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MASS FOR EXPECTANT MOTHERS

The Life, Marriage & Family Office warmly invite all expectant mothers and their families to the Mass for Expectant Mothers. The Mass will be celebrated by Archbishop Denis Hart at St Patrick’s Cathedral on Sunday 5 June at 11.00am. Registrations can be made online at http://www.cam.org.au/lifemarriagefamily/Mass-for-expectant-mothers or alternatively by contacting 9287 5587 or Lmf@cam.org.au. Registration closes Friday 27 May. Expectant mothers who register will receive a small token of recognition.

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CATHOLICCARE

CATHOLICCARE provides programs and services to parishioners, their families, friends and community networks.  A new poster on the noticeboard is themed “I have come so that you may have life and have it to the full” (John 10:10) Please visit www.ccam.org.au for more information.

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WELCOME TO OUR NEW CATHOLICS

At the Easter Vigil on Saturday 26 March, we celebrated the sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation and Eucharist with our Elect,  Narelle and Janice as they came to full communion with the Catholic Church. After the Mass we shared supper with them and their families in St Anne’s Church foyer. 

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OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL COMMUNITY CELEBRATION OF THE MERCY OF GOD

It was great but humbling at the same time to see so many parishioners come to our Celebration of the Mercy of God last night. A special thanks to Fr John Papworth SDB, Fr Will Matthews SDB, our assisting priest Fr Bert Fulbrook SDB and our parish priest Fr Kevin, who all provided the sacramental portion of the Celebration.
(even the queue-jumpers were forgiven by very patient parishioners)

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OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL COMMUNITY CELEBRATION OF THE MERCY OF GOD

OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL COMMUNITY CELEBRATION OF THE MERCY OF GOD
Wednesday 16 March– 7.30pm St Anne’s Church

On Wednesday, 16 March, we will be ‘celebrating’ the sacrament of reconciliation as a community who believe that God is full of mercy and compassion. Big or small, our sins are swallowed up in the ocean of God’s merciful love. We can observe this Jubilee Year of Mercy in no better way than to participate in the communal celebration of the second rite of reconciliation offered to us as we prepare to celebrate the death and resurrection of Christ, the paschal mystery, through which we gain our salvation.

Fr Bert Fulbrook sdb

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THANK YOU FROM THE SISTERS OF ST JOSEPH ON THEIR CENTENARY IN SUNBURY 21st FEBRUARY 2016

100 YEARS OF THE  SISTERS PRESENCE  IN SUNBURY Congratulations and grateful thanks to Fr. Kevin, Sr. Jose, the organizing committee, many helpers and parishioners for all the preparations for the outstanding celebrations on this occasion. We felt very humbled when Fr. Kevin, after such an inspiring homily asked for a standing ovation. The welcome we received from everyone gave us such a feeling of being  “at home” among such a wonderful group of people. We were very impressed with the work and thought that went into the “Honour Board”. The footprints representing the journey of the Sisters over 100 years enabled us to appreciate the Sisters who walked this journey before us. Mary MacKillop’s Spirit is truly alive there. In Mary’s words “We have much for which to be thankful.” 1873. ………...Sisters Maureen Cahir, Mary Rowan, Margaret Brown, Rosalie Corrigan.

CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR DIAMOND JUBILEES
Congratulations to Sisters Maureen Cahir and Mary Rowan, on your 60 years of religious profession as a Sister of St Joseph. Both of you have been among us over these sixty years at various times living out the charism of your founders St Mary MacKillop and Fr Julian Tenison Woods. May the Lord continue to bless you.

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SPECIAL COLLECTION THIS WEEKEND….FINAL 2016 REPORT FROM L.A.P. IN JAKARTA

NOTICE: As part of the Parish’s ongoing commitment to support the LAP Team caring for children living with HIV AIDS in Jakarta, a fundraising appeal will be held at all Masses on the weekend of the 18/19 February. We thank you for your continued support of this worthy cause. Mick Hetherington, Frank O’Connor, Julie Reddan and Tony Kiley.

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Firstly a thank-you to St Anne’s Parish Youth Group for their support which culminated in a donation from money raised by the Parish Christmas Dinner Dance.

