Parish Priest: Fr Jacob M.S.T frjacob@bigpond.com

Parish Secretaries Dominique Hockey Carol Leathem

Parish Office Hours Tuesday - Friday 9am—3pm

Baptisms Please contact the Parish Office.

Weddings By appointment and after Preparation

Children’s Ministries Kathy Menzies kathymenzies@bigpond.com

St Schols Community Centre Simon Rush 0448 040 111 info@stscholscc.org.au www.stscholscc.org.au St Scholastica’s Primary School Principal: Paul Gleeson 9808 7279 principal@ssbennettswood.catholic.edu.au

Outside School Hours Care 9888 9922 scholsoshc@ssbennettswood.catholic.edu.au

St Scholastica’s Kindergarten 9808 9724

Director: Lisa Cetrola st.scholasticas.kin@kindergarten.vic.gov.au

Administrator: Katherine Presley stscholskinderadmin@bigpond.com

348 Burwood Highway, Bennettswood VIC 3125 ABN 95 499 516 268

Phone: 9808 1006 Fax: 9888 7573

Email: stschpar@bigpond.net.au

Website: www.stscholasticaparish.com.au

2nd Sunday of Lent 15th & 16th March 2014

Lost the fire that stimulates your spirit? Looking for answers? Take this chance to reflect on your spiritual life. Come and join Fr Sanchez who will lead St Scholastica’s in our mission – a chance to reflect. Saturday, 05 April to Friday 11th April 2014

3 CARS TO BE WON ??? WILL WE AGAIN WIN 1ST PRIZE THIS YEAR??? All Monies Go to School, Church, & Kinder “Jane and Colin will be in the Gathering Area after every mass”. [Permit no. 11300/13]

WEEKLY CALENDAR 2014

Monday 17 St Patrick's Day 8.00 am Communion Service 7.30 pm Vinnies GA

Tuesday 18 March 8.00 am Mass followed by Exposition 7pm Family Faith Night—Confirmation 7.30pm Neighbour Hood watch meeting GA 8pm St Scholastica’s Prayer Group Community Mc Andrew room

Wednesday 19 March 8.00 am Mass 10.00 am Adoration followed by Rosary 11.00 am Mass Year 3/4 attending ~ Cuppa 7.10 pm Rosary~7.30pm Mass 8.00 pm Legion of Mary

Thursday 20 March 8.00 am Mass 1.30 pm Legion of Mary GA 8.00 pm Burwood discussion group Mc Andrew room

Friday 21 March 8.00 am Mass 7.00pm Stations of the Cross 7.30pm Parish Mission meeting GA

Saturday 22 March 9.00 am Mass followed by confession 6.00 pm Mass

Sunday 23 March 9 .00am Mass 10.00am Confirmation Lesson # 2 11.00am Mass 5.30pm Mass Vietnamese Mass 3rd Saturday of month: Next mass 17 May @ 7.15pm

Remembering Our Community

Sick Bob Bubeck Anniversary Cosmo Pacheco, Chrissy Forbes, Anna Murray, Bryan Galbally, Maria VuTu Anh, Teresa Nga, Maria Joseph Dung RIP Leo Crawford, Barbara Oakes, Paolo Staffieri

ROSTERS

Day Mass Time

16 March 3rd Sunday of the month

Readers Special Ministers

Satur-day

6.00pm Diane Smith Lindy Leigh Fred Hillas Frank Rosario

9.00 am Sylvia Chuah Sharyn Newman Margaret Burke John Burke

11.00 am

George Ellis Stuart Bell April Lewis Ewena Ellis

5.30 pm Cindy Perera Jaclyn Ranasinghe

Sonny Nguyen Margaret Sweeney Brian Payne

Day Mass Time

23 March 4th Sunday of the month

Readers Special Ministers

Satur-day

6.00pm Sheena Devadass Barbara Schobben Judith Silvina Laurine Shane

Sunday 9.00 am Denis O’Gallagher Joy Guinane Loretta Stapleton Anna Gaetano

11.00am Madiko Kamocha Pat Nitz Willard Lewis Maria Feleppa

5.30 pm Cindy Perera Jaclyn Ranasinge

Pete Muling Michael Chan Anna Nguyen

Sunday

Can you help? We are in need of new Commentators to add to roster, particularly 11am and 5.30pm masses. If you are interested in joining this very valuable ministry please contact Michael Leigh on 9808 7574. Thank You Music Rehearsals for Easter Services begin Sunday’s in March 9th following 9am mass. All Welcome. Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament Held each 1st Friday of the month, at 10.00am and followed by mass at 11.00am. Many special graces are received by those who pray to Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament. ‘God is the source of life. To set God aside is to separate ourselves from that source and inevitably to deprive ourselves of fulfillment and joy”. Piety Stall Looking for something to read? Why not keep up to date with the local news from our Archdiocese and purchase the Kairos magazine from the Piety Stall. Also available are beautiful Rosary beads, St Mary of the Cross badges and a range of Carmelite Cosmetics, the Monastique brand along with special cards with a selection of photos of St Scholastica’s Church. The Piety Stall is in the Gathering Area. Baptism at St Scholastica’s It is a requirement of the parish that a Baptism information night

