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Fifth Sunday of Lent, Year B 18th March 2018
SEASONS Newsletter of the Catholic Parish of St. Thomas More, Mount Eliza
313 Canadian Bay Rd Mount Eliza Vic. 3930
Phone: 9787 7777 Fax: 9787 9734 Email: [email protected]
Web: www.stm-mteliza.org
Pastoral Leadership Team
Fr. Laurie Pearson (Parish Priest) Lys Crowe (Pastoral Associate)
Peter Whyte (School D Principal) Ange Virgona (Chairperson)
Jacinta Griffin Carolyn Gascoigne
Sue Carr Paul Stinear Justin Crawford
PPLT Email: [email protected]
PCC=Parish Community Centre U=Undercroft
C=Church
MPR=School Multipurpose Room
SSR=School Staff Room
Diary
This Sunday Film Group, Finding Your Feet,
2.30pm, Mornington Cinema
Monday
St Vincent de Paul Meeting, 9.30am, U Poetry Group, 1.30pm, PCC
Tuesday
Film - The Innocents, 7.30pm, C
Wednesday First Reconciliation, Group 4, 7pm, C
PPLT Meeting, 7.45pm, PCC Choir Practice, 7.45pm, C
Thursday Lenten Reconciliation Ritual,
7.30pm, C
Friday
First Reconciliation,
Group 5, 7pm, C
Saturday
Working Bee, 8.30am
First Reconciliation,
Group 6, 5pm, C
Weekday Masses
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
School Mass
No Mass
No Mass
9:15 am
No Mass
9:15 am
12.15 pm
Weekend Masses
Saturday
Sunday Reconciliation
Saturday
6:00 pm
8:00 am 10:00 am
5:00—5:30 pm
A Just Future Starts with Education Ditosa is a young girl from Mozambique who hopes to go to university and become a police officer. Featured in Project Compassion 2013, Di-tosa faced a challenging future with food scarcity, little education and few job prospects. Cared for by her grandmother and aunt, after her parents died of AIDS-related illnesses, they also lost their home and livelihoods in severe flooding.
Thanks to the support of Project Compassion, Caritas Australia and Cari-tas Regional Chokwe (CRC) helped Ditosa’s family to build a new house and assisted with transport fees, school materials and fees, to help Ditosa to stay at school.
Ditosa attended the Matuba Children’s Centre (set up by Caritas in 2007) which provides vulnerable children, like Ditosa, with lunch, study help, and computer and income-generating skills training.
In 2018, Ditosa has graduated from school and is ambitious for the future. “Without the support of the people from Australia and Caritas I would not have been given this opportunity to continue my schooling.”
Ditosa dreams of going to university to continue studying and secure an even brighter future.
For a Just Future “We can only build the future by standing together, including everyone.”
PAGE 2 SEASONS FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT, YEAR B
The recently deceased…
Peter Verwoerd, Mary Fleming
those whose anniversaries fall at
this time…
Norah Connolly, Fr. Maurice Adams, Unah Burr
and the sick...
Jake Steyn, Erika Stanek, Althea Greff, John Taylor,
Pam Montgomery, Fr. Ernie Smith, Michael Blick, Ann
Shackleton, Frank Nolan, Marcia Fiume, Leonie Pur-
cell, Gerard Carra, Judy Pessato, Maureen Anstey, Fr.
Michael Walsh, Shane Dobson, Adrian Gobel, and all
of the sick at the George Vowell Centre & Ranelagh
Gardens Nursing Home.
and the parishioners of St Thomas More Parish,
Tequinomata, East Timor, St Therese Parish,
Bathurst Island and Our Lady of the Sacred
Heart Parish, Alice Springs.
We pray for...
Financial Matters
Stewardship
Received last weekend ......................................... $2,494
Pledged last weekend ............................................ $2,683
February Average ................................................... $3,136
Presbytery
Received last week ................................................ $1,071 Thanks to all of you who give so generously to support our par-
ish.
