On Thursday 3 October from 10.30am to 12pm at Good Shepherd Chapel, St Heliers St, Abbotsford as special event has been arranged to hear about the current issues for asylum seekers in the communities. Reflection 10.30am then 11am Special Speaker, Sr Bridid Arthur, Asymlum Seeker Advocate. Enquires to Roberto Morales on 9270 9742. An initiative of the Good Shepherd Sisters.
MARY MACKILLOP HERITAGE CENTRE
Saturday 19 October from 10am to 4pm there will be an open day at the MARY MACKILLOP HERITAGE CENTRE. Located at 362 Albert St, East Melbourne. Further info call 9926 9300.
THANK YOU AGAIN
Thany you for the special collection for CatholicCare which raised a total of $1232.00. These funds will be used to help many in need. Your generosity is greatly appreciated.
MARRIAGE ENCOUNTER WEEKEND
Married couples, we encourage you to prioritise your relationship. It underpins your family life. Please join us for a Marriage Encounter weekend. Our weekend helps you to remember why you married and gives you skills to maintain your love for each other. Couples and a priest present the weekend. It is based around catholic values but you don’t need to be catholic to attend.
There is no group sharing. Our next weekends in Melbourne are on: 18-20
October, 2013 (full), 22-24 November, 2013, and 4-6 April, 2014.
For further information and bookings contact Marianne & Marcel Van den Bronk (03) 9733 0997 or Email vicbookings@wwme.org.au
INTERNATIONAL GATHERING
The Annual Parish International Gathering will be held after 10.30am Mass on Sunday 6 October in the Parish Centre. If you would like to read one of the Prayers of the Faithful in your native language, please contact the office, so that we can get the prayer to you asap. All families are encouraged to be part of this annual event. In the parish Centre, people are invited to display their culture. Tables will be set up to reflect important historical people representing various countries. If you would like to contribute to your native nations’ table set up, please contact Garnet for more information. It may be by performing a song or dance. You are welcome to bring a plate of international food to share. Drinks will be sold at the Parish Centre. Please register you details with Garnet Jacob on 0411 286 428 for further information.
Yom Kippur – Jewish Day of Atonement– 14 September
From the Jews, we Christians have inherited their practice of repentance and seeking God’s forgiveness. 50 Years ago, Vatican II forcefully condemned anti-Semitism and rejected the charge of the Jewish responsibility for the death of Jesus.
During 2000, a year of Jubilee (a Jewish time of forgiving debts) Pope John Paull II visted Jerusalem and prayed “God of our fathers, we are deeply saddened by the behavior of those who in the course of history have caused these children of yours to suffer and asking your forgiveness, we wish to commit ourselves to genuine brotherhood with the people of the Covenant” (Jews)- 26 March 2000)
MORNING TEA
Morning Tea will be hosted by Jacksons Hill Neighbourhood on Sunday 6 October after 8.30am Mass.
All welcome.
WORKING BEE
Working Bee at St Anne’s Church on Saturday 5 October from 9am to noon. Please bring your tools to keep our church looking beautiful.
WORKING BEE
Working Bee at St Anne’s Church on Saturday 5 October from 9am to noon. Please bring your tools to keep our church looking beautiful.
VALE FR VIC CRENNAN
Fr Vic Crennan was called to the home of his heavenly Father last Monday after being a priest of the Melbourne Church for 59 years, of which he spent about 35 years as the parish Priest of East Hampton. The last eight years, Fr Vic was in aged care which is supported from our first collection each Sunday.
THANK YOU
Carmel and Gerard Duggan along with the Reddan and Wicks families wish to thank Fr Kevin, Fr Bert, Sr Jose`, the Parish staff and all Parishioners for their love, support and prayers during Mary’s illness and at her coming home to her beloved husband Douglas and to the feast in Gods kingdom which the Good Lord has prepared for her.
GOD MOMENTS
“When you’re switched on ‘God Moments’ are everywhere! St Anne’s Primary school are focusing on paying attention to those many acts of goodness that often go unnoticed. Things like a smile from a stranger, sharing a laugh, kind greetings. We can find God wherever we look if we open our hearts.
PARISH BINGO—21ST BIRTHDAY
Our weekly bingo session “Major Bingo” is turning 21. Come along this Thursday 26 September and join in the fun.
$2000 major prize, give aways, gimmick games, special callers. Sunbury Football Social. Eyes down 7.30pm.
Enquiries Gary 0419 301 760.
Please note early start and supper provided.
