Maria Maple – Page 5 – St Peter Apostle Mission Parish

15th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2023

Maria MapleJuly 15, 2023July 15, 2023

DEVOTIONAL PRAYER FOR JULY
PRAYER FOR PEACE IN THE WORLD

Lord Jesus Christ, You are the true King of peace.
In You alone is found freedom.
Please free our world from conflict.
Bring unity to troubled nations.
Let Your glorious peace reign in every heart.
Dispel all darkness and evil.
Protect the dignity of every human life.
Replace hatred with Your love.
Give wisdom to world leaders.
Free them from selfish ambition.
Eliminate all violence and war.
Jesus, Son of the Living God,
Have mercy on us and hear our prayers.
Jesus, we trust in You!
Amen.

Entrance Antiphon
As for me, in justice I shall behold your face; I shall be filled with the vision of your glory.

1^st Reading (Is 55:10-11)
A reading from the prophet Isaiah.
Thus says the Lord: ‘As the rain and the snow come down from the heavens and do not return without watering the earth, making it yield and giving growth to provide seed for the sower and bread for the eating, so the word that goes from my mouth does not return to me empty, without carrying out my will and succeeding in what it was sent to do.
The Word of the Lord.

Responsorial Psalm
The seed that falls on good ground will yield a fruitful harvest.

2^nd Reading (Rom 8:18-23)
A reading from the letter of St. Paul to the Romans.
I think that what we suffer in this life can never be compared to the glory, as yet unrevealed, which is waiting for us. The whole creation is eagerly waiting for God to reveal his sons. It was not for any fault on the part of creation that it was made unable to attain its purpose, it was made so by God; but creation still retains the hope of being freed, like us, from its slavery to decadence, to enjoy the same freedom and glory as the children of God. From the beginning till now the entire creation, as we know, has been groaning in one great act of giving birth; and not only creation, but all of us who possess the first-fruits of the Spirit, we too groan inwardly as we wait for our bodies to be set free.
The Word of the Lord.

Gospel Acclamation
Alleluia, alleluia! The seed is the word of God, Christ is the sower; all who come to him will live for ever. Alleluia!

Gospel Mt 13:1-23
A reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew.
Jesus left the house and sat by the lakeside, but such crowds gathered round him that he got into a boat and sat there. The people all stood on the beach, and he told them many things in parables. He said, ‘Imagine a sower going out to sow. As he sowed, some seeds fell on the edge of the path, and the birds came and ate them up. Others fell on patches of rock where they found little soil and sprang up straight away, because there was no depth of earth; but as soon as the sun came up they were scorched and, not having any roots, they withered away. Others fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them. Others fell on rich soil and produced their crop, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. Listen, anyone who has ears!’ Then the disciples went up to him and asked, ‘Why do you talk to them in parables?’ ‘Because’ he replied, ‘the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven are revealed to you, but they are not revealed to them. For anyone who has will be given more, and he will have more than enough; but from anyone who has not, even what he has will be taken away. The reason I talk to them in parables is that they look without seeing and listen without hearing or understanding. So in their case this prophecy of Isaiah is being fulfilled: You will listen and listen again, but not understand, see and see again, but not perceive. For the heart of this nation has grown coarse, their ears are dull of hearing, and they have shut their eyes, for fear they should see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their heart, and be converted and be healed by me. ‘But happy are your eyes because they see, your ears because they hear! I tell you solemnly, many prophets and holy men longed to see what you see, and never saw it; to hear what you hear, and never heard it. ‘You, therefore, are to hear the parable of the sower. When anyone hears the word of the kingdom without understanding, the evil one comes and carries off what was sown in his heart: this is the man who received the seed on the edge of the path. The one who received it on patches of rock is the man who hears the word and welcomes it at once with joy. But he has no root in him, he does not last; let some trial come, or some persecution on account of the word, and he falls away at once. The one who received the seed in thorns is the man who hears the word, but the worries of this world and the lure of riches choke the word and so he produces nothing. And the one who received the seed in rich soil is the man who hears the word and understands it; he is the one who yields a harvest and produces now a hundredfold, now sixty, now thirty.’
The Gospel of the Lord.

Communion Antiphon
The sparrow finds a home, and the swallow a nest for her young: by your altars, O Lord of hosts, my King and my God. Blessed are they who dwell in your house, for ever singing your praise.

Next Week’s Readings
Wis 12:13, 16-19; Rom 8:26-27; Mt 13:24-30

Feasts of the Week
Sat, 22 July -St. Mary Magdalene

PARISH NEWS

WEEKLY PARISH DATES

SUNDAY
9:15am to 10:25am – Sunday School for children attending non-Catholic Schools.
10:30am Mass – Children’s Liturgy held 1^st and 3^rd Sundays.
After 5:00pm Mass in Theatrette – Youth Group for youth 12 to 17 years on 2^nd and 4^th Sundays.
6:00pm in Theatrette – Young Adults (SPYA) meet 1^st and 3^rd Sundays.
6:15pm in Church Hall - School of Discipleship.

MONDAY
7:00pm to 8:15pm – Bible Study on Zoom.
Meeting ID: 826 5359 2389 Passcode: Bible.
Contact Clive 0490814452 or Francis 0401787372

TUESDAY
7:00pm - Online Zoom Rosary - Meeting ID: 893 5477 8556. Passcode: rosary7:00pm

WEDNESDAY
7:00pm - Mass followed by Mother of Perpetual Succour Novena.

1ST FRIDAY
7:00pm to 8:15pm Mass & Adoration

SATURDAY
2:30pm to 4:00pm - St. Peter’s Charismatic Prayer Community Praise & Worship in Church.
1.30pm to 4:00pm - Healing Mass on 1^st Saturday of the month. Next Healing Mass on Saturday 5th August 2023.

BAPTISM
12 noon – Baptisms held 1^st & 3^rd Sundays.
Baptism Preparation Meeting held on 1^st Monday of the month at 7:00pm. Next Baptism Preparation Meeting Mon 7th August 2023 at 7:00pm in Church.

WELCOME TO OUR NEWLY BAPTISED
We welcome into our Church community Daniel Lian and Shiyarna McLachlan who are to be baptised this weekend. With the guidance of the Holy Spirit and the love of Parents, Godparents, family and friends, we pray that these children will lead a life full of happiness, faith and love.

THE RITE OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION OF ADULTS (RCIA) is a program for anyone interested in becoming a Catholic and receiving the Sacraments. The meetings will be held on Tuesdays at 7.00pm in the Theatrette in St Peter Apostle Mission Parish. If you or anyone you know is interested, please contact Francis Thomas on 0401787372 or francispthomas@hotmail.com or Dario Carreno on 0438525148 or j_d_carreno@hotmail.com.

REPAIR OF CHURCH PEWS – DONATIONS
Some of you have expressed a wish to support the repair of the church pews by making a donation. To donate, please give to Fr. Simeon, the Sacristan, or drop off at the Parish Office via the small blank envelopes on the table outside the sacristy (include your name and amount) OR direct deposit to: Account Name: St Peter Apostle Parish Church Account, BSB: 083-347, Account no. 637286747, Reference: Your surname and the word Pews.

PROPOGATION OF THE FAITH - SPECIAL COLLECTION
There will be a Special Collection this weekend for the Propagation of the Faith Appeal. We thank you for your generosity.

CHILDREN/YOUTH SUGGESTION BOX
Thank you to the children and young people who have placed their feedback and prayer petitions in the Red suggestion box on the right-hand side of the chapel. We appreciate your feedback and include your prayer petitions in our prayers at the Wednesday evening Mass and Novena.

THE ANNUAL MULTICULTURAL MASS will be celebrated at 10:30am on Sunday 29^th October 2023. The host nation this year is Sri Lanka. The first planning meeting will be held on Saturday 22^nd July 2023 at 10:00am in the meeting room off the church hall. Please organise your community representatives to attend the planning meeting. Thank you.

PETITIONS FOR WORLD YOUTH DAY 2023
Our World Youth Day Pilgrims are scheduled to leave for their pilgrimage to Holy Land, Rome and Lisbon over the coming weeks in July. The Pilgrims from our parish are happy to take petitions from our parishioners and offer them in the Holy Land, at the Shrine of our Lady of Fatima, at a WYD mass or at the holy places they visit during their pilgrimage. You are requested to put your petitions in the box placed near the Altar on the weekends of 15/16 and 22/23July. To keep your prayers confidential, please do not include names.

WORLD DAY FOR GRANDPARENTS AND THE ELDERLY – SUNDAY 23^RD JULY
To mark this special occasion Father Simeon will give a Special Blessing to grandparents and the elderly at all the weekend Masses. The theme for the 2023 celebration selected by Pope Francis is “His mercy is from age to age” (Lk 1:50).

SUGGESTIONS/FEEDBACK PPC
The Parish Pastoral Council welcome your suggestions or feedback if you have any parish concerns. Please contact them via email to: hopperscrossing@cam.org.au (subject line PPC) or via mail delivered to the Parish Office for the attention of Catherine Graham (PPC Chairperson).

THANKSGIVING ENVELOPES, DIRECT DEBIT AND CREDIT CARD LETTERS
There are still a few Thanksgiving envelopes available for collection from the small foyer entrance to church. Please start to use them immediately. Parishioners who are not registered and would like to contribute to the Thanksgiving program, please complete the parish registration card available and give to Fr. Simeon or contact the parish office on 97494300 or email hopperscrossing@cam.org.au Thank you for your continued support to the parish. May God bless you and your families.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT
Thank you to all the parishioners for your generous support to the Young Adults in their Garage Sale and Bake Sale WYD23 fundraiser held last weekend. Thank you to the Young Adults for their great efforts in organising the event.

SCHOOL COMMUNITY MASS
There will be a School community Mass on Wednesday 26^th July at 8:45am. School families and parishioners are most welcome to join. The Mass will be followed by Morning Tea in the church hall.

RELIC OF ST. JOHN BOSCO
You are warmly invited to spend some time in personal prayer followed by a celebration of the Eucharist at 7pm in honour of St John Bosco's relics being at the Don Bosco Retreat Centre on Tuesday 18^thJuly 2023. (465 Lysterfield Rd, Lysterfield).

RECENTLY DECEASED
We pray for Flory Pais, Nimal Dabarera, Lise Donaldson, Joyce Furtado, Lolita Fernando, Aiden Leonard, Pawel Wajdowicz, Benjamin Crisotomo, Adelaide Frankson, Alister Rouse, Giuse, Olga De Mel, Joseph Cassar, Lucy Formosa, Joseph Pereira, Astrid Cachart, Paul Liang, Reynaldo Medina, Vanessa Gough, Doughy Considine, Yvonne Leonard, Loretta Williams, Angella Beracci, Eladio Collaga, Fortunato Ison and all who have died in disasters all over the world.

DEATH ANNIVERSARIES
We pray for Iluminada Alinea, Madge Bourke, Bernard Moynahan, Emmanuel Fernando, Anthony Fernando, Crescentia Fernando, Lenora Perez, Nazarene Fernando, Nguyen Thi Huong, Amelia Hernandez, Nguyen Thi Houng, Vera Fernandez and all whose anniversaries occur at this time.

PRAYERS FOR THE SICK
We pray for Sean Donaldson, Helen Kelly, Vincent Margaret, Franklin Quintanilla, Jean Cameron, Vivienne Gantar, Magda Symons, Lindsay Coates, Violet Lawrence, Tae Yoon Jim, Jeffrey Dalton, Maureen Wilson, Sandra Farrelly, Joaquin Romero, Annette O’Brien, Dale D’Souza, Christie Raj, Emma Baker, Charles Ilagan, Ima Gopez, Tony Dass, Atima Chakraborty, Carmen Ciantar, Draga & Vlado Vekic, Alan Raymond, Jean Bent, Robert Hart, Ollie Orlinski, Paul Colope, Debbie Wilks, Segundo Becerra, Atima Chakrabarty, Nauma Faamausili, Kelly de la Rosa, Bernice Steinhauer, Nino Mozo, Kevin Cuala, Kevin McLoughlin, Ferdie Garcia, Oliver Ratnik and all who are ill in our Parish.

ROSTERS

Counters – 23 July 23

Tini & Barrie Hope

Roster for Readers – 22/23 July 23

6:00pm	Jeslin Shaji
8:30am	KSC Reader
10:30am	Giovanna Siccita
5:00pm	Iris Simangan

Extraordinary Ministers of Communion – 22/23 July 23

6:00pm	S. Martis / A. Vesty / G. Surrao / M. Maple
8:30am	KSC Minister / P. Fitzgerald / 2 X Volunteers
10:30am	E. Mills / A. Koek / B. Fernandes / Volunteer
5:00pm	S. SImangan / E. Angeles / M. Marip / Romayne A.

