
the centre of Israel’s rituals and institutions shows continuity
Holy Spirit Church
Harriett Street, Auchenflower
with the past. Likewise, the first characters to appear in the
Gospel, the elderly priest, Zechariah, and his wife, Elizabeth,
enter upon the scene as people “righteous before God, walking blamelessly in al the
commandments and ordinances of the Lord”.
But there are disturbing things as well. This elderly couple
are childless. Their piety and observances has not shielded
them from the great shame in their culture of being
incapable of continuing the family line. So, for the first time,
we sense a tension: on the one hand, conventional piety and
righteousness; on the other, lack of blessings in a crucial
area. The seed of a significant question is sown: what is God
up to in the life of these people?
Outside the sanctuary, the people are praying. The
community is going to be involved in whatever happens to
Zechariah. Their prayer shows openness to God. As so often in Luke’s Gospel, prayer
forms the context of God’s intervention.
Into this situation burst an angel, later identified as Gabriel. After reassuring the terrified
priest, the angel tells him that his wife will bear him a son whose name is to be John. In a
language rich with scriptural resonance, the angel describes the role the child is destined
to play. He will be ‘great’ and in two points in particular his ministry will recall that of the
prophet Elijah. First, in spirit and power of Elijah, he will exercise a ministry of
conversation. Secondly, he will ‘go before’ the Lord to make ready a people prepared for
the Lord.
~ Brendan Byrne sj.
MASS TIMES
ST IGNATIUS Toowong: Weekdays 5.30pm every afternoon; Saturday 9.00am & 6.00pm (Vigil); Sunday 7.00am & 5.00pm.
Reconciliation: Saturday after 9.00am Mass and from 5.15pm to 5.45pm, or by appointment.
HOLY SPIRIT Auchenflower: Weekdays 9.00am Monday, Wednesday & Friday; Sunday 8.30am
Jesuit Information
Archdiocesan Information
The Australian Province of the Society of Jesus is
offering both:- *Ignis 1: Introductory 2-day program on
Ignatian spirituality and the life of St Ignatius to anyone
working with the Jesuits or who has an interest in exploring their relationship with God. 2012 sessions: Sundays
8, 15, 22 & 29 July, & Thurs 13 & Fri 14 Sept; and
*Ignis 2: 2-day program for anyone who has completed
Ignatian Induction programme (Ignis 1/Marque I). The 2nd
program offers greater understanding of the Spiritual
Exercises and participants own graced life though prayer,
reflection and conversation ~ Sat 20 & Sun 21 Oct, Thurs
1 & Fri 2 Nov. Times: 9am -3pm each day. Thurs/Fri or
Sat/Sun programs at Faber Centre, 111 Sir Samuel Griffith
Drive, Toowong. July’s Sunday program will be held immediately following the 5pm Mass (St Ignatius) and 1-2hrs
in duration each session in the Horstmann Room. Cost:
gratis. Meals provided. More info & bookings email
[email protected] or 3876 8786. Bookings essential.
Multi-Faith Forum – Who is my God? Presenters from
the Muslim and Mormon communities. Sunday 1 July,
2-5pm at the Multi-Faith Centre, Griffith University, 170
Kessels Rd, Nathan. Gold coin donation. RSVP to 3735
7052 or [email protected]. This is the 3rd
in a series sponsored by the Archdiocesan Commission
for Ecumenism and Inter-religious Relations.
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Faber Centre Spiritual Journeys. To Begin the Year of
Grace: * Discover and Discern God in your Life. Winter
individually Directed Retreats 2-4-6 days, your choice Friday 29 June (9am) to Wednesday 4 July (3pm).
Directed by John Reilly sj. At Santa Theresa Spirituality
Centre, Ormiston.
* One Day Retreat: Discerning Heart. Saturday 7 July:
at Faber Centre, Bardon or Saturday 21 July at Santa
Theresa S.C., Ormiston. 9.30am–3pm. BYO lunch.
Directed by Ann Hoare & Sr Catherine Hefferan rsm.
