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All Saints Catholic Parish Shellharbour City

Locality: Shellharbour City Centre

Phone: +61 2 4296 3939

Address: 19 College Avenue 2529 Shellharbour City Centre, NSW, Australia

Website: http://www.allsaintscatholic.org.au/

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24.01.2022 Great News brothers and sisters. Restriction has lifted and we are now have an increase numbers for church. From 100 to 300 this coming weekend, still subject to 4 square meter rule. Which means that our church can take 190 people. Thanks God.

23.01.2022 The Annual Bishops Appeal will be held in the parish this weekend.

20.01.2022 Catholics do enjoy a clean joke now and then.

20.01.2022 Saint Leo the Great With apparent strong conviction of the importance of the Bishop of Rome in the Church, and of the Church as the ongoing sign of Christ’s presence in the world, Leo the Great displayed endless dedication as pope. Elected in 440, he worked tirelessly as Peter’s successor, guiding his fellow bishops as equals in the episcopacy and infirmities. Leo is known as one of the best administrative popes of the ancient Church. His work branched into four main area...s, indicative of his notion of the pope’s total responsibility for the flock of Christ. He worked at length to control the heresies of Pelagianismoveremphasizing human freedomManichaeismseeing everything material as eviland others, placing demands on their followers so as to secure true Christian beliefs. A second major area of his concern was doctrinal controversy in the Church in the East, to which he responded with a classic letter setting down the Church’s teaching on the two natures of Christ. With strong faith, he also led the defense of Rome against barbarian attack, taking the role of peacemaker. In these three areas, Leo’s work has been highly regarded. His growth to sainthood has its basis in the spiritual depth with which he approached the pastoral care of his people, which was the fourth focus of his work. He is known for his spiritually profound sermons. An instrument of the call to holiness, well-versed in Scripture and ecclesiastical awareness, Leo had the ability to reach the everyday needs and interests of his people. One of his sermons is used in the Office of Readings on Christmas. It is said of Leo that his true significance rests in his doctrinal insistence on the mysteries of Christ and the Church and in the supernatural charisms of the spiritual life given to humanity in Christ and in his Body, the Church. Thus Leo held firmly that everything he did and said as pope for the administration of the Church represented Christ, the head of the Mystical Body, and Saint Peter, in whose place Leo acted. Reflection At a time when there is widespread criticism of Church structures, we also hear criticism that bishops and priestsindeed, all of usare too preoccupied with administration of temporal matters. Pope Leo is an example of a great administrator who used his talents in areas where spirit and structure are inseparably combined: doctrine, peace, and pastoral care. He avoided an angelism that tries to live without the body, as well as the practicality that deals only in externals.

19.01.2022 HELP CHRISTIANS IN THE HOLY LAND For 800 years, the Holy Land Franciscans have served in the land made holy by the life, suffering, death and resurrecti...on of Jesus. The annual Holy Land Collection, usually taken up on Good Friday, will this year be held in the diocese as an online collection on 15 November 2020 (World Day of the Poor). Pope Francis has asked our parishes to support the collection which helps Christians in the Holy Land. Your support helps the church minister in parishes, provide Catholic schools and offer religious education. The Holy Land Collection also helps to preserve the sacred shrines. The wars, unrest and instability have been especially hard on Christians. In these times of crisis, the Holy Land Collection provides humanitarian aid to refugees. Click here for more information and to give today: https://www.dow.org.au/giving/holy-land-collection/

19.01.2022 Saint of the Day for November 4 Saint Charles Borromeo’s Story The name of Charles Borromeo is associated with reform. He lived during the time of the Protestant Reformation, and had a hand in the reform of the whole Church during the final years of the Council of Trent....Continue reading

