ST. Theresa's Parish - St Theresas Parish Plimmerton

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ST. Theresa's Parish - St Theresas Parish Plimmerton
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
                 Parish Priest: Farther Andrew Kim
             Acting Parish Priest: Father Paul Finlayson
17th January 2021 | 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time

                                       ENCOURAGE DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF SCRIPTURE
                                       Our faith is not just about ideas. It is about having an encounter with God
                                       and, in particular, the Risen Christ! Once we give ourselves over to the
                                       notion of God’s presence, we have to train ourselves to listen for God’s
                                       voice and be attentive to God’s call. Having companions on our faith
                                       journeys is so incredibly important as they can help us fine-tune our
                                       listening skills and discern God’s voice from others we may be hearing. Faith
                                       is all about having these profound encounters not only with God but with
                                       our brothers and sisters, and creation itself. Anyone or anything that is alive
                                       with God’s presence becomes an occasion for God to speak and call us to
                                       deeper graces and experiences. “Come, and you will see.”

                                       The example and teaching of Jesus, the lives of the saints, those living
                                       among us and those glorified in heaven, and the wonder and beauty of
                                       creation can all serve to help us listen more clearly and assist in positioning
                                       ourselves for this profound God meeting. It is an encounter that can quickly

R                                      and easily lead to a friendship and intimate intertwining of our souls to their
                                       Maker, making a claim on us like no other. Then, the Word of God moves
                                       from being just a body of ideas to something we simply accept and do. The
Monday 18 January 2021                 person of Jesus Christ swiftly moves from being just a good prophet in word
No Liturgy or Eucharist                and deed to the incarnate presence of God Himself, the Lamb of God. The
                                       voice leads us to the Person behind it.
Tuesday 19 January 2021
No Liturgy or Eucharist
                                       The Gospel is hard to follow. We can intellectually debate whether what
                                       Jesus said is really what we are asked to do. The Gospel ideas do not always
Wednesday 20 January 2021              make sense in our practical, secular world. The person of God always does.
9:30am Eucharist                       We can debate the practicality and sense of ideas and doing so often keeps
                                       the more difficult ones at a safe distance away from us. Jesus said to love
Thursday 21st January 2021             our enemy, but we really don’t need to do that, our minds try to convince
9:30am Eucharist                       us. It just doesn’t make sense. Yet, if we are truly in love with the God who
                                       is behind the voice of those words, they make perfect sense. Our deep and
Friday 22nd January 2021               intimate love of this God would even find us laying down our lives for Him if
9:30am Eucharist                       necessary. Speak Lord, your servant is listening. ©LPi

Saturday 23rd January 2021
6:00pm Vigil Mass

Sunday 24th January 2021
3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time
9.30am Eucharist
ST. Theresa's Parish - St Theresas Parish Plimmerton
31st January     9:30am – Farewell Mass to Father
                                                                               Paul.

                                                              6th March        9:30am – Installation Mass for Father
                                                                               Andrew
I hope everyone has had some time to rest and gather
themselves after a very unusual 2020. 2021 is starting
off well so let us all pray it continues to be a good year.
Please make a note on your calendar of the dates
outlined below:

On Sunday 31st January we will have a farewell Mass to
Father Paul with a shared morning tea. Father Paul has
been fantastic the way he has looked after the Parish
over the last few months. Originally Father Paul was
coming for six weeks to let Father Maurice recover
from his illness. We thank him so much for stepping in        17th February ASH WEDNESDAY
and ministering to us over these last months.                 9:30am – Parish and School Mass
                                                              7:30pm – Ecumenical service with St. Andrews at St.
Father Andrew Kim will be in the Parish from Saturday         Andrews, 11 Steyne Avenue, Plimmerton.
6th February. Please take the time to introduce
yourself to him and welcome him. I have told him
what a fantastic community we are. We will have                                     ST. VINCENT DE PAUL
Father Andrew’s Installation Mass on Sunday 6th March                               The first meeting for 2021 will be
with both the Parish and the School. Cardinal John will                             on Friday 29th January after the
Preside.                                                                            9:30am Mass. The meeting will
Father Maurice has had a bit of an up and down                                      be held in the foyer of the Church
Christmas period but is presently back home at                                      and everyone is most welcome to
Summerset. Mike Montgomery has also been unwell                                     join.
but has now recovered and is a tremendous help to
Maurice.
                                                                                    SACRAMENTAL PROGRAMME
The School will be using the hall and the upstairs Parish                           2021. We are taking enrolments
area for Term 1 (and perhaps longer) as the new                                     for NEXT YEAR. The programme
classroom block is completed. The hall is available as                              will run during the first three
normal 95% of the time to the Parish so please check                                terms. Children that are baptised
with Jocelyn in the office if you need to ask any                                   and are in Year 4 or older may
questions.                                                                          enrol. There are enrolment forms
                                                                                    in the foyer.
HEALTH AND SAFETY NOTICE: COVID-19

