Recent items added to the Parish Website are a history of Our Lady of Mt Carmel Church and the memories of some parishioners. Over time further “Memories” will be added from the many oral histories on file. We would like to hear from any parishioners who would be interested in sharing their memories of parish.
“Memories” can be found here.
EXPLORING IRAQ TODAY
19 November 7.30-9pm at Knox Lecture Theatre. Further info is on the Noticeboard in St Anne’s foyer or call The Ecumenical and Inter-faith Commission Office on 0400 978 938 or email eic@cam.org.au.
VICTORIAN PARLIAMENTARY PRAYER NETWORK
Victorian Parliament Prayer Network will be holding a public prayer meeting for the election at Parliament in Queens Hall on Saturday 15 November from 1-3.15pm at Parliament House, Spring St, East Melbourne. Please continue to pray for all the works that happen in Parliament and for our city. Australia is named the “Great Southland of the Holy Spirit”.
LOURDES DAY MASS
Lourdes Day Mass will be celebrated in St Patrick’s Cathedral on Saturday 6 December at 10.30am. Wheelchair access is available at both side entrances. A blessing with Lourdes water will be given by Archbishop of Melbourne, Denis Hart.
EVERGREENS (Senior Group) CONCERTS
Are invited to the free concert at Memorial Hall on Wednesday 29 October 2014 from 11.30am to 2.30pm. Limited numbers so booking is essential.
Call Frances on 9744 1999.
OLMC Teachers and Preps have invited us to be entertained on Wednesday 12 November at 12.30pm in Our Lady of Mount Carmel Primary School. This is one of our highlights for the year. Contact Frances on 9744 1999.
CONGRATULATIONS AND WELCOME
Welcome and congratulations to the newest member of our Altar Server Team, Rachel Prescott. If anyone would like to join the team give Michael a call on 0417332186.
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR YEAR 3 STUDENTS
Congratulations to our year 3 students who began to celebrate the Sacrament of Reconciliation last week. The 115 students took part in one of the four sessions.
We were greatly assisted by three Columban Missionary priests: Fr Dan, Fr Ray and Fr Tom from Essendon.
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR YEAR 12 STUDENTS
Congratulations to our year 12 students from Salesian College who celebrated with their parents their Graduation Mass at St Anne’s Church in thanksgiving for the last six years and for success in the VCE exams this month. 142 students graduated.
SALESIAN COLLEGE YEAR 9 CAMPUS
Salesian College Year 9 Campus commenced in February 2014. At the College Council meeting last Wednesday, it was noted that parents have been so impressed with the new program in the new campus that parents at other schools have enrolled their children for Year 9 in 2015 so that the campus will be at capacity with 232 students and there is a waiting list. The open evening in early October was very well attended and 140 pizzas were cooked at the campus!
A note here from Fr Will.
WANTED……POSTIES
It won’t be as hard as delivering the mail to Birdsville but Goonawarra/ Rolling Meadows are in desperate need of posties. Our posties currently deliver the parish newsletter to Catholic households 4 times per year. It would be great if we could reduce the load of those already helping in this large area by having more volunteers help out. If you can help, please contact the Parish office on 9744 1060. It would be much appreciated.
FIRST RECONCILIATION
First Reconciliation will be celebrated in four sessions on the evenings of this Wednesday and Thursday. Please continue to pray for our children as they begin to celebrate the Sacrament of God’s merciful love.
YEAR 12 VCE EXAMS
Please remember in your prayers the students and their families, who are preparing for their Year 12 VCE exams. We pray that their hard work throughout the year will bring them the results they require.
PARENTING IN FAITH
Parenting in Faith for parents of children in Years 1 & 2 will be held on Tuesday 28 October at 2pm or 7pm in the Parish Centre by the popular Fr Andrew Hayes.
CHRISTMAS ON THE GREEN 13th DECEMBER 2014
The message of Christ to the community of Sunbury. Organised by the Inter Church council, this year’s event will be on Saturday 13 December. The free children’s activities will start at 5pmm with the Nativity Stable, a puppet show, clowns, face painting and Christmas crafts. The Christmas Carols will start at 7pm. Food and drinks will be for sale. Volunteers from the various churches are needed to make this event a success. Please think about where you may be able to help. Please contact our Parish Office.
