Parishioners who have been using the parish pyx to deliver Holy Communion, but are no longer using them, please return to the Parish office as soon as possible. They are needed by other members of the community to deliver Communion.
YOUTH SATURDAY NIGHT DISCO
On Saturday 29 June 2013 from 6.30pm to 10.00pm in the Parish Centre, 101 Riddell Rd Sunbury, our youth will be holding a disco to raise funds for the Australian Catholic Youth Festival in December.
Tickets cost $15 per person. Pizza and drinks can be purchased on the night . Contact Angelo on 0458 502 232 or Jo at the Parish office on 9774 1060 for tickets.
For students in secondary school and older.
ST VINCENT DE PAUL RETAIL OUTLET– SUNBURY
St Vincent de Paul retail outlet is desperately seeking volunteers to help in the shop. If you have a few hours a week you can spare for an excellent cause, please speak to Peter at the shop in O’Shannessy St, Sunbury.
Also, St Vincent de Paul is taking donations of old mobile phones at the shop.
The Winter appeal will be conducted on 16/17 June in our Parish.
STEWARDSHIP……A WAY OF LIFE
CATHOLIC STEWARDSHIP FROM SUNDAYS READINGS
Stewardship is referred to most often as “a way of life.” We also often hear that a stewardship way of life requires a personal conversion of mind and heart.
In today’s second reading from St. Paul’s letter to the Galatians, Paul refers again to his own dramatic conversion. Yet, there is something deeper in his words. Paul wrote the letter because divisions had developed in the Church he, Paul, had established in Galatia. At the base of the disagreement was whether or not Gentiles had to conform to Jewish law to become and be Christians. Paul makes it clear that they do not.
This has a much more profound meaning for the Galatian community, and for us today as well. According to Paul, a person of faith is transformed (as he personally was) and that change means that the convert — the steward if you will — has a different motivation than she or he had previously.
The good steward does what is right because that is the way to live — a reflection of Jesus’ own life — not because of obligation or duty. The steward is not conforming to a set of laws, but to live the way Jesus called us to live. That was Paul’s message to the Galatians, and that same message applies to us.
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8 WEEK STUDY COURSE
Wednesday evenings starting 5 June to 24 July. Australian Catholic University, Fitzroy.
Enquiries Fiona 0407 879 991 or www.cam.org.au/lifemarriagefamily.
Blessed John Paul II “Theology of the Body”.
Why is marriage between man and woman? Why can’t priests marry? I just want to be happy…is it possible? Some of the topics discussed at the course. Registrations close 29 May. $40 per person.
Info on St Anne’s Noticeboard and welcome desk.
10 YEAR WINTER CELEBRATION
You are invited to join the celebration at a fundraising event.
Thursday 13 June 5-8pm, Mary MacKillop Heritage Centre, 362 Albert St, East Melbourne.
Please rsvp for catering purposes to Gina Bradley at 02 8912 2716 or gina.bradley@soso.org.au.
Because of your continued support Ethica Accessories is celebrating 10 years of providing opportunity for Peruvian women to earn a fair income.
Your purchase helps support the workshops.
BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MORNING TEA
Federal Member for Calwell Maria Vamvakinou and Breast Screen Victoria invite you to a free breast health Information session on Thursday 13 June from 10.30am to noon at Maria Vamvakinou’s Office, 6/1100 Pascoe Vale Rd, Broadmeadows.
THANK YOU
Thanks to the generous people of our Parish. The amount raised from the special collection for Chaplaincy Sunday was $763.55. This money will be used to fund chaplains at hospitals, schools, prisons and anywhere they are needed.
BAPTISM OF SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN
A number of school age children will be baptised at the 10.30 Mass at St. Anne’s Church on Sunday 16 June. If you have school age children who are interested in being baptised at that time, please contact the Parish Office on 9744 1060 so that preparation can be arranged. If you know someone who might be interested, ask them to contact the Parish Office as soon as possible.
PARISH HIGH TEA
Everyone is welcome to our upcoming High Tea on Wednesday 19 June 2013 from 1pm to 4pm in the Parish Centre, 101 Riddell Rd, Sunbury.
Enjoy an elegant High Tea, with an entertaining Fashion Show from a local retailer and a sing a long.
Cost will be $25.
Tickets can be purchased at the Parish office.
