5th October 2014

SEASONS Newsletter of the Catholic Parish of St. Thomas More, Mount Eliza

PCC=Parish Community Centre U=Undercroft

C=Church

MPR=School Multipurpose Room

SSR=School Staff Room

Diary

Monday

Scripture Study Group, 10:00am, PCC Poetry Group, 1:30pm, PCC

Tuesday

Social Club monthly meeting, after 10am Liturgy of the Word with Holy Communion, U

Baptism Preparation, 7:30pm,

PCC

Wednesday RCIA, 7:30pm, PCC

Thursday Finance Committee Meeting,

7:30pm, PCC

27th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Weekday Masses

Monday

Tuesday, Liturgy of the Word with Holy Communion

(Social Club)

Wednesday, followed by

Holy Hour

Thursday, followed by Rosa Mystica

Friday School Mass

No Mass

10:00 am

9.15am

7:00 pm

9.15 am 12:15 pm

Sunday Masses

Saturday

6.00 pm

Sunday

8.00 am 10:00 am

Reconciliation

Saturday 5 - 5:30 pm

313 Canadian Bay Rd Mount Eliza Vic. 3930

Phone: 9787 7777 Fax: 9787 9734 Email: MountEliza@cam.org.au

Web: www.stm-mteliza.org

Pastoral Leadership Team

Fr. Laurie (Parish Priest) Lys Crowe (Pastoral Associate) Peter Whyte (School D Principal )

Anne-Marie Hyde (Chairperson) Narelle Mulcahy Sally Cooper John Bruitzman Margaret Carr

Maria Boelen Maree Taverna Jim Bourke

National Day of Prayer and Fasting

Friday 10 October for the

Synod on the Family The Bishops of Australia invite us all to pray earnestly

for the Synod on the Family taking place in Rome 5-19 October, and especially to join in a

National Day of Prayer and Fasting on Friday 10th October

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First Reading: Isaiah 5:1-7

The vineyard of the Lord God of hosts is the House of

Israel

Responsorial Psalm

The vineyard of the Lord is the House of Israel.

Second Reading: Philippians 4:6-9

Do these things and the God of peace will be with you.

Gospel Acclamation:

Alleluia, alleluia! I call you friends, says the Lord, be-

cause I have made known to you everything I have

learnt from my Father. Alleluia!

Gospel: Matthew 21:33-43

He leased his vineyard to other farmers.

Next Week’s Readings:

Isaiah 25:6-10 Phil 4:12-14, 19-20 Matt 21:1-14

Those who have died recently

Martin Duncan

those whose anniversaries fall at this time

Edna Pearson, Edward Horrigan, John Hill, Keith Mar-

shall

the Sick

Ria Wilson, Barnard Nash, Alastair Lucas, Rev. John

Leaver, Janet Lindner, Fiona Lindner, Peter Camerino,

Marcia Fiume, Des & Eileen Dalley, Rhona Harwick

Gibson, Heath & Trent Toumien, Jose Luis Mendonza,

and all of the sick at the George Vowell Centre &

Ranelagh Gardens Nursing Home.

and the parishioners of St Thomas

More Tequinomata, East Timor.

27TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME SEASONS

Financial Matters

We pray for...

Liturgy - 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Thanksgiving

Amount received 20/21 September ........... $2965

Amount received last week ......................... $1103

Average September ....................................... $3030

Pledged per week ......................................... $3084

Presbytery

Amount received 20/21 September ........... $1127

Amount received last week ........................... $864 Thanks to all of you who give so generously to support our parish.

11th & 12th October Rosters

Mass Time Ministers of the Eucharist

6 pm Sat Bill Hunt (Book)

Barbara Hunt (Gifts)

Lys Crowe (Gifts)

8 am Sun Pat McConvill (Book)

Marie Alaimo (Gifts)

Tricia Woods (Gifts)

10 am Sun Adrian Coughlan (Book)

Gui Hone (Gifts)

Lois Bracken (Gifts)

Counters Julian Collins

Larry McEvoy

Maurie Hutchinson

Mass Time Lector Commentator

6 pm Sat Mary Cameron Mary Charley

8 am Sun Irene Owsianka Dennis Cleary

10 am Sun Craig Judkins Peter Griffin

Morning Tea

This week Gui Hone and Katie

Rodgers warmly invite you to linger

after 10am Mass for a cuppa and an

opportunity to get to know some

other members of your parish com-

munity better.

Your hosts next week will be Anne Davey and John

Bruitzman.

What’s Happening Here

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STM Social Club (New Members Welcome)

Fun & Friendship For All

The next Poetry Group Meeting will be held on

Monday, 6th October at 1:30 pm in the Parish Com-

munity Centre. Your host will be Brian McAnallen,

5979 4808.

The next STM Social Club Meeting will be held in

the Undercroft after 10 am Liturgy of the Word with

Communion this Tuesday, 7th October.

Thursday, 16th October. Bus trip to the Rhododen-

dron Garden, Olinda. Transport around the garden

is available. Morning tea provided. BYO or buy own

lunch. Bus will leave STM carpark at 9.30am and re-

turn around 4pm. Cost will be between $25 & $31,

depending on numbers. Enquiries to Colleen 9787

2479.

All members and friends are invivted to our annual

Melbourne Cup Day celebrations “FAME”, com-

mencing 12 noon with champagne, followed by lunch

and a parade for both men and women “Best Out-

fits”: prizes for both. Sweeps and drinks included:

$30 per head. Please ring Colleen on 9787 2479 or

Margaret on 5971 0237.