must be attended to prior to having your child baptised. Contact the parish office on 9808 1006 to make a booking into one of the monthly sessions. Next session: Thursday 3rd April 2014 @ 7.30 pm in the gathering area. Fr Jacob is on annual leave

Fr Jacob will be away until Saturday 29 March 2014. During this time Fr John will be in residence.

Parish Website Remember to browse the website for all the latest news. www.stscholasticaparish.com.au CHIMES ADVERTISING Advertise your business with us at very reasonable annual rates. Only a few spots remain, get in quick. Call the office 9808 1006 Date for diary: Casserole luncheon Sunday 1st June.

Altar Server Roster Labor Day through Holy Week Just a note to all Altar Server Families. The Rosters are posted in the Gathering area of the church and will remain there for 2 weeks. If anyone has missed signing up on the email, please so do in the gathering area. Remember, all altar servers who wish to serve during Holy Week need to have served for at least 5 Sunday masses leading up to Holy Week. Any altar server (both newly trained in Jan 2014 and experienced) wishing to serve for Holy Thursday, Good Friday or Easter Vigil will need to attend a special practice this year with Father Jacob on Monday 14 April from 3:30-5pm. Any questions can be directed to the Parish Office. Many thanks.

Novena to our Lady of Perpetual Help Each Wednesday at 7.10pm at St Scholastica’s Church, we will recite the Rosary then follow with Novena and Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament. CHIMES Anything to go into Chimes must be received by the Parish office no later than 3pm on Wednesdays. Otherwise it will go in the following week. Thank You

Intercessory Prayers We have an intercessory team who pray for specific prayer requests. Should any one in the parish like to do this, they can send requests directly to parish office either via email stschpar@bigpond.net.au or they may be written and given to the parish office staff who will pass them on to the intercessory team.

New to St Schol’s? WELCOME! At the main entrance of the church on the table you will find some New Parishioner Information packs. We encourage all new parishioners to take one home and browse through the pamphlets.. We also ask that you complete the census form inside the pack, and return to the parish office, this is vital for future Baptism, Sacraments and certificates or references that you may require. 40th Anniversary of Holy Saviour Parish of Glen Waverley All current and past members of the Parish are invited to reserve the date of Saturday August 2nd 2014. We will be holding a Gala dinner on that date it will be a formal (adults only) occasion at The Whitehorse Club. The receive a formal invitation, please send an email to: hspcommunitygroup@hotmail.com.au subject: gala dinner and include your name and postal address.

Life in the Spirit Seminar On Four Consecutive Tuesday Nights at 7:30pm March 18 –April 8, 2014 Venue – McAndrew Room, St Scholastica’s Parish 348- Burwood Hwy, Bennettswood 3125.

The format is simple, informal, and presented with balanced Catholic teachings based upon Scripture, the Catechism of the Catholic Church, personal testimony, and prayer. There are no Registration fees 18th March - “Unconditional Love of God”

25th March - “Jesus is Lord”

01st April – “Forgiveness, Healing & Reconciliation”

08th April – “New Life in God’s Spirit”

Sponsored by: “St Scholastica’s Prayer Group Community” Contacts: Ron Joseph 0421 619 842/ Maria Feleppa 0432 822 811

Project Compassion: Second Sunday of Lent:16th March

Your donation to Project Compassion helps Caritas Australia pursue justice and assist those who are the most vulnerable to extreme poverty and injustice. This week we meet Deng

and his family in South Sudan. During the civil war Deng, who is blind, and his family fled their village. Returning many years later, they are rebuilding their lives with the help of a food security program.

With your support, families like Deng’s can be confident of a more secure future and can rebuild their lives. National Lament "We are a society which has forgotten how to weep." - Pope Francis Many people throughout Australia are disturbed by the punitive and harsh policies and conditions to which people seeking asylum in Australia are being subjected. The recent incident on Manus Island and the death of one person and the injury of many highlights the lack of care and dignity in the policies of both the Government and the Opposition and the absence of awareness of their legal and moral responsibilities. In response to the desire for prayer and action, Catholic Religious Australia is inviting you to participate in a “National Lament”. We are taking our inspiration from the words of Pope Francis when he visited Lampedusa. The National Lament is a campaign of prayer, penance and action for people seeking asylum in Australia. We are seeking to make a Christian response to these people, rather than treating them as a “problem” to be solved.

