Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish Sunbury
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Calling all keen bakers!!! Our youth group need your best cake and bake recipes to develop the Parish Cook Book. We are just looking for cakes and sweets at this time (if it goes well, a soup, casserole and curry one will follow). Please drop your recipes into the parish office or email sunbury@cam.org.au. All donations for recipes will be acknowledged in the cookbook. Closing date will be 16 August, so book orders can start being taken immediately.
Those interested in learning about our Catholic Faith are warmly invited to an evening in our Parish Centre on Monday 29 July at 7.30pm to 8.30pm where the program of enquiring and learning from August to November here in Sunbury will be outlined. Those unable to attend this gathering are invited to contact the Parish Office.
5 days from 5-9 August. Day tour to Barwon Park mansion, Blue Lake, Home of Adam Lindsay Gordon, cruise up Glenelg River winery, etc and Penola to walk in the footsteps of St Mary MacKillop. Cost $799 per person including meals. More details call Anne on 9744 5899. We would love to have you join us
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WYD is being held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Pilgrims from Melbourne left last Monday. Some pilgrims are travelling en-route through Santiago, Chile and will encounter parish life and mission in the poorest parts of Chile where the Columbans from Australia work.
A one-off charity event will be heldat Elusive Style, Shop 12 Sunbury Target Centre, Sunbury, on Friday 2 August from 6pm. Promoting 2013 Spring Racing Carnival fashions, but helping the “Dress for Success” Charity. Any handbags in good condition can be traded on the night for discounts on new ones. All bags traded should be in good condition as they will be donated to charity. Surprises and specials to be found on the night. Bring a friend and promote a local business.
CATHOLIC STEWARDSHIP FROM SUNDAYS READINGS
Many of us have struggled with the story of Martha and Mary related in today’s Gospel from Luke. Our sympathies tend to be with Martha, who seems to be doing all the work, while Mary is enjoying listening to Jesus, but not doing much to prepare food or to serve the Lord and those who are with Him.
Jesus, however, has an important stewardship point for each of us. In those times when we feel stressed, when we feel like no one appreciates us, when we feel like we are the only ones who truly understand what is important, we need to hear Jesus saying, “Martha, Martha. You are anxious and worried about many things.”
It is very easy to get caught up in the daily struggles of everything we do — working, parenting, serving, ministering, caring, and even loving. And, of course, all of those things are important. But what, according to Jesus, should be the most important thing (“There is need of only one thing.”)?
That one necessary thing is at the heart of stewardship — our relationship to the Lord and our trust in Him. That necessary thing fulfills itself in our prayer life and in the other ways we set aside time for God to be a part of our lives. That time is precious, and is the true “food for the soul” about which Jesus often talks.
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Fr John Cunningham, aged 79, born in Ireland has served as a Melbourne priest from 1959 including as Parish Priest of Keilor Downs (1989-2001)
Also, we remember in prayer Father John Allen, born in Lakes Entrance in 1952, a first cousin of Fr Greg Bourke. He was parish pries of Narre Warren with its two churches and three schools.
Parents and guardians of children seeking to celebrate the Sacrament of Confirmation in 2013 are invited to attend an information and registration session on Tuesday next, 23 July, at either 2.00pm or 7.30pm in the Parish Centre. The meeting will take less than an hour and will provide full details of the preparation and celebration arrangements.
Thanks to Jim Reilly and the volunteers who helped sort out the new Thanksgiving Envelopes. Please collect them at all Masses over the next 3 weeks. This will help keep mailing costs down.
In the last 12 months, Careworks in Sunbury have helped 1700 people unable to afford the basic costs of living. Careworks have written to thank our parishioners for “your very generous donation of $1000– we were overwhelmed by your generosity.”
Actual announcement found in a church bulletin (not ours of course??)
