The Almighty works marvels for me. Holy his name!
Welcome to the Catholic Parishes of
St Mary’s Mudgee, St John the Baptist Gulgong,
St Dominic’s Kandos/ St Malachy’s ylstone.
We acknowledge the custodians of the land
on which we live, work and pray.
We walk on Wiradjuri country.
May we con to love and respect the land as they have.
Mrs K
9.00am
1.00pm
Malachi 3:19-20
The sun of righteousness will shine on you.
Ps 97:5-9. R. see v.9
(R.) The Lord comes to rule the earth with jusce.
Sing psalms to the Lord with the harp
with the sound of music.
With trumpets and the sound of the horn
acclaim the King, the Lord.
Let the sea and all within it, thunder;
the world, and all its peoples.
Let the rivers clap their hands
and the hills ring out their joy
at the presence of the Lord.
For the Lord comes,
he comes to rule the earth.
He will rule the world with jusce
and the peoples with fairness.
2 Thessalonians 3:7-12
Do not give anyone food who refuses to work.
Alleluia, alleluia!
Li up your heads and see;
your redempon is near at hand.
Alleluia!
Your endurance will win you your life.
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they are aending Children’s Liturgy.
JUBILEE YEAR OF
HOPE
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WORLD DAY OF THE POOR
Today is the . It oers us an opportunity to
renew our solidarity with those who are poor in our own community
and across the world.
In his message for the World Day of the Poor, Pope Leo XIV reminds
us that “the poor are not a distracon for the Church, but our beloved
brothers and sisters, for by their lives, their words and their wisdom,
they put us in contact with the truth of the Gospel.” The full text of
Pope Leo’s message may be found here. (hps://www.vacan.va/
content/leo-xiv/en/messages.index.html#messages)
Pope Leo has also issued an Apostolic Exhortaon, Dilexi te (“I Have
Loved You”), which explores in greater depth our relaonship with
those who are poor. It encourages us to reect on how we think
about those who live in poverty and how we take acon to address
their plight. The text of Pope Leo’s Dilexi te may be found here.
(hps://bathurst.catholic.org.au/catholicobserver/page/2/)
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Catholic Parishes of Mudgee, Gulgong and Kandos
R. Saliba
C. Gaudry
M.&E. Carney
N/A
G. Myles
SMCS Leaders SMCS Leaders
SMCS Leaders SMCS Leaders
I. Byrne R. McKeown
K. Isbester M. Dunnachie
M. Dorney Children’s Liturgy
K. Wall L. Browne
Mon. 17th Nov P. O’Brien
D. Cunningham L. Croake
A. McLean J. O’Brien
F. Chauraya M. Dunnachie
C. Furney P. O’Brien
L. Robinson R. Pereira
K. Isbester Children’s Liturgy
D. Cunningham L. Browne
Mon. 24th Nov M. Cooper
Mon - E. Goodlet
Tue -
Wed - J. Cooper
Thu - I. Browne
Fri/Sat - I. Browne
Sun -
St Elizabeth of Hungary, religious
Oce opens at 10am
10.30am Funeral—Lawson Room—Neville O’Brien
12 noon Angelus
9.30am Mudgee
12 noon Angelus
9.30am St. Mary’s Cra and Friendship Group
12 noon Angelus
5.45pm Mudgee
9.30am Mudgee
12 noon Angelus
11.30am Exposion of the Blessed Sacrament
12 noon Angelus and Rosary
12.30pm —Mudgee
12 noon Angelus
5.30pm —Mudgee
6.00pm —Mudgee
8.30am Rosary
9.00am Mudgee
10.30am Gulgong
11.00am Rylstone
12 noon Angelus
5.00pm Word and Faith Group
REFLECTION -by Dianne Bergant CSA
The Day of the Lord was believed to be the me when God would come in majesty and power to set all things right. We must
remember that the descripons in today’s readings are metaphoric or symbolic in nature. As with all metaphors or symbols, we
miss something of their profound meaning if we merely understand them literally. It is not helpful to relate elements of the
descripon with parcular aspects of the contemporary world. Belief in the Day of the Lord is a way of tesfying to our faith in
the righteousness of God.
Although the narrave readings for today concentrate on the disrupons that will accompany the coming of God, they also
contain hints of the salvaon that will nally arrive. Malachi speaks of the sun of jusce that comes with healing rays; Luke
promises that the faithful disciples will escape without a hair of their heads being destroyed. Just as the descripons of the
upheavals should not be understood literally, neither should these descripons. It may be that the faithful followers of Jesus will
suer terrible agonies. The point here is that even in the midst of their pain, they will be protected. The healing rays of jusce
and the rescue of the lives of the upright are references to salvaon. God does not come at the end to condemn, but to save.
Furthermore, the suering that precedes the end is intended for puricaon and renement, not punishment. Chrisans are
exhorted to live in this endme with paent endurance of dicules.
© Dianne Bergant CSA
Fr Paul will be on retreat this week with all the Priest from our
Diocese. Please keep them in our prayers during this me of
reecon.
There will be no week day masses this week.
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If you have any Safeguarding concerns, please contact the Diocesan Safeguarding Ocer on (02) 6334 6440 or
email safeguarding@cdob.org.au
For the recently deceased especially:
Neville O’Brien, Yvonne Burke,
We remember the anniversaries of:
June O’Neill, Mark Kane, Helen Friend, Michael Kapela,
Valma Foodey, Kathleen Fuller.