The Film Group will be seeing Magic in the Moonlight

on Sunday the 19th of October (time to be con-

firmed, but most likely about 3pm), and then Before I

Go to Sleep on Sunday the 2nd of November. ...and in

the future, Boyhood. All at the Mornington Cinema.

Enquiries—Christine Stewart 5975 6687.

The Welfare Officers for October are Colleen

McNamara 9787 2479 & Margaret Carr 9787 1609.

Holy Hour All parishioners are invited to Holy

Hour every Wednesday, directly after

Mass. Some may wish to stay for the full

hour, others may come for a few

minutes or a short time. Everyone is

most welcome to spend a little time in

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament.

New Altar Servers Would you like to join the Altar Server Roster for

our weekend Masses? If so, and you’ve made your

First Eucharist, there will be a training session on

Monday 13th October at 4pm in the Church. For

Further enquiries, (or if you can’t attend the training

session) please contact Joanne McEvoy on 9787 7969.

Rosa Mystica Prayer Group (since 1986)

After the winter break, Rosa Mystica

Prayer Group will resume this Thurs-

day, 9th October starting with Holy

Mass at 7pm, followed by Adoration of

the Blessed Sacrament, Rosary and

Consecration to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus and

the Immaculate Heart of Mary. May the Lord contin-

ue to bless you, and Our Lady intercede for you and

your loved ones. Invitation is extended to all.

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27TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME SEASONS

Baptisms At the 10 am Mass this weekend we

have the Rite of Welcome for Pe-

nelope and Holly Tillett (Parents

—Darren and Mary).

We congratulate and welcome Xavier Warwick

(Parents—Daniel and Natalie), Katie and Lara Pi-

no (Parents—Mitchell and Lauren) and Alyssa Ri-

dout (Parents—John and Sarah) who will all be bap-

tised after 10 am Mass.

Nametags: The Parish Pastoral Leadership team

invites you to wear a nametag to Mass! This is just

one way of us getting to know each other better. You

can BYO or we will have some stick-on ones available

each week.

Next Parish Meeting Our next Parish Meeting is on Wednesday, 15th October at 7.30pm in the School Multi Purpose Room.

Please come along, whatever your involvement in the Parish is. At this meeting we will be ‘launching’ the Parish

Pastoral Plan that we have all been working on over the last few months. Come along and hear about what’s

proposed for the Parish for the next 3 years.

Baptisms

These are held on the 1st & 3rd Sundays of each month at 11:15 am or at any of the Parish Masses on the 2nd,

4th or 5th Sundays. A compulsory preparation night for parents takes place on the first Tuesday of each month

in the Parish Community Centre at 7:30 pm. Children to be baptised, and their families, are then invited to a

Welcome Mass prior to Baptism where they are introduced to the Parish Community and welcomed by them.

When children of school age are to be baptised an extended preparation time is required. It is important to re-

member that Baptism is about the initiation of a child into a community of Faith or a community of Disciples.

There is no such thing as a ‘private’ Baptism... it is something done by the whole Church. (Continued on page 4)

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What’s Happening Elsewhere

Moonlight Cinema On The Oval Rio 2 - Saturday, 11th October

The School Parents Association is organising a fun

night under the stars to watch Rio 2 on the big

screen! Bring your family and friends and a picnic blan-

ket at 7pm (after 6pm Mass) for a Sausage Sizzle fol-

lowed by the movie at dusk. Should the weather be

unkind to us, we will move to the School Gym.

Family tickets available for pre-purchase online for

$25 @ www.trybooking.com/FWHN or on the night

for $30. Single tickets $10

(Continued from page 3) CAR BOOT SALE

Saturday 15th November 2014 Major fundraiser for the Parish this year

Plans are underway for the Car

Boot Sale. The Mocha Man will

be there selling coffee, and some

sites have been booked. Street

signs are being organized.

Got a few things you no longer

need, but not enough for a whole site? There will

be a General Parish site available for those who

wish to donate goods. These will be sold by volun-

teers and the funds raised will go to the Parish.

Put the date in your diary and come along as a sell-

er, a buyer or a volunteer.

All enquiries to: Anne-Marie Hyde: 0409 020 120,

amr28@bigpond. com or Maree Taverna: 0425 721

207, mareetaverna @hotmail.com

A Just World Saturday 11 October 9:30 am—3 pm

Mt Eliza Inter-Church Council presents a retreat and

forum featuring 3 outstanding presenters, stalls, activ-

ities, reflection and more. Village Uniting Church, 93

Canadian Bay Road, Mount Eliza. $10 (includes

lunch). Register by Friday 10 October: Phone 9787

1683 or email ucame@hotmail.com.au

Faith for a Just World — Rev Dr Gordon Preece will

discuss why Christians should be interested in a just

world, through an exploration of theological and bib-

lical foundations to social justice.

Action for a Just World — Sr Brigid Arthur CSB,

drawing on her experience as teacher, principal and

co-founder of the Brigidine Asylum Seekers Project,

will explore the pastoral and practical dimensions of

Christian action for a just world.

Law for a Just World — Justice Debbie Mortimer will

give a summary of international refugee law and Aus-

tralia’s human rights obligations, and the difficult

practical and policy choices facing all nations when

encountering people who for various reasons feel

compelled to flee, or leave, their homes.