PARISH NEWS
IMPORTANT DATES FOR PARISH
| 25 June | St. Peter Apostle Parish Feast Day celebrations – 10:30am Mass |
| 8 July | St Peters Prayer Community 22nd Anniversary celebration - 11:30am |
ST PETERS CHARISMATIC PRAYER GROUP
Saturday, 8th July our parish prayer group will celebrate its 22nd Anniversary with a Thanksgiving Mass and fellowship. Please join in to celebrate this occasion with Praise & Worship at 11.30am followed by Mass and a light lunch in the hall thereafter. All are invited.
ARCHBISHOP’S GOLDEN JUBILEE OF PRIESTLY ORDINATION Saturday 22nd July, 11:00am at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, 1 Cathedral Place, East Melbourne
Everyone is invited to and will be welcome at this special Mass to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of Archbishop Denis Hart’s ordination to the priesthood. This Mass of Thanksgiving on the 50th anniversary of the Archbishop’s priestly ordination will be followed by light refreshments at the Central Hall, 18 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy.
Please note that there will be no Mass at our parish that morning (22nd July), only a Communion service at 9:15am, as Fr. Pius is concelebrating in the Cathedral and is required to be there before 10.30am.
EUTHANASIA & ASSISTED SUICIDE
Dear Parishioners,
As we have advised you during the last few weeks, there is an upcoming bill to be presented to the Victoria Parliament on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide. Further details are available in the church foyer.
Next week we are going to be seeking support for a petition to be signed by as many parishioners as possible addressed to our local MP as follows:
We, the members of the St. Peter Apostle Mission Parish, 38 Guinane Ave, Hoppers Crossing VIC 3029, wish to raise with you our concerns regarding assisted suicide and euthanasia.
We understand that assisted suicide and euthanasia will be the subject of legislation later this year and we want to express, in the strongest terms possible, our reservations and concerns.
We do not believe that euthanasia or assisted suicides are appropriate ways of addressing the needs of people in our community at the end of life. Our laws have always held that killing a person or helping them to suicide is not acceptable.
We also believe that to do so would create significant risk of harm to vulnerable members of our community and we do not see any need to change these laws.
Instead, we ask you and all elected representatives in Victoria to focus more on ensuring that every Victorian has access to the best of care at the end of life. No Victorian should suffer at the end of life. We have the ability to achieve this and we think it incumbent on society to ensure that every person has equal and guaranteed access to the best of care when they need it.
We urge you not to support any Euthanasia or Assisted Suicide Bill.
Volunteers will be in the church hall after each mass NEXT WEEKEND requesting you to sign the above petition. We ask you to kindly spare some time after mass to sign the petition, evidencing your support to this important cause.
Thanking you in advance,
Fr. Pius Kodakkathanath
BIBLE STUDY
Bible study continues Monday June 26 at 7:00pm in the Community Centre. We are at Ch. 10. All are welcome. Enquiries. Royden 0426071375.
STEWARDSHIP RENEWAL
INSTRUCTIONS ON WHERE TO FIND YOUR ENVELOPES / STEWARDSHIP LETTERS
- For weekly givers – your envelopes are in boxes in Surname Alphabetical order – so check the trays with boxes.
- If you give monthly, quarterly, half yearly or yearly – your envelopes are in an envelope and not in boxes. Look for the tray with Monthly/Half Yearly/Yearly markers.
- If you give by Direct Deposit or by Credit Card – your letter and form is also in an envelope, so look for the tray with Direct Debit/Credit Card markers
- If your envelope boxes or envelopes are not in any of the above trays, please note your name, surname and address in the notebook kept on the table. If you know your envelope number, please note that too and Josephine will contact you with further information by the 10th of July.
- If you have not been a part of Stewardship in the past but would like to participate now: please fill in a Stewardship Pledge Card and give it to Fr. Pius or drop it in the Mass Offering box in the church below the Oil display or drop it in the collection during weekend Mass. Josephine will then organise envelopes / direct debit / credit card giving as per your request.
REGISTRATION OF PARISHIONERS
If you are not already a parishioner and would like to be registered as one at St. Peters, please complete a registration card available from the foyer and as above, drop it in the collection bags during Mass or in the Mass offering slot near the sacristy or at the parish office, or give it to Fr. Pius or Dcn. Charles after Mass. Please remember that being baptised in this parish or attending Mass regularly does not automatically make a person a parishioner. The person needs to be registered on the parish census program.
IMPORTANT DATES FOR THE SCHOOL
| 30 June | Last of Term 2. School Finishes at 1:00pm. |
| 17 July | Term 3 commences at 8:45am |
| 3 Aug | No School – Curriculum Day |
RECENTLY DECEASED
We pray for Louis Farrugia, Harry Albuquerque, Gordon Clarke, Boots Esguerra, Fr. Claude Borg MSSP and all who passed away recently.
DEATH ANNIVERSARIES
We pray for T K Sebastian, Agostino & Josephine Cutajar, Peppi & Rosaria Ferlazzo, Maria Tran Thi My, Maria Malovrh, William, James & Bridget Keating and all whose anniversaries occur at this time.
PRAYERS FOR THE SICK
We pray for Leo Linehan, Angela O’Brien, Mary McMinn, Lydia (Aleida) Van Susteren, Peter McGlade, Gary Spotswood, Stan Walkden, Diane Cameron, Sean Donaldson, Kristian Romois, Martin Grillo, Vera Fernandez, Edith Street, Georgette Maalouf, Carmen Mifsud, Bob Meehan, Dominic D’Lima, Cynthia Middleton, Milton Roberts, Elizabeth Slee, Rose Farrugia, Albert Dichenko, Liam Parr, Barbara Grogan, Robert Hart, Barbara Benedict and all who are ill in our Parish.
ROSTERS
Money Counters 2 July 17
| John Allen / Jules & Neeta Pereira |
Readers – 1/2 July 17
| 6:00pm | Angela Francis |
| 8:30am | Grace Sharman |
| 10:30am | Venus Iuta |
| 5:00pm | Melanie Etiennette |
Extraordinary Ministers of Communion 1/2 July 17
| 6:00pm | J. Tramontata / B. Farrugia / E. Mills / S. Martis |
| 8:30am | D Roga / R. Johnson / C. Coelho /Karen F. |
| 10:30am | S. Sipilliano / N&R Golaw / C. Morcom |
| 5:00pm | J&D Etiennette / G. Siccita / E. Behrouzi |
Music Ministry 1/2 July 17
| 6:00pm | Eagles Wings |
| 8:30am | Shirley & Group |
| 10:30am | Samoan Choir |
| 5:00pm | FilOz |