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    Next Sunday, the great Solemnity of Pentecost, will mark not only the end of our Easter celebraons, but also the beginning of the Year of Grace. During our Masses next weekend we will liturgically mark the beginning of this year.

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    Next Sunday, the great Solemnity of Pentecost, will mark not only the end of our Easter celebraons, but also the beginning of the Year of Grace. During our Masses next weekend we will liturgically mark the beginning of this year.

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    Bridgeside Bulletin

    The weekly bullen of the Catholic community of


    Forster and Tuncurry
    Parish
    FrAndrewDoohan(Parish Priest)
    MrGregByrne(Pastoral Associate)
    SrKathrynMcCabe(Aboriginal Catholic Ministry)

    33LakeStreet,ForsterNSW2428
    POBox67,ForsterNSW2428
    P: (02)65546304
    F: (02)65546425
    E: [email protected]
    [email protected](Fr Andrew)
    W: www.forstertuncurryparish.catholicau.com
    Parish School
    HolyNameParishSchool(K6)
    MrMarkMowbray(Principal)

    41LakeStreet,ForsterNSW2428
    POBox243,ForsterNSW2428
    P: (02)65546504
    F: (02)65548895
    E: [email protected]
    W: www.forster.catholic.edu.au
    Pnnisu Li1uncicnt Crtrnnn1ioNs

    SundayTheDayoftheLord
    Saturdayevening 6pm Tuncurry
    Sundaymorning 7am Tuncurry
    9am Forster

    Weekdays(forthecomingweek)
    Tuesday 4:30pm Tuncurry
    Wednesday 9am Forster
    Thursday NoMass
    Friday 9:30am Forster
    Saturday 9am Tuncurry

    Reconciliaon
    Saturday 8:309am Tuncurry
    4:455:15pm Forster

    Bapnsmsarecelebratedaerthe9amMassatForster
    by arrangementplease contact the Parish Oce or
    Presbyteryintherstinstance.

    Weddingsarecelebratedbyarrangementandwithat
    least three months noceplease contact Fr Andrew
    intherstinstance.
    Sunday 20th May, 2012
    Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord, Year B
    HolyNameofJesusParishChurch
    33LakeStreet,Forster
    StMary,StaroftheSeaChurch
    CnrKent&PeelStreets,Tuncurry
    From the Pastors Desk
    By now most people will be aware that next Sunday,
    the great Solemnity of Pentecost, will mark not only
    the end of our Easter celebraons, but also the
    beginning of the Year of Grace. During our Masses
    next weekend we will liturgically mark the beginning
    oftheYearofGrace.

    Celebrang the beginning of the Year of Grace is one


    thing.Howwechoosetomakeuseofthisopportunity
    to start afresh from Christ is enrely up to us. The
    Bishops of Australia have invited us to consider a
    number of thingsprayer, the Word of God, and
    liturgical celebraonsbut ulmately the Year of
    Graceissimplyanopportunity.

    Thenaonalwebsite(yearofgrace.catholic.org.au)this
    week posted a list of 1,000 possibilies that might be
    taken up as part of our keeping of the Year of Grace.
    That list will be constantly updated, so I could
    encouragearegularvisittothewebsite.
    (Connued on page 2)
    Our mission is to be an aeconate, caring, loving, faithlled Chrisan community,
    growing as one through small groups.
    TheParishOceisattherearoftheParishHallandisopenonTuesdaysandFridaysfrom10amto4pm.
    Find the
    Parish on
    Facebook
    TPD(fortheweekahead)

    Tuesday 9am ChrisanMeditaon


    (Bob 6555 5914)
    3:30pm HolyHour@Tuncurry
    7pm ChrisanMeditaon
    (Bob 6555 5914)
    Wednesday 11:15am NovenatoOurLadyof
    PerpetualHelp@Forster
    1pm MinistersAssociaon
    Meeng
    2:30pm Mass(&Anoinng)@
    KularooGardens
    Thursday AM Fr Andrew to Newcastle
    for Clergy Fund Meeng

    Friday 6:30pm ParishDinner@Forster


    TuncurryGolfClub
    Pnnisu DiNNrn
    The Parish Dinner will be held on Friday 25th May at
    Forster Tuncurry Golf Club at 6:30pm for 7pm start
    andwillincludeatwocoursemeal.Ourguestspeaker
    is Steve Akins from Great Lakes Winery, and there
    willbearaeonthenight.

    Tickets are $25 each and will be on sale aer Mass


    unl Monday 21st May. They are also available from
    theParishOcecontactGregon65546304.
    Our Parish bullen regularly includes informaon
    about events and opportunies that you might nd
    benecial to partake in as part of our honouring the
    Year of Grace. Again I would encourage you to be
    open to these possibilies and take advantage of
    themiftheyappealtoyou.

    Unlnextweek...
    Fr Andrew
    SrnsoNs ron Gnow1u
    A three hour seminar on understanding change, loss
    and grief will be oered on Thursday 7th June
    commencingat10amintheParishHall.

    The seminar is designed to deepen a general


    understanding of the nature of change, loss and grief
    onthelivesofindividualsandtheircommunies.

