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
Isaiah 11:1-10
He judges the poor with jusce.
Ps 71:1-2. 7-8. 12-13. 17. R. cf. v.7
(R.) Jusce shall ourish in his me,
and fullness of peace for ever.
O God, give your judgement to the king,
to a king’s son your jusce,
that he may judge your people in jusce
and your poor in right judgement.
In his days jusce shall ourish
and peace ll the moon fails.
He shall rule from sea to sea,
from the Great River to the earth’s bounds.
For he shall save the poor when they cry
and the needy who are helpless.
He will have pity on the weak
and save the lives of the poor.
May his name be blessed for ever
and endure like the sun.
Every tribe shall be blessed in him,
all naons bless his name.
Romans 15:4-9
Christ, the hope of all people.
Alleluia, alleluia!
Prepare the way of the Lord, make straight his
paths:
all people shall see the salvaon of God.
Alleluia!
Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is close at hand.
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JUBILEE YEAR OF
HOPE
In today’s readings we shall hear
about the mission of John the Bapst,
who was sent to prepare the way for
the coming of Jesus, the light of the
world.
We too are sent to prepare the way.
As we light the second candle on the
Advent Wreath, let us acknowledge
our weaknesses and pray that we may be worthy of our mission
to spread the light of Christ in the world, so that all may
acknowledge Jesus as Lord
Lord Jesus, you are the light of the world…
You are the light in our darkness …
Son of God save us from our sins …
Bring hope into the lives of all people…
Living the Gospel
Prepare Ye!
John the Bapst’s call to ‘Prepare the way of the Lord’ is a
summary of the purpose of the season of Advent. Every year, as
we celebrate the Navity, we celebrate once again
the presence of God in our world. God became
incarnate in the world through Jesus but also always
was and connues to be incarnate in the world
through each person. If we are to accept this reality
and live it out, we need to remind ourselves this
Advent to prepare the way for the Lord to be
present in and through us every day of our lives.
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D. Kelly P. Leoa
M. McGregor B. Toole
TBA C. Holland
Priest P. Leoa
A. McLean R. McKeown
M. Dorney K. Cassidy
Help Needed P. Cassidy
G. Hennessy R. Croake
D. Delahunty M. Dunnachie
K. Isebester Children’s Liturgy
A. Baker L. Browne
Mon. 8th Dec L. Nicholson
A. McLean
C. Furney W. Bodycote
P. Cannon M. Bodycote
L. Nicholson M. Dunnachie
L. Robinson R. McKeown
M. Dorney Children’s Liturgy
I. Browne L. Browne
Mon. 15th Dec E. Goodlet
Mon - E. Goodlet
Tue -
Wed - J. Cooper
Thu - I. Browne
Fri/Sat - I. Browne
Sun -
The Immaculate Concepon of the Blessed Virgin
Mary—Solemnity
Oce opens at 10am
9.30am Mudgee
Second Week of Advent
9.30am Mudgee
5.00pm SMCS Year 6 Graduaon Mass
Second Week of Advent
9.30am St. Mary’s Cra and Friendship Group
5.15pm Reconciliaon—Mudgee
5.45pm Mudgee
Second Week of Advent
9.30am Mudgee
1.00pm All Hallows Awards
Second Week of Advent
10.30am Whiddon Nursing Home Mass
11.30am Exposion of the Blessed Sacrament
12 noon Angelus and Rosary
12.30pm —Mudgee
2.00pm Funeral—Mudgee—Ron Clyaton
11.00am Bapsm
5.30pm —Mudgee
6.00pm —Mudgee
8.30am Rosary
9.00am Mudgee
10.30am Gulgong Remembrance Mass
11.00am Kandos Remembrance Mass
6.00pm Word and Faith Group Mudgee Parish Centre
ALPHA
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To register: Call the Parish Oce
on 6372-2122 or online at
www.alpha.org.au/try
Try
Alpha
www.alpha.org.au/try
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.
Please ll in a Ministry Form at the back of the Church or
online hps: //forms.gle/gcDYacx2av5cpw3p8
What type of ministry would you like to do in 2026?
How can you help your Parish in 2026?
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Donaons gratefully received
(Phone with details for a receipt)
Mudgee CCCC Luncheon
BSB: 032653 Account: 358452
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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:
Terence Ryan, Ronald Clayton.
We remember the anniversaries of:
Denis Donnelly, Carmen Archer, Leonard Adams, Cecily Conroy,
Anna Perini, Luciano Pagani, Joan Loughrey, Ana Oros.
For the deceased:
Anne West (Bribbaree), Neville O’Brien, Yvonne Burke,
Shirley Boyd.
For the Sick, Special Intenons and Thanksgiving:
Bey Clark, Mary Morton, Terry Ryan, Eleni Roberts, Tony Spina,
Keiran Micallef, Elizabeth Donelly, Lynne Daly and all those in our
Nursing Homes.
We welcome to the Mudgee Parish:
Isabelle Grace Peters
Daughter of Wesley and Chrisne
Kandos
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.
