Catholic Outlook September 2015
Catholic Outlook September 2015
Catholic Outlook September 2015
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NEWS & EVENTS<br />
Bicentenary of Don Bosco celebrations at St Marys<br />
Principal celebrant Fr Shane Reade SDB<br />
The bicentenary of the birth of St<br />
John Bosco, founder of the Salesians<br />
of Don Bosco, was celebrated at St<br />
Marys on the weekend of 15-16 August<br />
<strong>2015</strong>.<br />
Our Lady of the Rosary Parish is in the<br />
pastoral care of the Salesians who also have<br />
an outreach to young people with the Don<br />
Bosco Youth Centre.<br />
Celebrations commenced on Saturday at<br />
Penrith local community centre where more<br />
than 280 people enjoyed a fantastic night.<br />
The young people from the parish and local<br />
schools preformed a program of dance,<br />
choirs, solo singing and gymnastic acts.<br />
Cutting the 200th birthday cake.<br />
On Sunday, the 10.30am Mass was<br />
celebrated in honour of Don Bosco with<br />
a Filipino youth choir. Fr Shane Reade<br />
SDB, rector, was the principal celebrant<br />
for the Mass, which was concelebrated<br />
by Fr Brendan Murphy, parish priest, Fr<br />
Guy Riolo SDB, assistant priest, Fr John<br />
Walenciej (youth centre co-director), Fr<br />
Chris Riley SDB (founder and director of<br />
Youth Off The Streets) with Br Thuy Nguyen<br />
SDB (youth centre assistant).<br />
A large number of Maltese, Filipino and<br />
South American past pupils of Our Lady of<br />
the Rosary Primary were present to share in<br />
this joyful occasion.<br />
After Mass, parishioners and young<br />
people continued the celebrations in the<br />
Don Bosco Youth Centre. The celebration<br />
commenced with prayer, acknowledgement<br />
of country led by Sr Louise Mc Keogh FMA<br />
and young people of the centre.<br />
Sr Jenny Doudle FMA gave a short talk<br />
on Don Bosco, which was followed by the<br />
cutting of the 200th birthday cake.<br />
Activities and entertainment included<br />
a dance by pupils from Our Lady of the<br />
Rosary Primary. Cultural dances were<br />
performed by the Samoan community,<br />
the Atafu Lotomau Tokelau and Kajo-Keji<br />
communities from South Sudan, and the<br />
Madi community.<br />
There were gymnastic and trampoline<br />
displays, circus and unicycle displays and<br />
face painting. There were pool and table<br />
tennis competitions. A live band was led<br />
by Br Jeff Miller SDB, Carlos Escobar and<br />
Malia.<br />
St John Bosco<br />
St John Bosco was born in 1815 in<br />
Becchi in northern Italy of a poor farming<br />
family. At the age of nine he had a dream<br />
where Our Lady appeared to him and told<br />
him that one day he would be a leader of<br />
boys if he remained humble, steadfast and<br />
strong.<br />
Overcoming tremendous obstacles and<br />
setbacks, Don Bosco was ordained a priest<br />
in 1841 and began his ministry among the<br />
street kids of Turin. Many of these boys<br />
had come from the countryside in search<br />
of work, and most of them had little or no<br />
family support. They were often the victims<br />
of unscrupulous employers and became<br />
involved in petty crime to survive.<br />
Don Bosco gathered these boys on<br />
Sundays for games, fun, education and<br />
evangelisation.<br />
In time, the numbers of boys grew and<br />
so did the need for Don Bosco to find more<br />
permanent places for them to gather.<br />
From the ‘Pinardi Shed’ in a rough<br />
area of Turin, an educational empire was<br />
born that has spread throughout the world<br />
and has ensured the continued holistic<br />
education of the young, especially those<br />
most in need.<br />
In 1856, Don Bosco founded the<br />
Salesian priests and brothers and in 1872,<br />
with St Mary Mazzarello, the Salesian<br />
Sisters to carry on his vital mission, using<br />
the spirituality of the Preventive System of<br />
Education, Reason, Religion and Loving<br />
Kindness.<br />
Don Bosco was often heard to say, “I<br />
would give my life for my boys”, and, “It is<br />
not enough to love the young, they must<br />
know that they are loved”.<br />
The Don Bosco Youth and Recreation<br />
Centre continues his legacy, providing the<br />
young with a place of fun and recreation<br />
where they feel loved and noticed. The<br />
loving gaze of Mary and Jesus the Good<br />
Shepherd reaches out to them and gives<br />
them hope and confidence for a bright<br />
future.<br />
May the Lord bless all who continue<br />
Don Bosco’s legacy of kindness and love to<br />
the young.<br />
Fr Shane Reade SDB and<br />
Sr Jenny Doudle FMA.<br />
Have you ever thought<br />
God might be<br />
calling you<br />
to the priesthood?<br />
ST PATRICK’S CATHEDRAL<br />
MASS TIMES AND REGULAR SERVICE<br />
Weekend Masses<br />
Saturday 8am, 9:30am<br />
(Mass in the Extraordinary Form – Latin),<br />
6pm (Vigil) Sunday 8am, 9.30am (Family<br />
Mass), 11am (Solemn Mass), 6pm<br />
Weekday Masses<br />
Monday to Friday 6.45am,12.30pm<br />
Public Holidays 8am<br />
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament<br />
Monday to Friday 11.15am-12.20pm<br />
First Friday of the month 6pm-7pm<br />
Sacrament of Penance<br />
Weekdays 11.15am-12.20pm<br />
Saturdays 8.30am-9am, 5pm-5.30pm<br />
Vocation Discernment Afternoon<br />
Sunday 27 <strong>September</strong> <strong>2015</strong><br />
All young men who feel God might be calling them to the priesthood are invited<br />
to the <strong>Catholic</strong> Diocese of Parramatta’s Vocation Discernment Afternoons. The<br />
afternoon starts at 2pm and concludes with a shared meal at 6pm.<br />
Venue: Holy Spirit Seminary,<br />
31-33 Allen Street, Harris Park<br />
To find out more about priesthood in the <strong>Catholic</strong> Diocese of Parramatta, contact:<br />
Fr Warren Edwards<br />
Director of Priestly Vocations<br />
tel 0409 172 700<br />
email: vocations@parra.catholic.org.au<br />
visit: www.parra.catholic.org.au/vocations<br />
www.parra.catholic.org.au/holyspiritseminary<br />
Devotions<br />
Morning Prayer of the Church<br />
Monday to Friday 6.30am<br />
Saturday and Sunday 7.30am<br />
Angelus<br />
Monday to Friday noon<br />
Rosary<br />
Monday to Friday after Angelus at noon<br />
Canticle of Our Lady’s Marian Movement<br />
Friday 1pm<br />
Christian meditation<br />
Tuesday 9.30am-10.15am<br />
Baptism - Sunday 12.45pm by appointment<br />
Marriages - By appointment<br />
Contact the Parish Secretary<br />
tel (02) 8839 8400 or email<br />
1 Marist Place, Parramatta<br />
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