15.01.2022 Saint Josaphat’s Story In 1964, newspaper photos of Pope Paul VI embracing Athenagoras I, the Orthodox patriarch of Constantinople, marked a significant step toward the healing of a division in Christendom that has spanned more than nine centuries. In 1595, the Orthodox bishop of Brest-Litovsk in present-day Belarus and five other bishops representing millions of Ruthenians, sought reunion with Rome. John Kunsevichwho took the name Josaphat in religious lifewas to dedicate ...his life, and die for the same cause. Born in what is now Ukraine, he went to work in Wilno and was influenced by clergy adhering to the 1596 Union of Brest. He became a Basilian monk, then a priest, and soon was well known as a preacher and an ascetic. He became bishop of Vitebsk at a relatively young age, and faced a difficult situation. Most monks, fearing interference in liturgy and customs, did not want union with Rome. By synods, catechetical instruction, reform of the clergy, and personal example, however, Josaphat was successful in winSt ning the greater part of the Orthodox in that area to the union. But the next year a dissident hierarchy was set up, and his opposite number spread the accusation that Josaphat had gone Latin and that all his people would have to do the same. He was not enthusiastically supported by the Latin bishops of Poland. Despite warnings, he went to Vitebsk, still a hotbed of trouble. Attempts were made to foment trouble and drive him from the diocese: A priest was sent to shout insults to him from his own courtyard. When Josaphat had him removed and shut up in his house, the opposition rang the town hall bell, and a mob assembled. The priest was released, but members of the mob broke into the bishop’s home. Josaphat was struck with a halberd, then shot, and his body thrown into the river. It was later recovered and is now buried in St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. He was the first saint of the Eastern Church to be canonized by Rome. Josaphat’s death brought a movement toward Catholicism and unity, but the controversy continued, and the dissidents, too, had their martyr. After the partition of Poland, the Russians forced most Ruthenians to join the Russian Orthodox Church. Reflection The seeds of separation were sown in the fourth century when the Roman Empire was divided into East and West. The actual split came over customs such as using unleavened bread, Saturday fasting, and celibacy. No doubt the political involvement of religious leaders on both sides was a large factor, and doctrinal disagreement was present. But no reason was enough to justify the present tragic division in Christendom, which is 64 percent Roman Catholic, 13 percent Easternmostly OrthodoxChurches, and 23 percent Protestant, and this when the 71 percent of the world that is not Christian should be experiencing unity and Christ-like charity from Christians!

14.01.2022 Feast of All Saints. 1.11 Bishop Brian Mascord installed Fr Joseph Nguyen as the 2nd Parish Priest of All Saints Parish, Shellharbour City.

13.01.2022 Queen of all Saints, pray for us.

13.01.2022 Sanctuary and Nativity Scene at All Saints, Shellharbour City. Just dress rehearsal. Almost completed.

12.01.2022 This weekend and during the coming week, as 90 young parishioners of All Saints Parish commemorate the love of Jesus for the world through the Sacrament of the Holy Communion, we pray that the peace of Christ be always with them. Congratulations!

11.01.2022 Nov 17, 2020 Saint Elizabeth of Hungary In her short life, Elizabeth manifested such great love for the poor and suffering that she has become the patroness of Catholic charities and of the Secular Franciscan Order. The daughter of the King of Hungary, Elizabeth chose a life of penance and asceticism when a life of leisure and luxury could easily have been hers. This choice endeared her in the hearts of the common people throughout Europe.... At the age of 14, Elizabeth was married to Louis of Thuringia, whom she deeply loved. She bore three children. Under the spiritual direction of a Franciscan friar, she led a life of prayer, sacrifice, and service to the poor and sick. Seeking to become one with the poor, she wore simple clothing. Daily she would take bread to hundreds of the poorest in the land who came to her gate. After six years of marriage, her husband died in the Crusades, and Elizabeth was grief-stricken. Her husband’s family looked upon her as squandering the royal purse, and mistreated her, finally throwing her out of the palace. The return of her husband’s allies from the Crusades resulted in her being reinstated, since her son was legal heir to the throne. In 1228, Elizabeth joined the Secular Franciscan Order, spending the remaining few years of her life caring for the poor in a hospital which she founded in honor of Saint Francis of Assisi. Elizabeth’s health declined, and she died before her 24th birthday in 1231. Her great popularity resulted in her canonization four years later. Reflection Elizabeth understood well the lesson Jesus taught when he washed his disciples’ feet at the Last Supper: The Christian must be one who serves the humblest needs of others, even if one serves from an exalted position. Of royal blood, Elizabeth could have lorded it over her subjects. Yet she served them with such a loving heart that her brief life won for her a special place in the hearts of many. Elizabeth is also an example to us in her following the guidance of a spiritual director. Growth in the spiritual life is a difficult process. We can play games very easily if we don’t have someone to challenge us. Saint Elizabeth of Hungary is the Patron Saint of: Bakers Catholic Charities Secular Franciscan Order

