FnoM 1ur Pns1ons Drsk

What a dierence a week can make!

No doubt the news of Pope Benedict XVIs resignaon
was a shock to just about everyone in the Church, not
to menon the enre world. It is, to my way of
thinking, a very generous and humble move on the
part of the Holy Father, pung the life and needs of
the Church ahead of himself. It is a truly Chrisan
gesture.

Over coming weeks, we might remember the Holy
Father in our prayers as he moves into rerement,
and for the whole Church as we prepare for the
elecon of the next Successor of St Peter.

Update on Property Proposal

Late last year you will remember that the Parish
community was briefed on the current proposal
concerning our current church buildings, and asked to
comment on whether the Parish should connue with
our invesgaons into the feasibility (or otherwise) of
that proposal.

I would like to thank all those who took the me to
parcipate in the community meeng and respond to
the survey quesonnaire.

The results of the survey was overwhelmingly in
favour of connuing our invesgaons of the
proposal, while many of the responses that expressed
concern about the proposal raised issues that the
Finance Commiee has taken note of.

I would like to stress that this result does not mean
that the proposal will be implemented yet. There is a
lot more work that needs to be done in order for a
more formal proposal to be placed before the Parish
community for a nal decision.
(Connued on page 3)
Parish
Fr Andrew Doohan (Parish Priest)
Mr Greg Byrne (Pastoral Associate)
Mrs Sharon Fowle (Administraon)
Sr Kathryn McCabe (Aboriginal Catholic Ministry)

The Parish Oce is at the rear of the Parish Hall and is
staed on Tuesdays and Fridays from 10am to 4pm.

33 Lake Street, Forster NSW 2428
PO Box 67, Forster NSW 2428
P: (02) 6554 6304
F: (02) 6554 6425
E: forstertuncurryparish@gmail.com or
fr.andrew.doohan@bigpond.com (Fr Andrew)
W: www.forstertuncurrycatholic.org.au

Holy Name Parish School (K6)
Mr Mark Mowbray (Principal)

41 Lake Street, Forster NSW 2428
PO Box 243, Forster NSW 2428
P: (02) 6554 6504
F: (02) 6554 8895
E: admin@forster.catholic.edu.au

Items for inclusion in Bridgeside Bullen can be sent
to the Parish Oce or Fr Andrew, preferably by email
or wrien note, by midday on Thursday.

Bapsms are celebrated on Sundays, either during
any of our Sunday Masses or aer the 9am Mass.
Bapsmal Preparaon meengs are held on the
second Monday of each month at 7pm in the Meeng
Rooms of the Parish Hall at Forster. Please contact the
Parish Oce for more details, or visit the Parish
website.

Weddings are celebrated by arrangement and with at
least three (and preferably more) months noce.
Please contact Fr Andrew for more details, or visit the
Parish website.
Sunday 17th February, 2013
First Sunday of Lent, Year C
Bridgeside Bulletin
The weekly bullen of the Catholic community of
Forster and Tuncurry
Holy Name of Jesus Parish Church
33 Lake Street, Forster
St Mary, Star of the Sea Church
Cnr Kent & Peel Streets, Tuncurry
Proclaiming Christ to the communies of Forster, Tuncurry and the surrounding districts
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Tur Pnnisu Dinnv(for the week ahead)
Today (17/2) 2:30pm Rite of
Elecon & Presentaon
@ Cathedral

Tue (19/2) 9am Chrisan Meditaon
(Bob 6555 5914)
3:30pm Holy Hour @ Tuncurry
5:30pm Chrisan Meditaon
(Bob 6555 5914)
PM Fr Andrew to Newcastle
for Called to Serve Mass
in Cathedral at 6pm

Wed (20/2) 9am Mass @ Forster
9:30am Men Alive Group @
Forster
11:15 Novena to Our Lady of
Perpetual Help @ Forster
5:30pm Pastoral Council meeng
@ Forster

Thu (21/2) 9am Mass @ Forster
12:30pm School Leaders
Investure Mass @
Forster

Fri (22/2) 9:30am Mass @ Forster

Sat (23/2) 8:30am Reconciliaon @
Tuncurry
9am Mass @ Tuncurry
4:45pm Reconciliaon @ Forster
(unl 5.15pm)
6pm Vigil Mass @ Tuncurry

Sun (24/2) 7am Mass @ Tuncurry
9am Mass @ Forster
IN voun cunni1v, rtrnsr rnnv ron:

Recently Deceased: Joyce Berryman, Yvonne Stewart,
Shaun Murray

Anniversaries: Herbert Faulkner, Elisa Viajar

and all those who are sick in our parish.
MrN Ativr Gnour
The Men Alive Group will next meet on Wednesday
20th February meeng aer the 9am Mass to discuss
the Scriptures. New members always welcome.
LrN1rN Rrrtrc1ioN Gnours
Its not too late to join any of our Parish Lenten
groups. A list of groups is available on the
noceboards in both Churches. If you would like to
join one of these groups please contact the groups
coordinator, or Greg Byrne in the Parish Oce.
Ri1rs or Etrc1ioN & PnrsrN1n1ioN
Bishop Bill will preside over the celebraon of the Rite
of Elecon of Catechumens & the Rite of Presentaon
of Candidates for Full Communion in the Sacred Heart
Cathedral starng at 2:30pm today, Sunday 17th
February.