4 Week series on : The Mercy of God You are invited In preparation for Divine Mercy Sunday and the Canonization of Pope John Paul 11 St Benedicts Burwood will run a four week series on “ The Mercy of God” Dates Wednesdays 26th March, 2nd, 9th & 16th April Times 10am –11.30am Cost $20 (includes the cost of “The Diary of St Faustina Or $5 if you already have the diary. We have booking forms in the main entrance of the Church. Book by 12 March 2014 Annual Tertiary Mass Come and join Most Rev Peter Elliott as we celebrate the Annual Mass for all university students. St Mary of the Cross Chapel ACU St. Patrick's, Daniel Mannix Building, 115 Brunswick St, Fitzroy. Tuesday 18th March at 6pm. After mass we will have light refreshments at the Rooftop Garden, if you can join us. Theology@the pub Monday 17 March, 6:30pm Join us as we explore Lent - the holiest season of the Christian liturgical calendar. Leading our quest to discover what the early Church learnt about Lent will be Fr Brian Kelty, a Ukrainian Catholic priest and retired theology professor at ACU. Dinner & drinks from 6:30pm, talk from 7:30pm. Where: Pumphouse Hotel, 128 Nicholson St, Fitzroy. More info: www.theologyatthepub.com.au

Second Sunday of Lent 15th & 16th March 2014 Entrance Antiphon Of you my heart has spoken: Seek his face. It is your face, O Lord, that I seek; hide not your face from me. First Reading: Genesis 12:1-4 A reading from the book of Genesis The call of Abraham, the father of God's people. The Lord said to Abram, 'Leave your country, your family and your father's house, for the land I will show you. I will make you a great nation; I will bless you and make your name so famous that it will be used as a blessing. 'I will bless those who bless you: I will curse those who slight you. All the tribes of the earth shall bless themselves by you.' So Abram went as the Lord told him. The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. Psalm: Ps 32:4-5. 18-20. 22 R. Lord, let your mercy be on us, as we place our trust in you. The word of the Lord is faithful and all his works to be trusted. The Lord loves justice and right and fills the earth with his love. R. The Lord looks on those who revere him, on those who hope in his love, to rescue their souls from death, to keep them alive in famine. R. Our soul is waiting for the Lord. The Lord is our help and our shield. May your love be upon us, O Lord, as we place all our hope in you. R.

Second Reading: 2 Timothy 1:8-10 A reading from the second letter of St Paul to Timothy God has saved us, and called us to be holy. With me, bear the hardships for the sake of the Good News, relying on the power of God who has saved us and called us to be holy - not because of anything we ourselves have done but for his own purpose and by his own grace. This grace had already been granted to us, in Christ Jesus, before the beginning of time, but it has only been revealed by the Appearing of our saviour Christ Jesus. He abolished death, and he has proclaimed life and immortality through the Good News. The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. Gospel Acclamation: Matthew 17:5 Glory and praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ! From the shining cloud the Father's voice is heard: this is my beloved Son, hear him. Glory and praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ!

Gospel: Matthew 17:1-9 A reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew His face shone like the sun. Jesus took with him Peter and James and his brother John and led them up a high mountain where they could be alone. There in their presence he was transfigured; his face shone like the sun and his clothes became as white as the light. Suddenly Moses and Elijah appeared to them; they were talking with him. Then Peter spoke to Jesus. 'Lord,' he said 'it is wonderful for us to be here; if you wish, I will make three tents here, one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah.' He was still speaking when suddenly a bright cloud covered them with shadow, and from the cloud there came a voice which said, 'This is my Son, the Beloved; he enjoys my favour. Listen to him'. When they heard this, the disciples fell on their faces, overcome with fear. But Jesus came up and touched them. 'Stand up,' he said 'do not be afraid.' And when they raised their eyes they saw no one but only Jesus. As they came down from the mountain Jesus gave them this order. 'Tell no one about the vision until the Son of Man has risen from the dead.' The Gospel of the Lord. Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ. Communion Antiphon This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased; listen to him.

23 March 2014 First Reading: Exodus 17:3-7 Second Reading: Romans 5:1-2. 5-8 Gospel: John 4:5-42

Born Again! Can you help Nicodemus find the way to Jesus?

In reply Jesus declared, "I tell you the truth, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again."

John 3:3