ST. ANDREW’S PARISH Incorporating the communities of

Werribee Central, Wyndham Vale, Werribee South, Werribee North,

Tarneit West and Little River

Our Values

Community: creating a warm, inclusive community where all work together, all care

for each other and where each person is welcomed, valued and respected .………

105 Greaves Street Nth.

P.O. Box 872 WERRIBEE VIC 3030

ABN No. 28681862552

Email: werribee@cam.org.au www.standrewswerribee.org.au

Tel: 9741 4144

Fax: 9741 4433 Parish Office Opening Hours:

Mon. – Thurs. 9am – 4pm

Fri 9am – 12.30pm, 2pm – 4pm

Liturgy: Mass Times Saturday 6pm Vigil

Sunday 8, 9.30, 11am, 5pm Reconciliation Saturday 9.30am and 5pm

PARISH TEAMS

Pastoral Team:

Fr. Frank Buhagiar PP Fr. Abraham Santiyagu

Marthese Temming Pastoral Care in

Werribee North Community

Louisa Sullivan Pastoral Care in Wyndham Vale

Sherry Vivera Pastoral Care in Werribee South/

Werribee Central

Therese Kennedy Home Based RE Coordinator

Benita Dahanayake Home Based RE Coordinator

Norma Marot Baptism Prep. & RCIC

Administrative Team:

Birgit Minness (Coordinator)

Cora Ilagan

Jen Climie (Finance)

South Sudanese Deacon:

Rev. George Piech Meat

9741 4144 (1st/3rd Tue)

PARISH SCHOOLS

St. Andrew’s Primary

School – Ph. 9741 3686

Principal:

Michael Gavaghan

Corpus Christi Primary

School – Ph. 9741 8440

Principal: Linda Roynic

Bethany Primary School –

Ph. 9742 9800

Principal:

Marlene Monahan

Our Lady of the Southern

Cross Primary School

Ph. 9974 8500

Principal: Jennifer Poon

St. John the Apostle –

Tarneit West (open 2015)

Mob. 0416 691 515

Principal: Simon Dundon

MacKillop Catholic Regional College

Ph. 8734 5200

Principal: Rory Kennedy

Thomas Carr Catholic Regional College

Ph. 8734 2444

Principal:

Dr. Andrew Watson

First Sunday of Advent – 30th NOVEMBER 2014, Year B As we come to worship, we remember the Wathaurong People, the original custodians of this land.

FIRST READING: Isaiah 63:16b-17, 19b; 64:2-7 You, LORD, are our father, our redeemer you are named forever. Why do you let us wander, O LORD, from your ways, and harden our hearts so that we fear you not? Return for the sake of your servants, the tribes of your heritage. Oh, that you would rend the heavens and come down, with the mountains quaking before you, while you wrought awesome deeds we could not hope for, such as they had not heard of from of old. No ear has ever heard, no eye ever seen, any God but you doing such deeds for those who wait for him. Would that you might meet us doing right, that we were mindful of you in our ways! Behold, you are angry, and we are sinful; all of us have become like unclean people, all our good deeds are like polluted rags; we have all withered like leaves, and our guilt carries us away like the wind. There is none who calls upon your name, who rouses himself to cling to you; for you have hidden your face from us and have delivered us up to our guilt. Yet, O LORD, you are our father; we are the clay and you the potter: we are all the work of your hands. THE WORD OF THE LORD.

RESPONSORIAL PSALM: Psalm 80:2-3, 15-16, 18-19 Response: Lord, make us turn to you; let us see your face and we shall be saved. O shepherd of Israel, hearken, from your throne upon the cherubim, shine forth. Rouse your power, and come to save us. Once again, O LORD of hosts, look down from heaven, and see; take care of this vine, and protect what your right hand has planted the son of man whom you yourself made strong. May your help be with the man of your right hand, with the son of man whom you yourself made strong. Then we will no more withdraw from you; give us new life, and we will call upon your name. Response: Lord, make us turn to you; let us see your face and we shall be saved.

SECOND REDING:1 Corinthians 1:3-9

Brothers and sisters: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. I give thanks to my God always on your account for the grace of God bestowed on you in Christ Jesus, that in him you were enriched in every way, with all discourse and all knowledge, as the testimony to Christ was confirmed among you, so that you are not lacking in any spiritual gift as you wait for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ. He will keep you firm to the end, irreproachable on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is faithful, and by him you were called to fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. THE WORD OF THE LORD.

