Central Otago Pastoral Area of Alexandra, Omakau and Roxburgh Presbytery
Parish Team
Sisters of Mercy
7 Killarney Street Alexandra Tel (03) 4488202 Fax (03) 448 8303
[email protected]
Fr Pat McGettigan Sr Elanor Pelvin Tel: 448 6304 Brian McLean (Parish Chairperson) Trina Eastwood (Sst Gerards’s School Principal) Susan Mulholland (St John’s School Principal, Ranfurly) (03) 444 9514 Wayne Soper (Parish Caretaker) Catholic Social Services 0800 277 669 (toll free) (03) 448 5385 (Mon-Wed)
Parish Secretary Sally Ferreira (Tues & Fri 9am-3pm)
6th Sunday of Easter —Year A—21 May 2017 MASS TIMES Weekends Alexandra Sunday: Roxburgh Sunday Omakau Saturday Ranfurly Sunday
9.00am (all year) 11.00am (all year) 6.00pm (all year) 4.00pm
Queenstown Saturday 6.30pm Sunday 9.00am Arrowtown Sunday Garston Glenorchy Cromwell Sun)
11.00am 11.00am (2nd Sun) 11.00am ( 4th Sun) 11.00am (1st, 3rd, 5th
Weekday Masses Alexandra Tuesday: 5.00pm (side chapel) Wednesday: 9.00am (side chapel) Thursday: 9.00am (side chapel) Friday 12.00pm (Church) Saturday 9.am (Side chapel) Roxburgh Wednesday 5.15pm (Parish Centre) RECONCILIATION Alexandra Saturday:
11.30am-12.00pm (otherwise on request)
ANNOINTING OF THE SICK Alexandra Friday: 12.00pm (1st Fri. in the month) Roxburgh Wednesday
Next week’s readings: 1st Reading: Acts 1: 1-11 2nd Reading: Ephesians 1: 17-23 Gospel: Matthew 28: 16-20 As parishioners let us pray for those who have died recently:
9.00am (2nd, 4th Sun) 9.00am (1st, 3rd, 5th Sun) 11.00am (2nd, 4th Sun)
Wanaka
1st READING: Acts 8: 5-8, 14-17— A Samaritan town responds to the healing power of the Gospel. 2nd READING: 1 Peter 3: 15-18 — St Peter urges us to give faithful witness to the Lord. GOSPEL: John 14: 15-21 - We are not orphans. The Spirit lives in us.
5.15pm (1st Wed. In the month)
and whose anniversaries occur at this time: John Anderson, Jim Mills, Hilda Mount, Bill O’Connor, Noel Angus, Kirsty Grainger, Henry Dougherty May they rest in peace. Dates to Remember Central Otago Regional Orchestra playing with Cath Irons on 21st May 2.30pm Dunstan High School Hall Alexandra - tickets available at Unichem Pharmacy or from Orchestra Members Eucharistic Ministers—The Parish is in need of more Eucharistic Ministers to help at Sunday Masses and going to the sick.. Some parishioners have been approached to join the current team, but others may wish to also offer their help. There will be a short meeting at the end of Mass on 21st May to explain what is to be done and how to proceed when acting as a Eucharistic Minister. Any questions to Deirdre Jolly or Father Pat. It is not too late to come to the Alpha sessions. I urge you to invite a friend to join you and even better, one who is not a church attendee. Begin your greatest adventure. Watch Bear’s story alpha.org.nz. Wednesdays @ 2pm at St Enoch's Lounge and Sundays @ 7pm at Monteiths. Contact Rev. Andrew Howley 021 518 053 or Craig Ashby 027 5483 463 for more info.
ROSTER FOR NEXT SUNDAY Alexandra
Greeters
Intro / PoF
Readers
Gifts / Offertory
Eucharistic Ministers
Ministers to the Sick
D Cronin G Chapman
D Jolly
G Kelliher
Healey Family
D Jolly C Grieve TBA
D Jolly C Grieve TBA
Sacristan
Altar Servers
Power Point
Children’s Liturgy
Cleaning
D Courtney
Shannon Kelliher Mia Flannery
M O’Connor
C Kelly
S McKenzie F Clements
Gifts / Offertory Reader
OHP
Eucharistic Minister
Cleaning
W Maclean
J Paulin
Gerard
R Kilkelly
W Maclean
Omakau
ROXBURGH
Greeter
Reader / Proclaimer
Gifts / Offertory
Eucharistic Minister
OHP
Cleaning
Altar Preparer for June Dyson Family
Margaret Card
Milica Sale
Dyson Family
Neil Taylor
Kylie Robb
Katrina van de Water
Alexo: Gerry Sutherland
Bonus No: 4
Roxo: Church
Roxburgh News: Birthday: Oliver Lucas. WANTED - Does anyone have a tea wagon which is no longer needed? The Community Pantry would love to give it a new home. Contact Ruth, 448 7619.
Few are willing to brave the disapproval of their fellows, the censure of their colleagues, the wrath of their society. Moral courage is a rarer commodity than bravery in battle or great intelligence. Yet it is the one essential, vital quality for those who seek to change a world that yields most painfully to change. Each time a person stands up for an idea, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, (s)he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring, those ripples build a current that can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance. Robert F. Kennedy
Cowardice asks the question—is it safe? Expediency asks the question—is it politic? Vanity asks the question—is it popular? But conscience asks the question—is it right? And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but one must take it because it is right. Dr Martin Luther King, Jr