Music Ministry – 22/23 July 23

6:00pm	St. Cecilia
8:30am	St. Philomena
10:30am	Domini Chorum
5:00pm	KNK

14th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2023

Maria MapleJuly 8, 2023July 8, 2023

DEVOTIONAL PRAYER FOR JULY
RENEW PRAYER

Lord, we are your people, the sheep of your flock. Heal the sheep who are wounded, touch the sheep who are in pain, Clean the sheep who are soiled, warm the lambs who are cold. Help us to know the Father’s love through Jesus the Shepherd and through his Spirit. Help us to lift up that love and show it all over this land. Help us to build love on justice and justice on love. Help us to believe mightily, hope joyfully, love Divinely. Renew us that we may renew the face of the earth. Amen

Entrance Antiphon
Your merciful love, O God, we have received in the midst of your temple. Your praise, O God, like your name, reaches the ends of the earth; your right hand is filled with saving justice.

1^st Reading (Zech 9:9-10)
A reading from the prophet Zechariah.
The Lord says this: Rejoice heart and soul, daughter of Zion! Shout with gladness, daughter of Jerusalem! See now, your king comes to you; he is victorious, he is triumphant, humble and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey. He will banish chariots from Ephraim and horses from Jerusalem; the bow of war will be banished. He will proclaim peace for the nations. His empire shall stretch from sea to sea, from the River to the ends of the earth.
The Word of the Lord.

Responsorial Psalm
I will praise your name for ever, my king and my God.

2^nd Reading (Rom 8:9.11-13)
A reading from the letter of St. Paul to the Romans.
Your interests are not in the unspiritual, but in the spiritual, since the Spirit of God has made his home in you. In fact, unless you possessed the Spirit of Christ you would not belong to him, and if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, then he who raised Jesus from the dead will give life to your own mortal bodies through his Spirit living in you. So then, my brothers, there is no necessity for us to obey our unspiritual selves or to live unspiritual lives. If you do live in that way, you are doomed to die; but if by the Spirit you put an end to the misdeeds of the body you will live.
The Word of the Lord.

Gospel Acclamation
Alleluia, alleluia! Blessed are you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, you have revealed to little ones the mysteries of the kingdom Alleluia!

Gospel (Mt 11:25-30)
A reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew.
Jesus exclaimed, ‘I bless you, Father, Lord of heaven and of earth, for hiding these things from the learned and the clever and revealing them to mere children. Yes, Father, for that is what it pleased you to do. Everything has been entrusted to me by my Father; and no one knows the Son except the Father, just as no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him. ‘Come to me, all you who labour and are overburdened, and I will give you rest. Shoulder my yoke and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. Yes, my yoke is easy and my burden light.’
The Gospel of the Lord.

Communion Antiphon
Taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed the man who seeks refuge in him.

Next Week’s Readings
Is 55:10-11; Rom 8:18-23; Mt 13:1-23

Feasts of the Week
Tue, 11 July - St. Benedict
Sat, 15 July - St. Bonaventura

PARISH NEWS

WEEKLY PARISH DATES

MONDAY
7:00pm to 8:15pm – Bible Study on Zoom.
Meeting ID: 826 5359 2389 Passcode: Bible.
Contact Clive 0490814452 or Francis 0401787372

TUESDAY
7:00pm - Online Zoom Rosary - Meeting ID: 893 5477 8556. Passcode: rosary7:00pm

WEDNESDAY
7:00pm - Mass followed by Mother of Perpetual Succour Novena.

1ST FRIDAY
7:00pm to 8:15pm Mass & Adoration

THANKSGIVING ENVELOPES, DIRECT DEBIT AND CREDIT CARD LETTERS
Thanksgiving envelopes and letters for the new financial year are available for collection from the small foyer entrance to church. Parishioners who are not registered and would like to contribute to the Thanksgiving program, please complete the parish registration card available and give to Fr. Simeon, or contact the parish office on 97494300 or email hopperscrossing@cam.org.au. Thank you for your continued support to the parish. May God bless you and your families.

UPDATE ON BERNICE
We are very happy to inform you that Bernice is now at home to continue her rehab and regain her strength. Thank you for your continued prayers.

REPAIR OF CHURCH PEWS – DONATIONS
Thank you for your patience while the church pews are being repaired and varnished. We hope you all agree that they look great! Some of you have expressed a wish to support this work by making a donation. To donate, please give to Fr. Simeon, the Sacristan, or drop off at the Parish Office via the small blank envelopes on the table outside the sacristy (include your name and amount) OR direct deposit to: Account Name: St Peter Apostle Parish Church Account, BSB: 083-347, Account no. 637286747, Reference: Your surname and the word Pews.

CHILDREN/YOUTH SUGGESTION BOX
Thank you to the children and young people who have placed their feedback and prayer petitions in the Red suggestion box on the right-hand side of the chapel. We appreciate your feedback and include your petitions in our prayers at the Wednesday evening Mass and Novena.

PROPAGATION OF FAITH – CATHOLIC MISSION APPEAL
There will be a Special Collection on the weekend of 15^th/16^th July for the Propagation of the Faith Appeal. We thank you for your generosity.

ST JAMES PARISH FAITH FORMATION SERIES
Led by well-renowned priest-theologians from Catholic Theological College, this faith formation series will allow us to delve deeper into Pope Francis' vision of the universal Church "walking together".
Wednesday 12 July - Engaging with the Hopes of Parishes - Rev. Dr. Brendan Reed.
How do we conceive of our Parish and what is the hope we hold for our Parish in the future? In this session, Fr Brendan will present his research about Parish types and will help us to ascertain the presence of these Parish types.
Wednesday 19 July - Imagining the Church Today: A Synodal Church as a Pilgrim Church – Rev. Dr. Jake Mudge
Vatican II’s Lumen Gentium offered several ways to imagine the Church, including the image of the Church as Pilgrim This session surveys various images for the Church and discusses how Pope Francis’ call for a synodal Church might enrich the notion of the Church as Pilgrim.
Sessions will be held at St James Church from 7 to 9pm. Tea and Coffee will be available. All are welcome. Register via https://www.trybooking.com/CJKFP. For enquiries, please contact St James Parish Office at hopperscrossingnorth@cam.org.au or call 9401 6367.

RETREAT IN EVERYDAY LIFE - MOMENTS OF GRACE
Over five weeks, beginning Monday, 31^st July and concluding 28^th August (at Heart of Life, Malvern, or via Zoom) Flexible timing. The Retreat in Everyday Life involves a commitment to daily prayer and weekly spiritual accompaniment for an hour per week over five weeks with this year’s theme ‘Moments of Grace’. An ideal opportunity for a Parish or spiritual community to retreat together, as well as for individuals who would like to experience an opportunity to recognise God’s presence in their everyday lives in a more intentional way. Register your interest at
https://www.heartoflife.melbourne/events/retreat-in-everyday-life-moments-of-grace/ or
info@heartoflife.melbourne. Cost: Donation.

RELIC STATUE OF ST JOHN BOSCO – ST MARGARET MARY CHURCH (BRUNSWICK NORTH PARISH) – SATURDAY 30 SEPTEMBER 2023 AT 11 AM
As part of the centenary celebrations of the arrival of the Salesians on Australian soil, a relic statue of St John Bosco will be touring across Salesian communities and works in Australia. The wax replica of the Saint contained in a glass casket comes from the Salesian Province of Hong Kong, made by Gianpiero Zoncu at the time of Don Bosco’s beatification in 1929. A small bone from the right arm of the Saint was removed and placed in this wax replica before being securely concealed in the large glass casket. The relic casket will arrive in Melbourne late June and will be taken to all Salesian communities and works in different parts of Melbourne from 3rd July until 13th August. The schedule can be found here. The Relic will be present at the Eucharist with Archbishop Peter A Comensoli presiding at St Margaret Mary’s Parish, North Brunswick on Saturday 30th September at 11am.

RECENTLY DECEASED
We pray for Aiden Leonard, Naomi D’Rozario, Pawel Wajdowicz, Benjamin Crisotomo, Adelaide Frankson, Alister Rouse, Giuse, Olga De Mel, Joseph Cassar, Lucy Formosa, Joseph Pereira, Astrid Cachart, Paul Liang, Reynaldo Medina, Vanessa Gough, Doughy Considine, Yvonne Leonard, Loretta Williams, Angella Beracci, Eladio Collaga, Fortunato Ison and all who have died in disasters all over the world.

DEATH ANNIVERSARIES
We pray for Numeriano Medel, John Eddison, Clarrie Dalton, Eduardo Medina, Edgardo Cribe, Frank Johnson, Carmelo Raveneschi, Gerardo Landero, Avis Barber, John Serrao, Clara Fernando and all whose anniversaries occur at this time.

PRAYERS FOR THE SICK
We pray for Sean Donaldson, Helen Kelly, Vincent Margaret, Franklin Quintanilla, Jean Cameron, Vivienne Gantar, Magda Symons, Lindsay Coates, Violet Lawrence, Tae Yoon Jim, Jeffrey Dalton, Maureen Wilson, Sandra Farrelly, Joaquin Romero, Annette O’Brien, Dale D’Souza, Christie Raj, Emma Baker, Charles Ilagan, Ima Gopez, Tony Dass, Atima Chakraborty, Carmen Ciantar, Draga & Vlado Vekic, Alan Raymond, Jean Bent, Flory Pais, Robert Hart, Ollie Orlinski, Paul Colope, Debbie Wilks, Segundo Becerra, Atima Chakrabarty, Nauma Faamausili, Kelly de la Rosa, Bernice Steinhauer, Nino Mozo, Kevin Cuala, Kevin McLoughlin and all who are ill in our Parish.

ROSTERS

Counters – 16 July 23

L. Vasquez / T.Grisancich / L. De La Cruz

Roster for Readers – 15/16 July 23

6:00pm	Francis Thomas
8:30am	Mary Marip
10:30am	Cleophas Peters
5:00pm	Youth Mass

Extraordinary Ministers of Communion – 15/16 July 23

6:00pm	K. Pham / H. Durski / N. Golaw / Sophia D’Souza
8:30am	S. Vaz / K. Fernandes / P. Simonides / R. Hibbert
10:30am	M. Peters / S Delos Reyes / L. Ortega / G. Schembri
5:00pm	Youth Mass

Music Ministry – 15/16 July 23

6:00pm	Footsteps
8:30am	St. Philomena
10:30am	FilOz
5:00pm	Youth Mass

13th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2023

Maria MapleJuly 1, 2023July 1, 2023

DEVOTIONAL PRAYER FOR JULY
Prayer for World Youth Day Pilgrims

Heavenly Father, You called Mary and opened her heart to say ‘yes’ to the mission you asked of her. Filled with the Holy Spirit, She rose and set out in haste to visit her cousin Elizabeth to share the Good News.
Help our pilgrims as they go on pilgrimage to World Youth Day in Lisbon. Be their companion and strength on their journey.
Open their hearts to the prompting of your Spirit,
And lead them to a deep and abiding encounter with your Son. Like Mary, may they return from World Youth Day, filled with your Spirit and ready proclaim the Good News in the parishes, schools, and local communities of Melbourne. Amen.
Saint John Paul II, pray for us.
Our Lady of the Visitation, pray for us.
St. Peter the Apostle, pray for us.

Entrance Antiphon
All peoples, clap your hands. Cry to God with shouts of joy!

1^st Reading (2 Kgs 4:8-11, 14-16)
A reading from the book of Kings.
One day as Elisha was on his way to Shunem, a woman of rank who lived there pressed him to stay and eat there. After this he always broke his journey for a meal when he passed that way. She said to her husband, ‘Look, I am sure the man who is constantly passing our way must be a holy man of God. Let us build him a small room on the roof, and put him a bed in it, and a table and chair and lamp; whenever he comes to us he can rest there.’ One day when he came, he retired to the upper room and lay down. ‘What can be done for her?’ he asked. Gehazi (his servant) answered, “Well, she has no son and her husband is old. ‘Elisha said, ‘Call her.’ The servant called her and she stood at the door. ‘This time next year,’ Elisha said ‘you will hold a son in your arms.
The Word of the Lord.

Responsorial Psalm
For ever I will sing the goodness of the Lord.

2^nd Reading (Rom 6:3-4, 8-11)
A reading from the letter of St. Paul to the Romans.
When we were baptised in Christ Jesus we were baptised in his death; in other words, when we were baptised we went into the tomb with him and joined him in death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead by the Father’s glory, we too might live a new life. But we believe that having died with Christ we shall return to life with him: Christ, as we know, having been raised from the dead will never die again. Death has no power over him any more. When he died, he died, once for all, to sin, so his life now is life with God; and in that way, you too must consider yourselves to be dead to sin but alive for God in Christ Jesus.
The Word of the Lord.

