FnoM 1ur Pns1ons Drsk

With our Christmas Season concluded for another

year we have a relavely short burst of Ordinary
Timejust four weeks!before we encounter the
other great combinaon of liturgical seasons: the
Season of Lent, the Paschal Triduum, and the Season
ofEaster.

EasterSundayisanearlyonethisyear,andverysoon
the preparaons for Lent (our Lenten program and
otheracviesofpreparaon)andEaster(withallthe
major celebraons to be prepared for) will take our
aenon, and righully so. Which is why this short
interludecomesatagoodme,whenwecanpausea
moment to catch our breath aer the highpoint of
Advent,ChristmasandtheChristmasSeason.

In saying that, Im not suggesng that we disengage

from our mission, but rather pause and refresh
ourselves during this rst burst of Ordinary Time so
that we can engage once again when we plunge into
our journey through Lent and Easter that is only four
weeksaway.

Next Sunday we will mark Australia Day and I would

like to hope that our community will gather once
again on our Naonal Day to give thanks to God for
the great gis we have received as a naon, and to
seek Gods blessing on our naons year ahead. If we
arehonestwithourselvesthereismuchtobegrateful
for in our naon, and yet there is also sll much that
remainsundone.

Our celebraon of Australia Day, centred around the

celebraon of Eucharist, is a most ng way to mark
this day in our naonal calendar. Our Mass for
Australia Day will take place in our Tuncurry Church,
commencingat10am(pleasenotethechangeofme
fromournormalSaturdayMassme).

Unlnextweek FrAndrew
Parish
FrAndrewDoohan(ParishPriest)
MrGregByrne(PastoralAssociate)
MrsSharonFowle(Administraon)
SrKathrynMcCabe(AboriginalCatholicMinistry)

TheParishOceisattherearoftheParishHallandis
staedonTuesdaysandFridaysfrom10amto4pm.

33LakeStreet,ForsterNSW2428
POBox67,ForsterNSW2428
P: (02)65546304
F: (02)65546425
E: forstertuncurryparish@gmail.comor
fr.andrew.doohan@bigpond.com(FrAndrew)
W: www.forstertuncurrycatholic.org.au

HolyNameParishSchool(K6)
MrMarkMowbray(Principal)

41LakeStreet,ForsterNSW2428
POBox243,ForsterNSW2428
P: (02)65546504
F: (02)65548895
E: admin@forster.catholic.edu.au

Items for inclusion in Bridgeside Bullen can be sent

totheParishOceorFrAndrew,preferablybyemail
orwriennote,bymiddayonThursday.

Bapsms are celebrated on Sundays, either during

any of our Sunday Masses or aer the 9am Mass.
Bapsmal Preparaon meengs are held on the
secondMondayofeachmonthat7pmintheMeeng
RoomsoftheParishHallatForster.Pleasecontactthe
Parish Oce for more details, or visit the Parish
website.

Weddingsarecelebratedbyarrangementandwithat
least three (and preferably more) months noce.
PleasecontactFrAndrewformoredetails,orvisitthe
Parishwebsite.
Sunday 20th January, 2013
Second Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C
Bridgeside Bulletin
TheweeklybullenoftheCatholiccommunityof
ForsterandTuncurry
HolyNameofJesusParishChurch
33LakeStreet,Forster
StMary,StaroftheSeaChurch
CnrKent&PeelStreets,Tuncurry
ProclaimingChristtothecommuniesofForster,Tuncurryandthesurroundingdistricts
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We begin our year with lunch at Club Forster on
Tuesday 22nd February at 12 noon. New members
andfriendsaremostwelcome.ContactLorraine6554
7056orLey65549670.
Tur Pnnisu Dinnv(for the week ahead)
Tue(22/1) 9am ChrisanMeditaon(Bob
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3:30pm HolyHour@Tuncurry
4:30pm Mass@Tuncurry
5:30pm ChrisanMeditaon(Bob
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Wed(23/1) 9am Mass@Forster
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Thu(24/1) AllDay FrAndrewaending

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Fri(25/1) AllDay FrAndrewaending

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Sat(26/1) 8:30am Reconciliaon@

Tuncurry
10am Mass@Tuncurry
4:45pm Reconciliaon@Forster
(unl5.15pm)
6pm VigilMass@Tuncurry

