Volunteers are required to assist with the Citizen Advocacy Sunbury program. Each advocate volunteers their time to assist an intellectually disabled person. Simply by being a friend or helping with administrative or emotional needs, the volunteer advocate will assist with day to day issues. If you are able to help some fliers are available on the Welcome Desk or contact the CAS office on 9744 7378.
East Africa Crisis Appeal will be held 13-14 August to assist those areas of East Africa affected by drought. There is great suffering in this part of the world and any financial assistance offered would help many thousands of people to get access to food, clean water, medicine and veterinary assistance for animals.
A working bee will be held on Saturday 6 August 2011 at 9.00am till 12.00 noon at St Anne’s to tackle the remainder of the Church grounds. Please bring mowers, trailers, whipper snippers and weeding tools. All welcome. For further enquiries call Jo Wiegerink on 9744 5788.
We humans think that mercy and justice are opposites, but that is not true of God. The Responsorial Psalm tells us that the Lord is both merciful and just. We see his mercy and generosity emphasized in the lessons for today.
The prophet Isaiah delivers God’s invitation to the hungry and thirsty, “Come, without paying and without cost.” We see this fulfilled in the Feeding of the Five Thousand, when Jesus “moved with pity” fed the crowd who had followed him. He still feeds us, and with even better food in the Eucharist, when we receive his Body and Blood. In addition, St. Paul assures us that nothing in all creation “will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
Such kindness from God calls for a generous response on our part, the response of a grateful heart. As stewards responsible to the Lord for the use of the time, talent, and treasure entrusted to us, we need to heed the Lord’s word so we can obey his will. When we do so, we find that when we give back to God, we receive even more spiritual riches.
The Foundation Was formed 10 years ago to help keep Koorie kids in an education of their choice. Birthday Celebrations and Oration with special guest speaker Anita Heiss will be held at Genazzano FCJ College on 4th August 2011. All monies raised will be donated to the Foundation. Tickets$ $10 can be ordered through www.trybooking.com.au/Rou by 1August
Special Collections for Catholic Mission raised $1384.20; Bursary Fund $1048.00 and Project Compassion $1457.50.
Your generosity is greatly appreciated.
Next meeting will be held at John & Sheila Staffords, 4 Eadie St, Sunbury at 4pm on Saturday 23rd July.
All welcome, including children.
Further information please phone John & Sheila on 9740 9966.
Do you want to be the change you want to see in our world?
Come along to our Timor-Leste Encounter Mon 19 Sep—Sat 1 Oct. Witness empowering ‘grassroots’ development work, driven by the host community; engage in another culture and learn what others consider important in ‘their’ world.
Further info phone 02 9518 9551; encounter@palms.org.auhttp://www.palms.org.au
The Parish Gardening Team have recently held a meeting and we’ll keep you posted when they pass anything on.
Meanwhile…………………………….
This Saturday (2nd July) they are holding a working bee at St Anne’s Church from 9am to 12 noon. As well as this there will be a site visit to explore location the Neighbourhood Garden.
All welcome.
The next working bee will be on Saturday 6 August – 9.00am to noon.
Thank you to the Creed family for the new Norfolk Pine at St Anne’s, also to the Hogan and O’Brien families for the donated tools towards the Neighbourhood Garden.
Volunteers are sought by Mercy Works in northern and western suburbs of Melbourne. Retired teachers and other education workers are invited to give a half-day a week in term time.
Training is in July.
Contact Sr. Mary Lewis—9326 1895.
Why not invest in your most valuable resource—your marriage? Date: Sunday 3 July at East Melbourne. Cost $40.00 each per person (incl. lunch and teas). Bookings Karin—9287 5516 CatholicCare Office.
The Salvation Army, Sunbury has asked all churches in Sunbury to place the following notice in our newsletters: ‘We are currently working with two people (a couple) in Sunbury who are homeless. We have been given access to a caravan, however we need to find somewhere to put the caravan that would have access to power and an outside toilet. This request would be unsuitable to a family with children’. Please contact Lt. Cheryl Pryor on 9744 2095.
All parishioners interested in sharing their time and gardening talents are invited to a meeting to be held on THURSDAY 16 JUNE at 7.30pm in the Parish Centre to arrange garden maintenance around the Presbytery and St Anne’s Church, and to discuss also the establishment of a Neighbourhood/Community Vegie garden in the donkey’s paddock. Everyone welcome.
