Latest parish news from Saint Matthew's Catholic Church, Hamilton, New Zealand.
Thursday, December 25, 2008
Sunday, December 14, 2008
CAROL EVENING @ St Matthew's . . .
in pictures. Wish you were here . . . :)
. . . more pictures to come . . . Watch this space!
. . . more pictures to come . . . Watch this space!
A Blessed Christmas
and
Peace and Good Health in the New Year 2009 !
Sunday, November 23, 2008
C o n g r a t u l a t i o n s . . .
To our First Communicants today
on the Feast of Christ the King -
Christina Jean Schipper,
Clarissa Kirsten Tan, and
Jocie Mariz Giganto
and to their families !
on the Feast of Christ the King -
Christina Jean Schipper,
Clarissa Kirsten Tan, and
Jocie Mariz Giganto
and to their families !
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Thursday, September 04, 2008
Retreat Presentation
by Fr Dominique Faure
Sunday 14th September 2008, 2:00 to 6:00 pm @ St Matthew’s Church
Topic: "The Importance of the Experience of Friendship".
Presenter: Fr Dominique Faure, of the Community of St John.
Fr Dominique is a renowned international preacher who was chosen by Mother Teresa to give retreats for her sisters. Now working in India with people suffering from HIV/Aids and orphans whose parents died of the disease, Fr Dominique is in New Zealand giving a series of talks and retreats.
Fr Dominique is a priest of the Community of St John, who has a wonderful gift for theology and philosophy. Mother Teresa asked him personally to take care of the spiritual formation of her contemplative sisters, which takes up much of his apostolate around the world. He lives in India, where he founded a house of his community, which is an AIDS orphanage and hospital. (He is looking for volunteers for it too, if anyone is interested!). He also founded houses of the brothers of St John in the Philippines and in the States. The order is a new one, (about 33 years old), founded by Fr Marie Dominique Philippe, a French Dominican.
He was a wonderful philosopher and theologian, and a close friend of Pope John Paul II. His students gathered around him and asked if he would form them into an order. Since then it has grown to include three branches: the Brothers of St John, which has about 600 priests and brothers (with a healthy 15-20 young new vocations per year!), the contemplative sisters and the apostolic sisters, which between them have similar numbers. The order is devoted to the search of the truth and the putting of it in the service of love for the Church. They open their lives in particular to the 'three wisdoms' - philosophical wisdom, theological wisdom and infused graced wisdom.
Link: www.stjean.com
Other Venues and Dates where Fr Faure will be speaking:
Saturday 13th September 2008 at St Joseph’s, Clarkin Road, Hamilton
2:00 to 6:00 PM , followed by a pot luck tea.
Topic : Living the Beatitudes
Monday 15th September 2008 at St Mary’s, 114 Elizabeth Street, Tauranga
At 7:30 PM.
Topic : Love of the Church and Trust of the Church
For more information, please contact
Bruce and Elizabeth Fraser-Jones (07) 858 2954
Sunday 14th September 2008, 2:00 to 6:00 pm @ St Matthew’s Church
Topic: "The Importance of the Experience of Friendship".
Presenter: Fr Dominique Faure, of the Community of St John.
Fr Dominique is a renowned international preacher who was chosen by Mother Teresa to give retreats for her sisters. Now working in India with people suffering from HIV/Aids and orphans whose parents died of the disease, Fr Dominique is in New Zealand giving a series of talks and retreats.
Fr Dominique is a priest of the Community of St John, who has a wonderful gift for theology and philosophy. Mother Teresa asked him personally to take care of the spiritual formation of her contemplative sisters, which takes up much of his apostolate around the world. He lives in India, where he founded a house of his community, which is an AIDS orphanage and hospital. (He is looking for volunteers for it too, if anyone is interested!). He also founded houses of the brothers of St John in the Philippines and in the States. The order is a new one, (about 33 years old), founded by Fr Marie Dominique Philippe, a French Dominican.
