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A committee, drawn from the Parish Animating and Coordinating Team, our schools, Parish Historical Committee, have met twice in recent months and has set out a series of Activities to celebrate the 150th anniversary of O.L.M.C. School founded in March 1860 and the 100th anniversary of our parish founded in January 1911.

The provisional program of events:

2010
Weekend of 20/21 March: Celebration of School 150th anniversary—stall at Sunbury Festival, School Reunion, Launch of History Book
17 April: Bush Dance at local farm
4 June: Trivia Night based on parish history at Parish Centre
16 July: Parish Feast Day
8 August: Parish Concert on Feast of Blessed Mary MacKillop
26 Sep: Feast of St Michael, celebration of the history of Bulla
9 Oct: Parish Ball at Parish Centre
7 Nov: Car Rally to local landmarks
2011
27 Feb: Final Celebration to mark 100 years of Parish establishment

Those involved included accountants, architects, a town planner, a lawyer, educationalists, an engineer and experts in government legislation. At the end of each session, we all agreed on some changes and our future approaches, and went away contented. It demonstrated to me that no one person has all the truth (only God has) and no one is so poor that they have nothing to offer in resolving problems. The people of Nazareth were closed and unable to receive God’s wisdom. How open am I? How prophetic?

Fr Kevin

Where: Goonawarra Nursing Home

When: Friday 3 October—2.30 to 3.15pm

Who:More volunteers needed!

Please come along and help entertain the elderly residents.

Bringing Your Baby Home is a free workshop by Catholic Family Services for parents experiencing the transition to parenthood or have a baby under one year of age.

Time:
9.30am to 3.00pm—babies welcome!
Venues:
Sat 25 July—Werribee
Sat 1 August—Sunshine Hospital
Sat 5 September—Greensborough
Enquiries:
9287 5516.

There is much excitement in welcoming a new baby, but research shows that within three years, two-thirds of couples experience a significant drop in relationship satisfaction and an increase in conflict.

The program is also available over two evenings.

The Centenary is on Saturday 8 August. The Sisters of St Joseph invite all to a celebration of her life at 9.30am at St Patrick’s Cathedral followed by Mass at 10.00am.

Brochures are at the Welcome Desk.

Through the ministry of our ordained priests, we receive Holy Communion. Through the Body and Blood of Christ, we are made one body: to become Christ-like … purified … ready to serve. Pray for Vocations.

This an opportunity to remember the compassion of Christ and how we should extend such compassion to those in need. A Mass will be celebrated at each of our churches.

Join other people around the Archdiocese and celebrate the one-year anniversary of World Youth Day 2008 this July. Catch up with fellow pilgrims and enjoy a special performance by international musician Mail Maher on 5 July, Catechesis in the Cathedral with Fr Chris Ryan MGL on 19 July and an Evening of Prayer at St Francis with Bishop Prowse on 22 July.
For more info, contact the Archdiocesan Office for Youth on 9412 8408 or visit http://www.aoy.org.au

This weekend we will be invited to pray and think about our involvement in parish life. We will be asked next weekend to indicate the areas in which we sense that God is calling us to serve and the weekend after that we will have a special commissioning ceremony at each Mass to ask God’s blessing on the work that we have offered to do and to pray for each other as we work together to make the Kingdom of God ever more present here and now.

Please join us in praying to the Holy Spirit that he may light a fire of love in the hearts of our parishioners

Ask the Lord of the Harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field

Mt 9:38

Marriage Encounter is a worldwide marriage enrichment program that has been in Australia for 35 years. Enhance your marriage in these challenging times by attending a Marriage Encounter Weekend. The weekend is a time for you and your spouse to be alone together, to rediscover each other and focus on your relationship in a very positive way.
The next three weekends will be in 2009 and will be held at Millgrove on 17th-19th April 2009, and at Anglesea on 26th-28th June and on the 14th-16th August 2009.
Further info./bookings contact Peter & Erika on 9899 0824 or
email erika@hrpartner.com.au
website www.wwme.org.au

The Bursary Fund (Education of Students for the Priesthood)

$456 was raised for World Communications Day.

This is a time for you and your spouse to be alone together, to rediscover each other and together focus on your relationship in a very positive way for an entire weekend. Your marriage deserves that kind of attention.
Weekends will be held at Anglesea on June 26-28 and August 14-16.
Further info or bookings contact Peter & Erika on 9899 0824 or email erika@hrpartner.com.au
Website www.wwme.org.au

If you can support the families preparing for First Communion by hosting or leading a small home group meeting, helping with a practice session the week before the First Communion celebration or helping with the smooth running of one of the First Communion Masses, please put your name and phone number on the clipboard near the Church door and you will be contacted shortly by our Sacrament Preparation Team.

 The 2009 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity will mark 101 years since the first Prayer Octave for Christian Unity’ began in 1908. The 8 days leading up to Pentecost— May 24 to May 31—are a great opportunity to renew and deepen Our relationship with God and with our fellow Christians. The theme this year is 

That they may become one in your hand

(Ezekiel 37:17). 

All parishioners are invited to join our sisters and brothers from other Christian Churches in celebrating the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity by attending a special ecumenical service to be held at St Andrew’s Uniting Church, corner of Brook and Barkly Streets, on Sunday 31 May commencing at 700pm. A plate of supper to share after the service would be much appreciated.

THANKSGIVING ENVELOPES: New sets of envelopes are available at both churches. It would be appreciated if as many parishioners as possible could collect their envelopes. NOTE: Families of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and St Anne’s Schools—these will be delivered as usual to your school. 

Jesus said to his disciples

‘Go into the whole world and proclaim the Good News to all creation.’

There are still dark aspects to our world and to our neighbourhood that need the Good News. Answer the call to

‘Go and teach all people my Gospel. I am with you always, until the end of time.’