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TABOR JOURNEY PROGRAM  5-7 OCTOBER 2012 AT TEMPLESTOWE

Tabor Journey is a program for separated, divorced or widowed people coping with the loss, the grief, the heartache and struggle that follows the end of a marriage/relationship.  This live-in weekend is designed to provide a reflective time, a time to share, to bring some closure on what has happened and move on with life with greater freedom.
For further information phone 5221 7055 or email geelong@ccam.org.au.

Last week, Fr Paul Check from the USA visited Melbourne. He has been caring for those with same-sex attraction (SSA) and their parents for ten years.
He addressed two groups: Courage and Encourage at the diocesan centre.

Below is an image from a parish document outlining the decision-making structure of our parish. This document can be found on the Parish Reports page or you can go direct to the document by clicking here or anywhere on either image.

MacKillop Family Services is currently looking for individuals or a couple to provide care for up to three young people aged 12-16 years who can’t live with their parents, to live in the Home Based Care House in the North West Region. This is a live in volunteer whose primary role is to provide a supportive and healing environment for the young people in their care and oversee their day to day needs and the running of the house.
Further information contact Shane McLeod on 8398 6800 or shane.mcleod@mackillop.org.au.

“Looking After our Mates”.

It is a drink driving information session with an effective message about responsible drinking, safe driving and looking after your friends, and geared to our young adults. The seminar is on this Thursday evening at 7.30pm at Sunbury Baptist Church, 207 Gap Road Sunbury and all are most welcome to attend. It consists of a 45 minute session delivered by a trained facilitator covering topics such as the effects of alcohol on the body and on performance, the law and Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC), drink driving as a road safety issue and strategies to avoid drinking and driving. This session has been developed by Vic Roads, Road-Safe Victoria, Victoria Police, TAC and the Australian Drug Foundation.

Painting has just finished and it looks great.

The Caleb Faria fundraiser will be held on Saturday 15th  September 6.30pm to 11.00pm in the Parish Centre. BYO food and drinks.
Contact Betty 0408 398 173 or Michelle 0401 283 065 for tickets.
Donated items to be raffled and auctioned and music entertainment will be provided. It will be an evening of fun with friends to help raise funds for Caleb Faria.

Caleb suffers from Hunters Syndrome and is currently ineligible to receive a government funded enzyme treatment. Donations can be made directly to the trust account via Caleb suffers from Hunters Syndrome and is currently ineligible to receive a government funded enzyme treatment. Donations can be made directly to the trust account via www.calebfaria.com website. Receipts can be printed off as all donations are tax deductable. The Fundraiser is also supported by The Rotary Club of Sunbury. A special collection will be taken today to support Caleb’s medical treatment. The event has been sold out, but any donations for raffles will still be appreciated.

Congratulations to the newest members of our Altar Servers team; Cassandra, Madeline, Erinn, Lauren, Hannah, Leah and Josh.

Born in the US and raised as a Catholic, this vibrant young woman, who now spends her life speaking about God’s love and mercy, has not always lived this way.

Leah Darrow describes her modelling career, which began on America’s Next Top Model, and all that went with it as “her past life”. Having been swept up in popular culture, the fashion world, its glitz and glamour, and all its empty promises, she gradually let her faith fall away…until a life changing moment saw her realise all that she had left behind.

She will tour Australia in September with just one day in Melbourne on Sunday 9 September. This is an event not to be missed – it will be particularly a[ppealing for women and young people. For more information see the brochure at the back of the church.

More at these links here and here.

 

The OLMC Youth Group will be hosting 2 stalls at the St Anne’s Night Market on 7 September. One will be for games and the other will be selling handmade cards for ‘Grandparents’. National Grandparents Day is 9 September.

Friday 7th September Goonawarra Aged Care 2.30-3.15pm.
Please come along and help entertain the elderly residents.

Painting of the Parish Centre will commence on Tuesday 21 August and three weeks are being allowed for the project. The Centre will be out of use while being painted. This is the first time the Centre has been painted since it was built.

Neighbourhoods are asked to arrange a meeting in their neighbourhoods to review the pastoral life of our parish and to discern communally any improvements. A pro-forma for proposals is now at the Welcome Desk and should be forwarded to the Parish Office by 15 August in preparation for the Parish Assembly on 1 September.

The Caleb Faria fundraiser will be held on Saturday 15th  September 6.30pm to 11.00pm in the Parish Centre. BYO food and drinks.
Contact Betty 0408 398 173 or Michelle 0401 283 065 for tickets.
Donated items to be raffled and auctioned and music entertainment will be provided. It will be an evening of fun with friends to help raise funds for Caleb Faria.

Rev. Gavin Ward, Vicar of St. Mary’s Sunbury has sent his heartfelt thanks for our prayers for his wife Vicki who is critically ill.

A “Must Watch” ABC Four Corners Documentary on Family Violence, Homicides and the struggle for justice and change, was screened on Monday 30 July. It can be viewed at http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/stories/2012/07/26/3554420.htm

The Caleb Faria fundraiser will be held on Saturday 15th September 6.30pm to 11.00pm in the Parish Centre. BYO food and drinks. Contact Betty 0408 398 173 or Michelle 0401 283 065 for tickets.
Donated items to be raffled and auctioned and music entertainment will be provided.
It will be an evening of fun with friends to help raise funds for Caleb Faria.