He was a wonderful philosopher and theologian, and a close friend of Pope John Paul II. His students gathered around him and asked if he would form them into an order. Since then it has grown to include three branches: the Brothers of St John, which has about 600 priests and brothers (with a healthy 15-20 young new vocations per year!), the contemplative sisters and the apostolic sisters, which between them have similar numbers. The order is devoted to the search of the truth and the putting of it in the service of love for the Church. They open their lives in particular to the 'three wisdoms' - philosophical wisdom, theological wisdom and infused graced wisdom.
Link: www.stjean.com
Other Venues and Dates where Fr Faure will be speaking:
Saturday 13th September 2008 at St Joseph’s, Clarkin Road, Hamilton
2:00 to 6:00 PM , followed by a pot luck tea.
Topic : Living the Beatitudes
Monday 15th September 2008 at St Mary’s, 114 Elizabeth Street, Tauranga
At 7:30 PM.
Topic : Love of the Church and Trust of the Church
For more information, please contact
Bruce and Elizabeth Fraser-Jones (07) 858 2954
Tuesday, September 02, 2008
Nativity of Our Lady celebrations
on Sunday 7th September 2008, 3 pm
at St Matthew's Church
Silverdale Road, Hamilton. New Zealand.
You can take part in our Spiritual Bouquet to Our Blessed Mother by offering "A Decade A Day" of the Rosary between now and the end of October 2008.If you are outside the Hamilton area, you can email us your Spiritual Bouquet offering and your Prayer Intentions - Petitions and Thanksgivings messages.
During the Celebration on 7th September, the Spiritual Bouquet together with all Prayer Intentions will be offered to Our Lady.
During the Celebration on 7th September, the Spiritual Bouquet together with all Prayer Intentions will be offered to Our Lady.
Subsequently, all the Prayer Intentions will be included in the weekly Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help at St Matthew's.
When emailing your Prayer Intentions, please mark as 'Private' any intention you do not wish to be read out.
Email your Spiritual Bouquet and Prayer Intentions to: Novena.StMatthewsHLZ@gmail.com
Please indicate your name and city/country, if you wish.
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Lourdes 150th Anniversary
2008 is the 150th Anniversary of Our Lady’s apparitions at Lourdes, France.
Pope Benedict XVI will be visiting Lourdes from 13th to 15th September.
You can find out more about this at http://www.lourdes2008.com/en/index.php
The website for Lourdes is http://www.lourdes-france.org/
You can find out more about this at http://www.lourdes2008.com/en/index.php
The website for Lourdes is http://www.lourdes-france.org/
Do you know about the Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes in Paraparaumu on the Kapiti Coast, just north of Wellington?
The 14.3-metre (47-foot) high Statute of Our Lady was erected in 1958 to commemorate the Centenary of the Apparitions at Lourdes.
This leaflet tells you about the Statue’s history.
Date Amended
Please note that the date for the Celebration of the Nativity of Our Lady is brought forward to Sunday, 7th September.
This is to accommodate the Retreat on "The Importance of the Experience of Friendship".
This is to accommodate the Retreat on "The Importance of the Experience of Friendship".
The Retreat will be conducted by Fr Dominique Faure (from the Community of St John)
on Sunday, 14th September 2008
from 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm.
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Feast Day of The Nativity of Our Lady
will be on Monday, 8th September 2008.
St Matthew’s will celebrate the Birthday of Our Lady
at 3:00 pm on Sunday, 14th September 2008
with Rosary and Benediction.
A shared afternoon tea will follow.
All are welcome.
Feast Day of The Assumption of Our Lady
image source: http://www.ewtn.com/
on Friday, 15th August 2008.
This is a Holy Day of Obligation in New Zealand.
Mass at St Matthew’s at 9:00 am
Friday, July 18, 2008
Bishop Denis at WYD.
Hello Friends and Family.