PARISH COORDINATING TEAM
The PCT met last Wednesday and considered some of the proposals presented at our Assembly. The Coordinating Team considered two projects for our overseas aid– one in Bangalore, India and the other in Jakarta, Indonesia. Both projects are caring for orphans as a result of HIV. We are doing further research before making a decision.
As the National Royal Commission into response of institutions to child sexual abuse begins, the Team supported another prayer service as outlined on the front page of today’s newsletter. The Team considered the proposal of having a Parish Meeting night once a month where all the parish groups would gather briefly for prayer, have their group meetings for an hour and conclude with supper together. This proposal was first put forward at the 2012 Parish Assembly. Further research has been done and the proposal will now be implemented in stages in 2014. The first stage will be a Parish Expo of our parish groups and ministries on Sunday 23 February.
The Coordinating Team gave its support to the Liturgy Team’s proposed Festival of Readings and Carols on 22 December at 7.30pm in OLMC Church.
PLANNING FOR 2014
Last Tuesday, our School Principals, our Pastoral Associates, our Religious Education Leaders and our priest met for five hours to plan the dates for 2014. Our major change was the result of the Archbishop’s availability to confer the Sacrament of Confirmation: next year, the celebration of Confirmation will be two months earlier than this year (ie August 2014) necessitating our celebration of First Reconciliation being moved a month later (to September 2014). All the dates will be on your parish calendar which will be distributed by our parish posties in December with the Neighbourhood Newsletters.
YOUTH DISCO
NEW DATE!!!
Youth Disco will be held in the Parish Centre on Saturday 21st September.
Cost is $15 for secondary students and $10 for primary students.
Pizza and can of drink is included in this price.
Contact Garnet Jacob on 0411 286 428 for further information.
STEWARDSHIP……A WAY OF LIFE
CATHOLIC STEWARDSHIP FROM SUNDAYS READINGS
“You cannot serve both God and mammon” (Luke 16:13). Without even knowing what mammon may be, we get the stewardship message — what is important to us? God, or all of the other things in our lives which may distract us from living God-centered lives.
Scholars cannot universally agree on the origins of the word “mammon.” In Greek the word was mammonas, which means “wealth or treasure.” In Latin the word was mammon, which translated “riches and avarice.” However, it is in Christ’s native language, Aramaic, where we may find the stewardship truth. The Aramaic word was mamon. That word had a dual meaning to the Lord in His own tongue —yes, it meant “riches,” but it also meant “chaos, darkness.”
That may have been the point Jesus was trying to make in the Parable of the Unjust Steward. It is not just devotion to things that provide us with a major roadblock to living lives of stewardship. Those same “riches” may place us in a world of darkness, not the light of Christ which results from living as good stewards. Jesus is constantly advising us to be very careful about attaching our hearts to “things.” Truly we cannot serve both God and mammon.
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Parish Assembly 7th September 2013
STEWARDSHIP……A WAY OF LIFE
CATHOLIC STEWARDSHIP FROM SUNDAYS READINGS
“Rejoice with me for I have found my lost sheep.” (Luke 15: 6) Each of us may be that “lost sheep.” Each of us is in need of God’s forgiveness and the saving grace of our Lord Jesus Christ.
All of the readings for this 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time deal with lost souls, lost people. The first reading from Exodus is the story of how the Israelites became spiritually lost by worshiping the Golden Calf while Moses was on the mountain top. In his first letter to Timothy, Paul outlines how he was lost until the Lord reached out to him. The Gospel includes three parables from Jesus, all of which talk about being lost — the lost sheep, the lost coin, and the lost son.
In every case, however, it is a merciful and loving God who forgives and reaches out to whoever is lost. Stewardship teaches us to trust in God. It reminds us on a daily basis to give thanks to God for the love and blessings we receive. Yes, in a sense we are all lost, but no matter what, God loves us, God seeks us, and God welcomes us warmly when we repent and return. To paraphrase the Parable of the Prodigal Son, “We are lost, but through stewardship we can be found.”
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CATHOLICCARE SPECIAL COLLECTION THIS WEEKEND
The annual appeal for CatholicCare will take place at all Masses this weekend. CatholicCare has been supporting and caring for the families of the Melbourne Archdiocese and relies on the support of our Catholic community. Please give generously so CatholicCare can continue to support families to deal with the complex issues they face.
Book marks from CatholicCare are at the Welcome Desk in St Anne’s foyer to thank you for your generous and continued support.
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