Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish Sunbury
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Prayer, meditation etc
No Eucharistic Celebration this Sunday 8th June at Bacchus
Marsh. The next Mass will be the celebration of the SOLEMNITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI on Sunday 22 June at 2pm at Our Lady of Ta Pinu Shrine in Flanagans Dr, Bacchus Marsh. The Melbourne World Youth Day Cross will be at the shrine until 5 July. “bear it in the world as a sign of the love of the Lord Jesus for humanity” said Pope Saint John Paul II in 1984.
See noticeboard in St Anne’s foyer for further information.
All are welcome.
Annual Prayer will be conducted on Wednesday 4 June at 7.30pm at St Mary’s Anglican Church, Sunbury. During the week of Pentecost, Christians everywhere pray for Christian Unity. It would be appreciated if Catholic Parishioners of Sunbury would support this prayer meeting by their presence.
The Maltese Gharb Club of Melbourne invites you to celebrate the Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary to St Elizabeth on Sunday 1 June at St Bernadette’s Catholic Community Centre, Cooke Ave, North Sunshine. Mass at 2.30pm celebrated by Fr John Taliana . Followed by a social function in the foyer.
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.
Emmaus Charismatic Prayer Group meets at St Anne’s Church at 10.00am on Thursdays.
All welcome including children.
For further info/transport please contact Grace on 9746 3294.
We thank those who prepared the liturgies which helped us towards reverent and meaningful Easter celebrations.
Our sincere thanks to Fr Bert who without hesitation readily led us in all the ceremonies. Thank you to all the community who fully and actively participated in these ceremonies.
FR KEVIN IS STILL IN HOSPITAL. WE WILL CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR A SPEEDY RECOVERY
O God, who on this day,
through your only Begotten Son,
have conquered death
and unlocked for us the path to eternity,
grant, we pray, that we who keep
the solemnity of the Lord’s Resurrection
may, through the renewal brought by your Spirit,
rise up in the light of life.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.
the Collect of Easter Sunday
MASS TIMES
| WEDNESDAY 9TH APRIL |
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| Lent Reconciliation | 7.30pm | St Anne’s Church |
| SATURDAY 12TH APRIL |
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| Palm Sunday | 6.0pm | St Anne’s Church |
| SUNDAY 13TH APRIL |
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| Palm Sunday | 8.30am | St Anne’s Church |
| Palm Sunday | 10.30am | St Anne’s Church |
| Palm Sunday | 5.30pm | Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church |
| THURSDAY 17TH APRIL |
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| Holy Thursday | 7.30pm | St Anne’s Church |
| FRIDAY 18TH APRIL |
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| Way of the Cross | 9.00am | Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church |
| Inter church Service | 10.00am | Memorial Hall, Sunbury |
| Passion of our Lord | 3.00pm | St Anne’s Church |
| SATURDAY 19TH APRIL |
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| Lent Reconciliation | 10.00am | Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church |
| Easter Vigil | 7.30pm | St Anne’s Church |
| SUNDAY 20TH APRIL |
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| NORMAL SUNDAY MASS TIMES | ||
The crowds that went ahead of him and that followed were shouting,
“Hosanna to the Son of David!
Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!
Hosanna in the highest heaven!”
When he entered Jerusalem, the whole city was in turmoil, asking, “Who is this?”
The crowds were saying, “This is the prophet Jesus from Nazareth in Galilee.“
Our Lenten Sacrament of Reconciliation was held on Last Wednesday our Parish held our Lenten Sacrament of Reconciliation. The theme of the service was ‘healing for growth’. The service consisted of hymns, extracts read from the Gospels of the previous Sundays of Lent with community examination of conscience, and then the Parishioners came up in processions of the Faithful to receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation from the various priests. Each was given a tea light to take back and place on the Cross with those of everyone else. The comments from appreciative parishioners were very encouraging.
