Author: MtCarmel

Expressions of interest are invited for the purchase of any of six classrooms. Please call in at school office or ring 9744 3055 for further information. Classrooms available after September.

The Committee wishes to thank parishioners for your great response to be involved in caring for those with intellectual disability. Those who volunteered will be contacted to provide further information and encouragement.
If you know of anyone needing this type of advocacy support or who may be interested in becoming an advocate, please ring David Abela on 9744 7378.

A celebration of Mass for the affirmation, encouragement and support of all those who care for the sick and elderly in their families will be offered by Monsignor Franco Cavarra at St Francis Church, Lonsdale Street on 18 July at 4.30pm.

A one-day program for those in the early times of grief following the end of their relationship.
Sat 17 July at 62 McKillop St. Geelong from 9.00am to 4.30pm.
Cost $50 ($30 concession) includes lunch, tea/coffee.
Bookings essential.
phone 52 217 055.

POPE’S DISASTER FUND: Amount raised $851.60. Thank you.

The Conference was held for four days last week in Geelong with 112 priests attending as requested by the Archbishop. This was one of our best conferences organised by Fr Martin Ashe and his committee. Our key presenter was Fr Dermot Power of London, a theologian and spiritual director. He was a delight to listen to, with good theology and a wealth of stories (some very humorous) from his own priestly experience. He summed up his six presentations by saying ‘we grow from the outside in—through pastoral experience with the People of God we are led to a deeper reliance in God’ – we never arrive, we are always longing to be better. We learn about the Kingdom of God from the ‘little people’. It is the laity who form the priests. The future is not in our hands, but the Holy Spirit will challenge us out of any comfort zone as we are all unfinished business…………………………………Fr Kevin

‘The greatest persecution of the Church comes not from her enemies without, but arises from sin within the Church and that the Church thus has a deep need to relearn penance, to accept purification, to learn forgiveness on the one hand but also the need for justice’…..11 May.

‘We must overcome the temptation to restrict ourselves to what we already have, or think we have, safely in our possession: it would be sure death in terms of the Church’s presence in the world; the Church can only be missionary, in the outward movement of the Spirit…..We are called to serve the humanity of our own time, trusting in Jesus alone’…..14 May.

The letter is available today for all parishioners.

Join with Catholic Mission this week to reach out around the world to those most in need. Your kindness is faith in action that brings life to people across the world. For those requiring a tax deductible receipt, envelopes are provided at the end of each pew.