TRINITY SUNDAY
Sacramental Programme: This Sunday 31 May – Lesson Ten/Practice 10.30am.
First Holy Communion – Saturday 6 June at the 5pm Mass.
Contact Barbara Lee lees@slingshot.co.nz ph 299 8070
This week:
First Friday Mass at 10am – Anointing of the Sick
Parish Pastoral Council meeting this Wednesday 3 June, 7pm, Ryder Rm.
Contact Nigel Boyhan 2962369
Master-plan for Development of Church Buildings and Site. On Friday May 15 the Parish Council, Finance Committee and Liturgy held a meeting to explore the development of a master plan for our site and buildings. There will be additional meetings forthcoming.
Funds raised for Fr John Vianney Makanda – $2565, any further contributions to the parish office please.
St Vincent de Paul – thank you everyone for ongoing donations of food to the pantry and also cash donations, we are currently low on flour and sugar.
Faith Walks – reconnecting with the land.
Next walk, through Totara Park. June 13th 8.30am.
Meet at the northern end of Wairere Rd. All Welcome.
Diocesan Youth Mass | Hosted by West – Sunday 31 May, 7 pm @ St Patrick’s Cathedral, with Fr Mika.
Theme ‘Called to Ignite’ Join the FB event: http://on.fb.me/1PjzEjl.
– Parish Retreat – Saturday 17 October at La Valla, Tuakua
Speaker: Dr Tony Molloy. See Fr Peter for information
The week of Marist Sisters (31 May to 6 June) – see information on the noticeboard today.
40 Hours Eucharistic Devotion at Tyburn Monastery, 100 Chamberlain Rd, Bombay – beginning Friday 5 June with Mass at 9.30pm followed by Perpetual Adoration until Sunday 7 June – Mass at 2.30pm and Corpus Christi Procession. Information Rev. Mother Prioress 092360598
Catholic Young Professionals welcome Dr Dale Bramley as speaker this Wednesday 3 June 6.30pm, Gus Fisher Gallery, 74 Shortland Street. We invite working Catholics in their 20s and 30s – Dr Bramley will share his experience in leadership within the health sector and living his Catholic faith. Come along and be inspired!
Find us on Facebook at ‘Catholic Young Professionals’ orcatholicyoungprofessionalsnz@gmail.com
World Youth Day Auckland Experience: 11 & 12 July 2015, The event that we all look forward to is back!! One of our many themes is social injustice. Bishop Pat has challenged us to research and share creatively about an issue or need in our local area. Group, Individual and Volunteer registrations now open.
Men’s Retreat – Discovering the Divine Within
27 – 28 June 2015 (Saturday 10am – Sunday 2pm) St Francis Retreat Centre, Mt Roskill
$155pp (All inclusive) Led by Br. David Leary, ofm (PhD in Counselling & Health Psychology)
Booking at 09-625 6651 or director@stfrancisretreatcentre.org.nz for more information.
Mercy Spirituality Centre, 104 The Drive, bookings ph 09 638 6238 orinfo@mercyspiritualitycentre.org.nz
- Mary – misunderstood? with Gemma Simmonds cj, Saturday 13 June, 9.30am-4pm
- Early Images in Christianity – Three Empresses Protecting Early Icons and Mosaics with Anne-Marie Harvey rsm, Thursday 25 June, 7-9pm
- Enneagram Unit 2 – with Marie Corbett, Saturday 27 June, 9.30am-4.30pm
Theology of the Body for Engaged and Newly Married Couples
“Discovering the Mystery of the Human Person and Our Vocation to Love”
Sat/Sun 13/14 June and 20/21 June 12-5pm, St Columba Centre, Ponsonby. $80 per couple.
Registrations close 6 June. Enquires Sandra Armstrong Marriage and Family 3603008 or Maria Pais on ria.ctk.wyd@gmail.com / 0272105050
Saint Francis Retreat Centre Women’s Retreat – 50 Hillsborough Rd, Mt Roskill.
09 625 6651. 12 – 14 June. 7.30pm Friday – 2pm Sunday. Leader: Betty Drew-Diprose. $195pp ($30 deposit when booking) admin@stfrancisretreatcentre.org.nz, www.stfrancisretreatcentre.org.nz
Papakura Community Dinners – Anglican Hall Tuesdays at 6pm – over 100 attending.
A call for anyone who might consider joining or doing a little more for the community dinner.
We need one other person as a head chef to coordinate the food with two other helpers, approx every 4-5 weeks, at a location and time that suits you. The church kitchen is available. No catering experience needed, simple recipes, Contact Judith. 027 660 3444 or morleyjohn@xtra.co.nz.
A person for admin/volunteer liaison. To check PCD emails and reply/forward etc.
A person to organise the roster. The volunteer lists are already made and the basic structure of the roster is available. You’ll be well supported. Contact Danielle 021 299 3477 or dmorleyjohn@gmail.com.
Prolife facts: In 1963, New Zealand doctor Professor Sir William Liley pioneered a technique for carrying out blood transfusions on preborn children endangered by rH incompatability with their mothers. This was the first time a preborn child had been successfully treated as a patient in medicine. The medical speciality of perinatology was established and Sir William became known as the “Father of Fetology”. For pro-life information, visit www.voiceforlife.org.nz or phone (09)4430995.
FIT FOR MISSION: Submitting our lives as Christians and our mission, which we all received in Baptism, to the action of the Holy Spirit means finding the apostolic courage needed to overcome easy accommodations with the world Pope Francis
Have you submitted your life and your mission to the Holy Spirit?
What do you need to overcome?
If you are coming in to the Mass during the readings: Please wait along the back wall. Do not take a seat. You may take a seat during the psalm (between the two readings) or during the Acclamation (before the gospel). Thank you.