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION: Alleluia, Alleluia. Lord, show us your mercy and love, and grant us your salvation. Alleluia.

GOSPEL: Mark 13:33-37

Jesus said to his disciples: “Be watchful! Be alert! You do not know when the time will come. It is like a man traveling abroad. He leaves home and places his servants in charge, each with his own work, and orders the gatekeeper to be on the watch. Watch, therefore; you do not know when the Lord of the house is coming, whether in the evening, or at midnight, or at cockcrow, or in the morning. May he not come suddenly and find you sleeping. What I say to you, I say to all: ‘Watch!’” THE GOSPEL OF THE LORD.

HOME BASED RELIGIOUS EDUCATION PROGRAM AT ST. ANDREW’S PARISH

All parents of children attending non Catholic Primary Schools who are interested in their child attending the Sacramental Program for 2015 are asked to leave their details at the Parish Office on 9741 4144 or email werribee@cam.org.au The program is conducted for children in: Grade 3 – Pre-Sacrament, Grade 4 – Reconciliation, Grade 5 – Eucharist, Grade 6 – Confirmation. Children who have participated in the program this year do not need to re-enrol

GOSPEL REFLECTION: FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT – We are moulded by our God. We are the clay – He is the Potter. We are all the work of God’s hands. How alert and respectful we are to the needs of those around us? Do today’s readings call us to renewal, to change?

PRAYER AT HOME: Maranatha! Come Lord Jesus!

A VOCATION VIEW: It's Advent; almost Christmas! A Season of dreams come true. Be on guard. The Lord may

call you to follow Him.

RECENT DEATH: Grant eternal peace, O Lord to: Ernest Keenan, Alfred Ancilleri (Malta), Lucjan Gluchowski, Monsignor Aldo Rebeschini PE, Martina Simeoni, Arturo Pozzobon (Italy, Brother of Evelino and Tulia)

ANNIVERSARIES: Nellie Raw, V.V. Vincent Joseph, Mary Fernandez, Victoria Kassimoutinies, Biagio Cascone, Dolly Lopez, Nguyen Van, Michael Nedelkof, Damian Ryan (Family attending 8am Mass), Giovanna and Giuseppe Lombardo (Family attending 5pm Mass), Rita Pinto, Simon Appuhamy, Cathrina Appuhamy, Anthony Appuhamy, Laura Appuhamy, Dennis Ranasinghe , Malani Ranasinghe (Family attending 5pm Mass)

REMINDER: Parishioners please note that names for Recently Deceased, Anniversaries etc. to be included in the Sunday Bulletin must be at the Parish Office no later than Wednesday afternoon and please address envelopes to the Admin Staff (not to the priests). The names of the sick will be deleted periodically from the bulletin. If you have a name you want included, please contact the Parish Office.

PRAYERS FOR THE SICK: Victoria Attard, Nola Lind, Lynne Worsley, Justin Worsley, Patricia Jones, Anne and Adrian Commandeur, Dinusha Sooriyaarachchi, Mary Xerri, Shaelee Preston, Georgina Jones, Robyn Jones, Paula Miller, Andrew Roberts, Br. Helmut Knab, Waltraud Wanger, Luigi Baggio, Joe Sgro (Colac), Estercasio Ilagan, Felix Flores, Emanuel Bonello, Jed Lopez, Raywin Roberts, Alan Secombe, Maureen Costello, Rocky Xuereb

COMMUNION TO THE SICK AND ELDERLY: We try to be aware of all, who through illness or disability are unable to attend

Mass regularly. We can only do this when it is made known to us. Please, if you know of anyone who would benefit from Communion

being brought to them, contact the Parish Office on 9741 4144.

LITURGY THIS WEEK: ST. ANDREW’S CHURCH Mon: 9.00am Liturgy of the Word with Communion Tues: 9.15am Mass – MacKillop Students attending Wed: Feast of St. Francis Xavier

9.00am Mass Thurs: 9.00am Mass Fri: 9.00am Mass Sat: Feast of St. Nicholas

8.30am Adoration & Prayer, 9.00am Healing Mass 9.30am Confessions 5.00pm Confessions

CONGRATULATIONS TO FR. FRANK ON THE 43RD ANNIVERSARY OF HIS ORDINATION on Thursday, 4th

December 2014. Please keep him your prayers.