For more info & to book for any of the above retreats ph
Ann Hoare 3368 2450 or www.faberspirituality.org.au or
pick up a ‘Spirtual Journeys 2012’ flyer from the rotary
stands at the back of the church.
Brisbane West Deanery Info.
Ongoing Learning & Renewal. Speaker: Mark Sayers
PhD, Barrister. Topic: Catholic dilemmas in divorce/
separation/post-separation parenting (The civil law and
real family life intersecting with Catholic faith). Our Lady
of the Rosary, Kenmore on Monday 9 July at 7.30pm.
The Gospel of Mark: A Bible Study. Come along to
learn about this Gospel & to prayerfully reflect on it with
other adults. Final one on Tues 17 July, 7.30pm at Holy
Family Parish, Indooroopilly. Facilitator: Deacon Anthony
St Joseph’s School, Corinda Fete on Sunday 22 July.
Embracing Families 2012. Special Guests Fr Chris
Riley AM, founder of Youth off the Streets and Melinda
Tankard Reist, co-founder Collective Shout. Sat 7 July,
at St Edward the Confessor Parish & School, Daisy Hill.
$10 p/adult (Children 17yrs & under FREE). Register
online now (by 22 June) www.embracingfamilies.org.au
A Retreat Day for 18 to 35 year olds, by the Canossian
Sisters. Join us in conversation, In Life’s Winters, remain
in God’s love, Sunday 8 July, from 9am and concludes
with celebration of the Eucharist at 4pm. At: Canossa
Magdalen Centre, 169 Seventeen Mile Rocks Rd, Oxley.
Donation: $15. RSVP to Sr. Trish 0426136354 by 4/7/12.
Sing Sing Sing!!! Choral Masterclass Series. Join 5 of
Queensland’s most talented choral & vocal experts over
6 nights of inspired singing. Develop vocal skills & choral
technique in these exciting sessions, suited to choral
newbies & experienced singers & conductors alike! Next
session: Tues 10 July Silver Threads Among the Gold Anthony Young will focus on maintaining & developing
the voices of the third age in research and practice.
7.30–9pm, Francis Rush Centre, St Stephens Cathedral,
Elizabeth Street, Brisbane. Cost: $5. All welcome.
St Saviours College, Toowoomba Class of 1982
Reunion. Saturday 29 Sept at Qld Irish Club Elizabeth
St, Brisbane. 11am for lunch. Cost: $50/head. Enquiries
contact: Sheena Leane 54 43 1209 OR Annette Moes
(nee Funck) 4743 3450 or email: [email protected]
Date Claimers: * All Saints Arts Conference 2012.
"Gather" Sat 25 August. Full program and registration
details will be made available shortly, please email us
with any questions or queries. We thank you for your
ongoing support of this event. Approved by BCE as 5 hrs
PD for Accreditation to Teach R.E. in a Catholic School.
Presented by All Saints Parish Albany Creek.
* Annual RENEW Conference for State School RE
Teachers at Clayfield College, Clayfield on Sat 20 Oct
(Registration: 8.15am–Finish 3.30pm). Theme: Jesus as
Teacher, Jesus as Storyteller. Cost: $40 Early Bird (or
$45). Enquiries: Carole Danby 3109 6812| 0400 332 928
Irish Afternoon Tea. Come & enjoy great Irish singing &
Irish dancers! Sat 28 July, 1pm. Twelve Apostles church
hall, 111 Yalambee Rd, Jindalee. Cost: $20 (Pensioner
CHRISTIAN SUPPLIES now open at 12 Railway Terrace, Milton
$15; Child: $5). A fundraiser for Christian Blind Mission
and Missionaries of the Poor. Phone: Ellenie 3376 5730. (with onsite parking). New phone 3367 2909 & fax 3054 3108.
Readings: The Nativity of St John the Baptist: Isaiah 49:16. Acts 13:22-26. Luke 1:57-66.80.
Next week: 13th Sunday Ordinary: Wisdom 1:13-15. 2:23-24. 2 Corinthians 8:7.9.13-15. Mark 5:21-43.
Entrance Antiphon: A man was sent from God, whose name was John. He came to testify to the
light, to prepare a people fit for the Lord.