All members of the Diocese are welcome to join in this
celebraon as we prepare for Easter.
Music Corvnicu1 Wonksuor
The Parish will be hosng a workshop that will cover
the legislave requirements in the Australian
copyright law as it relates the church/school music,
with details of the various copyright licensing schemes
in Australia and risks associated with noncompliance.

The workshop will be held in the Parish Hall on
Thursday 7th March from 11am1pm. The session
will be repeated from 7pm9pm. All are welcome to
aend.
FnirNosuir Gnour (SrNions)
Our next oung is on Tuesday 12th February for lunch
at Greenhouse Coage, Clarkson St, Nabiac. We will
meet at the Tuncurry Church at 11:30am in order to
carpool. Contact Lorraine 6554 7056 or Ley 6554
9670. New members and friends are most welcome.
A11rN1ioN SiNcrns nNo MusicinNs
Although the Lenten Liturgy has come and gone, the
singers and musicians who have been meeng over
the last few weeks will connue to gather on Tuesday
evenings to look at the new Mass seng and to begin
looking at our Easter music.

The next meeng will be at the Tuncurry Church at
7pm next Tuesday 19th February. All are welcome.
INvrs1i1unr or Scuoot Lrnorns
The School Leaders of Holy Name Parish School will be
invested during Mass on Thursday 21st February at
12:30pm in Holy Name Church. All welcome.
LrN1rN Pns1onnt Lr11rn
The NSW Bishops have produced a Lenten Pastoral
Leer in response to the Royal Commission on
Instuonal Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.

Copies of the leer are available from the churches
today, or may be also be obtained by vising the
Diocesan website (see www.mn.catholic.org.au/news
events/news/2013/nswbishopslentenmessage).
HvMN Tur Fncr or Cunis1
For the Year of Grace, and other quite mes of prayer.
Music: Finlandia J Sibelious, Text: Michael Herry

Jesus, in prayer your people come before you,
We seek your face,
your healing hand to hold.
Here at your feet,
we wait in quiet sllness,
You know our need,
the sigh of evry heart.
Here now in prayer,
your Spirit gently draws us;
May we become for all the face of Christ.
AovnNcr No1icrCunisM Mnss
The annual Chrism Mass will be celebrated on
Tuesday 26th March in the Cathedral Church
beginning at 7pm. All members of the diocesan
community are welcome to join with the Bishop to
celebrate this important event in the yearly life of our
Diocese.
Mrr1. En1. Nr1wonk.
Mnkr n DirrrnrNcr.
Work together to build up
Catholic life in the Hunter.
Join the Assembly of Catholic Professionals a
meeng of Catholic business minds and Church
Leaders.

Annual Membership $495 (incl gst) includes four
ACP lunches and a Christmas recepon.

The Diocese has created a group called the Assembly
of Catholic Professionals (ACP) as a forum for
business women and men of the Diocese interested
in Catholic life and Church leaders to come together
quarterly, as a community, over lunch, to get to
know each other, and to discuss issues and trends in
the life of the Church.

The inaugural luncheon is on 28 February 2013 at
the Newcastle Club. Guest Speaker is former NSW
and internaonal Cricketer Rick McCosker, now
Chaplain to the Newcastle Port.

For Bookings go to www.mn.catholic.org.au/about
or call Mark Lees at the Diocesan Oce on 4979
1124.
DiocrsnN Uron1r
Would you like to know more about what is happening
in the wider Catholic community? The Diocesan
Update is a weekly email that keeps people informed
about what is happening in the Catholic Diocese of
MaitlandNewcastle, including events you might be
interested in aending and stories you might like to
read.

The Update also links to the new diocesan website,
where you can keep uptodate with the Bishops
wrings, read the monthly magazine Aurora and see
photo galleries and news reports on events and
special occasions within the diocese.