Gospel Acclamation
Alleluia, alleluia! You are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy people. Praise God who called you out of darkness and into his marvelous light. Alleluia!

Gospel (Mt 10:37-42)
A reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew.
Jesus instructed the Twelve as follows: ‘Anyone who prefers father or mother to me is not worthy of me. Anyone who prefers son or daughter to me is not worthy of me. Anyone who does not take his cross and follow in my footsteps is not worthy of me. Anyone who finds his life will lose it; anyone who loses his life for my sake will find it. ‘Anyone who welcomes you welcomes me; and those who welcome me welcome the one who sent me. ‘Anyone who welcomes a prophet because he is a prophet will have a prophet’s reward; and anyone who welcomes a holy man because he is a holy man will have a holy man’s reward. ‘If anyone gives so much as a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is a disciple, then I tell you solemnly, he will most certainly not lose his reward.’
The Gospel of the Lord.

Communion Antiphon
Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all within me, his holy name.

Next Week’s Readings
Zech 9:9-10; Rom 8:9,11-13; Mt 11:25-30

Feasts of the Week
Mon, 3 July - St. Thomas

PARISH NEWS

WEEKLY PARISH DATES

MONDAY
7:00pm to 8:15pm – Bible Study on Zoom.
Meeting ID: 826 5359 2389 Passcode: Bible.
Contact Clive 0490814452 or Francis 0401787372

TUESDAY
7:00pm - Online Zoom Rosary - Meeting ID: 893 5477 8556. Passcode: rosary7:00pm

WEDNESDAY
7:00pm - Mass followed by Mother of Perpetual Succour Novena.

1ST FRIDAY
7:00pm to 8:15pm Mass & Adoration

BAPTISM
12 noon – Baptisms held 1^st & 3^rd Sundays.
Baptism Preparation Meeting held on 1^st Monday of the month at 7:00pm. Next Baptism Preparation Meeting Mon 3rd July 2023 at 7:00pm in Church.

UPDATE ON BERNICE
We are very happy to inform you that Bernice is now at home to continue her rehab and regain her strength. Thank you for your continued prayers.

BAPTISM PREPARATION MEETING Monday 3^rd July at 7:00pm in church.

FIRST FRIDAY 7^TH JULY Mass at 7:00pm followed by Divine Mercy Chaplet, Adoration and Benediction.

WELCOME TO OUR NEWLY BAPTISED
We welcome into our Church community Lorenzo & Antonio Viran-Calidonna, Parker Lowry and Avari Stone who are to be baptised this Sunday. With the guidance of the Holy Spirit and the love of Parents, Godparents, family and friends, we pray that these children will lead lives full of happiness, faith and love.

THANKSGIVING ENVELOPES, DIRECT DEBIT AND CREDIT CARD LETTERS
Thanksgiving envelopes and letters for the new financial year ARE available for collection from the small foyer entrance to church. Please start to use the new envelopes from this weekend 1/2 July 2023. Parishioners who are not registered and would like to contribute to the Thanksgiving program, please complete the parish registration card available and give to Fr. Simeon, or contact the parish office on 97494300 or email hopperscrossing@cam.org.au Thank you for your continued support to the parish. May God bless you and your families.

WYD GARAGE SALE & BAKE SALE FUNDRAISER
Date: 8th of July 9:30am – 4:00pm
Venue: Church Hall
Items will be on sale at bargain prices!!
Items to be sold include books, clothing, homewares, accessories, etc.
Please come to support our young adults attending WYD23!

WYD23 COMMISSIONING MASS SATURDAY 1 JULY AT 6:00PM AND SPECIAL COLLECTION AT ALL MASSES ON 1/2 JULY
There will be a Commissioning Mass at 6:00pm this Saturday for 9 young adults from our Parish who will be sent forth as World Youth Day pilgrims. These parishioners will go to Lisbon to deepen and celebrate their faith with young Catholics from around the world. We will bless their journey and pray for them as a community. There will be an extra collection at all Masses this weekend 1/2 July to assist the Young Adults for their World Youth Day trip to Lisbon (Portugal).

REPAIR OF CHURCH PEWS – DONATIONS
Thank you for your patience while the church pews are being repaired and varnished. We hope you all agree that they look great! Some of you have expressed a wish to support this work by making a donation. To donate, please give to Fr. Simeon, the Sacristan, or drop off at the Parish Office via the small blank envelopes on the table outside the sacristy (include your name and amount) OR direct deposit to: Account Name: St Peter Apostle Parish Church Account, BSB: 083-347, Account no. 637286747, Reference: Your surname and the word Pews.

SENIORS SHARED LUNCH – WEDNESDAY 5^th July 2023
We welcome seniors over 65 to a monthly shared lunch, cuppa and chat on the first Wednesday of each month. Our next shared lunch will be on Wednesday 5^th July 2023, from 11:30am to 1:30pm in the Meeting Room off the church hall. Please enter from the outside entrance between the church and school office and bring a plate of food to share. Coffee, tea and hot chocolate provided. Contact Margaret Craigie on 0456 914 652 for further details

CANTEEN MANAGER POSITION AVAILABLE / VOLUNTEERS FOR CANTEEN
St Peter’s Canteen is looking for a suitable applicant to become our New Canteen Manager. Set days of Thursday and Friday 8.30 am to 12.30 pm. Must have a Working with Children Check Card, Vaccination Certificate & Car licence. Food handling certificate is preferable but not essential. Please leave resume at Parish office marked attention Canteen Committee or email mr41806@gmail.com by Friday 30^th June. The Canteen is urgently looking for volunteers to work on Fridays (9:00am to 12 noon) starting from Term 3. To keep the canteen open, we need new people to be placed on a Roster. If you can help us, please call the Parish office or come and see the Canteen staff on any Thursday or Friday morning. Must have a Working with Children Check Card or be willing to obtain one.

FIL-OZ CHOIR CELEBRATES 17 YEARS OF SERVICE
Fil-Oz choir was formed in February 2006 and first sang on Sunday 2^nd July 2006 at the 5:00pm Mass at St Peter Apostle Mission Parish. The choir members are mainly families with children who now join their parents in singing. We give praise and glory to God! Thank you to St Peter Apostle Parish and the community. May GOD continue to bless the group and its members with unity and love as they continue to serve our parish and the community.

RECENTLY DECEASED
We pray for Adelaide Frankson, Alister Rouse, Giuse, Olga De Mel, Joseph Cassar, Lucy Formosa, Joseph Pereira, Astrid Cachart, Paul Liang, Reynaldo Medina, Vanessa Gough, Doughy Considine, Yvonne Leonard, Loretta Williams, Angella Beracci, Eladio Collaga, Fortunato Ison and all who have died in disasters all over the world.

DEATH ANNIVERSARIES
We pray for Augustine Joseph, Crescentia Fernando, Joseph Siccita, Michael Scrofani, Claudio Scrofani, Ian Hillock, Mary Edirmanasinghe, Rohan Aloysioues and all whose anniversaries occur at this time.

PRAYERS FOR THE SICK
We pray for Sean Donaldson, Helen Kelly, Vincent Margaret, Franklin Quintanilla, Jean Cameron, Vivienne Gantar, Magda Symons, Lindsay Coates, Violet Lawrence, Tae Yoon Jim, Jeffrey Dalton, Maureen Wilson, Sandra Farrelly, Joaquin Romero, Annette O’Brien, Dale D’Souza, Christie Raj, Emma Baker, Charles Ilagan, Ima Gopez, Tony Dass, Atima Chakraborty, Carmen Ciantar, Draga & Vlado Vekic, Alan Raymond, Jean Bent, Flory Pais, Robert Hart, Ollie Olinski, Paul Colope, Debbie Wilks, Segundo Becerra, Atima Chakrabarty, Nauma Faamausili, Kelly de la Rosa, Bernice Steinhauer, Nino Mozo, Kevin Cuala and all who are ill in our Parish.

ROSTERS

Counters – 9 July 23

P. Albuquerque / C. D’Souza / G. Sharman

Roster for Readers – 8/9 July 23

6:00pm	Jeffery Poppen
8:30am	Dominic Hankins
10:30am	Lerna Vasquez
5:00pm	Valerian D’Souza

Extraordinary Ministers of Communion – 8/9 July 23

6:00pm	G. Linning / B. Fernandes / 2 X Volunteers
8:30am	N&N Gooneratne / I. D’Lima / M. Nelthropp
10:30am	S. Colla / F. Caruana / A. Koek / E. Mills
5:00pm	E. Angeles / Sunita D / C. Skinner / G. Siccita

Music Ministry – 8/9 July 23

6:00pm	Footsteps
8:30am	St. Philomena
10:30am	Youth Band
5:00pm	Shepherds of Christ

Saints Peter & Paul, Apostles 2023

Maria MapleJune 24, 2023June 24, 2023

DEVOTIONAL PRAYER FOR JUNE
Prayer to St. Peter the Apostle

O Holy Apostle, because you are the Rock upon which Almighty God has built his church; obtain for me I pray you, lively faith, firm hope and burning love; complete detachment from myself, contempt of the world, patience in adversity, humility in prosperity, recollection in prayer, purity of heart, a right intention in all my works, diligence in fulfilling the duties of my state of life, constancy in my resolutions, resignation to the will of God and perseverance in the grace of God even unto death; that so, by means of your intercession and your glorious merits, I may be made worthy to appear before the chief and eternal Shepherd of souls, Jesus Christ, Who with the Father and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns for ever. Amen,

Entrance Antiphon
These are the ones who, living in the flesh, planted the Church with their blood; they drank the chalice of the Lord and became the friends of God.

1^st Reading (Acts 12:1-11)
A reading from the Acts of the Apostles.
King Herod started persecuting certain members of the Church. He beheaded James the brother of John, and when he saw that this pleased the Jews he decided to arrest Peter as well. This was during the days of Unleavened Bread, and he put Peter in prison, assigning four squads of four soldiers each to guard him in turns. Herod meant to try Peter in public after the end of Passover week. All the time Peter was under guard the Church prayed to God for him unremittingly. On the night before Herod was to try him, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, fastened with double chains, while guards kept watch at the main entrance to the prison. Then suddenly the angel of the Lord stood there, and the cell was filled with light. He tapped Peter on the side and woke him. ‘Get up!’ he said ‘Hurry!’ – and the chains fell from his hands. The angel then said, ‘Put on your belt and sandals.’ After he had done this, the angel next said, ‘Wrap your cloak round you and follow me.’ Peter followed him, but had no idea that what the angel did was all happening in reality; he thought he was seeing a vision. They passed through two guard posts one after the other, and reached the iron gate leading to the city. This opened of its own accord; they went through it and had walked the whole length of one street when suddenly the angel left him. It was only then that Peter came to himself. ‘Now I know it is all true’ he said. ‘The Lord really did send his angel and has saved me from Herod and from all that the Jewish people were so certain would happen to me.’
The Word of the Lord.

Responsorial Psalm
The Lord set me free from all my fears.

2^nd Reading (2 Tim 4:6-8, 17-18)
A reading from the second letter of St. Paul to Timothy.
My life is already being poured away as a libation, and the time has come for me to be gone. I have fought the good fight to the end; I have run the race to the finish; I have kept the faith; all there is to come now is the crown of righteousness reserved for me, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will give to me on that Day; and not only to me but to all those who have longed for his Appearing. The Lord stood by me and gave me power, so that through me the whole message might be proclaimed for all the pagans to hear; and so I was rescued from the lion’s mouth. The Lord will rescue me from all evil attempts on me, and bring me safely to his heavenly kingdom. To him be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
The Word of the Lord.

Gospel Acclamation
Alleluia, alleluia! You are Peter, the rock on which I will build my Church; the gates of hell will not hold out against it. Alleluia!

Gospel (Mt 16:13-19)
A reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew.
When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi he put this question to his disciples, ‘Who do people say the Son of Man is?’ And they said, ‘Some say he is John the Baptist, some Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.’ ‘But you,’ he said ‘who do you say I am?’ Then Simon Peter spoke up, ‘You are the Christ,’ he said ‘the Son of the living God.’ Jesus replied, ‘Simon son of Jonah, you are a happy man! Because it was not flesh and blood that revealed this to you but my Father in heaven. So I now say to you: You are Peter and on this rock I will build my Church. And the gates of the underworld can never hold out against it. I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven: whatever you bind on earth shall be considered bound in heaven; whatever you loose on earth shall be considered loosed in heaven.’
The Gospel of the Lord.