Next Week’s Roster
Mass Time Lector Commentator
6 pm Mikaela Leamon Peter Leamon
8 am Keith Donovan Lou-Ann Gibson
10 am Bernard Dobson Craig Judkins
Mass Time Ministers of the Eucharist
6 pm
Helen Steyn (Book)
Mary Cameron (Gifts)
Michael Canning (Gifts)
8 am Marj Hansen (Book)
Pat McConvill (Gifts)
Tricia Woods (Gifts)
10 am Rob Storr (Book)
Peter Griffin (Gifts)
Peter Royal (Gifts)
10 am No Children’s Liturgy
Counters Barbara Smith
Colleen McNamara
Marie Alaimo
Fifth Sunday of Lent - Year B
First Reading: Jeremiah 31:31-34
The days are coming when I will make a new cove-
nant with Israel and I will forgive their iniquity.
Responsorial Psalm Create a clean heart in me, O God.
Second Reading: Hebrews 5:7-9
He learnt to obey and became for all the source of eternal
salvation.
Gospel Acclamation: Glory to you, Word of God, Lord Jesus Christ! If you
serve me, follow me, says the Lord; and where I am,
my servant will also be. Glory to you, Word of God,
Lord Jesus Christ!
Gospel: John 12:20-33
If a grain of wheat falls on the ground and dies, it yields a
rich harvest.
Holy Communion During Communion adults or children
who are not Catholic or not receiving
Holy Communion are welcome to
come forward for a blessing to any of
the Eucharistic Ministers. Please indi-
cate your wish for a blessing by cross-
ing both arms in front of you.
Morning Tea Your hosts this week will be Bernice
Clutterbuck and Sarah Harland.
You are all warmly invited after 10am
Mass to linger for a cuppa and an op-
portunity to get to know some other
members of your parish community better. Next
week’s hosts will be Anne Davey and John Bruitzman.
Easter Rosters We need volunteers to be Readers,
Eucharistic Ministers, AV Opera-
tors, people to have their feet
washed etc for Holy Thursday,
Good Friday and the Easter Masses.
Please add your name to the list on the window at the
back of the Church.
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What’s Happening Here...
The next meeting of the St Vincent de Paul
Society will be held on Monday 19th of March at
9.30am in the Undercroft. All parishioners welcome.
This Sunday 18th March - Film Group Finding Your
Feet, Mornington Cinema, 2.30pm. Ring Christine
5975 6687 or 0416 6084 to organise a ticket, or, just
turn up to the cinema.
Future Films: The Shape of Water, TBA. Enquiries to
Christine on 5975 6687 or 0431 696 084.
Monday, 19th March - The Poetry Group will
meet at 1.30pm in the Parish Community Centre.
Our friendly host will be Gui Hone, and you are all
welcome.
Sunday, 25th March - Pizza Night, 5pm in the Par-
ish Community Centre. B.Y.O. Drinks and nibbles.
All most welcome.
Tuesday, 27th March - Committee Meeting 10am
in Parish Community Centre.
Tuesday, 3rd April - Monthly Meeting in the Un-
dercroft after 10am Liturgy of the Word. New
members will be most welcome.
Thursday, 19th April - Jackie O’Dwyer will pre-
sent Posties Autumn Fashions in the Undercroft.
Morning tea 10.15am. Show time 11am. This is an
invitation to all the ladies in the Parish, not just Social
Club Members. An enjoyable morning. If you would
like to come, please let Colleen know on 9787 2479
for catering purposes.
RCIA Dismissal At the 10am Mass this weekend our RCIA candidates
- Colleen, Melanie and Brett, will be “dismissed” af-
ter the Homily with their Sponsors and Catechist to
spend time discussing the Word of God they have
just heard. They will return at the end of Mass in
time to chat with people after Mass. If you haven’t
yet met them, please introduce yourselves.
The Welfare Officers for March are Betty and Jim
Bourke.
STM Social Club Fun & Friendship For All
New members are always most welcome!
Membership fee is $20. All enquiries to:
Grevis 0414 527 172 or to Colleen 9787 2479.
Baptism Welcome At the 8am Mass this weekend we have
the Rite of Welcome for Archie Brad-
bury (Parents - Nathan & Rhea) and
Annabelle, Charlotte & Lucy Manning (Parents -
Clare & Ben), and at 10am Mass for Archie & Lily
Neylon (Parents - Mark & Jessica), Charlie Hyden
(Parents - Matthew & Laura), Maisie Conlan
(Parents - Craig & Stephanie) and Reuben de Jong
(Parents - Murray & Renee).
