For thousands of years before Abraham and Moses the Aboriginal people uses Message Sticks to communicate and invite neighbouring groups to initiation ceremonies, right of entry to country and invitation to religious rituals. On this Reconciliation Sunday we are pleased to use our recently received Message Stick to remind us to listen to the teaching of Jesus and the stories of His Ancestors.
PRAYER OF THE CHURCH
The Prayer of the Church will continue this Wednesday in Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church at 7pm and continue weekly. It is an opportunity to pray the “Prayer of the Church” which includes Psalms. and readings from the Bible.
This is the official prayer of the universal Church.
All are welcome.
CHILDREN’S LITURGY OF THE WORD
We have recommenced Liturgy of the Word for children in our parish at 10.30am Mass, as happens in other parishes.
All primary school children are welcome.
MASS FOR EXPECTANT MOTHERS
The Life, Marriage & Family Office warmly invite all expectant mothers and their families to a Mass for Expectant Mothers. The Mass will be celebrated by Archbishop Denis Hart at St Patrick’s Cathedral on Sunday 17 June at 11.00am.
To register, please contact the Life, Marriage & Family Office on 9287 5587 or lmf@cam.org.au.
You can also register online at www.cam.org.au/lifemarriagefamily.
Please note that registration closes on Friday 8 June.
Women who register will receive a small token of recognition.
MARRIAGE ENCOUNTER WEEKEND
We all do things to enhance our lives; Fitness programs and diets to improve our health ; Professional Development programs to improve our job skills. We offer you an opportunity for married couples to give a wonderful gift to your children by enhancing your marriage through a Marriage Encounter weekend. We invite you to invest in your most precious asset, your marriage.
Please join us in 2012. Take a look at our website on www.wwme.org.au.
Our weekends in 2012 are: 15-17 June (Anglesea), 10-12 August and 12-14 October (Melbourne).
For further information and bookings contact Marianne & Marcel Van den Bronk (03)9733 0997 or Email vicbookings@wwme.org.au
CATHOLIC STEWARDSHIP
CATHOLIC STEWARDSHIP FROM SUNDAYS READINGS
Today, on the Solemnity of the Holy Trinity, as we reflect on God’s nature as three persons in one God, we recognize that He is a family whose life is love.
What’s more, the gospel tells us, “Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.”
We are a family of persons called to live together in love. It is our duty as Christian disciples to live in love with others and to live out of love for others. In so doing, we bring others to Christ and His Church, inviting them to establish an intimate relationship with the Lord and to live a sacramental life united to Christ and His Church.
Here, Christ commissions all of us to make disciples, and He has given us many gifts with which to do so. Are we using the time, talent and treasure God has blessed us with to make disciples and build the Church? How can we do an even better job of that?
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PREP FAMILIES MASS
All families with children in Year PREP are invited to attend the PREP Families Mass at St. Anne’s Church on Sunday 6 May at 10.30am.
This is a time to celebrate the blessings which these children and their families bring to our community.
There will be a small gift from the Parish community for the children!
NEWS FROM THE SOCIAL JUSTICE GROUP
MAKING ROOM AT THE INN
Strengthening our response to Asylum Seekers.
Friday 11th May 2012 9.00AM – 3.30PM at Cardinal Knox Centre, 383 Albert Street, East Melbourne.
Addresses by Fr Daniel G Groodry and Bishop Vincent Long Van Nguyen.
Please RSVP to Lucia Brick Catholic Social Services 92875566; or Lucia.Brick@css.org.au by 7th May 2012.
Entrance by donation.
Joseph Kony leads the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda and this army abducts children of Uganda and uses them to build his army.
The Australian YCW has developed a National Enquiry which will help in raising awareness and clarify the motivations and consequences of this issue. Copy giving details at Welcome Desk.
CHOIR PRACTICE
Friendly notification to Parents, Youth and Children.
Our next Choir Practice is on 1st May –Tuesday between
6.30 to 7.30PM @ St Anne’s Church.
This practice will equip us to sing at the 10.30AM Sunday Service on 6th May 2012.
Love to see as many as possible for the practice.
God Bless!
Garnet Jacob
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CATHOLICCARES’S HEAVENLY GALA BALL
CATHOLICCARE’S HEAVENLY GALA BALL 24 MAY 2012
HELP US SUPPORT MELBOURNE FAMILIES TO SURVIVE SUBSTANCE ABUSE
Once a year CatholicCare holds a Gala Ball, proceeds from which go to support families affected by substance abuse. Only a small proportion of this vital service is funded by Government, the rest of the service is reliant on sponsorship from the Archdiocese, fundraising activities and a dedicated band of volunteers raising money each year. Our fundraising target for the evening is $150,000 this money goes towards supporting the counselling services and programs aimed at supporting and strengthening families. We are looking for auction items, sponsorship, donations or ticket sales, if you are in a position to assist in any of these areas or know of anyone that could please contact Kathy Matthews at CatholicCare on 8417 1200 or kathleen.matthews@ccam.org.au
CHILDREN’S LITURGY OF THE WORD
The Childrens Liturgy of the Word started last Sunday at 10.30am Mass and will continue during school term time. Children will be welcome to join the leaders in front of the altar after the opening prayer of the Mass. After being blessed by the priest, the group will then gather in the Meeting room for the Gospel reading, a chat and sharing of stories and an activity relating to the Gospel.