Communion Antiphon
Peter said to Jesus: You are the Christ, the Son of the living God. And Jesus replied: You are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church.

Next Week’s Readings
2 Kgs 4:8-11, 14-16; Rom 6:3-4, 8-11; Mt 10:37-42

Feasts of the Week
Wed, 28 June - St. Irenaeus
Thu, 29 June - St. Peter & Paul, Apostles

PARISH NEWS

WEEKLY PARISH DATES

MONDAY
7:00pm to 8:15pm – Bible Study on Zoom.
Meeting ID: 826 5359 2389 Passcode: Bible.
Contact Clive 0490814452 or Francis 0401787372

TUESDAY
7:00pm - Online Zoom Rosary - Meeting ID: 893 5477 8556. Passcode: rosary7:00pm

WEDNESDAY
7:00pm - Mass followed by Mother of Perpetual Succour Novena.

1ST FRIDAY
7:00pm to 8:15pm Mass & Adoration

FR. VINCENT ON ANNUAL LEAVE
Parishioners, please note that Fr. Vincent will be away on annual leave from Sunday evening 25^th June until 2^nd August 2023. We wish Fr. Vincent a well-deserved, safe and enjoyable holiday with his family, congregation and friends.

PARISH FEAST – ST. PETER APOSTLE, SUNDAY 25^TH JUNE, 10:30AM MASS FOLLOWED BY FELLOWSHIP
Please join us for the Feast Mass as we celebrate and give thanks to our Patron Saint Peter for all the blessings and graces bestowed upon our wonderful Parish. Please bring a plate of savoury or sweet finger food to be shared in the hall after Mass. A gentle reminder to all Parish Groups to please appoint someone to carry your Banner for the procession. Could you assemble in the hall by 10:20am sharp and be ready to process into Church for the start of Mass. Looking forward to your participation.

PRAYERS FOR BERNICE
Bernice is now in rehab at Werribee Mercy Hospital and is slowly regaining her strength. Thank you for your continued prayers.

THANKSGIVING ENVELOPES, DIRECT DEBIT AND CREDIT CARD LETTERS
Thanksgiving envelopes and letters for the new financial year are available for collection from the Church Hall. Please start to use the new envelopes from the weekend of 1/2 July 2023. Parishioners who are not registered and would like to contribute to the Thanksgiving program, please complete the parish registration card available and give to Fr Vincent or Fr. Simeon, or contact the parish office on 97494300 or email hopperscrossing@cam.org.au Thank you for your continued support to the parish. May God bless you and your families. We take this opportunity to thank Anita D’Souza, Claudina (Baby) Medel and Cynthia Moso for their great effort in organising the Thanksgiving envelopes.

WYD GARAGE SALE & BAKE SALE FUNDRAISER
Date: 8th of July 9:30am – 4:00pm
Venue: Church Hall
Items will be on sale at bargain prices!!
Items to be sold include books, clothing, homewares, accessories, etc. Please come to support our young adults attending WYD23!

WYD23 COMMISSIONING MASS ON SATURDAY 1 JULY
AT 6:00PM AND SPECIAL COLLECTION 1/2 JULY
There will be a Commissioning Mass on Saturday
1^st July at 6:00pm for the World Youth Day Pilgrims from our parish attending World Youth Day in Lisbon, Portugal. There will be an extra collection at all Masses on the weekend of 1/2 July to assist the Young Adults for their World Youth Day trip.

REPAIR OF CHURCH PEWS – DONATIONS
Thank you for your patience while the church pews are being repaired and varnished. We hope you all agree that they look great! Some of you have expressed a wish to support this work by making a donation. To donate, please give to Fr.Vincent, Fr. Simeon, the Sacristan or drop off at the Parish Office via the small blank envelopes on the table outside the sacristy (include your name and amount) OR direct deposit to: Account Name: St Peter Apostle Parish Church Account, BSB: 083-347, Account no. 637286747, Reference: Your surname and the word Pews.

GOLDEN JUBILEE ST. PETER APOSTLE PRIMARY SCHOOL
The Star Weekly interviewed Karen Wilson, principal of our primary school as part of the Jubilee celebrations. Please read using link

Exhibition marks half a century

CANTEEN MANAGER POSITION AVAILABLE / VOLUNTEERS FOR CANTEEN
St. Peter’s Canteen is looking for a suitable applicant to become our New Canteen Manager. Set days of Thursday and Friday 8.30 am to 12.30 pm. Must have a Working with Children Check Card, Vaccination Certificate & Car licence. Food handling certificate is preferable but not essential. Please leave resume at Parish office marked attention Canteen Committee or email mr41806@gmail.com by Friday 30^th June. The Canteen is urgently looking for volunteers to work on Fridays (9:00am to 12 noon) starting from Term 3. To keep the canteen open, we need new people to be placed on a Roster. If you can help us, please call the Parish office or come and see the Canteen staff on any Thursday or Friday morning. Must have a Working with Children Check Card or be willing to obtain one.

RECENTLY DECEASED
We pray for Lucy Formosa, Joseph Pereira, Astrid Cachart, Paul Liang, Reynaldo Medina, Vanessa Gough, Doughy Considine, Yvonne Leonard, Loretta Williams, Angella Beracci, Eladio Collaga, Fortunato Ison, Jose Palayoor, Rosalind & Alexander Wells, Natalina Carminati, Carmen Monnier, Brian Moreira, Regin Moreira, Calixto Elano Sr, Douglas Fernando, Rouf Prasatya, Vanessa Gough, Marija Kenik, Pritam Kumar Chakrabarty, Nihal Fernando, and all who have died in disasters all over the world.

DEATH ANNIVERSARIES
We pray for Neville Morrish, Gregory Leech, Araceli (Sally) Dela Pena, Vishwa Kodikara, Rowena Ilagan and all whose anniversaries occur at this time.

PRAYERS FOR THE SICK
We pray for Sean Donaldson, Helen Kelly, Vincent Margaret, Franklin Quintanilla, Jean Cameron, Vivienne Gantar, Magda Symons, Lindsay Coates, Violet Lawrence, Tae Yoon Jim, Jeffrey Dalton, Maureen Wilson, Sandra Farrelly, Joaquin Romero, Annette O’Brien, Dale D’Souza, Christie Raj, Emma Baker, Charles Ilagan, Ima Gopez, Tony Dass, Atima Chakraborty, Carmen Ciantar, Draga & Vlado Vekic, Alan Raymond, Jean Bent, Flory Pais, Robert Hart, Ollie Olinski, Paul Colope, Debbie Wilks, Segundo Becerra, Atima Chakrabarty, Nauma Faamausili, Kelly de la Rosa, Bernice Steinhauer, Nino Mozo, Kevin Cuala and all who are ill in our Parish.

ROSTERS

Counters – 2 July 23

Bill Coghlan / Paul Mulquiney

Roster for Readers – 1/2 July 23

6:00pm	Rosemary Hibbert
8:30am	Romayne Albuquerque
10:30am	Maria Naufahu
5:00pm	Joan O’Campo

Extraordinary Ministers of Communion – 1/2 July 23

6:00pm	Davy F. / Praful A. / J. Tramontana / S. Fernando
8:30am	G Sharman / K Fernandes / C D’Souza / S Joseph
10:30am	B. Fernandes / M&C Peters / Volunteer
5:00pm	E. Angeles / A. Koek / C. Skinner / Volunteer

Music Ministry – 1/2 July 23

6:00pm	Eagles Wings
8:30am	St. Philomena
10:30am	Tongan Community
5:00pm	FilOz

11th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2023

Maria MapleJune 17, 2023

DEVOTIONAL PRAYER FOR JUNE

A FAMILY ACT OF CONSECRATION TO THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS
We consecrate to You, O Jesus of Love, all the trials, joys and happiness of our family life, and we beseech You to grant peace and unity in our home, and to pour out Your blessings on all its members, absent and present, living and dead; and when one after the other we shall have gone into eternity, O Jesus, may we find again our family united in Your Sacred Heart. Amen.

Entrance Antiphon
O Lord, hear my voice, for I have called to you; be my help. Do not abandon or forsake me, O God, my Saviour!

1^st Reading (Ex 19:2-6)
A reading from the book of Exodus.
From Rephidim the Israelites set out again; and when they reached the wilderness of Sinai, there in the wilderness they pitched their camp, there facing the mountain Israel pitched camp. Moses then went up to God and the Lord called to him from the mountain, saying, ‘Say this to the House of Jacob, declare this to the sons of Israel, “You yourselves have seen what I did with the Egyptians, how I carried you on eagles’ wings and brought you to myself. From this you know that now, if you obey my voice and hold fast to my covenant, you of all the nations shall be my very own, for all the earth is mine. I will count you a kingdom of priests, a consecrated nation.”’
The Word of the Lord.

Responsorial Psalm
We are his people: the sheep of his flock.

2^nd Reading (Rom 5:6-11)
A reading from the letter of St. Paul to the Romans.
We were still helpless when at his appointed moment Christ died for sinful men. It is not easy to die even for a good man – though of course for someone really worthy, a man might be prepared to die – but what proves that God loves us is that Christ died for us while we were still sinners. Having died to make us righteous, is it likely that he would now fail to save us from God’s anger? When we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, we were still enemies, now that we have been reconciled surely we may count on being saved by the life of his Son? Not merely because we have been reconciled but because we are filled with joyful trust in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have already gained our reconciliation.
The Word of the Lord.

Gospel Acclamation
Alleluia, alleluia! The kingdom of God is near; repent and believe the Good News! Alleluia!

Gospel (Mt 9:36–10:8)
A reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew.
When Jesus saw the crowds, he felt sorry for them because they were harassed and dejected, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples; The harvest is rich but the labourers are few, so ask the Lord of the harvest to send labourers to his harvest.’ He summoned his twelve disciples, and gave them authority over unclean spirits with power to cast them out and cure all kinds of diseases and sickness. These are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon who is called Peter, and his brother Andrew; James the son of Zebedee, and his brother John, Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas, and Matthew the tax collector, James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddeus; Simon the Zealot and Judas Iscariot, the one who was to betray him. These twelve Jesus sent out, instructing them as follows: ‘Do not turn your steps to pagan territory, and do not enter any Samaritan town; go rather to the lost sheep of the House of Israel. And as you go, proclaim that the kingdom of heaven is close at hand. Cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out devils. You received without charge, give without charge.’
The Gospel of the Lord.

Communion Antiphon
There is one thing I ask of the Lord, only this do I seek: to live in the house of the Lord all the days of my life.

Next Week’s Readings
Acts 12:1-11; 2 Tim 4:6-8, 17-18; Mt 16:13-19

Feasts of the Week
Wed, 21 June - St. Aloysius Gonzaga
Thu, 22 June - Sts. John Fisher & Thomas More
Sat, 24 Jun - The Nativity of St. John the Baptist

PARISH NEWS

WEEKLY PARISH DATES

MONDAY
7:00pm to 8:15pm – Bible Study on Zoom.
Meeting ID: 826 5359 2389 Passcode: Bible.
Contact Clive 0490814452 or Francis 0401787372
No sessions on 19th June.

TUESDAY
7:00pm - Online Zoom Rosary - Meeting ID: 893 5477 8556. Passcode: rosary7:00pm

WEDNESDAY
7:00pm - Mass followed by Mother of Perpetual Succour Novena.

1ST FRIDAY
7:00pm to 8:15pm Mass & Adoration

WELCOME FR. SIMEON ANTHONY AS ASSISTANT PRIEST
We warmly welcome you Fr Simeon Anthony, into our St Peter’s Community. Fr Simeon joined the parish on Wednesday 7^th June. We look forward to our faith journey with you and wish you abundant blessings from God as you undertake this new mission.

WELCOME TO OUR NEWLY BAPTISED
We welcome into our Church community Mia Pisanelli, Isaac Zeresenay, Mhark Ferrer and Amaria Madhavaraj, who are to be baptised this Sunday. With the guidance of the Holy Spirit and the love of Parents, Godparents, family and friends, we pray that these children will lead lives full of happiness, faith and love.

ZOOM BIBLE STUDY
Please note that there will be NO Zoom Bible Study on Monday 19^th June. Sessions will resume on 26^th June.

THANKSGIVING ENVELOPES, DIRECT DEBIT AND CREDIT CARD LETTERS
Thanksgiving envelopes and letters for the new financial year will be available for collection from the Church Hall from this weekend 17/18 June 2023. Please start to use the new envelopes from the weekend of 1/2 July 2023. Parishioners who are not registered and would like to contribute to the Thanksgiving program, please complete the parish registration card available and give to Fr Vincent or Fr.Simeon, or contact the parish office on 97494300 or email hopperscrossing@cam.org.au Thank you for your continued support to the parish. May God bless you and your families.