ONE
Sunday 26 October at Melbourne High School, South Yarra, will be the inspirational celebration titled “One– Awake my Soul” to remember the first anniversary of the Australian Catholic Youth Festival. For further info contact onespiritaustralia@gmail.com. The celebration is a fresh and dynamic Catholic youth event gathering students from all over Melbourne for an unforgettable night of live music, drama, inspiring talks and time to just hang out!
“I WAS HUNGRY AND YOU FED ME”
At the Parish Assembly in September the Social Justice Group put a proposal that we ask our Parish to assist Asylum Seekers. The proposal was approved by the assembly and the PCT gave us permission to proceed. The Sisters of St Joseph in Footscray are working with refugees and have advised us that support can be given to the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre in Footscray. The website provides excellent information. www.asrc.org.au
The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre was started in June 2001 and has delivered assistance to Asylum Seekers with the help of over 800 committed volunteers and 35 staff members. Over half their clients have no income at all and over 90% live below the poverty line. The centre is in Nicholson St Footscray and through its programs provides free health, medical, legal, employment, casework, material aid and a Foodbank. It also provides a hot meal for 150 people each weekday at the Centre. Asylum seekers can visit the Foodbank once a week, where their dignity is preserved by allowing them to make their own selections within set limits, rather than be allocated a food parcel. The food provided has been donated or purchased with donated funds from people like us from all over Victoria. Donations of basic non perishable items such as canned tomatoes, lentils or beans (without sauce), pasta ,rice, cereals, long life milk, dishwashing detergent, soap, shampoo, deodorant, toothbrushes, toothpaste, and shaving gear are always needed. Over the next two weeks there will be a container placed in both Churches for donations of these items. Members of the Social Justice Group are happy to deliver these items to Footscray. This appears to be a very practical way we could assist. Thank You. For further information please contact the parish office….0397441060
CELEBRATE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DECREE ON ECUMENISM
The Ecumenical and Interfaith Commission of the Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne, in conjunction with the Australian Catholic University and the Victorian Council of churches, invites you to a Reception, Liturgy and Public Lecture to celebrate 50 years since the Second Vatican Council promulgated the Decree Unitatis Redintegratio.
Wednesday 22 October from 6pm at Catholic Leadership Centre, Cnr Hoddle and Victoria St, East Melbourne.
RSVP David Schutz Ph 0400 978 938.
“WELCOME TO THE INN”
At our recent Liturgy Planning Team, we endorsed the parish initiative called “Welcome to the Inn”. It was also briefly spoken of at the recent Annual Parish Assembly. The initiative calls for all of us to be the Church Jesus wanted us to be– that is to Welcome everyone! Strangers no longer are strangers when they come home to church. With Christmas approaching quickly, “Welcome to the Inn” reminds us that for the birth of baby Jesus, there was no room at the Inn. Mary and Joseph would have been quite worried with the birth of their child imminent. Those who come to our church should never feel worried about coming. Acting on behalf of Jesus, we have a job to do! Let us be welcoming to all.
OUR PRAYERFUL SYMPATHY
We offer our prayers and sympathy to the brothers, sisters and friends of Fr Barry Robinson who entered eternal life on Friday morning after a long illness. He is one of eight children. In 1970, he was one of sixteen of us ordained for the Melbourne Church. After serving at Airport West, he volunteered to be a missionary for six years in Chile working with the Columbans.
ARTES CHRISTI PRESENTS THE JEWLER’S SHOP
The first feast day of St John Paul II is 22 October and to celebrate don’t miss The Jewelers Shop, a profoundly beautiful play on human love and marriage written by St John Paul before he was elected pope (even before he became a priest!). As specifically indicated by St John Paul II, the play will be staged in a unique style of the Polish underground theatre with no sets or props and performed in a recitative style (reading only).
Melbourne has one show only:
Friday 24 October, 7.30pm Kaleide Theatre, 360 Swanston St, RMIT University.
Tickets from $20 bookings essential.
Ph, 1300 790 250 or www.theword.org.au
Brochures are available on the Welcome Desk in St Anne’s Church.
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