Congratulations and Welcome to Satara Wodecki
(Parents - Maciej & Mariam) and Jak Moore
(Parents - Matthew & Bernadette) who will both be
baptised after 10am Mass this weekend.
Choir Practice The next Choir practice will be held at
7:45pm in the Church on Wednesday
21st March.
Parish Working Bee A Working Bee will be held around
the Parish on Saturday, 24th
March from 8.30am - 1pm. There is
a lot of gardening and maintenance
to be done to prepare the church
and surrounds for Easter. If you
can help, even for an hour or so, or help with the
catering, please add your name to the sign up sheets
at the entrance to the church.
If you have any spare tip tickets they would be
really appreciated.
St Vincent de Paul Society Victoria
Thank You We would like to sincerely thank St Thomas More
parish for all the support we received at this time
of our mother, Molly’s death. Thank you to Fr
Laurie and Lys Crowe and a special thank you to all
who prepared and served the refreshments after
the funeral mass.
We really appreciated your kindness.
Mary Cameron and Larry and Cherie Gage
Holy Week / Easter Liturgies Timetable
Included in last week’s ‘Seasons’ was a copy of the Lit-
urgy times for Holy Week/Easter. Extra copies are
available in the church foyer.
Lenten Reconciliation Ritual Our communal Lenten Reconciliation Ritual, in prepa-
ration for Easter, will be on Thursday 22nd March at
7.30pm.
Bring and Buy Stall ~ Homemade, Handmade, Home grown ~
Last Sunday of each month after each Mass
How does it work? Just bring along anything you have made - could be food or craft - or grown. Donate it to the stall before Mass.
After Mass the stall will be open, and people will be encouraged to buy! All proceeds to the Parish.
Anything leftover at the end of 10am Mass (except perishable food) will be stored to sell the following month.
Just remember... If you are bringing food of any kind – cakes, jams, chutneys etc, they must be labelled with all ingredients used,
the date they were made, and the name of who made it. It would be helpful if you could please price what you donate
(although there will be someone at the stall who can help you).
Those running the stall have the discretion to lower prices, if need be, in order to sell goods!
Dates for 2018 24/25 Feb, 24/25 March, 28/29 April, 26/27 May, 23/24 June, 28/29 July, 25/26 Aug, 29/30 Sept, 27/28 Oct, 24/25 Nov
Next Weekend At All Masses Thankyou to those who have volunteered to be on the stall -
6pm Barbara Hunt & Carolyn Gascoigne,
8am Jo & Chris Mitchell,
10am Helen Grech & Gui Hone.
We need more volunteers for the rest of the year!
Please contact Lys Crowe or Maree Taverna if you can help.
More of what’s happening here….
PAGE 4 SEASONS FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT, YEAR B
Lenten Film and Discussion Nights We will show two films during Lent that you are invited to come along to.
The first – ‘The Innocents’ Rated M, will be on Tuesday 20th March at 7:30pm in the Church.
It is the haunting rendition of a real-life story, adapted from the diaries of a French Red Cross doc-
tor, who was drafted to Warsaw in the aftermath of the Second World War. One day, while at-
tending to her military patients in the makeshift hospital there, she is beckoned outside into the
snow by a Benedictine nun, who desperately pleads with her to help one of her fellow sisters. The
young, atheist doctor reluctantly agrees and, upon arriving at the convent, is confronted by a shock-
ing discovery: said sister is in labour, while several other nuns are also pregnant, the victims of a
hideous cruelty. As the story unfolds, the doctor, and the nuns she secretly tends to, must learn to
trust each other, overcoming the boundaries of language and faith, in what proves a hard-to-watch but deeply
moving tale of female solidarity, with some shocking twists and turns.
The second – ‘As It Is In Heaven’ Rated M, will be on Tuesday 27th March at 7:30pm.
This is the story of a successful international conductor who suddenly interrupts his career and
returns alone to his childhood village in Norrland, in the far north of Sweden. It doesn’t take
long before he is asked to come and listen to the fragment of a church choir which practices
every Thursday in the Parish Hall, just to come along and give a little bit of good advice. He
can’t say no, and from that moment nothing in the village is the same again. The choir develops
and grows. He makes both friends and enemies. And he finds love.
Contemplative Prayer “Let tiny drops of silence fall gently through your day”
Silent prayer in the Church each Wednesday from 8:30 am to 9:15 am, followed by Mass.