PARISH FEAST – ST. PETER APOSTLE, SUNDAY 25^TH JUNE, 10:30AM MASS FOLLOWED BY FELLOWSHIP
Please join us for this special Mass as we celebrate and give thanks to our Patron Saint Peter for all the blessings and graces bestowed upon our wonderful Parish. Please bring a plate of savoury or sweet finger food to be shared in the hall after Mass. A gentle reminder to all Parish Groups to please appoint someone to carry your Banner for the procession. Could you assemble in the hall by 10:20am sharp and be ready to process into Church for the start of Mass. Looking forward to your participation.

PRAYERS FOR BERNICE
It is with great sadness that we inform you that our beloved Bernice Steinhauer is recovering from a stroke in Werribee Mercy Hospital. She will require a lengthy rehabilitation and is only receiving family visitors at the moment. Please keep Bernice and her family in your prayers.

PIETY STALL VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
The Piety Stall is looking for volunteers to help out after weekend masses especially after the 10.30am and 5pm. masses. If you are available to help, please contact Ann Koek on 0401 737 456 or the parish office.

ROSTERS FOR PIETY STORE available for collection from the Hall.

REPAIR OF CHURCH PEWS – DONATIONS
Thank you for your patience while the church pews are being repaired and varnished. We hope you all agree that they look great! Some of you have expressed a wish to support this work by making a donation. To donate, please give to Fr Vincent, Fr.Simeon, the Sacristan or drop off at the Parish Office via the small blank envelopes on the table outside the sacristy (include your name and amount) OR direct deposit to: Account Name: St Peter Apostle Parish Church Account, BSB: 083-347, Account no. 637286747, Reference: Your surname and the word Pews.

VINCENT DE PAUL WINTER APPEAL
There will be a special collection at all masses this weekend for the winter appeal for St Vincent De Paul Society. Envelopes will be available for those who need them. There will be a brief presentation by the SVDP Conference after communion at all masses this weekend.

GOLDEN JUBILEE – ST PETER'S SCHOOL MUSEUM
This year St. Peter Apostle Primary School celebrates its 50 year Golden Jubilee. As part of the celebrations, the school will be showcasing mementos from the last fifty years. This will occur in the parish hall this weekend. As a thank you for the support of the parish in forming our school, we would like to invite parishioners to attend the St Peter's School Museum in the hall during this weekend.

VOLUNTEERS FOR CANTEEN
St Peter’s Canteen is looking for a suitable applicant to become our New Canteen Manager. Set days of Thursday and Friday 8.30 am to 12.30 pm. Must have a Working with Children Check Card, Vaccination Certificate & Car licence. Food handling certificate is preferable but not essential. Please leave resume at Parish office marked attention Canteen Committee or email mr41806@gmail.com by Friday 30^th June. The Canteen is urgently looking for volunteers to work on Fridays (9:00am to 12 noon) starting from Term 3. To keep the canteen open, we need new people to be placed on a Roster. If you can help us, please call the Parish office or come and see the Canteen staff on any Thursday or Friday morning. Must have a Working with Children Check Card or be willing to obtain one.

ROSTERS

Counters – 25 June 23

John Allen / Jules & Neeta Pereira

Roster for Readers – 24/25 June 23

6:00pm	Jerilee Cardoz
8:30am	KSC Reader
10:30am	Savita D’Souza
5:00pm	Sherwin Simangan

Extraordinary Ministers of Communion – 24/25 June 23

6:00pm	H. Durski / S. Martis / S. Albuquerque / G. Siccita
8:30am	KSC Minister / R. Johnson / Paul F. / Volunteer
10:30am	S. Vaz / G. Schembri / E. Mills / Volunteer
5:00pm	E. Angeles / I. SImangan / A. Koek / M. Marip

Music Ministry – 24/25 June 23

6:00pm	St. Cecilia
8:30am	St. Philomena
10:30am	Domini Chorum
5:00pm	KNK

The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ 2023

Maria MapleJune 10, 2023June 10, 2023

DEVOTIONAL PRAYER FOR JUNE
ANIMA CHRISTI
Soul of Christ, sanctify me
Body of Christ, save me
Blood of Christ, inebriate me
Water from the side of Christ, wash me
Passion of Christ, strengthen me
O good Jesus, hear me
Within Thy wounds hide me
From the malicious enemy defend me
In the hour of my death call me
And bid me come unto Thee
That I may praise Thee with Thy saints and with Thy angels
Forever and ever Amen

Entrance Antiphon
He fed them with the finest wheat and satisfied them with honey from the rock.

1^st Reading (Deut 8:2-3, 14-16)
A reading from the book of Deuteronomy.
Moses said to the people: ‘Remember how the Lord your God led you for forty years in the wilderness, to humble you, to test you and know your inmost heart – whether you would keep his commandments or not. He humbled you, he made you feel hunger, he fed you with manna which neither you nor your fathers had known, to make you understand that man does not live on bread alone but that man lives on everything that comes from the mouth of the Lord. ‘Do not then forget the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery: who guided you through this vast and dreadful wilderness, a land of fiery serpents, scorpions, thirst; who in this waterless place brought you water from the hardest rock; who in this wilderness fed you with manna that your fathers had not known.’
The Word of the Lord.

Responsorial Psalm
Praise the Lord Jerusalem.

2^nd Reading (1 Cor 10:16-17)
A reading from the first letter of St. Paul to the Corinthians.
The blessing-cup that we bless is a communion with the blood of Christ, and the bread that we break is a communion with the body of Christ. The fact that there is only one loaf means that, though there are many of us, we form a single body because we all have a share in this one loaf.
The Word of the Lord.

Gospel Acclamation
Alleluia, alleluia! I am the living bread from heaven, says the Lord; whoever eats this bread will live for ever. Alleluia!

Gospel (Jn 6:51-58)
A reading from the holy Gospel according to John.
Jesus said to the Jews: ‘I am the living bread which has come down from heaven. Anyone who eats this bread will live for ever; and the bread that I shall give is my flesh, for the life of the world.’ Then the Jews started arguing with one another: ‘How can this man give us his flesh to eat?’ they said. Jesus replied: ‘I tell you most solemnly, if you do not eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you will not have life in you. Anyone who does eat my flesh and drink my blood has eternal life, and I shall raise him up on the last day. For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink. He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood lives in me and I live in him. As I, who am sent by the living Father, myself draw life from the Father, so whoever eats me will draw life from me. This is the bread come down from heaven; not like the bread our ancestors ate: they are dead, but anyone who eats this bread will live for ever.’
The Word of the Lord.

Communion Antiphon
Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me and I in him, says the Lord.

Next Week’s Readings
Ex 19:2-6; Rom 5:6-11; Mt 9:36 – 10:8

Feasts of the Week
Tue, 13 June - St. Anthony of Padua
Fri, 16 June - The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus
Sat, 17 June - The Immaculate Heart of Mary

PARISH NEWS

WEEKLY PARISH DATES

MONDAY
7:00pm to 8:15pm – Bible Study on Zoom.
Meeting ID: 826 5359 2389 Passcode: Bible.
Contact Clive 0490814452 or Francis 0401787372
No sessions on 12th & 19th June.

TUESDAY
7:00pm - Online Zoom Rosary - Meeting ID: 893 5477 8556. Passcode: rosary7:00pm

WEDNESDAY
7:00pm - Mass followed by Mother of Perpetual Succour Novena.

1ST FRIDAY
7:00pm to 8:15pm Mass & Adoration

WELCOME FR. SIMEON ANTHONY AS ASSISTANT PRIEST
We warmly welcome you Fr Simeon Anthony, into our St Peter’s Community. We look forward to our faith journey with you and wish you abundant blessings from God as you undertake this new mission.

LITURGY OF THE WORD / COMMUNION SERVICES NEXT WEEK
Dear Parishioners please note that Liturgy of the Word/Communion Services will replace Masses from Tuesday 13^th June until Friday 16^th June as Fr. Vincent and Fr. Simeon will be away at a Clergy Conference.

SAUSAGE SIZZLE – WEEKEND OF 10/11 JUNE
The Young Adults will have a sausage sizzle after all masses this weekend. Get a quick bite to eat and a lovely chance to meet your fellow parishioners! All funds raised are greatly appreciated and will support all our Young Adults attending World Youth Day!

WEDNESDAY MORNING 8:30AM MASS
Dear Parishioners, please note that there is no longer a morning Mass on Wednesdays. The evening Mass will be held as usual at 7:00pm followed by the Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Succour.

ZOOM BIBLE STUDY
Please note that there will be NO Zoom Bible Study on Mondays 12^th and 19^th June. Sessions will resume on 26^th June.

PIETY STALL VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
The Piety Stall is looking for volunteers to help out after weekend masses especially after the 10.30am and 5pm masses. If you are available to help, please contact Ann Koek on 0401 737 456 or the parish office.

REPAIR OF CHURCH PEWS – DONATIONS
Thank you for your patience while the church pews are being repaired and varnished. We hope you all agree that they look great! Some of you have expressed a wish to support this work by making a donation. To donate, please give to Fr Vincent, Fr Simeon, the Sacristan or drop off at the Parish Office via the small blank envelopes on the table outside the sacristy (include your name and amount) OR direct deposit to: Account Name: St Peter Apostle Parish Church Account, BSB: 083-347, Account no. 637286747, Reference: Your surname and the word Pews.

ROSTERS FOR PIETY STORE available for collection from the Hall.

VINCENT DE PAUL WINTER APPEAL
There will be a special collection at all masses on the weekend of 17/18 June for the winter appeal for St Vincent De Paul Society. Envelopes will be available for those who need them.

VOLUNTEERS FOR CANTEEN
The Canteen is urgently looking for volunteers to work on Fridays (9:00am to 12 noon) starting from Term 3. To keep the canteen open, we need new people to be placed on a Roster. If you can help us, please call Lorinda on 0432201990 or come and see us any Thursday or Friday morning. Must have a Working with Children Check Card or be willing to obtain one.

SAUSAGE SIZZLE TO SUPPORT ST PETER APOSTLE PRIMARY SCHOOL
On Saturday 17^th June, St. Peter Apostle Primary school will be raising funds through the Bunnings BBQ at Hoppers Crossing. Please come and support our parish school by buying a sausage and drink on the day.

GOLDEN JUBILEE – ST PETER'S SCHOOL MUSEUM
This year St. Peter Apostle Primary School celebrates its 50 year Golden Jubilee. As part of the celebrations, the school will be showcasing mementos from the last fifty years. This will occur in the parish hall on the weekend of 17/18 June. As a thank you for the support of the parish in forming our school, we would like to invite parishioners to attend our St Peter's School Museum in the hall during this weekend.

CATHOLIC THEOLOGICAL COLLEGE
Find Your Path at CTC Online Information Session
Monday 19 June at 7.30pm (AEST). Register via our website: ctc.edu.au/information-session. For more information contact Dr Christopher Knauf ctc.edu.au/contact/contact-the-registrar/

INNER HEALING THROUGH “MEDITATION ON JESUS” through Breathing in the Spirit and gentle prayerful postures with relaxation methods, From June 30 – July 2, 2023. Guided by Fr. Gilbert. Contact: Janssen Spirituality Centre, 22 Woodvale Road, Boronia, Victoria 3155. RSVP Tel: 03 9762 6625 or Email:gilbertcarlo@gmail.com

RECENTLY DECEASED
We pray for Rosalind & Alexander Wells, Natalina Carminati, Carmen Monnier, Brian Moreira, Regin Moreira, Calixto Elano Sr, Douglas Fernando, Rouf Prasatya, Reynaldo Medina, Vanessa Gough, Marija Kenik, Pritam Kumar Chakrabarty, Nihal Fernando, Maurice Galea, Audrey Doherty, Gina Gubiani, Johny Paul, Marie Stanley, Kenneth Montinola, Callum Brown, Jean Winter, John Baptist Tran and all who have died in disasters all over the world.

DEATH ANNIVERSARIES
We pray for Noel Rego, Dayanganie Fonseka, Eric Billing, Cliff Mills, Antony Fernando, Liberato Gomez Jr, Santan Fernandes, Alex D’souza, Evelyn & Frank D’Lima, Ernest & Beatrice Paull, Maria Nguyen, June & Crescentia Fernando, Emmanuel & Lolita Fernando, Desmond Conns and all whose anniversaries occur at this time.

