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Thanks to Jenny and Peter Ryan who are caring for our donkey who will lead our Procession of Palms today.
Please do not feed the donkey; many do and he is now over-weight.

Last Saturday about 150 people gathered for a great night of dancing and laughing. The band rocked! And most everyone who attended had really nice comments to make. Thank you to Cathie and Robert Lio for their hard work getting the night organized. Also to Graeme Edments, Gary and Lyn Plummer, Paul & Carol Zarb for setting up and packing away. The sense of community was great and we are hoping  to do more of these events in the future and develop community feeling.

DR SISTER MARY GLOWREY

(1887-1957) the first nun-doctor missionary:  Mary grew up in the Mallee and graduated in medicine in Melbourne in 1910. After working at St Vincent’s and the Eye and Ear Hospitals, she went to India in 1920 and spent the rest of her life there, founding one of the largest non-government health care providers in the world. The process for her Beatification will commence in Melbourne next Tuesday.

Just a reminder for those who can supply palms for Palm Sunday Mass and if possible, could they be brought to St Anne’s Church by noon on Saturday 23 March please.

We offer to the extended family of Joan Crameri who entered eternal life last Wednesday aged 92 years. After six years war service in WRAAF, Joan became a TPI in later life. After being an active parishioner in Kew, Joan moved to Sunbury in 2000 to live with her cousin, Frank Hogan. Later, Joan was cared for in the Lions Hostel. Her funeral Mass is on Tuesday at 11.00am.

We also offer to Bill O’Mahoney and his daughter, Lyn Mandouit, as their son and brother, Frank O’Mahoney, entered eternal life on Thursday after a long illness. Frank has been living with his father in Sunbury for five years. His Funeral Mass will be on Wednesday 20 March at 1pm, followed by burial at Sunbury.

 

Saturday 16 March 2013 from 6pm………..keep this date free to come and rock your socks off! The “Ripchords” will be playing music from the 50’s, 60’s, 70’s, and 80’s with a good sprinkling of Irish thrown in. Gather a table of 10 or come on your own and make new friends and get into the Spirit of St Patrick’s Day.  Bring along food to share with those on your table.
Tickets are $20 per head. Book early to avoid disappointment. Inquiries and payments to the Parish Office.

We offer our prayers and our sympathy to Catherine McColgan as her husband of 54 years, Alec, entered eternal life last week after a long illness. Alec and Catherine married in Scotland and emigrated to Australia in 1961. Here, they were blessed with seven children: Stephen, Anne, James, Margaret, Louise, Pauline and Mark. They came to our parish in 1992 and were practising and contributing parishioners. We thank the Ministers of Communion for the ministry to Alec while he was in Goonawarra Aged Care. His Funeral was held here last week.

We also extend our prayers and sympathy to Kerry Champness, her husband Denis and their children as Kerry’s mother, Eileen Champness, entered eternal life last Tuesday. Eileen and her husband John were our Sunbury parishioners with their two children Damon and Kerry from 1973 to 1989. Eileen suffered a long illness and entered eternal life peacefully at home with her husband John beside her last Tuesday. Her funeral Mass will be celebrated here on Wednesday at 11am followed by burial at Keilor cemetery.

Our accountant has examined our expenses and income for 2012. Our offerings have meant we were able to continue repaying our loans $2789 per week, pay our insurance $541 per week, our Archdiocesan levy $439 per week, candles, bread and wine for Mass $103 per week. Our debt on 1 January 2013 was $333,269. A fuller statement of accounts will be printed on your next statement for Thanksgiving Offering.

Please remember and pray for the important women in your lives today.
Happy is she who has compassion and courage, dignity and understanding, sincerity and awareness, for she is a woman.

CHA represents the largest single grouping of non-government health and aged care in Australia. On Friday CGA gave politicians a blueprint of six priotities for health reform including improving health outcomes for the disadvantaged, increased focus on preventative health, better consumer engagement and governance.
Blueprint is on www.cha.org.au.

Easter Masses will be celebrated at 8pm on Saturday 30 March. On Sunday 31 March at 8.30am and 10.30am. The Liturgy Planning Team decided last Thursday that due to the low numbers last year, the 5.30pm Mass will not be celebrated this Easter Sunday.

“I know that in your parish communities you come together in small groups to reflect upon the Word of God; part of this also involves the verbal sharing of your daily experiences. This allows you to discover the community dimension of the Good News. Place this experience at the service of your brothers and sisters. make yourselves builders of communities in which, after the example of the first community, the Word lives and acts.’  

Excerpt from an address by Pope John Paul II in Rome, May 1986.

A 4 day pilgrimage to Hamilton, Portland and Penola will be conducted from 17th – 20th May 2013 with pickup points at Southern Cross Station,  Bacchus Marsh and Ballarat. Cost will be $575 (based on 25 pilgrims) twin share (all included except 2 lunches) with $120 extra for a single room. All sites connected with St Mary MacKillop and her family will be visited with Mass on Sunday at Penola.
Contact: Sr Mary Fermio rsj  PO Box 37, Bacchus Marsh 3340 or Ph 5367 2078 or email: mary.fermio@sosj.org.au before 15th March for application forms and further details.

A Sing A Long will be held on Friday 1 March  at Goonawarra Nursing Home from 2.30-3.15pm.
All welcome.

For something a bit different, the morning tea on the first Sunday of the month will be an afternoon tea/ supper at OLMC Church after 5.30pm Mass on Sunday 3 March.
Please join us and bring a plate to share.

Christian families in Bethlehem are supported by making and selling items of a religious nature made From olive wood. At Masses on 16/17 February there will be a sale of items priced from $5 to $150.00.

Three Masse will be celebrated at 9.30am St Anne’s, 12.30pm OLMC, and 7.00pm St Anne’s. Those over 18 and under 60 years are bound to fast and those over 14 years are bound to abstain from meat on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday.

Commissioning Student Leaders, Catechists, Teachers, School and Parish Office Staff of 2013 takes place within the 10.30am Mass. Let us pray for those members of our parish who have willingly taken on roles of service for us living out their Baptism in this Year of Faith, as called by Pope Benedict XVI.

As Tom Wood entered eternal life last weekend, we offer our prayerful sympathy to Anna his wife and their children, Ian, Gavin and Louise. Born in Dublin, Tom with Anna left his beloved Ireland and migrated to Australia for a better life for their children. In 1973 they came to our parish. Suffering from Parkinson’s for many years, Tom was well cared for at Goonawarra Nursing home and ministered to by our Communion Ministers for three years. His funeral Mass was celebrated last Wednesday.