Secondly there is a report  on their activities over the previous twelve months. If you read it you will find out about St Anne’s students have been interacting with the LAP children. Just click on the link below.

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VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR LOCAL REGIONAL COUNCIL ST VINCENT de PAUL

The local Regional Council of SVDP Society, who meet once a month in Sunbury, is in urgent need of a Secretary and a Treasurer. All training and equipment will be provided for these posts. You do not need to be a current member of the Society but will be required to complete a police check and Working with Children Check. Can you help? To volunteer or get more information please call the Regional President, Arthur Donovan on 0427 394 495.

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CONVENT CENTENARY WORKING BEE SATURDAY 13 FEBRUARY

In order to prepare the Convent for the celebrations planned for the 21 February, a working bee has been scheduled between 9am and 12 noon on Saturday 13 February at the Convent of St Joseph, 37 Macedon St, Sunbury.
Please bring the following tools and equipment, if you have them, otherwise just yourselves and everyone will be made welcome; gloves, rakes, spades and brooms. Thank you for your participation and for further information call Jo Wiegerink on 9744 5788.

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PROJECT COMPASSION

PROJECT COMPASSION 1

This year in the 50th year of Project Compassion, we celebrate learning and Caritas’ work with local partners to ensure all children, women and men can harness the power of education, training and shared knowledge.
Please join us to hear how strong partnerships between the Australian and Malawian communities are transforming lives and bringing hope.

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Martin Mazinga is the National Programmes Coordinator of the Catholic Development Commission in Malawi. Martin and his team at CADECOM are responsible for sustainable development opportunities for the most marginalised communities in Malawi. Martin is passionate about working with grassroots communities.
CLICK HERE FOR A BIO ON MARTIN


Thursday 11th February at 7.30 p.m.
St Joseph’s Parish Hall
49 Stanhope Street Malvern
RSVP Alicia Ocampo at aliciao@caritas.org.au or 9926 5706

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PARISH MEETINGS

MEETINGS THIS WEEK
Wednesday 10 February:    5.30pm Parish Education Board

Wednesday 10 February:    7.30pm Parish Monthly Meeting

Thursday 11 February:    7.00pm Northern Region Youth Gathering—St Anne’s

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REFLECTION ON SUNDAY’S READINGS – SISTER VERONICA LAWSON rsm

Reflection on the Gospel-The Baptism of Jesus Year C, (Luke 3:15-16, 21-22)

Today’s feast marks the end of the Christmas Season and the beginning of Ordinary Time. Over the Christmas season, the liturgy invited us to reflect on and to experience the various comings of Christ in our world and to open ourselves to the action of God’s grace at work in our encounters with the living Christ. The readings from Luke’s gospel have taken us from the birth of Jesus to the story of his personal decision at age twelve to remain in God’s house, the Jerusalem Temple, listening to the teachers of the Law and astonishing them with his answers to their questions.

Now, as an adult and along with “all the people”, Jesus receives John’s water baptism. The crowds are wondering if John the Baptiser is the Christ or Messiah, God’s anointed one. John points the people away from himself and towards Jesus who “will baptise …with the Holy Spirit and fire”. Did Jesus also engage in a ministry of baptising the people “for the forgiveness of sins” or is John’s reference to Jesus’ activity of baptising with the Holy Spirit and fire a metaphor for the distinctive features of his future gospel ministry? In the Acts of the Apostles, Luke’s second volume, the presence of the Holy Spirit is marked by tongues of fire. Fire is a powerful symbol that functions as a threat on the one hand and as a source of energy and light on the other.