For further info, contact Jo on 9744 1060.
All tickets need to be paid for by no later than 12 June for catering purposes.
A Raffle where everyone wins!
Please come along and enjoy the afternoon.
PARISH EDUCATION BOARD
The Parish Education Board (PEB) met recently and discussed;
- The future population growth and development of Sunbury and Diggers Rest and the impact this will have on the provision of Catholic education.
- Transition links with Salesian College
- Prep 2014 enrolments at our parish schools
If you would like the PEB to address an issue please contact the PEB secretary Mrs. Melissa Bonavia Ph: 9740-7344 or mbonavia@olmcsunbury.catholic.edu.au
CALLING ALL PARISH POSTIES
It is time again to send out the Neighbourhood letters to all parishioners. If you are a walker or would like to start getting fit, please call the Parish office on 9744 1060 to help deliver the letters in your local neighbourhood.
SING A LONG GOONAWARRA NURSING HOME
SING A LONG GOONAWARRA NURSING HOME
FRIDAY 7 JUNE 2.30 to 3.15PM.
ALL WELCOME.
Please come to help us entertain the residents.
Enquiries:9744 1060
ENROLMENTS FOR FOUNDATION (PREP) YEAR
Enrolments will be finalised after next Friday when the interviews of prospective students and their parents will conclude.
Any further applications should be made to our schools this week.
THE VICTORIAN PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRY INTO CHILD ABUSE
The Inquiry held its last two public hearings on 20 and 27 May, with Archbishop Hart and Cardinal Pell respectively. Each of the Church leaders emphasised the terrible long-term damage done to victims and their families, and the measures they had taken to support them. They renewed their apologies to them. They also outlined how they had succeeded in stopping further abuse from occurring. For further information on the Church’s response to the Inquiry go to www.facingthetruth.org.au. Please subscribe on the homepage for updates.
NO EUCHARIST WITHOUT PRIESTS
As we celebrate the feast of the Eucharist of the Body and Blood of Christ, let us
pray for the 510 priests appointed currently to serve the 1.09 million Catholics in the Melbourne Archdiocese and pray that more men will follow them in their ministry as priests to serve the increasing number of Catholics in Melbourne.
WORK ON OLMC CHURCH
Last week workers in a boom crane replaced missing slates on the roof and repaired the flashing at the very top. Electricians came another day and installed low-energy external lights which are movement sensitive. The cost of these works is $2300.00.
CHILDREN’S LITURGY SESSIONS
At this very special time with our children beginning to receive Communion, we urge all parents to allow their children to attend the Children’s Liturgy Session at 10.30am Masses.
The Liturgy of the Word is presented to the children at their level and is an interactive session, where children will participate in a discussion or do an activity based on the Gospel of the day. It is run every Sunday during school terms.
PARENTS OF CHILDREN BEGINNING THEIR SACRAMENTAL LIFE
On Tuesday 4 June at 2pm and 7.30pm, there will be the Information and Registration session for children generally of Year 3, whom their parents think are ready to begin celebrating the Sacrament of Reconciliation in August. These sessions are Adult Faith Programs facilitated by Fr Andrew Hayes PP.
STEWARDSHIP……A WAY OF LIFE
CATHOLIC STEWARDSHIP FROM SUNDAYS READINGS
It would seem appropriate on this Most Holy Trinity Sunday that we focus on the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit in light of a stewardship way of life. Stewardship has been defined as “the grateful and responsible use of God’s gifts in the light of God’s purpose as revealed in Jesus Christ. Christian stewards, empowered by the Holy Spirit, commit themselves to conscious, purposeful decisions.”
In other words, just as the Blessed Trinity is no accident, neither is stewardship. It is our response to God’s gifts. Furthermore, it involves us making “conscious and purposeful” decisions about how we will live our lives, and how we will use the many gifts we have received to serve God and to serve God’s purposes.
In today’s Gospel from John, the Lord proclaims that the Holy Spirit will “guide you to all truth.” Stewardship is truth; it is the way we are called to see our lives and to live our lives. It is a God-centered way of living. Catholic Christian stewardship is using the gifts God has given us, to do the work God has called us to do. One of the primary objectives of our lives is to discern and carry out God’s purpose for us. What is our personal mission? Do you hear God’s call to be truer within your faith and beliefs?
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