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REMINDER
Please return Project Compassion Boxes/Envelopes as soon as possible.
REMINDER
Please return Project Compassion Boxes/Envelopes as soon as possible.
SALESIAN COLLEGE APPLICATIONS
The College has received more applications than available places for Year 7 2011. Parents will be informed later next month on the result of their applications. The criteria for enrolment are similar in all Catholic Colleges, namely students from Catholic primary schools are given first priority.
MARRIAGE ENCOUNTER WEEKEND
The next three weekends will be held on 16-18 April, 25-27 June and 20-22 August. Further info / bookings contact Peter & Erika on 9899 0824 or email: vicbookings@wwme.org.au. Visit website on www.wwme.org.au
OUR NEW CATHOLICS
At the Easter Vigil on Saturday 3 April we will celebrate the sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation and Eucharist with our Elect-Eni Saban, Alison fisher, Jason & Sue Wight as they come to full communion with the Catholic Church. After the Vigil we will share supper with them and their families in the Parish Centre. You are all invited to join us in congratulating them and celebrating Easter as a parish community. Please bring a plate of food to share.
OUR NEW CATHOLICS
At the Easter Vigil on Saturday 3 April we will celebrate the sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation and Eucharist with our Elect-Eni Saban, Alison fisher, Jason & Sue Wight as they come to full communion with the Catholic Church. After the Vigil we will share supper with them and their families in the Parish Centre. You are all invited to join us in congratulating them and celebrating Easter as a parish community. Please bring a plate of food to share.
ABUSE IN THE CHURCH
Care and healing for those harmed through sexual or physical abuse by personnel of the Church is available. Call toll free 1800 815 030 for information on services which are free, independent and confidential.
OUR 2010 HOLY WEEK PROGRAM
- Tuesday 11.00am: Chrism Mass or Mass of the Oils. The Archbishop invites all Catholics to join all his priests to celebrate the blessing and consecration of the Oils used in the sacraments. Priests renew their commitment at this Mass in the Cathedral. Being the Year of the Priest, this Mass has greater significance this year.
- Tuesday 7.30pm: Communal Penitential Service in preparation for Easter when we shall renew our baptismal commitment. The theme will be the forgiving father as Jesus taught us in Luke 15. We will leave with a new attitude to live out in our centenary year.
ONE EVENT OVER THREE DAYS IN ST ANNE’S CHURCH
- Thursday 7.30pm: Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper (Silent Adoration in side Chapel to 10.00pm)
- Friday 3.00pm: Celebration of the Lord’s Passion
- Saturday 8.00pm: The Easter Vigil Mass
Good Friday is a day of fast and abstinence from meat for those over 14 years of age.
- 9.00am: Way of the Cross in the grounds of OLMC church-the text is totally biblical
- 10.00am: Combined Christians Good Friday Service on the Village Green
- 3.00pm: Liturgy of the Veneration of the Cross and Holy Communion-St Anne’s Church
ECUMENICAL GOOD FRIDAY SERVICE
The Christian Churches of Sunbury have again arranged an interdenominational Good Friday Service to be held on the Village Green on Friday 2 April at 10.00am. The service will be held in a large marquee so don’t be discouraged if the weather is inclement. Traditionally, there has been a great spirit of Christian unity associated with this service as members from all the Sunbury Christian churches gather together in remembrance of the sacrifice made by Jesus some 2000 years ago for our salvation. All parishioners are encouraged to attend this service and to afterwards enjoy a cuppa and hot cross buns with fellow Christians.
ECUMENICAL GOOD FRIDAY SERVICE
The Christian Churches of Sunbury have again arranged an interdenominational Good Friday Service to be held on the Village Green on Friday 2 April at 10.00am. The service will be held in a large marquee so don’t be discouraged if the weather is inclement. Traditionally, there has been a great spirit of Christian unity associated with this service as members from all the Sunbury Christian churches gather together in remembrance of the sacrifice made by Jesus some 2000 years ago for our salvation. All parishioners are encouraged to attend this service and to afterwards enjoy a cuppa and hot cross buns with fellow Christians.
VOLUNTEERS
Anyone who has a spare hour or two and is prepared to help in setting up for the Good Friday Service would be very welcome on the Village Green at 10.00am on Thursday 2 April. Likewise, your assistance in helping to pack up after the service concludes around 11.30am on Good Friday would be much appreciated. If you are available to help in this way please call Barry McAloney on 9744 2897 or 0419 503 531.
VALE FR . JOHN MULLALLY
Born in 1928 in Tipperary, he studied for the priesthood in the seminary in Carlow which, at the time, had about 170 students. This seminary has been closed for some years due to a lack of vocations. About 30 priests came from the Carlow seminary in the fifties to Melbourne. John arrived in Melbourne in 1952 and served in various parishes, was a lecturer at Mercy Teachers College and successively parish priest of Doncaster, East Melbourne, Maidstone and Essendon until 2009 when he retired. He also served on several diocesan committees for many years. His wise advice was often sought. He helped me twenty-four years ago with the Thanksgiving program. May this great priest receive the reward of his long labours……Fr Kevin
POSITION VACANT
Applications are invited from suitably qualified and experienced people for the position of Office Manager, Vicariate of Religious Education. Further details on http://www.cam.org.au/human-resources/job-advertisements.html
POSITION VACANT
Applications are invited from suitably qualified and experienced people for the position of Office Manager, Vicariate of Religious Education. Further details on http://www.cam.org.au/human-resources/job-advertisements.html
SPECIAL COLLECTION GOOD FRIDAY FOR THE HOLY LAND
Your donation will provide financial assistance to schools, medical centres, parishes, orphanages and welfare projects.
BACCHUS MARSH CATHOLIC MUSEUM
The Bacchus Marsh Catholic Museum is open 1.00-4.00pm Sunday 28 March. Entry via Convent Lane which is just a few doors past the Blacksmiths Cottage in the main street (Bacchus Marsh Road). Both the museum and the Blacksmiths Cottage are open on the fourth Sunday of each month.
MEETING R.S.J. ASSOCIATES
Wed 24 March 1.30pm R.S.J. Associates at Convent
all welcome
150 YEARS OF CATHOLIC SCHOOLING IN OUR PARISH
On 26 March 1860, thirty-two students had their first day of school in Our Lady of Mount Carmel School which was a single classroom built of bluestone and timber. Within two years, the enrolment doubled to 64. In 1974, the School Board of O.L.M.C. advised Fr. Jim Feehan to build a second school in Sunbury and to name it St Anne’s which opened in 1976.
Today is a great milestone in the life of the People of God in this area of Bulla, Clarkefield, Diggers Rest, Sunbury and Wildwood. We rejoice in the commitment of parents, teachers and priests to provide a Catholic school for 150 years, during which time the parents fully funded the school from 1872 to 1973 as there was no government funding for a century. Currently, there is a total of 785 students in our parish schools, plus 1,072 in Salesian Secondary College.
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish Sunbury 
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