Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish Sunbury
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Time To Shine is the name of the upcoming performance by Catholic Secondary School students. The performance will be staged on 13 September 2014 at noon and 5pm at the Palais Theatre, St Kilda. More than 300 secondary school students will present two hours of music, song and dance, showcasing their enormous talent. Tickets can be purchased through www.ticketmaster.com.au. The program is rich, diverse and cosmopolitan with a taste of everything from Bollywood to Riverdance and more.
“Birthplace of The Ashes”
REGISTRATION DAY
Saturday 23rd AUGUST 2014 9am – 12noon SportsCo Sunbury Square Shopping Centre, Evans Street Sunbury. New Players and Females welcome. Registration Forms Available on Club Website http://www.rupertswoodcc.org.au
Or Email Request rupocc@optusnet.com.au
Enquires 0459 098 664 or 0421 991 519
At the start of this year Our Lady of Mount Carmel Primary School created a group known as Mini Vinnies. We worked with Saint Vincent de Paul in Sunbury to organise the winter appeal at our school. We collected non-perishable items, blankets and warm clothing that can be given to people who are experiencing difficulties. Something else we have done was to write to the Sunbury Rotary group asking for some funding to undertake more projects. They very kindly donated $500 to our group. With the money we have decided to establish a vegetable garden and the produce will go to the Sunbury Community Kitchen. We are also going to use the money to help organise ‘Operation Christmas Child’.
We are hoping to fill 30 boxes for children in need this Christmas.
…..By Mackenzie and Erinn On behalf of O.L.M.C Mini Vinnies.
Welcome to Jessica Jacob and Philippa Carville on becoming the newest members of our Altar Servers team.
If you would like to join them give us a call Michael McConville 0417332186
Loreto Mandeville Hall Toorak is celebrating 125 years since the foundation of the first Loreto School in Melbourne. To mark this special year, A row of Goodly Pearls, One Hundred and Twenty-five Years of Loreto in Melbourne, has been written by professional historian Jane Mayo Carolan. It is an intriguing history from 1889 covering many stories of kindergarten, primary, secondary and tertiary education for young women and men. The limited edition, hard cover, full colour 450+ page book will be launched by Sr Jane Kelly ibvm, Loreto Toorak past pupil (1951-1962), former Principal of Loreto Toorak (1973-1978) and former Principal of St Mary’s College, University of Melbourne (1980-1996) at a garden party on the forecourt of the historic Mandeville Hall on Sunday 14 September. To place your order of A row of Goodly Pearls, One Hundred and Twenty-five Years of Loreto in Melbourne, please go to: www.trybooking.com/FEJE or contact Steve Stefanopoulos, Loreto Mandeville Hall Toorak, Heritage Collection and Records Manager at steve.stefanopoulos@loretotoorak.vic.edu.au or (03) 9823 8157 for further information.
On Wednesday 16 July, we celebrated the feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, our patron, in two appropriate ways: with a school and parish Mass at 12.30pm at OLMC and with a parish meeting at St Anne’s Primary School at 7.30pm. The old OLMC church was packed with school children and parishioners joyfully celebrating the feast of Mary our Mother and patron of our parish. I would like to say more about this Mass and the reverent way our children entered heart and soul in this liturgical celebration, but the purpose of this article is to report on the event that took place in the evening of that same day.
Led nobly by our parish team – Lyn Plummer, Richard Hallett, Sr Jose and Joanne Spiteri – sixty parishioners representing various active groups in our parish attended our inaugural Parish Meeting Night. I went partly as a participant and partly as an observer and reporter. I came away from the meeting heartened and impressed by these people who go the extra mile to give life to our parish.
For the record these were the names of the groups represented at our meeting: Baptism Preparation Team, Knights of the Southern Cross, Liturgy Planning Group, Overseas Humanitarian Project, Maintenance, Marriage Encounter, Neighbourhood Development, RCIA, School Advisory Committee OLMC & St Anne’s, Small Christian Communities, St Vincent de Paul and Youth Group.
Sixty people represented YOU, our brothers and sisters in Christ, you who share with us the Eucharist that binds us together in communion with Christ Jesus. Ours is not a perfect parish – no parish can boast that it is – but there is much to like about our parish and much to be thankful for as we celebrate this weekend the feast of Our Lady of Mt Carmel and look forward to the feast of St Anne and St Joachim. May God continue to bless our parish.
