Bridgeside Bulletin

The weekly bullen of the Catholic community of

Forster and Tuncurry
Our Mission: To be an aeconate, caring, loving, faithlled Chrisan community, growing as
one through small groups.
Parish Contacts
Fr Andrew Doohan (Parish Priest)
Mr Greg Byrne (Pastoral Associate)
Sr Kathryn McCabe (Aboriginal Catholic Ministry)

33 Lake Street, Forster NSW 2428
PO Box 67, Forster NSW 2428
Phone: (02) 6554 6304
Fax: (02) 6554 6425
Email: forstertuncurryparish@gmail.com
Website: www.forstertuncurryparish.catholicau.com

The Parish Oce is at the rear of the Parish Hall and is
open on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9am to 4pm.
Parish School
Holy Name Parish School (K6)
41 Lake Street, Forster NSW 2428
PO Box 243, Forster NSW 2428

Mr Mark Mowbray (Principal)
Phone: (02) 6554 6504
Fax: (02) 6554 8895
Email: admin@forster.catholic.edu.au
Website: www.forster.catholic.edu.au
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SundayTheDayoftheLord
Saturday evening 6pm Tuncurry
Sunday morning 7am Tuncurry
9am Forster

Weekdays(forthecomingweek)
Tuesday 4:30pm Tuncurry
Wednesday 9am Forster
Thursday 9am Forster
Friday 7pm Forster
Saturday 9am Tuncurry

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

Bapnsms are celebrated aer the 9am Mass at Forster
by arrangementplease contact the Parish Oce or
Presbytery in the rst instance. Weddings are
celebrated by arrangement and with at least three
months nouceplease contact Fr Andrew in the rst
instance.
Sunday 12th February, 2012
Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B
Holy Name of Jesus Parish Church
33 Lake Street, Forster
St Mary, Star of the Sea Church
Cnr Kent & Peel Streets, Tuncurry
From the Pastors Desk
Last weekend, someone was overheard in one of the
churches to comment that the new format of our
parish bulleun reminded him of a NSW Legislauve
Council ballot paper. While a bulleun of that size is a
tempung thought, I doubt I could nd enough to ll
one that big. I am afraid well have to seule for the
new format.

The feedback I have received on the new bulleun has
been largely posiuve, and I would thank those
members of the community who have taken the ume
to speak to me about it. All of the feedback will be
considered, and there may be conunuing ne tuning
of the newlook bulleun over the coming weeks.

The coming week sees an important milestone in the
life of our community, with Friday night seeing the
formal inaugurauon of my ministry as Parish Priest. It
is a wonderful ceremony, presided over by our Bishop,
and ritually reminds us all of the various dimensions of
(Connued on page 2)
that ministry. I hope that you might be able to be
present to greet our Bishop and to celebrate this new
era in the life of our Chrisuan community.

Elsewhere in this weeks bulleun youll nd the rst
part of a series on liturgy, and the place of silence
within liturgy. We live in a world in which we are
constantly bombarded by noise in many dierent
forms. We can get so caught up in the busyness and
noise of our lives that we never have ume to stop
and truly listen to what God might be seeking to tell
us. Over coming weeks, as this series conunues, I
invite you to explore the power of silence and its
necessary place as part of our Chrisuan life.

On a personal note, my hearuelt thanks to you for the
messages of congratulauons and assurances of
prayers on my anniversary of ordinauon last week.
Your supportand parucularly your prayersare
much appreciated.

Unul next week
Fr Andrew
Fn ANonrws INs1nttn1ioN Mnss
Fr Andrew will be formally installed as our Parish
Priest by Bishop Bill Wright on Friday 17th February
during a Mass commencing at 7pm in the Forster
Parish Church.

The Mass will be followed by a cuppa in the Parish
Hall, and you are please asked to bring a plate to
share.
PnNcnkr Tursonv
As we prepare for the Season of Lent, why not join us
for a celebrauon of Pancake Tuesday on Tuesday 21st
February in the Parish School grounds commencing at
5:30pm.

Lots of fun and frivolity is to be had, along with plenty
of pancakes. Dont miss the games and jellyeaung
contest!
Tnizr Srnvicr
Our neighbours in the Uniung Church will be hosung a
Taize Service on Sunday 12th February commencing
at 6pm at their Tuncurry Church.