I found this interview with Bishop Denis at WYD online.
http://www.mycatholicvoice.com/index.php/media/view/mHHGlF
Shalom,
Mike Baird.
--
In essentials unity
in non-essentials tolerance
in all things charity
- St. Augustine -
I found this interview with Bishop Denis at WYD online.
http://www.mycatholicvoice.com/index.php/media/view/mHHGlF
Shalom,
Mike Baird.
--
In essentials unity
in non-essentials tolerance
in all things charity
- St. Augustine -
Friday, May 23, 2008
Feast of the Body and Blood of Christ---Corpus Christi
My dear Parishioners of St. Matthew's and all Visitors.
The Feast of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ is the solemn commemoration of the institution of the Eucharist. It is the Church's official act of homage and gratitude to Christ, who by instituting this sacrament gave us our greatest treasure--the food of eternal life. In the synagogue at Capernaum , Jesus declares that He is the Bread of life come down from Heaven. His words are treated with disbelief by the Jews who are unable to comprehend the deep mystery that Jesus is presenting to them ..Jesus explains that it is the Spirit that gives life and that the words He has spoken are spirit and life.
Jesus lived His life in communion with the Father and the Spirit and when we receive His Body and Blood , He empowers us to do the same..We draw our life from Him and so become co-workers in bringing His life to the world.
On this day may we experience joy and gratitude as we contemplate the Gift of the Body and Blood of Christ.
May God Bless each and everyone of you,
Father Joseph.
The Feast of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ is the solemn commemoration of the institution of the Eucharist. It is the Church's official act of homage and gratitude to Christ, who by instituting this sacrament gave us our greatest treasure--the food of eternal life. In the synagogue at Capernaum , Jesus declares that He is the Bread of life come down from Heaven. His words are treated with disbelief by the Jews who are unable to comprehend the deep mystery that Jesus is presenting to them ..Jesus explains that it is the Spirit that gives life and that the words He has spoken are spirit and life.
Jesus lived His life in communion with the Father and the Spirit and when we receive His Body and Blood , He empowers us to do the same..We draw our life from Him and so become co-workers in bringing His life to the world.
On this day may we experience joy and gratitude as we contemplate the Gift of the Body and Blood of Christ.
May God Bless each and everyone of you,
Father Joseph.
Friday, February 29, 2008
Fourth Sunday in Lent March 2nd 2008
Fourth Sunday in Lent March 2nd 2008
My dear Parishioners and all Visitors,
In today's Gospel the blind man encounters Jesus who is the Light of the World It shows this man's journey from physical and spiritual darkness to the light of truth. On gaining his sight the man took some time to realize the wonder of his experience---he knew only that now he could see, not how the man Jesus had brought this about. He defended Jesus against the accusations of the unbelieving Pharisees and was abused, insulted and cast out of the temple which was the ultimate disgrace. It is only then that Jesus reveals Himself as the Son of God and the man in wonder worships Him.
We too can be spiritually blind, not unlike the Pharisees at times, but in our longing to know Jesus more we need to become conscious of our own blindness----we long to see and to know and be lead in wonder to the Truth.
May God Bless each and everyone of you.
Father Joseph.
My dear Parishioners and all Visitors,
In today's Gospel the blind man encounters Jesus who is the Light of the World It shows this man's journey from physical and spiritual darkness to the light of truth. On gaining his sight the man took some time to realize the wonder of his experience---he knew only that now he could see, not how the man Jesus had brought this about. He defended Jesus against the accusations of the unbelieving Pharisees and was abused, insulted and cast out of the temple which was the ultimate disgrace. It is only then that Jesus reveals Himself as the Son of God and the man in wonder worships Him.
We too can be spiritually blind, not unlike the Pharisees at times, but in our longing to know Jesus more we need to become conscious of our own blindness----we long to see and to know and be lead in wonder to the Truth.
May God Bless each and everyone of you.
Father Joseph.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)