Fr Bert Fulbrook sdb
A new Chaplain has at last been appointed to Sunbury Downs!! His name is David Edgren and he commenced this week. Please pray for David in his role in the school community.
Twice each year we offer the opportunity for children of any age who are attending school to be Baptised. If you are interested in having a school aged child baptised, contact the Parish Office on 9744 1060 not later than Friday 6 June.
Information and registration for parents and guardians of children who wish to be Confirmed this year will be held at the Parish Centre at 2.00pm and 7.30pm on Tuesday 3 June. If your child wishes to be confirmed this year please attend one of these sessions.
Confirmation will be celebrated at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, East Melbourne, on Sunday 24 August at 2.00pm or 4.00pm.
Please note a change of date. The first PMN will take place on 16th July, not as previously advertised.
On Tuesday 6 May our Parish groups gathered to discuss the invitation to take part in a Parish Meeting Night. PMN is an initiative that aims to have as many Parish groups as possible meeting on the same night, monthly. All groups gather in prayer for 15 minutes then disperse to their individual meetings, later to reconvene to enjoy supper together. Most of the Parish groups were represented and having such diverse and energetic groups gathering regularly, concerns and the benefits of a Parish Meeting Night were raised. All group representatives took part in an open and fruitful discussion. It was decided to hold an expo of the groups and their work during May . A very important aspect of the PMN is that it is “invitational”: that is, groups are invited, encouraged and welcomed to attend as a community, the very same community of people who are already building and giving life to our Parish. The first PMN will take place on 16th July, gathering in the library at St Anne’s school. Please park in the Stewarts Lane Car Park.
All parishioners belonging to any group are warmly welcomed to a gathering on Tuesday May 6 at 7.30pm in the Parish Centre. There we will discuss the commencement of the PMN (Parish Meeting Night) Initiative.
Interviews of parents and children have commenced and continue until Friday 30 May at the Parish Office.
It is essential the prospective student attends with the parents or guardians.
Thanksgiving Meals will be held this Tuesday and Wednesday evening in the parish centre for each child with a parent as preparation for their beginning to receive the Eucharist (Greek for ‘thanksgiving’) in the Easter Season.
It has been a big week for our Prep school families this week and we welcome them to 10.30am Mass this Sunday. On Tuesday and Wednesday last week, the children came to school in the evening in their pyjamas while their mums and dads attended a parenting in faith evening. It was a lot of fun for everyone. We thank God for the joy the children bring their families and the parish community.
The Sunbury Chaplaincy Dinner will be held on Tuesday 1st April at Goonawarra Golf Club Restaurant (2 Francis Boulevard, Sunbury) commencing at 7pm. Join us for a delicious meal and meet our Sunbury College Chaplain – Matt Hornby.
Suggested donation for the meal is $30 (Pensioners $25, students $15). Bookings are essential – phone Helen on 9744 3031 or 0407 506 507, or email sunburychaplaincy@hotmail.com
Tours for prospective parents will be held on Tuesday 25 March at Our Lady of Mount Carmel school at 9.30am and 7.30pm and on Wednesday 26 March at St Anne’s School at 9.30am and 7.30pm. Applications for 2015 close on Friday 28 March at the School offices.
The Friendship Program at St Anne’s Primary school is for students who would benefit from spending one hour per week with a positive adult who relates well to kids. We need Mums, Dads, Grandparents and relatives or anyone over 18 years of age who has a current ‘Working with Children Check’. They would also need to have good listening skills, practice confidentiality and have some free time. If you are interested in participating in this program, please contact Marie D’Orazio on 9744 3055.
The Friendship Program at St Anne’s Primary school is for students who would benefit from spending one hour per week with a positive adult who relates well to kids. We need Mums, Dads, Grandparents and relatives or anyone over 18 years of age who has a current ‘Working with Children Check’. They would also need to have good listening skills, practice confidentiality and have some free time. If you are interested in participating in this program, please contact Marie D’Orazio on 9744 3055.
On 6 and 7 March, all our school teachers and parish staff attended a residential conference on prayer, led by Mark Elliot, Director of Religious Education for the Archdiocese of Brisbane, Mark combined his skills as a teacher and a theologian to give us many methods and experiences of prayer to improve the prayer life of our children. The 84 of us learnt a lot and enjoyed each others company.
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish Sunbury 
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