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SPECIAL COLLECTION THIS WEEKEND – PROPAGATION OF THE FAITH APPEAL

Join with Catholic Mission this weekend to reach out and support missionaries in Peru and 160 countries around the world.  Every day  missionaries  like  Australian Father John Anderson, Father Raymundo Portelli and Gabriela Filonowicz reach out to meet the need of communities in the diocese of Iquitos, Peru.  By making a gift to the Catholic Mission Church Appeal today or by becoming a Friends in Faith Partner with a monthly gift, you will help communities affected by hardship, diocese and extreme poverty.  We can all do something beautiful for God.

The Forum is at Australia Catholic University, Victoria Pde, Fitzroy on Tue 5 July at 6.00pm.  Prof. Margaret Somerville, AM, lawyer.
Response:  Rabbi John Levi AM, vote of thanks:  Sr James Gubbo.

Catholic Fundraising, who assists parishes with their Thanksgiving Stewardship Programs, are seeking a full time enthusiastic and committed Program director to join the organiastion.  Applications are welcomed and a Position Description can be viewed at www.cam.org.au/jobs

We thank the Communion Ministers who have regularly taken Holy Communion to the residents over many years.

We offer our congratulations and prayers to Bishop Vincent Long, who was ordained the bishop of the Western Region of Melbourne on Thursday.  Bishop Long is a refugee from Communist Vietnam escaping by boat in 1980.  In 1981 he began his theology studies in Box Hill.  Ordained in 1989, he was parish priest in Springvale from 2002 to 2008, when he went to Rome in a leadership position with the Franciscans.  He replaces Bishop Prowse who was appointed to Sale in June 2009.

20th Annual General Meeting—Wed 6 July at 7.30pm at the Clubrooms, Rupertswood.
All members invited to attend.   Nominations close 30 June 2011.  Nomination forms and enquiries 0413 867 725 / 0421 991 519 or rupocc@optusnet.com.au

Grow is weekly meetings of small groups of people who have experienced depression, anxiety or other mental or emotional distress, who come together to help each other deal with the challenges of life.
Sunbury Grow Group meets on Wednesdays from 10.00 am to 12 noon at WRHC Sunbury Corporation Centre Suite 5, 33-35 Macedon Street, Sunbury.
For more information call 1800 558 268 or just come to a meeting.

This will take place at St Patrick’s Cathedral, Melbourne on Thursday 23 June at 7.30pm.  All are most welcome to attend the Mass.  Father Vincent was born in Gia-Kiem, Vietnam on 3 December 1961 and in 1980 escaped in a boat, coming to Australia eventually.  He studied in Melbourne, served as parish priest of Springvale for seven years and has been Provincial and Assistant General of the Conventual Franciscan Order in Rome. Please keep Fr. Vincent in your prayers.

Archbishop Denis Hart’s 2011 Pentecost Letter entitled ‘Planted and Built Up in Jesus Christ—Firm in the Faith’ (Col 2:7) is available this weekend.  The letter has been prepared with input from young people from our Catholic schools and youth apostolates.  Please take a copy home with you (at  Welcoming Desk).

This Sunday, our four new adult Catholics gave thanks during 8.30am Mass celebrated with the RCIA team including Fr. Bert.
A morning tea to celebrate was held and the opportunity to farewell Mathew Baldwin as he is about to head out to Rome to further his studies.

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A combined Christian celebration will be held today at 5.00pm to 6.10pm in St Andrew’s Church on the Village Green.  Kiwanis are providing a sausage sizzle.  Each church is asking 10 people to bring a dessert.  As the Mayor and several Members of Parliament will be attending, it would be great to see a good attendance from our parish.

This has been reverent and has received many compliments.
Our annual celebration concludes next Sunday at 6.00pm (Sat) and 10.30am Masses.

A combined Christian celebration will be held next Sunday 29 May at 5.00pm to 6.10pm in St Andrew’s Church on the Village Green.  Kiwanis are providing a sausage sizzle.  Each church is asking 10 people to bring a dessert.  Please indicate to our parish office your intention to bring a dessert.

A Mass of Anointing will be held at St Anne’s Church on TUESDAY 24 May at 11.00am followed by morning tea hosted by the Legion of Mary (you are welcome to bring a plate of food to share).
Anyone requiring transport please contact the parish office.

Many thanks to those who attended the recent Sunbury Chaplaincy fundraiser – the Welsh Choir Concert.  A big thank you also to everyone who donated food for the afternoon tea – we had ample to feed about 160 people!  The Chaplaincy Committee greatly appreciates your support of this Concert which raised $1500!

Wednesday 11 May 2011 in Parish Centre.  You are invited to an hour of FREE information.

Note that more participants than have already signed up will be needed for this to be viable.

* Listen to an experienced solicitor speak about the need for all of us to have a Will and why it should be updated regularly.
* Learn about the Powers of Attorney—Executors—Legislation changes etc.
* Consider the different aspects of the Catholic Church which could benefit from your generosity.  Allow your faith to live on at Our Lady of Mount Carmel and in the wider Church.
* Be informed—ask questions—have an informal chat.
* Wills are not just for the wealthy, elderly or those with children—ALL ADULTS SHOULD MAKE A WILL.

To help us to prepare for this event, we request that you indicate your intention to attend by writing your name on the clipboard in the church, or contact the Parish Office.

The Beatification of Pope John Paul II takes place today in Rome.
Born in 1920, at the age of nine he lost his mother.  During the Nazi occupation of Poland, he worked in a quarry and later studied secretly for the priesthood at the risk of arrest by the Gestapo.
In 1946, he was ordained a priest, in 1958 he was ordained a bishop and in 1978 elected pope, the first non-Italian since 1523.  During the next 26 years, he was a ‘pilgrim pope’ visiting 129 countries including Melbourne in 1986.
He became the first pope to enter a mosque (in Damascus) and a synagogue (in Rome).
His declining health did not stop his travel or meeting people in the Vatican.
In 2005, he entered eternal life peacefully from his own apartment.
His writings will guide us for years to come, especially his encyclical for the new millennium in 2000.

Among the invited guests are the three Cardinals of the U.K.—Murphy-O’Connor, O’Brien and Brady, plus the Pope’s ambassador Archbishop Mennini.
The Catholic Bishops of England and Wales have issued a special prayer for this time:

‘We ask your blessing upon His Royal Highness Prince William and Catherine as they pledge their love for each other in marriage.
May your love unit them through their lives.
Grant them the strength to serve you, our country and the Commonwealth’.

……Fr. Kevin

Mass will be celebrated at 9.00am in St Anne’s Church to allow time for those attending the Commemoration Service at the War Memorial on the Village Green.  Our school children will be marching and laying a wreath.