NON-AUSTRALIAN COINS
The parish is very grateful to receive the collections each week. However, can we please request that non-Australian coins are not included in the collection as they cause the coin-counting machine to malfunction and can cause permanent damage to the machine. We thank you for your cooperation in this matter.
SIX30 HOLY HOUR: FOR VOCATIONS
Thursday 4 August, 6.30–7.30pm
Sacred Heart Church, Rathdowne Street, corner Pelham Street, Carlton
National Vocations Awareness Week is the first week of August. To celebrate this week in the Jubilee Year of Mercy, the Vocations Office invites you to Six30 Youth Holy Hour on Thursday 4 August at Sacred Heart Church, Carlton. You are most welcome to join us in praying for vocations and to give thanks for the gift of consecrated life to the Church.
ROSTERS
Money Counters 24 July 16
| Royden D’Souza / Paul Mulquiney / Aloisio Sipiliano |
Readers – 23/24 July 16
| 6:00pm | Alan White |
| 8:30am | KSC Reader |
| 10:30am | Sharon Aurubia |
| 5:00pm | Iris Simangan |
Extraordinary Ministers of Communion
23/24 July 16
| 6:00pm | J. White / J. Poppen / S. D’Silva / B. Farrugia |
| 8:30am | KSC Minister / Kevin McL / L. Jones / VOL. |
| 10:30am | S Sipiliano / N Costa / M D’Mello / V Firman |
| 5:00pm | S Simangan / S Joseph / 2 X VOLUNTEERS |
Music Ministry 23/24 July 16
| 6:00pm | Filiorum Dei |
| 8:30am | Shirley & Group |
| 10:30am | Domini Chorum |
| 5:00pm | KNK |
PARISH NEWS
STEWARDSHIP RENEWAL – PLEASE CHECK YOU HAVE THE CORRECT ENVELOPE BOXES
We have been informed by our parishioners to whom Envelope Nos.99 and 244 belong that they were not able to find their boxes. So we request all parishioners who picked up weekly envelope boxes to please check and see if No.99 and No.244 has been wrongly picked up and call Parish Office on 9749 4300 on a Monday, Tuesday or Thursday and inform Josephine.
PETER’S PENCE
Thank you for your generosity last weekend. A total of $1001.95 was collected towards the Peter’s Pence collection.
MULTICULTURAL MASS PLANNING MEETING
The next Multicultural Mass planning meeting will be held on Saturday, 30 July 2016 at 10:00am in the meeting room off the church hall. All are welcome to attend.
ST VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY
The usual Meeting of the Hoppers Crossing Conference will be held next Tuesday, the 19th, at 7.30p.m. in the St Peter's Community Centre. New Enquirers welcome.
POPE FRANCIS'S INTENTIONS FOR JULY
Universal: That indigenous peoples, whose identity and very existence are threatened, will be shown due respect.
Evangelization: That the Church in Latin America and the Caribbean, by means of her mission to the continent, may announce the Gospel with renewed vigour and enthusiasm.
MASS WITH PAPAL MISSIONARY OF MERCY FR RICHARD SHORTALL SJ
Saturday 30 July 5.30pm at St Mary of the Cross Mackillop, 47 Farmhouse Boulevard, Epping North
Sunday 31 July 9am and 10.30am at St Peter’s, 13 Davisson Street, Epping
Fr Richard Shortall SJ is one of two Missionaries of Mercy for the Extraordinary Jubilee Year of Mercy in Australia. Fr Shortall travels around the diocese of Maitland-Newcastle in a second hand motor home, visiting rural parishes that have no resident priest. At all of his Masses with us in Victoria he will be speaking about the Mercy of God. All welcome!
FAITH FORMATION SEMINAR
St James the Apostle Parish along with the Knights of the Southern Cross are presenting Love and Mercy in the Gospel of John. Guest Speaker Fr. Frank Moloney sdb. - Very Rev. Professor Francis J. Moloney is a senior fellow of Catholic Theological College and member of the Department of Biblical Studies. He is a priest of the Salesians of Don Bosco and currently the Provincial Superior of the Salesians of Don Bosco for Australia and the Pacific region. In 1992 he was made a Member of the Order of Australia for services to religion. To be held at St James Parish on Wednesday, 20 Jul at 7:30pm.
ACHIEVING PREGNANCY NATURALLY
The Billings Ovulation Method® can assist you in having the baby of your dreams. If you have been trying to have a baby without success, our teachers can provide essential information, which will give you the best chance to achieve your pregnancy naturally. For a free information leaflet, please call Billings LIFE on 1800 335 860.
RECENTLY DECEASED: We pray for Frank Johnson, Gerard Prescott, Pedro Sotello, Madge Bourke (Fr Greg’s mother) and all who died recently.
DEATH ANNIVERSARIES: We pray for Rodrigo Cruz, Poshan Misquitta, Nick Debono, Frances Mizzi, Eduardo Lipio Medina and all whose anniversaries occur at this time.
PRAYERS FOR THE SICK: We pray for Kevin McLoughlin, Peter McGlade, Molly Wilson, Gary Spotswood, Stan Walkden, Sean Donaldson, Aiden Catherall, Bienvenido Are, Vera Fernandez, Vic Pagunsan, Edith Street, Georgette Maalouf, Carmen Mifsud, Carmen Agius, Alyne White, Kevin Golding, Peg McNamara, Alex Coelho, Elizabeth Slee, Bob Meehan, Glenna Pereira, Shirley Marx, Pedro & Dante Lopez, Crispin & Nick Garcia, Bernie Poppen, Giancarlo D’Anrea, Edith Platel, Hyacinth Lawrence, Lucy Zanatta, Lynne Worsley, Maria Failla, Trevor Rush, Rosalita Rances, Dominic D’Lima, Joan Shearson, Diane Cameron, Lorna Weerakoon, Frances Cameron, Josefina Tayag, Makanthi, Virginia Kallio and all who are ill in our Parish.
WOMEN’S POLICY ACTION TANK FORUM: PUTTING WOMEN AT THE CENTRE
Tuesday 16 August, 8.30am for a 9.15am start
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, 240–290 Spring Street, East Melbourne
What happens when we put women at the centre of our policy thinking and processes? This forum will cast a gender lens over policy design and implementation in selected key areas impacting women’s wellbeing. Panels will explore themes of justice and economic security as they manifest for women. This event is being held in conjunction with the ‘Power to Persuade’ Symposium on Monday 15 August at the same venue.
Details: www.powertopersuade.org.au/2016-symposium#ptp2016
Cost: $110 single day, $200 two days.
Registration: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/power-to-persuade-symposium-tickets-26189963887
WORLDWIDE MARRIAGE ENCOUNTER WEEKENDS
19 to 21 August and 11 to 13 November, St Paul’s Missionary College, Nortons Lane, Wantirna South
Invest in your most precious asset, your marriage. A beautiful opportunity to rekindle the closeness, intimacy, love and romance that brought you together. Recharge your relationship batteries and explore the divine nature of your marriage, allowing you both to share your feelings, hopes and dreams with each other in ways that normal, daily living tends to inhibit. There is no group sharing. A priest will be present during the weekend, which is based around Catholic values, but couples of all faiths are welcome. Commences 7pm on the Friday; ends 5pm on the Sunday. Accommodation and all meals provided.
Details: Marianne and Marcel on 9733 0997 or vicbookings@wwme.org.au or www.wwme.org.au
Cost: Application fee $55 plus secret donation (within your means) to cover the expenses of accommodation, food and materials for the weekend. Don’t stay home because you aren’t sure you can afford it!
