Training for young people wishing to become Altar Servers will be held at 1.00pm on Saturdays 16 and 23 in St Anne’s Church.
Applicants must be 10 years of age and have reached or about to receive Eucharist.
Any enquiries please ring 9744 2674.
Do you want to be the change you want to see in our world?
Come along to our Timor-Leste Encounter Mon 19 Sep—Sat 1 Oct. Witness empowering ‘grassroots’ development work, driven by the host community; engage in another culture and learn what others consider important in ‘their’ world.
Further info phone 02 9518 9551; encounter@palms.org.au http://www.palms.org.au
The Parish Gardening Team have recently held a meeting and we’ll keep you posted when they pass anything on.
Meanwhile…………………………….
This Saturday (2nd July) they are holding a working bee at St Anne’s Church from 9am to 12 noon. As well as this there will be a site visit to explore location the Neighbourhood Garden.
All welcome.
The next working bee will be on Saturday 6 August – 9.00am to noon.
Thank you to the Creed family for the new Norfolk Pine at St Anne’s, also to the Hogan and O’Brien families for the donated tools towards the Neighbourhood Garden.
Goonawarra Nursing Home, Anderson Rd Sunbury Friday 1 July 2.30—3.15pm.
Please come along and help entertain the residents.
If you are wondering about God’s will for your life, a time of prayer and fellowship is available on 26 June.
Please contact Fr. Binh Le on 9926 5733 email:director@melbournepriest.com
Fr. John Maher O.M.I., 62 years old (Sunshine) and Fr. Tony Hally, 73 years old (Woodend) have recently returned to the Father.
Fr. John was also a fine lecturer in theology and Fr. Tony, as well as parish duties, was for many years on a diocesan committee involved with Catholic Schools.
Due to the lack of priests, their vacant positions have not been filled.
Volunteers to join cleaning roster for St Anne’s Church.
Cleaning is approx. each 6-7 weeks for maximum one hour.
Please help!
Contact Parish Office 9744 1060.
All parishioners interested in sharing their time and gardening talents are invited to a meeting to be held on THURSDAY 16 JUNE at 7.30pm in the Parish Centre to arrange garden maintenance around the Presbytery and St Anne’s Church, and to discuss also the establishment of a Neighbourhood/Community Vegie garden in the donkey’s paddock. Everyone welcome.
Matt, formerly of Elizabeth Drive, is being transferred from Corpus Christi College, Carlton to the North American College, Rome to complete the second half of his formation towards the priesthood. Matt, the eldest child of John and Rosalie, was educated at St. Anne’s School and Salesian College. In his VCE years, he was involved in the music ministry at 5.30pm Mass. Next Sunday, there will be an opportunity to farewell Matt at morning tea after 8.30am Mass.
Sing-a Long at Goonawarra Nursing Home, Anderson Rd Sunbury on Friday 3 June 2.30 – 3.15pm. Please come along and help entertain the residents.
There is a proposal to develop this service which has been in the same format for 30 years.
Each church is invited to have two parishioners on the organising committee which will meet this Saturday 28 May.
Please ring our Parish Office before 5.00pm Monday.
Journey Together is a series of five meetings. The gatherings in homes follow the method of ‘see, judge, act’ – looking at our world, judging life in the light of the Bible and resolving some action. In the recent exhortation ‘Verbum Domini’ (Latin for ‘Word of the Lord’) Pope Benedict and 250 bishops gathered in a synod express their hope for ‘a new season of greater love for the sacred Scripture on the part of every member of the People of God’ (par. 72).
Anyone wishing to join a group is invited to contact the Parish Office.
Since 1929, 922 priests have been ordained from the Melbourne seminary, Corpus Christi College, to work in parishes in Tasmania and Victoria. Among these 922 are two parish priests baptised and educated in our Sunbury parish: Fr. Paul Mercovich P.P. of Charlton & St. Arnaud in 1967 and Fr. Brian McMahon P.P. of Reservoir East in 1966. On this World Day of Prayer for Vocations let us pray some from our parish today will be open to the call as the need for more priests is so great that parishes like Altona and Woodend from this week will be sharing a priest from another parish. 58 of 238 Melbourne parishes now share a priest.
To support their work of helping women to help themselves, a Peruvian Winter Warmer of music, food and accessories for sale will be held at Mary MacKillop Heritage Centre, 362 Albert St. East Melbourne on Thu 19 May 12.30 to 8 pm.
We need further volunteers to minister Holy Communion to those unable to join us on Sunday as they are housebound or in aged care.
Please contact the Parish Office by Friday 6 May.
All Parish Musicians are invited to a workshop on Tuesday 3 May at St Peter’s Church, Hoppers Crossing or on Tuesday 10 May at St Fidelis Church, Moreland for new music settings for the new Mass Texts beginning in November. The sessions are from 7.30pm to 9.30pm. The parish will sponsor the cost of the workshop—please contact the parish office for sharing of transport and registration.
A reflection evening of prayer and fellowship with other men who are discerning a vocation to the priesthood, will be held on 29 May.
Enquiries: 9926 5733.
For 50 years, lay Catholic missionaries from Australia have been sent through Palms Global Mission program. There is enormous potential to serve and learn in such communities. Experienced teachers, medical staff, farmers and tradespeople are needed in Africa, Timor and the Pacific.
Placements start from July 2011.
Enquiries: www.palms.org.au
Fr Ron was ordained in Melbourne in July 1950. After serving as an assistant priest in Healesville, Gordon, Clifton Hill and Brunswick West, he was appointed the founding pastor of Seaford in 1964, followed by appointments as parish priest at Avondale Heights, Williamstown and Wattle Park (their last full-time resident priest) from which he retired in 2001. He entered eternal life last Sunday and may he enjoy eternal peace after all his labours.
Pregnancy Counselling Australia runs a 24/7 telephone counselling for pregnant women in crisis, providing compassionate, non-judgemental support.
Volunteer counsellors are needed.
For more info. call Tahlia—9740 7378.
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