For the deceased:
Shirley Boyd, Anne Flynn Snr, Elaine Smith,
Nellie & Ray Menchin.
For the Sick, Special Intenons and Thanksgiving:
Mary Morton, Terry Ryan, Ernie Trew (Scone),
Brooke Conaghan (Rockhampton), Eleni Roberts,
Paul Fitzpatrick (Newcastle), Mara Raso, Marn Hilder,
Paul Micallef, Luke Gaudry, Pat Ellis, Olive Quinn,
Marilyn Stuart (Kincumber), Suzana Marakovic, Tony Spina,
Keiran Micallef, Donna Pila, Ron Muscat, Paula Ryan,
Horace Saliba, Joe Saliba, Iris McBeath, Elizabeth Donelly,
Josephine Debaksta, Lynne Daly, Dean Pila, Eye Benederio
and all those in our Nursing Homes.
We welcome to the Mudgee Parish:
Reuben Matthew Robson
Son of Ty and Kayla
And
Halle Grace Croake
Daughter of Jayce and Katherine
Kandos
Monday 24th November, we will cleaning the church hall.
Help would be appreciated. Please bring cleaning gear.
10 am start.
Sunday 7th December Anoinng Mass and Christmas lunch.
$10 pp. names and payment to Carol, Louise, or Maureen
by November 30th.
If you can make a dish for lunch let Carol know
MUDGEE
Please save the date of 7th December for the St. Mary’s
end of year dinner. Further details to follow.
As you may be aware, scaolding has been installed on the
outside of the eastern wall of the church and on the inside
of the church, in the Choir lo. This is in preparaon for the
repair work that is to be completed on the windows.
Details on when the work will commence and the impact on
services will be provided in the bullen in the next couple
of months.
November is a special me of prayer and remembrance for
all those who have died. The Book of Remembrance will be
presented in the Oertory Procession and placed on the
altar each day with the names of all who have requested
prayers for family and friends.
Due to the large number of requests we are not be able to
print all the names in the bullen. The names of the sick
and those whose anniversaries occur at this me will
connue to be printed.
November Mass envelopes are available at the back of all
the Churches and at the Parish Oce.
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Featuring French trained Master Chef from the Post Oce Guest
house - Geo Wills.
Sit under the trees in the beauful grounds of Shalom House of
Prayer sipping French champagne while Geo whips you up a 6-
course version of his famous 10 course degustaon menu from
his Post Oce restaurant. (with gluten free opon)
Over the next couple of weeks, we will be asking you to
recommit to a ministry
or
to sign up for a new ministry
or both.
More informaon will be provide in next weeks bullen.
What sort of ministry would you like to do in 2026?
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During this coming Advent season, Bishop Michael has requested
that each parish across the diocese hold a Penitenal Service. This
Penitenal Service will iniate a new journey of renewal, Rebuild My
Church, a diocesan wide process leading to a Parish Assembly in
2026. Walking together in faith and mission, the iniave invites
every parishioner to take part in renewing the life of the Church
through parcipaon, communion, mission. As we commence this
signicant journey, parishioners are warmly invited to aend our
Advent Penitenal Service to be held on
Tuesday, 16th December at 6.00pm
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Thursday, 18th December at 6.00pm
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Monday 22nd December at 6.00pm
Aid to the Church in Need invites all Catholics to remember,
pray for and support persecuted Chrisans throughout Red
November. Please pray especially for our brothers and sisters
in Nigeria, Sudan and the Middle East, where Chrisans are
facing grave danger right now. Watch the
ocial video and download your Red
Rosary prayer card by scanning the QR
code or vising www.rednovember.org
thathe will call seminarian
Kieu Van Le to Candidacy for Sacred Orders.
The Bishop will Admit Kieu at the 10am Mass in the Cathedral of St
Michael and St John, Bathurst on the Solemnity of Christ the King.
Kieu is in his 6th year of studies at the Seminary of the Good
Shepherd, Homebush. He spent 2024 in the Cathedral Parish on
pastoral placement and following his Admiance, will connue his
studies and formaon at the Seminary.
We give thanks for Kieu’s response to God’s call and extend our
prayers for his connued formaon.
This weekend we farewell Fr Cong. He
will be moving to Dubbo. Fr Cong
arrived in Mudgee shortly aer his
ordinaon in 2024.
Thank you for your presence among
us.
We wish Fr Cong all God’s blessings for
the future and hope to see him back in
our Parishes soon.
by Fr Michael Tate
The Sun of Righteousness
Our prayer can tell us a lot about the image of God we really have –
holding a parking spot for us, or stopping rain on the second day of
the Australian Open. But, if you were in Syria, your prayerful image
of God would be as a Liberator from warfare, of a Saviour from
Crimes against Humanity, of a Strengthener in me of torture and
impending death.
In today’s Gospel, Jesus promises his persecuted followers of every
age, ‘Your endurance will win your lives’. As Malachi prophesied:
‘the sun of righteousness will shine out with healing in its rays’.
It is our faith that, out of the darkness of the tomb, the Son of
righteousness did rise with healing in His rays, bathing the world
with that light which makes the world habitable for human beings.
We could take a moment to pray for contemporary persecuted
Chrisans that their faithful endurance will win their lives.