Jesus is God’s Chosen One, the Beloved, on whom God’s Spirit rests. In light of the first reading from Isaiah 42, the voice of God in the baptism scene commissions Jesus to bring forth justice, sensitively and without fanfare; to be a light to the peoples; to open the eyes of the blind and to set the captives free. Those baptised into Christ through the ages are baptised “with the Holy Spirit and fire” and are called to the same mission as Jesus and the same sensitive approach to the mission. The fire in our hearts sometimes flickers in the face of life’s challenges. We are sometimes guilty of crushing “the bruised reed” or extinguishing the flickering flame of hope. As we move into Ordinary Time with its often extraordinary demands, we might think about stirring the embers and fanning the flame of God’s love so that justice might prevail in our world and for our planet – justice without violence, if not without pain.

http://www.catholicreligiousaustralia.org/index.php/resources/gospel-reflections

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CATHOLIC STEWARDSHIP IN THIS SUNDAYS READINGS

CATHOLIC STEWARDSHIP IN TODAY’S READINGS

Today we celebrate the Solemnity of the Baptism of the Lord. This officially brings to an end the season of Christmas. You might say this is a second Epiphany. It is important to us as Catholics and Christians because it represents a second creation involving the entire Trinity.

In fact in the Eastern Church this feast is called Theophany because God appears in three persons. Jesus the Son is baptized; the Holy Spirit descends upon Him; and God declares “You are my beloved Son; with You I am well pleased.”

We recall our own Baptism on this day, because Christ’s Baptism represents in many ways what occurred at our Baptism. At Christ’s Baptism the Holy Spirit descended upon Him. At our Baptism the Trinity occupied our soul; Christ was declared the “Beloved Son”; at our Baptism we became a child of God. At Jesus’ Baptism the heavens were opened, and at our Baptism heaven was opened to us.

On this Holy Day we need to reflect upon our own Baptismal calls — calls to live and love on this earth, a command to seek holiness, to actively be disciples of Christ, calls which can be achieved in part by embracing stewardship as a way of life. The Catechism of the Catholic Church (#1213) states: “Holy Baptism is the basis of the whole Christian life, the door which gives access to the other sacraments. We are incorporated into the Church and made sharers in her mission.”

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SUNDAY REFLECTION BY SR KYM HARRIS osb

Reflection is an essential element of our growth in Christ. As we reflect over what we have learnt and ponder it in our hearts, we come to recognise the presence of God in our lives.

This Sunday’s Reflection provided by Sr Kym Harris osb
Benedictine Monastery
Tanby via Yeppoon, Capricorn Coast
Queensland Australia 4701
http://www.prayasyoucan.com.au

Les Misèrables tells the story of people with hopes and ideals living in a squalid world marred by sin. We follow them in their differing response to the challenges of life. We see Inspector Javert who believes that adherence to the law reveals goodness, fosters peace in society and will be rewarded both in this world and the next – but his narrow understanding fails to recognise the compromises people must make just to survive in a complex world. We see the revolutionaries who place their hopes in a changed political system bringing justice to the poor and destitute but who fail to realise that hunger and destitution can undermine the courage and tenacity needed for political change. In contrast to these, we see Jean Valjean. His heart and life had been transformed by the generosity and love of Bishop Myriel and, in consequence, he is able to sustain the love and care of his brothers and sisters beyond what seems humanly possible – and indeed is humanly impossible. Having been loved so extraordinarily as a child of God, he was able to love all as children of God. That, for us, is the essence of our baptismal call. We are washed into the life and love of God. In the story of Jesus’ baptism, we are given a sign of what baptism means to us. As Jesus stood with us, so we are to stand with him and hear the words: “You are my beloved.” In hearing and owning this reality, we are given the power to love in ways beyond what may seem humanly possible. Our lives may not be as dramatic as Jesus’ or Jean Valjean’s, for that matter, but we still have the call to offer love in the small and great events of life.

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SISTERS OF ST JOSEPH CENTENARY IN SUNBURY

PARKING BEHIND CONVENT SUNDAY

The Parish of Our Lady of Mount Carmel cordially invite you to join us in Thanksgiving celebration for a Hundred Years of service of the Sisters of St Joseph since 1916. Commemorative Mass will be celebrated at St Anne’s Church on Sunday 21 February 2016 at 10.30am.
Light refreshments served at the convent to renew acquaintances and share memories from 12.30pm.
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church and School will be open from 2.0pm-3.0pm.
Please bring a plate to share.
tea and coffee will be provided.

NOTE: After a great meeting last Thursday, we are seeking those who would like to share their memories of the Josephites in Sunbury. We would also like to hear from those who are able to help on the day. Please contact the Parish Office on 9744 1060.