Spoken Response: I praise you for I am wonderfully made.
Sung Response:
Gospel Acclamation: Alleluia, alleluia! You, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High; you
will go before the Lord to prepare his ways. Alleluia
Your Prayers Are Requested For
All Parishioners and friends who are sick and in need
SICK: Patricia and Don Larken, Michaela Frost, Lindsay Vengrasamy, Sr Mary Brennan rscj, Jim McMillan,
Nicholas Burckhardt, Deb Chesterman, Fr Bill McCarthy, Margaret-Mary Batch, Daniel Keppel, Vanda
Scolaro, Andrea Collis, Eve Jones, Liane Turner, Sr Regina Naisbitt olm, Ted Twomey.
RECENTLY DECEASED: Mary Ellen Dwyer.
ANNIVERSARIES: Kathleen Marie Ahearn.
BAPTISMS: Benjamin Graham, Samuel Sharp, MJ Alesana, Oliver Wolinski.
Diary Dates
JUNE
PARISH INFORMATION
PARISH COLLECTIONS Including Clergy Support: $4,985. Other: $600.
24 The Nativity of St John the Baptist
Baptisms: 10am-11.30am - St Ignatius
26 2pm Coffee & Chat - Horstmann Room
29 Young at Heart (Movies)
2pm Open the Church - St Ignatius
30 Wedding: 1pm - St Ignatius
JULY
1
13th Sunday Ordinary
Parish
Confirmation
and
1st Communion
Children.
Expect-a-cuppa
3
7.45pm SVdP Meeting - Horstmann Rm
6
CWL Meeting (following the 9am Mass) Holy Spirit
10am Koinonia Meeting– Horstmann Rm
7
DAILY SCRIPTURE READINGS
Mon:
Tues:
Wed:
Thu:
Fri:
Sat:
12th Week Ordinary (B)
1st Reading
Gospel
2 Kings 17:5-8.13-15.18 Matthew 7:1-5.
2 Kings 19:9-11.14-21.31-36. Matt. 7:6.12-14.
2 Kings 22:8-13; 23:1-3. Matt. 7:15-20.
2 Kings 24:8-17.
Matt. 7:21-29.
Acts 12:1-11.
Matt. 16:13-19.
Lamentations 2:2.10-14.18-19. Matt. 8:5-17.
AVAILABLE NOW
(on rotary stands or at church doors)
BWD NEWSLETTER June: Free.
APOSTLESHIP OF PRAYER June: Free.
AUSTRALIAN CATHOLICS Winter: Free.
COMPANIONS (AUST JESUITS) Winter: Free.
MADONNA MAGAZINE May/June: $7.
THE CATHOLIC LEADER Weekly: $2.
LITURGICAL CALENDAR:YEAR OF MARK Follow Christ’s journey through the seasons
of the Liturgical year. (one per family)
‘FIRE & SPIRIT’ Our Parish Magazine: Free.
APOLOGY & CONGRATULATIONS to Sienna Rega, who’s name was mistakenly left off
the full list of children’s names, in our parish newsletter last weekend, who were
making their Confirmation and First Eucharist last Sunday.
UPDATE ON FR JOHN REILLY SJ He is out of hospital and back home in Toowong.
COFFEE AND CHAT All ladies welcome for a coffee and a chat on Tuesday 26 June
at 2pm, in the Horstmann Room. Come along & meet up with old and new friends.
YOUNG AT HEART Join us Friday 29 June to attend a movie of choice at the morning
session at Regal Twin, Graceville. Followed by lunch at a nearby venue. Please call
Ursula 3878 9002 or Beryl 3371 5210 for further details.
OPENING THE CHURCH St Ignatius Church will be open from 2pm on Friday 29 June
(staying open through to 5.30 evening Mass). Come and spend quiet time with the
Lord. More watchers are needed - if you can help contact Betty Andrews 3870 8867
EXPECT-A-CUPPA will be held at St Ignatius Church next weekend (30 June /1 July) after
the 6pm Saturday & 7am Sunday Masses - if you are able to help serve the cuppa
contact Del Doherty 3371 7746 (for 6pm Mass) OR Cathy or Trish (for 7am Mass).