“Don’t let worry kill you– let the church help”
As a volunteer of the St. Vincent de Paul Society I have found that people live in poverty when they do not have enough resources to reliably meet their basic needs – food, housing, heating and health care, among them. Particular groups of people in Australian society are at higher risk of poverty and include those who are jobless, renters, single parent families and the elderly. Here in Sunbury the St. Vincent de Paul Society volunteers are kept busy assisting the people in our community and our funds are limited. As a result I will be participating in the “Parish Sleep Out” being held at St. Christopher’s Airport West on 26th July and would appreciate your support in sponsoring me. All the funds I raise will be used to assist the people in our Sunbury Community. I would like to ask you to please sponsor me with a donation?
Louise Oswald SVDP Sunbury Conference President
Join Gladstone Park Young Vinnies to celebrate a Youth Mass at Good Shepherd Church at 6pm, followed by dinner, games, Praise and Worship and a sleep out. Stay overnight and enjoy breakfast, the live stream of Saturday night’s vigil from Rio, lunch and farewells the next day.
Venue: Good Shepherd Church, 88 South Circular Road, Gladstone Park
When: Saturday 6pm 27 July – Sunday 2pm 28 July
Contact: Nerissa at nerissa_isaac@hotmail.com
Are you having a clean out? We are in urgent need of your good donations, such as furniture, clothing, bric-a-brac & books. If you run a business and have stock or equipment you do not want then please consider donating to Vinnies. Donations can be delivered to our Sunbury Centre at 156 O’Shannessy St, during opening hours –9-5 Monday to Friday or 9-1 on Saturday. For a donation pick up, phone 1800 621 329.
Friday 26 July at 6.30pm in Parish Centre, come see the talented children from St Anne’s Primary School display their skills– singing, dancing, music, comedy, acrobatics, etc…The event is free, but any donations will be used to purchase stage microphones for the school.
CATHOLIC STEWARDSHIP FROM SUNDAYS READINGS
Today’s Gospel, the Parable of the Good Samaritan, presents the epitome of what it means to be a good steward. Jesus confirms to those around him, and especially “the scholar of the law,” that the scholar is correct to conclude that he must do two things to “inherit eternal life”: “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your being, with all your strength, and with all your mind, and love your neighbor as yourself.”
Of course, the scholar responds, “Who is my neighbor?” to which Jesus tells the story of the Good Samaritan, one of the most powerful stewardship stories found in Holy Scripture. Most of us are familiar with how the Samaritan stopped to help the man who had been robbed and beaten, when others walked by and tried to ignore him. Almost everyone in the story, just as most of us in this world, is in a hurry. We, too, have things to do and to accomplish. Stewardship is not always convenient.
Nevertheless, like the Good Samaritan, there are times when we must upset our schedule, our own plan, to give and share and reach out to others. Jesus’ point is that stewardship is not easy, but if we truly aspire to be a good neighbor, it is what we are called to do.
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Celebrating our Patron Saints: Our Lady of Mount Carmel and her mother, St Anne, wife of St Joachim . Please note the remaining dates:
The Parish Historical Committee have put on display items of Historical significance from our parish. All are invited to view items like vestments, …… in the St Anne’s Chapel and Historical Room. After 8.30am and 10.30am Masses, morning tea will be served, so please enjoy a cuppa.
Throughout the world, this annual collection is taken up and given to the Pope to distribute wherever there is a special need of humanitarian relief. This Good Samaritan Sunday is our opportunity to give to those in need.
Special readings of God’s word will be proclaimed next Sunday as we celebrate our Parish Patrons. The theme of our feast day is concerned with moulding our community and reaching out to each other as Mary reached out to help her cousin, Elizabeth, at the time of Elizabeth giving birth to John the Baptist.
Last Sunday, some of the 25 Marist Brothers of Australia who are celebrating their
70th, 60th, 50th and 25th Jubilees gathered with family and friends in thanksgiving in Bulleen. It was very inspiring to learn the rich and fulfilling lives these men are leading. Of special joy to me was Br Bill McCarthy who taught me from 1959-1962 and is now teaching young Marists in Manila. Bill’s brother is Fr John McCarthy at Geelong. … Kevin McIntosh
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