All are welcome to join in this ume of prayer and
reecuon in tradiuon and spirit of the Taize
Community.
MoN1utv Pnnisu LuNcuroN
We will be holding our rst Parish luncheon for 2012
on Monday 13th February commencing at 12:00pm.
Our menu this month features corn silverside,
chicken, vegetables and desserts.

Donauons would be appreciated. Please register your
auendance on the list at rear of church.
Cunis1inN Mroi1n1ioN IN1noouc1onv
Counsr
If you are interested in exploring the pracuce of
Chrisuan Meditauon, you are invited to consider an
Introductory Course being oered at Living Waters
Chrisuan Meditauon Centre, 34 Kenrick Street, The
Juncuon.

The course runs for 5 weeks at a cost of $25.00. Each
session runs for just one hour.

For more informauon, please see the nouce on the
church bulleun board.
Tur Gir1 or CoN1rMrtn1ioN
The Living Waters Meditauon Centre is presenung a
teaching and meditauon session on Saturday, 3rd
March from 9:30am unul 12noon in the Toohey Room
at the Diocesan Centre in Hamilton (on the western
side of Sacred Heart Cathedral).

For more informauon, please see the nouce on the
church bulleun board.
Srrcint Rrticious Eoucn1ioN TnniNiNc
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This training, helpful for SRE Teachers (Catechists,
Scripture teachers), Assistants and Coordinators, is
being oered over a series of sessions in 2012.

These sessions may also be useful for those involved
in various Childrens ministries as well.

The 2012 sessions will be oered at St Michaels
Catholic Church, Sproule Street, Nelson Bay, and each
session will run from 10:30am to 3:00pm.

For further informauon, please see the nouce on the
church bulleun board, or contact Loreua Heernan.
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Sr. Kathryn is again on the lookout for a double bed
Phone: 6554 6470
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During Lent, Bishop Bill will be moving around the
Diocese to preside over Lenten Liturgies of Hope and
Healing. This will be a wonderful opportunity to
gather with our Bishop in prayer during Lent.

The gathering for the Myall Deanery (of which Forster
Tuncurry is a part) will take place on Friday 2nd March
at Raymond Terrace commencing at 7pm, and it
would be wonderful if parishioners could make the
journey down the highway to pray with our Bishop.

Please note: These liturgies should not be confused
with 2nd Rites of Reconciliaon.
LrN1rN Rrrtrc1ioN Rrsouncr
Liule Black Books, featuring daily readings and
resources to assist with your Lenten reecuons are
available for $5 each at the rear of the church.
Aus1nntinN Cn1uotics
Copies of the current ediuon of the Australian
Catholics magazine can be found at the rear of the
Church, and contains some interesung arucles.

Please take a free copy with you as you leave the
church.
LrN1rN Fni1u SunniNc Gnours
Lent is the Season of the Churchs year that is a
preparauon for the celebrauon of Easter. It is a ume
for reecuon and prayerful sharing of faith with each
other. This year our parish will be using the resource
published by the Archdiocese of Brisbane enutled
Towards the Light.

A list of available groups are available at the rear of
the church this week, and you are invited to add your
name to your preferred group.

If you would like to host a group please contact Greg
at the Parish Oce.
Cn1uotic Lrnorn & Wrrktv
Copies of the Catholic Leader and Catholic Weekly
newspapers can be found at the rear of the church at
a cost of $2.
Wun1 is nNvwnv?
Well, its all Greek to me! (leitourgia) is, in
fact, the original Greek word for liturgy.

Liturgy is what we do together each week. We might
mistakenly say its what the priest does for us, but
thats simply not true its what we do together. We
oen call the priest the celebrant, but the preferred
term for his role is the Presider. We all play a part in
celebrang the Eucharist. The priests role is to
preside, that is to lead the celebrauon, culminaung in
his consecratory role in the Eucharisuc Prayer. But his
unique role does not reduce to unimportance the role
of everyone else. We are all celebrants of the
Eucharist, though in dierent ways. The Eucharist is
our common celebrauon. Liturgy is an act of us all.

I would like to reect on just three things that are
important if our liturgy is to be all that it is meant to
be:

(i) rstly, as already stated, liturgy must be an act of
us all we must all take seriously our role as one of
the celebrants of the liturgy. Liturgy is not just what is
happening up on the sanctuary. If we all are
celebrants of the liturgy then the way we enter the
church, take our seats amongst others, greet and/or
speak to them, are not neutral events they are not
things which happen before the liturgy they
themselves are an act of the liturgy. Another term
coming from the Greek used in the early Church for
the celebrauon of the Eucharist was the synaxis, a
word literally meaning the coming together (of the
community). Our synaxis, our coming together, is
liturgy, not a distracuon from it. Likewise the
exchange of the sign of peace before Communion is
not something that happens at the liturgy it is
liturgy, it is an act of liturgy (of which we are
celebrants). We might ask ourselves how well we, as
celebrants, celebrate this rite.

