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OUR PARISH COMMUNITY

• St. Mary’s, Ipswich

Corner Elizabeth Street and Roseberry Parade, Ipswich 4305

• St. Joseph’s, North Ipswich

42 Pine Mountain Road, North Ipswich 4305

• St. Brigid’s, Rosewood

1 Matthew Street, Rosewood 4340 Immaculate Heart of Mary, Leichhardt 22 Old Toowoomba Road, Leichhardt 4305

OUR PARISH OFFICE

Elizabeth Street, Ipswich 4305 Mon & Tue 8:00am - 3:30pm | Wed 1:00pm - 3:30pm | Thur & Fri 8:00am - 3:30pm 07 3281 2133 | ipswich@bne.catholic.net.au | www.ipswichcatholic.com “We acknowledge the Jagera, Yuggera and Ugarapul people, the traditional custodians of the land upon which we call the Ipswich Catholic Community.”

The Presentation of the Lord Year A 2nd February 2020

SACRAMENTS & PROGRAMS LAST WEEK - BUSHFIRE COLLECTION Our Parish offers the Sacraments individually and through a series

• f programs for children, teenagers and adults. Please contact the

Parish Office for further details on 07 3281 2133 Last weekend our Parish community collected $4,734.45 for the Archdiocese Bushfire Appeal. Thank you for your great generosity! We have already forwarded these funds. FRANCISCAN SPIRITUALITY - OUR PARISH PRIEST PARISH OFFICE TEAM My name is Stephen and I am a Franciscan Friar. I look forward to sharing my Franciscan spirituality with our parish family. Parish Priest

• Fr. Stephen Bliss OFM

sbliss@bne.catholic.net.au Although there have been many words crafted about Franciscan spirituality, it is essentially a spirituality marked by its simplicity; we must return to the time of Francis to understand his experience of conversion. Associate Pastors

• Fr. Thomas Zaranski
• Fr. James O’Donoghue

Pastoral Associate Bernadette McAndrew 0488 008 817 Administration Staff Maree Coyne, Kathy Lund, Rosalia Risati, Bernadette Lenihan Pastoral Assistant & Safeguarding Rep Benjamin Leschke 0427 966 156 Safeguarding Information ipswichcatholic.com/safeguarding lsr.ipswich@bne.catholic.net.au

DEAR PARISHIONERS, Parents who bring a new baby home also bring home their hopes and dreams for the child. At the very least, they hope the child will be happy and healthy and will have a life that is better than theirs. From there, they may harbour a secret hope that the child might create the cure for some disease, write a prize-winning novel, or bring peace to the world.... I have seen this over the years, especially when I was a chaplain at a maternity hospital in Melbourne (best job I ever had, apart from here!!!) Only a week ago a friend’s daughter said to me that she hopes and prays she wouldn’t mess things up too badly as a parent! This beautiful young mum told me this was her secret hope and pleaded with me not to share that with her parents - (they live interstate and won’t read this! ). As she spoke, she wondered what she might do wrong as a parent! I’m sure you can relate to this! I can only imagine what Mary and Joseph thought when they brought Jesus to the Temple. Even though the angel Gabriel had revealed their son’s identity, did they look at him and see the refiner’s fire of Malachi’s prophecy? It’s possible, but I think they saw him more as their beloved

• child. The angel Gabriel told Mary that her son would “be

great...[and] the Son of the Most High” (Luke 1:32), but did she know everything that meant? That’s hard to see when your child is an infant in your arms. What we know is this: Mary and Joseph brought Jesus to the Temple, and two people who had been waiting all their lives for a sign from God took that child into their arms and into their hearts and saw in him the answer to their prayers and the fulfillment of their hopes. In that moment, Mary and Joseph could simply hold their breath and pray for the grace and strength to raise this child

• f God - and to hold their own hope out to him.

Let’s pray that we be people of hope - and as hope-filled people let’s see and experience the goodness of those around us. Remember, seeing goodness, we see and experience God! Have a good week, Stephen ofm A WORD FROM POPE FRANCIS In the Temple...Mary and Joseph find the roots of their faith, for faith is not something learned from a book, but the art of living with God, learned from the experience of those who have gone before us. The two young people, in meeting two older people [Simeon and Anna], thus find themselves. —Feast of the Presentation of the Lord, February 2, 2018

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PASTORAL MATTERS Our Parish Diary