Sun(27/1) 7am Mass@Tuncurry

9am Mass@Forster
WrtcoMr 1o oun Visi1ons
Awarmwelcometothevisitorstoourcommunityfor
Christmas and the summer holidays. We hope your
stayisbothenjoyableandsafe.
Pnnisu Orricr DuniNc JnNunnv
Our Pastoral Associate, Greg Byrne, is taking Annual
Leave during January. The Parish Oce will therefore
not always be staed as normal. Please be assured
that all emails and telephone messages will be
aended to, although there may be a slight delay in
responding.Wewouldaskforyourunderstandingand
forbearance.
JnNunnv Mnss Scuroutr
The January Mass Schedule concludes this weekend,
and we will revert to our normal paern of three
Masseswitheectfromnextweekend.
Wrrkonv Missnts
The new versions of the Weekday Missal have now
been published, and it may be possible for the parish
to place a bulk order (depending on demand). At this
stage the cost is the region of $80.00 each. Please
leaveyournameonsheetprovidedifinterested.
IN voun cunni1v, rtrnsr rnnv ron:

RecentlyDeceased:AllanCarroll,EvelynBrady

Anniversaries:HerbertKearns,JohnDrzyzoja.

andallthosewhoaresickinourparish.
A Nrw BrciNNiNc
Beginning Experience is a personal encounter
weekend for those who are grieving the loss of a
partner through death, separaon or divorce. Closing
the door on the past gently by geng in touch and
dealing with the feeling resulng from the end of the
relaonship is an important part of making a new
beginning. The next Beginning Experience weekend is
on 13 March 2013. For informaon and an
applicaon form please contact: Lee (02) 9449 5317,
Lynne(02)46272084,orKevin(02)49810626.
Aus1nntin Dnv
Our Mass for Australia Day will be celebrated next
Saturday26thJanuaryat10amatStMary,Starofthe
Sea Church, Tuncurry. Please note the change of me
fromournormalSaturdayMassme.

Confessions will be available as normal from 8:30am

unl9am.
Fnnrwrtt ron Rrvo Jrssicn GnnN1
A farewell for Revd Jess Grant will take place at St
Albans Anglican Church, Forster on Sunday 27th
Januaryat4pm.Allwelcome.
To PnoctniM 1ur Gosrrt iN Wono nNo
Drro
Through parcipaon in the prophec mission of
Christ,whoproclaimedthekingdomofhisFatherby
the tesmony of his life and by the power of his
world, the lay faithful are given the ability and
responsibility to accept the gospel in faith and to
proclaim it in word and deed, without hesitang to
courageouslyidenfyanddenounceevil.
ExtractfromChrisdelesLaici,PopeJohnPaulII,1988.
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Forthosewithaccesstotheinternetitiseasytostay
in touch with what the Catholic Church is saying on
issues of public importance in Australiasimply visit
theChurchswebsite(www.catholic.org.au)andgoto
the Media Centre for the latest media releases and
publicstatements.
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bookingscontactArdell&BillSharpeon0242833435
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journey to visit volunteers in the eld, and learn how
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For more informaon contact Sarah on 02 9518 9551
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AovnNcr No1icr
Giventherelavelyshortperiodofmebetweenthe
endoftheChristmasSeasonandthebeginningofthe
Season of Lent, there are a number of Diocesan
celebraonswhichyoumaywishtobeawareof:

As has become the custom in recent years, Bishop

Bill will be travelling around the Diocese on the
Fridays of Lent to preside over a series of Lenten
Liturgies of Hope and Healing. Our Parish will be
hosng the rst of these on Friday 15th February
intheSchoolHallbeginningat7pm.Allareinvited
to join with Bishop Bill as we pray for healing and
hopeduringtheSeasonofLent.
The annual Chrism Mass will be celebrated on
Tuesday 26th March in the Cathedral Church
beginning at 7pm. Again, all are welcome to join
with the Bishop to celebrate this important event
intheyearlylifeofourDiocese.
HvMNJus1 Likr You PnoMisro

