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ST THERESE’S PARISH ESSENDON- 90 YEAR CELEBRATION

Former parishioners, past students and friends are invited to the launch of the commemorative book ‘With Confidence and Love’  to be held during the Opening Night of the Photographic and Memorabilia Display on FRIDAY 27th JULY 2012 (7.30pm – 9pm) in St Therese’s Performing Arts Centre, Florence Street, Essendon.

Entry: $10 (includes champagne, wine, cheese etc)
Book: $25
Entry plus Book: Special price $30.


To assist with catering please make your booking by contacting the parish office (9379 2039) or by emailing your name and contact details to saintthereseshistory@gmail.com

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EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST IN RCIA

RCIA stands for the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults. It is a process whereby we can develop our relationship with God, each other and the Catholic community, while learning more about Jesus and His church.
If you would like to know more about the Catholic faith, an Inquiry night will be held at the Parish Centre on Monday, 30 July at 7.30pm that will last about an hour. For more information, please contact the Parish Office on 9744 1060 or Jo Wiegerink on 944 5788.

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PROJECT COMPASSION

Project Compassion raised $10.7 million Australia wide including $1,415,491 rom the Church of Melbourne– the best result ever! With this money, Caritas Australia will meet all commitments to other Caritas partners in 30 countries world wide. Caritas Australia thanks all the generous donors.

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FORMATION OF MINISTERS OF COMMUNION

Formation is being offered at St Francis’ Pastoral Centre, 326 Lonsdale St, Melbourne on Tuesday 17 and 24 July from 7pm to 8.45pm. (Continuous, not repeated sessions).
Fr Tony McSweeney SSS will be the presenter for both nights and will focus on Liturgical Ministries.
The cost is $10 per person (all inclusive).
For registrations contact Suzanne Hermon on 9926 5761 or suzanne.hermon@cam.org.au.

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CATHOLIC SCHOOL ENROLMENTS INCEASING

In the last ten years, there has been a steady increase of 14% of students in our Catholic Schools– in 2012, there are 197,865 students in Victorian Catholic Schools.
The ratio of teachers to students has improved by 13%. No wonder, all the Sunbury Catholic schools have full enrolment.

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LINK COMMUNITY TRANSPORT

Link Community Transport offers a pre-booked door to door transport service to help Sunbury residents get to appointments and activities. The service offers individual and group transport depending on user needs. The service is available to people 65 years +, adults or children with disabilities and carers. The service is free but a gold coin donation per trip would be greatly appreciated. Contact Link on 9355 8484 or www.linkcommunitytransport.org.au

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THANK YOU VERY MUCH

Thank you from St Vincent de Paul  Society who wish to thank the Parishioners for their gracious support of the Winter Appeal.
A total of $1221.00 was collected and will help support families in need.
Also, they wish to thank both St Anne’s Primary School and Our Lady Of Mount Carmel Primary School for their generous donation of food, clothes, blankets and cash at the Sacred Heart Masses on 15 June.

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UPCOMING PARISH EVENT

INTERNATIONAL LUNCH

OLMC Youth Group would like to gather our Parishioners from different Nationalities and Cultures together and share their traditional food, music, values and beliefs on 19th August after the 10.30AM Mass.
We are accepting hamper donations for a raffle that will be on sale to raise funds for the ‘Youth Group’ activities (Please hand them to the parish office before the event).
We are arranging games and prizes.
Please block this date.
We encourage you to participate and make our community aware of how vibrant and multicultural it is. We would appreciate if each Nationality can group together and do an event individually or as a group if possible please.
Enquiries – Garnet Jacob on 97408328 or email garnetjacob@yahoo.com.

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CONGRATUALTIONS TO FIVE JUBILARIAN MARIST BROTHERS

Today the Marist Brothers with their families and friends will gather at Bulleen to celebrate many years of Marist living.

70 yrs by Br Marius Woulfe (Adelaide), 60 years by Br Nello Facci (Templestowe) and Br Redmond Casey (Santa Teresa, NT), 50 years by Br Mark Needham (Lomeri, Fiji), and Br David Christian (Adelaide).

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CATHOLIC SCHOOLS……….MORE SUCCESSFUL

Catholic school students, (57%) compared to students in other school sectors (52%) are finding more successful pathways into higher education, according to the latest data on post-school destinations of 2011 Year 12 cohort
…cf Department of Education (DEECD) website “On Track”

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LAUNCH OF VICTORIA PILGRIMAGE TO WYD AT RIO 2013

Victoria WYD pilgrimage launch is on Friday 27 July at St Mary’s Church,
33 Howard St, West Melbourne.
6.30pm Praise & worship;
7.30pm Mass
8.30pm Carnivale
One year to go to World Youth Day. RSVP 20 July aoy@cam.org.au or 9412 3300.

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ANNUAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARY MASS

The Annual Wedding Anniversary Mass is run by Life, Marriage & Family Office and will be celebrated on 29 July.
The Mass will honour the marriages of couples who will celebrate their 25th, 40th, 50th, 60th or 70th wedding anniversaries this year. The Mass is a wonderful opportunity to celebrate their faithfulness and life-long love in the company of family of friends. As with previous years, the Mass will also be celebrated at St Patrick’s Cathedral by Archbishop Denis Hart. All couples who register will receive a commemorative certificate.
Please RSVP to 9287 5587 or lmf@cam.org.au.

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MACKILLOP FAMILY SERVICES

Every night in Victoria there are thousands of children who need a safe place to stay because they are unable to live at home. Also, the long-term benefits of providing a stable and loving home environment are crucial to development of the vulnerable children and young people MacKillop work with every day.
If you are able to help a child in need, please contact MacKillop Family Services on 8398 6800 or http://www.mackillop.org.au

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CATHOLICCARE OUTREACH PROGRAM

In the past our community has given generously to Catholiccare. Our community has access to the services provided by this wonderful organisation through the outreach program.
It is run through the Sunbury Community Health Service and the hours of operation are: Mon, Tues, Thurs 9-5; Wed 11.30am-7pm.
Services provided range from individual, couple and family counselling, stress management, grief and loss, pain management and parenting.
Please contact 9744 4455 to arrange an appointment if you need to use this service.

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LINK COMMUNITY TRANSPORT

Link Community Transport offers a pre-booked door to door transport service to help Sunbury residents get to appointments and activities. The service offers individual and group transport depending on user needs. The service is available to people 65 years +, adults or children with disabilities and carers. The service is free but a gold coin donation per trip would be greatly appreciated. Contact Link on 9355 8484 or www.linkcommunitytransport.org.au

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ST THERESE’S PARISH ESSENDON- 90 YEAR CELEBRATION

Former parishioners and friends are invited to the launch of a commemorative book on the 27 July. On the weekend of 28-29 July , a photographic Exhibition will be held.
A Dinner Dance will also form part of the 90 year celebrations on Saturday 11 August from 7-11pm at St Therese’s Performing Arts Centre, Florence St, Essendon.
Costs $100 per person which includes pre dinner drinks and savouries, 3 course meal, beer, wine and soft drink.
Enquiries and bookings call John Hardwick on 9379 1869 or Jo Wallmeyer on 9337 7509.