Our Lenten Sacrament of Reconciliation will be held on Wednesday 9 April at 7.30pm. The theme of the service will be ‘healing for growth’. Several priests will be available. The service will consist of Scripture readings, communal examination of conscience, and then those who wish to do so will come forward in lines as for Communion at Mass, to receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation from the various priests.
Rosary will be prayed on Saturday morning at 9am in St Anne’s Church.
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament Friday 4 April from 7.30pm.
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
The Way of the Cross will be held in St Anne’s Church every Friday night from 7.30pm to 8pm during Lent. The Way of the Cross is in the light of the Resurrection and follows Scripture. All are welcome.
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.
Reflection on the Gospel- Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A, 2 March 2014 (Matthew 6:24-34)
‘Today’s trouble is enough for today!’ These are the concluding words of the gospel for this Sunday. We are “not to be anxious”. Rather, we are invited to be single-minded in our commitment. The challenge of this gospel is to live in the present, in right relationship and connection with the whole Earth community and to trust in the goodness and providence of God. That is not always easy, especially for certain personalities and under certain difficult circumstances. In What Makes us Tick? The Ten Desires That Drive Us, Hugh Mackay claims that there is an epidemic of anxiety in the Western world. He reflects on our need to embrace our connectedness with ourselves, with each other, and with nature. If our innate desire to connect is frustrated or neglected, Mackay believes that the desire to control and the desire to be taken seriously will ‘expand unhealthily’. It is all a question of balance and of daily attention to the right ordering of our relationships with the material world, with one another and with God. Anxiety inhibits healthy living and impacts negatively on ourselves as well as on our community environments.
The challenge not “to be anxious” appears six times in various forms in this one gospel reading. Three times in this passage Jesus tells the assembled crowd, including his disciples, not to worry. They are not to be anxious about food or drink or clothing. Neither are they to worry about what tomorrow might bring. It is clear that Jesus does not discount the human need for food and drink and clothing, for he states explicitly that God knows that they need all these things (6:32). Jesus’ concern is with their “little faith” or their lack of trust in God’s capacity to provide for the needs of all living beings. He challenges his listeners to be attentive to the processes among all living things, such as the way the birds of the air are fed and the lilies of the field are clothed. He also invites attentiveness to the life-sustaining processes at work in our own bodies. The hairs of our head, for instance, grow without any effort or anxiety on our part.
Jesus places all of this in the context of the right ordering of our relationships with the whole Earth community, expressed in terms of seeking God’s kin-dom and God’s “righteousness”. There is an echo here of Matthew 5:6 where those who hunger and thirst for righteousness are said to be blessed and told that they will “be filled”. In other words, God will care for them in the same way as God cares for the birds of the air and the lilies of the fields.
The Emmaus Charismatic Prayer Group meets at St. Anne’s Church at 10.00 am on Thursdays.
All welcome, including children.
For further info/transport please contact Grace on 9746 3294
The Prayer Group meets at St. Anne’s Church at 10.00 am on Thursdays.
All welcome, including children.
For further info/transport please contact Grace on 9746 3294
The Prayer Group will resume meeting at St. Anne’s Church at 10.00 am next Thursday February 6th.
All welcome, including children.
For further info/transport please contact Grace on 9746 3294.
This year our parish theme is Year of Growth. On the weekend of 15 & 16 February and 22 & 23 February, we will have our Parish Expo. In the foyer of St Anne’s church will be A3 pages with descriptions of the various ministries. Currently the number of parishioners in ministries is really good, but we are looking for new people to help out as well. It will mean our parish will continue to grow and for everyone to feel part of a vibrant and great community. We encourage you all to become part of at least one ministry and try it for just one year. If you like it, continue for another year but if you prefer to explore something else, you can! You can sign up on the A3 pages in the foyer, or be part of the Sign up weekend on 22 & 23 February and 1 & 2 March– Just before Lent! We will ask people at Mass to sign up for a ministry, then will contact them to advise of training for their chosen ministry. It is an opportunity to share our talents with others and receive the talents of others.
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