PRAYERS FOR THE SICK
We pray for Sean Donaldson, Helen Kelly, Vincent Margaret, Franklin Quintanilla, Jean Cameron, Vivienne Gantar, Magda Symons, Lindsay Coates, Violet Lawrence, Tae Yoon Jim, Jeffrey Dalton, Maureen Wilson, Sandra Farrelly, Joaquin Romero, Annette O’Brien, Dale D’Souza, Christie Raj, Emma Baker, Charles Ilagan, Ima Gopez, Tony Dass, Atima Chakraborty, Carmen Ciantar, Draga & Vlado Vekic, Alan Raymond, Jean Bent, Flory Pais, Robert Hart, Ollie Olinski, Paul Colope, Debbie Wilks, Segundo Becerra, Atima Chakrabarty, Nauma Faamausili, Kelly de la Rosa, Bernice Steinhauer, Nino Mozo and all who are ill in our Parish.

ROSTERS

Counters – 18 June 23

Pravin Albuquerque / Clarence D’Souza / Grace Sharman

Roster for Readers – 17/18 June 23

6:00pm	David Roga
8:30am	Sandra Graham
10:30am	Meresiena Peters
5:00pm	Youth Mass

Extraordinary Ministers of Communion – 17/18 June 23

6:00pm	J. Roga / G. Linning / K. Pham / Sophia D’Souza
8:30am	Karen F. / Romayne A. / P. Simonides / S. Vaz
10:30am	C. Peters / S. Delos Reyes / L. Ortega / A. Koek
5:00pm	Youth Mass

Music Ministry – 17/18 June 23

6:00pm	Mater Dolorosa
8:30am	St. Philomena
10:30am	FilOz
5:00pm	Young Adults

The Most Holy Trinity 2023

Maria MapleJune 3, 2023June 3, 2023

DEVOTIONAL PRAYER FOR JUNE
Prayer to the Holy Trinity

Glory be to the Father, who by His almighty power and love created me, making me in the image and likeness of God. Glory be to the Son, who by His Precious Blood delivered me from hell, and opened for me the gates of heaven. Glory be to the Holy Spirit, who has sanctified me in the sacrament of Baptism, and continues to sanctify me by the graces I receive daily from His bounty. Glory be to the three adorable Persons of the Holy Trinity, now and forever. Amen.

Entrance Antiphon
Blest be God the Father, and the Only Begotten Son of God, and also the Holy Spirit, for he has shown us his merciful love.

1^st Reading (Ex 34:4-6, 8-9)
A reading from the book of Exodus.
With the two tablets of stone in his hands, Moses went up the mountain of Sinai in the early morning as the Lord had commanded him. And the Lord descended in the form of a cloud, and Moses stood with him there. He called on the name of the Lord. The Lord passed before him and proclaimed, ‘Lord, Lord, a God of tenderness and compassion, slow to anger rich in kindness and faithfulness.’ And Moses bowed down to the ground at once and worshipped. ‘If I have indeed won your favour, Lord,’ he said ‘let my Lord come with us, I beg. True, they are a headstrong people, but forgive us our faults and our sins, and adopt us as your heritage.’
The Word of the Lord.

Responsorial Psalm
Glory and praise for ever!

2^nd Reading (2 Cor 13:11-13)
A reading from the second letter of St. Paul to the Corinthians.
Brothers, we wish you happiness; try to grow perfect; help one another. Be united; live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you. Greet one another with the holy kiss. All the saints send you greetings. The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
The Word of the Lord.

Gospel Acclamation
Alleluia, alleluia! Glory to the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit: to God who is, who was, and who is to come. Alleluia!

Gospel (Jn 3:16-18)
A reading from the holy Gospel according to John.
Jesus said to Nicodemus, ‘God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not be lost but may have eternal life. For God sent his Son into the world not to condemn the world, but so that through him the world might be saved. No one who believes in him will be condemned; but whoever refuses to believe is condemned already, because he has refused to believe in the name of God’s only Son.’
The Gospel of the Lord.

Communion Antiphon
Since you are children of God, God has sent into your hearts the Spirit of his Son, the Spirit who cries out: Abba, Father.

Next Week’s Readings
Deut 8:2-3, 14-16; 1 Cor 10:16-17; Jn 6:51-58

Feasts of the Week
Mon, 5 June - St. Boniface

PARISH NEWS

WEEKLY PARISH DATES

MONDAY
7:00pm to 8:15pm – Bible Study on Zoom.
Meeting ID: 826 5359 2389 Passcode: Bible.
Contact Clive 0490814452 or Francis 0401787372

TUESDAY
7:00pm - Online Zoom Rosary - Meeting ID: 893 5477 8556. Passcode: rosary7:00pm

WEDNESDAY
7:00pm - Mass followed by Mother of Perpetual Succour Novena.

1ST FRIDAY
7:00pm to 8:15pm Mass & Adoration

BAPTISM
12 noon – Baptisms held 1^st & 3^rd Sundays.
Baptism Preparation Meeting held on 1^st Monday of the month at 7:00pm. Next Baptism Preparation Meeting Mon 5th June 2023 at 7:00pm in Church.

WEDNESDAY MORNING 8:30AM MASS
Dear Parishioners, please note that from Wednesday 7^th June there will be no morning Mass. The evening Mass will be held as usual at 7:00pm followed by the Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Succour.

APPOINTMENT OF FR SIMEON ANTHONY AS ASSISTANT PRIEST
We warmly welcome Fr. Simeon Anthony into our St. Peter’s Community. Fr Simeon has been appointed Assistant Priest from 7^th June 2023. We look forward to our faith journey with him.

WELCOME TO OUR NEWLY BAPTISED
We welcome into our Church community Avani Singh and Willow Walsh who are to be baptised this Sunday. With the guidance of the Holy Spirit and the love of Parents, Godparents, family and friends, we pray that these children will lead lives full of happiness, faith and love.

SENIORS SHARED LUNCH – WEDNESDAY 7^TH JUNE 2023
We welcome seniors over 65 to a monthly shared lunch, cuppa and chat on the first Wednesday of each month. Our next shared lunch will be on Wednesday 7^th June 2023, from 11:30am to 1:30pm in the Meeting Room off the church hall. Please enter from the outside entrance between the church and school office and bring a plate of food to share. Coffee, tea and hot chocolate provided. Contact Margaret Craigie on 0456 914 652 for further details.

REPAIR OF CHURCH PEWS – DONATIONS
Thank you for your patience while the church pews are being repaired and varnished. We hope you all agree that they look great! Some of you have expressed a wish to support this work by making a donation. To donate please give to Fr Vincent, the Sacristan or drop off at the Parish Office via the small blank envelopes on the table outside the sacristy (include your name and amount) OR direct deposit to: Account Name: St Peter Apostle Parish Church Account, BSB: 083-347, Account no. 637286747, Reference: Your surname and the word Pews.

ROSTERS FOR LECTORS & EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS
Rosters for Lectors and Extraordinary Ministers for the months from June to August have been emailed to Lectors and Extraordinary Ministers. If you have not received your copy or need a hard copy, kindly contact the Parish office.

CORPUS CHRISTI FEAST PROCESSION SUNDAY 11^TH JUNE
Our Parish will celebrate the Feast of Corpus Christi on Sunday 11^th June starting at 10:15am sharp with Exposition, Procession of the Blessed Sacrament around school oval and Benediction followed by Mass at 10:30am. We invite you all to attend this beautiful ceremony honouring our Lord present in the Eucharist.

SAUSAGE SIZZLE – WEEKEND OF 10/11 JUNE
The Young Adults will have a sausage sizzle after all masses next weekend on 10/11 June. Get a quick bite to eat and a lovely chance to meet your fellow parishioners! All funds raised are greatly appreciated and will support all our Young Adults attending World Youth Day!

ROSTERS FOR PIETY STORE available for collection from the Hall.

CATHOLIC MISSION DIOCESAN PARISH APPEAL COORDINATOR POSITION
Part-time 3 days per week, fixed term (18 months) position based in Melbourne VIC. Work within community engagement in a creative and innovative role. Become a member of an experienced Diocesan team. Recruiting and supervising a team of Parish Ambassadors across Melbourne; in concert with the Parish Ambassadors, recruiting a team of speakers to promote Church appeals. Overseeing a formation Program to support a growing team of Parish Mission Ambassadors. For further information, contact the Diocesan Director of Catholic Mission, Kevin Meese at Melbourne.director@catholicmission.org.au.

CATHOLIC THEOLOGICAL COLLEGE
Find Your Path at CTC Online Information Session
Monday 19 June at 7.30pm (AEST). Register via our website: ctc.edu.au/information-session. For more information contact:
Dr Christopher Knauf ctc.edu.au/contact/contact-the-registrar/

RECENTLY DECEASED
We pray for Douglas Fernando, Rouf Prasatya, Reynaldo Medina, Vanessa Gough, Marija Kenik, Pritam Kumar Chakrabarty, Nihal Fernando, Maurice Galea, Audrey Doherty, Gina Gubiani, Johny Paul, Marie Stanley, Kenneth Montinola, Callum Brown, Jean Winter, John Baptist Tran, Walter Velasques, Cameron Torcasio, Noemi Hernandez, Fani Pateras, Anthony Van–Nhuong Nguyen, Rosigen Harris, Alfredo Santos and all who have died in disasters all over the world.

DEATH ANNIVERSARIES
We pray for Santan Fernandes, Genoveffa Martelli, Agostino & Josephine Cutajar; Peppi, Rosaria & Sabrina Ferlazzo; Gregoria Musarra, Mary Borg, Garnette DeRozario, Medhane Okabmariam, and all whose anniversaries occur at this time.

PRAYERS FOR THE SICK
We pray for Sean Donaldson, Helen Kelly, Gordon Newman, Thais Long, Vincent Margaret, Franklin Quintanilla, Jean Cameron, Vivienne Gantar, Magda Symons, Lindsay Coates, Violet Lawrence, Tae Yoon Jim, Jeffrey Dalton, Maureen Wilson, Sandra Farrelly, Joaquin Romero, Annette O’Brien, Cecilia Lazum Htu Bu, Alster Firth, Robert Martinez, Nina Costa, Johnny Gregory, Dale D’Souza, Jean Barry, Christie Raj, Emma Baker, Charles Ilagan, Ima Gopez, Tony Dass, Atima Chakraborty, Carmen Ciantar, Draga & Vlado Vekic, Alan Raymond, Jean Bent, Flory Pais, Robert Hart, Ollie Olinski, Paul Colope, Debbie Wilks, Segundo Becerra, Atima Chakrabarty, Nauma Faamausili, Kelly de la Rosa, Bernice Steinhauer and all who are ill in our Parish.

ROSTERS

Counters – 11 June 23

L. Vasquez / T. Grisancich / L. De La Cruz

Roster for Readers – 10/11 June 23

6:00pm	Jeffrey Poppen
8:30am	Grace Sharman
10:30am	Sunil Vaz
5:00pm	Sharon D’Silva

Extraordinary Ministers of Communion – 10/11 June 23

6:00pm	J. Tramontana / M. Maple / N. Golaw / S. Joseph
8:30am	M. Nelthropp / N&N Gooneratne / R. Hibbert
10:30am	F. Caruana / S. Colla / A. Koek / E. Mills
5:00pm	E. Angeles / C. Skinner / Sunita D / G. Siccita

Music Ministry – 10/11 June 23

6:00pm	Footsteps
8:30am	St. Philomena
10:30am	Youth Band
5:00pm	Shepherds of Christ

Pentecost Sunday 2023

Maria MapleMay 27, 2023May 27, 2023

DEVOTIONAL PRAYER FOR MAY
Prayer to the Holy Spirit

O, Holy Spirit, beloved of my soul, I adore you.
Enlighten me, guide me, strengthen me, console me.
Tell me what I should do ...... give me Your orders.
I promise to submit myself to all that You desire of me
And to accept all that You permit to happen to me.
Let me only know Your will.
Amen.

Entrance Antiphon
The Spirit of the Lord has filled the whole world and that which contains all things understands what is said, alleluia.

1^st Reading (Acts 2:1-11)
A reading from the Acts of the Apostles.
When Pentecost day came round, they had all met in one room, when suddenly they heard what sounded like a powerful wind from heaven, the noise of which filled the entire house in which they were sitting; and something appeared to them that seemed like tongues of fire; these separated and came to rest on the head of each of them. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak foreign languages as the Spirit gave them the gift of speech. Now there were devout men living in Jerusalem from every nation under heaven, and at this sound they all assembled, each one bewildered to hear these men speaking his own language. They were amazed and astonished. ‘Surely’ they said ‘all these men speaking are Galileans? How does it happen that each of us hears them in his own native language? Parthians, Medes and Elamites; people from Mesopotamia, Judaea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya round Cyrene; as well as visitors from Rome – Jews and proselytes alike – Cretans and Arabs; we hear them preaching in our own language about the marvels of God.
The Word of the Lord.

