Notices — Third Sunday After Pentecost — 13th June 2021

NOTICES:

 

Annu­al Leave: Fr Jeff will be away for the next two Sundays – 20th and 27th June.  Fr John Hawkins will be cel­eb­rat­ing on those days.  Fr Philip Brad­ford will be offi­ci­at­ing on Wed­nes­days 23^rd and 30^th of June.

 

Cinema Para­diso:  Vis­ion (2009) — Sat, 24 July 2021 at 3.30pm RSVP:  18 July 202 Vis­ion tells the story of Hilde­gard von Bin­gen, the 12th cen­tury Bene­dict­ine nun, Chris­ti­an mys­tic and com­poser, ven­er­ated in the Cath­ol­ic and Anglic­an Com­mu­nions.  She was a Doc­tor of the Church who was able to trans­mit her vis­ions to the world.  Accord­ing to Wiki­pe­dia, Pope John Paul II called her “a light to her people and for her time” and said “she con­tin­ues to shine even more brightly today.” The film por­trays Hildegard’s determ­in­a­tion to expand the respons­ib­il­it­ies of women with­in the Bene­dict­ine order whilst deal­ing with the out­rage in the Church about the vis­ions she claimed to receive from God.  Vis­ion is filmed in the medi­ev­al cloisters of the south­ern Rhine region. 3.30pm for a punc­tu­al 3.45pm start 4.45pm Inter­val with refresh­ments (20 minutes) 5.55pm fin­ish

Appeal by The Arch­bish­op Of Jer­u­s­alem for Donations

You will be aware of the dev­ast­a­tion caused by the viol­ence in the Holy land over the last few weeks.  The Anglic­an Arch­bish­op of Jer­u­s­alem has asked for dona­tions to the Gaza Hos­pit­al which is strug­gling with urgent med­ic­al demands.

Dona­tions can be made by access­ing the Anglic­an Board of Mis­sions web­site and then by fol­low­ing these steps: 1. enter MENU, 2. GET INVOLVED, 3. APPEALS, 4. ABM EMERGENCY APPEAL FOR GAZA.

Dona­tions are tax deductible.

If you have any prob­lems or need any more inform­a­tion, please speak to

Tony Brown­low.

 

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Lea MacNeil has jam, con­serves, pickles and vari­ous sauces to sell; please email her at lea.macneil@gmail.com to order them from her.  Don­ald, her hus­band can deliv­er your spe­cif­ic order to the Opshop where it can be paid for.  All pro­ceeds go to St Luke’s Parish.

 

Food for our worms – Food scraps (no dairy, cit­rus or meat) can be left in the buck­et provided.  This is part of our Par­ish envir­on­ment­al initiative.

 

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Weekly Inter­ces­sions for our Community:

Sunday: John Dick­son; Kathy Drum­mond; Dav­id Dun­lop; Michael Flem­ing, Eliza­beth Arm­strong, Tom, Ella & Nick.

Monday: Steph­en Gates & Andrew; Mar­ilyn Gibbs; and Kev­in Green.

Tues­day: Peter Gil­bert & Alfredo Narnolo; and Stu­art Grigg & ‘Tri­cia.

Wed­nes­day: Richard Hagen & Som; Selina & John Hardy; and Moy Holle.

Thursday: John, Martha & Chris­toph­er Haly; and Susan Hill, Janet & Alex.

Fri­day: We pray for Fr John Bunyan’s pas­tor­al care min­istry at Bank­stown Hos­pit­al and all those he min­is­ters to.

Sat­urday: Dear lov­ing Fath­er, please deliv­er us from the coronavir­us and  lim­it its impact on Aus­tralia and the world. In your mercy bring a swift end to this crisis, par­tic­u­larly in India, PNG and Vic­tor­ia at this time.  Please pro­tect with your lov­ing care those we love — our fam­il­ies, friends and neigh­bours.  Let your fath­erly hand guide, shel­ter and strengthen them.  Cast out all anxious fears and doubts.  Give us an increas­ing trust in you and fill our hearts and minds with your peace.  We pray for those around the world now strug­gling with COVID-19.  Heal and com­fort those who are sick and suf­fer­ing.  Pro­tect and guide the health pro­fes­sion­als who are at the front line.  Please give wis­dom and cour­age to those who bear respons­ib­il­ity for con­front­ing this chal­lenge. We ask these things through the power­ful name of Jesus.  Amen.

 

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Pray­ers for the sick: John Bowen; John Sat­ter­ley; Dav­id Dun­lop; Robert & Lyn­dall Dubler; Pamela Jak­sic; Colin Spokes; Peter Cinelli; John Can Pahali; Alex Regos; Aman­da Cow­ley; Fr Phil­lip Carter; Peter Knox; Sr Colleen Crook; Br Wil­li­am; Ron Clarke & his fam­ily; Lyn­dall McCar­ron; Maurice Pope & his fam­ily; Raul (Skid Row Radio) & fam­ily; Barry McKay; Ruth Dodd; Christina Rees (CBE); Deepika & Deep­shi­ka; and Andrew Stratgolda.

 

Anniversar­ies of the Depar­ted: Jack Gib­son; Betty Borg; and Eric Champion.

 

Saints Com­mem­or­a­tion: 15^{th _} Evelyn Under­hill, spir­itu­al writer (d.1941).

 

Long Term Pas­tor­al Pray­er list: Lyn Car­ring­ton; Steph­en Thur­ley; Wolf Winter; John Dick­son; John Hardy; Andrew Reddy; Shir­ley, Bar­bara & Jade Allen; Br Noel Jeffs (SSF); Kiki Chun; Beth Arm­strong; Ann Jeffs; Rhi­an­non Henry-Edwards; Marissa; Jude, Isla, Meg & Al Don­nell; Suz­anne Camp­ton; Pau­line Newell; Bar­bara Beec­roft; Ann Con­nolly; Day­alan Sam­inath­an; Kuwert; Grace & Han­nah Ashton; Anaisha, & her par­ents Anu & Digvi­jay; Ron Nath; Ron­an Nath; Veron­ica Nath; and Rev Laurie McIntyre.

 

Read­ings for the com­ing week: Even­ing Pray­er 

Sunday	1 Samuel 16.14–23	Ps 92.1–4, 12–15	Mark 4.13–23
Monday	Sir­ach 7.18–36	Ps 119.105–128	2 Cor­inthi­ans 11.7–15
Tues­day	Sir­ach 10.12–28	Ps 104.26–37	2 Cor­inthi­ans 11.16–29
Wed­nes­day	Sir­ach 11.15–28	Ps 105.23–45	2 Cor­inthi­ans 11.30–12.5
Thursday	Sir­ach 14.20–15.8	Ps 106.25–50	2 Cor­inthi­ans 12.6–13
Fri­day	Sir­ach 15.9–20	Ps 107.23–43	2 Cor­inthi­ans 12.14–21
Sat­urday	Sir­ach 17.1–24	Pss 112; 113	2 Cor­inthi­ans 13

 

Read­ings for Next Sunday — Fourth Sunday After Pente­cost:  First Read­ing: 1 Samuel 17.32–49;  Psalm: 133;  Second Read­ing: 2 Cor­inthi­ans 6.1–13; and  Gos­pel: Mark 4.35–41