St Philomena's Parish

Will you love and honour each other…?

In one school the Principal introduced me to the Deputy Principal in a way that left a deep impression. Rather than talking about his responsibilities or expertise as might be expected, the Principal looked her colleague in the eye, then turned to me and said: “he is a treasure in our school because he is such a great example to the boys of a husband and a Dad.”
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WELCOME TO OUR LITURGY: St Paul refused financial support from the Christian community in Corinth while he was living with them. He would not be accused of living of the fat of the land. He would not do anything that would bring discredit on his preaching of the Gospel, He regarded his apostleship a privilege and a duty. Becoming all things to all people (Paul’s strategy) is to get alongside them, trying to understand them, listening to them, so that the sharing of the Good News (which is Jesus) would be well-received.

First Reading:
Job 7: 1-4, 6-7.

1 “Has not man a hard service upon earth, and are not his days like the days of a hireling?
2 Like a slave who longs for the shadow, and like a hireling who looks for his wages,
3 so I am allotted months of emptiness, and nights of misery are apportioned to me.
4 When I lie down I say, `When shall I arise?’ But the night is long, and I am full of tossing till the dawn.
6 My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and come to their end without hope.
7 “Remember that my life is a breath; my eye will never again see good.

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Youth Notices

JESUS4REAL 2012: Senior Camp for students Years 11-13, 11-15 April, Palm Grove Christian Camp, Paraparaumu. Early Bird Registration closes 14 March. Final Registrations 28 March. See the Flyer on the Church Noticeboard.

SET FREE 2012: Catholic Youth Festival run by Hamilton Diocese for Students Years 10-13. 30 March-1 April 2012, Totara Springs Christian Camp, Matamata. See the website: www.setfree.org.nz

STAND UP TARANAKI 2012: A Christian Festival promoting Music & Arts, featuring young, Christian Taranaki performers. Saturday 11 February, 1.30pm-10.30pm at East End Reserve. Outdoor church service Sunday morning. There is still space available to display your art. Email: contact@standuptaranaki.co.nz for more information. See the Flyer on the church noticeboard.

READINGS FOR NEXT WEEK: For those who wish to view the readings for next week before coming to Mass.

Leviticus 13: 1-2, 44-46.
1 Corinthians 10: 31-11;1.
Mark 1: 29-39.

ROSTERS: for February are now available. Please check to see if there is one for your family. Thank you.

CUP OF TEA: will be served after Mass today, served by the Morris Family Group.

WAREHOUSE STOCKTAKE: We again need volunteers to help out with the Warehouse stocktake fundraiser. The dates of the stocktake are nightly from 22nd to 26th of February and we need about 10 people on each of the first two nights and 40 people on each night after that. We start at 8pm and go all night (usually ‘til around 3am). All funds raised will go towards sending our youth to World Youth Day in Rio de Janeiro next year.  Colin Fromont will be available to collect names after Mass today or contact him on fromont@infogen.net.nz or ‘ 757-9953.

MASS DURING THE WEEK: We will have Mass on Wed, Thurs & Friday this week (8th, 9th & 10th) courtesy of Fr Bruce McGill

ANNUAL PARISH PICNIC: to be held at the Model Train venue – corner Liardet & Gilbert Streets on Friday 17 February  5pm – 7pm.  No charge. Bring your own food and drink. Free train rides, free icecream, lolly scramble. Toilet facilities available. This is a private function for parishioners of St Philomena’s and their families. EVERYONE WELCOME.

ASH WEDNESDAY: On 22nd Feb at 7.30pm we will join with the Anglican and Catholic parishes of New Plymouth area at St Joseph’s Church for the Ecumenical celebration of the distribution of ashes.

ST PHILOMENA’S PICNIC: Please mark your calendar for Sunday 4th March. We are planning a BBQ to be held after mass in the school grounds Watch this space for more details

PARISH INTERNSHIP PROGRAMME FOR WYD 2013: Consider applying if you will be aged between 18 & 35 as at 1 August 2013. Applications close on February 8th.

ST PIUS X GALA: To be held on Sunday 26th February, starting at 12 Noon, There will be heaps of food stalls, raffles, rides…….Come and join in the fun and support our school!
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WELCOME TO OUR LITURGY: Placing our faith in God’s word and entrusting everything we are, have and want in His hands is a demonstration of His authority in our lives. With faith we can ask anything of God. Through Him, we can seek to perfect our lives so we can be with Him for eternity. Through the working of the Holy Spirit, we are transformed by God’s love. Today I will pray for those who do not have faith: “Lord have mercy. In You I trust.”

First Reading:
Deuteronomy 18: 15 – 20

15 “The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your brethren — him you shall heed –
16 just as you desired of the LORD your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly, when you said, `Let me not hear again the voice of the LORD my God, or see this great fire any more, lest I die.’
17 And the LORD said to me, `They have rightly said all that they have spoken.
18 I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brethren; and I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I command him.
19 And whoever will not give heed to my words which he shall speak in my name, I myself will require it of him.
20 But the prophet who presumes to speak a word in my name which I have not commanded him to speak, or who speaks in the name of other gods, that same prophet shall die.’

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