Gulgong
On Tuesday 9th December, at 9am, we will be cleaning the
church. All welcome to come along a help.
Mudgee
There will be a 9.30am Mass on Monday, 8th December for
Solemnity of The Immaculate Concepon of the Blessed
Virgin Mary.
and Ministry sheet is at the
back of the church. If you are available due this me, please
write you name next to the ministry you would like to help
with.
We are asking everyone to
bring a plate to share.
BBQ Chicken, Salad or
Sweets
This is a “sit down” dinner.
BYO: Drinks, plates and
Cutlery
Please add you name to the list a the back of
the church if your are aending.
Social Justice Award
The Bathurst Region of the St Vincent de Paul Society has
launched a Social Jusce Award. The recipient of this award for St
Mahews is Oliver O’Brien. Congratulaons to Oliver!
This award recognises students who:
• Show a strong sense of social jusce
• Demonstrate ongoing commitment to community service
• Align with the ethos and values of the St Vincent de Paul
Society
• Set a posive example for peers
• Live the Gospel message of serving those in need
Oliver had given many hours of
service to our local St Vincent
de Paul shop. He has been a
signicant member of every
social jusce iniave here at
school and a valued member of
the Acve Volunteer class.
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This December, as the light of Christmas draws
near, your compassion can restore the future
for resilient children in Vanuatu. We appeal to
you to support the Bishop’s Christmas Appeal, a
vital eort to rebuild the severely damaged
classrooms of St. Michel Primary School in
Luganville.
The challenges for these students began in 2017 when they were
displaced from Lone Primary School on Ambae Island following a
volcanic erupon.
The situaon worsened in 2020 when Tropical Cyclone Harold, a
Category 5 storm, severely damaged parts of the school,
destroying several classrooms and facilies.
For too long, these children have been forced to learn in
makeshi condions—studying under tents provided by
humanitarian organizaons. Imagine the challenge of trying to
concentrate when, as 10-year-old Esma explains, classes are
cancelled because the classroom “is all wet with water when it
rains”.
Despite these hardships, these teachers and students remain
commied to learning and have shown remarkable resilience.
This Advent and Christmas, your generous gi to the Bishop’s
Christmas Appeal will construct cyclone-resistant classrooms,
restoring stability to the lives of these displaced students. 10-year
-old Madeleine dreams of a “new classroom to school in“. Your
donaon is a tangible act of Chrisan love.
Please open your heart this December and especially on
Christmas Day. Give the gi of a safe future.
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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:
St John the Bapst, Gulgong
Tuesday, 16th December at 6.00pm
St Dominic’s, Kandos
Thursday, 18th December at 6.00pm
St Mary’s, Mudgee
Monday 22nd December at 6.00pm
Jesse Tree
The Jesse Tree illustrates the genealogy of Jesus, starng from
Creaon, and highlights ancestors of Jesus and signicant events.
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Abraham was a man who had great faith in God. God had
promised that his family would be as many as the stars in the
night sky, but Abraham and his wife Sarah had only one son, Isaac.
One day God asked Abraham to do something that would mean
his son Isaac would be killed. But Abraham had faith and trust in
God. Abraham did as God told him to do. Just before Isaac was to
die, God’s angel stopped him. Abraham and Isaac were both full of
joy and together they oered a ram to God in sacrice.
In a dream, Jacob was told that God would give the promised land
to him and his descendants. God also promised to keep him safe,
and in return Jacob promised to trust in God as the only true God.
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Joseph loved his father, Jacob, and his father loved him very
much. He gave Joseph a beauful coat of many colours. Joseph
had ten older and one younger brother. His older brothers were
jealous that their father loved him more and they secretly sold
Joseph to become a slave in Egypt. But God was with him in Egypt
and Joseph became an important man. Aer many years Jacob’s
sons went to Egypt to nd food, for the whole land was hungry.
There Joseph gave his brothers food, and their father and all the
brothers came to live in Egypt.
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Many years passed and Joseph’s family grew large. They were
called the Israelites. The Egypans made them slaves and the
Egypan king ordered that all boy babies be killed when they were
born. But one special baby was saved. His name was Moses.
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When Samuel was only a child, he heard the voice of God calling
him to be a prophet. “Speak, for your servant is listening.”
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The father of King David was Jesse. Jesse had seven sons
and two daughters. David was the youngest son, but he was
called by God to be a great king.
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As a young boy, David killed the Philisne giant, Goliath, and was
made an army commander by King Saul. David was victorious in
every bale against the Philisnes. This made Saul so jealous he
ploed to kill him, so David ed into the wilderness. When King
Saul and his sons died in bale, the elders
of all the tribes came together to anoint David as the new king of
Israel. David marched his army to the town of Jerusalem and
captured the city from the Jebusites. He brought the Ark of the
Covenant to Jerusalem, which became a great city and the centre
of worship for the Israelites. To this day, Jerusalem is known as
the City of David.