ADVENT/CHRISTMAS TIMETABLE is available on the Altar steps (green sheets) – please take it home to be

informed of everything that is happening in the Parish until the end of this year.

CHRISTMAS CARDS AND CALENDARS FOR 2015 – Packs of Christmas Cards (8 for $5), Italian Christmas Cards ($2 each) and Columban and Josephite Calendars ($9 each) are available at the Parish Office.

PARISH FAIR SURVEY form is attached and also available on the Altar steps. We are grateful for your feedback!

EL SHADDAI CHARISMATIC PRAYER GROUP: The group gathers Tuesdays at 7.30pm in the Penola Hub, 33

Mortimer Street, Werribee. Tuesday, 2nd December 2014 – Thanksgiving Mass for the year, celebrated by Fr. Abraham Santiyagu. All Welcome, please bring a plate to share. This is our last meeting for the year, group will resume back 1st Tuesday of February 2015. Blessings to you all with your families for Christmas and the New Year. For all enquiries or a lift please call Frances on Ph. 9741 2105.

PARISH COMMUNITY MASSES – 10.00AM

Wyndham Vale Community Sunday, 7th

Dec.

OLSC Primary School

Bethany Community Sunday, 14th

Dec. Bethany Primary School Christmas Mass

Corpus Christi Community Sunday, 14th

Dec. Corpus Christi Primary School Christmas Mass

Little River Community Sunday, 25th

Dec.

St. Michael’s Church Christmas Mass

All parishioners and school families

are welcome to attend.

ORDERS FOR MEMORIAL PLAQUES to be placed on the wall in our Sacred Garden are now being accepted. Plaques are $200 each. Order forms are available on the Altar steps or from the Parish Office. Payment is required when order form is dropped off at the Parish Office. Thank you.

EPISCOPAL ORDINATION for the newly appointed Auxiliary Bishops for Melbourne Monsignor Terry Curtin, STD,

EV, PP, Greythorn (Titular Bishop of Cabarsussi) & Fr. Mark Edwards, OMI, PhD, Rector, Iona college, Brisbane (Titular Bishop of Garba in Numidia) will be held in St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Wednesday, 17

th December 2014 at

7.30pm. All welcome.

RINNOVAMENTO NELLO SPIRITO SANTO ITALIANO: Ricorda che il nostro incontro di preghiera continua

Mercoledi 3 Dicembre nella Penola Hub 33 Mortimer Street Werribee sempre alle ore 10am fino le 12 pm tema per lincontro IMMACOLATA CONCEZIONE DELLA BEATA VERGINE MARIA tutti siete invitati e benvenuti MARIA PELLEGRIA si trova a casa di F I Amore e la prossima settimana sara a casa di M L Marino siete tutti

benvenuti grazie.

DIVINE MERCY GROUP: Continues each Friday 9.30am – 11.30am (except during school holidays) in the Penola Hub, 33 Mortimer Street, Werribee and on the third Friday of the month at Mercy Place Wyndham, Cnr. Greaves & Deutgam Streets, Werribee. All welcome. For all enquiries phone Philomen Fernandes 8742 3520.

MINISTRY ROSTERS FOR WEEKEND OF 6th/7th DECEMBER 2014

LAST BAPTISM PREPARATION SESSION for this year will be held on Saturday, 6th December 2014. The first

session next year will be held on Saturday, 7th February 2015. If you are considering having your child baptised during December or January, please contact the Parish Office as soon as possible to book. Thank you.

ST. ANDREW’S CHOIR – COME AND SING WITH US AT CHRISTMAS – St. Andrew’s Choir practice for

Christmas will be held on Tuesday, 9th December 2014 at 7.30pm in the Church. The choir will sing Carols on Christmas Eve at 9.30pm, followed by singing at mass at 10pm. All welcome, come along and try it, no previous experience required and no auditions!

ADVENT/CHRISTMAS PARISH GATHERING – The Liturgy Planning Team and Fr. Frank have invited Fr. Elio Capra SDB to lead us into the Advent/Christmas story “Jesus is born for us and lives among us”. All parishioners are invited to come and listen to a very vibrant and engaging speaker. Please bring a friend, all welcome. Date: Wednesday, 3rd December 2014 at 7pm for 7.30pm start; Venue: Penola Hub, 33 Mortimer Street, Werribee.