Responsorial Psalm
Lord, send out your Spirit and renew the face of the earth.

2^nd Reading (1 Cor 12:3-7,12-13)
A reading from the first letter of St. Paul to the Corinthians.
No one can say, ‘Jesus is Lord’ unless he is under the influence of the Holy Spirit. There is a variety of gifts but always the same Spirit; there are all sorts of service to be done, but always to the same Lord; working in all sorts of different ways in different people, it is the same God who is working in all of them. The particular way in which the Spirit is given to each person is for a good purpose. Just as a human body, though it is made up of many parts, is a single unit because all these parts, though many, make one body, so it is with Christ. In the one Spirit we were all baptised, Jews as well as Greeks, slaves as well as citizens, and one Spirit was given to us all to drink.
The Word of the Lord.

Gospel Acclamation
Alleluia, alleluia! Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful and kindle in them the fire of your love. Alleluia!

Gospel (Jn 20:19-23)
A reading from the holy Gospel according to John.
In the evening of the first day of the week, the doors were closed in the room where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews. Jesus came and stood among them. He said to them, ‘Peace be with you’, and showed them his hands and his side. The disciples were filled with joy when they saw the Lord, and he said to them again, ‘Peace be with you. ‘As the Father sent me, so am I sending you.’ After saying this he breathed on them and said: ‘Receive the Holy Spirit. For those whose sins you forgive, they are forgiven; for those whose sins you retain, they are retained.’
The Gospel of the Lord.

Communion Antiphon
They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke of the marvels of God, alleluia.

Next Week’s Readings
Ex 34:4-6,8-9; 2 Cor 13:11-13; Jn 3:16-18

Feasts of the Week
Mon, 29 May - The Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church
Wed, 31 May - The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Thu, 1 June - St. Justin
Sat, 3 June - St. Charles Lwanga & comp.

PARISH NEWS

WEEKLY PARISH DATES

SUNDAY
9:15am to 10:25am – Sunday School for children attending non-Catholic Schools.
10:30am Mass – Children’s Liturgy held 1^st and 3^rd Sundays.
After 5:00pm Mass in THeatrette – Youth Group for youth 12 to 17 years on 2^nd and 4^th Sundays.
6:00pm in Theatrette – Young Adults (SPYA) meet 1^st and 3^rd Sundays.
6:15pm in Church Hall - School of Discipleship.

MONDAY
7:00pm to 8:15pm – Bible Study on Zoom.
Meeting ID: 826 5359 2389 Passcode: Bible.
Contact Clive 0490814452 or Francis 0401787372

TUESDAY
7:00pm - Online Zoom Rosary - Meeting ID: 893 5477 8556. Passcode: rosary7:00pm

WEDNESDAY
7:00pm - Mass followed by Mother of Perpetual Succour Novena.

1ST FRIDAY
7:00pm to 8:15pm Mass & Adoration

SCHOOL FIRST HOLY COMMUNION DATES
Parishioners, please keep in your prayers the Year 4 students from our school, as they prepare to receive our Lord for the first time. The First Holy Communion dates are as follows: Saturday 27^th May – 6:00pm and Sunday 28^th May - 10:30am.

THANK YOU
Many thanks to all who supported the Young Adults with the Trivia Night held last Saturday 20^thMay especially those who sponsored the night, helping to raise over $1000 for World Youth Day. Special thanks to Mal, Janice and team for hosting a fun night.

MONTH OF MAY MASS COUNT
Parishioners, as required by our Archdiocese each year, there will be a mass count at all masses for four weekends during May.

REPAIR OF CHURCH PEWS – DONATIONS
Thank you for your patience while the church pews are being repaired and varnished. We hope you all agree that they look great! Some of you have expressed a wish to support this work by making a donation. To donate please give to Fr Vincent, the Sacristan or drop off at the Parish Office via the small blank envelopes on the table outside the sacristy (include your name and amount) OR direct deposit to: Account Name: St Peter Apostle Parish Church Account, BSB: 083-347, Account no. 637286747, Reference: Your surname and the word Pews.

CATHOLIC THEOLOGICAL COLLEGE
Teaching Meditation and Prayer
Online unit presented over 4 Saturdays 17, 24 June; 7, 14 October. Lecturer - Dr Christopher Morris. To enrol or for further information CONTACT Dr Christopher Knauf, Registrar: registrar@ctc.edu.au

‘PASSION ON THE BIG SCREEN – A DAY @ THE MOVIES WITH PETER MALONE MSC’ (IN-PERSON EVENT), SATURDAY 17 JUNE 2023, 10:00 AM – 3:30PM
We often refer to Jesus as the Word made Flesh. But Colossians I proclaims Jesus as the Image of the Invisible God. Religious images have always been part of spirituality, The 20^th century saw moving images emerging on screens, cinemas, television and new modes of streaming. How can we relate to these images as vision for our spiritual lives? Images, symbols, visual metaphors, Christ-figures? We appreciate Lectio Divina. Here we respond to Visio Divina, movie clips, their challenge. Facilitated by Peter Malone msc - author, lecturer, founding member of The Film Critics Association and priest. Heart of Life Centre for Spiritual & Pastoral Formation. Cost: $60 (BYO lunch). Book and pay via website www.heartoflife.melbourne, tel 03 9890 1101 or email info@heartoflife.melbourne.

INFORMATION SESSION FOR THE PERMANENT DIACONATE – Do you feel like being called to serve?
The Permanent Diaconate is open to single and married men who want to serve God and the Church as ordained ministers. COME & SEE! An Information Session about the Permanent Diaconate will be held on Saturday 3^rd June 2023, 10:00am - 11.45am at the Catholic Theological College (CTC), 278 Victorian Parade, East Melbourne. For more information contact the Office of the Permanent Diaconate on 03-94123357 or email diaconate@cam.org.au. More information at
https://vocations.melbournecatholic.org/about/what-is-a-vocation/permanent-diaconate, https://youtu.be/q2RhNDbtTS0, https://www.cam1.org.au/permanent-diaconate.

RECENTLY DECEASED
We pray for Audrey Doherty, Gina Gubiani, Johny Paul, Marie Stanley, Vanessa Gough, Kenneth Montinola, Callum Brown, Jean Winter, John Baptist Tran, Pritam Kumar, Walter Velasques, Cameron Torcasio, Noemi Hernandez, Fani Pateras, Anthony Van–Nhuong Nguyen, Rosigen Harris, Alfredo Santos, Reynaldo Medina, and all who have died in disasters all over the world.

DEATH ANNIVERSARIES
We pray for Mary Crough, Lynus Lobo, Alfred White, Rev Peter Chinh, Maria Martina Kim, Vinn & Denise Beasley, Angelo Piscopo, Richard Green, Hishal & Rusom Shiker, Poly Pynadath, Michael Scrofani, Joseph Siccita, Claudio Scrofani, Arlene Burns, Genoveffa Martelli and all whose anniversaries occur at this time.

ROSTERS

Counters – 4 June 23

Bill Coghlan / Paul Mulquiney

Roster for Readers – 3/4 June 23

6:00pm	Davy Fernandez
8:30am	Kitty Stuttard
10:30am	Lionel D’Cruz
5:00pm	Connie Skinner

Extraordinary Ministers of Communion – 3/4 June 23

6:00pm	S. Fernando / G. Aldcroft / G. Surrao / Bernice S.
8:30am	Karen F. / P. Simonides / C. D’Souza / I. D’Lima
10:30am	D. Dalton / G. Schembri / R. Hibbert / Bernadina F.
5:00pm	A. Koek / E. Angeles / R. Albuquerque / M. Marip

Music Ministry – 3/4 June 23

6:00pm	Eagles Wings
8:30am	St. Philomena
10:30am	Tongan Community
5:00pm	FilOz

The Ascension of the Lord 2023

Maria MapleMay 19, 2023

DEVOTIONAL PRAYER FOR MAY
Prayer for the Ascension of the Lord

God our Father, make us joyful in the ascension of your Son Jesus Christ. May we follow him into the new creation, for his ascension is our glory and our hope. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Entrance Antiphon
Men of Galilee, why gaze in wonder at the heavens? This Jesus whom you saw ascending into heaven will return as you saw him go, alleluia.

1^st Reading (Acts 1:1-11)
A reading from the Acts of the Apostles.
In my earlier work, Theophilus, I dealt with everything Jesus had done and taught from the beginning until the day he gave his instructions to the apostles he had chosen through the Holy Spirit, and was taken up to heaven. He had shown himself alive to them after his Passion by many demonstrations: for forty days he had continued to appear to them and tell them about the kingdom of God. When he had been at table with them, he had told them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait there for what the Father had promised. ‘It is’ he had said ‘what you have heard me speak about: John baptised with water but you, not many days from now, will be baptised with the Holy Spirit.’ Now having met together, they asked him, ‘Lord, has the time come? Are you going to restore the kingdom to Israel?’ He replied, ‘It is not for you to know times or dates that the Father has decided by his own authority, but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you, and then you will be my witnesses not only in Jerusalem but throughout Judaea and Samaria, and indeed to the ends of the earth.’ As he said this he was lifted up while they looked on, and a cloud took him from their sight. They were still staring into the sky when suddenly two men in white were standing near them and they said, ‘Why are you men from Galilee standing here looking into the sky? Jesus who has been taken up from you into heaven, this same Jesus will come back in the same way as you have seen him go there.
The Word of the Lord.

Responsorial Psalm
God mounts his throne to shouts of joy: a blare of trumpets for the Lord.

2^nd Reading (Eph 1:17-23)
A reading from the letter of St. Paul to the Ephesians.
May the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, give you a spirit of wisdom and perception of what is revealed, to bring you to full knowledge of him. May he enlighten the eyes of your mind so that you can see what hope his call holds for you, what rich glories he has promised the saints will inherit and how infinitely great is the power that he has exercised for us believers. This you can tell from the strength of his power at work in Christ, when he used it to raise him from the dead and to make him sit at his right hand, in heaven, far above every Sovereignty. Authority, Power, or Domination, or any other name that can be named not only in this age but also in the age to come. He has put all things under his feet and made him, as the ruler of everything, the head of the Church; which is his body, the fullness of him who fills the whole creation.
The Word of the Lord.

Gospel Acclamation
Alleluia, alleluia! Go and teach all people my gospel. I am with you always, until the end of the world. Alleluia!

Gospel (Mt 28:16-20)
A reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew.
The eleven disciples set out for Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had arranged to meet them. When they saw him they fell down before him, though some hesitated. Jesus came up and spoke to them. He said, ‘All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go, therefore, make disciples of all the nations; baptise them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teach them to observe all the commands I gave you. And know that I am with you always; yes, to the end of time.’
The Word of the Lord.

Communion Antiphon
Behold I am with you always, even to the end of the age, alleluia.

Next Week’s Readings
Acts 2: 1-11; 1 Cor 12:3-7,12-13; Jn 20:19-23

Feasts of the Week
Wed, 24 May - Our Lady, Help of Christians
Fri, 26 May - St. Philip Neri

PARISH NEWS

WEEKLY PARISH DATES

SUNDAY
9:15am to 10:25am – Sunday School for children attending non-Catholic Schools.
10:30am Mass – Children’s Liturgy held 1^st and 3^rd Sundays.
After 5:00pm Mass in THeatrette – Youth Group for youth 12 to 17 years on 2^nd and 4^th Sundays.
6:00pm in Theatrette – Young Adults (SPYA) meet 1^st and 3^rd Sundays.
6:15pm in Church Hall - School of Discipleship.

MONDAY
7:00pm to 8:15pm – Bible Study on Zoom.
Meeting ID: 826 5359 2389 Passcode: Bible.
Contact Clive 0490814452 or Francis 0401787372

TUESDAY
7:00pm - Online Zoom Rosary - Meeting ID: 893 5477 8556. Passcode: rosary7:00pm

WEDNESDAY
7:00pm - Mass followed by Mother of Perpetual Succour Novena.

1ST FRIDAY
7:00pm to 8:15pm Mass & Adoration

WELCOME TO OUR NEWLY BAPTISED
We welcome into our Church community Olive Cooper and Daniela Mendigorin who are to be baptised this Sunday. With the guidance of the Holy Spirit and the love of Parents, Godparents, family and friends, we pray that these children will lead lives full of happiness, faith and love.

REPAIR OF CHURCH PEWS
The work on the church pews has commenced. We ask for your patience while this work is being undertaken. During this time, pews are being replaced with chairs.

SCHOOL FIRST HOLY COMMUNION DATES
Parishioners, please keep in your prayers the Year 4 students from our school, as they prepare to receive our Lord for the first time. The First Holy Communion dates are as follows:
Saturday 20^th May – 6:00pm
Sunday 21^st May – 10.30 am
Saturday 27^th May – 6:00pm
Sunday 28^th May - 10:30am.