Online Diary – ipswichcatholic.com/events

Monday 3rd Feb: Weekday in Ordinary Time

• 7:00am

Mass, St. Joseph’s, North Ipswich

• 7:00pm

Mass, Mater Dei, Sadliers Crossing Tuesday 4th Feb: Weekday in Ordinary Time

• 9:00am

Mass, Immaculate Heart, Leichhardt

• 10:30am

Mass, St. Mary’s Hostel, Raceview Wednesday 5th Feb: St. Agatha, virgin, martyr

• 9:00am

Mass, St. Mary’s, Woodend

• 9:30am

Mass, Cabanda Nursing Home, Rosewood

• 10:00am

Mass, RSL Retirement Community, Grange Road

• 11:00am

Funeral Prayers, Gregory Murphy, Len Russell Chapel

• 5:00pm

Prayer Group Meeting, Parish Office

• 7:00pm

RCIA, Parish Office Thursday 6th Feb: St. Paul Miki and companions, martyrs

• 9:00am

Mass, St. Mary’s, Woodend

• 9:00am

Mass, St. Joseph’s, North Ipswich

• 6:00pm

Mass, St. Boniface, Marburg Friday 7th Feb: Weekday in Ordinary Time

• 7:45am

Meditation Group, Parish Office, Woodend

• 8:30am

Penance, Miraculous Medal, Eastern Heights

• 9:00am

Mass, Miraculous Medal, Eastern Heights

• 9:30am

Exercise Class, Mater Dei, Sadliers Crossing Saturday 8th Feb: Weekday in Ordinary Time

• 4:15pm

Penance, Immaculate Heart, Leichhardt

• 4:30pm

Mass, Immaculate Heart, Leichhardt

• 5:30pm

Mass, Miraculous Medal, Eastern Heights

• 5:00pm

Penance, St. Mary’s, Woodend

• 6:00pm

Mass, St. Mary’s, Woodend Sunday 9th Feb: 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time

• 7:30am

Mass, St. Joseph’s, North Ipswich

• 8:00am

Mass, St. Brigid’s, Rosewood

• 8:30am

Mass, St. Mary’s, Woodend

• 9:00am

Baptisms, St. Joseph’s, North Ipswich

• 10:00am

Baptisms, St. Mary’s, Woodend

• 6:00pm

Mass, St. Mary’s, Woodend Next Sunday - 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time 1st Reading Isaiah 58:7-10 2nd Reading 1 Corinthians 2:1-5 Gospel Matthew 5:13-16

OUR PARISH PRAYERS

Please pray for those in our parish who are sick and/or house bound, and for those who are dealing with struggles of any kind. We also pray for the following… Recently Deceased: Kathlyn Ingleton, James Cummings, Annie Hayes, John Burns, Ronald Van Duin, Molly Stevens, Louise Kerwick, Ralph Hartwell, and Pamela Hogan. Anniversaries: Leslie Welland, Bill Roach and those in our Book of Life. Baptisms: Jade Parker, Maggie Kruger, and Jack Coogan are being Baptised this weekend. Please keep them in your prayers.

CORRECTION - RIPLEY MASS TIME THIS WEEKEND The correct Mass time for Minka Place Ripley this Sunday afternoon is 4:30pm; not 4:00pm. We hope to see you there.

Minka Place Main Street, Ripley, 4305

LITURGICAL UPDATE OUR CHURCH COMPUTERS Over recent months we have updated our church computers and have also linked them together to allow file sharing from the Parish Office. Computer Operators please don’t shut the computer down or turn the monitor off when finished. Simply lock the computer by holding the Windows Key and the Letter L.

The computer will look after the rest!

SACRISTANS Setting up our churches for Mass is quite a job. Over the coming weeks we will be facilitating training refreshers for all our sacristans. We will contact sacristans directly. COMPUTER OPERATORS Looking after our slides at Mass isn’t as easy as it might

• seem. Technology often can be a little unpredictable.

Recently we updated Easy Worship (our presentation program) therefore we will be re-training all our computer

• perators to ensure everyone is aware of a standard way of
• perating it. We will also cover computer troubleshooting
• techniques. We will contact computer operators directly.

FLOCKNOTE, A NEW WAY TO COMMUNICATE Our weekly email has moved to Flocknote; our new communication tool. For anyone not currently receiving Stephen’s weekly email please subscribe. Our Digital News has more information than what we currently print in our paper newsletter so don’t miss out!

ipswich.flocknote.com/digitalnews

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FORMATION

THE STORY OF THE PRESENTATION OF THE LORD At the end of the fourth century, a woman named Etheria made a pilgrimage to

• Jerusalem. Her journal, discovered in 1887, gives an unprecedented glimpse of

liturgical life there. Among the celebrations she describes is the Epiphany, the

• bservance of Christ’s birth, and the gala procession in honour of his

Presentation in the Temple 40 days later. Under the Mosaic Law, a woman was ritually “unclean” for 40 days after childbirth, when she was to present herself to the priests and offer sacrifice—her “purification.” Contact with anyone who had brushed against mystery—birth or death—excluded a person from Jewish