Please leave your name at the Parish Office on 9741 4144 or werribee@cam.org.au if you are able to attend.

ST. ANDREW’S AMATEUR THEATRE COMPANY’S 2014 PRODUCTIONS IS ‘PETER PAN – A PANTOMIME ADVENTURE’ - Peter Pan is the story of a mischievous little boy who can fly and his adventures on the island of Neverland with Wendy Darling and her brothers, the fairy Tinker Bell, the Lost Boys, the Indian princess Tiger Lily, and the pirate Captain Hook. Performance dates are: Thursday 4th, Friday 5th and Saturday 6th December 2014 at the Moreno Performing Arts Centre at MacKillop College, Russell Street, Werribee. Please see flyers on notice boards. Tickets are now on sale via http://www.standrewstheatrecompany.com

For those who do not have internet, ticket forms can be collected at the Parish Office

BECAUSE NOBODY SHOULD BE SAD AT CHRISTMAS – ST. VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY is asking for

donations of non-perishable food and toys to make Christmas Hampers for our needy families in Werribee. A basket will be placed on the right side of the Altar from Saturday, 21st November to Sunday, 21st December 2014. Please give generously, so we may be able to bring a little joy into people’s lives. Envelopes will be available for cash or credit card donations on the Altar steps (Envelopes can then be placed in with the Thanksgiving collection). We have again added tabs to the basket, so if you would like to take one and buy whatever is listed, please do so. Thank you.

ST VINCENT DE PAUL MEETING – will be held Monday, 1st December 2014 at

7pm in the Church Meeting Room. All welcome.

POPE CREATES SIX NEW SAINTS on the Feast of Christ the King – two Indian Saints: Kuriakose Elias

Chavara and Euphrasia Eluvathingal and four Italian Saints: Nicholas of Longobardi, Giovanni Antonio Farina, Ludovico of Casoria and Amato Ronconi. In his homily during the Mass, Pope Francis focused on the Feast of Christ the King and the description in the day’s first reading of how God shepherds his people.

6.00pm 8.00am 9.30am 11.00am 5.00pm

READERS John Hennessy Darren Giese Agnes D’Lima Edwirn

Furnunduiz Louisa Sullivan

MUSIC Volunteer None Chris & Margot Volunteer Sariling Tinig Choir

COUNTERS This Week: Next Week:

Sun: 30 Nov: Team 8: S. Foster, N. Jewell, J. Luttick, W. Jennings, P. Stapleton Sun: 7 Dec: Team 1: B. Richards, B. Sandford, D. Keogh, M. Watson

CHURCH CLEANING

Cleaning:

Vacuuming:

Mon: 1 Dec: Team 1: Volunteer Fri: 5 Dec: Team 5: M. Perera & Moorthy Mon: 1 Dec: Team 6: Volunteer

ALTAR CLOTHS This Week: Next Week:

Sun: 30 Nov: Mary Galea Sun: 7 Dec: Otilia Lesoa

OUR LADY’S STATUE

This Week: Next Week:

Sun: 30 Nov: M.H. Chong, 9 Hartwell Court, Werribee Tel. No 0400965 542 Sun: 7 Dec: M.H. Chong, 9 Hartwell Court, Werribee Tel. No. 0400 965 542

MARY MACKILLOP HERITAGE CENTRE – Like 30 minutes of quiet out of your busy day? Join us at this Advent Time. Wed. 3rd, 10th & 17th December 2014. 362, Albert St. East Melbourne. See flyers on notice boards.

YEAR OF CONSECRATED LIFE – Pope Francis proclaimed 2015 a year of Consecrated Life, starting on the

First Sunday of Advent, and ending on 2 February 2016, the World Day of Consecrated Life. The year also marks the 50th anniversary of Perfecta Caritatis, a decree on Religious Life, and Lumen Gentium, the Second Vatican Council’s constitution on the Church. The purpose of the Year, as stated by the Vatican is to ‘make a grateful remembrance of the recent past’ while embracing ‘the future with hope’. Let us pray with thanks for the religious who have touched our lives in so many ways, enriched our communities, schools and parishes, and given a great witness to the world by their total consecration.