During the coming week Christians everywhere are invited to pause and reflect on their relation to the mother Church of Jerusalem so as to look afresh at our own situations. The earthly community of Jerusalem is a pre-figuration of the heavenly Jerusalem where all peoples will be gathered around the throne of the Lamb in eternal praise and adoration of God. All parishioners are invited to join our sisters and brothers from other Sunbury Christian Churches in celebrating the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity by attending a special ecumenical service to be held at St Anne’s Church on WED 8 JUNE commencing at 7.30pm. A plate of supper to share after the service would be much appreciated.
ON TUESDAY 7TH JUNE AT 7.30PM IN THE PARISH CENTRE THERE WILL BE A SESSION FOR ALL GROUPS PARTICIPATING IN THE PROGRAM AS WELL AS FOR ANY INTERESTED PARISHIONERS WHO MAY LIKE TO TRY IT OUT AND PERHAPS JOIN A GROUP NEARER THEIR HOME
“JOURNEY TOGETHER” is a series of five meetings. The gatherings in homes follow the method of ‘see, judge, act’ – looking at our world, judging life in the light of the Bible and resolving some action. In the recent exhortation ‘Verbum Domini’ (Latin for ‘Word of the Lord’) Pope Benedict and 250 bishops gathered in a synod express their hope for ‘a new season of greater love for the sacred Scripture on the part of every member of the People of God’ (par. 72).
Anyone wishing to join a group is invited to contact the Parish Office.
WHAT DOES ABORIGINAL SPIRITUALITY HAVE TO OFFER AUSTRALIA
Time, or rather timelessness, is another component of Aboriginal life and spirituality. Time to the European mind is a commodity to be used. For the Aboriginal person, time is the present – the given moment is what is important. Aboriginal people are comfortable waiting for a better moment, changing plans, going with what is happening. The greatest gift Aboriginal people have to offer is the gift of Dadirri, that is, the gift described as ‘inner deep listening and quiet still awareness’. There is a patience in the listening, patience for the right time. In the listening comes strength and renewal. Our experience of wind is varied, from the parching winds of inland Australia to the cool winds that signal a break in the weather. The Aboriginal people are attuned to these changes, always patiently waiting and watching for signs of change. We use wind as a symbol of the movement of the Holy Spirit in our lives (Job 7,7; Mt 11,7). The formation of stars we call the Southern Cross is significant in the Southern Hemisphere. As it journeys across the night sky it is a symbol of our life journey through the Paschal Mystery of birth, death and resurrection (Dan 12,3; Mt 2,2)…..Parish Social Justice Group
Married couples, make 2011 the year that you prioritise your relationship. It underpins your family life. Please join us for a Marriage Encounter weekend this year. The next weekends will be held on 3-5 June (Anglesea)19-21 August and 11-13 Nov (Melbourne). Further info & bookings contact Peter & Erika 9899 0824, email vicbookings@wwme.org.au. website www.wwme.org.au
Aboriginal law is based on wholeness and right relationships. All that has life was created to live in harmony. They further believe this harmony is kept in balance when persons, species and elements fulfil their purpose and live out their responsibilities. Aboriginal people graciously share their story and culture with all people and in return we respect their Ancient Dreaming which has existed for over 40,000 years. We respect that which has gone before the birth of Christ our Redeemer and respond to the call to be united in love as one human family. For thousands of years the Aboriginal people used a message stick as a way of communicating across country. Today the Aboriginal Catholics carry the Message Stick with the bible, symbolising the respect for cultural differences when spreading the Good News. The Message Stick is a sacred symbol of the Aboriginal people and is a powerful symbol of reconciliation, forgiveness, love, hope and peace, and is only used when the Proclamation of The Word is made…..Social Justice Group
Journey Together is a series of five meetings. The gatherings in homes follow the method of ‘see, judge, act’ – looking at our world, judging life in the light of the Bible and resolving some action. In the recent exhortation ‘Verbum Domini’ (Latin for ‘Word of the Lord’) Pope Benedict and 250 bishops gathered in a synod express their hope for ‘a new season of greater love for the sacred Scripture on the part of every member of the People of God’ (par. 72).
Anyone wishing to join a group is invited to contact the Parish Office.
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