• worship. This feast emphasizes Jesus’ first appearance in the Temple more than

Mary’s purification. The observance spread throughout the Western Church in the fifth and sixth centuries. Because the Church in the West celebrated Jesus’ birth on December 25, the Presentation was moved to February 2, 40 days after Christmas. At the beginning of the eighth century, Pope Sergius inaugurated a candlelight procession; at the end of the same century the blessing and distribution of candles which continues to this day became part of the celebration, giving the feast its popular name: Candlemas. Reflection In Luke’s account, Jesus was welcomed in the temple by two elderly people, Simeon and the widow Anna. They embody Israel in their patient expectation; they acknowledge the infant Jesus as the long-awaited Messiah. Early references to the Roman feast dub it the feast of Saint Simeon, the old man who burst into a song of joy which the Church still sings at day’s end.

• franciscanmedia.org/presentation-of-the-lord/

SACRAMENTAL PROGRAM - FIRST RECONCILIATION Preparing children for the Sacrament of Reconciliation allows us to show them that God is love and that in mercy He is always ready to forgive, no matter what the wrong. It assures them that God already knows the secrets of our hearts, but sometimes we need to name these aloud in order to prepare our hearts to renew the experience of God's love and forgiveness. It also shows them that just as God is One, God dreams that we might all be one as well--one with each other and one with God. God’s will is that all people will be reconciled with one another and with God. What an extraordinary gift!

Calling all children who wish to receive their First Reconciliation!

Families who have had their children enrolled in our previous Confirmation (2018) and First Eucharist (2019) programs will be contacted directly with the emails that were provided to the Parish Office previously. All those families will receive an email next week. If there are new children in the Parish or our schools who are yet to receive First Reconciliation, please contact the Parish Office and leave your email so an enrolment link can be sent to you. Prerequisites - Children must have already received First Eucharist and Confirmation and children must also be turning 10 this year (Grade 5). GREETING FROM FR. JAMES O’DONOGHUE Hi everyone, I have celebrated at least one Mass in each of the Churches. I am still a new feature here. I was born in Brisbane and have lived all my life in South East Queensland. I am the eldest of two. I have a younger brother. I began my schooling at Christ the King at Graceville followed by Nudgee Junior at Indooroopilly. St Joseph’s College Gregory Terrace followed for my secondary schooling. I was interested in becoming a priest early on, although I didn’t enter Pius XII Seminary until after I completed a Bachelor of Arts at UQ. A triumvirate of influences of school, family and parish fanned my interest in Ministry. My family were part of Christ the King Parish Graceville where my mother still attends to this day. (Now Corinda-Graceville). My first appointment was at Sacred Heart as a deacon in 1992. Some parishioners would remember me from there. I was ordained to the priesthood on St Joseph’s Day 1993. One of my classmates was Mark Franklin and I attended his Mass of Thanksgiving at Rosewood. My appointments have been Surfers Paradise on the Gold Coast, Caboolture-Bribie Island and Grovely-Samford, Royal Brisbane Hospital at Herston. I was at Jubilee Parish (Redhill) when it was formed in 2007. Most recently I was at St Vincent’s Hospital at Kangaroo Point and concurrently at Mother of Mercy Hendra-Hamilton. Some of my hobbies are theatre and music. I used to do cooking until one day while cooking in my apartment within St Vincent’s hospital, I set off the fire alarms while making rhubarb pie. The burly firemen from Kemp Place strode into the apartment complete with axes and I haven’t cooked since. (If I triggered a second call out it would have been a $1,000 meal). My favourite meal is still apple and rhubarb crumble. My favourite saint is St Dominic, but I suspect that St Francis will take his place. Thank you for your welcoming attention during the last weeks and I am looking forward to hearing more of your stories and getting to know you more. It is a very interesting time being part of a newly merged Parish. I look forward to being part of it.

• Fr. James

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Safeguarding our Community - ipswichcatholic.com/safeguarding

NEWS AND INFORMATION

• St. Therese of Lisieux – The Springfield Parish would like

to invite the parish communities of the South Country Deanery to the hosting of the relics of St Therese of Lisieux. This visit will also include the relics of Sts Louis and Zelie Martin, St Therese’s parents. This is first time that the relics of St Therese and her parents have visited the Southern Hemisphere together. This rare event will take place on Friday the 7th February. The relics will arrive at Our Lady of the Southern Cross Church at 12pm and will leave at 9pm. The visit will run as follows:

12:00pm Welcome ceremony 2pm-3pm Good Shepherd School visit Talk - Sr Theresa Maria Con of St Paul de Chartres 3pm-7pm Veneration of relics 7:00pm Mass 7:30pm Talk - Sr Theresa Maria Con of St Paul de Chartres 7:45-8:30pm Adoration 8:40pm Final prayer, blessing, then refreshments 9:00pm Close

Bushfire Collection – Thanks to the generosity of parishioners, $4734.45 was collected last weekend for the Bushfire Appeal, the money has been sent to SVdP. Thank- you to all who contributed. You are welcome to continue to donate (just pop your donation in an envelope and place it

• n the Collection Plate and it will be forwarded on).

