Find out more about becoming a foster carer or occasional respite carer for a child in need. Information night Wed 21 September 6.30-7.30pm 354 Main Rd West, St Albans. RSVP and enquiries to 9270 9351 or fostercareenquires@goodshepvic.org.au.
MONSIGNOR FRANK LYONS served the Church in a very positive and pastorally enriching manner, giving fine example to both his brother priests and the community for 62 years. The Archdiocese is most grateful for his untiring service to the Church of Melbourne. He was Assistant Priest at the parishes of Healesville, and Armadale, Chaplain at St Catherine’s & St Augustine’s Orphanages, Vocations Director, Chaplain to the Royal Australian Navy. Created a Prelate of Honour in 1973 and awarded the AM in 1976. Returning to the Archdiocese he was appointed Parish Priest of Clayton 1978 and Parish Priest of Glen Iris in 1984. On his retirement on the 15th February, 1994 he was appointed a Pastor Emeritus.
A very brief and much condensed report of the recent Parish Assembly can be found on our Parish Reports page.
Just click here.
Goonawarra Nursing Home Sing-A-Long
Anderson Rd Sunbury
Friday 2 September 2.30—3.15pm
Please come along and help entertain the residents.
Pope Benedict has exhorted us to develop “a renewed mentality” as we use the new texts. To prepare us internally, Father Michael Fallon will give us formation at all Masses for five Sundays from 11 September. Fr Michael was ordained a priest for the Church of Brisbane in 1968. Later he obtained a Masters in Religious Education at Catholic University of America. Then he was involved in assisting teachers in RE at the Catholic Education Office Brisbane. Later, he was the Director of Continuing Education for the Clergy in Brisbane. Then he was a Parish Priest. He came here in 2005 for our parish renewal week. Fr Michael will be residing and ministering in our Parish for a couple of months.
At the Liturgy Planning meeting last week, we decided on the music for the new texts and we will begin this after the school holidays. From the first Sunday of Advent, the new texts are to be used in the English speaking world. We need several teams to operate the computer for the screens showing the new texts. Please contact the Parish Office so a roster can be drawn up.
Last Tuesday over 3000 Marcellin College present students in uniform and past students in suits celebrated Fr John’s funeral Mass in the largest funeral for years at our Cathedral . the College choir filled the Cathedral with its music. Later, a guard of honour of hundreds of students lined the entire block beside the Cathedral. The moving celebration was a tribute to Fr John who has been chaplain at Marcellin for 25 years until he had an operation for cancer and died of complications. Aged 80, he was a quiet man, with a quick wit and a memory for names. He has been a model of pastoral care– he would be at school everyday before class; he was present to students, tuckshop mums and staff. He continued his involvement after the
students left school. He celebrated over 200 marriages of past students. As a current student blogged: “For you Fr John heaven will be having everyday an 18th or 21st birthday party to gate-crash!”
Saturday 27th August from 9-11am at The Clubrooms, Rupertswood. Looking for U11, U12, U14, U16 & Seniors. New players and girls welcome.
Registration forms available on club website http://rupertswood.cricketvictoria.com.au. Enquire 0459 098 664 or 0421 991 519.
Please contact the Parish Office on 9744 1060 if you are able to assist with setting up the Saturday 6.00PM Mass on a rostered basis.
It’s so easy to push people out of our lives. But the Lord knows no boundaries or races or colours. Spread the Good News that we are all God’s people.
This proposal was raised at the last Parish Assembly and much planning has gone into the project. All at the last Parish Co-Ordinating Team meeting voted in favour of the garden to be situated at 107 Riddell Road, near the Parish Office. Access will be from Riddell Road.
……..Fr Kevin
On 7-14 August
All baptised Christians are called to be holy. From within the whole People of God, we are called to various vocations: to marriage, to single life, to religious life and to priesthood.
For more info. www.catholicozvocations.org.au
Volunteers are required to assist with the Citizen Advocacy Sunbury program. Each advocate volunteers their time to assist an intellectually disabled person. Simply by being a friend or helping with administrative or emotional needs, the volunteer advocate will assist with day to day issues. If you are able to help some fliers are available on the Welcome Desk or contact the CAS office on 9744 7378.