Justlikeyoupromised,youvecome
Justlikeyoutoldus,yourehere
Andourdesireisthatyouknow
Weloveyou,weworshipyou,
Wewelcomeyouhere.
Nrcrssi1v nNo WoNorn or Ri1unt
There is a modest and essenal places in every
liturgical celebraon for human rhetoric, but it is a
modestplace,subordinatetotheproclamaonofthe
wordofGodinscripture,subordinatetothesymbolic
aconofthewholeassembly.Impliedinallthisisthe
convicon that what is most important about public
worship is that we gather the sisters and brothers
together for a fesval, a special occasion, a
celebraon of the reign of God (not yet terribly
evident in daily life nor in the instuons of society),
that helps all of us feel so good about ourselves, so
important, so dignied, so precious, so free, so much
at one . . . not as escape, not merely in disncon to
daily roune, but in judgement, in the Lords
judgement on those ways and instuons. A
celebraonofthereignofGodthatgoeswaybeyond
the ght, drab, raonalisc, pedagogical exercises we
somemestomakeofitallthosedreadfulthemes
that we loveinto a large, broad, full human
landscape, where Jesus is truly the rstborn of a new
humanity,andwhereourotherliturgicaltools(fesval
excessandcoloursandtastesandtexturesandodours
and forms and touches) penetrate the Babel of our
words and points and arguments to heal the human
spirit and to raise it up in the covenant communitys
vision of new possibilies. Good liturgical celebraon,
likeaparable,takesusbythehairofourheads,lisus
momentarily out of the cesspool of injusce we call
home, puts us in the promised and challenging reign
ofGod,wherewearetreatedlikewehaveneverbeen
treatedanywhereelse.

RobertW.Hovda
Ros1rns
NewrostersareavailablefromtherearoftheChurch.
Weareusinganewsowareprogramtodevelopthe
rosters. It is able to automacally send reminders to
thosewhohaveanemailaddress.Ifyouwouldliketo
receive these nocaons, please contact Sharon at
theoceatforstertuncurryparish1@gmail.com.
Oun Li1uncv Toonv

Responsorial Psalm
Response: Proclaim his marvellous deeds to all the
naons.

OsinganewsongtotheLord,
singtotheLordalltheearth.
OsingtotheLord,blesshisname.

Proclaimhishelpdaybyday,
tellamongthenaonshisglory
andhiswondersamongallthepeoples.

GivetheLord,youfamiliesofpeoples,
givetheLordgloryandpower,
givetheLordthegloryofhisname.

WorshiptheLordinhistemple.
Oearth,tremblebeforehim.
Proclaimtothenaons:Godisking.
Hewilljudgethepeoplesinfairness.

Gospel Acclamaon
Alleluia,alleluia!
Godhascalleduswiththegospel
toshareinthegloryofourLordJesusChrist.
Alleluia!
IN1rncrssonv Pnnvrn Gnour
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Scnir1unr RrnoiNcs

Today Isaiah62:15
1Corinthians12:411
John2:111
Monday Hebrews5:110
Mark2:1822
Tuesday Hebrews6:1020
Mark2:2328
Wednesday Hebrews7:13,1517
Mark3:16
Thursday Hebrews7:258:6
Mark3:712
Friday Acts22:36orActs9:122
Mark16:1518
Saturday Isaiah32:1518
1Corinthians12:411orRomans
12:913
Mahew5:112orLuke12:2232
Next Sunday Nehemiah8:26,810
1Corinthians12:1230
Luke1:14,4:1421
SitrNcr iN 1ur Li1uncv
Weobservesilenceduringourliturgy(onSundaysand
weekdays)atthefollowingmes:

1. DuringthePenitenalAct,aerthePresiderinvites
us to prepare ourselves to celebrate the sacred
mysteries,inordertorecollectourselves;
2. During the Collect, aer the invitaon of the
PresidertoLetuspray,againinordertorecollect
ourselves;and
3. DuringtheLiturgyoftheWord,attheconclusionof
therst&secondreadingandthehomily,inorder
thatwemightmeditateonwhatwehaveheard.
Oun Pnnisu Cottrc1ioNs
a) The Parish Collecon, providing for the needs of
the parish and its ministry, is taken up during the
presentaon and preparaon of the gis (the
oertory).Thisistheenvelopecollecon.

b) The Diocesan Clergy Collecon, providing for the

remuneraon and support of the clergy of the
diocese,willbetakenupaercommunion(duringthe
ThanksgivingHymnorasimilarme).
RrcriviNc CoMMuNioN
So that we might receive communion in a t and
properway,pleasebeawareofthefollowing:

When we process forward to receive communion,

we are asked by the Australian Bishops to adopt a
common and unied gesture of reverence before
doing so. In Australia that gesture is a bow of the
headandshoulders(GIRM,160).Anyotherformof
reverence,suchasagenuecon,istobeavoided,
both because it disrupts the nature of procession,
andbecauseoftheBishopsrequestforacommon
gesture.
Communion by selfinncon is never permied,
since we receive communion and never take
communion.Pleaserefrainfromdoingso.
We do not have the physical facilies to oer
communion while kneeling, and aempng to
kneel while processing forward is inappropriate as
it interferes with the nature of the procession.
Pleaserefrainfromkneelingtoreceivecommunion.
We have come to know and to believe
in the love that God has for us.