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ST. Theresa’s Parish
210 St. Andrew’s Road Plimmerton | email: st.theresas@xtra.co.nz
Phone: 04 233 1279 | Office hours: Mon, Wed, Thurs, Fri 11-4pm
Acting Parish Priest: Father Paul Finlayson
Sunday 29th November | 1st Sunday of Advent
Monday 30 November
10am Liturgy of the Word followed Advent Waiting
by Adoration until 2:30pm by D Todd Williamson
Tuesday 1 December Waiting in line can be one of two
9:30am Children’s school Liturgy run experiences. See if you identify with the
by Jude McKee examples below:
7:30pm Liturgy meeting in the
upstairs lounge First Example: Waiting in Dread
You’re standing in line at the bank or the
Wednesday 2 December supermarket, waiting for your turn. You’re tapping your foot and
9:30am Eucharist
keep looking at your watch. You don’t want to be in this line.
10:30am Prayer group will meet with
Before long, you begin to think, “Oh, I can’t wait for this to be
Liz at Ultimate Care Rest Home 24
Mallard Grove, Churton Park. over!” Often times, the other people in line with you feel the same
Jocelyn out of the office today way! No one speaks to anyone else. Clearly few are enjoying the
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Thursday 3 December
experience; the impatience or irritability you feel might even be
visible on your face. Such an experience of waiting in line can
9:30am Eucharist seem isolating, almost lonely.
Second Example: Waiting in Excitement
Friday 4 December
9:30am Eucharist Now think about the times when you waited in line at the theatre,
10am SVDP meet in the foyer to buy tickets to see your favourite sports team, or to hear your
favourite band. In these instances, the waiting is much different.
CHRISTMAS HAMPER WEEKEND People are excited and you might even be talking to some of them
Saturday 5 December about the movie you’re getting ready to watch, the sports team
6:00pm Vigil Mass
that you love, or the band you’re about to hear.
Sunday 6 December This second example is the kind of waiting we are called to in
2nd Sunday of Advent Advent.
9.30am Eucharist
4:30pm Communal Celebration of the Waiting in Joyful Hope
Sacrament of Reconciliation in the At Mass, after praying the Lord’s Prayer,
Church we hear “. . . as we await the blessed hope
and the coming of our Saviour, Jesus
Christ.” This prayer reminds us that
during Advent, we wait in joy, in hope,
and in anticipation for the wonderful
event we are about to experience — the feast of Christmas, the
coming of Christ into our lives in new ways, the return of Christ in
glory at the end of time. As the Church, we wait during Advent
and look forward to celebrating the fact that God loves us so much that he sent his Son into the world to
save us. This waiting is far from empty; rather, it is full of the hope that God promises us as we prepare for
Christ in the feast of Christmas.
https://www.loyolapress.com/catholic-resources/liturgical-year/advent/about-advent/advent-waiting/
May the Lord show you the greatness of his goodness, that you overflow with thanks every day. May the
Lord bless you abundantly with rest for the heart, power for virtue, wisdom for life, and patience in
suffering. May the Lord bless you with joyful hope, and one day with the inexpressible joys of eternal life.
Louise Therese Mazy Bancilhon
(Mazy). Mazy passed away on
Wednesday 25 November. She
was the dearly loved mother of
Dominique and Cristy (Cairns),
Pascale, and Jacques-Noel.
Loving grandmother (Memee) of
David and Kale, and great- grandmother of Evie and
NEXT WEEKEND IS THE BIG ONE
Arthur. Adored aunt of all her nieces and nephews in
France, Mauritius and Australia.
(Passionist Families and St Vincent de Paul) The
TOMORROW - Saturday 28th November at 10:30am here Passionist family, SVDP and parish hamper Masses will be
at St. Theresa’s, there will be a Rosary said for Mazy and the weekend 5/6 December and the parcels will go out on
then at 11am there will be a Requiem Mass to celebrate Monday 7th December. Thank you to those who have
Mazy’s life. given treats so far. OVER THIS NEXT WEEK
Flowers are welcome along with donations to the St we would love donations of jelly, christmas pies,
Vincent de Paul Society Plimmerton Branch in Mazy's christmas cakes, lollies, chippies – really anything to
memory. make someones Christmas special.
CHILDRENS CHRISTMAS
PLAY 24 DECEMBER: With
Christmas fast approaching I
am beginning to organise the
Christmas Eve play. If your child or children would like
to participate please send me an email with their
names and age to the below address. Many thanks
Livvy McKennie livvy.mckennie@gmail.com
6th December 4:30pm Communal Celebration of the PASSIONIST FAMILY GROUPS:
Sacrament of Reconciliation ANDY’S ANGELS are having a
th
13 December 5pm Christmas Carols at St Joseph’s shared afternoon tea at the Leen’s
Pauatahanui on Sunday 29th November.