Refurbishments – Some refurbishment and major removal

• f asbestos has begun in the Presbytery at Woodend.

These works will take nearly four months. During this time each of the priests are residing within the Parish, in Parish

• wned and rental properties. If you need a priest out of

Office Hours, please call the Parish Office number and you will be redirected to the priest on-call. The Parish Office will not be affected, so it is “business as usual” for the Office.

• St. Edmund’s Old Boys Association – The Annual

General Meeting will be held at 6:30pm on Wednesday 12th February 2020 at the Pender House, St Edmund’s College, Arthur Street Woodend. All enquiries to be made to Andrew McGrath on 3389 6858 or 0438 164 452. World Community for Christian Meditation Australia (Queensland) - invites you to join us for a Reflection day with two modern Mystics; Evelyn Underhill & John Main. Come along and be inspired by them! Saturday 29th February 2020 from 9:30am - 2:30pm at The Fort, The Passionist Community, 199 – 219 Fort Road, Oxley. Suggested donation $10; BYO lunch and journal for

• reflection. Gabby Nelson toga@bigpond.net.au

CCR Brisbane Healing Prayer Centre - will be offering training on Healing Prayer Level 1 at CCR Brisbane Centre, 688 Nudgee Road, Northgate (in the grounds of St. John’s Catholic Church). The course will be completed over 3 full Saturdays; 29th February, 28th March, 18th April (attendance at all 3 days required) The course is open to all. Registration essential by Saturday 15th February. Please contact secretary@ccrbrisbane.org.au or 0435 558 390. Great News! - Thanks to the wonderful response from parishioners and friends, a range of children’s biblical costumes was available for the (CRI) Christian Religious Instructors to view at the first training day for 2020. This was held at the Catalyst Church, Brassall on Thursday 30th Jan. Please continue supplying items for reuse for the children’s costumes, as the need is ongoing. Anyone interested in assisting in any way with the CRI program please contact

• ur CRI Catholic coordinator; Aileen Kelly 0438 113 857.

Religious Formation Sessions for Children For the past 20 years the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd has operated in the Ipswich Catholic Community. Many of you have followed and supported this wonderful formation program for young children. The formation involves children attending sessions during the school term which involve a hands-on approach with activities about the scriptures, the Mass and the life and times of Jesus. The sessions are offered on a Monday and Thursday from 3:15pm to 5:00pm. Monday Session is for the older child from grades 2 to 7 and Thursday is for our young children ranging from Kindy to grade 1. We begin in the week of Monday 17th February and finish the term on Monday 23rd / 26th March. For more information regarding this activity for children please contact Bernadette McAndrew at the Parish Office or via email pa.ipswich@bne.catholic.net.au To Our Students, Their Families & Teachers Good wishes to all our school students and their families as their summer holidays begin to come to an end, and as thoughts arise of the return to school! May they all be kept safe and be refreshed ahead of the start of school again. Over the coming weeks we will commission the teachers in the Schools and Colleges of our Parish. The educational year for 2020 celebrates 175 years of Catholic Education in Queensland - our schools in Ipswich are amongst the oldest in Queensland. Thank you to all those Parishioners over the years have supported Catholic Education in Ipswich and Rosewood. Have a great year students teachers and support staff! Stephen ofm

OUR SCHOOLS & COLLEGES

• St. Mary’s, Woodend

Principal: Mr Mike Quinn 07 3281 1998 pipswich@bne.catholic.edu.au

• St. Joseph’s, North Ipswich

Principal: Mr Nicholas Constable 07 3201 6188 pnthipswich@bne.catholic.edu.au

• St. Brigid’s, Rosewood

Principal: Mr Duane Wann 07 5464 1563 prosewood@bne.catholic.edu.au Immaculate Heart, Leichhardt Principal: Mr Kurt Dutney 07 3812 1077 pleichhardt@bne.catholic.edu.au

• St. Mary’s College

Principal: Mrs Judith Finan 07 3432 5444 admincentre@stmarys.qld.edu.au

• St. Edmund’s College

Principal: Mr Ray Celegato 07 3810 4400 secmail@sec.qld.edu.au