    Thecostis$15andmorningteawillbeprovided.
    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 gently on the past is an important part of
    making a new beginning. This is done by geng in
    touch with the feelings resulng from the end of the
    relaonshipanddealingwiththem.
    The next Beginning Experience weekend is on 1st,
    2nd and 3rd June, 2012.Formoreinformaonandan
    applicaon form contact: Lee (02) 9449 5317, Lynne
    (02)46272084orKevin(02)49810626.
    Cunsitto WrrkrNo
    Comejourneywithusasweshareourfaithstoriesa
    weekend of meditaons, prayers, songs and talksat
    Tocal College, Tocal Road, Paterson, Friday 8th June
    to Monday 11th June 2012. The Weekend is for
    persons aged 23 years and over. For details please
    phone Greg Byrne on 6554 8045 or 0427 918 568 or
    JoanneStandingon49347273.
    TunNks Rrcrivro
    We have a received a leer of thanks from the
    organisersoftherecentKairoseventatKempseyGaol.
    A copy of the leer can be found on the noceboard
    inthechurch.
    Mrssncr rnoM Fn KrviN
    Apologies for not replying earlier. I think of you
    oen.Probablyneedtosendanothernotesoontolet
    youknowhowImgoing.Generally,Imkeepingwell,
    and appreciate the opportunity to be here, and to
    meet up with some of the very ne people who have
    come from overseas in order to share their lives and
    put their resources in service of the Cambodian
    people. Give my best wises to all. I understand its
    been a wet year there, so far, and cool too (good for
    cappuccinodrinkingwhichImiss!).Yesterday,Iwas
    melng hereagain! Nonetheless there are tricks to
    slip thru the days acvies with a minimum of fuss.
    Mustgo.Kevin
    DoNn1ioNs ron Fn KrviNs MissioN
    The Parish has a small amount of money it will
    forward to Fr Kevin for his work in Cambodia. If
    anyone would like to contribute, donaons may be
    giventoGregByrneattheParishOce.
    MiNi ViNNirs or Hotv NnMr PniMnnv
    Scuoot
    37 members of our Mini SVdP Conference raised
    $281.00 for the 2012 Winter Appeal. A big thank you
    to the School and Parish Community for your
    donaons of cakes, slices & biscuits for our stall. We
    appreciateallyoursupportgiventoGregByrneatthe
    ParishOce.
    Yrnn or GnncrS1nn1iNc SooN
    We have been invited by the Bishops of Australia to
    embark on a pilgrimage during the Year of Grace,
    which runs from Pentecost 2012 to Pentecost 2013.
    TheonlyaimtostartagainfromChrist,torefocuson
    the person of Jesus. Suggesons (and they are only
    suggesons) as to how you might mark the Year of
    Grace can be found on the naonal website (visit
    www.yearofgrace.catholic.org.au) or on our diocesan
    website.
    Li1uncv & Drvo1ioNsPnn1 3
    Connuing to explore the relaonship of the liturgy
    and the devoonal treasury of the Church, in light of
    the Churchs teaching on this sub0ject.

    Aecve prayer has a dierent intent. Though it has


    manyformsmeditaon,centringprayer,prayingthe
    rosary,devoonalprayersofallkindsithasasingle
    aim, to draw us and our loved ones into deeper
    inmacy with Christ. In the end, not maer its
    parcular form, all nonliturgical prayer ulmately
    aims at person inmacy with God and is, ulmately
    too,private,evenwhenitisdonepubliclyorinalarge
    group. All private and devoonal prayer can be
    dened in this way: it is prayer that tries, in myriad
    ways, to open us or our loved ones up in such a way
    thatwecanhearGodsaytous:Iloveyou!

    It is important to know this disncon between


    priestly prayer and aecve prayer when we go to
    pray: Which kind of prayer are we entering? To
    confuse the two is to risk doing both badly. For
    example,thepersonwhofeelsfrustratedbecausethe
    liturgical ritual and interacon of a congregaon
    inside a church service are felt as a hindrance and
    distracon to the private devoonal prayers she
    would like to be saying is confusing the two forms of
    prayer and is consequently doing both badly. The
    funcon of liturgical prayer is not rst of all
    devoonal.

    Or somemes the confusion leads someone to


    abandon one form of liturgical prayer altogether. I
    know, for example, a man who aer years of praying
    theOceoftheChurchissubstunghisownprivate
    prayer in its place because he doesnt nd the ritual
    prayerspersonallymeaningful.Hisprivatemeditaons
    now might well be wonderful aecve prayer, but he
    is no long praying the priestly prayer of Christ when
    heisprayinginthisway.Weseethissomemestooin
    wellintenoned, but badly planned, church services
    where what is intended to be a liturgical service ends
    up being a guided private meditaon, however well
    done and powerful, which neither uses scripture nor
    praysfortheworld.