To sign up to receive the Diocesan Update in your
mailbox every Tuesday simply visit the Diocesan
website (www.mn.catholic.org.au) scroll to the
boom of the home page and click on the Sign up to
newsleer buon.
The process is, of its nature, a long and complex one,
and a decision that is right for the Parish community
will only emerge from a process that is long and
complex. I would urge all parishioners to connue to
pray for guidance as to the most appropriate course of
acon for the future of the Parish in fullling the
mission of the Church in the Great Lakes community.

Unl next week Fr Andrew
(From the Pastors Desk Connued from page 1)
Hrtr Rrquinro
We are fortunate and grateful to have a number of
cleaners who have commied their me over many
years to maintaining the cleanliness of our Churches.
We are in desperate need of addional help and are
eager to hear from anyone who would be willing to
assist with this important task. Please can you contact
the oce on 6554 6304 or email
forstertuncurryparish1@gmail.com if you are available
to help.
Dnitv Missnts
Those who have ordered a Daily Missal can collect it
from the oce, cost $42.
GnnorNiNc
Our next working bee will be Thursday 21st February
from 8am at Tuncurry Church. New volunteers are
always welcome to join our happy lile band. Please
consider coming along to help out. Phone Howard on
6557 6826.
Wonto Dnv or Pnnvrn
I was a stranger and you welcomed me. Friday 1st
March 2013 at 10am. Starng with morning tea with
a service beginning at 10.30am. Forster Tuncurry
Uning Church. All welcome.
Oun Li1uncv Toonv

Responsorial Psalm
Response: With the Lord there is mercy, and fullness
of redempon.

Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord,
Lord, hear my voice!
O let your ears be aenve
to the voice of my pleading.

If you, O Lord, should mark our guilt,
Lord, who would survive?
But with you is found forgiveness:
for this we revere you.

My soul is waing for the Lord,
I count on his word.
My soul is longing for the Lord
more than watchman for daybreak.

Because with the Lord there is mercy
and fullness of redempon,
Israel indeed he will redeem
from all its iniquity.

Gospel Acclamaon
Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ, king of endless glory!
No one lives on bread alone,
but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.
Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ, king of endless glory!
IN1rncrssonv Pnnvrn Gnour
To request prayers for someone, or to join the Group,
please contact Bob Cashman on 6555 5914 leaving
your name and contact details.
Cn1uotic Lrnorn & Cn1uotic Wrrktv
The Catholic Leader (Brisbane) and Catholic Weekly
(Sydney) newspapers are available at the rear of the
churches at a cost of $2 each.
Scnir1unr RrnoiNcs

Today Deuteronomy 26:410
Romans 10:813
Luke 4:113
Monday Levicus 19:12, 1118
Mahew 25:3146
Tuesday Isaiah 55:1011
Mahew 6:715
Wednesday Jonah 3:110
Luke 11:2932
Thursday Esther 14:1, 35, 1214
Mahew 7:712
Friday 1 Peter 5:14
Mahew 16:1319
Saturday Deuteronomy 26:1619
Mahew 5:4348
Next Sunday Genesis 15:512, 1718
Philippians 3:174:1
Luke 9:2836
SitrNcr iN 1ur Li1uncv
We observe silence during our liturgy (on Sundays and
weekdays) at the following mes:

1. During the Penitenal Act, aer the Presider invites
us to prepare ourselves to celebrate the sacred
mysteries, in order to recollect ourselves;
2. During the Collect, aer the invitaon of the
Presider to Let us pray, again in order to recollect
ourselves; and
3. During the Liturgy of the Word, at the conclusion of
the rst & second reading and the homily, in order
that we might meditate on what we have heard.
Oun Pnnisu Cottrc1ioNs
a) The Parish Collecon, providing for the needs of the
parish and its ministry, is taken up during the
presentaon and preparaon of the gis (the
oertory). This is the envelope collecon.

b) The Diocesan Clergy Collecon, providing for the
remuneraon and support of the clergy of the
diocese, will be taken up aer communion (during the
Thanksgiving Hymn or a similar me).
RrcriviNc CoMMuNioN
So that we might receive Communion in a t and
proper way, please be aware of the following:

When we process forward to receive Communion,
we are asked by the Australian Bishops to adopt a
common and unied gesture of reverence before
doing so. In Australia that gesture is a bow of the
head and shoulders (GIRM, 160). Any other form of
reverence, such as a genuecon, is to be avoided,
both because of the Bishops request for a common
gesture, and because it is contrary to the nature of
the Communion procession itself.
Communion by selfinncon is never permied,
since we never take Communion but rather receive
Communion. Please refrain from doing so.
We do not have the physical facilies to oer
communion while kneeling, and kneeling while
processing forward is inappropriate as it is contrary
to the nature of the Communion procession. Please
refrain from the pracce of kneeling to receive
Communion in our churches while in procession.