Please collect the current rosters for St Anne’s and Our Lady of Mount Carmel Altar Care rosters from both churches. Thank you for helping to keep our Churches looking beautiful for our worship.
EMMAUS CHARISMATIC PRAYER GROUP
The Emmaus Charismatic Prayer Group will not meet on Holy Thursday.
Meetings will resume on Thursday April 12 at St. Anne’s Church at 10.15am.
All welcome, including children.
For further info/ transport please contact Lambert & Elaine van der Weerden on 9744 4029.
GOOD FRIDAY INTER-CHURCH SERVICE
This Service will take place at 10am in the Memorial Hall and St Mary’s Hall.
Our parish is one of the financial sponsors donating $600 towards the costs.
PROJECT COMPASSION PASSION SUNDAY
PASSION (Palm) SUNDAY – Week 6 Australian Indigenous
1 April
Liturgy of the Palms: Mk 11:1-10 OR Jn 12:12-16
Liturgy of the Passion: Mk 14:1-15:47 OR Mk 15:1-39
As the Lenten season approaches its end, the Gospel readings relate the events leading to Jesus’ suffering and death – the culmination of the work he was born to do – and we look towards the great and glorious Resurrection of Christ.
During the past five weeks we have heard and reflected upon stories from Timor Leste, the Thai-Burma Border, Zimbabwe, the Philippines and Peru. These are stories of people living in poverty and injustice, lacking access to basic services and often denied the opportunity to exercise the rights that we all have as human persons.
In Australia, our Indigenous sisters and brothers also face many similar struggles. In a prosperous country where most of us claim adequate nutrition and health care as a fundamental right, Aboriginal Australians in remote communities have shortened life-spans because of high rates of diet-related illness – particularly diabetes.
The Project Compassion story this week comes from such a community, near Broome in Western Australia. With its local partners, Caritas Australia is supporting a community-owned program which promotes and educates for health care and healthy living.
Caritas Australia works for justice – for the kind of world that God desires.
Caritas works in partnership – building ‘right relationships’ between all of God’s people.
In justice and right relationships lies the path to peace.
If we want peace, we must work for justice.
The glorious celebration of new life is almost upon us. It brings hope for change and renewal for all of us.
We can show our solidarity with communities living in poverty, our compassion to those struggling against discrimination and stigma and our preparedness to challenge injustice. As Pope Benedict XVI said: “Our hearts cannot be at peace as long as we see our brothers and sisters suffering”.
If we want peace, we must work for justice.
Click on the image below to go to the Caritas website.
USED STAMPS
Srs of St Joseph are raising funds for Mary MacKillop International Mission Fund Australia and the Peruvian Mission from collecting used stamps. If you could bring any used stamps to the Parish Office for on forwarding to the Josephites it would be much appreciated. Please leave a 1cm border around the stamps.
PARISH DONKEY
The Parish Donkey will be present at all Masses at St Anne’s this weekend to lead us in the Procession of Palms.
We thank Gary and Jack Reddan for their daily care of our donkey.
STEWARDSHIP……A WAY OF LIFE
CATHOLIC STEWARDSHIP FROM SUNDAYS READING
In today’s Gospel, we hear the Passion of Jesus Christ proclaimed. He suffered and died a cruel death for the sake of sinners – for the sake of all of us. And St. Paul tells us in today’s second reading that Jesus Christ “humbled Himself becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross,” St. Paul tells the Philippians in today’s second reading. “Because of this … at the name of Jesus every knee shall bend and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.”
So, by sacrificing Himself the way He did (for the sake of others), Jesus gave glory to the Father. What does that mean for us today?
As His disciples, we follow in Jesus’ footsteps. We follow His example. This does not mean that we are all called to die a cruel torturous death. But we are all called to live lives of sacrifice – offering ourselves – our time, our talents, and our treasure – to love and serve the Lord by loving and serving others. What’s more, we do not do so in such a way that we give of our excess. Quite the opposite, in fact. Jesus’ Passion and Death shows us that this gift of self ought to be sacrificial. It ought to come from the first fruits of ourselves. In fact, we ought to give our whole lives – everything we say and do should be done for the glory of God and the service of others.
It is not an easy calling, but it is a noble one. The goal of it all, to give glory to the Lord our God.