    Churches themselves struggle with this. Roman


    Catholics,AnglicansandmainlineProtestantchurches
    have a strong liturgical tradion, somemes to the
    detriment of aecve prayer. Evangelical and
    Pentecostal churches, on the other hand, have a
    strong focus on aecve prayer, somemes to the
    point of neglecng liturgical prayer almost enrely.
    Surelytheremustbeahappymediumsomewhere.

    (to be connued)
    Cn1uotic Lrnorn & Cn1uotic Wrrktv
    Copies of the Catholic Leader (Brisbane) and Catholic
    Weekly (Sydney)canbefoundforpurchaseattherear
    ofthechurchatacostof$2each.
    EcuMrNicnt PrN1rcos1 Srnvicr
    TocelebratetheFeastofPentecostthebeginningof
    the Week of Prayer for Chrisan Unitythe churches
    ofForsterTuncurryinviteyoutoaendanEcumenical
    Pentecost Service on Sunday 27th May commencing
    at 7pm. The Service will be held at the Chrisan Life
    Centre,KenroseStreet,Forster.
    PtnNNro GiviNc
    Afriendlyreminderthatthenancialyeariscomingto
    aclose,andwesincerelythankyouforyourconnued
    support of our Parish. If you would like to join the
    PlannedGiving,contactGregattheparishoce6554
    6304.
    The new envelopes will be available in a couple
    of weeks. Would you please write FORSTER or
    TUNCURRY on your envelope so that we can
    have the new envelopes in the right church for
    you.
    Anyonewanngataxreceipt,wouldyouplease
    writeTAX onyourenvelope.Thankyou.
    Dountr Bro Nrroro
    SrKathrynrequiresadoublebed.Phone65546470.
    Rostrns

    Readers(forthisweekend)
    6pmTuncurry ValarieRoss,MaureenStevens,
    TonyStevens
    7amTuncurry Patricia Cornish, Tony Knight, Ley
    Bartle
    9amForster VivianAllen,AnneHartman,John
    Simpson

    Readers(fornextweekend)
    6pmTuncurry Elizabeth Sciacca, Tony Stevens, Bob
    Cashman
    7amTuncurry Cecile Malone, Lita Faulkner, Cushla
    Drake
    9amForster JohnDuy,IrisBailey,ChrisJones

    MinistersofCommunion(forthisweekend)
    6pmTuncurry NevilleFox,GlenStrong,Ruth
    Pearson,MargaretSmith,Robyn
    Milligan, Pat Hooker, Monica Hunt,
    MichaelAmato,PaulMcFadden.
    7amTuncurry LorraineClark,CecileMalone,Cushla
    Drake,LeyBartle,TonyKnight,
    EdnaTucker.
    9amForster MichaelPower,MichaelAllen,Pat
    McCarthy,MichaelAllen,Barbara
    Kermode,JohnDuy,Anny
    Moloney,BarbaraDolahenty,Afra
    vanBoxtel.

    MinistersofCommunion(fornextweekend)
    6pmTuncurry Tony & Maureen Stevens, Margaret
    Smith,RuthPearson,PatHooker,
    Angela&LouHope,Jeanee
    Goodacre,ValarieRoss.
    7amTuncurry Kay&GrahamGriths,Cecile
    Malone,LorraineClarke,Bronwyn
    Morse,MaryGreig.
    9amForster Jim Hunt, Shioney Neal, Elle Cairns
    Cowan,RobertMoran,Greg&
    LauranneByrne,Maureen&Tony
    Visser,RobertMoran.

    ChurchCleaners(fortheweekahead)
    Tuncurry Group3
    Forster Group1

    ColleconCount
    ThisSunday Team2
    NextSunday Team3
    Oun Ltuncv Tobnv

    ResponsorialPsalm
    Response: Godmountshisthronetoshoutsofjoy:
    ablareoftrumpetsfortheLord.

    Allpeoples,clapyourhands,
    crytoGodwithshoutsofjoy!
    FortheLord,theMostHigh,wemustfear,
    greatkingoveralltheearth.

    Godgoesupwithshoutsofjoy;
    theLordgoesupwithtrumpetblast.
    SingpraiseforGod,singpraise,
    singpraisetoourking,singpraise.

    Godiskingofalltheearth.
    Singpraisewithallyourskill.
    Godiskingoverthenaons;
    Godreignsonhisholythrone.

    GospelAcclamaon
    Alleluia,alleluia!
    Goandteachallpeoplemygospel.
    Iamwithyoualways,unltheendoftheworld.
    Alleluia!
    Scnrtunr RrnbNcs

    ThisWeek Acts1:111
    Psalm46:23,69
    Ephesians4:113
    Mark16:1520

    NextWeek Acts2:111
    Psalm103:1,24,2931,34.
    1Corinthians12:37,1213
    John20:1923
    Ofyourcharity,pleaseprayfor:

    Recently Deceased:
    BerniceCarter

    Anniversaries:
    DonBurton

    andallthosewhoaresickinourparish.
    PnoctniM 2012
    A conference on the New Evangelisaon will be held
    from9th11th August atTheConcourseChatswood,
    Sydney. The conference address the issues of what
    will help to make our Parishes stronger & more
    eecve faith communies. More informaon is
    availableattheParishOce.

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