Bridgeside Bulletin

The weekly Bulletin of the Catholic Parish of Forster Tuncurry

Holy Name of Jesus Parish Church
33 Lake Street, Forster

St Mary, Star of the Sea Church

Cnr Kent & Peel Streets, Tuncurry

Proclaiming Christ to the communities of Forster, Tuncurry and the surrounding districts
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Sunday 5th July, 2015

Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B
Celebrating the Sacraments

Parish
Fr Greg Barker (Parish Priest)
gregory.barker@mn.catholic.org.au
Emergency Contact 0417 321 209
Mr Greg Byrne (Pastoral Associate)
Mrs Sharon Fowle (Administration Associate/Bulletin)
Sr Kathryn McCabe (Aboriginal Catholic Ministry)
Loretta Heffernan (SRE Co-Ordinator)

Office Hours
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday from 9:30am to 1pm
and on Friday from 10am to 4pm.
Items for inclusion in Bridgeside Bulletin should be
received by midday on Thursday.
Parish Office
Located at the rear of the Parish Hall Forster:
33 Lake Street, Forster NSW 2428
PO Box 67, Forster NSW 2428
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(02) 6554 6304

(02) 6554 6425
Forster-Tuncurry.Parish@mn.catholic.org.au
forstertuncurrycatholic.org.au
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Tuncurry

Reconciliation
Saturday 8:30am - 9am @ Tuncurry
Saturday 4:45pm- 5:15pm @ Forster
Baptisms
Celebrated most Sundays
Next Baptismal Preparation
Monday 13th July @ 7pm
Weddings are celebrated by arrangement and with at
least three months notice. For further information
contact Fr Greg.
A Sacramental Preparation process runs each year in
the Parish for children wishing to complete the
celebration of the Sacraments of Initiation as part of
the Parish community.
The Parish hosts the Rite of Christian Initiation of
Adults (RCIA) process for those adults wishing to be
baptised or be received into the communion of the
Catholic Church.
Please contact the Parish Office or
visit the Parish website for more
details on the above listed items.

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Holy Name Parish School (K-6)

St Clares High School, Taree (7-12)

Mr Chris Waters (Principal)

Mr Peter Nicholls (Principal)

41 Lake Street, Forster NSW 2428

PO Box 243, Forster NSW 2428

Davis Street, Taree NSW 2430

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P: (02) 6552 3300

F: (02) 6552 3656
E: admin@tareesc.catholic.edu.au
W: www.tareesc.catholic.edu.au

(02) 6554 6504

(02) 6554 8895
admin@forster.catholic.edu.au
www.forster.catholic.edu.au

The Parish Diary(for the week ahead)

Regular Activities in the Parish

Monday6th July
1pm
Funeral Mass @ Forster (Joe Dawson)

Christian MeditationEvery Tuesday

9am and 5:30pm. Phone Bob on 6555 5914 for further
information.

Tuesday7th July
9am
Christian Meditation (Bob 6555 5914)
2pm
Funeral Mass @ Tuncurry (Jim Martin)
3:30pm Holy Hour @ Tuncurry
N.B. No Mass at Beaumont this week.
5:30pm Christian Meditation (Bob 6555 5914)

Womens Bible Study GroupEvery Thursday

7pm to 8pm. Contact Natasha on 0407 589 935.
Holy HourEvery Tuesday
From 3:30pm @ Tuncurry Church.
Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual HelpEvery
Wednesday
From 11:14am @ Forster Church. Contact Shioney on
6554 9468.

Wednesday8th July
10.30am Funeral Mass @ Forster(Phyllis Bramble)
11:15am Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help @
Forster
5pm
Finance Council Meeting @ Forster

Singing Practice
Taking a break during the mid-winter weeks. Contact
Ken Heffernan 6557 6569.

Thursday9th July
9am
Mass @ Forster
7pm
Womens Prayer Group

The menALIVE Groups

Day group meet 2nd and 4th Wednesday after 9am
Mass. Evening group meets last Thursday of the
month at 7:30pm.

Friday10th July
9:30am Mass @ Forster

Secular Franciscan Fraternity

Meet first Wednesday of the month after 9am Mass

Saturday11th July
8.30am Reconciliation @ Tuncurry
9am
Mass @ Tuncurry
4.45pm Reconciliation @ Forster
6pm
Vigil @ Tuncurry

Maintenance & Gardening Group

Meet third Thursday of the month. Contact Howard
6557 6826 for more information.
Evening Prayer & Benediction
Celebrating on the first Sunday of each month at
5:30pm in the Tuncurry church.

Sunday12th July
7am
Mass @ Tuncurry
9am
Mass @ Forster

Childrens Liturgy of the Word

First and third Sunday at 9am Mass.

New Bulletin

Baptised with Water and the Spirit

Following on from Pope Francis encyclical Laudato Si,

in the interests of the environment the bulletin has
been reduced in size. Please review our notice boards
for details on other items not included here.

This weekend we witness the baptism of Dylan & Riley

Kinkade sons of Bradley and Naomi and Lucas Guiney
son of Brendan and Vanessa.
May the gift of baptism Dylan, Riley & Lucas receive
strengthen them for the journey of life and faith they
will share with us. Please remember those families in
your prayers.

Parish Email Accounts Changed

Please
note
new
parish
email
accounts
Administration:
forster-tuncurry.parish@mn.catholic.org.au.
Greg Byrne: greg.byrne@mn.catholic.org.au.

Gardening Group Thanks!

Even with a lack of regulars helping out, the gardening
group managed to achieve a lot this month. A big
thanks goes out to those who assisted, youre doing a
wonderful job.