PRAYING THE SCRIPTURES IN ADVENT – beginning Monday, 24th November 2014 at 2pm at Our Lady of the Southern Cross PS, session repeated on Thursday, 27 th November 2014 at 1.30pm in Church Meeting Room, continuing for 4 weeks. Please leave your name on the clipboard on the Altar steps or ring the Parish Office.

MASS FOR EXPECTANT MOTHERS – The Life, Marriage & Family Office warmly invite all expectant mothers and their families to the Mass for Expectant Mothers, celebrated by Archbishop Denis Hart at St. Patrick's Cathedral on Sunday, 7

th December 2014 at 11am. Please see flyer on notice boards.

MASS OF HOPE AND COMFORT FOR THE SICK AND FRAGILE – The Order of Malta – Lourdes Day Mass –

Saturday, 6th

December 2014 at 10.30am at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, East Melbourne, officiated by the Most Rev. Archbishop Denis Hart. Please see flyer on notice boards and in Church Foyer.

FEAST OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION Our Lady Ta’ Pinu Shrine invites you for The Solemn Feast of the Immaculate Conception on Saturday, 6

th December 2014 from 2pm. 15, Flanagans Drive, Merrimu (Bacchus Marsh).

Please see flyer on notice boards.

CHRISTMAS AT THE COURT OF FOUR SEASONS – A Service of Remembrance and Carols at Altona Memorial Park, Chapel of Reflection on Saturday, 13

th December 2014 at 6pm. Please see flyers on notice boards.

PARISH ROSTERS FOR 2015 – If you are currently on one of our rosters for Readers, Counters, Church Cleaning/Vacuuming, Altar Cloths, Communion Service, etc. and DO NOT WISH to continue on the new roster for 2015, please let the Office know as soon as possible, so this can be taken into account when the new rosters are drawn up. Thank you for your commitment and assistance in this matter.

WORSHIP NIGHT WITH ALPHONS – 2nd

December 2014 at 7.00pm at St. James The Apostle Parish Church. Please see flyers on notice boards.

ITALIAN SERVICES INSTITUTE’S PLANNED ACTIVITY GROUP – for local house-bound Italian frail aged, opening soon at the Werribee Italian Sports Club. Several vacancies still available. Contact Ms. Mary Predebon on 8341 0700.

URGENT VOLUNTEERS REQUIRED WITH THE ITALIAN ASSISTANCE ASSOCIATION –

Co.As.It. is an organization funded by the Department of Human Services and the Commonwealth Government. The organisation is currently looking for Italian speaking people who are willing to volunteer one hour per week to visit elderly people of Italian origin, who are socially isolated or lonely and in need of company. By assisting an elderly person on a social level, you have the chance to make a difference to their life, and your own. If you are interested or require further information, please contact the Visitation Program on 9349 9028. Continuing support provided. CERCHIAMO VOLONTARI. URGENTE! Il Comitato Assistenza Italiani (Co.As.It.) di Melbourne, cerca persone di lingua italiana per visitare un ora alla settimana anziani Italiani che sono isolati e bisognosi di amicizia. Visitare una persona isolata puo’ dare tanto significato sia per la persona che riceve che per chi da! Se siete interessato e volete avere delle informazioni chiamate la coordinatrice del programma di visite sociali a domicilio al 9349 9028.

WELCOME BEFORE BAPTISM

Dear Parents, as you prepare for your child’s Baptism, the people of St. Andrew’s rejoice that you have chosen to baptise your child, and we pray that in the coming years you and your family will continue to know and grow

in the love of God that is everlasting.

ST. ANDREW’S PARISH PROJECTS 2014 – 2015

OLD CHURCH HALL – will be refurbished to accommodate our Administration and Pastoral Offices by the end of

this year or early next year.

ST. ANDREW’S CHURCH – a new carpet will be laid and some other minor works will be done during the month of July 2015.

PRESBYTERY (Parish House) – minor works will be undertaken during 2015.

Any donations towards these works are welcome. Some benefactors have already offered support. On your donation envelope, please write “To St. Andrew’s Church Projects Fund 2014 – 2015”.

When courage, genius, and generosity hold hands, all things are possible. Fr. Frank P.P. on behalf of our Finance and Maintenance Teams