10.01.2022 Saint of the Day for November 11 St Martin de Tours A conscientious objector who wanted to be a monk; a monk who was maneuvered into being a bishop; a bishop who fought paganism as well as pleaded for mercy to hereticssuch was Martin of Tours, one of the most popular of saints and one of the first not to be a martyr.... Born of pagan parents in what is now Hungary, and raised in Italy, this son of a veteran was forced at the age of 15 to serve in the army. Martin became a Christian catechumen and was baptized when he was 18. It was said that he lived more like a monk than a soldier. At 23, he refused a war bonus and told his commander: I have served you as a soldier; now let me serve Christ. Give the bounty to those who are going to fight. But I am a soldier of Christ and it is not lawful for me to fight. After great difficulties, he was discharged and went to be a disciple of Hilary of Poitiers. He was ordained an exorcist and worked with great zeal against the Arians. Martin became a monk, living first at Milan and later on a small island. When Hilary was restored to his see following his exile, Martin returned to France and established what may have been the first French monastery near Poitiers. He lived there for 10 years, forming his disciples and preaching throughout the countryside. The people of Tours demanded that he become their bishop. Martin was drawn to that city by a rusethe need of a sick personand was brought to the church, where he reluctantly allowed himself to be consecrated bishop. Some of the consecrating bishops thought his rumpled appearance and unkempt hair indicated that he was not dignified enough for the office. Along with Saint Ambrose, Martin rejected Bishop Ithacius’s principle of putting heretics to deathas well as the intrusion of the emperor into such matters. He prevailed upon the emperor to spare the life of the heretic Priscillian. For his efforts, Martin was accused of the same heresy, and Priscillian was executed after all. Martin then pleaded for a cessation of the persecution of Priscillian’s followers in Spain. He still felt he could cooperate with Ithacius in other areas, but afterwards his conscience troubled him about this decision. As death approached, Martin’s followers begged him not to leave them. He prayed, Lord, if your people still need me, I do not refuse the work. Your will be done. Reflection Martin’s worry about cooperation with evil reminds us that almost nothing is either all black or all white. The saints are not creatures of another world: They face the same perplexing decisions that we do. Any decision of conscience always involves some risk. If we choose to go north, we may never know what would have happened had we gone east, west, or south. A hyper-cautious withdrawal from all perplexing situations is not the virtue of prudence; it is in fact, a bad decision, for not to decide is to decide. Saint Martin of Tours is the Patron Saint of: Horses Soldiers South Africa

08.01.2022 Friday of Ordinary Time Week 22

08.01.2022 November 30. Feast of St Andrew, the Apostle St. Andrew, also known as Andrew the Apostle, was a Christian Apostle and the older brother to St. Peter. According to the New Testament, Andrew was born in the village of Bethsaida on the Sea of Galilee during the early first century. Much like his younger brother, Simon Peter, Andrew was also a fisherman. Andrew's very name means strong and he was known for having good social skills.... In the Gospel of Matthew, it is said Jesus was walking along the shore of the Sea of Galilee and saw Andrew and Simon Peter fishing. It is then he asked the two to become disciples and "fishers of men." In the Gospel of Luke, Andrew is not initially named. It describes Jesus using a boat, believed to be solely Simon's, to preach to the multitudes and catch a large amount of fish on a night that originally was dry. Later, in Luke 5:7, it mentions Simon was not the only fisherman on the boat, but it is not until Luke 6:14 that there is talk of Andrew being Simon Peter's brother. However, the Gospel of John tells a separate story, stating Andrew was a disciple of John the Baptist. When Jesus walked by one day, John the Baptist stated, "Behold, the Lamb of God!" It is then that Andrew and another made the decision to follow Jesus. Little else is said about Andrew in the Gospels, but it is believed Andrew was one of the closer disciples to Jesus. It was he who told Jesus about the boy with the loaves and fishes, according to John 6:8. When Philip wanted to speak to Jesus about Greeks seeking him, he spoke to Andrew first. Andrew was also present at the last supper. Per Christian tradition, Andrew went on to preach the Good News around the shores of the Black Sea and throughout what is now Greece and Turkey. Andrew was martyred by crucifixion in Patras. He was bound, rather than nailed, to a cross, as is described in the Acts of Andrew. He was crucified on a cross form known as "crux decussata," which is an X-shaped cross or a "saltire." Today this is commonly referred to as "St. Andrew's Cross." It is believed Andrew requested to be crucified this way, because he deemed himself "unworthy to be crucified on the same type of cross as Jesus." Andrew's remains were originally preserved at Patras. However, some believe St. Regulus, who was a monk at Patras, received a vision telling him to hide some of Andrew's bones. Shortly after Regulus' dream, many of Andrew's relics were transferred to Constantinople by order of Roman emperor Constantius II around 357. Regulus later received orders in a second dream telling him to take the bones "to the ends of the earth." He was to build a shrine for them wherever he shipwrecked. He landed on the coat of Fife, Scotland.