Holy Spirit Church serves a cuppa after the 8.30am Mass every Sunday - if you are
able to help and wish to join the roster please contact Margaret Scally 3371 3017.
CWL TOOWONG BRANCH meeting on Friday 6 July after the 9am Mass at Holy
Spirit. New members welcome. Enquiries: Del Doherty (President) 3371 7746.
KOINONIA GROUP (Welcome & Care) Next meeting is on Saturday 7 July, at 10am
in Horstmann Room. New members always welcome.
HELPING HANDS WANTED Calling for 2—3 volunteer MONEY COUNTERS to join current
group every Monday morning. Contact Sandy Dunne, Finance Office, at the Parish
Social Justice Statement 2011-12.
BREAK OPEN THE WORD 2012: $10 - place Office (Mon-Wed) on 3870 7818, in person or email [email protected]
money in envelope supplied with book and
ST VINCENT DE PAUL, TOOWONG To make a donation to the Toowong Conference
then place on the collection plate.
please take a marked SVdP envelope from rotary stands & place on the collection
Any inclusions for the Parish newsletter plate or into the poor box. Donations are tax deductible.
AUST. CATHOLIC BISHOPS CONFERENCE
should be marked to the attention of the
Parish Secretary and emailed or delivered
or phoned through to Parish Office by
Thursday mornings.
ALTAR SERVING Any child who has received their Confirmation & First Communion
and would be interested in becoming an Altar Server please contact Tony Castel
0438 192 298 (St Ignatius) or Clare Watt 3371 2285 (Holy Spirit ) for more info.
Challenging Questions
Can you cry underwater?
Once you’re in heaven, do you get stuck wearing the
clothes you were buried in for eternity?
Why is it that people say they ‘slept like a baby’ when babies wake up every two hours?
If corn oil is made from corn, and vegetable oil is made
from vegetables, what is baby oil made from?
Did you ever notice that when you blow in a dog’s face he
gets mad at you, but when you take him for a car ride he
sticks his head out the window?
Why, why, why do we press harder on a remote control
when we know the batteries are getting dead?
Is there ever a date that mattresses are not on sale?
OUR MISSION PRAYER
We, the St Ignatius community, are called to live the good news.
We pray that we become the people that Jesus Christ called us to be.
We pray that we know the Father, by the power of the Holy Spirit
through knowing Jesus in prayer, scripture and liturgy.
We pray that we give hope to others by a practical, personal kindness,
affirming each person's dignity, worth and destiny in Christ. May we live
out this mission of our Christian vocation in the spirit of St. Ignatius.
Parish WEBSITE www.stignatiustoowong.org.au
Current Newsletter now on our website!
When making out your will please consider the needs of the parish
PARISH OFFICE INFORMATION
Phone: 3870 7818.
Fax: 3870 7857.
Postal Address: 30 Kensington Terrace, Toowong Q 4066
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.stignatiustoowong.org.au
We are part of the Brisbane West Deanery ~ www.brisbanewestdeanery.com.au
Emergency Contact
Contact If you require a priest in an emergency, please phone the parish office and follow the prompts.
Jesuit Community of Qld Office Staff
Fr
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Fr
Fr
John Reilly SJ Superior
Peter Quin SJ PP
Greg Jacobs SJ Asst PP
Ian Howells SJ
Vince Hurley SJ
Greg Jordan SJ
Liturgical Ministry
Sandy Dunne - Finance Roster CoCo-ordinators:
ordinators
Monica Florence * Sharon Krippner
Newsletter
3371 9334
Sacramental
CoCo-Ordinator
Cathy Bennett
Staff Meeting
each Wednesday 2pm
(St Ignatius)
* Louise Wellington
3876 8786
(Holy Spirit)
Pastoral Council
Ewen Thompson Chair
Finance & Development
David Slater Chair
Musical Director
Anthony Young
PRIMARY SCHOOL
Principal—
Principal
Roycelyn Wilden
APRE Denise Shaw
46 Grove Street,
Toowong Qld 4066
Phone: 3371 1094
www.stignatiustoowong.
qld.edu.au
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