New Parish Office Hours

The Parish Office will now be staffed on Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday from 9:30am to 1pm and Friday
from 10am to 4pm. Please also note that the deadline
for bulletin notices is Thursday 4pm.

Those considering helping this important and

rewarding task please contact Howard on 6557 6826.
Fr Greg
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AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC BISHOPS

CONFERENCE
25 June 2015
Media Release

The Parish will be holding the

annual Catholic Mission
Church Appeal today, 4th &
5th July. This year we are
invited to reach out and
support the life- saving work
of Catholic Mission in
Madagascarto help provide
clean water and sanitation
facilities, as well as formation
and spiritual support to
children in desperate need.
Please give generously.
Thank you.

In his statement to Catholic parishes across Australia

as the Church prepares to celebrate Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander People on Sunday 5 July 2015,
Bishop Saunders said, The crime rate in townships is
far greater than in remote areas, as is serious drug
abuse. Needles are not found lying around in
bunches in remote villages as they are in regional
townships.
The original argument in favour of closing off funds
to many remote communities was an economic one.
There is not enough money to pay for the
homelands, it was said. It is simply amazing how it is
in this country that whenever governments overspend or income shrinks, it is always the poor who
pay to rectify the fiscal shortfall.
Rural Australia is in a depressed state and the
Aboriginal people in rural Australia are better off
when living on traditional lands, than in exile away
from it, the statement reads.
There is no evidence to suggest that leaving
traditional homelands for life in towns will benefit
the people presently living in remote villages. It is a
fact that life is better in the remote villages than in
the fringe dwelling settlements, Bishop Saunders
said.
When this nation realises that more rather than
fewer resources are needed to meet the needs of
Aboriginal people in this country, then, and only
then, will we begin to overcome the challenges
before us. Then might we effectively whittle away
the disproportionate numbers of Aboriginal people
who suicide, who are in gaol, are unemployed, are
suffering ill health, are homeless, are undernourished and who are oppressed by the effects of
poverty and a poor education.

Catholic Newspapers Available

Both The Catholic Leader (Brisbane) and The Catholic
Weekly (Sydney) newspapers are available at a cost of
$2 each from our churches.

Parish Retreat

Bishop Saunders declared that Non-Aboriginal

Christians must stand in solidarity with their
Aboriginal brothers and sisters, while Aboriginal
Christians are called to be determined, not to falter,
no matter the obstacles that rise up to make a just
way difficult. In faith and through prayer, the energy
needed to seek justice, to right what is wrong and to
find a new, positive way forward is at hand.

The Secular Franciscans have invited Fr John Cooper

OFM Cap to conduct a one day retreat on Saturday
11th July in our parish. The subject of the retreat is
Living the Gospel in Todays World. The retreat will
commence with morning tea in the Church Hall,
Forster, following the 9am Mass at Tuncurry. Bring
your own lunch or lunch to share. For more
information ring Kay Griffiths on 6554 5553.
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Ministers this Weekend...

...of the Word

...of Communion

6pm Tuncurry

A: Jake Siddle
B: Neil Pye

Carolyn Olliffe, Maureen Pye, Michael Amato, Michael

Siddle, Valarie Ross.

7am Tuncurry

A: Kay Griffiths
B: Maree Gapps

Cecile Malone, Graham Griffiths, Lorraine Clark, Maria

Armitage, Patricia Cornish..

9am Forster

A: Adele Brotherton
B: Barbara Dolahenty

Sharon Fowle, Elle Cairns-Cowan,

Rhiannon Temesvary, Shioney Neal.

Ministers next Weekend...

...of the Word

...of Communion

6pm Tuncurry

A: Lou Hope
B: Frank Hayman

Jeanette Goodacre, Kylie Hall, Margaret Smith, Jake

Siddle, Ruth Pearson.

7am Tuncurry

A: Maria Armitage
B: Tony Knight

Cushla Drake, Edna Tucker, Fred Liackman, Kay

Griffiths, Mary Greig.

9am Forster

A: Trevor Turner
B: Robyn Ryan

Anne Moloney, Barbara Kermode, Rob Temesvary,

Sharon Fowle, Greg Byrne.

Josie

Beech,

Please note: The above information reflects the rosters as originally published,
and doesnt take account of any swaps that may have been organised between individuals.

Text: Excerpts from the English Translation of the Roman Missal 2010, International Commission on English in the Liturgy (ICEL); Music: From the Mass of St Francis
2010, Paul Taylor. All rights reserved. Used with permission. Australian AgentLicenSing Online Lic No. 624844.

Scripture Readings This Week

Today

Next Sunday

Todays Liturgy of the Word

Ezekiel 2:2-5
2 Corinthians 12:7-10
Mark 6:1-6

Responsorial Psalm
Response: Our eyes are fixed on the Lord,
pleading for his mercy.

Amos 7:12-15
Eph 1:3-14
Mark 6:7-13

Gospel Acclamation
Alleluia, alleluia!
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me:
He sent me to bring Good News to the poor.
Alleluia!

Vocation View14th Sunday

For more information regarding Vocations contact Fr
Brian
Mascord
on
02
4979
1112
or
vocations@mn.catholic.org.au

In your charity, please pray for:

Those recently deceased. Phyllis Bramble, Joe
Dempsey, Jim Martin.

Assistance ReqChildrens Liturgy

To encourage further participation from our younger
parishioners, we would like to invite anyone
interested in getting involved in this ministry to
contact the Parish office.

Those whose anniversaries occur about now.

All those in our community who are sick.
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