07.01.2022 Hi all, There is an error in the Bulletin this week. Sorry Folks. Here is a correction notice about the Midweek Masses. Thank you. Welcome to Fr Richard Healey Fr Richard Healey will be assisting us with Masses next weekend. There is some changes with Midweek Masses for the next two weeks: ... No Masses at Stella Maris for the next two Tuesdays; Masses as normal at All Saints Wednesday and Saturday, Thursday and Friday: Communion Service See more

06.01.2022 Friday of the Ordinary Time week 20

05.01.2022 https://gf.me/u/y4qaif Please help donate and share so that the victims of this deadly flood can receive immediate assistance. I hope to reach out to 500 families, provide $20 per family for immediate need. Fr. joe

04.01.2022 Sacramental Program 2021 for the Sacrament of Penance - Any parent wishing to enrol a child currently in Year 2 for the Sacrament of Penance (Confession) are invited to attend any ONE of the Masses next weekend on November 28/29. Mass Times: Saturday 5:00pm, Sunday 9:00am & 5:00pm... To ‘Register’ for Mass: Go to www.dow.org.au/registration and enter your details ONCE online for contact tracing purposes and nominate you preferred Mass. To ‘Book in’ for Mass: you must ‘Ring’ parish office during office hours or email the before 12:00pm Friday EACH WEEK TO BOOK A SEAT for Mass. (numbers are currently restricted to 190 attendees per Mass)

04.01.2022 The Chrism Mass | Livestream from the Cathedral, Tuesday 29 September 2020 The Chrism Mass will be livestreamed through the Lumen Christi Catholic Parishes’ YouTube Channel livemass.lumenchristi.org.au After consultation with his clergy, Bishop Brian Mascord and the clergy of the diocese will be celebrating the Chrism Mass tomorrow evening (Tuesday 29 September 2020) 6 pm at St Francis Xavier Cathedral in Wollongong. Usually there is a large attendance of parishioners from... across the diocese, but because of the ongoing COVID-19 restrictions, invitations have been limited. However, you will be able to watch a livestream of the Chrism Mass on the Lumen Christi Catholic Parishes YouTube channel: livemass.lumenchristi.org.au THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE CHRISM MASS All those who follow Jesus’ call are anointed with the Oil of Catechumens and the Chrism at their Baptism, and again with Chrism at their Confirmation. Those called to serve as priests and bishops are also anointed with the Chrism at their ordinations. Chrism is further used for the anointings pertaining to the dedication of churches and altars. At the Chrism Mass, then, the priestly people gather with the bishop to celebrate the blessing of the Oil of Catechumens and the Chrism with which men and women are brought into God’s priestly people and men are ordained to the priesthood. God’s priestly people are called to a ministry of healing. In the sacrament of healing known as the Anointing of the Sick, oil is again used to anoint the ill and infirm, and so the healing Church gathers at the Chrism Mass as the bishop blesses this Oil of the Sick. Taking holy oils blessed by our chief pastor for sacramental use to each of the parishes in the local church of Wollongong is a sign of our unitybeing in communion with our bishop and with each other. During the Eucharistic Prayer, the bishop invites all to remember the living and the dead. We pray for all the living people in our diocese: young, middle-aged and seniors; for our parishes and schools, and works of service and outreach; for our clergy, our seminarians, religious, teachers, catechists; and for those who are challenged by illness, poverty, or disability. We also pray for the dead: our own deceased relatives, friends and benefactors, all the faithful departed.

04.01.2022 Read the latest updated directives from the Bishop of Wollongong, Brian Mascord.

04.01.2022 Friday of Ordinary Time Week 23

02.01.2022 Join us, as we pray for over 70 young parishioners from our All Saints Parish community who have received and will be receiving the Sacrament of Confirmation this week. Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful. And kindle in them the fire of your love. Send forth your Spirit and they shall be created. And you will renew the face of the earth.... John 6:27 Jesus says the Father has set His seal on Him. As the Father sets His seal on Jesus, so Jesus sets His seal on us on the sacrament of baptism, and later, in the sacrament of confirmation.