              Please remember that as we are in Level                                          PARKING
              1, we need to sign in with either the QR                                         A reminder that due to
              code which is in the foyer of the Church                                         construction going on in
              or manually into the register. If you                                            the school, there will be
              have not done so coming into Mass,                                               no parking in the school
please ensure you do as you leave.                                                             grounds until term 2
                                                                                               2021 but parking will be
                                                                                               available on the field.
                                                                                               If you have elderly with
                                                              you when coming to Mass, perhaps you could drop
                                                              them at the front door and then go and park on the
                                                              field. You can still enter the Church from the
                                                              playground side on a Saturday and Sunday.
There will be a basket in the foyer for palms to be
collected for the ashes for Ash Wednesday.
ST. Theresa's Parish - St Theresas Parish Plimmerton
Those who are sick
                            Vince O’Sullivan, Lio Hunt,      • The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
                            Father Maurice, Mary ten         December 21 note saying it is morally acceptable to
                            Broeke, David Wootton,           use Covid-19 vaccines derived from fetus cell lines:
                            Terese McKee.                    https://www.vaticannews.va/en/vatican-
                                                             city/news/2020-12/vatican-cdf-note-covid-vaccine-
                            RiP Lorna Leydon                 morality-abortion.html

                        Anniversaries: Apolonia              • Pope Francis endorses CDF note:
Ortyl, Johanna Vanoendungen, John Dorgan, Moira              https://www.ncronline.org/news/vatican/vaticans-
Low, Gerard Neilson                                          doctrinal-office-coronavirus-vaccines-morally-
                                                             acceptable-catholics

                    PASSIONIST FAMILY GROUPS:                • Nathaniel Report article on the ethics of vaccines
                    PATH: Are going to have a picnic         derived from fetus cell lines:
                    dinner at the Summer Concert             https://www.catholic.org.nz/assets/Uploads/COVID-
                    Series at the Lagoon on Saturday         19-Vaccine-Issue-61-Nathaniel-Report.pdf
                    23rd January from 5pm.
                                                             • NZ Catholic article by Nathaniel Centre director John
                                                             Kleinsman report on the ethics of Covid-19 vaccines:
                                                             https://nzcatholic.org.nz/2020/05/27/the-ethical-
                                                             derivation-of-vaccines-for-covid-19/

                                                             • NZ Catholic article discussing Covid-19
                                                             vaccines: https://nzcatholic.org.nz/2020/12/10/new-
NZ BISHOPS URGE SUPPORT FOR COVID-19 VACCINE.                vaccines-prompt-some-serious-questions/
The bishops have issued a strong statement in support
of all people getting a Covid-19 vaccine when they
become eligible. Their statement addresses both the
moral and health issues involved including from where
the vaccines are derived, and the dangers of people
rejecting vaccinations (the “anti-vax” movement).

A copy of the statement is attached for circulation to
your parishes and schools.

The statement is also online, and many people might
find handy the links to further information available at
the bottom of the online version:
https://www.catholic.org.nz/news/media-
releases/bishops-support-covid-vaccine/

If it is helpful, these are the links the online statement
has for further information:

• Pope Francis saying people have a moral obligation
to be vaccinated:
https://www.ncronline.org/news/vatican/pope-
francis-suggests-people-have-moral-obligation-take-
coronavirus-vaccine
ST. Theresa's Parish - St Theresas Parish Plimmerton
Service Rosters 23/24 January – 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time
     Mass Time:                    6:00 pm                              9:30 am

      Sacristan                   Kelly Ross                          Sef Truyens
      Greeters                 Volunteer needed                     Volunteer needed
  Data Projectionist              Terry Cole                        Hunter Tomlinson
 Welcomer /Prayers of
                                Margaret Baker                       Eugene Crosby
       Faithful
                            VOLUNTEER NEEDED                      VOLUNTEER NEEDED
    Altar Servers
                            VOLUNTEER NEEDED                      VOLUNTEER NEEDED
       Karanga                                                      Volunteer needed
  Children’s Liturgy                                                 School holiday
Proclaimer of The Word          Noemi Thomas                        Rommel Anthony
 Offertory Procession          Volunteer needed                     Volunteer needed
    Extra-Ordinary             Mike Montgomery                          Deb Norris
   Ministers of Holy              Kelly Ross                           Luke Barber
     Communion                  Eugene Crosby                      Richard Barraclough
Communion to the Sick                                                     TBC
      Hospitality                                                   Volunteer needed

     Flowers             Dorothy/Krystyna         Altar Society            Christine Johnco
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