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The Australian Government Wants to Know Your Views on Same-Sex Marriage – Xt3 Library
The Catholic Website XT3 has highlighted a Federal Government survey which aims to guage the public response to same-sex marriages in Australia. Click on the link at the bottom to go to the XT3 web page and take it from there.
The Australian Government Wants to Know Your Views on Same-Sex MarriageThe Australian Government Wants to Know Your Views on Same-Sex MarriageAn anonymous online survey had been established asking for people’s views and comments in regards to two Bills that have been proposed to Parliament, to legalise same-sex marriage.Make your voice heard! Tell the government why we should defend traditional marriage. Make sure you say ‘No’ to the Marriage Equality Amendment Bill 2012 Mr Bandt and the Marriage Amendment Bill 2012 Mr Jones, addressed in this survey.Click here read more, and follow this link to fill out the survey: https://www.surveymk.com/s/spla-marriage
via The Australian Government Wants to Know Your Views on Same-Sex Marriage – Xt3 Library.
WELCOME TO THE NEW WEBSITE OF CORPUS CHRISTI COLLEGE
Here is a link to the new website of the Regional Seminary for Victoria and Tasmania. It’s worth a look.
FR LAURENCE FREEMAN IN SHEPPARTON
Please note that there is a $10 fee for this talk (pensioners and students as you can afford)
EVENING ADORATION
First Friday Adoration at St Anne’s Church 7-8pm resuming after Easter on 4th May
RITE OF ACCEPTANCE FOR CHILDREN BEING INITIATED INTO SACRAMENTAL LIFE
This will take place at all Masses today. This is the first step into the Sacramental life of Christ since their Baptism eight years ago or so. The children and their families are committing themselves to prepare to begin celebrating the Sacrament of Reconciliation and Eucharist.
Loving God, You have filled these children with the desire to be people of loving kindness and reconciliation and to be nourished in the Eucharist. May they ever deepen their awareness of your love for them, and may they grow ever closer to your Son, Jesus, in their families and in our community. We ask this through Christ, our Lord. Amen.
EXTRA MASSES
Please notice Mass times for this week with 3 Masses and Anointing at the various nursing homes and the Lenten Penitential service.
We look forward to seeing you all there.
LENTEN MASS WITH ANOINTING OF THE SICK: will be celebrated this Friday 30th at 10am followed by morning tea in the church foyer. Invitations are available at the Welcome Desk in St Anne’s Church.
GOONAWARRA AGED CARE: This Tuesday 27th
LION’S HOSTEL: This Wednesday 28th
PERTH WELCOMES ARCHBISHOP TIMOTHY COSTELLOE SDB
REQUEST FOR PALMS
We are asking for donations of palm or olive branches for next Sunday. Please leave outside St Anne’s Church. The palms can be taken to OLMC Church on Sunday afternoon for the evening Mass.
RISING CATHOLIC ENROLMENTS
This 2012 school year has seen an increase of 4000 students in Victorian Catholic Schools to about 198000. The new St Francis of Assisi School in Tarneit opened with almost 200 students– unprecedented for a new Catholic school. 23% of Victorian children now attend Catholic schools. Parents are continuing to have confidence and trust in our Catholic Schools.
EVENING ADORATION
First Friday evening of the month St Anne’s Church 7-8pm.
WELCOME FR DISPIN
Welcoming Gathering for Rev Fr Dispin John, our Assist Parish Priest.
Venue: St Anne’s Parish Centre. Date: Sunday 25th March 2012 after 10.30am Mass.
Please bring a plate of food to be shared.
Followed by Film screening of “The Human Experience”.
Please come! It is a good opportunity to meet new faces.
THIS PROMISE IS FOR YOU
“This Promise is for You,” a six week seminar on the life changing work of the Holy Spirit, will be held at St Anne’s Church Sunbury on Thursday evenings at 7.30 pm commencing on February 23rd. Topics covered include:- The Certainty of God’s Love, Freedom In Jesus, The Power of the Holy Spirit, The Spiritual Gifts or Charisms, Fullness of Life & Empowered to Serve. For further information and registration please contact Lambert & Elaine van der Weerden Ph. 9744 4029 or a member of the Emmaus Charismatic Prayer Group.
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