ANN ANNER ERLEY EY EKI EKIBI BIN CA CATHOLIC THOLIC PARIS ARISH N H NEW EWSLETTER SLETTER Fea east t of of the he Pr Pres esentati entation on of of the he L Lor ord , 2014 1st/ st/2nd F d Febr ebruar ary, Also, on the 1 st and 3 rd Saturdays of the Read eadin ings Fro From m the the Priest Priest-In In-Residen Residence ce month at the 8am Mass the for or next next week eek Mass in the Extraordinary Form Extraordinary Form will be celebrated. 8/9 Feb 8/9 February, y, 2014 2014 In last week’s newsletter Fr Adrian In addition to these regularly occurring 1s 1st t Isai aiah ah 58/7 58/7-10 10 explained how the one Roman Rite of the Masses, from the First Sunday of Lent, a 2nd: 1 2n 1 Co Corin inthi thians ans 2/1 2/1-5 Mass has two forms – the Ordinary (English 9am Mass will be celebrated in Gospel: ospel: Ma Matthew tthew 5/13 5/13-16 16 or other vernacular languages e.g. Spanish, Mary Immaculate Church. This too will Italian…) and the Extraordinary (Latin). alternate between Ordinary and When the Church uses the term Extraordinary Form offered at the High Altar. ‘extraordinary’ it does not mean superior or More information on this Mass will be better but just ‘not the ordinary’. Some coming in the weeks ahead. Pari rish Office ce differentiate between the two forms as Please see this introduction of the 14 Ferndale Street, Annerley 4103 PO Box 3131, Tarragindi 4121. Novus Ordo or new Order of Mass, which Extraordinary Form not as an effort to take Office Hours:- 9.00am-1.00pm has been operative since 1975 and the us back to pre-Vatican II days. That is the Monday to Friday Phone: 3848 1107 Vetus Ordo , which has been around for vision of rupture. Look upon this introduction Fax: 3848 1855 centuries. of the Latin Mass as a service to the unity of Mass Info Line: 3848 0263 Our Pope Emeritus, Benedict, in 2007 in Email: annek@bne.catholic.net.au the Church whereby those who have a Deanery Website: the document, Summorum Pontificum , laid particular love of what is now called the parishes.bne.catholic.net.au/south to rest some quite misleading notions that Extraordinary Form of the Mass may both www.facebook ebook.com/annerleyekibinparish www.twitter.com/AnnerleyEkibin had been circulating in the Church since the feel and be part of the wider Church. You Pari rish Clergy 1970’s. may not have the desire to attend. It may not Fr Paul Chandler (Priest-in-residence) Firstly, the Vetus Ordo had never been be ‘your cup of tea’ but please be open to its Fr Adrian Sharp (Parish Priest) - 0427 109 054 abrogated or outlawed. Pope Paul VI in use for the sake of those who have fond Past stor oral Assoc Associate te proclaiming the Novus Ordo did not restrict memories of it, who like it, or who may wish Sr Maureen Joseph Stempko CSFN by law the use of the previous Missal of to experience the range of options open to Administ stra rati tion on Team 1962. It is precisely that Missal that is now celebrate the one Mass that Christ left to His Ms Shirley Sadler used to celebrate the Latin Mass. Church. Mrs Laura Richards Miss Lyn Russo It is a false idea that what was sacred for In the near future too we will have Mr Richard O’Neil — 0427 484 679 our grandparents, and for all our ancestors missalettes available so that you may follow in the faith for centuries, was all of a sudden † Mary Immaculate Church the Mass. It may bring back fond memories 616 Ipswich Road, Annerley not sacred and therefore had to be done for some. † St John Fisher Church away. This idea is found nowhere in the Sacred Furnishings 17 Messines Ridge Road, Tarragindi documents of the Second Vatican Council. It With these additions to our Mass is a vision of rupture with the past and has schedule and the use of the High Altar, it is † St Elizabeth’s Chapel proved to be most harmful for the unity and timely also to consider two key items in the 61 Effingham Street, Ekibin good of the Church. sacred furnishing of our churches, namely, † St Mary of the Cross MacKillop Pope Francis and his two predecessors the altar and the tabernacle. Chapel & Centr tre have, admittedly in different ways, have said They are intricately linked because the 16 Ferndale Street, Annerley that this spirit of rupture with our sacred tabernacle holds the fruit of the Eucharistic Phone 3848 1635 Tradition is a manifestation of the spirit of celebration, the Blessed Sacrament. This is Open: Wednesday & Thursday 10.00 am - 4.00 pm the world active in the Church. You may one reason why in our tradition the remember that prevailing view in society: if tabernacle is part of the reredos or St Elizabeth’s Primary School it’s old – throw it out. We must not apply that decorative part immediately behind, Phone 3848 0828 principle to the Church and certainly not to Outside School Hours Care attached to or close to the altar. Phone 3255 9468 the Sacred Liturgy. When the forward, free-standing altars Mrs Kay Crew (Co-Ordinator) So, in the Liturgy in our Parish so as to were placed in churches, again with a speed Ma Mary y Immaculate te Pri rimary ry Sc Schoo ool provide an experience of continuity not that bewildered many at the time, this link Phone 3848 8965 rupture, Mass in the Extraordinary Form will became less obvious but not in any way Mrs Helen Camden (Principal) begin to be offered every 1 st and 3 rd Monday broken. Outside School Hours Care of the month at the 7pm Mass. If there Phone 3392 6291 Under the regulations of the Mr Alwyn Wenting (Co-Ordinator) happens to be a 5 th Monday in the month General Instruction of the Roman Missal that that too will be an EF Mass. This is the Mass Our Lady’s Secondary College governs the celebration of the Novus Ordo Phone: 3848 7462 that the Frassati Australia group attends. Mass, the tabernacle may be placed in a Mrs Paula Goodwin (Principal) They are used to the Latin Mass as we have separate chapel but this chapel must be St St John Fish sher r Hall been celebrating it for two years now. In fact, connected with the church and be 17 Messines Ridge Road, Tarragindi this is the amazing phenomenon about the accessible to the faithful for prayer and for Phone 3848 1107 (Office hours) Latin Mass; it attracts young people. The the distribution of Holy Communion. This is demographic who attend Latin Mass is not St Vincent St t de Paul Helpline most helpful in larger cathedrals and Phone: 3010 1096 old as you might expect but overwhelmingly basilicas where many tourists visit each day young. but not usually needed in parish churches. Continued inside on Page 2
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