Please come and help entertain the residents.
Goonawarra Nursing Home
Anderson Rd Sunbury
Friday 5th August 2.30pm-3.15pm
A working bee will be held on Saturday 6 August 2011 at 9.00am till 12.00 noon at St Anne’s to tackle the remainder of the Church grounds. Please bring mowers, trailers, whipper snippers and weeding tools. All welcome. For further enquiries call Jo Wiegerink on 9744 5788.
Tomorrow, over a hundred Victorian priests will gather in Moonee Ponds to celebrate the Jubilarians of 2011. The Diamond Jubilarians (ordained in 1951) are: John Allman, Paddy Creed, Con Groot, Lou Heriot, Frank Hickey and Kevin Sweeney. The Golden Jubilarians (ordained 1961) are: Peter Connors, Brendan Davey, Des Magennis. Noel Mackay, Adrian Doyle and John O’Reilly. The Silver Jubilarians (ordained 1986) are Jim Costelloe, Shanthaiah Mazneni, Ivan Page, John Petrulis and Denis Ryan. There are nine Jubilarians who have entered eternal life. A sign of the times in 1951 and 1961, there were 18 priests ordained from Corpus Christi College in both years. In 1986, four priests were ordained.
….Fr Kevin
Fr Peter was ordained in 1939 and was a priest of this Archdiocese for 72 years. He was in a group of pioneering priests promoting liturgical renewal and served on the Liturgy Commission for many years while being parish priest of Blackburn, Ormond and Greythorn. He was a devoted golfer. Being so alert and fit he did not retire until he was about 93 years old.
May he rest after all his labours. I enjoyed being his assistant priest in 1973….. Fr Kevin
After being with us for ten years, Sr Maureen Cahir RSJ has moved to the Yarraville Convent and St Mary Rowan RSJ is moving to the Hawthorn East Convent. Both sisters had previously taught in our two schools in the 1950’s and 1980’s respectively, so they have spent 14 years of ministry and as a witness to the evangelical counsels in Sunbury. We shall miss their joyful and prayerful presence and we are grateful to them and pray that God will continue to hold them in the palm of his hand. We can be proud also of the generous and constant support to the Sisters given by some of our parishioners so that the Sisters could continue to be in our midst.
Last week in response to the Archbishop asking all his active priests to continue their education, 120 of us gathered for a four day live in conference. This year, the committee for continuing education is chaired by Fr Greg Bourke (Sunbury 1997-1998). These gatherings are always have a great spirit and are a good opportunity to catch up with friends and meet priests new to us included one who was in a detention camp as a child for three years before being allowed to enter Australia.
Clearly, our most inspiring speaker was Janet Buhagiar who grew up in Our Lady’s Parish in Sunshine. After a meteoric rise in corporate business in Melbourne, she became CEO of St. Vincent de Paul in the Northern Territory. In 2010, she was named Telstra Australian Business Woman of the Year. A woman in her mid 30’s, she is vibrant and a committed Catholic who in four years doubled the income of St. Vincent de Paul and increased services to remote communities in the Territory. She spoke of how she brought about change.
Another speaker telling his life story was Bishop Vincent Long. He contrasted the culture of the Church in Vietnam and the more inclusive and less clericalist mileau of the Australian Church. He escaped by boat from Communist persecution and arrived in Australia in 1981. He spoke of living out the death and resurrection of Christ by his fellow Franciscan friars in hostile countries around the world.
We also had some very intellectual presentations by our Victorian priests on scripture, sociology and philosophy looking at the changing culture of our world where we are called to serve.
In 2010, there were 5.6 million Catholics in Australia, an increase of 9.3% in four years. In 2049, there will be 9 million Catholics. Now there are 1523 priests in parishes. By 2025, there will be 600 local priests.
…..Fr Kevin
At a recent Pastoral Coordinating Team meeting, following a discussion regarding the availability of priests, it was suggested to Fr Kevin that the current weekday Mass times remain the same throughout the winter months, that is Wednesday and Friday mornings at St Anne’s Church to be celebrated at 9.15am.
Thanks to some committed parishioners, Liturgy of the Word will continue on Monday mornings at 9.15am.
Sunday Mass times will remain the same for the time being.
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish Sunbury 
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