Our leaders will present the Gospel in a variety of ways, such as the use of figurines to play out the readings. Music and actions will also be part of the Children’s Liturgy in order to appreciate the Word of the Lord. Children will return to the congregation to take the Gifts up as a group then return to their families. Children may have activities to show their families, or be able to take the activity home to work on. Please discuss these with children so they can tell you what they have experienced. Today some of their work will be displayed in the foyer.
Children aged 3 and under are also welcome with parental supervision please. Any parents who are interested in helping with Children’s Liturgy, please contact Joanne on 0448 566 270.
EVERGREENS
HOT NEWS!!
May Outing Deferred!
Musical morning at Rupertswood Mansion now on Wednesday 30th May from 10-11.30am. Costs $15 which includes morning tea & show.
Limited places so call early. Call Frances on 9744 19999.
LITURGY ON MONDAYS
A meeting to discuss and plan liturgy without a priest will be held on Wednesday 2nd May at 10am in the meeting room in St Anne’s Church.
PARENTING IN FAITH
Parents and their Prep grade children are invited to an evening at their respective schools.
Wednesday 2 May for St Anne’s School
Thursday 3 May for OLMC School
Both Schools from 6.30-7.30pm.
Please take your child to their own classroom just prior to 6.30pm.
CATHOLIC STEWARDSHIP
CATHOLIC STEWARDSHIP FROM SUNDAYS READINGS
In this Sunday’s gospel reading, we hear Jesus call Himself the Good Shepherd. He loves and cares for us like a shepherd cares for His sheep — taking care of their every need and leading them along the right path. In fact, so much does He care for us, that Jesus says, “I would lay down my life for my sheep.”
Of course, we know that He did in fact do that. We just celebrated the paschal mystery, in which Jesus gave himself up to death for our sake. And as we continue to celebrate the Easter Season and rejoice in His glorious redirection, we recognize that Christ’s loving care for us extends to today. He is actively involved in the life of the Church, providing for all of our needs and guiding us along our way.
In response to Christ’s life-giving love, it is our responsibility as His disciples to give ourselves to Him. We offer Him our time, talent, and treasure — truly, we offer Him our whole lives in thanksgiving for all He has done for us. As His disciples, it is our calling, our responsibility to use our lives for His greater glory. Everything we do — at home, at school, at work, and elsewhere — should glorify the Good Shepherd and call others to believe in
His loving care.
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CATHOLIC STEWARDSHIP
CATHOLIC STEWARDSHIP FROM SUNDAYS READINGS
Today we celebrate the third Sunday of Easter, and the readings today highlight for us the redemptive nature of the cross and the joy of the resurrection.
In the first reading, we hear Peter tell his audience, “The author of life you put to death, but God raised Him from the dead. Of this we are witnesses.”
Christ had to die in order to rise from the dead, but we see in His resurrection that God’s plans are greater than any we can imagine. So, as His disciples and stewards of His many gifts, we give ourselves to Him as His servants know at all time – in joy and in suffering – His plans far outweigh our own. We are His disciples, and in giving Him ourselves, we ask Him to do with us what He will.
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PREP 2013 APPLICATIONS
Prep 2013 applications close this Friday.
Please return your enrolment application forms to your respective school.
Interviews of children with their parents commence on 8 May concluding 1 June.
PUBLIC WORSHIP– ANZAC DAY
9am Mass at OLMC Church then 10am Prayer Service at War Memorial on the Village Green. Both our schools will march and lay wreaths. Fr Kevin will lead a prayer.
AN ANZAC DAY PRAYER
Lord our God, boundless provider, source of peace that the world cannot give, kindly hear our constant prayer for those who bore witness to your own fidelity by giving their lives for those they loved. Resurrect them in our true homeland and perfect that peace for which they longed and died. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. Amen.
MEAL AS A MEMORIAL OF LAST SUPPER
240 students, parents and teachers gathered in the Parish Centre last Wednesday and Thursday evenings to recall in prayer and in eating and drinking the meal of the Last Supper.
We prayed the Psalms of the Jewish Passover and the words of Jesus at His last Passover meal before he died for us.
The students are preparing to begin receiving the Eucharist next month.
Thanks to Richard Hallett, the student RE team and our teachers for preparing the moving celebrations.
CHRISTMAS ON THE GREEN
“CHRISTMAS ON THE GREEN”
First meeting to plan this years festi- val will be held at the Lutheran Church, Brook St Sunbury on this Saturday 28 April at 8.30am.
Some of our parishioners need to volunteer to be on the planning committee.
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish Sunbury 
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