PENTECOST VIGIL – SATURDAY 27^TH MAY FROM 11:00PM TO SUNDAY 28^TH MAY 5:00AM MASS
To celebrate the feast of Pentecost Sunday, our Parish will hold our annual all-night vigil starting from 11:00pm on Saturday 27^th May and ending with 5:00am Mass on Sunday 28^th May. The vigil will include Exposition, Adoration, Praise and Worship, talks about Pentecost and the Holy Spirit, Rosary and the Divine Mercy Chaplet. Thank you to St. Peter's Charismatic Prayer Group, who will be hosting this Vigil.

MONTH OF MAY MASS COUNT
Parishioners, as required by our Archdiocese each year, there will be a mass count at all masses for four weekends during May.

WEDNESDAY MORNING 8:30AM MASS
Dear Parishioners, please note that from Wednesday 7^th June there will be no morning Mass. The evening Mass will be held as usual at 7:00pm followed by the Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help.

COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS PROGRAM
This program offers Wyndham Culturally & Linguistically Diverse (CALD) carers and families, information sessions on ‘Looking for Work’, ‘How to link with NDIS’, ‘Women’s Health’, ‘Bring a Bill Day’ and more. Interpreters provided. Contact Kellie Yeow at kellie.yeow@anglicarevic.org.au or call 0488 600 052.

DEATH ANNIVERSARIES
We pray for John D’souza, Margaret Smith, Frank Catania, Lydia Van Susteren, Vito Musarra, Pauline Restall, Bernie Manninen, Rosalba Mastroianni, Johnny Pura, Shyamala Reddy, Eardley Beck and all whose anniversaries occur at this time.

ROSTERS

Counters – 28 May 23

K. Stuttard / E. Lewis / B. D’Souza / R. Hibbert

Roster for Readers – 27/28 May 23

6:00pm	Savita D’Souza
8:30am	KSC Reader
10:30am	Rosemary Hibbert
5:00pm	Valerian D’Souza

Extraordinary Ministers of Communion – 27/28 May 23

6:00pm	H. Durski / K. Pham / A. Vesty / M. Maple
8:30am	KSC Minister / K. English / R. Johnson / Paul F.
10:30am	G. Schembri / E. Mills / M&C Peters
5:00pm	C. Skinner / S&I Simangan / E. Angeles

Music Ministry – 27/28 May 23

6:00pm	St. Cecilia
8:30am	St. Philomena
10:30am	Domini Chorum
5:00pm	KNK

6th Sunday of Easter 2023

Maria MapleMay 13, 2023May 13, 2023

DEVOTIONAL PRAYER FOR MAY
Prayer to Mother Mary for all Mothers

Most Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of Our Lord Jesus Christ and heavenly Mother to all of God’s families, we pray for your guidance to give all Mothers the grace and love to receive the children that God sends to them and to understand the sanctity of all children’s lives. Help all Mothers to teach their children to live their lives in the service of God and our Parish Communities. We pray with confidence to you our Holy Mother and ask you to give all Mothers joy and delight in their children to sustain them through the trials of Motherhood. Please graciously hear all our prayers and help us to trust in your mercy and love all our days. Amen.

Entrance Antiphon
Proclaim a joyful sound and let it be heard; proclaim to the ends of the earth: The Lord has freed his people, alleluia.

1^st Reading (Acts 8:5-8,14-17 )
A reading from the Acts of the Apostles.
Philip went to a Samaritan town and proclaimed the Christ to them. The people united in welcoming the message Philip preached, either because they had heard of the miracles he worked or because they saw them for themselves. There were, for example, unclean spirits that came shrieking out of many who were possessed, and several paralytics and cripples were cured. As a result there was great rejoicing in that town. When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them, and they went down there, and prayed for the Samaritans to receive the Holy Spirit, for as yet he had not come down on any of them: they had only been baptised in the name of the Lord Jesus. Then they laid hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
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Responsorial Psalm
Let all the earth cry out to God with joy.

2nd Reading (1 Pet 3:15-18)
A reading from the first letter of St. Peter.
Reverence the Lord Christ in your hearts, and always have your answer ready for people who ask you the reason for the hope that you all have. But give it with courtesy and respect and with a clear conscience, so that those who slander you when you are living a good life in Christ may be proved wrong in the accusations that they bring. And if it is the will of God that you should suffer, it is better to suffer for doing right than for doing wrong. Why, Christ himself, innocent though he was, had died once for sins, died for the guilty, to lead us to God. In the body he was put to death, in the spirit he was raised to life.
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Gospel Acclamation
Alleluia, alleluia! All who love me will keep my words, and my Father will love them and we will come to them. Alleluia!

Gospel (Jn 14:15-21)
A reading from the holy Gospel according to St. John.
Jesus said to his disciples: ‘If you love me you will keep my commandments. I shall ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate to be with you for ever, that Spirit of truth whom the world can never receive since it neither sees nor knows him; but you know him, because he is with you, he is in you. I will not leave you orphans; I will come back to you. In a short time the world will no longer see me; but you will see me, because I live and you will live. On that day you will understand that I am in my Father and you in me and I in you. Anybody who receives my commandments and keeps them will be one who loves me; and anybody who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I shall love him and show myself to him.’
The Gospel of the Lord.

Communion Antiphon
If you love me, keep my commandments, says the Lord, and I will ask the Father and he will send you another Paraclete, to abide with you for ever, alleluia.

Next Week’s Readings
Acts 1:1-11; Eph 1:17-23; Mt 28:16-20

PARISH NEWS

WEEKLY PARISH DATES

SUNDAY
9:15am to 10:25am – Sunday School for children attending non-Catholic Schools.
10:30am Mass – Children’s Liturgy held 1^st and 3^rd Sundays.
After 5:00pm Mass in THeatrette – Youth Group for youth 12 to 17 years on 2^nd and 4^th Sundays.
6:00pm in Theatrette – Young Adults (SPYA) meet 1^st and 3^rd Sundays.
6:15pm in Church Hall - School of Discipleship.

MONDAY
7:00pm to 8:15pm – Bible Study on Zoom.
Meeting ID: 826 5359 2389 Passcode: Bible.
Contact Clive 0490814452 or Francis 0401787372

TUESDAY
7:00pm - Online Zoom Rosary - Meeting ID: 893 5477 8556. Passcode: rosary7:00pm

WEDNESDAY
7:00pm - Mass followed by Mother of Perpetual Succour Novena.

1ST FRIDAY
7:00pm to 8:15pm Mass & Adoration

WISHING ALL MOTHERS & MOTHERS-TO-BE, God’s unending grace, blessings and love, this Mother’s Day and always.

WELCOME TO OUR NEWLY BAPTISED
We welcome into our Church community Ava Soriano who is to be baptised this weekend. With the guidance of the Holy Spirit and the love of Parents, Godparents, family and friends, we pray that Ava will lead a life full of happiness, faith and love.

REPAIR OF CHURCH PEWS
The work on the church pews has commenced. We ask for your patience while this work is being undertaken. During this time, pews are being replaced with chairs.

SCHOOL FIRST HOLY COMMUNION DATES
Parishioners, please keep in your prayers the Year 4 students from our school, as they prepare to receive our Lord for the first time. The First Holy Communion dates are as follows:
Saturday 20^th May - 6:00pm
Sunday 21^st May - 10:30am
Saturday 27^th May – 6:00pm
Sunday 28^th May - 10:30am

MONTH OF MAY MASS COUNT
Parishioners, please note that as required by our Archdiocese each year, there will be a mass count at all masses for four weekends during May.

SENIORS SHARED LUNCH
Thank you to Margaret Craigie and all those who attended the seniors shared lunch on Wednesday 10^th May. Seniors Shared Lunch will be on the first Wednesday of each month from 11:30am to 1:30pm in the Meeting Room off the church hall. Please enter from the outside entrance between the church and school office and bring a plate of food to share. Coffee, tea and hot chocolate provided. Contact Margaret Craigie on 0456 914 652 for further details.

PENTECOST VIGIL - SATURDAY 27^TH MAY FROM 11:00PM TO SUNDAY 28^TH MAY 5:00AM MASS
To celebrate the feast of Pentecost Sunday, our Parish will hold our annual all-night vigil starting from 11:00pm on Saturday 27^th May and ending with 5:00am Mass on Sunday 28^th May. The vigil will include Exposition, Adoration, Praise and Worship, talks about Pentecost and the Holy Spirit, Rosary and the Divine Mercy Chaplet. Thank you to St. Peter's Charismatic Prayer Group, who will be hosting this Vigil.

SCHOOL OF DISCIPLESHIP – 2023
The 2023 session of the School of Discipleship has commenced and occurs every Sunday at 6:15pm in the church hall. Enquiries to Anita Dsouza on 0411 772 320 or pick up a brochure from the Church Hall. Please register by scanning the QR code or use the link at https://bit.ly/3EFg96N.

MOTHERS DAY STALL & TRIVIA NIGHT - WORLD YOUTH DAY FUNDRAISERS

The Young Adults have a stall with unique Catholic gifts for Mother's Day, in the church hall after all weekend masses.
Join the St Peter’s Young Adults on Saturday 20^th May for a fun filled TRIVIA NIGHT! Starts at 7:15pm in the Church Hall and tickets are $10 per person. All ages welcome! And great prizes to be won! Delicious food will be available for sale. Please register your team of up to 8 people at the trivia night registration booth available after all weekend masses. Don’t have a team? We’ll find one for you! Alternatively use our online form https://www.trybooking.com/CHYQT or by scanning the QR code.
All profits will support the World Youth Day pilgrims

JOSEPH’S CORNER HIGH TEA
You are invited to join for High Tea at Mount St. Joseph Girl’s College, 133 Maidstone Street, Altona on Sunday 21^st May 2023 2:00pm to 5:00pm to help raise much needed funds to support families affected by addiction. Tickets $35 pp. Book on 0409 901 899 or via https://www.trybooking.com/CHLLV.

WORLD COMMUNICATIONS DAY
The Catholic Church in Australia celebrates World Communications Day on the Sixth Sunday of Easter (May 14 this year). Pope Francis’ message this year has the theme ‘Speaking with the heart: The truth in love’. Access resources and the Pope’s message at: https://bit.ly/2023WCD

RECENTLY DECEASED
We pray for Jean Winter, John Baptist Tran, Pritam Kumar, Walter Velasques, Cameron Torcasio, Noemi Hernandez, Fani Pateras, Anthony Van–Nhuong Nguyen, Rosigen Harris, Alfredo Santos, Reynaldo Medina, Fr. Bob Maguire, Bruce Logie, Efren Obenita, Joseph DiBenedetto, Susie Godio, Teresita Solis, Gayle Ryan, Linda Capinig, Melissa Davis, Lolita Fernando and all who have died in disasters all over the world.

DEATH ANNIVERSARIES
We pray for Flor Golaw, John D’Souza, Carlos Vargas, Merlyn Farquharson and all whose anniversaries occur at this time.

PRAYERS FOR THE SICK
We pray for Sean Donaldson, Helen Kelly, Gordon Newman, Thais Long, Vincent Margaret, Franklin Quintanilla, Jean Cameron, Vivienne Gantar, Magda Symons, Lindsay Coates, Violet Lawrence, Tae Yoon Jim, Jeffrey Dalton, Maureen Wilson, Sandra Farrelly, Joaquin Romero, Annette O’Brien, Cecilia Lazum Htu Bu, Alster Firth, Robert Martinez, Nina Costa, Johnny Gregory, Draga Vekic, Dale D’Souza, Jean Barry, Christie Raj, Emma Baker, Charles Ilagan, Ima Gopez, Tony Dass, Atima Chakraborty, Carmen Ciantar, Vlado Vekic, Alan Raymond and all who are ill in our Parish.

ROSTERS

Counters – 21 May 23

John Allen / Jules & Neeta Pereira

Roster for Readers – 20/21 May 23

6:00pm	Bernice Steinhauer
8:30am	Ignes D’Lima
10:30am	Maria Naufahu
5:00pm	Youth Mass

Extraordinary Ministers of Communion – 20/21 May 23

6:00pm	Sophia D / N. Golaw / Davy F. / J. Tramontana
8:30am	N&N Gooneratne / K. Fernandes / P. Simonides
10:30am	S. Delos Reyes / A. Koek / L.Ortega / D. Dalton
5:00pm	Youth Mass

Music Ministry – 20/21 May 23

6:00pm	Mater Dolorosa
8:30am	St. Philomena
10:30am	FilOz
5:00pm	Youth Mass