Thus, our auenuve and recepuve listening to the
Word of God, our prayerful entering into all the
movements of the liturgy, the way we enter into the
singingasacommunalactofcelebrangtheliturgy,
are all ways that we are a community celebrang the
liturgy under the presidency of the ministry of the
priest. (to be connued)
Ofyourcharity,pleaseprayfor:

Recently Deceased
Daphne Warner, Hal Campbell

Anniversaries
Andy Cross, George Hooker
FRIENDSHIP GROUP (SrNions)
We meet for lunch on Tues 21st Feb at Blackhead
Bowling Club. Meet Tuncurry Church at 11.30am to
car pool. Contact Lorraine 6554 7056 or Leuy 6554
9670.
Rostrns

Readers(fornextweekend)
Tuncurry 6pm Monica Hunt, Maureen Stevens,
Tony Stevens
Tuncurry 7am Mary Greig, Cecile Malone, Patricia
Cornish
Forster 9am Maureen Visser, Olga Prau, Jeaneue
Sheppard

MinistersofCommunion(forthisweekend)
Tuncurry 6pm Ruth Pearson, Monica Hunt, Robyn
Milligan, Margaret Smith, Tony &
Maureen Stevens, Neville Fox,
Jeaneue Goodacre, Lou Hope
Tuncurry 7am Kay & Graham Griths, Cushla
Drake, Aileen Mooney, Bronwyn
Morse, Tony Knight
Forster 9am Anne Hartman Barbara Kermode,
Anne Moloney, Shioney Neal, Jim
Hunt, Elle CairnsCowen, Pat
McCarthy, Barbara Dolehenty,
Michael Amato

ChurchCleaners(forthecomingweek)
Tuncurry Group 1
Forster Group 3
ColleconCount
This Sunday Team 6
Next Sunday Team 1
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EntranceAnphon
Be my protector, O God,
a mighty stronghold to save me.
For you are my rock, my stronghold!
Lead me, guide me, for the sake of your name.

ResponsorialPsalm
R: I turn to you, Lord, in ume of trouble, and you ll
me with the joy of salvauon.

Happy the man whose oence is forgiven,
whose sin is remiued.
O happy the man to whom the Lord
imputes no guilt,
in whose spirit is no guile.

But now I have acknowledged my sins;
my guilt I did not hide.
I said: I will confess
my oence to the Lord.
And you, Lord, have forgiven
the guilt of my sin.

Rejoice, rejoice in the Lord,
exult, you just!
O come, ring out your joy,
all you upright of heart.

GospelAcclamaon
Alleluia, alleluia!
A great prophet has appeared among us;
God has visited his people.
Alleluia!

CommunionAnphon
They ate and had their ll,
and what they craved the Lord gave them;
they were not disappointed in what they craved.
Scnrtunr RrnbNcs

ThisWeek Leviucus 13:12, 4446
Psalm 31:12, 5, 11
1 Corinthians 10:3111:1
Mark 1:4045

NextWeek Isaiah 43:1819, 2122, 2425
Psalm 40:25, 1314
2 Corinthians 1:1822
Mark 2:112
TPD(fortheweekahead)
Monday 7pm Bapusm Preparauon
Meeung @ Parish Oce.

Tuesday 9am Chrisuan Meditauon
(Bob 6555 5914)
11am Funeral Mass for Daphne
Warner @ Forster
3:30pm Holy Hour @ Tuncurry
5:30pm Parish Pastoral Council @
Parish Oce
7pm Chrisuan Meditauon
(Bob 6555 5914)

Wednesday 11:15am Novena to Our Lady @
Forster

Thursday 10am Caring Group Meeung @
Parish Oce
PM Fr Andrew to Newcastle
for liturgy meengs

Friday 7pm Installauon Mass @
Forster
Saturday

Sunday
In considering the Church as the home of the word,
aenon must rst be given to the sacred liturgy, for the
liturgy is the privileged seng in which God speaks to us in
the midst of our lives; he speaks today to his people, who
hear and respond.
Verbum Domini (2010) 52.