105 interviews of prospective children and parents have concluded and offers of places will be posted this week to be returned by 7 August.
ICON OF ST ANNE AND HER DAUGHTER THE VIRGIN MARY
The 16th century Icon was painted in Crete. While I was in Greece on a Biblical Study Tour with Catholic Theological College last year, I found a copy of the icon in a small museum. The copy is hanging in the Gathering Space.
SPECIAL COLLECTION NEXT WEEKEND
The annual appeal for Centacare Catholic Family Services will take place in our parish next weekend. Centacare has been supporting and caring for the families of the Melbourne Archdiocese for over 70 years and relies on the support of our Catholic community. Please give generously so Centacare can continue to support families to deal with the complex issues they face today.
THREAT TO RELIGIOUS FREEDOMS
The Victorian Catholic Bishops have published an eight-page pastoral letter on this subject which is available today.
PLEASE NOTE….LIFE IN THE EUCHARIST CANCELLED
Due to the low numbers of those who signed up, the Life in the Eucharist program scheduled for next weekend has been cancelled. We thank Fr. Frank O’Dea of Box Hill and his team for their interest in us.
Why not leave a comment below and tell us what you would prefer. Whether having a seminar on Saturday as well as on Sunday is too hard for families in the parish due to all the taxi commitments with the children, or whether we should have set-up a different subject. This blog was set-up exactly so parishioners could give feedback and make comments on any subject they want. Here’s your chance to let us know exactly what you would like. Use a nom de plume and leave a comment.
THANK YOU HELEN WILLIAMS
On Sunday 26 July, we will be thanking Helen for the many years of service she gave to St Anne’s School. Helen retired on 1 May after 25 years and one term with us. The celebration will begin at the 10.3Oam Parish Mass and will be followed by Morning Tea in the General Purpose Room of St Anne’s School. For catering purposes, please contact Nicole on 9744 3055 or email nicole@sasunburv.catholic.edu.au if you are attending.
All welcome.
EMMAUS CHARISMATIC PRAYER GROUP
We will not meet on 23rd July because of scheduled parish meetings. For further info/transport please contact Lambert & Elaine van der Weerden on 9744 4029.
JULY—A MONTH OF HOPE
This month marks the official one-year anniversary of World Youth Day 08. Whether you were a pilgrim, a DID08 coordinator, volunteer or Melbourne Stay host.
Don’t miss this opportunity to celebrate July as a month of hope.
Catch up with fellow pilgrims and attend an Evening of Prayer at St Francis’ Church with Bishop Timothy Costelloe on Wed 22 July at 7.30pm.
Further info. 9412 3300 or visit www.aoy.org.au
MELBOURNE PRIESTS’ GATHERING
Earlier this month, 120 of us gathered at the request of our archbishop to support one another. As usual when priests gather, there was plenty of talk, laughter and good will. This supports the recent survey of 1,286 priests in U.S.A. which found that 90.2% of priests are happy overall. A similar survey in 2001 gave identical results. These surveys contradict the public perception of most of the Western world that ministerial priesthood is a sad and lonely life. ‘When priests speak from the heart they will tell you that they find priesthood satisfying; they enjoy the ministry of a priest; and they’d do it all over again’ (Fr. S. Rossetti, Washington D.C.).
Fr Kevin
YOUTH GATHERING
You are invited to a get together on Sunday evening at 6.30pm-8.30pm, 26 July. Pizzas and fun to be shared by all at Mt Carmel School multipurpose room. Please call the parish office by Thursday 23 July for catering.
EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS OF COMMUNION
Extraordinary Ministers of Communion are invited to a second session focused on the practical performance of this ministry at St Anne’s Church at 10.00am or 7.30pm on Tuesday 21 July.
WELCOME & CONGRATULATIONS
Congratulations and Welcome to the newest member of our Altar Servers team, Taren Cataldo.
LIFE IN THE EUCHARIST
Would you like to have a better understanding and appreciation of the Eucharistic celebration? L.I.T.E. (Life in the Eucharist) is an education program conducted by a team of Catholic men and women. It is a program pioneered by the Blessed Sacrament Fathers and Brothers. With the sponsorship and encouragement of the Blessed Sacrament Congregation, we invite you to the next Eucharistic experience on the weekend of 25/26 July 2009. As the program is continuous, we ask that you commit to attending both days to gain the full benefit. More information from the Blessed Sacrament Congregation website here.
Where: Our Lady of Mount Carmel School Multi-purpose Room
Dates: Sat 25 July Time: 9.30am to 4.00pm (Registration 8.45am to 9.30am). Sun 26 July Time: 9.30am to 2.30pm (Registration 9.l5am to 9.30am).
Cost: $10 for both days.
Registration forms are available at the Welcome Desk in St Anne’s Church and at the back of O.L.M.C. Church.
Bring your own lunch—tea/coffee provided.
WORKERS IN THE VINEYARD
INVITATION TO ALL LECTORS AND EXTRA-ORDINARY MINISTERS OF COMMUNION:
You are invited to a renewal and formation session to be held at St. Anne’s Church on Thursday 16 July at 10.00am and repeated at 7.30pm. These sessions will consider the place of these ministries in the celebration of Eucharist and also look at roster arrangements.
Extra-Ordinary Ministers of Communion are invited to a second session focused on the practical performance of this ministry at St Anne’s Church at 10.00am or 7.30pm on Tuesday 21 July.
Lectors are invited to a second session focused on the practical performance of this ministry at St Anne’s Church at 10.00am or 7.30pm on Thursday 23 July.
SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
1. Your generous donation amounting to $769.40 has helped ease the burden of missionaries and brought life to faith communities around the world. Thank you for joining with Catholic Mission and playing your part in the mission of salvation for all. Please consider Partnering with us as a regular monthly donor for the sake of those most in need. Call 1800 257 296 for more information.
2. The annual collection for the Holy Father amounted to $660.50—thank you.
ANNUAL MELBOURNE PRIESTS’ CONFERENCE
The Archbishop requested all his priests to gather at Geelong last week for a four-day residential conference on the theme ‘the Person of the Priest’. Our keynote speaker was Fr. Tim Costello, a New Zealand Marist Father. After many years working with seminarians and religious in formation, he is now a lecturer in Rome where he teaches in the Institute of Psychology. He gave us six presentations of about an hour each. We did group work as well among 105 of our confreres. Fr Martin Ashe and his committee organised the conference.
Fr Kevin
CARPARK CONSTRUCTION AT ST ANNE’S SCHOOL
The update began two weeks ago and will last at least another month depending on the weather. Parents are advised that in the absence of any on-site parking, they will need to allow extra time so that their children will be on time for school as parents will be parking some distance from the school. The works are being partially funded by the Federal Government ($200,000) and by parents ($100,500).
VOCATIONAL VIEW
In today’s first reading, Amos says he did not choose to be a prophet. God selected him. Maybe God is asking you to reconsider what you are doing and do His work instead.
ABORIGINAL SUNDAY
This year’s theme is ‘Honouring our Elders, Nurturing our Youth’. Aboriginal Catholic Ministry Melbourne has since 2001 been nurturing Aboriginal children by assisting families to financially maintain their children at Victorian Catholic Schools through the ‘Opening the Doors Foundation’.
The foundation began supporting 32 students in 2001 and this year supports 400.
Enquiries: 9443 9070.
CELEBRATION OF PARISH CENTENARY AND SCHOOL SEQUICENTENARY
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
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish Sunbury 
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