FUNSEEKERS are having drinks on
SACRAMENTAL PROGRAMME the deck at Joss & Kev Bryant’s, 11 Tremaine Place,
2021. We are taking enrolments Camborne on Saturday 5th December from 7pm.
for NEXT YEAR. The programme PATH are meeting at Sue & Richard Gibbs, 3 Young
will run during the first three Nicks Lane, on Sunday 6th Dec at 4pm for flax weaving,
terms. Children that are baptised
followed by at BBQ.
and are in Year 4 or older may
enrol. There are enrolment forms
KAOS Family Group Car Rally
in the foyer.
was Won by Path Family
Group by Sue & Richard
St. Vincent de Paul will be selling
Gibbs who will be proud
COLUMBAN CALENDARS AND
holders of the “Holy Piston”
CHRISTMAS CARDS in the foyer this
Trophy for the next year.
weekend after both Masses.
Sr Veronica Casey,
PBVM, our Catholic
Senior Prison
Chaplain, is always
seeking suitable
people for the
volunteer and paid
prison chaplaincy roles she supports, but often can’t
find enough of them. To help, Sr Veronica has
CLASSROOM UPGRADES: the school has now moved produced a special booklet on Prison Ministry and How
into the hall and upstairs as construction goes on in the to Get Involved. Prison ministry is service to some of
classrooms. A reminder that there will be no parking in society’s most rejected people and is very valuable
the school grounds until term two 2021, but parking is work. Look out for a copy of the booklet at your local
available on the field. parish church, think about how you could serve, and
The school are extremely thankful that the Parish can contact Sr Veronica.
provide room for these classrooms for the next few
For full information visit:
weeks. www.catholic.org.nz/news/media-releases/prison-
The hall is still available for Parish use and for the chaplains-needed/
most part nothing changes for us.
Studying Theology at the University of Otago
The Theology Programme at the University of Otago
Those who are sick offers many opportunities for the study of Theology,
Vince O’Sullivan, Lio Hunt, Church History, Ministry, Biblical Studies, and Pastoral
Father Maurice, Mary ten Theology, both on-campus and to many students
Broeke, David Wootton, across Aotearoa New Zealand through its successful
Terese McKee, , Sr Trish, distance study programme. We are committed to
Karen Crosby (Eugene’s serving Christian communities throughout the country.
daughter). New enrolments for 2021 are due by December 10th.
RIP: Louise Therese Mazy For details of papers go
Bancilhon to: https://www.otago.ac.nz/theology/study/papers/
Anniversaries: Barbara Arthurs, Thomas O’Brien, or see the attached poster.
Shirley Tierney, Michaela White, Constance Shakesby. To enrol go
to https://www.otago.ac.nz/study/enrolment/
Online Session (Evening): Christmas Self Care Quote: The word Advent means coming. The Lord
Nibbles with Clare Barnett. Tuesday, 15 December, is coming. This is the root of our hope: the
7.15-8.45pm. Fee: $30. ZOOM certainty that God's consolation comes to us
For more information and amidst the troubles of the world. Not a
registration: info@studyjoy.nz
consolation of words, but of His presence among
us.
Pope Francis, Twitter 2 Dec 2019
Service Rosters for 5/6 December – 2nd Sunday in Advent
Mass Time: 6:00 pm 9:30 am
Sacristan Mike Montgomery Jae Hunt
Greeters Larsen Family Bill & Jan Gilbert
Data Projectionist Terry Cole Hunter Tomlinson
Welcomer /Prayers of Faithful Robyn Teppett Youth Team
VOLUNTEER NEEDED Geneve Brodey
Altar Servers
VOLUNTEER NEEDED Tolan Brodey
Karanga Lizzie Wootton
Children’s Liturgy Anne Dodds
Proclaimer of The Word Tim Scott Youth Team
Offertory Procession Eugene & Di Crosby Watkins family
Angeline O’Connor Jude McKee
Extra-Ordinary Ministers of
Sean O’Connor Angela Cole
Holy Communion
Rosaleen Larsen Walter Dempsey
Communion to the Sick Mike Montgomery
Hospitality Jude McKee & Trish Forde
Flowers Dorothy & Krystyna Altar Society Klara Noldan
Church Cleaning Grace & Claudia
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